Chapter 27 Chapter 27 First Release

May 15th, Flower Goddess Festival.

This is a festival for the girls of the Jin Dynasty. No matter old or young, everyone wears flowers in their hair, either purple cloud peonies, jade cups, or golden twined branches. Standing on a high place and looking at it, it seems that the whole street has become an endless sea of ​​flowers.

But everyone is looking forward to today's highlight.

Finally, when the sky was at its brightest, a flower-filled dragon procession consisting of twelve sedan chairs meandered forward from the center of Jinling City. Golden gauze was draped from the sedan chairs, and patterns of the flowers of the twelve months were embroidered on them in sequence with colorful gold threads. As the procession moved forward, the bells attached to the sedan chairs jingled, echoing the cheers of the people on both sides of the road, playing the most magnificent music of the day.

According to the rules, the person who presided over the Flower God Festival stood on the Jade Terrace built specially in front of Yongchang Gate, watching the sedan chairs carrying the twelve flower gods set out step by step from the central Imperial City Street to the Chenghua Terrace in the southernmost part, and offer the most sincere sacrifices to the Flower Goddess, praying for her to bless the girls of the Jin Dynasty.

That was clearly the position that should have belonged to her mother, but it was taken away by the brainless Changyi.

Princess Changyi was dressed in gorgeous clothes. As soon as she turned around, she saw Princess Jincheng standing in the viewing seat, staring at her with an unhappy look on her face.

Emperor Qing of Zhou had only two princesses. The older one, Princess Suicheng, was born to Concubine Gao. She was twenty years old this year and had already married.

The Princess of Jincheng, who is not far away, is the daughter of the Queen and is fifteen years old this year.

The fact that Emperor Qing of Zhou gave her the name of the dynasty as a title was enough to show how much he loved his young daughter.

But so what? The emperor's uncle has no son, so in the future, the world will still fall into the hands of her brother.

Princess Changyi walked over with a smile, first expressing her concern for the Queen Mother, then walked towards Princess Jincheng: "I heard that the Imperial Aunt is ill. What a pity! It would be so lively if the Imperial Aunt were here with us during such a festive occasion."

Princess Jincheng chuckled, "My mother has seen it many times before, so it's no longer new to her. But Changyi, you, this is a rare opportunity, so you should take a closer look. It would be best if you could engrave this memory in your mind and never forget it. You might not have such a good opportunity next time."

She will be sixteen next year, and even if her mother doesn't want to work hard anymore, she can still help.

Princess Changyi gritted her teeth. Jincheng never called her cousin, but always called her by her title, which sounded mean.

Princess Suicheng, who was getting married today, also came back to watch the ceremony. Seeing that her sister and cousin were starting to get on edge again, she felt a little headache and called her softly, "Jincheng, come here."

Princess Suicheng was already six months pregnant, and Jincheng didn't want to anger her, so he walked over obediently.

She watched Princess Changyi go to the Queen Mother to act like a spoiled child again, and secretly spat: "What a spineless thing." She was a royal lady, but she chose to be like a lapdog.

Princess Suicheng patted her hand gently and whispered, "Don't cause trouble on a day like this. Last time you instigated that embroiderer to play tricks on someone, it caused her to lose her life. Don't be so willful this time."

Talking about that incident, Jincheng felt a little regretful: "I just didn't accept it and wanted to disrupt her party..." He never thought it would be so serious and involve an arsonist.

"Speaking of which, that embroiderer was also unlucky. She happened to run into Prince Pei's fiancée. She was smart and didn't take the bait. Otherwise, if Prince Pei mentioned this matter to the emperor and he seriously investigated it, you would not have ended up well."

Princess Suicheng whispered to her sister, "I remember she was one of the Twelve Flower Gods today, right?"

Jincheng wasn't particularly interested in those things, and after being scolded again, he just nodded glumly: "It seems so. I just took a look, and it's quite nice."

Princess Suicheng narrowed her eyes slightly, remembering that the Queen Mother had once praised the Wu family's daughter for her chastity, tranquility and virtue. She couldn't help but sneer softly, wondering what the old woman was up to in order to win over the court officials.

After watching for a while on the Jade Terrace, Princess Suicheng used the excuse that she was heavy and asked Jincheng to help her get off the stage. The two sisters went together to pay their respects to the Queen.

As they were speaking, they heard a eunuch come hurriedly with the news that the sedan chair carrying the twelve flower goddesses had been robbed by thieves. The twelve official girls who played the flower goddesses were injured or missing. The scene was in chaos and the people were in panic.

If the flower goddess worship is not completed smoothly this year, the flower goddess may be unhappy and no longer bless them!

After hearing this, Princess Suicheng subconsciously looked at the queen.

The Queen was now over forty, but she had maintained herself very well. Upon hearing the news, a trace of worry crossed her graceful face, and she chanted a Buddhist mantra: "Why don't you quickly mobilize the guards to rescue them? This is a good day, and it's really a sin."

The eunuch went down with his head lowered.

Jincheng was a little worried, but also a little pleased. "Humph, who told Changyi to take on the responsibility of hosting the Flower Goddess Festival? If she doesn't have the Phoenix Fate, she should just stop doing these things. Look at her, mother, she's implicated so many people. It's really annoying."

The Queen patted Jin Cheng's head lovingly and said, "You are always so careless with your words. You can't do that in front of your father."

Jincheng just smiled.

Her father dotes on her more than her mother does, so she is not afraid.

Princess Suicheng lowered her head and looked at her bulging belly, a hint of sadness flashing in her misty eyes.

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Wu Jingxun was a little suspicious that he had been unlucky recently and that he should find a temple with a lot of incense to burn some incense and worship.

Otherwise, how could he fall into the hands of thieves again and again?

Under the attack of the men in black, the guards holding decorative flower boards on both sides of the ceremonial procession were quickly beaten to pieces, and the bearers carrying the sedan chair could not escape the disaster either.

The ladies had never seen such a bloody and cruel scene, and they couldn't help but scream.

But soon they no longer had the heart to shout. The men in black roughly grabbed the twelve girls, counted them one by one, and threw them into the carriage. They ignored the dead bodies of the soldiers on the ground and the frightened people around them, and drove away with loud laughter.

When Han Ming, the commander of the Upper Nine Divisions in charge of Jinling's security, arrived, the ground was in ruins.

His face turned ashen. The noble ladies who were abducted were all from prominent families, none of them he could afford to offend! Yet, those bastards were targeting the noble ladies...

Han Ming was ordering his men with a sour face to follow the traces of the carriage to track the gang of thieves, but he heard the sound of horse hooves.

It was Pei Jinguang and Pei Huaiguang.

After receiving the "bet" proposed by Pei Jinguang, Pei Huaiguang asked for a long time when it would be held, but Pei Jinguang just shook his head: "She has been busy with the Flower God Festival these days, don't disturb her."

Pei Huaiguang was very dissatisfied. Was he that kind of stupid person?

What does it have to do with her if they compete with each other?

She was so thin and weak, could she lift the target for them or wipe their sweat?

No, neither one is good.

When he wanted to wipe the sweat off his face, he would go back to the tent and wipe it carefully, slowly and gently for him alone.

Pei Jinguang was unaware of his brother's dark thoughts, and only asked him to go horse racing together during the Flower Goddess Festival.

It would be even better if I could meet her and talk to her.

Pei Huaiguang also planned so. The two brothers put aside their old grudges and went out together.

I didn't expect to run into such a thing.

Pei Jinguang's face looked very ugly. Without saying a word, he tightened the reins and rode his horse in the direction Han Ming pointed to him.

Pei Huaiguang naturally followed closely behind.

He did not forget the men in black who walked out from behind the rockery. In fact, the guards he met in Prince Rong's Mansion that night were very similar in stature and aura to those men in black.

Isn’t King □□ the biological father of Princess Changyi? And isn’t Princess Changyi the one who presides over this Flower God Festival?

Pei Huaiguang frowned and came to the conclusion that the people in Jinling City were not only hypocritical, but also sick.

The two brothers sped away, easily passing the guards who were searching along the way, and followed the tracks of the wheels all the way to a fork in the road.

Pei Jinguang tightened the reins and stopped.

He looked at the fork in the road. Both roads had wheel marks exactly the same as those of the previous carriage.

"This is our bet, Jiro."

Pei Huaiguang narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

"If I find her first, you are not allowed to stop me."

Pei Jinguang smiled. Whether he agreed or not depended on Jingxun.

But he maliciously did not correct his brother, who was almost completely ignorant of the worldly affairs of the heart, and only nodded: "Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back."

Pei Huaiguang rode on the majestic white divine horse and soon disappeared on the small road on the right.

There, he won.

My brother seemed to have forgotten that he was the best hunter on the grassland. He was good at remembering the smell of prey and tracking people. His skills were no worse than his general who had been trained in fighting on the battlefield.

He discovered Wu Jingxun's traces of them.

In a deep mountain pit, twelve gorgeously dressed girls were escorted one by one towards the bottomless entrance.

What is this doing?

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