The so-called floats are really full of flowers, including winter jasmine, camellia, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, and even some flowers that do not bloom in this season.
Surrounded by flowers, Su Bei finally felt proud and was no longer a little maid.
The restaurants on both sides of the street were almost full, and the windows facing the street were full of people. Su Bei suddenly felt like he had become a star.
Pretty good!
The weather is sunny and there is not a cloud in the sky.
Chu Youchen's future princess Yaruo was also sitting by the window. She wasn't there to see the goddess of flowers, because women were not of interest to her. It was just that there were many people coming and going on the street, and there were many good-looking guys.
Although King Mu had many wives and concubines, Yaruo was satisfied with all aspects of his conditions for the sake of Canghe Mansion and the position of the principal wife, and she personally inspected the goods. So she reluctantly wrote a letter of divorce and returned to Gaoliu, saying that the journey was long and she was afraid of disturbing the dead soul, so it would be better to let Chi Man be buried here.
She knew that the underground black market was run by Mo Xiao, so she had to hold Mo Xiao responsible for the murder of Chi Man that night. She had to take revenge.
She was just idly looking at the guys on the street when she heard a knock on the door. The servant came and reported that someone from the general's mansion wanted to see her.
"Male or female? Old or young?" Yaruo asked casually.
"Princess, it's a middle-aged woman."
Yaruo threw a cup at the boy's shoulder and said angrily, "Do you need me to teach you this? Why should I see a middle-aged woman?"
"She said she knew who killed the prince!" The servant knelt down in panic.
Yaruo's lips curled up, and she smiled wickedly, "Oh? Let her in!"
The boy walked out with his hands covering his shoulders. A moment later, Mrs. An came in with her head down.
"Your Highness, here is a letter that General Mo asked me to bring. Please burn it after reading it." An lowered her head and looked submissive. Ever since Mo Qingying left, she had completely fallen out of favor in the general's mansion, and even her exclusive secret recipe no longer worked.
Yaruo unfolded the letter and saw that it said that the person who accompanied Chi Man that night was Su Bei, whom he had always been thinking about, so the murderer must be Su Bei.
Yaruo crumpled the letter into a ball. She watched the float going away, her heart filled with anger.
"You! Come here!" She waved to An.
An timidly stepped forward, still lowering her head and looking obedient, but her hands were tightly clenched into fists. Mo Gai Shi had told her when she came that Mo Qingying had committed an unforgivable crime, and her life and death depended on her. Today, she had to calm Princess Gao Liu down, otherwise it would not only be Mo Qingying who would be punished, but also herself.
Yaruo, who was angry, only knew that she was from the general's mansion and that it was Mo Xiao who invited her and her siblings to go to the underground black market, so An in front of her naturally became her punching bag.
She grabbed An's hair and slowly scratched her face with her long, sharp nails, leaving bloodstains.
An looked at her in horror, biting her lips tightly, tears streaming down her face. When she let go, An asked in fear and trepidation, "Have you calmed down, Princess?"
Yaruo looked at the bloodstains on her face, the corners of her lips slightly raised, her eyes full of violence, "My royal brother has only one life, so it's naturally not enough to take just this little bit. Go back and tell Mo Gaishi that I want Su Bei's life, and I want Mo Xiao's too!"
After saying that, she kicked An hard.
An didn't dare to stay. She covered her kicked ribs and half of her face and hurriedly ran out of the box.
Yaruo came to the window and took a few deep breaths.
The floats were nowhere to be seen, and there were fewer people on the streets. It seemed that there was nothing exciting to see.
But there was a quarrel next door, and it sounded quite lively.
"Humph! You still want to tell me what to do? Don't you see your status? You are a concubine's daughter. It is your blessing to marry into my family!"
"No matter what, I will still be your stepmother. I won't allow you to yell at me!"
"Legitimate mother? Do you think the second wife is the principal wife? You must always behave like a concubine to my mother! This is a matter of first come first served!"
The capital city is really interesting. In Gaoliu, such an unfilial daughter would be made obedient by a whip. If one whip doesn't work, then a few more whips will do! Yaruo suddenly became curious about the etiquette in the capital city. She asked her servant to find a local woman and asked her, "I heard that in your country of Wu, if your wife dies and you marry her again, you are also considered a concubine?"
"Of course not, young lady, you don't look like a native of the capital, so you probably don't know. Unless it is a divorce or a divorce, the one who comes first will be the eldest!" The old woman stared at a silver ingot on the table, her eyes shining.
Yaruo's eyes widened immediately, "What about the second wife?"
"They say they are equal wives, but the one who enters the house later has to serve tea to the one who enters the house earlier..."
Bang! The teacup fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
The old woman was so frightened that she ran away, not daring to mention the reward.
Yaruo suddenly stood up and took all her servants out of the city.
…
The breeze is blowing and the sun is shining.
Su Bei was sitting happily on the float, feeling like a star.
It's really good. Although some people are still not convinced by her identity, the admiration overwhelms the discordant voices.
"Miss Su Bei is so pretty! She is even more beautiful than last year's goddess of flowers!"
"She's not only pretty, but also talented! Do you remember that song? My child is still singing it today!"
"Two tigers, two tigers, running fast, running fast, one has no ears, one has no tail, how strange, how strange..."
The people actually sang the divine song together.
No wonder, such a straightforward and catchy ballad is still widely circulated in the 31st century, not to mention this age of scarcity of children's songs.
Su Bei suddenly had an idea. She could write down all the nursery rhymes she learned when she was a child and teach others to sing them! She could also try to write some songs like "A flock of ducks swam under the bridge in front of the door"...
So happily...
Bang!
The float stopped suddenly and Su Bei was almost thrown out. She looked carefully and saw a carriage blocking the way ahead.
It would be fine if it was just a carriage, both sides would give way and it would pass, but the carriage opposite was clearly pulling a coffin! If you were attending a funeral, I would give way to you...
But isn’t that Yaruo? The coffin on the car is particularly exotic, and the lid is covered with paintings. It is obvious that it is not a Central Plains custom.
Is that Chi Man?
"Why are you digging out Chi Man's coffin?" Su Bei shouted at her.
Yaruo angrily said: "You Wu country are liars! I will not marry this King Mu! I will disrupt your parade and carry the coffin back to my hometown!"
Su Bei really wanted to say to her: You should have gone back to Gaoliu a long time ago!
But she knew that once the Gaoliu people knew that Chi Man was killed rather than died of illness, they would definitely stir up border disputes.
In war, the people, the soldiers, and her brother Nan Nan suffer.