Chapter 465 Opening Dance
As Yun Ran and Yun Hua walked over, they were held hands by Wu Dongmei and Feng Mengru on their left and right.
Wu Dongmei stared at the two of them, looking at one and then the other, and was overjoyed: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you're beautiful again."
They had returned to the village once before, when Yunyue got engaged, which was only a few months ago.
Feng Mengru, who was standing next to her, gently nudged Wu Dongmei with her arm and whispered, "Sister Wu, your status is different now!"
Wu Dongmei woke up as if from a dream. Everything was different. The Baoya and Huaya of the past, one became a future princess, and the other became the owner of the Fangxian Embroidery Tower. They were very different from ordinary people like them.
"Hey, I'm so happy that I'm confused!" She sniffed, let go of their hands, lifted her skirt and was about to salute.
When she did this, the villagers from Feishui Village and Ping'an Town who were sitting at several tables all knelt down and saluted.
"Hey, what are you doing? Get up, everyone!" Yun Ran said quickly, "We are all from the same hometown, there is no need to be so polite."
Yunhua also said, "Yes, I don't have so many rules here at the Xianxiu Building. Everyone has come from far away to show their support for me, so I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain them well enough."
But no one stood up and insisted on bowing.
Yun Ran and Yun Hua were helpless and it took a long time to persuade them to get up.
Looking at these twenty or thirty familiar faces, all looking at herself and her third sister with smiles and admiration, Yun Ran suddenly understood why Brother Xiaojing and Fang Xian had to hide so far away.
If the two of them came over, these people would kneel down when they heard that it was His Royal Highness Prince Jing'an and the prefect.
It is not even the end of the first lunar month yet, and the weather is freezing cold. Yunhua didn't know they were coming and hadn't arranged any houses for them. Now, looking at these villagers, old and young, she couldn't bear to let them blow in the cold wind outdoors.
"Or, they can go to the Waiting Autumn Pavilion." Yun Ran said. Rong Bing, Yin Qiu and the others had all gone to the Wangxia Pavilion where grandma and her family lived, so the Waiting Autumn Pavilion was empty now.
"No need to bother," said Fang Chengbing, the magistrate of Ping'an Town. "It's a sunny day today, with no wind. There are two stoves by the table, so it won't be cold."
Yunhua still felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to send the maids to invite the person over.
Yun Ran looked around and grabbed Yun Hua.
"What's wrong?" Yunhua was a little confused. Yun Ran took her arm and whispered something in her ear.
Yunhua smiled and said, "That's right. I'll ask someone to build a tent for them so they can at least keep out the wind."
"That's fine." Yun Ran curled his lips and smiled.
In fact, Lord Fang insisted on not waiting for Qiu Ge just now because he was afraid that other ordinary people gathered by the lake would see him and come over to cause trouble.
Soon, Yunhua sent people to build a tent. All the seats around the lake were covered with tents to prevent everyone from freezing in the cold winter.
Sure enough, the scholars and common people who had already taken their seats all smiled with satisfaction, and all of them praised Madam Yun for her beauty, kindness, ingenuity, and dexterity, saying that she was a worthy successor to Grandma Yu.
Yun Ran looked at her third sister walking among the crowd, like a fairy floating in the air, accepting the worship of these mortals, and smiled softly.
There was a weight on my shoulders, and a warm and familiar breath came to my ears: "What are you looking at? You are all stunned."
Yun Ran came back to his senses, gathered the thick fox fur coat on his shoulders that still carried someone's body temperature, and turned his head to look at Ye Jingzhen's angular profile.
"Brother Xiaojing."
Ye Jingzhen nodded: "Let's go for a walk by the lake?"
Yun Ran agreed, and the two of them held hands and walked slowly by the lake.
"How has the issue of King Nanlin been resolved?" Yun Ran was still thinking about this matter.
Overnight, her second brother was appointed as the general, and on her eldest brother's side, both the Rong Mansion and the Yin Mansion received rewards. However, she felt even more uneasy, fearing that Ye Jingzhen would be punished.
Ye Jingzhen looked into her clear eyes and scratched the tip of her nose with his hand: "It's all resolved, don't worry."
Yun Ran was worried. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then said softly, "Brother Xiao Jing, the war should be about to start."
Ye Jingzhen didn't say anything.
Yun Ran was very smart and guessed it immediately.
This time they destroyed the conspiracy plan of Ye Cangling and King Nanlin. Yun Chenglu killed a team of elite soldiers of Nanlin and also killed the great witch. It must be that Nanlin has already fallen out with Dakang, and war is a matter of time.
This was within his and his elder brother's expectations, but he didn't want Yun Ran to think too much or get involved too much.
King Nanlin must have already set his sights on Yun Ran and made a deal with Ye Cangling because Yun Ran was a more suitable candidate for sacrifice than Miao Yi.
In the words of King Nanlin, he is the person chosen by the Snake God.
Seeing that he was silent, Yun Ran took a deep breath and said, "Hey, today, my third sister is going to start embroidering the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains. Let's not talk about these things that will spoil the fun."
Ye Jingzhen suddenly stopped, stretched out his arms, and embraced Yun Ran in his arms.
A warm breath blew towards her, wrapping Yun Ran tightly. She looked up and saw Ye Jingzhen looking at her seriously.
"What's wrong?" Yun Ran asked.
Ye Jingzhen: "It was windy just now, a little cold."
"Then... hold me for a while longer?" Yun Ran blinked.
Ye Jingzhen raised his thin lips slightly, his voice unusually gentle: "Okay."
At this time, on the Lanchun Pavilion in the middle of the lake, the light blue gauze curtains covering all sides were suddenly pulled open from the inside, and melodious music sounded, attracting everyone's attention.
"Oh no, it's time." Yun Ran stuck out his tongue, suddenly took off his cloak and stuffed it into Ye Jingzhen's arms.
"Brother Xiaojing, see you later!"
After saying that, he ran away and disappeared without a trace.
Ye Jingzhen looked at her back as she hurriedly left, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
A moment later, on the small stage on the second floor of Lanchun Pavilion, twelve beautiful women with veils and graceful figures were dancing to the music.
This is the opening dance, Embroidery of Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, and it is about to begin.
Ye Jingzhen put his fox fur coat back on himself, then jumped onto the roof of Wangxia Pavilion on tiptoe.
He sat cross-legged on the roof, and like a magic trick, he took out from his arms a lotus leaf chicken wrapped in oil paper, a pot of warm wine, and a bag of exquisite snacks.
I pinched a small piece of dessert and put it in my mouth and chewed it. It was filled with sweet red bean filling, and it was red bean cake.
He suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he had a quarrel with his master. He took Ranran with him and ran to the observation tower in Ping'an Town. They drank sour and sweet soup and secretly ate the crispy and delicious scallion pancakes made by Grandma Yun.
On the Lanchun Pavilion, the twelve dancers danced gracefully. They danced spring, summer, autumn, and winter. They danced the prosperous capital, the bustling town, the mountains, rivers, and seas, and the ink-and-wash Jiangnan...
They danced with every blade of grass and every tree in Dakang, performing for the land they loved.
Everyone present was mesmerized by the scene. Men of letters and poetry stopped writing, painters and musicians stopped playing, and even the white-haired old men and children had tears in their eyes.
Ye Jingzhen stared at the three nimble girls standing in the front row, his eyes slightly red. They were the sisters Yunhua, Yunyue and Yunran.
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