In March, willows sway along the bank, and willow branches with tender leaves and buds slide across the long blue water. Young men and women in Gyeongju City call their friends to enjoy the scenery on the street, and the sound of laughter is endless.
“Ouch~”
The driver stopped the carriage on the street.
"Miss, we're here." Luo'er opened the carriage window and looked at the bustling scene on the street, then turned around and reminded with a smile.
Inside the carriage, Chang Miao'er's slightly frowned brows relaxed upon hearing this, and she smiled faintly, "Well, let's get off."
The two of them came out of the black-covered carriage hand in hand and got off the car neatly.
Chang Miaoer looked at Luo'er who looked excited, and stopped thinking about the Sixth Prince. She just wanted to have fun while out and about.
"Sweet and big candied haws, two cents a string, two cents a string."
"Freshly baked meat buns, thin skin and big fillings, come and try them..."
"Beautiful and fun sugar paintings, there are all kinds of them..."
There was a constant stream of hawking sounds coming from both sides of the street, which was too much to watch. Chang Miaoer and Luoer were walking on the street, and they saw three or five children gathered in front of the sugar painting stall, watching the old man who was setting up the stall make the glass-colored syrup take shape in a moment, and then there was a burst of cheers and boos.
"Miss, let's go and take a look." Luo'er obviously saw it as well and suggested.
Chang Miaoer smiled and nodded, and went to the sugar painting stall with Luoer.
"Girl, do you want a sugar figure? Anything you want is fine." The old man asked with a smile when he saw Chang Miaoer and the other girl.
Chang Miaoer glanced at Luo'er and asked, "Sister Luo'er, what kind do you want?"
"Miss, I...any kind is fine." Luo'er said, clutching her handkerchief.
Chang Miaoer noticed the rabbit that she had been staring at the most and said, "Let's have a rabbit and a candy man."
She paid the money, gave the rabbit to Luo'er, and held a sugar man herself.
The two of them began to stroll slowly along the street, carrying a lot of things on their bodies. Seeing that it was getting late, they slowly walked back.
As soon as I reached the carriage, I heard a scolding voice: "Third sister, you should pay attention to the time when you go out to play. As a lady from a wealthy family, look at how long you have been playing."
The speaker was a stern young man in a deep blue robe with green edges. He frowned and looked at Chang Miaoer and the other person who had just walked over with a look of disapproval.
"Second brother." Chang Miaoer saw a flash of surprise in the eyes of the visitor, but she still stepped forward and saluted first.
Seeing her like this, Chang Changming nodded reluctantly.
"Second brother, now that everyone is here, let's go back home quickly and don't delay." A cute female voice came from the carriage beside them.
Chang Miao'er looked up and found that in addition to the black-covered carriage they came in, there were two more carriages parked. Chang Huan'er was sitting in one of the maroon carriages, lifting the curtain and talking with a half-charming smile on her face.
Chang Changming, the eldest son of the Chang family, was old-fashioned. Seeing that it was his eldest sister who spoke, he finally stopped talking and said, "Third sister, get in the car. Be careful next time."
Chang Miaoer's face was indifferent. She nodded with a polite smile on her lips and then got into the car.
"Miss, are you okay?" Luo'er looked at Chang Miao'er, whose smile disappeared after she got in the car, and asked with concern.
Chang Miao'er's mind was racing, and she just shook her head slightly when she heard that.
What she was thinking about at this moment was not the words that Chang Changming had just scolded her, but why he appeared here and came to take them back home.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
Chang Miaoer immediately thought of the look in the Sixth Prince's eyes when she went out, and the methods and ending of the Sixth Prince in the original owner's memory, and a feeling of uneasiness flashed through her heart.
There is no time to delay in escaping from the Chang Mansion. Even if Aunt Qing disagrees, we have to use force first, otherwise who knows what will happen.
The journey back home was not long. While Chang Miaoer was thinking, the carriage had already stopped at the gate.
The group got off the car, and Chang Changming stopped at the lanterns at the gate of the mansion. He turned around and said, "We have distinguished guests coming to our house today. Father is hosting a dinner in the backyard. Please be careful not to offend them when you go over."
Chang Huan'er, dressed in a smoky purple dress with floral patterns and an exquisitely carved gold hairpin, looked charming and alluring. Upon hearing this, she asked, "What kind of noble person is this that would warrant my father summoning you with such fanfare?"
Chang Changming usually studies hard in the academy. He came back home during the holidays, which could only be because he was specially called back.
"You'll know in a moment, just be careful, big sister." Without saying anything more, he turned and walked towards the mansion.
Chang Miaoer looked up at her fifth sister Chang Huaer, who had the same low presence as her, and followed Chang Huaner into the mansion.
The three of them in the Chang Mansion are about the same age, so they went out for a spring outing together this time.
Chang Huaer was wearing a light white dress and had a frail figure. She looked timid and never raised her head. She followed last into the mansion.
The dinner was held in the backyard, with moonlight pouring down and music playing. Dancers were spinning in their veils, and a group of people entered from one side and came to their seats.
Chang Yongnian was sitting at the lower left. When he saw them, he stood up and said to the Sixth Prince Mu Yi, who was sitting at the top, "Your Highness, your humble son is here to pay you a visit."
Mu Yi was half leaning on the chair with one hand, drinking wine with the other hand with a distracted look in his eyes. Hearing this, he looked to the side with his narrow eyes, his thin lips curled up but he didn't say a word.
No words, no objection.
Chang Yongnian said, "Step forward and pay your respects to the Sixth Prince."
"Greetings, Sixth Prince." Chang Miaoer followed behind and said with everyone else.
The Sixth Prince said casually, "Everyone, get up."
At the banquet, Chang Yongnian and the Sixth Prince introduced Chang Changming, and then they toasted each other and drank to the sound of music.
Chang Miaoer and the other girls didn't stay long and left.
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