Chapter 374, Change of Plan
When the servant returned the eighteen sets of glassware to the Yan family, Madam Li was stunned. She looked at Daohua and the other two walking behind her in surprise and asked, "Why did you buy so many?"
Dong Yuanyao smiled and said, "Aunt, we didn't spend a single ounce of silver. We won all of these through the lottery. Oh, and Uncle Yan also won a set of snuff bottles, twelve in total."
Madam Li was stunned for a moment: "Is it so easy to get glass these days?"
Dong Yuanyao smiled and said, "Who made us lucky?"
Looking at the three girls who were so excited, Madam Li couldn't help but laugh. She ordered someone to move the glass directly to the Rice Flower Courtyard. "My yard is bustling with people. I'm afraid you might drop it. You can go to the Rice Flower Pavilion to enjoy it."
Daohua nodded and took Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu away.
After Liuli moved to the rice flower yard, Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu couldn't put it down and played with it.
As for Daohua, she simply asked the maid to place the glass ornaments in the house.
At first, Dong Yuanyao was having fun, but when she saw Guyu and Lixia carrying a glass screen onto the kang, she felt something was wrong: "Yiyi, why do I feel that ours is not only smaller than yours, but also not as delicate."
Daohua paused as he was arranging flowers in a glass vase. "This is first prize, so it should be better."
Dong Yuanyao frowned and pondered, "That's not right. With so many people participating in the lottery, how come we won all the prizes?"
Su Shiyu looked up at Daohua and smiled: "I let you win the award, and you're not happy?"
She finally understood that today's awards must have been ordered by the young prince long ago, and the awards were arranged according to the closeness of the relationship.
There is no need to talk about the Yan family. Brother Dong came to the young prince before his brother, so Yuan Yao was the second prize and she was the third prize.
Although the colored glass they received was not as valuable as Yi Yi's, any one of them was still worth a lot of money. The young prince probably thought that the gifts were too heavy to give away, so he gave them to them through lottery.
But Yi Yi’s is indeed too much.
Thinking of this, Su Shiyu couldn't help but look at Daohua. Thirteen-year-old Sister Yan had already begun to show her graceful and elegant figure. It was not impossible for the young prince to fall in love with her.
Dong Yuanyao had stood up and no longer looked at her own Liuli. Instead, she looked at Daohua's. As she looked, she found that almost every object suited Daohua's preferences.
Now she was sure that the lottery was not a scam. Those glass beads were specially given to them, and the lottery was just a pretext.
Daohua saw Dong Yuanyao watching closely, and for some reason, she felt a little guilty. She didn't want her to bring up the matter, so she quickly changed the subject: "What do you think, how are we going to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival this year?"
Su Shiyu didn't want to talk about Liuli in depth, so she immediately smiled and said, "Drinking wine under the moon, reciting poems and composing couplets are the joys of life. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, we should eat mooncakes, drink osmanthus wine, and admire the moon while reciting poems."
Upon hearing this, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao looked at each other.
Neither of them has much brain power when it comes to reciting poems or composing couplets.
Dong Yuanyao: "Then I'll be responsible for drinking."
Daohua quickly replied, "I'll be responsible for eating the mooncakes."
After saying that, they both looked at Su Shiyu at the same time: "You are responsible for appreciating the moon and reciting poems."
Su Shiyu glared at the two of them, somewhat helplessly: "How can there be such people as you? It's more fun when we're all together."
Rice Flower shrugged and spread her hands, saying, "But we can't write poetry!"
Su Shiyu was silent for a moment: "Then what can you do?"
Dong Yuanyao: "Sword dance!"
Rice Flower: "Play with the whip!"
Hearing this answer, Su Shiyu's mouth twitched: "Is there anything more elegant?"
Daohua thought for a moment: "Burning incense? Arranging flowers? Playing the piano."
Su Shiyu's eyes lit up: "Playing the piano is good, this is possible."
Daohua smiled and said, "Okay, I'll play a song for you on Mid-Autumn Festival." Then, she looked at Dong Yuanyao and said, "What about you?"
Dong Yuanyao: "Since you're already playing the piano, I'll dance with you. Sword dance is also dance."
The three of them were discussing how to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but plans could not keep up with the rapid changes. The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao came back. As soon as they came back, Yan Wenkai asked Daohua.
"Big sister, there's a lotus pond that stretches as far as the eye can see over at Ningmen Pass. Would you like to go boating with us tomorrow to admire the lotus?"
"want!"
"want!"
Daohua and Dong Yuanyao said in unison that they both loved to play, so of course they couldn't miss this kind of opportunity.
Su Shiyu glanced at the two of them with a wry look. What about reciting poetry to the moon together? But boating and admiring the lotus flowers wasn't bad either.
Mrs. Li originally didn't want to let her daughter go out, but seeing that Miss Dong and Miss Su were looking at her expectantly, and thinking that their brothers were over there, she finally nodded and agreed.
"Don't play around, be sure to pay attention to safety."
Yan Wenkai immediately said, "Mother, don't worry. I will take good care of my three sisters. Besides, the young prince and Brother Dong are all here, so nothing will happen."
Mrs. Li glanced at her youngest son. She was worried because they were all there. Thinking of this, she looked at her daughter and said, "Don't play too crazy when you go out. If you don't know your limits, don't go out next time."
Daohua was fed up and said, "Mom, when did my daughter become so out of control when playing?"
Madam Li glanced at her. In front of everyone, she couldn't say much: "Anyway, you have to come back early tomorrow."
Daohua smiled and said, "I understand."
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, after breakfast, Daohua and his group set off for Ningmen Pass in a horse-drawn carriage.
Yan Yihan and the other two wanted to go with them, but were rejected by Madam Li. Yan Zhigao sat aside without saying a word. He knew that Yishuang was sent back home early last time.
It is because I know this that I feel a little disappointed.
Now, he no longer wants to interfere in Yishuang's education.
His care and love may become the basis for Yishuang's arrogance.
At the fork in the road outside Ningmen Pass, Xiao Yeyang, Dong Yuanxuan, Su Hongxin and others were chatting casually. When they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance, they all turned their heads quickly to look.
Seeing Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao coming on horseback, and the carriage following behind, smiles appeared on the faces of the three of them.
Su Hongxin said loudly: "It must be my sister and the others who are here."
Looking at the rice flowers that lifted the car curtain and looked over here, Xiao Yeyang's lips curled up slightly, with a look of deep joy in his eyes.
The last time he went to Taohua An, he only stayed with Daohua for half a day before he left, which made him regretful for several days.
Fortunately, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a few days.
Soon, the carriage arrived.
Dong Yuanyao opened the car door and was about to get out, but Dong Yuanxuan stopped her: "Don't get out yet. We still have to sit for a while before we can get to the lotus pond."
Hearing this, Dong Yuanyao had no choice but to sit back down.
Daohua and Su Shiyu leaned against the window and greeted everyone, then the carriage started again, and Xiao Yeyang and others also jumped on the horses and walked forward.
Looking at the people riding horses ahead, Dong Yuanyao showed an interest: "I want to ride a horse."
Daohua: "I thought so too. If I had known earlier, I should have ridden Hongzao over here."
Yan Wenkai, who was outside the carriage, heard the conversation between the two and immediately said with a smile, "Sister, if you want to ride a horse, get off the carriage and let Fourth Brother take you."
Daohua shook her head: "I don't want to ride on the same horse with others."
At this time, Xiao Yeyang said, "Get off. I'll let you ride my horse." Seeing Daohua's hesitation, he smiled and said, "We're almost there. Let's walk over. It won't take long."
"real?"
Yan Wenkai: "Really? We've been to that lotus pond before. It's not far away."
Hearing this, Daohua's face was moved. She turned to look at Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu: "Together?"
Dong Yuanyao nodded repeatedly and called out to Dong Yuanxuan outside the carriage, "Brother, I want to ride a horse too."
Dong Yuanxuan smiled and said, "Come down, I'll let you ride."
Seeing Daohua and Dong Yuanyao looking at her, Su Shiyu smiled and said, "You guys go ahead. It's better for me to take the carriage."
Both of them knew that she liked quietness, so they didn't try to persuade her and quickly got off the carriage.
As soon as Daohua came down, Xiao Yeyang led the horse over and helped her onto the horse's back.
"Don't you know if your horse is docile or not? Please don't throw me off."
Xiao Yeyang laughed: "With me holding your hand, what are you afraid of?"
(End of this chapter)
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