Only after he walked away did Yu Rou lower her head and curl the corners of her mouth.
The prince is quite entertaining.
If you pretend to be indifferent in front of me, then I will pretend to be affectionate.
After a while, Princess Hening arrived, accompanied by Princess Jingning.
Princess Hening seemed unaware that the prince had just been there. She only said that he had originally wanted to ask her to go to Liufang Palace, but the prince sent someone to invite her and told her that Yu Rou had already arrived there, and that the female teacher who taught music, chess, poetry and painting would also be here, so he asked her to come over.
The environment of Fuyuezhai was better, so Princess Hening went there to admire it. When she met Princess Jingning on the way, she brought her along.
The female teacher arrived after the two princesses and taught for two hours, and that was the end of the day's class.
Yu Rou was about to leave, but was pulled by Princess He Ning to have dinner. After dinner, Yu Rou returned to the Yu family. After returning, Wang was pulled by her and talked to her for a long time.
In the evening, the prince sent a lot of things, and Wang couldn't stop smiling.
On the second day, the annual Qingming Festival finally arrived.
No matter whether you are rich or poor, everyone has to go out to the suburbs to visit the graves on this day to show their respect. However, because everyone goes to the suburbs to visit the graves, the fields become like a market, so there is also the custom of outing on Qingming Festival.
Since ancient times, the emperor has bestowed fire on the nobles and their close relatives during Qingming Festival. During the Da'an Dynasty, the emperor also bestowed elm fire on his ministers. However, since the current emperor ascended the throne, the Yu family has never received elm fire from the emperor during Qingming Festival every year. But this year, for some reason, the emperor bestowed fire on the Yu family and also gave them giant candles.
Everyone in the Yu Mansion was overjoyed. In addition to being happy, everyone said that it was because of Yu Rou that they received the emperor's favor, and praised Yu Rou highly.
At this time, the flowers in Bianjing City were in full bloom, the weather was clear and the air was mild. The members of the Yu family took a carriage and went to the suburbs to visit the graves.
All the young ladies put on veils, and Yu Rou, Yu Ting and Yu Si's people rode in a carriage.
The carriage arrived at the street. It was very lively outside. They could only hear the hawking sounds one after another while sitting in the carriage. Yu Ting couldn't help but lift the curtain to look out.
The maids and servants were all in the carriage at the back, leaving only the three of them inside. After Yu Ting lifted the curtain, the three of them began to look out of the carriage frequently.
There are all kinds of things sold on the street, but most of them sell sacrificial offerings. The paper horse shop on the street uses paper robes to build pavilions, which is very eye-catching.
There were also people carrying baskets on their shoulders to sell food, such as thick porridge, wheat cakes, and milk cakes.
Whether it's a shop or a guesthouse, willow branches are planted in front of the door, which is called "bright eyes". This is a custom during the Qingming Festival. No matter whether it's an official or a commoner, every family plants willow branches, and at a glance, the door and eaves are covered with green, which is very fresh.
Hang willow branches on your door, and all ghosts will not enter your home."
Guanyin holds a willow branch and dips it in water to save all living beings. The willow branch is called "ghost-fearing wood" and has the effect of driving away ghosts and evil spirits.
Suddenly, the sound of music was heard and the carriage quickly moved to the side.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Yu Ting was the first to lose her patience and shouted.
Soon, before the maid from the Yu Mansion came over to explain, someone outside was heard saying, "This is the mountain spring water from the Guangcheng Prince's Mansion."
Yu Rou also became interested. Like Yu Ting, she put her head close to the window and saw the guards of Guangcheng Palace, all of them tall and mighty, holding a huge wooden barrel in their hands and walking forward steadily. It seemed that the barrel contained the mountain spring water to be used in the tea party.
In front of the guards was a handsome man riding a horse, who was the Prince of Guangcheng.
He was dressed particularly flashily today, but he looked very eye-catching. Many young ladies threw handkerchiefs at him. He just caught a few and threw them out again. His eyes and eyebrows were full of affection, which made those young ladies very happy.
Even Yu Ting was stunned and said infatuatedly, "Prince Guangcheng is so handsome."
Yu Rou didn't know whether to do it or not, so she laughed out loud, "You little idiot."
Yu Ting blinked shyly, "Really, don't you think so, big sister?"
Yu Rou thought for a moment and said, "It's quite pretty."
"So, big sister, who do you think is more handsome, the prince or the crown prince?"
"Why are you asking me this question?" Yu Rou shook her head without answering.
Yu Ting smiled and said, "I'm curious. Everyone says that Prince Guangcheng has also taken a fancy to my elder sister and wants to marry her. But my elder sister is already engaged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Otherwise, the prince would have come to propose marriage."
"Where did you hear that?" Yu Rou asked.
"The maids sometimes talk about it. I hear it, but I won't tell anyone anyway." Yu Ting smiled. "If my elder sister hadn't been engaged to His Highness, would she have accepted the Crown Prince?"
"There aren't so many ifs." Yu Rou didn't want to answer, but when she saw Yu Si, she had to be a little wary.
After the guards of Prince Guangcheng's Palace had gone far away, the carriage slowly arrived at the Yu Mansion Cemetery in the suburbs.
When arriving at the cemetery, they would start sweeping the tombs. Everyone would weed the graves and add soil to them, burn paper money and place paper money on the graves.
After everything was done, the young ladies and gentlemen could go out for an outing and enjoy the flowers. After the elders gave them some instructions, they took the carriage back.
Yu Ting and Yu Si didn't want to go back, so they followed Yu Rou.
Yu Rou originally didn't want to bring Yu Si with her, but after thinking about it carefully, she decided to bring her, so that she wouldn't appear to be talking nonsense in the house. She knew that a lot of news actually came out of the Yu Mansion and then came in.
But that's not the only thing she's guarding against.
"Big sister, where are we going?" Seeing that everyone in Guangcheng Palace had left and there was no excitement to watch, Yu Ting focused her attention and talked to Yu Rou.
Yu Rou asked about the time. It was still early. There was no point in going to the tea party. She decided to go shopping.
Yu Ting was very happy when Yu Rou said this. "You mentioned it, and I remembered that I was at the Meng family a few days ago and saw the sachet worn by the young lady of the Meng family. The pattern was very unique and delicate, and the embroidery was good. I liked it very much. I asked and found out that she bought it in a shop under the Panlou Hotel. The things there are all unique and different from other shops. Not only are the styles novel, but each item is one of a kind. I have wanted to go and have a look for a long time, but I forgot about it after a few days. The young lady of the Meng family also said that they have everything there, including sachets, headdresses, hats, combs, embroidered handkerchiefs, treasures and antiques..."
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