Just a few days after July, it's Qixi Festival.
On the first day, the maids of Yaoguang Palace became active, preparing needlework and catching spiders.
Tao Ti was born late, and when she knew about it, Qixi Festival had already become a day for young people to date. For those old customs in the past, such as threading a needle to beg for cleverness, piercing a needle against the moon, throwing a needle to test for cleverness, and fighting for cleverness in the night , she is clueless.
When Linglong caught two spiders for her yesterday, she was still a little dazed, but Linglong still smiled and said, "Prince Princess is so busy that she forgot to catch Qiaozhiniang (spider) Yingqiao."
Only then did Tao Ti know that there is also a custom of "happy spiders should be clever" on Qixi Festival. Put spiders in a small box on July 7 and open them at dawn the next day. If the spider webs are dense and complete, it means If the spider's web is sparse and broken, it means that the girl is clumsy.
Tao Ti thought this custom was very interesting, so she took the small box from Linglong and put it next to the dressing table, planning to have a look at it on the morning of July 8th.
By the time of Qixi Festival, not to mention the Yaoguang Palace, the atmosphere of the entire palace has become different from the past, with a little more festive joy, and it is no longer as dull and solemn as it used to be.
Palace ladies can be released from the palace when they reach the age of twenty-five. Because they will get married in the future, they pay special attention to Qixi Festival. Tao Ti didn't hold them back either, and allowed them to make arrangements.
The maids were grateful, and cleaned up the Yaoguang Palace with their hands and feet, and set up a large table in front of the court, with melons and fruits, tea, wine, pastries, snacks, begging fruit, longan, red dates, and peanuts on it. Wait. There is also a tray on one side, with multicolored silk thread and silver needles, which are used for begging at night.
Tao Ti can hold a spatula, but she can't do embroidery with a needle.
She didn't join in the fun, but happily tasted the begging fruit brought by the dining room—
This kind of small snack kneaded with flour, sugar and honey, and fried in oil has an average taste, but I can't stand the skill of the royal chefs. They are carved on it and made into other shapes. became a work of art.
In order to let the ladies feel at ease and beg for cleverness, Tao Ti specially greeted Pei Yan and asked him to come later at night.
When Pei Yan heard her "unreasonable" request last night, she pretended to be unhappy. Tao Ti hurriedly hugged and coaxed and kissed him. Then he smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and tapped her forehead, agreeing.
It was just getting dark here, and the ladies of the court were like little birds coming out of the cage, happily huddling together, looking up and waiting for the moon to come out.
Tao Ti moved a bamboo rocking chair and lay leisurely on the porch, eating honeydew melon and grapes while watching the live version of the "Chinese Valentine's Day Folk Show".
When the curved crescent moon hung in the sky, the maids bowed to the Vega star devoutly, and then picked up multicolored silk threads and silver needles to string them together.
Linglong smiled and said, "I don't know who is the fastest to get through the seven needles."
Tao Ti wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Whoever wears it the fastest will be rewarded with a hairpin!"
With the lottery head, the little maids became more active, scrambling to wear the thread.
In the end, a little maid named Lan'er was the fastest to dress. When Tao Ti gave her the lottery, the little palace lady was so excited that she almost didn't cry. Now it's time to change the stage, and she might be able to say a 500-word acceptance speech .
After begging for cleverness, Tao Ti asked the maids to carry the table of food to the backyard and let them play around.
Seeing that Linglong was still dutifully accompanying her, Tao Ti took off a crystal bracelet from her hand, put it on her wrist, and said with a light smile, "You serve me every day, so let's go play with them today."
Linglong was so flattered that she lowered her head, "It's a slave's blessing to serve the princess..."
"Okay, okay." Tao Ti interrupted her polite words, and winked at her slyly, "You go and play with them, and the Highness will come down later, so I can be alone with him."
It was hard for Linglong to evade this reason, but she also knew in her heart that the Crown Princess said this to make her feel at ease to beg for a cleverness. Thanks again, she went to the apse.
The front hall suddenly became quiet, with only a few young eunuchs guarding it.
Tao Ti lay back on the rocking chair again. The night breeze was blowing. She took a sip of the wine, and then picked up a piece of honeydew melon and gnawed on it. Although summer is hot, there are many fruits, and soon we will be able to eat lychees from the south. Thinking about it, I feel that life is beautiful.
Just as Tao Ti was immersed in delicacies such as "lychee shrimp", "lychee sweet and sour meat" and "lychee wine", footsteps sounded in her ears.
She opened her eyes slowly, and saw Pei Yan in a misty white robe under the soft silver moonlight, with a tall body and a slack smile on his clear and handsome face, he was truly unparalleled in the world.
Tao Ti: Ah, another day when I was struck by Pei Yan's beauty.
Pei Yan saw that his little princess was dumbfounded again, the smile on his lips deepened, he bent down a little, and waved five slender fingers in front of her, "I'm back to my senses."
Tao Ti blinked her eyes, blushed, hurriedly got up from the rocking chair, and said softly, "Your Highness, you are here."
Pei Yan said "Yes", glanced at the melon and fruit snacks on the table, and said, "It's Arti who knows how to enjoy."
Tao Ti smiled embarrassedly, and said, "It's very good to see the stars from this angle! I'll ask them to move you a chair, and let's watch the stars together."
"Don't bother." Pei Yanyan held her white wrist, "This rocking chair is spacious enough, just sit together."
Without waiting for Tao Ti to react, he directly hooked her waist, hugged her and sat down.
In this way, Tao Ti sat in his arms, her little butt was on his strong thigh, and she could see his gentle and jade-like face when she turned her head slightly.
Tao Ti's cheeks were hot.
She has seen this posture in film and television dramas before, usually it is a concubine who seduces a faint king, and must be holding a grape in her hand, she casts her little wink, and squeezes her throat tenderly, "Your Majesty, I am here to feed you. "
Thinking of that tone, Tao Ti didn't hold back all of a sudden, and laughed out loud.
Pei Yan, "What's wrong?"
Tao Ti was startled, and hurriedly said, "No, it's nothing."
After a pause, she added, "Your Highness, your legs will become numb if you hug her for a long time. Why don't you sit up and let me sit in your arms."
Pei Yan listened to her and moved aside.
Tao Ti was petite, she leaned into his arms as if she had no bones, one sat in front of the other, she was intimate and not tired, and both sides were happy.
In the dark night, the stars are shining, and the two most dazzling ones are none other than Cowherd and Vega.
The two hugged each other, looked at the stars, drank wine, and ate honeydew melon and fruit, which tasted a little bit of the tranquility of time.
Pei Yan and Tao Ti talked about Cowherd and Weaver Girl, feeling that they were separated from each other and could only see each other once a year.
Tao Ti moved her little head in his arms, looked up at him with her small face, and retorted, "If I were Weaver Girl, I wouldn't meet Cowherd."
Pei Yan raised her eyebrows, and lightly stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist, "What do you say?"
"The cowherd listened to the words of the old cow, and secretly took away the feather clothes from the weaver girl while she was taking a bath. This behavior is too despicable! What's even more despicable is that he used this to threaten the weaver girl to marry him! Later, he secretly Hide the feather clothes and prevent Zhinu from going home..."
Tao Ti said angrily, "If I were Weaver Girl, and a mortal man dared to peek at me taking a shower, steal my clothes, and not let me go home, I would definitely beat his dog... Well, I mean, I would definitely kill him." I will teach him a lesson!"
Pei Yan was taken aback, but he had never looked at this story like this before.
Tao Ti continued, "It is said in the story that the Weaver Girl fell in love with the Cowherd, but I couldn't figure it out. Which woman would fall in love with a thief who stole her clothes? Weaver Girl is a fairy after all, what in heaven? Have you ever seen a handsome fairy? An ordinary and honest man in the world, what attracts her and makes her willing to endure hardships with him, bear children for him, and even violate the rules of heaven?"
Wouldn't it be nice to be a beautiful little fairy
After a moment of silence, Pei Yan pinched her little face, "It seems to make sense."
Tao Ti's watery eyes looked at Pei Yan, and said with a smile, "Unless that cowherd is like your Highness, more beautiful than the gods in the sky."
Pei Yan couldn't help laughing, his black eyes seemed to be full of starlight, "You have never seen gods, how do you know that I am prettier than them."
Tao Ti was about to say "I've seen it before", but fortunately she stopped in time and said, "Well, I saw it in my dream!"
Pei Yan was amused by her, and smiled with crooked eyebrows.
Tao Ti was dumbfounded again, maybe the wine was more energetic, she happily wrapped her arms around Pei Yan's waist, buried her small face in his arms, and sighed deeply, "Your Highness, why are you so good-looking?" Well, I really like you."
This sudden and bold confession made Pei Yan's heart skip a beat.
He lowered his eyes, looked at the limp little girl buried in his arms, her slender eyelashes trembled slightly, rubbed her hair with his big palm, and lightly raised his thin lips, "Me too."
The longer he spends with her, the more he likes her.
He wanted to kiss the little person in his arms, but when she lay down like this, there was no movement.
Pei Yan waited for a while, and called out "Ah Ti" in a low voice, only to hear her lazily humming, but her body did not move.
Is this asleep
Pei Yan smiled helplessly, and brushed her cheek with her fingers, "Little lazy cat."
After sitting quietly for a while, he carried Tao Ti steadily back to the bedroom.
Bending down to put her on the bed, he took off her shoes and socks, and took off her coat.
She didn't wear much, a blue long beige, a lotus-colored veil inside, and a lilac-colored embroidered apron made of silk, and as she lay on her side, her clearly delicate collarbone Below, showing a graceful and round curve.
Pei Yan's Adam's apple moved slightly, and his black eyes became darker.
A burst of heat surged all over his body, he squeezed his fingers tightly, covered her with a thin quilt with a calm face,
Just as he was about to leave, his sleeve was suddenly pulled.
Pei Yan paused, turned around slowly, and saw Tao Ti's sleepy face, and muttered, "Don't go."
Pei Yan pursed her lips, bent over, and coaxed her in a low voice, "Go wash up alone, I'll be back soon."
But Tao Ti half-opened a pair of blurred and moist eyes, as if she was holding on to her sober consciousness, but also as if she was drunk, and said with a bit of coquettishness, "Then you kiss me...today Qixi, you kiss me first." Kiss me, or I'm afraid I'll fall asleep again later."
The delicate little beauty is coquettishly coquettish, even a man can't bear it.
Pei Yan raised her chin with Wenliang's fingers, her voice was hoarse, "Little girl, are you sure?"
Tao Ti blinked, dazed.
"It's too late even if I'm not sure." Pei Yan leaned down, like a hungry beast biting its prey fiercely, and kissed her lips fiercely.
Passionate, lingering, irresistible, deep kisses.
His fiery chest was pressed against her soft body, and the cold blood was burning, as if a fire was going to incinerate the two of them completely.
He held her waist with his hands, without the barrier of the fabric, the tentacles were smooth and tender, like extremely tender tofu, he was reluctant to use force for fear of leaving marks on her.
Almost at the same time, another dark and nasty voice came out of his heart, making him want to pinch her waist hard, leaving many marks on her that belonged only to him.
Pei Yan felt that he might not be able to bear it anymore.
His kisses left her lips, and rained down on her earlobe, neck, and collarbone, tossing and turning.
The curtains were filled with charming fragrance, seeing the little beauty's clothes were messed up and her body was barely covered, Pei Yan's body tensed up.
He gently kissed and bit her earlobe, his voice was hoarse, "Ah Ti, give it to me."