Nanny Chen is only loyal to Yaoyao, she is her true confidant.
According to Yaoyao's instruction, everything was arranged, even though she didn't understand Yaoyao's intention.
On the evening of the Qiqiao Festival, she dressed up early and waited for Bai Yu. When she heard the maid's message, she immediately ran out with her skirt in her hands.
Lanterns were hung on the side of the road, and in the candlelight dotted with stars, a beautiful young girl flew out happily like a butterfly, and ran to Bai Yu with an expectant smile on her face, "Brother, shall we leave now?"
"Put this on." He took out a veiled hat from behind, and put it on Yaoyao's head involuntarily, the veil hanging from the brim of the hat just covered her face.
Bai Yu frowned slightly, so hazy, but more attractive.
But no matter how dense the veil is, it will affect the line of sight.
Yaoyao didn't like it very much and tugged at the veil in front of her, without protesting, she followed Bai Yu into the carriage.
Arriving at the market, the crowd was so dense that the carriage couldn't get in, Yaoyao couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage and looked around with great interest.
There are lights flowing in the river, small vendors on the side of the road, young men and women on the street, and occasionally a family with a good relationship can be seen swimming together.
Bai Yu followed closely behind Yaoyao, silently shielding her from the crowds and ulterior motives.
In fact, with Bai Yu following, Yaoyao's shopping in this street is very pleasant. As long as Bai Yu walks, the crowd will automatically avoid it, and it is impossible for her to be crowded.
There is a small vendor by the river, selling qiaoguo, which is the most popular snack in the Qiqiao Festival.
Yaoyao was tired from shopping, so she dragged Bai Yu to sit on the low bench and ordered two Qiaoguo.
There is also an old woman selling red ropes next to her, and the shelves are full of red ropes of various patterns.
Yaoyao bought two and smiled at Bai Yu: "Brother, give me your hand."
Bai Yu was taken aback for a moment, the red rope is for praying for marriage, and usually it is given to each other by men and women who like each other on the day of begging for cleverness.
He looked at Yaoyao's sweet smiling face, and when he was thinking about how to tactfully refuse her without hurting her self-esteem, he heard her say: "One for my brother, I hope my brother can find me a gentle, virtuous and beautiful sister-in-law soon. "
Bai Yu knocked her on the head, helplessly: "Is this what the girl said?"
Yaoyao was not annoyed: "Didn't daddy arrange this task for you when brother came back this time?" Then, she smiled triumphantly, and said, "Daddy told me, let me help brother pay attention to which house has a good girl , to marry back to my brother as a daughter-in-law."
Bai Yu was dumbfounded.
Yaoyao twisted the two ends of the rope and ordered: "Quickly stretch out your wrist."
Bai Yu rolled up his sleeves helplessly and stretched out his wrist.
The light was dim, Yaoyao couldn't see clearly, tried several times but couldn't fasten it, and broke out in a sweat.
Seeing this, Bai Yu wanted to come by herself, but she firmly refused, with very good reasons, this is her blessing to her brother, of course she has to wear it herself to count.
He couldn't see clearly, so he could only get closer. The girl's warm breath hit his wrist, which felt strangely itchy.
He has always been used to forbearance, and there is nothing unusual on his face.
After finally putting it on, Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, and Bai Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, she picked up another rope, stuffed it into his hand, stretched out her arm, and said, "Now it's my brother's turn to wear it for me."
The wrist bones are slender, the bones and flesh are well-proportioned, and the delicate skin is hazy and intoxicating under the light.
Bai Yu was so keen that he felt that something was wrong, but when he saw Shang Yaoyao's innocent eyes, he felt that his thoughts were too dirty and his thinking was crooked.
Yaoyao also rolled up her sleeves, revealing a section of jade white forearm, so white that it is a bit dazzling.
She couldn't help urging: "brother, hurry up."
Bai Yu frowned, stretched out his hand to pull down her sleeve, and scolded her: "You are a girl, how can you show your arms outside so easily, do you want to be famous?"
Yaoyao pouted, didn't make a sound, just sent her arms forward again.
Bai Yu thought in his heart, maybe he was too rigid, wishing his sister a good marriage, it's only normal.
He lowered his head, gently wrapped the red rope around her wrist, and tied it carefully.
Let go, look up, the moonlight is very good tonight, hanging on the branches, reflecting the dim lights in the world, fiery trees and silver flowers, lonely and noble.
"The head of the willow on the moon, when people make an appointment after dusk."
Hearing this poem suddenly, he couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat, he frowned at her, and reprimanded: "You only read these on weekdays?"
Are these obscene words and pornographic songs that she, a girl who has never left the cabinet, can watch
Yaoyao was startled by his sudden severity, her eyes were timid.
Bai Yu felt a little regretful, the relationship with his sister had just improved.
He stood up, suppressed his anger, and said, "It's getting late, let's go home."
Of course, Yaoyao couldn't agree, since tonight's main event hasn't played yet, how can she go home
She lowered her head, looking very pitiful, touched the red string on her wrist, and said weakly: "Can I go shopping for another half an hour?"
Bai Yu kept silent with a cold face, and quickly shortened the time, "A quarter of an hour, just a quarter of an hour, okay?"
"Let's go." He stood up.
Yaoyao hurriedly followed behind him happily, not even eating the Qiaoguo.
After walking around for a while, it had already been more than a quarter of an hour, he probably forgot, and never mentioned the matter of going back to the house, and quietly watched the fun with her.
Cheers came from the front, surrounded by a large group of people, applause, cheers, applause, overwhelmed the shouts of hawkers.
Yaoyao took Bai Yu's hand and squeezed past.
Among the crowd, a foreign girl is dancing. The red gauze can only barely cover her breasts and buttocks. She is barefoot and her slender waist is twisted like a water snake. There are golden bells on her wrists and ankles, and she jingles as she dances. Loud, soul-stirring.
Yaoyao was stunned, this dynasty is regarded as an open society, such a scene is not uncommon for the rich and powerful, but for a boudoir girl, it can be regarded as subverting the three views.
In the next second, her eyes went dark and someone covered her eyes.
Then, he was pulled out of the crowd by the man.
Bai Yu frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Go home."
Sitting in the carriage, Yaoyao tugged at his sleeves, hesitated for a long time, and asked, "Brother, what dance was that woman dancing just now?"
"That's not a decent girl, don't ask." He didn't want to say more.
Yaoyao couldn't help being curious, "That woman doesn't look like us at all, where is she from?"
Bai Yu didn't answer.
There was a faint creaking sound as the carriage moved, making the atmosphere less awkward.
After a while, he explained: "That's a foreigner, an uncivilized savage, you must not imitate her."
Yaoyao nodded, not sure if she listened or not.
But Bai Yu couldn't say any more, his mother had passed away, and now he couldn't find anyone to teach Yaoyao these things.
That aunt
Of course not, do you want her to be the daughter-in-law of the Church Township Duke's Mansion to be obsequious and to curry favor with men
He was the first to disagree.
Sending Yaoyao back to her boudoir, Bai Yu thought about it for a long time, counting Yaoyao's age, she had also reached the age of marriage, but it was a pity that her mother did not make a marriage arrangement for her before she left, otherwise it would be feasible to let someone from the man's family teach her method.
There are things she must know, the question is who will teach her.
He thought of Nanny Chen who was beside Yaoyao. According to his observation, this nanny was not simple, and she might be able to take on the responsibility of teaching Yaoyao.
Yaoyao asked Mammy to untie her hair, while playing with the red string on her wrist, "Mommy, the girl who danced today is very good, Mommy, find a way and bring her into the mansion to teach me."
Nanny Chen sighed, "Miss, why bother you to learn these things?"
Yaoyao smiled, turned her head, stroked the soft and wrinkled hands of Nanny, and said softly, "Because my surname is Chen."
She used to be a princess of the royal family, how could she just watch the family of two traitors be so beautiful
As early as when Yaoyao first entered this world, she touched the word "Li" on her shoulder while she was taking a bath and asked Mammy what her identity was.
Nanny originally only wanted to keep Yaoyao alive, but she couldn't resist her repeated questioning, so she could only tell the truth.
She has long known her true identity.
The next day, Bai Yu deliberately avoided Yaoyao, found Mother Chen, and "tactfully" conveyed his intentions to her, and told her that if Yaoyao had any problems, she must report to him in time.
Bai Yu didn't expect that immediately, he would receive information from Nanny Chen.
After the dance on the night of the Qiqiao Festival, the dancer suddenly became famous, and was praised by countless "literati", and the dignitaries spent a lot of money just to beg her to dance.
This kind of reputation naturally spread to the palace, especially those eunuchs who were used to guessing what they wanted. In order to please the monarch, they could come up with countless ideas. How could they miss such a ready-made excitement
Li Zetian was also aroused interest.
The dancer has opened a singing and dancing workshop by herself, named Misty Color Workshop, which is taken from the meaning of misty color jade softness, especially referring to the beautiful and moving women's siblings.
In his spare time today, he personally visited the door to admire this famous beauty from the capital.
Stopping the servant's summons, he went straight to the second floor, but he didn't expect to bump into his own younger brother—Prince Rui.
It just so happened that the two brothers went to admire this beauty together.
Pushing away from the dance practice room, a delicate fragrance comes to the face, which is the unique fragrance of women.
The room was covered with light blue gauze curtains, painted with brush and ink Danqing, Li Zetian took a closer look and found that the signatures were basically all signed by world-famous literati.
Inexplicably recalling the words that the young lady of Zhen Guogong's family said that day, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
There was a rush of bells coming from the gauze tent, ding ding dong dong, melodious, like flowing water in a mountain stream, with a special taste.
Asking the attendant to stay outside the house, he exchanged a glance with Prince Rui, both of them saw interest in each other's eyes.
He walked in silently, opened layers of gauze curtains, the ringing of the bell was getting closer and closer, and through this picture of peach blossoms blooming enchantingly, one could see the woman's slim figure, hazy and tickling.
He lowered his head and saw a pair of snow-white and delicate feet with golden bells wrapped around his ankles. As the footsteps spun rapidly, they rang rapidly.
He thought that he could finally understand what a beauty is.
Before seeing the face, it can arouse the desire of a man.
He lifted the gauze curtain, saw the beauty's true face, and was shocked in place.
He has seen the people behind the veil.