The streets were bustling with people, prosperous and brightly lit. But all the splendor could not comfort Guo Shao's lost heart. He had come to Damingfu across the Yellow River four hundred miles away. What was he looking for? To gain power or to secure everything in his hands? That was all he could think of. But he always had a hunch that the woman in the carriage should not be Fu Er. But he didn't think about the source of this hunch for a while.
Guo Shao's heart was in a mess. He was concerned about the marriage and also about Fu Yanqing's help in finding Gao Huaide's sister.
The group of people who followed the gorgeous carriage gradually dispersed and went their own way; people also lost interest. Fu Er was just a lady of high status, nothing more. I am afraid that the travelers who stayed at the Damingcheng Posthouse that day with great interest until the Lantern Festival specifically to see Fu Er were also disappointed.
Guo Shao walked silently on the crowded and bustling streets. He noticed that the green-robed woman was still behind him, so he turned around and asked: "Why are you still following me?"
"General Guo, you hate everyone in the house. You dislike Madam Fu Er, and now you dislike me as well," the woman teased with a smile, her voice soft and gentle, very pleasant to the ear.
Guo Shao said seriously: When did I ever say that I disliked Madam Fu Er? You can't make up rumors when you go back.
The woman's chuckle came from pursed lips: That depends on what you do.
Guo Shao frowned and said: What do you want me to do
But I dare not say it so harshly. The woman said lightly.
In fact, the woman's voice was very pleasant, neither hurried nor slow, very rhythmic and charming. Guo Shao did not mind that she was traveling with him. On the contrary, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with her. He was just afraid that the dancer would really say something nonsense when she went back.
Guo Shao looked around and saw that except Zuo You, they were all strangers. The woman also had an attendant, who also wore a veil, but never spoke a word or made a sound. Guo Shao reached into his bosom and felt a bunch of copper coins and some small gold and silver coins. He wanted to give them to her, so he pulled up her right hand with one hand. After all, she was a singing and dancing prostitute. But as soon as he held her hand, Guo Shao was stunned.
It was smoother than silk. At a glance, I could see the delicate hand pulled out from the sleeve. It was whiter than jade and had a smooth and delicate luster. On the back of the hand was embroidered a bright red flower, which was dotted on the white wrist and was very beautiful.
She shrank back very quickly, more nimble than a loach, and immediately pulled her hand back. Her tone immediately changed, cold and annoyed: "What are you doing?"
Swish. Before Guo Shao could figure out what was going on, the silent woman behind him suddenly pulled out a piece of his dagger. A cold light flashed amid the sound of metal friction. Guo Shao's heart tightened, but fortunately he had some experience in short-weapon assassination techniques. The muscles on his legs and waist immediately tensed up, and he paid full attention to the follower.
His whole body suddenly tensed up.
The woman in the green robe of Yuqing shouted anxiously, then shook her head slightly. The sword light in the hand of the follower named Yuqing disappeared immediately, and he stood up straight, still without saying a word, almost without any movement, and was terrifyingly calm.
Guo Shao stood there in a daze, doing nothing. The tense atmosphere between the lightning and the flint subsided in an instant. He held a handful of copper coins he had just grabbed in his hand, standing there like a fool.
Who told you that you can just pull a woman's hand? It's really infuriating. The woman in green robe was very angry, she stomped her feet and turned away.
This was not an ordinary slave, but a woman of high status in the palace. But according to Guo Shao's perception, she was not a relative of Fu Yanqing, because women of prominent families usually paid more attention to etiquette, and it was not appropriate for her to go to the lantern festival on the street without permission. She even had such a beautiful tattoo on her hand, and the elders would definitely discipline her.
The more prestigious a woman is, the closer she can get to Fu Yanqing or Fu Er and the more she can have a say with them.
Guo Shao hurriedly chased after him and said kindly: I am rude, I apologize to my wife. What is your name
The woman walked hurriedly, angrily without saying a word, and ignored Guo Shao. Now they changed positions, and it was Guo Shao's turn to follow behind her.
Looking from behind, when she walked faster, her waist swayed in a very charming way. The outline of her back could make the straight robe look smooth, with a slender neck, straight back, flexible waist, curved and smooth hips. And the slender legs inside the robe would occasionally push up against the robe when she walked quickly and took big steps. If you looked carefully, you could find that her thighs were very long and straight.
If this figure is not covered, it must be amazing. I don't know how beautiful it is. I'm afraid it can't be compared with the great beauty Yang sent by the emperor. Yang is gentle and soft, but the woman in front is full of vitality and plump but with clear lines. So when Guo Shao saw this woman dressed as a man for the first time, he immediately felt that there was nothing on her body that didn't show that she was a woman.
The two walked silently, one in front and one behind, not too far away. The maid named Yuqing followed the woman in green robe. Zuo You followed Guo Shao silently. He was just a weak scholar. If Guo Shao was in danger, he would be helpless.
At this time, I saw a long row of wooden frames and cloth tents on the roadside ahead, just like a gourd rack. Under the gourd rack were many gourd-like palace lanterns, with long and short sentences written on them, all of which were lantern riddles.
The woman slowed down her pace and looked up at each lamp. Her face was covered with a scarf, so she had to be very close to see the words on the lamps. Guo Shao also absentmindedly read the sentences on them, and saw that one lamp read: Round when drawing, square when writing, short in winter, long in summer.
He thought about it casually for a moment and thought: Damn, this is too hard to guess what's going on, so he kept silent.
At this time, a woman came over and said: For only fifteen cents, you can buy a palace lantern. If you can guess the riddle on it, you can also get the small item hanging next to it as a gift.
The green-robed woman looked at several of them, and then carefully examined the small gift next to a lamp. Guo Shao took a quick glance and saw that it was a colorful stone tied with a red string. It must not be a valuable item, otherwise the business would be ruined. She probably picked it up by the river, washed it, and tied it with a string to deceive people.
Yuqing, come here and help me guess this riddle, the woman called out.
Yuqing didn't move. The woman didn't care, she just stood in front of the palace lantern, as if she was thinking hard. Guo Shao didn't even need to look, even if the woman couldn't guess, there was no hope for him as a warrior.
But he still didn't ask how much the gift cost. Although he was a vulgar man, he wasn't vulgar to this extent. Guessing lantern riddles on the Lantern Festival was supposed to be fun. If he ran up to pay for it, all the fun would be ruined. Wouldn't it be okay to make a fool of himself
The woman selling palace lanterns probably saw that the woman in green robes could not guess the answer, so she smiled and said, "There is another way. Just spend fifty cents to buy paper and ink, and the customer can also write a lantern riddle, or come up with a poem, and paste it on the board wall over there to entertain the tourists. This palace lantern and the gift can be given together, and the answer to the riddle is inside the palace lantern."
Where is it? the woman in green robe asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a group of people in front of him shouting: "Good, young master, good words!"
The green-robed woman asked: Can I write here
The woman selling palace lanterns said: There is no space here, it doesn’t matter, here are all elegant people who are literate.
The woman in green robe followed the woman forward, but unexpectedly, because of her tall stature, she suddenly bumped into the ceiling of the wooden frame. She let out a slight cry, and the veil on her head fell off.
There was a group of people gathered by the wall in front, including some young men in brocade robes, because in this era, those who could read must have a wealthy family or at least lived in a wealthy family. The people over there heard the gentle and soft sigh-like call of the young lady, and they all turned their heads to look.
Oh, suddenly there was a burst of exclamation, and those people's eyes widened. Guo Shao was behind, and saw those people's exaggerated expressions. There was even a white-faced scholar who bit four fingers in his mouth, his eyes wide open. What the hell did he see? It was so exaggerated.
The woman in green robe quickly bent down to pick up her veil. Guo Shao quickly quickened his pace to pass her, and when he looked ahead, he was also stunned.
The round upper half of her face and her crescent-shaped eyes, even without a smile, are like a spring breeze, bright as the moon, full of timeless charm and aura, and a bit playful and lively; she was a little angry and shy at this moment, but both her frown and shyness were very cute. The black hair on her head was full of youthful breath, and the black black hair and jade-white skin formed a very sharp contrast in color at the end of her hair, like an ink painting drawn on a piece of white paper, like in a dream or in the clouds. The color of her skin was made even more flawless and white by the dark green robe she was wearing, and it was glowing with a light goose yellow under the orange-yellow palace lanterns.
Guo Shao felt that the shiny skin on her face seemed to be covered with a halo, a sacred halo.
The night sky seemed to be filled with flowers; spring had come earlier. But the spring scenery and spring breeze were soon covered up by her veil.
What made Guo Shao dumbfounded was not how beautiful she was, but that she looked very much like Empress Fu.
Especially the eyes. Apart from the different expressions, the shape of the eyes is exactly the same as Fu's. She is Fu Er. She is Fu Er. Guo Shao is 100% sure that this woman is Fu Er. Who knows who the woman he saw in the car before is
In later times, the population has reached billions and information has been developed, but it is still very difficult to find two people who look the same. Moreover, Fu was born in the Prince of Wei's mansion. It would be unbelievable to find two women who look very similar and are not too different in age in the same mansion, and they are not related by blood.
Fu Er, you are so naughty that you actually played this kind of trick on me. I thought you were a noble woman who never went out of the house, but she actually pretended to be so noble and even came here to fool me.
Guo Shao finally realized it and blamed himself for being too stupid. Didn't Empress Fu say that her sister looked a lot like her? She said that two years ago. How could she not have thought of the woman in the carriage? How could she be Fu Er
Fu Er put on his veil and said to the woman selling palace lanterns: "I don't want your frame. Why do you want to be so low?"