HLnovel Chapter 468 Dragon Boat Race
Chapter 468 Dragon Boat Race
When I met Gu Qingyun occasionally, I would just look at him from a distance.
But every time there is a policy, there is a countermeasure.
Gu Qingyun started to climb Qi Ning'an's wall again, and Qi Ning'an changed from being hurried and panicked to being calm and motionless.
I want to eat a candied haws today and buy a small clay figurine tomorrow.
……
Wait until May, during the Dragon Boat Festival.
The young men and women in Kyoto Prefecture have another chance to go out and play on the streets. Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be dragon boat races, but sometimes the dragon boats are small in the moat, and sometimes they are large dragon boats outside the city.
As for which year will be the big dragon boat race and which year will be the small dragon boat race, it all depends on the emperor.
This year happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival. Qi Ningan had been out of the palace for almost three years. This was her first time seeing a Dragon Boat Festival, so she was naturally very curious.
Modern ships are made big and tall, which is due to the support of modern technology.
But this was ancient times, and Qi Ning'an became curious when he thought about how such a large creature was entirely made by humans.
Qi Ning'an and everyone from the Kyoto restaurant squeezed into the crowd, their eyes fixed on the huge dragon boat.
The dragon head statue was so ingeniously carved that it looked lifelike. Qi Ning'an looked at it again and again, and always felt that the ancient people were really amazing and were true craftsmen.
Especially those eyes, which seemed to be endowed with life, were wide open, revealing a majesty and dominance that made people feel awe.
Each line is drawn just right, showing the charm of the longan to the fullest, as if the eyes would blink in the next second and make a deafening roar.
The men on the dragon boats had their muscles bulging, shouted in unison, and paddled the water with their oars, creating layers of splashes.
The Gu brothers, Qi Ningliang, and even the governor of Kyoto Prefecture, all came today. Some wanted to see their unmarried young ladies, and some wanted to look after their sisters. Anyway, almost all the young men and women in Kyoto Prefecture came out.
The rest sheds of the Qi family and the Gu family were built together. Although almost all the people from the two families were separated from Gu Qingyun and Qi Ningan, it still couldn't stop Gu Qingyun from making faces.
GuQingPei kept laughing while watching.
This kid looks like he has gotten something very popular.
Most of the people sitting next to them were wealthy people from Kyoto Prefecture, and the looks they gave this side were filled with jealousy, sadness, distress, kindness, and disgust.
I really don't understand how this person could be so lucky?
Before, she was just a little girl who ran a restaurant, but now, not only has she become an upper-class lady in Kyoto, she is also about to become the wife of the coveted Gu Qingyun.
Not long after, the aunt from the palace came.
"Princess Zhaoping, Princess Mingyue invites you to the boat."
Now those people became even more angry. Why could she, while everyone else was sitting here, be the only one allowed to board the dragon boat and be with the princess?
Of course, Qi Ning'an didn't know what other people were thinking, she only looked at her father.
Marquis An Yong waved his hand and said, "Go and have fun with the princess, but be careful not to fall into the water."
Qi Ning'an nodded and followed her aunt.
It was not until he was on the way to board the ship that Qi Ning'an felt that there were countless eyes looking at him from behind.
As soon as she stepped onto the cabin, Princess Mingyue rushed out enthusiastically, holding Qi Ning'an's hand, chattering, "Sister Qi, I haven't seen you for a long time. My father has chosen a prince consort for me, so I can only stay in the palace and do those chores."
It is a tradition to do those things when getting married, and the purpose is just to get the young ladies to give themselves a blessing.
Qi Ning'an bowed with a smile and accompanied the princess to the bow of the ship.
"I wonder what kind of consort the emperor has chosen for the princess?" Qi Ning'an felt that he had said something nonsense and was about to take back the microphone.
Then Princess Mingyue smiled and lowered her head, her face shy, "Brother Crown Prince."
Qi Ning'an also smiled and gave her blessings. After all, she had met that prince before, so he might not achieve anything great in his lifetime, but the most important thing was to provide the princess with a free and happy environment.
Perhaps the emperor and the empress also took notice of this point. After all, Princess Mingyue had been raised in the palm of their hands and had almost died many times when she was a child. Naturally, they would not send her to another country for marriage.
"That's good." Qi Ning'an sighed.
"That's good." Princess Mingyue turned around and smiled.
The two smiled at each other tacitly, and they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Princess Mingyue quickly changed the subject, "I begged my father for a long time before he was willing to give me the position at the bow of the ship."
Dragon boat races are held every year.
If it was a dragon boat race, the royal family would send a boat to participate. The princess, the prince and the nobles in the palace would watch from the shops and pavilions beside the moat.
But if it was the year of the big dragon boat race, the royal family members were eligible to board the dragon boat, which indicated good weather and good harvests in the coming year, and the children would join in the prayers.
Every year, everyone would scramble for a spot, and the closer to the bow you were, the more favored you were.
Judging from Princess Mingyue's usual look, she must have boarded the bow of this huge dragon boat countless times since she was born.
The two chatted for a while, and Princess Mingyue said worriedly, "Sister Qi, if you and Brother Gu get married, you won't be unwilling to go to the Kyoto restaurant, right? I still want to eat the different things Sister Qi makes."
Qi Ning'an laughed out loud, "How can this be possible? If Gu Qingyun doesn't allow me to go, I won't agree to marry him."
The two of them couldn't help but burst into laughter. After they got married, it seemed that there was not much impact on their current life, which was good enough.
"Is the Queen Mother okay?"
Qi Ning'an couldn't help but care about the old man who had always been thinking about him.
"It's amazing. Since changing to the diet Sister Qi sent, grandma's spirit has improved a lot. The Imperial Hospital recently said that she doesn't need to take medicine three times a day. Just one meal is enough."
In the past few months, Qi Ning'an sent a lot of recipes to the Empress Dowager, hoping that the old lady could live more comfortably. Medicinal food is much more comfortable than taking medicine directly.
Unexpectedly, it was actually helpful to the Empress Dowager's health.
"Come on! Come on!"
There were voices coming from the shore. Usually in such competitions, everyone would bet on who would win and who would lose, so the voices coming from Anshan were cheering for the team they supported.
The royal dragon head is golden, the most noble, and now it is far ahead.
The rest are red, purple, green, cyan, white, yellow... all kinds of colors. People on the shore are waving flags of different colors, which really seems to be a sign of cheering.