Chapter 88: Appreciating the Moon

  Chapter 88: Appreciating the Moon

  The tide was born with a curtain cut, that is, bangs. The bangs were slightly longer, covering not only the forehead but also the eyebrows. It looks like it has lost three points of cleverness and gained seven points of obedience.

  The facial features are very standard oval face, pointed chin, full and smooth forehead, and the eyebrows and eyes are also delicate. This curtain is cut well, covering half of the face.

  She cut it unevenly and asked Aunt Li to help her fix it.

  "How did you think of doing this..." Aunt Li said half a sentence, didn't say anything else, took the scissors and helped her trim the uneven places.

  "Don't shorten it."

  "I know."

  He sat up straight with his hands on his knees and his eyes closed.

  Auntie Li held a pair of scissors in one hand and carefully trimmed her hair bit by bit.

  I don't know why... it feels heart-wrenching.

  Auntie Li thought back to when she was as young as Chao Sheng... and had also entered the palace. At that time, she didn't know she would spend her whole life in the palace, and thought that after three or five years, she could be let out, marry a good family, have children...

  If she hadn't entered the palace back then and had married and given birth instead...

  Maybe there will be such an obedient and listening daughter.

  Auntie Li held the scissors in a daze, and Chao Sheng waited for half a moment without any movement. Her eyes slightly opened a slit: "Auntie, is it cut?"

  "Oh, no."

  Auntie Li calmed down and helped her cut the rest of it neatly. The scattered hair was swept up.

  Chao Sheng Chao Li Aunt smiled: "Thank you, aunt, how is it?"

  "You've gotten darker by half." Aunt Li couldn't help but touch her face: "You'll be even better if you get a bit darker."

  "I also want..."

  But Chao Sheng has never been sunburned.

  Even if she spends most of her day standing and walking in the yard, after more than half of summer has passed, her skin is still fair and smooth.

  Eunuchs come and go in succession, most of them did not have a good end.

  She was once like that, but now she is covered in dust and smoke under the stove.

  What will be his situation tomorrow?

  Auntie Li was stunned for a while before she regained her composure and started ordering people around.

  Chao Sheng rolled up his sleeves and picked up a knife. With a few swift cuts, the snow bamboo shoots were sliced into thin strips.

  She has cut countless turnips and cucumbers in the past two years, her knife skills are well-practiced. The shredded snow peas are fine and even, spread on a plate like a half-moon shape.

  Auntie Li tapped her hand: "Too high."

  The tide is born busy and puts down his wrist.

  Auntie Li was watching from the side with a hawk's gaze, and Chao Sheng didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

  Auntie Li looked stern, but her mind had already wandered elsewhere.

  Maybe this child will be lucky in the future.

  She does everything with great seriousness and has never had a mind to take shortcuts.

  After cutting her hair, Chun Mo almost couldn't recognize her.

  "How did you think of that?"

  "Doesn't look good."

  Chun Mo nodded and reluctantly praised: "It looks pretty good."

  It's indeed not ugly, but it can't be compared with the original one.

  When others asked about it, Chao Sheng just said: "I think my forehead is too high, so I want to cover it up."

  On Mid-Autumn night, the fourth prince went to the palace for a banquet, and Chao Sheng and others also celebrated the festival.

  After worshiping the moon, the mooncakes and fresh fruits on the plate were snatched up in an instant. Chao Sheng only managed to grab a piece of mooncake, while Chun Mo handed her a bunch of grapes: "Here, this is just right for you to eat."

  Chao Sheng glared at her, Chun Mo covered his mouth and smiled.

  Coral and her family were latecomers, unaware of the grape anecdote. Someone told them in a roundabout way, and as a result, everyone in the courtyard burst out laughing.

  "Eh, now that the second prince is gone, it's so quiet here. I remember one year at Songtang Pavilion, they even set up a stage and invited musicians from Liyuan to play the flute and pipa, and we could hear them clearly through the wall. Now that side is empty too..."

  The mooncake had a round moon printed on it, and there was even a rabbit in the middle, which was very delicate. Chao Sheng broke it open and handed half of it to Chun Mo.

  I don't know how Huanyin is doing either.

  Chao Sheng's first Mid-Autumn Festival in this era was spent eating mooncakes with Han Xun...

  The round moon in the sky is bright and clean, shining with a clear light on the ground.

  May we long endure, sharing the beauty of the moon together, though we are a thousand miles apart.

  Is Xun also watching the moon at this moment? Cai Zhu should be too.

  Can't meet in person, can only wish them peace of mind.

  Coral was there with two other little palace girls talking about the legend of Mid-Autumn, just saying that due to the villain's coercion, Chang'e hastily swallowed the elixir and rushed to the Moon Palace. Hou Yi hurried back, chasing and shouting his wife's name all the way... From then on, the immortals and mortals were separated.

  The little palace maid listened with a dazed and drunken expression, forgetting to eat the mooncake in her hand.

  Wen Yue said: "The fairy Chang'e is really pitiful. The moon is so high and so cold, how can she live alone?"

  Chun Mo elbowed Chao Sheng: "What? You're also pitying Chang'e?"

  "Hmm? Nothing."

  "Is that homesickness?"

  Chao Sheng smiled and took a bite of mooncake.

  "Some people said: 'Sitting like this is boring, let's play a game of passing the drum and flowers? Whoever gets it has to tell a story or sing a song, how about that?'"

  Everyone said it was good, so they found a copper basin and turned it upside down, beating it with chopsticks.

  Chun Mo took out a feather duster and everyone started knocking.

  The flower spun around several times, and Chao Sheng's hands moved quickly, not catching any of them. Chun Mo was caught once, but she didn't show any embarrassment, instead singing a folk song from her hometown with a big smile on her face. Chun Mo had a great voice, and the song sounded wonderful. When the song ended, everyone applauded.

  Chun Mo sat down and picked up his tea to take a sip.

  Chao Sheng pushed the grapes in front of him to Chun Mo, who picked one and ate it, smiling: "It's been a long time since I've had so much fun - I don't know if there will be a next time."

  Chao Sheng said: "What did sister say? By this time next year, we won't be together to appreciate the moon?"

  "Even if it's a reward, who knows whether it's still in this courtyard or not?"

  Chao Sheng was taken aback for a moment.

  Yes.

  Even if the full moon is still there next year, the people may not be the same as they are now.

  The little eunuchs also joined in the fun, giggling and chuckling. Spring Ink had trained them well, although the Fourth Prince was lenient, but discipline could not be neglected.

  But perhaps thinking about this moon-watching session afterwards, everyone's future is uncertain, and Chunmo didn't spoil the fun.

  The ease of Yiqiu Palace was unimaginable for Chao Sheng before. In Yanxia Palace, Chen Fei was also a lenient master, but in Yiqiu Palace, no loud voices or laughter could be heard throughout the year.

  There were also people from Xiyuan who came together, Dongzhi Xiaobi all came.

  "Who else is at the door? If Your Highness were to return..."

  "It's now or never, if His Majesty is pleased, I'm afraid it will be until the fourth watch of the night."

  The voices of the two were sandwiched between the drumbeats and laughter, when suddenly the drumming stopped, and everyone exclaimed: "Where is it? Where is it?"

  The person who was passing the flower just now was in a hurry and it fell under the table.

  Chao Sheng lowered her head and looked down, the flower was just beside her feet, she bent down and stretched out her hand to pick it up.

  Her head was under the table and she felt around for a moment before finding the slippers. She then lifted her head and straightened up.

  The courtyard had somehow fallen silent, and everyone bowed their heads in respect.

  The fourth prince has actually returned already.

  He wore a long cloak, and in the moonlight, that cloak was like a silver stream flowing down.

  Separated by a sea of people, Chao Sheng suddenly forgot to bow and just stared blankly at the Fourth Prince.

  Chunmo pulled on her sleeve, and Chaosheng finally came back to his senses, hastily bowing.

  "Everyone get up." The fourth prince walked over slowly and took the plush flower from Chao Sheng's hand, looked at it for a moment, then returned it to her.

  "You guys keep playing."

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

  Fortunately, the fourth prince was not a strict person in peacetime, and everyone knew that there would be no punishment, so they were not afraid. During the Lantern Festival, the fourth prince even joined them to admire the flower lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns.

  Xiao Shun walked over: "I'll beat the drum, where's Hua Er? Pass it on."

  His casualness made everyone else relax a bit, and Coral, emboldened, said: "This flower is in Chao Sheng's hands, she can't shirk responsibility."

  Chao Sheng was taken aback for a moment and whispered in defense: "It wasn't me who picked it up, I just found it on the ground..."

  Xiao Shun smiled and said: "We don't care about that. Anyway, the flower is in your hand, right? Come on, are you going to sing or have some other fun?"

  "Sweat broke out on his forehead: 'Really wasn't me...'"

  "Hey, I've already sung, what's wrong with you?" Chun Mo said. Chao Sheng's face turned bright red, and Chun Mo's kindness was triggered: "Or you can beg me, and I'll sing for you."

  Tidal birth like Meng Da Xie: "Good sister, you are my own sister."

  Xiao Shun shook his head: "That won't do. Whoever it is, should be the one to take responsibility, how can someone else replace them? If I were to accept the flower, could I ask Your Highness to take my place?"

  The fourth prince had already sat down on a chair beside them, smiling faintly as he looked at them.

  Everyone was somewhat restrained and far from being as carefree as before.

  Joking aside, even if the Fourth Prince was amiable, he was still the master. The rules in the palace were numerous and complicated; who would dare to laugh loudly?

  Chao Sheng felt a slight sense of strangeness in her heart, why did the fourth prince return so early? Calculating the time, it should be the best time to appreciate the moon now.

  Looking at the Fourth Prince's appearance, he doesn't seem to be unwell or uncomfortable either.

  How did you get back?

  The tide was irresistible, and with a flushed face, she said in a low voice: "Then I'll sing one too... it's not good."

  "Don't worry," Xiaoshun patted his chest: "If anyone dares to make fun of you, I'll stand up for you."

  The tide was born with a smile, and I remembered hearing a song related to Mid-Autumn Festival before.

  The words are a bit fuzzy now, anyway, as long as there are two sentences that can get by.

  Just now someone sang half of it and forgot the words, but still counts as having sung it.

  She didn't dare look at others' expressions, lowered her head and softly sang a few lines, but couldn't remember the rest.

  "Alright alright, let's beat the drum and pass it down."

  The flower was passed around among the crowd again, Xiao Shun's ghostly precision, the drumbeat was also suddenly fast and slow, sometimes up and sometimes down, the crowd was so tense that they couldn't help it, and the flower was thrown faster and faster.

  Suddenly, the drumbeat stopped abruptly, and the flower was touched by both of their hands. Both of them wanted to push it to the other, but the flower flew out at an angle and landed on the Fourth Prince's collar.

  Everyone was stunned, and Xiao Shun said: "Ah, this time it's your turn, Your Highness."

  A single strand of hair is born with sweat.

  What's going on here?

  Who dares to let the fourth prince sing alone?

  Even if it were the fourth prince's father, he wouldn't have had the chance to hear his own son sing... right?

  The fourth prince still had a warm expression, picked up the flower and smiled: "Xiao Shun, are you doing this on purpose?"

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  This chapter still needs to be revised.