Guo Sheng clasped his hands behind his back, bent down and looked at Li Wenlan and said with a smile: "There are a few other things that have been taken care of. Thank you for your concern, Master Six."

Li Xia was all right after hearing this, with a faint smile on his lips. Guo Sheng's sledgehammer was really his first attempt, and he was unstoppable.

"The scenery at Changyuan Pier is nice. Let's walk around first and see some scenery that is often mentioned in articles and poems. Then we will go to the pier over there to take a look. I heard that the fireworks for this year's Spring Festival are being unloaded over there. Let's watch the excitement.

.Go to Wangyuan Pavilion over there to have a rest, have a cup of tea and some snacks."

Guo Sheng straightened up, looked at Li Xia, then looked at Li Wenlan, and talked about the arrangements for this trip.

Li Wenlan kept nodding, "I know Wangyuan Pavilion. The red bean cake in Wangyuan Pavilion is the most delicious, as well as the salty tofu pudding! And the lotus paste cake, they are all one of a kind!"

"I really can't say it, and I can't trust the poems of literati." Guo Sheng walked forward and said with a smile, "Most of those words of praise are metaphors for feelings. He has been away from the capital for many years, or has come to the capital to take exams or appointments, and has traveled long distances.

Tired from work, I arrived at Changyuan Pier and was about to return or dive into the prosperity and wealth of the capital. Naturally, I felt like everything I could see and eat was delicious. I praised the Wangjiang Pavilion for this and that.

It’s the best. All I have to say is the excitement and yearning.”

"Yes, I understand." Li Wenlan listened very seriously, "Just like those poems about women's complaints, they are actually complaining that they have been forgotten by the court."

"Yes!" Guo Sheng seemed to be in a good mood and laughed out loud.

Li Xia was held by Li Wenlan's hand and looked around while walking.

Until the year of the prince's death, it was Empress Jiang who organized all the excitement in the palace every Spring Festival, as well as the lanterns and fireworks outside the city during the Lantern Festival in the capital. She was very good at and liked to organize such things, and she made money every year.

It flows out like water, and is replaced by a dazzling and breathtaking luxury and bustle.

Watching the loading and unloading fireworks at Changyuan Pier is a big event. Who is coming?

Guo Sheng and Li Wenlan talked about poems, articles, and human affairs. Li Xia held Li Wenlan's hand and listened absently, looking here and there. The group walked leisurely for most of the pier and went up to Wangyuan Pavilion.

At this time, Wangyuan Pavilion was very lively. The third floor was already full, and there were only one or two seats in the middle on the second floor. The three of them had no choice but to choose a seat near the window on the first floor and ordered the dish that Li Wenlan had longed for.

Red and green bean cakes, salted tofu pudding, etc., and two pots of tea.

The red bean cake is indeed good, but the best thing about Wangyuan Pavilion is this location. It is in a corner, diagonally facing the pier, but there is almost nothing in front of it. You can see most of the pier, and the messy but implicit pier.

Large and small ships are moored according to regulations.

Through the numerous masts, the rippling river water, and the desolate scenery on the other side in winter, the busy pier is set off like a lively but indifferent picture.

The first floor already has such a view, but I wonder what it will look like from the third floor.

Li Xia sat close to the window, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window.

She has also seen many poems written by literati and poets sitting here in Wangyuan Pavilion. Sitting here, it is the first time that this liveliness and indifference are so harmonious, and this rich desolation makes her feel like this.

People all have the urge to write a few sentences.

On a cargo ship moored at the pier, a long string of ragged children, with their hands and feet tied with ropes, walked precariously to the shore along the narrow gangplank.

The first child had already landed on the shore, and followed the strong man who led the way for more than ten steps. In the cabin, one after another, numb and swaying children continued to walk out.

"Sir! Look! Look over there!" Li Wenlan also saw the long list of children, looking from the children's ragged clothes that could not cover their bodies, to the bare feet, and then from the feet

I was shocked to see the rope tied to everyone's hands.

Guo Sheng looked at the group of children indifferently, then looked back at Qingguo, who was staring at the group of children with a frightened look on his face, "Is this how you were brought to Gaoyou County in the first place?"

"Yes...it's not quite the same. They only have their hands and feet tied up, not stringed together, not on a boat, just a car..." Qingguo's voice was very low.

Li Xia glanced at her and held up the plate of red bean cake, "It's all over. Try this. It's better than what we make at home. Eat them all. I remember you like this very much. Sit down and eat.

.”

"Yes." Qingguo took the plate, followed Li Xia's instructions, sat down next to Li Xia, lowered his head and ate red bean cake, no longer looking out the window.

"It's so pitiful." Li Wenlan turned her head and looked at Guo Sheng, tears almost falling.

Guo Sheng was looking at Li Xia who was looking out the window indifferently. He had been walking for many years from a position even worse than these children. Where was the girl? He always felt that she had been looking down on everyone, and this

The human world is compassionate in large areas, but extremely cruel in small areas, such as now.

There was a rush of but neat footsteps upstairs, Li Xia and Guo Sheng turned around in unison, and several guards rushed down in a hurry, followed by a group of handsome young men, including a tall man wearing a green lotus brocade and white fox poncho.

A young man, like the stars holding the bright moon, hurried down.

The young man had his hands behind his back, and his green lotus-colored cloak was raised back, revealing the snow-blue gown underneath.

The delicate green lotus and snow-green color set off the young man's snow-like muscles and almost perfect face, but there is no hint of femininity at all. Instead, it makes people feel a biting sharpness and an aura like a burning flame.

Li Xia looked straight at the young man. That was the first time she saw him. He was also the same age. He also wore a snow-green gown and a white fox, but in silver-white satin. He was also like snow, and his aura was like fire...

The young man looked over at Li Xia's straight gaze, and raised the corner of his mouth with a faint smile. Before the smile was fully revealed, he had already left the Wangyuan Pavilion.

Li Xia took a breath lightly, but she didn't expect... She should have thought that fireworks have always been transported by the Jiang family's ship. It seems that starting from a few years ago, he has been handling everything outside the palace gate every year.

"Sir, who is this? It's so... so..." Li Wenlan was dazzled by the sight. She moved closer to Guo Sheng and said in a low voice: "Sir, he is so good-looking! Much better-looking than me! So good-looking.

Got it!"

"He is the nephew of Queen Jiang, the prince's companion since childhood, and the eldest son of the Jiang family, Jiang Yanshi." Guo Sheng also approached Li Wenlan, glanced at Li Xia, who was still confused and worried, and introduced him in a low voice.

"Wow!" Li Wenlan let out a suppressed exclamation, turned around sharply, leaned halfway toward the window, and looked at Jiang Yanshi, who had already mounted his horse and was guarded by everyone in the middle.
Chapter completed!