On the ninth day of the ninth month of the first year of Jingkang, it is another Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival is a day to climb high and look far, but there are no mountains in the Bianjing area, and such an important festival cannot be celebrated. Therefore, the people in the capital celebrated this festival in the form of a temple fair in the Daxiangguo.

Daxiangguo Temple is located in the west of Bianliang City. During the Northern Song Dynasty, it was a royal temple covering an area of ​​more than 500 acres and dozens of large and large Zen temples. Every time the festival comes, Xiangguo Temple has grand temple fairs, attracting all kinds of vendors from the capital to gather here. Whenever the Double Ninth Festival comes, the literati and poets in the city often go out of the city to pick dogwood and enjoy chrysanthemums, travel around the mountains and rivers, and ward off evil spirits. The wives and ladies of officials also ride sedan chairs to the temple to burn incense and fulfill their wishes and have fun.

When encountering such a festival, members of the imperial family will naturally have various celebrations. Since Double Ninth Festival is also the Old Man's Day, Qinzong brought the concubines in the palace, the princes in Beijing and the princess who were out of town to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. Ling'er heard that there was a grand temple fair in Daxiangguo Temple, so she naturally wanted to go and see the fun. In fact, for Ling'er, who has always been playful, the palace is indeed like a cage. She was eager to fly out to see the prosperous scenery outside the palace and enjoy the warmth and peace of ordinary people. However, as a princess in a country, she couldn't help but do anything.

Since Liu Yixuan returned to the capital, Ling'er wanted to sneak out of the palace to play with Liu Yixuan, but she couldn't find a suitable reason to ask the queen mother for advice. The day before yesterday, she heard that Caishikou was going to kill someone, so she shouted to go out to watch the fun. The queen mother said that the girl's house could not watch such bloody scenes, so she did not let her leave the palace. It happened that today was the Double Ninth Festival. After paying homage to the queen mother, Ling'er wanted to go out to find brother Xuan again.

The empress dowager has always spoiled Ling'er. Seeing that she was begging for her and acting like a spoiled child, she had no choice but to let the eunuch go to Linyuan to pass the imperial edict, asking Liu Yixuan to select several imperial guards to protect him, accompany Ling'er to the city, and told them to return to the palace before dark.

After Liu Yixuan got the news, he selected four capable imperial guards and called the servants in the mansion to promote them. The group of people all changed into casual clothes and waited for Ling'er outside the palace gate.

Liu Yixuan stood outside the palace gate and looked at the sun above his head. It was the clear and cool autumn air and the sun shining brightly, but it was almost noon. "Why haven't this girl come out yet? Since she was shouting to come out to play, she was still so slow!"

People always couldn't help but recite. As soon as Liu Yixuan finished speaking, he saw Ling'er and a few maids walking out of the palace gate.

"Brother Xuan, I'm here!" Ling'er waved to Liu Yixuan from afar, and also ran over in casual clothes. "Princess, please be slow, be careful!" Seeing Ling'er's panic, several maids hurriedly chased after him.

Ling'er walked closer and Liu Yixuan looked at her outfit different from the past. Ling'er wore a tight green smoke shirt on her upper body and a rose flower skirt on her lower body. She tied a large bow with golden silk silhouette around her waist, and a purple and golden hairpin was inserted in a low and oblique manner. Her makeup was simple and elegant, and her figure was graceful, giving people a petite and delicate feeling.

"Beauty, you're here. We've been waiting for a long time!" Liu Yixuan saw Ling'er's close-fitting girls in casual clothes, followed closely behind, and asked again: "Why, are these maids going to leave the palace with us?"

Ling'er whispered to Liu Yixuan: "Brother Xuan, I actually don't want them to follow you, but they have to come, so I'm so annoyed!"

Liu Yixuan said to several palace maids: "You guys go back, I will protect the princess, so you don't have to follow."

Ling'er's maid Zhulian replied, "How can that work? It was the empress dowager who ordered us to serve the princess, and we cannot go back."

"We are traveling in a condom today, so it's not adorable to be too ostentatious. A group of girls like you are following behind, are you afraid that others will not recognize them as princesses? With this young master and a few imperial guards accompanying you, the princess is definitely safe. You all go back!" As he said that, he waved his hand and asked them to go back. Seeing that Liu Yixuan was not allowed to follow, several palace maids had to return in disappointment.

The group left the imperial city and followed the bustling crowds to Daxiangguo Temple in the west of the city with the bustling crowd. Since Ling'er had been traveling to Junzhou last time with Liu Yixuan, she has not come out to play for several months. When she saw the vendors on the street placing such seasonal fruits, fan-faced handkerchiefs, clay-man puppets and other objects, she was very excited and hurriedly followed the crowded crowd. Liu Yixuan was afraid that she would get lost for a while, so she held her little hand tightly after following her. As soon as Ling'er came out of the palace gate, she was like a little sparrow trapped in a cage that had been flew into a strange forest. Everything was so curious and fresh. However, it made Liu Yixuan and the guards with her with her could only follow her tail and run around.

The door of Daxiangguo Temple is filled with various stalls, and vendors from all over the capital occupy the road here to operate. Liu Yixuan and Ling'er came outside the temple gate, but saw many people queuing around a store. Ling'er leaned forward and grabbed an elder in a queue and asked, "Old man, what are you doing? Why are you queuing so long?"

The elder laughed and said, "Little girl, we are queuing up to buy delicious food."

"It's delicious, what's delicious?"

"It's Chongyang Cake. This Chongyang Cake sells is very delicious. We all came here to buy it!" As he said that, he moved forward again.

When Ling'er heard that there were delicious foods sold, she shouted to Liu Yixuan: "Brother Xuan, let's buy some Chongyang cakes, let's eat them?"

Liu Yixuan looked at the long queue and was worried that the pastry would be unhygienic. If Ling'er had a bad stomach, it would be troublesome again, so he said, "Oh, such a long queue will probably take a long time to buy it. If you don't buy it, that thing is not delicious at all!" As he said that, he pulled Ling'er and continued to walk forward. Ling'er turned around and looked at the long queue and left the crowd with reluctance.

The group entered the mountain gate of Xiangguo Temple and saw people coming and going in the temple. There were endless pilgrims and tourists from all walks of life, which was a prosperous scene. Liu Yixuan did not expect that the tourism industry in the Northern Song Dynasty was so developed. On such holidays, all major attractions were also crowded.

"Ling'er, have you been to Xiangguo Temple before?" Liu Yixuan asked Ling'er.

"I've been here. When I was a child, I followed my mother and later with my sister Changle. Sister Changle often comes to burn incense and make wishes. I heard that it's very effective." Ling'er said with her head tilted.

"Oh, that's the case. This is the first time I've been here. Let's go and take a look at it in front!"

Liu Yixuan and Ling'er followed the incense-burning crowd and continued to stroll into the temple. They saw many monks in the temple dressed neatly and welcomed and sent them to the temple. In the center of Xiangguo Temple is a main hall, which enshrines the golden statue of the Buddha. Many devout pilgrims knelt there to pray and make wishes. Ling'er held Liu Yixuan's hand and asked, "Brother Xuan, let's go and make a wish too. I heard that the Buddha here is quite spiritual!"

Liu Yixuan is a materialist and never believes in this kind of gods and ghosts. He just saw Ling'er so pious, so he didn't say much, and just smiled and said, "Make a wish? No, making a wish is your girl's business. What wishes are made by my master? Go and make a promise, I'll watch you from the side."

Ling'er pouted and said, "No, no, I want you to make a wish with me, come Brother Xuan!" As he said that, he pulled Liu Yixuan to the cushion in front of the Buddha statue.

Liu Yixuan turned around and looked at the promotion and several big guards, all of whom were covering their mouths and laughing at him, and felt embarrassed for a moment. Liu Yixuan pretended to be angry and said to them: "Whatever you laugh at, go to the side!"

"Oh, come on, Brother Xuan, I want to make a wish with you, okay?" Ling'er held Liu Yixuan's hand and begged in a sweet voice.

Liu Yixuan had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, let's go and make a wish!" Then he entered the Buddhist temple.

Ling'er picked up a clean futon, lifted her long skirt and knelt on it devoutly. Liu Yixuan drew a gourd and knelt beside Ling'er. Ling'er folded her hands together and said to Liu Yixuan: "Brother Xuan, you must close your eyes when making a wish, otherwise it will not work!"

"Okay, I get it, I just close my eyes."

The two knelt in front of the Buddha, recited it devoutly, and secretly made their own wishes to the Buddha in their hearts. Although Liu Yixuan did not believe in Buddhism, he hoped that there would be a Buddha at this time. If the Buddha really existed, he would show his supernatural powers, tell him whether he could go back to the past, and tell him how to save the terminally ill Northern Song Dynasty.

After the wish was made, the two stood up and left the Buddhist temple. Ling'er asked, "Brother Xuan, what wish did you make just now?"

Liu Yixuan said: "Didn't the wish that you can't tell others? Otherwise, it won't work."

"Who said that, I can tell others, Brother Xuan, just tell me. As long as you tell me your wish, I will also tell you my wish, okay?"

"Is that true? You Northern Song Dynasty still have this rule?" Liu Yixuan was suspicious, but seeing Ling'er's curious eyes, he decided to tell Ling'er the wish he had just made, so he looked at Ling'er affectionately and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you, I just told the Buddha, begging him for blessings so that my Ling'er can be happy every day. No matter what happens in the future, we will not be separated!"

After hearing this, Ling'er smiled with satisfaction, then lowered her head with a little shyness and whispered: "Brother Xuan, you are so nice to me."

"Silly girl, you are my favorite sister Ling'er. If I don't treat you well, who else will I treat you well? Oh, by the way, tell me what wish you made just now!"

Ling'er glanced at Liu Yixuan mischievously and laughed, "I, I can't tell you what I made! Haha..." Then she ran to the distance.
Chapter completed!