"Sister Chang!" Seeing Chang Suining coming out, Yao Xia smiled and waved.
Chang Suining walked towards her: "Let's go."
Yao Xia took one of her arms affectionately.
Although Chang Sui Ning felt uncomfortable, she couldn't refuse, so she just asked as she walked: "Why don't you see Mrs. Ran of your mansion?"
"My cousin is accompanying my eldest aunt to copy scriptures and offer lamps."
The two of them talked and walked dozens of steps, only to see a young man in brocade clothes waiting under the tree.
The young man paid attention to the movements here. When he saw someone, he stepped forward and saluted. He was polite but not rigid, with the unique vitality of a young man: "I'm Yao Gui, please say hello to Mrs. Chang!"
"Sister Chang, this is my brother." Yao Xia said: "He is also going to watch the sacred elephants, and we are in good company."
Going to watch the sacred elephants is just a novelty for young people, and there are already children and women from all the provinces.
Chang Suining nodded and returned Yao Gui's bow: "Then let's go there."
Several people walked together. Yao Gui had already inquired about the location of the observation place in advance. With him leading the way, Yao Xia and Chang Sui Ning were talking behind, and they felt that they had arrived very quickly.
After Yao Xia learned the news, he went to Fengsuining again. After several delays, when they came, there were already many people.
"Look, there are two heads!" Yao Xia was shocked to see a real elephant up close for the first time.
The royal family of Dasheng has been raising elephants for decades. Nowadays, in many sacrificial and blessing ceremonies, elephants symbolizing peace and auspiciousness will appear and be used to carry treasure bottles and sacrificial vessels. Therefore, most people today regard being close to elephants as a blessing.
At this time, it can be seen that the two sacred elephants are both white elephants, with the physique of an adult elephant. They are walking on the grass, occasionally lowering their heads to eat grass and drink water, and they look very docile.
Chang Suining's eyes fell on the female elephant among them. When he saw the folds on its slightly flapping big ears, his memories were suddenly pulled back to many years ago——
On a summer afternoon, a six or seven-year-old girl's hot forehead hair was soaked and stuck to her face, but she was still playing and running with a boy who looked very similar to her.
She held up the hem of her cool blue palace dress and smiled cheerfully, showing off her newly lost front tooth.
Suddenly, as she was passing by, the naughty baby elephant in the elephant garden sucked up water and spurted it out, splashing her all over.
The girl jumped up and wiped away the water droplets on her face with her hands. Soon her grin became even brighter and she put her hands on her hips and yelled: "You sprayed me again!"
She climbed onto the elephant's back and waved a soft willow branch in her hand.
"My sister is like a general!" exclaimed the boy who was sitting aside to rest while being served by the palace servants.
"Really!" The girl straightened her thin back, raised her chin, and did not forget to cover her leaky but not too imposing mouth.
At this time, the little elephant suddenly jumped a few steps faster. She leaned forward and hurriedly lay on the elephant's back.
"Princess, be careful!" a maidservant exclaimed.
The little elephant was not really imprudent. He let the girl lie on his back and walked slowly in the elephant garden with the girl on his back.
It wasn't until the boy resting under the tree sneezed that the girl jumped off the elephant's back skillfully.
Her actions caused another exclamation from the palace maid.
"...Axiao, what's wrong with you? But what's wrong with you?" The girl half-crouched in front of the boy and raised her hand to test the temperature of his forehead like an adult.
"Sister, I'm fine." The boy shook his head, his clear eyes curled up, and he smiled at her. The afternoon sunlight filtered through the gaps in the big trees and fell on his excessively fair face, which was so golden that it was extremely unreal.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief.
In a daze, she seemed to be able to feel the touch of her palm on the boy's forehead. It was warm and cool, which was very reassuring.
Chang Suining's fingers curled up slightly.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, the elephant has a docile temperament. Although it will not hurt anyone easily, it is still not appropriate to feed or touch it rashly just in case. Therefore, you can just watch it from outside the bamboo fence." The elephant slave reminded.
The voice sounded, and everyone nodded in response.
The bamboo fence is only half as high as a man, so it cannot guard against elephants. However, with the elephant slaves there, the docile elephants do not need to be guarded against, and they will not jump out of the fence. This bamboo fence is set up to remind some unintentional elephants.
Proper young people - some young people, if you don't draw a line for them, they will always want to take another step forward.
At this time, everyone saw the female elephant walking towards the bamboo fence, followed closely by another male elephant.
The timid ones quickly retreated.
The female elephant's eyes were gentle and kind, flashing with spiritual light. Through the bamboo fence, she suddenly raised her long nose and opened her mouth to call out.
This sound is gentle and ethereal, and seems to have the power to cleanse the heart and mind.
Facing those eyes, Chang Suining wanted to reach out and touch them.
However, Xiangnu's reminder is still in her ears. Although she is not an obedient person, she also doesn't like to do some mentally retarded behavior when she shouldn't attract attention.
"This is the cry of an elephant...it's the first time I've heard it!" It took Yao Xia a while to come back to his senses. He was quickly attracted by the tusks of a male elephant nearby, and took Chang Suining to see the male elephant.
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"This ivory is really long and beautiful." Yao Xia raised her hand to tentatively touch the ivory, but she obviously couldn't touch it, didn't think about it, and didn't dare to touch it.
"These two divine elephants are indeed more majestic than the ones we have seen before, well..." Cui Lang, who was not far away, nodded in praise and looked thoughtful. Just when Cui Tang felt that he was going to compose a poem next
At this time, I just heard him say: "It is indeed a divine image, but it is different."
Cui Tang: "..." OK, at least it rhymes.
"A'tang, look...that's the Chang family's wife, right?" Cui Lang poked his sister gently and suggested, "How about you come up and talk? We are both girls, so we should have a lot to talk about."
Cui Tang said "heh": "You and your eldest brother are both men. Why don't you and your eldest brother have many topics to talk about?"
"I said Cui Tang, if you don't stab me for a day, you'll feel sick, right?"
On the other side, Yao Xia, who was standing in front of the bull elephant across the bamboo fence, turned around and looked at Yao Gui in confusion: "Brother, what are you looking at here and there instead of looking at the elephant?"
Yao Gui shook his head: "It's nothing, I just seemed to have seen someone..."
"Who is it? Is he an acquaintance?" Yao Xia also looked subconsciously.
"Not an acquaintance, I should have just seen him somewhere..." Yao Gui scratched his head: "It was just a vague glance, maybe he was dazzled."
There was a lot of noise and people coming and going, so Yao Gui quickly withdrew his gaze and did not think about it further.
The two elephants were very willing to get close to people. The male extended his long trunk out of the fence, wanting to touch the people in front of him.
The people in front of it at this time were Chang Sui Ning and Yao Xia. Faced with the elephant's initiative to show closeness, Yao Xia was extremely surprised.
Chang Sui Ning also raised her head and looked at the elephant. When she looked into the elephant's eyes, she suddenly saw the elephant suddenly retracted its trunk and barked.
This cry was different from the docility of the female elephant, but showed a bit of displeasure and agitation, startling everyone around her.
The elephant slave hurried forward and explained with a smile: "Don't be afraid, this is a male elephant. He has a little temper, but he will not hurt people randomly..."
While he was speaking, the male elephant turned and walked away, while the female elephant still stayed at the bamboo fence.
Chang Suining subconsciously turned around and looked behind him.
In the sight, there was a girl with a frightened look on her face, the boy cast a curious look, and the female envoys and servants who accompanied him were chatting in low voices, everything was as usual.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in Chang Suining's ears, interrupting her thoughts.
