The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Chapter 590 Extra: Ji Wuwang (5)

Jiang Wantang, wearing a veiled hat, stepped into Haitang City. What caught her eye were the colorful crabapple blossoms blooming in every corner of the streets and alleys, from the eaves of teahouses, in front of wine shops, and in the window frames of shops...

Red, pink, white...flowers are blooming all over the city and can be seen everywhere.

It is indeed a veritable crabapple flower city...

Very beautiful and shocking.

The streets in the distance were even lined with long rows of peach trees, their blossoms vibrant and vibrant. A gentle breeze blew, and the pink petals drifted everywhere, reflecting the simple, smiling faces of the city's residents...

It was warm and beautiful, just like the paradise she had once imagined.

Looking at the bright and beautiful flowers all over the city, Jiang Wantang's thoughts gradually drifted away, back to the small bamboo house in the mountains six years ago...

That spring, amidst a peach grove dotted across the mountains, a young girl, about ten years old, watched with delight as a young man in white sat leaning against a peach tree, playing the flute for her. He was as pure as a pine tree and the moon, spotless and spotless...

The little girl's eyes were full of longing for the future. She said, "Brother, Atang likes peach blossoms, but Atang doesn't like the mountains..."

"When I grow up, let's find a place with lots of people and a lot of fun, and plant some peach trees there, okay?"

"I also want to plant lots of crabapple flowers..."

Because when she was little, she had seen many hibiscus flowers planted in the Prime Minister's Mansion, matching her name. So, she had longed for someone to plant a field of crabapple flowers for her one day...

Because in her young eyes, this meant being valued and favored.

That year, the young man was elegant and extraordinary, with a warm smile. He said, "Okay, let's do as Xiao Atang said. In the future, I will plant a whole city full of flowers for you..."

It turned out that she was young and ignorant at the time, and he still remembered what she said.

It turns out that her brother Xiaoqi has been staying there, waiting for her to reunite...

As Jiang Wantang watched, her nose felt sore and her eyes gradually turned red.

"Watch your step, girl..."

At this time, a girl selling flowers on the street came over with a smile and reminded.

Jiang Wantang looked down upon hearing this, and saw a crimson crabapple blossom lying at her feet.

The girl walked up to her and squatted down, carefully picking up the flowers at her feet, gently patting the dust off, and said with a smile: "Miss, the crabapple blossom is a noble flower species in our northern border. Here, the crabapple blossoms and peach blossoms on the street cannot be picked or stepped on casually..."

At this time, the old woman selling wontons nearby had just scooped up a bowl of steaming wontons and said with a smile, "Is this your first time back in our northern border, young lady?"

Jiang Wantang was stunned when he heard this, then nodded.

"Young lady, you don't know..." the old woman explained with a smile, "Our place was originally called White Frost City. It was completely different back then. There weren't many flowers, or even trees."

"After our new prince took power, he brought peach trees and crabapple seedlings from Jiangnan every year..." She smiled as she pointed to the crabapple and peach blossoms lining the streets. "In just a few years, he managed to grow ten miles of peach blossoms and a city full of crabapples in this bitter cold land..."

"Later, it was changed to Haitang City."

"Look, how beautiful the crabapple blossoms are blooming everywhere!"

"Over the years, I don't know how many flower-loving girls have come here to visit..."

"In the past, this was something that the people of our northern border would never have dared to even think about."

Jiang Wantang's eyelashes trembled. She walked to the old woman's stall, sat down, and ordered a bowl of wontons.

The old woman smiled and poured her a bowl of hot crabapple tea: "Girl, try our flower tea..."

As she poured tea, she smiled and said, "Our King Zhenbei not only planted flowers all over the city, but also spent a lot of money to hire craftsmen from all over the world to modify the flower varieties, so that there are endless flowers blooming in the northern border all year round."

"At first, everyone thought the prince loved flowers, which was why he took so much trouble to cultivate them. It wasn't until many girls in the city, envious of the prince, went to great lengths to marry into the Zhenbei Palace that they discovered he already had a wife..."

"And the crabapple and peach trees that filled the city were planted because his fiancée loved them..."

"And the entire peach forest in the backyard of the Zhenbei Palace..."

"I heard that the two were separated for many years, and the prince has been looking for that girl all these years..." At this point, the old woman shook her head and couldn't help but sigh, "Ah! I wonder what kind of girl it is that has made our good prince miss her for so many years."

Jiang Wantang reached out and held the crabapple tea in front of her. It was steeped with red dates. The petals unfolded in the hot water, revealing a hint of cinnabar between the stamens. As a teardrop fell, the amber tea soup rippled...

She leaned over and took a sip, but found the floral fragrance tinged with bitterness.

Only after coming here did Jiang Wantang finally understand what Shi Lin had been hesitant to say many times and never said.

And every time he mentioned it, he invited me to come to the North to take a look.

I see.

It turns out that her brother Xiaoqi has already built a paradise for her in the north...

As the old woman cooked wontons, she said to herself, "Our prince is truly a good man. If it weren't for him, the people of our northern border wouldn't have such a good life today."

"Not only in this city, but even in the entire northern region, there is not a single woman who doesn't admire him. Yet, he keeps his heart in a state of devotion, waiting for just that one person."

At this point, she sighed again: "Oh! I wonder when he can wait?"

"Later, out of gratitude for the prince's kindness and moved by his deep affection, the people of our city held the Flower God Festival every year during the spring when all flowers are in full bloom."

At this moment, the old woman placed a bowl of steaming pork wontons, fresh from the pot, adorned with emerald green onions, in front of Jiang Wantang. The smile on her face deepened. "On the Flower Goddess Festival, all young men and women of marriageable age in the city can come out to meet each other. If they're attracted to each other, the man will pick a peach blossom and give it to the woman he likes. The woman... will pin a crabapple blossom on the man's head. This is how both parties express their feelings."

"It's similar to the Shangsi Festival in the capital."

Jiang Wantang listened and blew on the scalding wontons in front of her, the heat filling her eyes...

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the street. Jiang Wantang looked over curiously and saw soldiers coming out.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Grandma smiled and comforted, "Girl, don't be afraid."

"This is the city's defense...it's nothing serious."

"Speaking of which, young lady, you've arrived just in time. Three days from now, we will be holding the annual Flower Goddess Festival in the northern region."

"So there have been a lot of outsiders entering the city these days, so the guards have been strengthened."

"By then, the city will be bustling with activity. Our prince might even show up."

"There are men and women who love each other and express their feelings for each other. The lucky ones can even receive the prince's blessing and gifts..."

"Miss, why don't you stay a few more days and see it before leaving."

Jiang Wantang's pupils trembled...

Three days later, Flower Goddess Festival,

Brother Xiaoqi will also appear?