Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but raise his eyes to see Sheng Sleeping Crane's face, but saw that he had a gentle smile and a calm expression, as if he was nothing, and beckoned to her with leisure, and said to the Zhao family brothers and sisters with a smile: "These are the two younger sisters of my family, the eldest is also the third, and the youngest is the eighth sister." I went to your mansion to disturb before, and I have a niece and daughter, but she didn't come out tonight. ”

Hearing this, Miss Zhao San hurriedly came up to salute and said, "Tao Cheng has seen Sister Sheng San and Sister Sheng Ba!"

Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Weiwei hurriedly returned the salute, each reported their names, and exchanged a few words of greetings to each other, Sheng Weiqiao looked at Miss Zhao San, who had wanted to meet before, but saw her ice muscles and jade bones, shaved shoulders and thin waist, with a face full of spring flowers, and eyes like autumn water, she was really a beauty, especially at this moment, her hair was full of green silk and a fallen horse bun, and a peony hairpin with beads was inserted obliquely, revealing a little charm in the girl's beauty, which became more and more delicate.

couldn't help but praise: "I was fortunate enough to witness Brother Ling's masterpiece in Sister Ling's boudoir before, and I was shocked at that time, but I didn't expect to see Zhao San's sister's fairy appearance today, but it was even more captivating than in the painting." ”

Zhao Taocheng covered her mouth and smiled: "Why does my sister make fun of me? Sister is not Xia Zi Yueyun, plump muscles and beautiful bones? and Sheng Ba sister, she is really pink makeup and jade, and Yuxue is cute!"

After praising each other like this, Zhao Taocheng saw that Sheng Sleeping Crane and Zhao Li had already discussed Danqing skills, knowing that his fifth brother didn't like the imperial examination, didn't love luxury, but was only intoxicated with Danqing.

Last time, the Nan clan took a group of juniors to Zhao Mansion to ask for guilt and explain what happened, and when Zhao Li was dragged to the front yard by a few brothers to greet Xu Baomo and Sheng Sleeping Crane, he was still very unhappy.

Unexpectedly, after sitting down, he didn't talk a few words with Sheng Sleeping Crane, but he hated seeing each other late.

If it weren't for the presence of Zhao Bai, the third son of the second room of the Zhao family, and diverted the topic, Zhao Li's brother-in-law, Zhao Bu, also hinted that Zhao Li should not be too attentive, but I was afraid that Zhao Li would be eager to keep Sheng Shenghe to live in Zhao Mansion to facilitate the consultation of Danqing's technique.

After Sheng Sleeping Crane said goodbye and left Zhao Mansion, it was also the Zhao family elders who told him that since Zhao Li's uncle Zhao Xuan had already decided to preside over the Spring Festival this year, this Sheng Sleeping Crane came to Chang'an specifically to catch the exam, where did the Zhao family take the initiative to contact him?

Otherwise, Sheng Sleeping Crane hindered Zhao Li, and did not dare to refuse Zhao Li, but after turning back to the title of the gold list, he was questioned because of this, because he flattered Zhao Li and got Zhao Li's care, so he achieved fame...... Not only does he have to make a feud, but it is also equivalent to pouting Zhao Xuan's future.

Therefore, Zhao Li did not particularly look for Sheng Sleeping Crane after that, and planned to wait for the end of the palace examination, Sheng Sleeping Crane went to Zhao Mansion to meet the master, and then pulled him to have a long talk.

But when he met at the Lantern Festival today, Zhao Li was overjoyed, and couldn't help but take out a few questions that had been accumulated for a long time and ask for advice.

Although Zhao Taocheng listened too much to the private conversations of the elders, she was also worried that her fifth brother was obsessed with Danqing and didn't know anything about mundane affairs.

In the future, my relatives will die and the family will be separated, but I am afraid that the situation may not be as easy as it is now.

But looking at Zhao Li's eyebrows dancing and dancing, he couldn't bear to disturb him, for fear that Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Weiwei would be impatient to listen to it, and think that Zhao Li had occupied their brother, so he asked with a smile: "I seem to see you guessing the riddle, but are you disturbed by us?"

"Where is the disturbance?" Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly said, "We are stumped by a question, and we just feel that we can't get off the stage! Fortunately, you came over, but you relieved us." ”

Zhao Taocheng really likes to guess riddles, and secondly, she wants to distract them, so she suddenly shows curiosity and says, "What topic? Can you point it out to me?" Maybe the three of us will discuss it again, and then we will have it?"

Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Weiwei immediately led her to a hydrangea lamp not far away.

This hydrangea lamp wants to be worth a lot of money, it is to use hardwood as the skeleton, put together sixteen square glaze to make a spherical shape, depict miscellaneous paintings in pastel, built-in candle flames, and fall a circle of colored spike palace silk, similar to hydrangea [Note], the longest of which is on the palace silk, take the colorful silk to bind the peach blossom paper with a wide inch, and the place where the riddle is written is empty.

"What is this guessing?" Not long after Zhao Taocheng came in, she had already guessed more than a dozen riddles correctly, and the reason why their brother and sister appeared here was her request in the final analysis. And since Zhao Taocheng is interested in guessing riddles, she must have spent a lot of effort on this way.

At this time, he swept away the riddle, and he actually had a bottom in his heart, but he still asked, Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly said: "Guess the herbs...... Our sisters are embarrassed because we haven't read medical books at all when we are at home!"

Zhao Taocheng flipped through the peach blossom note, and sure enough, she saw a hint written on the back, which was the name of a medicinal herb.

In fact, she is not interested in medical books, but because she likes lantern riddles, and lantern riddles often play medicinal materials over the years, she has read a few books that introduce plants and trees. At this time, he knew the answer, pursed his lips and smiled, and was about to say it, but when the words came to his mouth, he thought that Sheng Weiqiao sisters had stood in front of this lamp for a long time, and they knew it at a glance, although it had something to do with the fact that the two sisters had not read medical books and did not know the names of medicinal materials, but this comparison made the Sheng sisters embarrassed.

Zhao Taocheng is not afraid of these two sisters, but Mrs. Qin's teachings are that harmony is precious, and if you don't make enemies, don't make enemies, especially if your fifth brother is still pulling the enthusiasm of other people's brothers, it's not good that Zhao Li is enthusiastic about Sheng Sleeping Crane over there, and he has all kinds of blows to the Sheng family sisters, right?

Waiting for the two brothers to come over like this, they were also embarrassed to see that the atmosphere was not right.

Therefore, I specially pretended to meditate for a while, and when I saw that someone else was coming, I was going to guess, so I said in an uncertain tone: "Could it be ...... Angelica Angelica?"

When the little guy guarding this lantern riddle heard this, he immediately smiled and arched his hand, and said, "Congratulations, Miss, you guessed right!"

As he spoke, he offered a bamboo chip that had been prepared long ago.

Zhao Taocheng took the bamboo chip in her hand, but handed it to Sheng Weiwei, and said with a smile: "I never expected to meet the two of you today, and I didn't prepare any meeting gifts, no, I'll take a trick, Sheng Eighth Sister don't dislike it!"

"If you want to talk about a meeting gift, we didn't give you a meeting gift either!" Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly said politely, "How can I just take yours?"

The two excused themselves, and in the end, Sheng Weiwei still accepted the bamboo chip, but the four-cornered pink yarn palace lamp she got by guessing the riddle correctly was a return gift.

Zhao Taocheng mentioned this four-corner pink yarn palace lamp in her hand, and said that Sheng Weiwei was smart: "When I was like Sheng Eighth Sister's age, I remember that there was a lantern festival, and my second sister got a hibiscus lamp from the third brother, which was lifelike and beautiful, and when she saw me looking envious, she said that if I could guess the riddle correctly, I would give it to me." I remember that the riddle at that time was actually not difficult, it was 'late spring and early summer', typing a word. As a result, I didn't come up with it for two days, so I could only watch my second sister go in and out with the hibiscus lamp, and finally she burned it out carelessly!"

"Then Second Miss Zhao is not good enough for your sister!" Sheng Weiwei heard this, immediately straightened up her small chest, and showed off, "If my third sister gets a hibiscus lamp, if I want it, my third sister will definitely give it to me immediately, absolutely don't let me guess any riddles, let alone deliberately raise it in front of me to make me greedy!"

Sheng Weiqiao pinched her with tears and laughter, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! Miss Zhao Er teases Zhao San's sister! Don't I often tease you?"

apologized to Zhao Taocheng again, "My sister is young and ignorant, please don't be surprised if she says something wrong!"

Zhao Taocheng didn't care, and said generously: "It's okay, in fact, my second sister and I are really not as harmonious and friendly as your sisters, and we have been grabbing things since we were young." But this is also for a reason: our sisters are two years apart, which is about the same age, and the things we like are also about the same, so it is naturally easy to fight. Fortunately, the cousins occasionally quarrel and quarrel, and no one cares about it afterwards!"

"That's right!" Sheng Weiqiao bowed, "My own sisters, it is reasonable to have some disputes occasionally, and they are really out of sight." ”

Speaking kung fu, they have moved to another lantern riddle, this time the riddle is not blank, but the riddle couplet, "the white snake crosses the river, a round of red sun on the head; oolong lying on the wall, wearing 10,000 points of Venus", the upper and lower couplets each play a common thing in life.

This time, Sheng Weiqiao and Zhao Taocheng thought for a while, and then said in unison: The upper link is an oil lamp, and the lower link is a rod scale. The oil lamp is immersed in the lamp oil with a white wick, which is "the white snake crossing the river", and the flame is red after being lit, like a red sun;

In fact, this lantern riddle is not difficult, the reason why Sheng Weiqiao and Zhao Taocheng still have to spend time to think about it is mainly because of their background, they don't use oil lamps at all, and they rarely touch the rod scale, so they need to scrutinize it to think about it.

At this time, because the two of them said the mystery at the same time, about the bamboo chips, it was another push, and finally Zhao Taocheng said, "I came early, there are already more than a dozen bamboo chips in my hand, but my sister has just come in, and the bamboo chips are better than me, and if I am lucky enough to go to the second floor, it will be difficult for my sister to ask me to go up alone? Or my sister dislikes me and is unwilling to go upstairs with me", in the end let Sheng Weiqiao accept it.

Then they guessed together, you say a word to me, occasionally Sheng Weiwei interjected, the little girl is innocent, although the childish words are occasionally reckless, but very funny, but it makes the atmosphere harmonious, a harmonious harmony.

It's just that after each guessing more than 20 riddles correctly, the faces of both of them became solemn: the riddles that can be found next are getting more and more difficult.

Zhao Taocheng likes this, has worked hard, at this moment can still meditate to find a line of inspiration, guess slowly and slowly, and finally still march towards the thirty bamboo chips; Sheng Weiqiao has never guessed the lantern riddle before, the routine is not familiar, and he is not very talented, a few riddles in the early days relied on Zhao Taocheng's reminder to win the bamboo chips, at this time Zhao Taocheng was too busy to take care of herself, she stood still in front of a lamp, thought for a long time to no avail, was a little embarrassed, bowed her head and whispered to her cousin: "I'm afraid I can't think of this riddle." ”

The idea of Sheng Weiwei in the morning was to let Sheng Shenghe contribute, and she pulled Sheng Weiqiao to charge forward before, mainly because she wanted to do her best.

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao's progress pause at this time, he immediately broke away from her hand, ran to Sheng Sleeping Crane, and complained: "Big brother, why are you still watching the excitement, don't you care about us?"

[Note] Hydrangea lamp, the description information comes from Baidu, and so are the lantern riddles.