Chapter 242: The Present Dynasty

Li Xiaonuan looked at him strangely,

"Do you like this?"

"Well, whatever you like, I like to eat."

"Hey, when did I like this? Where did you hear that I like this? ”

Li Xiaonuan became strange, Cheng Ke hurriedly pulled Li Xiaonuan, and while walking out, he diverted the topic,

"There is a seller of steamed buns on Mahang Street, and his house tastes the best in the capital, let's go there to buy it, and there is a seller of crystal fish on the side, which is also the first one in the capital, hurry up, I can't buy it when it's late, you say it, I also feel hungry."

"Hey, don't you eat fish? How do you eat fish jelly? ”

Li Xiaonuan was even more surprised, Cheng Ke coughed repeatedly, and while dragging Li Xiaonuan out, he squeaked and defended:

"Can fish be the same as fish jelly? That's fish jelly, it's not fish, I said I don't eat fish, and I didn't say I don't eat fish jelly, hurry up and go, I'm hungry. ”

Li Xiaonuan laughed speechlessly, fish and fish jelly are really different.

The two went out of the temple gate, got in the car and rushed to the Mahang Street, the Mahang Street was extremely narrow, and there were a lot of people, it was simply shoulder to shoulder, the two people had to get off at the alley in front of the Mahang Street, Yuanshan took a few long followers to open the road in front, and the group followed the flow of people and squeezed inside, Cheng Ke hugged Li Xiaonuan, the two were crowded by the crowd and were crowded next to each other, Cheng Ke stuck to Li Xiaonuan's ear, and said with a low smile:

"It's good that we're next to each other like this!"

Li Xiaonuan turned her head to look at Cheng Ke with a smile and laughter, and didn't answer, just looked left and right, following the flow of people looking for a stall selling dumplings.

Not long ago, I saw a long line in front of me that was twisting and turning, and Luo Chuan was sweating and signaling:

"Master, there it is."

Li Xiaonuan blinked, looked at the human dragon that had twisted and turned countless times, stayed for a long time before sighing, looked up at Cheng Ke, and said dejectedly:

"Forget it, when does this have to be scheduled? Let's eat something else. ”

Cheng Ke rubbed his toes, looked ahead, Luo Chuan squeezed over, and came back after a moment to report:

"Master, don't wait, it's almost sold out."

Li Xiaonuan pulled Cheng Ke, Cheng Ke reluctantly looked back and looked at it again, and then continued to walk forward with Li Xiaonuan.

Along the way, the two bought fried chestnuts, salt-fried ginkgo seeds, kumquats, and a lotus leaf wrapped sheep's feet before squeezing out of Mahang Street. The two stood at the corner of the market, Li Xiaonuan sighed with satisfaction, yawned and said:

"Let's go back."

Cheng Ke looked down at her and said with a smile:

"Didn't I say it, if you don't go back at night, let's take a boat along the Liujing River to watch the lights and fireworks."

The distant mountains led ahead, and the group passed through a small alley, got into the car, and the car bypassed the crowded market, picked a slightly more open street, and walked towards the Liujing River.

Li Xiaonuan and Cheng Ke ate a few ginkgo nuts in the car, the car stopped, the two got out of the car, and the beautifully carved painting boat of Runan Wangfu was already quietly moored on the shore and waiting.

The boat lady put down the wide springboard, Cheng Ke led Li Xiaonuan on the boat, Zhuqing, Yuanshan and other small guys followed on the boat, the boat girl pulled the springboard, propped up the boat, the boat returned to the middle of the river steadily, and slowly walked out of the city along the current.

The four corners of the cabin are supported by a hot charcoal basin, and a comfortable double couch is placed in the cabin on one side, and a wide low table is placed in front of the couch, which is full of all kinds of fresh fruit snacks and a small hot pot of mutton that is slightly bubbling.

The two went to the cloak, the jade buckle had already taken the little girl, made tea and brought it up, Li Xiaonuan kicked his shoes, sat on the couch, stretched his legs and feet, sighed and said:

"That's when I felt pain in my legs and feet!"

"Otherwise, you go and soak in hot water to get rid of fatigue, and I'll let the boat stop first, and then go forward when you come back."

Li Xiaonuan tilted his head and thought about it, turned his head to look at Zhu Qing, who smiled and bent his knees and replied:

"The clothes and stuff have been put on the ship a long time ago."

Li Xiaonuan immediately jumped out of the house, did not wear shoes, only cotton socks, and jumped all the way into the rear cabin. Cheng Ke's gaze followed her all the way until the curtain in the rear cabin was lowered, blocking the sight from the outside.

Li Xiaonuan took a comfortable bath, changed into a white silk short jacket, a green and yellow silk pleated long skirt, and did not use a hairpin, only loosely curled his hair, and when he arrived at the cabin, Cheng Ke had already changed his clothes, and was looking out of the window bored on the couch.

Li Xiaonuan sat on the couch, took the tea offered by the jade board, and drank two sips before putting down the cup and looking out the window.

"What's there to see?"

"You weren't there just now, there was nothing to see, but now you have it, which one do you say is good-looking?"

Cheng Ke said with a smile, Li Xiaonuan sighed,

"I'm asking you which one is nice."

"You look the best in my eyes!"

Cheng Ke circled Li Xiaonuan from behind and said slowly, Li Xiaonuan squinted and smiled, turned around and motioned for him to hand over the teacup, took the cup, drank it slowly, admired the lamps along the river and the sparkling waves in the moonlight, Cheng Ke looked down at her, took the cup from her hand, and suggested with a smile:

"At this time, it's not interesting to drink tea, I asked people to mix some lychee wine, let's drink for fun."

Cheng Ke took the wine jug and glass, put it on the wide shelf placed outside the window, withdrew the girl who was waiting in the cabin, and poured himself a drink with Li Xiaonuan, talking and laughing lowly, looking at the scenery outside the window and the painting boats coming and going.

When the boat left the city, the river became extremely wide and quiet, and the boats were far away, and the boat was quiet as if there were no others, only the two of them, hugging each other and listening to the sound of the water waves that cut through the silence around them, and the melodious sound of sheng flute and drums from afar, I don't know which boat was playing.

The huge, bright moon hung obliquely in the sky, almost falling into the river, as if the invisible hand holding it was tired, relaxing and letting it slide there at will, and the faint, dark mountains in the distance were silent, looking down at the endless prosperity of the world.

The wind with the smell of the river water also became sharp, pouring in from the open window, blowing Li Xiaonuan shuddered, Cheng Ke hurriedly called his mother-in-law over, closed the window, leaving only half of the door, and the two of them crowded together to peek out.

In the distance, huge fireworks rose and bloomed, one after another, Cheng Ke hugged Li Xiaonuan from behind, his chin rested on her shoulder, and while looking back, he explained in a low voice:

"This is the government began to set off fireworks outside the south gate, and after the fireworks, the government's lantern festival is over."

"Then the lamp mountain in front of Xuande Gate is about to be removed? What a pity!"

"If you don't withdraw today, you will put it on the nineteenth day of the first month, and after the nineteenth day of the first month, not only the lamp mountain outside the Xuande Gate, but also the lanterns hanging at the door of each household, and the lamp mountain will also be removed, even if the first month is over, from the twentieth day of the first month, even if it is spring, and then play, it is to go outside the city to go to the green and visit the garden."

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan agreed paradoxically, looking up at the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, only to feel that his eyes were sour and wanted to cry, tonight, this moon, this river, this mountain, this water, this fireworks, this world, it is so beautiful! The beauty makes her want to cry.

Cheng Ke looked down at Li Xiaonuan, casually pulled the brocade quilt from the couch, wrapped Li Xiaonuan carefully, and whispered with concern:

"What's wrong? Dengshan has been demolished, there will be it next year, every year, we come out every year to watch the lights and watch the fireworks, don't be sad. ”

Li Xiaonuan turned her head, looked at Cheng Ke with teary eyes, and suddenly reached out to wrap her neck around Cheng Ke and kissed Cheng Ke on the lips gently.

The two of them nestled in the warm quilt, listening to the sound of water waves, listening to the distant birdsong that I didn't know what to startle, talking in a low voice, until it was almost dawn, and then they hugged each other and fell asleep.

The next day, three strokes on the day, the painting boat hurried back to the dock, Cheng Ke helped Li Xiaonuan get off the boat, got into the car, and rushed to Runan Palace.

Yuanshan jumped onto the transverse board in front of the carriage and reported through the curtain:

"Master, young lady, the people who just stayed in the Daciyun Temple are back, the lantern we left yesterday collected the most copper coins, we just left not long ago, the box under the lamp can't be put down, the monks in the temple simply changed a big basket, this **** night, enough to collect two baskets and a half copper coins."

"Got it."

Yuanshan jumped out of the car, Cheng Ke raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan and said with a smile:

"This color is white, do you want to ......?"

"Don't! But I borrowed words from others. ”

Cheng Ke looked down at Li Xiaonuan, nodded helplessly, paused for a moment, and then discussed in a low voice:

"It's not good to hide this from Xiaojing, I'll go and talk to him later, if he's ...... What did you say......"

"That can't be said to be me! It's not me! Alas, no one can say it's me anyway!"

Li Xiaonuan said in a low voice,

"I think it's best to be so mysterious, after all, that's only half the poem."

Cheng Ke pondered and nodded slowly.

Cheng Kemu sent Li Xiaonuan into the gate of the palace, did not stay, got on the horse, showed his face to the household first, and then came out and rushed to the Ministry of Industry to find Zhou Jingran.

The year is gradually moving away, and everything is back to its usual routine days.

Early in the morning of the 19th, Zhou Jingran was hurriedly summoned into the palace, and it was not until he dispersed that he came out with a smile, thought about it, and went straight to the household to find Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke took Zhou Jingran into the main hall of the household, Zhou Jingran sat on the chair, drank two sips of tea with his legs crossed, looked at Cheng Ke, and said with a smile:

"Go to my house, I have something important to discuss with you."

Cheng Ke looked at him suspiciously and vigilantly, and couldn't think of anything for a while.

The two of them went out of the house, got on the horse, and after a while, they arrived at King Jing's mansion and entered the inner study, Zhou Jingran fell on the rocking chair, smiled, nodded Cheng Ke, spread his hands and said:

"I can't bear to tell you about this! Forget it, I still won't tell you, at most, this afternoon, the emperor will have to summon you, just let him tell you, I still don't talk about it. ”

It's ahead of schedule today, because I'm going out again, so I'm distressed!

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