Yan Min originally had a sister, who was three years older than him, and he grew up under her care, and his relationship was better. It's a pity that this princess is also a hard worker, she got married three years ago, and died of dystocia in less than a year, Yan Min was heartbroken and seriously ill.

So, Xiyue vaguely felt that Yan Min probably subconsciously regarded himself who was similar in age to his sister as his sister, but he had always been withdrawn, didn't know how to get along with people, and made things difficult for her everywhere, but in fact, he wanted to be close to himself in his heart. She tried not to deal with him anymore, tried to get along with him as a younger brother, and after a while, the relationship between the two really eased a lot.

Yan Xu put one hand on the back of her head and pinched her nose with the other, "Yes, you are sensible, you will share my worries." ”

Xiyue frowned and avoided it, seeing that he was in a good mood, she said: "The prince said that there will be a lantern festival in the East Market after nightfall, which is very lively, and he invited me to go to see the lanterns together." ”

The affairs of the past two days were cumbersome, Yan Xu was a little tired, leaned on the couch and closed his eyes, and only said lightly when he heard the words: "There are three sects and nine streams in the East City, there are more people than lamps, what is there to see." ”

Xiyue pouted and shook his arm, "He said that the lantern market is fun, some lanterns have lantern riddles, and whoever guesses the riddle will be able to win the lantern." Not only looking at the lights, but also many entertainers, as well as dancing and singing, it is lively. Let me go and see, Hua Yuan will go too, I don't ask for long, just an hour...... I'll just see how to make a ...... of fun."

Yan Xu opened her eyes slightly, she was half-leaning on the couch, shaking his arm unrelentingly, her face was full of longing, like a child begging for candy. He remembered that in the past, that person also liked to watch lantern festivals, and he still remembered the happy look on her face when she saw the lantern she liked.

He finally spoke, "Okay, just an hour." ”

Did he really say yes? Since Xiyue can remember, except for going to Xiaoshan Palace last month, he has never left the Forbidden Palace, and this is the first time he has allowed himself to leave the palace. She jumped up excitedly, "You agreed, but you can't go back, I'll sue Prince Sù." ”

But he grabbed her, "No, you don't have to tell him. Seeing her look at him in amazement, he added, "I'll go with you." ”

Xiyue was stunned for a moment,

Yan Xu pulled her hand away a little helplessly, "Why don't you just watch a lantern festival, see how happy you are." This is conditional. He pointed to the piano on the low table on the side, "Go, play and listen, if you don't play well, it's useless for you to flatter me." ”

Xiyue happily agreed, sat down in front of the low table, tried a few notes, and slowly played a few notes. She has a lively temperament and doesn't like to play the piano at all, but Yan Xu insisted on letting her learn the piano and taught her personally. In fact, I played it back and forth, and that one piece of music was composed by Yan Xu, named Yun Zhuyue, with the names of her and Yan Xu, she actually liked this song very much, but she was really not good at the piano, and she couldn't play it well no matter how she practiced.

Yan Xu leaned on the couch and closed her eyes, pointing out where she made a mistake while listening, Xiyue stuck out her tongue and played it again cautiously, but the more she was careful, the more messy the tone became. She sweated on her forehead, for fear that what he said just now would not count, so she squinted her eyes, but saw that his face as white as white jade was peaceful, and she was actually asleep.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that he was tired these days, and gently covered him with a blanket.

The stove festival is a folk festival, there is no celebration in the palace, but it is lively in the folk, the people sacrifice to the god of the stove at home, put the tribute on the stove, and paste the couplet of praying for blessing and safety on the stove wall. On that day, there is a special market for the festival of the stove, and in addition to the lantern festival, there are various acrobatic performances.

Yan Xu went out of the palace with Xiyue in the evening, chartered a private room in the auspicious pavilion of Linjiang, and went to the east market leisurely after dinner. This is the first time that Xiyue has been out of the palace since he remembers, and he was excited all the way, but whenever he saw something interesting, he stepped forward to join in the fun, and bought a bunch of bits and pieces.

Yan Xu walked slowly with his hands in his hands, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the street, but the hustle and bustle of the street seemed to be far away from him, and the happy faces hurriedly shook in front of him, and in a trance, he remembered the glimpse of the first time he met her.

On that night's festival of the stove, the largest shop in the lantern market was crowded with people watching lanterns and guessing riddles, and even though the crowd was like water, he only saw the woman with bright eyes.

She stood under a lantern, frowning slightly, probably thinking about the riddle of the lantern. The lights are bright, and the beautiful people standing under the lanterns are brighter than the lights on the streets. With a casual glance, he only felt that his soul had been sucked away. He came forward and told the shopkeeper the riddle and took the lantern for her, but she only smiled at him and turned away.

That gentle and shallow smile gripped his heart deeply. He sent people around Yicheng to inquire about the woman's identity, but found nothing. He was disappointed and annoyed, regretting that he hadn't made a decision that night and would catch up with him as a gentleman. It wasn't until half a year later that the palace held a birthday banquet for the Queen Mother's birthday, and he recognized the woman who danced for the Queen Mother at a glance.

He was overjoyed and decided that it was a gift from heaven. At that time, he was just seventeen, conceited and talented, and won the emperor's favor, it was when he was full of ambition and young and frivolous, in order to pursue her, he used some means, knowing that she was good at dancing, and invited the queen mother to come forward to announce her into the palace, nominally the queen mother liked to dance, and asked her to teach the palace music fang dancer, he took the opportunity to approach many times, every day rain and rain did not change, to the music room for her to play the piano, watch her dance with the dancer.

Although she was lukewarm to him, he was still immersed in the love that he thought would come naturally, until one day she suddenly said to him: "If the prince thinks that these dancing girls have improved, please ask the queen mother to release me from the palace, outside the palace...... He's been waiting for me for a long time. At that moment, his entire heaven and earth collapsed......

"Jinyun, Jinyun, look, that lamp is so beautiful......" He was in a trance, Xiyue pointed to the lantern hanging high under the eaves in the distance, and grabbed his arm with one hand and was about to run forward.

He was a little unhappy, and glanced sideways at her, "What did you look like when you were surprised?" ”

Xiyue stuck out her tongue, the first time she saw such a lively night market, the manners she learned on weekdays had long been forgotten, she shook his arm and whispered, "Jinyun, I want that lantern." ”

She looked at him cautiously and flatteringly, her eyes were full of anticipation, Yan Xu sighed slightly in her heart, and nodded slightly in agreement. Xiyue was full of joy, but she didn't dare to cheer, so she patiently followed Yan Xu's side, slowly avoided the crowd, and walked towards the shop.

The lamp is exquisitely handmade, it is an oval palace lamp, the style is not complicated, and the attraction is the pattern and ingenious thought on it.

The pattern is very simple, but it is two small crickets between the stones under the moon, which is a bit too simple, as if it has not been painted. The wonderful thing is that these two small crickets are not directly painted on the lantern, but made into two fake small crickets, fixed in the lantern with a very fine wire, after lighting the lantern, with the lantern gently shaking, you can see the shadow of the two crickets jumping from the outside, which is full of fun.

This lamp is the king of lights in this shop tonight, only guess not to sell, who has the ability to guess the three lantern riddles hanging under the lamp, you can get this lamp back. In fact, there is no loss if you can't guess the riddle, but this riddle is not very easy to guess over the years, three puzzles, from shallow to deep, are often planted on the third question, everyone is in plain sight, guess not to lose face, is to this time under the lamp gathered a lot of people, all excited and eager to try, but hesitated.

A young man shouted, "Shopkeeper, if you make a price, I will sell it back twice as much to make my wife happy." ”

A lot of onlookers followed the coaxing, the store fifty open, with a wisp of goatee, elegant temperament, not like a businessman, but like an elegant person, he arched his hand and said: "Guess the lantern riddle on the stove festival, it is the old rule of this store for hundreds of years, don't be embarrassed, if you want to buy a lamp, except for this one, you can do whatever you want." ”

In the lantern market of the festival of the stove, the shops that sell lamps have a lamp king, no price, only for guessing riddles, in fact, those people know that such shouting is just a joke. There are three silk threads hanging under the lamp, and three riddles are tied to them, and whoever guesses the three riddles will belong to whoever the lamp is.

Just when everyone was talking, Yun Shan had already squeezed to the front and reached out to pick off the first silk hanging on the lantern.

"Ouch, someone's going to guess."

"Tsk, don't measure yourself, see how he makes a fool of himself for a while."

When the onlookers saw that someone had finally picked up the riddle, they immediately exploded and waited to see the excitement. But I saw that the man opened the silk cloth on the silk and respectfully presented it to a man in gorgeous clothes. The man is in a deep coat, with an extraordinary bearing, and the woman next to him is graceful and graceful, with bright eyes, and she is really a pair of beautiful people in the painting.

Yan Xu glanced at the riddle, which said "Twilight into Qingfeng", guess the word. At this time, the crowd had automatically moved out of the way, and he calmly stepped forward and said to the shopkeeper: "It's an old age." ”

The shopkeeper was accustomed to seeing the world, and when he saw Yan Xu's bearing, he knew that his identity was extraordinary, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and turned sideways to let him to the front of the store, "Congratulations to Gongzi for taking the lead first, and you answered correctly." ”

The shopkeeper took the second puzzle off the lamp, "Childe, please keep up the good work." ”

Xiyue stepped forward to spread out the silk cloth, but saw that a few lines of poetry were written on it, and the words were not like words.

The lotus in the chest, the rain lake and the autumn flowers

The sky is clear and the night is bright, and you are just entering the realm

Immortality, eternal well-being