The Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital has always been lively. Drinking and admiring the moon, there is a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace where the emperor entertains the courtiers, a lantern night tour, and the people also have a lantern festival held by the people themselves, no matter where it is, this night will not be lonely.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace is a long-standing custom in this dynasty, and officials above the third rank can bring their families to participate. First, this is the emperor's means of winning over the courtiers, and secondly, it is also a good time for the children of each family to show their faces in front of everyone, especially the emperor, so the palace has always been lively on this day.

Although Wei Lai was promoted, he was only a fourth-grade official, so she naturally didn't have her share in this Mid-Autumn Festival. He Shangshu is a high authority, but his sons have all left Beijing, and his daughter does not plan to join in the fun, so he only took his wife to the palace this year.

When the Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet in the palace began, there was already a lively scene outside the palace walls. When it was just dark, there were children frolicking outside with their own small lamps, and later on, the streets were occupied by lamp sellers.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is not as good as the Lantern Festival, although it is also a festival that cannot be ignored, and it is also the day of the 15th Lantern Festival, but the government does not hold a lantern festival that night. Tonight's lantern festival is all spontaneously organized by the people, and although the lanterns on the side of the road are not as exquisite as those taken out by the government during the Lantern Festival, they also have a unique flavor.

He Zhi wore a plain long skirt and walked slowly on the lively streets in the south of the city. Xi Qiu, who was following beside him, didn't walk for long, and was attracted by the lantern on an old woman's stall on the side of the road, and after a while, there was an extra rabbit lantern in his hand.

"Miss, I think the old man is right, you should come out and walk around more. This Mid-Autumn Festival night market is really lively, if you are still bored at home like in previous years, how boring it is. Xi Qiu was obviously in a good mood tonight, looking left and right, and said to He Zhi with a smile.

He Zhi is a quiet personality in the day, and this kind of excitement has always been rarely joined, especially after her reputation is ruined, she is even more impatient to come out and face other people's fingers. Speaking of which, the last time she went out to play in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was many years ago, and today she listened to her father's advice and rarely came out of this trip, but she was in a good mood.

"It's a lot of people tonight, be careful not to get separated." He Zhi had a slight smile on her face, and her beautiful eyes swept over the beautiful lanterns on the street, but she didn't answer Xi Qiu's words, and only gave a faint order.

"My young lady, it's hard to come out to play, so don't be so restrained." Xi Qiu has not been by He Zhi's side for a year or two, and the relationship between the master and servant has always been good, but at this time, he pouted without scruples to express his dissatisfaction. After finishing speaking, his eyes swept away, but he seemed to have found something, and he ran over with He Zhi: "Miss, there is a rock sugar gourd seller over there, I haven't eaten it for many years......"

Rock sugar gourds are basically snacks on the bad street, and children almost have never tasted them. However, He Zhi is an exception, she has been strict since she was a child, except for the food at home, the outside things have hardly been eaten, and this kind of snack sold on the street has never been seen a few times.

Xi Qiu is naturally different from He Zhi, although she was sold into He Mansion as a maid since she was a child, she still tasted this kind of snack. It's just that when I was a child, my family was poor, and I didn't eat it a few times, so I exaggerated the deliciousness of this thing countless times in my memory. To this day, even after following He Zhi to taste the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the obsession when she was a child still makes her salivate over the red rock sugar gourd.

It is rare that there is no restraint tonight, and only the master and servant are there, so Xi Qiu no longer hides his temperament, and happily pulls He Zhi to the vendor who sells rock sugar gourds, raises his hand and pointes: "Little brother, give me two strings of sugar gourds." ”

The little brother who sells sugar gourds just handed a string of sugar gourds to a seven or eight-year-old child, and when he looked up and saw that they were two beautiful girls, the smile on his face became a little more enthusiastic, and he took off the two strings of sugar gourds with a smile and handed them to Xi Qiu: "Girl, give it, the sugar gourd you want." ”

Xi Qiu happily took it, paid again, and handed a bunch to He Zhi: "Miss, try it, it's delicious." ”

"......" He Zhi looked at the sugar gourd handed in front of her, and always had a sense of helplessness that she couldn't pick it up, and she didn't pick it up. She had just seen a few children munching on sugar gourds passing by, and it seemed that they were no more than ten years old, and now let her walk and eat them while holding this sugar gourd like those children, she really felt that the picture could not be looked at directly.

"Oh Miss, you can take it. It's just a sugar gourd, many people eat it, and there will be no problem in tasting it. Xi Qiu saw He Zhi staring at the sugar gourd in her hand with a tangled face, but she just didn't take it, and she was a little anxious for a while, so she forced the sugar gourd in her hand over. Then, as if to prove that the sugar gourd was fine, he turned his head and took a bite of his skewer.

He Zhi held the sugar gourd helplessly and couldn't help but sigh slightly. It's true that she doesn't dare to eat these street things, but in comparison, she cares more about whether anyone sees her stupid appearance holding a sugar gourd at the moment?! If this is spread again, she will not have the face to see people.

Thinking like this, He Zhi couldn't help but turn her head and look around, for fear of being bumped into by someone who knew her, and it would be really embarrassing at that time. Who knew that at this look, she really saw someone she knew-diagonally opposite the street corner, Wei Lai appeared in her sight with a small wine jug, but this is not the point, the point is that she has seen General Wei......

At that moment, He Zhi almost immediately had the urge to throw away the string of rock sugar gourds in his hand. But the rock sugar gourd in her hand was also Xi Qiu's intention, and her upbringing made her unable to do this kind of thing, so she could only stand in place in embarrassment.

After a few moments, He Zhi noticed that something was wrong. General Xiao Wei on the opposite side did look over, but instead of looking at her, he looked behind her.

He Zhi subconsciously turned around and found that there was a person standing at the spot of Wei Lai's gaze - the little brother who sold rock sugar gourds. Or to be more precise, what Wei came to see was the rock sugar gourd in the little brother's hand......

Seemingly unconscious, Wei Lai walked over. still didn't look at He Zhi, and the focus of her eyes was still the rock sugar gourd in the little brother's hand, but when she got closer, she would find that her eyes were contemplative, not like she was hungry for food, but like she was recalling something.

He Zhi has always been smart, and when she thought about it, she guessed something. She took the embarrassment on her face, looked down at the sugar gourd in her hand, and suddenly stretched out her hand and handed it to Wei Lai, who was already approaching: "General Wei, please eat." ”

Wei Lai, who was distracted, was startled by the rock sugar gourd that suddenly appeared in the field, and he endured it without taking a step back to show a defensive posture. When she looked up, she saw a smiling face and a pair of beautiful eyes that once made her unable to help but lose her mind......

There was a smile in the eyes of the light, and it was still so beautiful that people couldn't help but lose their minds. Wei Lai was obviously two beats slower than usual before he reacted, and then took a step back slightly without a trace, lowered his eyes and shouted, "Miss He." ”

He Zhi was still holding a rock sugar gourd that was completely inconsistent with her ladylike image, with a slight smile in her gentle tone: "I just saw General Xiao Wei coming from the opposite side, but unfortunately I didn't see me, I only saw this rock sugar gourd." If you like it, I'll give it to you. ”

Wei Lai couldn't help but look up after hearing this, naturally not looking at the rock sugar gourd, but at He Zhi. It's just that when she met the eyes with a smile, her face turned red with a "swish". I didn't know what to say for a while, so I could only say, "No, Miss He, you misunderstood, I didn't ......"

He Zhi didn't say anything more, just looked at Wei Lai with a smile on her face. Naturally, her words just now were joking, although she had rarely joked with people, and she didn't know why she suddenly said such a thing to Wei. However, looking at Wei Lai's shy, embarrassed and helpless appearance at the moment, he actually felt unexpectedly interesting.