When Shen Zhan arrived at Xuande Palace, he saw such a scene. In the past, before ascending the throne, she was by the side of the queen mother on the first day of the new year, and on the second day of the new year, the queen mother and the eldest sister often missed Song Mier, so they would enter the palace to live for two days, and then send her back to the prime minister's mansion on the fourth day of the new year. Because the queen mother and Song Mier's mother are like sisters, and they regard Song Mier as their own daughter, so the Song family is very happy that their good daughter is going to the palace for two days during the New Year, not to cling to the queen mother and the eldest princess, but she really feels that the queen mother treats Song Mier like a mother and daughter, and Song Mier should accompany her "mother" during the New Year. Therefore, on the second day of the Lunar New Year every year, Shen Zhan spent it with Song Mier, in the past, Song Mier was young, and he took care of her as his little sister, and he was also used to playing with Song Mier all the way on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which was also the most relaxed time when he was the prince. Now that Song Mier has married him and become the queen, Shen Zhan came to Song Mier again when he was in his second year, and there was a slight strange feeling in his heart, but what was this strangeness, Shen Zhan didn't think about digging deeper, he had another thing planned in his heart.

"Out of the palace?!"

Song Mier was really startled when he listened to Shen Zhan's words, and Shen Zhan in front of him looked at him with a look of "Do you think I treat you very well", which made Song Mier cry and laugh, but he hadn't seen Shen Zhan such a childish appearance for a long time. However, Shen Zhan's proposal to leave the palace was really a little excited.

"When will you leave the palace? Where to go? Song Mi'er squinted at Shen Zhan, and his tone was a little impatient.

Shen Zhan looked at Song Mi'er's appearance, he was in a good mood, stretched out his hand and pinched her smooth little face, and then smiled: "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, how about taking a walk in the imperial city?" ”

Shen Zhan wanted to take Song Mier out of the palace on a whim, during this time, he was annoyed enough by the government affairs and the people of Taichang Temple, if it wasn't for Song Chengxiang taking the initiative to take over a bunch of chores and persuading the old ministers of Taichang Temple, I am afraid that he would not have such a good life. Shen Zhan was a little grateful in his heart, and remembered that Song Mier married him, and he could no longer reunite with her parents, brothers and sisters during the New Year, and felt a little guilty in his heart, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the affairs in the palace should have been dealt with almost over, and the children of the various clans who should have met were almost met, since it was no big deal, according to Shushan, the imperial city was the most lively that day, so Shen Zhan wanted to take Song Mier out for a walk, so as to see if there were any changes in the family and country he had governed since he ascended the throne for a year.

"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Shangyuan Festival······" Song Mier muttered to himself, his face suddenly reddened, "The willow tops on the moon, people make an appointment after dusk", Shangyuan Festival is the day for lovers to date, Shen Zhan chose to go out by himself at that time, isn't it, what he thinks ······?

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It didn't take long for the Shangyuan Festival to arrive.

Since Shen Zhan mentioned it that day, Song Mier has been thinking about this day a little, but in front of his palace people, he didn't show his mouth at all, and his face didn't change at all. But he has secretly matched several sets of clothes in private. The emperor and the empress secretly went out of the palace, it is not a trivial matter, but it is not without precedent, the emperor and queen who founded the country in the Great Calendar, often like to go out of the palace in civilian clothes to play, anyway, there are secret guards around to follow, the emperor is the biggest, the emperor is determined to go out of the palace to play, who would dare to stop? I'm afraid that those old ministers will be advised because of this, not to mention anything else, the key is annoying! Therefore, when the emperor takes people out of the palace to play, he usually thinks of a way to secretly go out of the palace and will not make a noise. Shen Zhan also had such a thought this time, except for his personal attendant An Jin, no one told him, and he took a secret guard and waited for Song Mier next to the rockery in the dark corner of the Taiyuan Palace. Song Mier didn't have a way to tell no one, not to mention the few personal maids around him, they were all loyal, and he suddenly disappeared, and he didn't know what he would be in a hurry. Just the Mama Festival, the first one can't be hidden. Shujie Mama is a fine person, she found out the Queen Mother and found out, in case the Queen Mother finally raised her body to be sick again, but it is terrible.

So Song Mier notified his personal maids Qinghe, Yulan and others, and obediently went to Shoukang Palace and whispered the matter with the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother has always been an open-minded and tolerant person, hearing that her son was going to take his daughter-in-law to Valentine's Day, she was so happy that her mouth couldn't close together, and she almost got up from the couch to personally choose clothes for Song Mier. Where does Song Mier lack this little flower? Although one or two thousand taels is enough to buy an ordinary second-entry courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, for Song Mier's jewelry may be tens of thousands of taels, a few thousand taels is just a fraction. How could the Queen Mother not know this, but she favored Song Mier and gave her some pocket money. Song Mier also understood the Queen Mother's intentions, so she also smiled and took it, and thanked her sweetly, her already quite beautiful face was rippling with a sweet smile, and the Queen Mother was in a good mood, and someone took a box of her own treasured bead flowers to Song Mier, the Tao is different from the palace, and it is only rich and noble when you wear it out, but it will not show the stuffing.

When Song Mier secretly copied the path to meet Shen Zhan, Shen Zhan saw such a girl: in order to keep a low profile, she wore a hibiscus-colored embroidered green plum skirt, a light green rabbit fur jacket on the outside, a hand cage with rabbit fur, a weeping cloud bun, only a plain pink bead flower pinned to the side, and two round pink pearls in her ears. I don't know when it began, Song Mier has become more delicate and bright day by day, obviously it is the slightest inconspicuous hair ornament and clothing, worn on Song Mier's body, but people can't take their eyes off, plus the complexion is as white as jade, lined with a green jacket, and the skin exposed on the face and hands looks clear and delicate.

Seeing Song Mier's appearance, Shen Zhan felt that his mood was much better, so he naturally hooked his lips, took Song Mier's hand, and entered the rockery and walked towards the secret passage inside.

This secret passage was still cultivated by the emperor of the previous dynasty of the Great Calendar, and for the proud Great Calendar Emperor, they would not allow themselves to be attacked by others one day at the palace gate. If there really is a day, they would rather live and die with the country than flee in a hurry. This truth is still told by the founding queen of the Great Calendar. Therefore, such a secret path is useless for the emperor of the Great Calendar. However, if it is used as a micro-server to go out of the palace to play, it is still good.

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Since the founding of the country, the Great Calendar has vigorously developed commerce and handicrafts, and opened ports and trade channels, the commercial development has been unprecedentedly prosperous, the urban commodity economy is developed, and the rural commercial trade is active, and a wide variety of commercial markets have been gradually formed. Under the vigorous promotion of the emperor of the Great Calendar and the role of the economy, the life of the people of the Great Calendar is also very positive, the people are civilized, the situation that there are only fairs and night markets on the first day, fifth and fifteenth day of the previous dynasty has long ceased to exist, and the commercial prosperity of the Great Calendar has been staggering, take the Imperial City as an example, in the past, the central axis only allowed the emperor to pass the guò road, now it has been full of stalls and shops, all the cross, tic-tac-toe, Tianzi intersection and convenient roads are full of all kinds of shops, in ordinary daysMost of the shops are open at the same time and closed at the same time, and some special shops, such as restaurants and Qingle Fang, are open until the end of the hour, while some more special places, such as Qinglou and Kabukibo, are the opposite of ordinary shops, which are generally open at the time of unitary hours and closed at the time of hours. And in the holidays, such as the National Day, the birthday of the emperor, the queen mother and the queen's mother, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Double Ninth Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, etc., it is all night long, and the lights are still bright when they arrive, and the burning candles and noisy crowds will dim the moon and stars in the sky.

And today's Shangyuan Festival is the most beautiful day of the festival. Not only are there brightly lit and festive shops and restaurants operating all night, but there are also a variety of entertainment activities. "The lantern festival of Shangyuan, the boat of the Dragon Boat Festival, the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the wine of Chongyang", the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is the focus of the entertainment project of the Shangyuan Festival. On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, whether it is the door of the household, or the outside of the shop, and even the alley where few people pass, there are warm lanterns. The lanterns of large families are always delicate and ingenious, and the more exquisite ones are the skeleton of the expensive hardwood such as red sandalwood, mahogany, and pear, and find the old craftsman to carve carefully, or engrave birds, birds, flowers and plants, or carve the totem family emblem, the lamp fan uses good satin, to be of high quality and neat and transparent, the lamp fan is painted with flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscape figures, or painted "all evils retreat", "Ding Cai Liangwang", "in and out of peace", and even "early birth of noble sons", "early Dengke" and other pictures and words, And the brushstrokes of the pattern can also see the connotation and exquisiteness of the house hanging this lamp, the tassels hanging on the lamp are matched with white jade or jade, or the skeleton is inlaid with various colored gems, the wind blows, the light and the gems reflect each other, and the light is brilliant. Ordinary people's lamps are not so exquisite, the skeleton is ordinary pine, cypress, sycamore and other wood, wrapped in cotton and linen cloth, written with auspicious language such as "auspicious ruyi, blessed longevity and longevity" words or painted with auspicious patterns. There are also bamboo-woven palace lanterns, but they are not limited to the people or noble, the lanterns are woven with bamboo chips, and the regular texture of bamboo pieces is used to form a natural decoration, which is small and exquisite, but it has a special taste. And the government paid for the lanterns hung on the streets, but the materials and styles are ordinary and ordinary, each lantern is exactly the same, printed with the country name and "social peace" and "wind and rain" good words, however, a street looks, exactly the same lanterns swaying with the wind, warmly shining on people's eyes and bodies, but also very touching.

The system of the lamp is also different, there are both indoor hanging lamps, seat lamps and overhead poke lamps, and outdoor wind lamps, wall lamps and all kinds of lanterns, and the palace is mostly the octagonal glazed palace lamp with a color of two feet high, with Western glass as the lamp body, the body is surrounded by sixteen red black knotted tassels, and there are ginger red tassels and hollowed out in the middle of the cuihu jade with copper bells, which is also very exquisite. But after all, the palace is not as good as the outside, since Shen Zhan ascended the throne, it is only the first draft, there are few people in the harem, and no one appreciates the lamps hanging all over the corridor, and the whole palace is quiet in the middle of the night, where can it compare to the lively and prosperous people, which makes people intoxicated? Especially on the day of Shangyuan Festival, which is suitable for young men and women to date, you can see young men and women holding all kinds of lanterns, standing under various wind lamps and wall lamps to talk and laugh, and the lights reflect the shy faces of teenagers and girls, which adds a lot of fun to this festival.

Shen Zhan took Song Mier's hand, and let him be like a really rich boy with his wife, walking around very casually, and stopping to see when he encountered a stall to buy special small things. The guards had long been scattered everywhere, seemingly loose, but in fact their spirits were focused on the pair of young men and women with extremely outstanding complexions, carefully observing the surrounding environment and movements. Originally, if someone had to concentrate on a place from time to time, and the action had been going on for a long time, careful people would notice it no matter how much they wanted, but Shen Zhan and Song Mier's appearance was very amazing, even if they were dressed ordinarily, they couldn't hide the noble temperament on their bodies, walking on the road, men and women couldn't help but look at it twice, and some people even looked crazy, and stopped straight in the middle of the road, and even the light fell on the ground and hit their feet without any reaction. Therefore, the movements of those secret guards are not so noticeable, but they are also fascinated by the temperament and appearance of the pair of men and women in front of them, and everyone can understand it. Fortunately, now it is not as scarce as the dynasties of hundreds of years ago, and when you see a very beautiful person, it will also cause onlookers, and it also leaves a talk of "watching and killing Wei Jue" and "throwing fruit and winning cars", with the development of the country and the improvement of material living standards, the conditions of ordinary people have become better, they eat well, dress well, live well, their external appearance and inner level have also improved, and the beauties have gradually increased, and the beauties have seen a lot, coupled with the improvement of vision, even the blue-eyed, high-nosed, red-haired people have seen a lot, also has a certain resistance to beauty, so although the appearance of Shen Zhan and Song Mier is already very shocking, the people around them can still barely restrain themselves, and they will not appear too gaffe.

Shen Zhan and Song Mier had long been aware of the fact that the people around them were secretly watching their own affairs, but the two of them had long been accustomed to all kinds of eyes from others, so they were also very calm and natural, just walking around by themselves, looking around at the excitement, and laughing and laughing.

Shen Zhan saw the prosperous commerce and rich people's livelihood on this street, and unconsciously raised his mouth, since he ascended the throne for a year, although many new decrees were delayed or obstructed by those old ministers, but still a small part of them were issued and implemented, and he also secretly sent secret guards to the major restaurants and tea shops to inquire about the news, and heard the praise of the people for his new emperor, and his heart was very happy, and today, he has witnessed the prosperity of this calendar, and the belief in his heart that he wants his own country to be prosperous and permanent is even firmer, It is also more enjoyable and relaxing. Song Mier was held by Shen Zhan, and also felt the happy and relaxed mood of the people around her, she secretly raised her head to look at Shen Zhan's expression, saw him smiling, very leisurely, and lowered her eyes to look at her hand held by Shen Zhan, and couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her lips, it seems that her emperor brother really wants to take herself out to play, in the past, Chukong and others always said that His Majesty was very attentive to himself, and he didn't think it was obvious on weekdays, but now the two of them came out to play, far away from the cold and strict court, This feeling became stronger, Song Mier was happy in his heart, and secretly made up his mind that he would not be able to live up to Shen Zhan's wishes, and he would be a queen who could accompany him and share his worries.

Because it was winter, the sky had already darkened, and the lights of the imperial city had already been lit up, but Shen Zhan and Song Mier had eaten snacks in the afternoon, and they were not very hungry, and Shen Zhan wanted to understand the people's livelihood again, so he decided to go around first, Song Mier got the queen mother's pocket money, and was thinking about how to spend it, seeing that Shen Zhan offered to accompany her to go shopping first, she was naturally very happy, and she also felt that as the emperor, Shen Zhan was indeed intimate to herself, and her heart was even more ironing.

Stopping and stopping all the way, Song Mier was given a roadside stall. There was nothing else to sell at that stall, but I saw that most of the men and women who came out to play today were young men and women, so they made a lot of small and delicate knick-knacks. There is a palm-sized pine or peach wood incense burner, carved with hollow peony flowers, the incense burner itself has a trace of fragrance, and put a star and a half big incense in it, it is also some ordinary peach blossom, osmanthus fragrance, but the shape is small and pleasing, and the taste of spices is often loved by women, and it is also very popular. There are also flower boxes made of picking all kinds of flowers, although they can't be kept for long, but the flowers are very good-looking, this kind of flower box is rare to see, a few for the lady to see the eyes of the staggered, around the side whispered to discuss which box to buy; There are also a variety of delicate hairpins and pendants, also with the theme of the flower moon, or wood carvings or ceramics, although not expensive, but also very thoughtful. What woman can resist these delicate gadgets? Song Mier glanced at it and walked to the stall unconsciously, she also took Shen Zhan's hand, and this walk pulled Shen Zhan away, Shen Zhan looked at his queen sister who rarely showed such an infatuated expression, and felt funny for a while, so she let her pull and walked to the front of the stall.

The stall owner saw two people walking like in the painting, looking at the temperament of the whole body, he must not be a mortal, although he was dressed plainly, but he couldn't keep it even, which noble family was playing? So he smiled so much that his eyes couldn't see, and he was very attentive. When Shen Zhan was dragged to the front of the stall, he also thought about whether the stall owner on such a small stall would be the kind of person who had little knowledge and no eyes, but now he saw that although his face was amazing, he didn't have any undeserved attitude, just added courtesy, so he also looked up to him by two points. Seeing Song Mi'er's careful selection, he couldn't help but tease: "Sister Mi'er thinks that she doesn't like what she wears on weekdays?" I chose so carefully, but my husband has treated you badly? ”

Song Mi'er pursed his mouth, "Brother Fujun doesn't understand, where does this woman think that she has less jewelry and utensils?" I saw that these objects were very delicate and unique, and of course I wanted to keep them for myself. ”

Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, and asked rhetorically, "Can your exquisite box still fit?" "Linglong box is another name for Song Mier's jewelry box, don't look at it called Linglong box, a box is seven or eight layers high, each layer is three feet long and two feet wide, it is full of jewels, there are countless such boxes, the original box full of jewels before the marriage has been lifted eight times, after entering the palace, the Queen Mother and Shen Zhan rewarded more than ten boxes, it is really every hour to change the wear I am afraid that I will not be able to wear it for half a lifetime. The jewelry in the exquisite box, which one of them is not priceless, but now I have taken a fancy to the objects on this poor stall, women, women, it is really difficult to understand.

Song Mier understood the teasing meaning in Shen Zhan's words, and flew Shen Zhan with an eye knife, "Brother Fujun, not all jewelry has to be worn on the head when you buy it, and it's good to put it inside." ”

Song Mier's eye knife flew so much that Shen Zhan's heart was crisp, but he felt that his queen sister was more lively and comfortable out of the palace than in the palace, and he felt more and more that his decision to take her out of the palace was wise, and he heard her husband's brother's brother's call, and felt that it was really like an ordinary couple of childhood sweethearts, and for a while he felt that there was some indescribable taste in it.

Before the stall owner met, the handsome Lang Jun looked at his lady and smiled, the lady lowered her head to choose ornaments, and her eyes were also smiling, and the two of them must be happy, so they dared to sell their own objects, "Madame, don't underestimate this hairpin, it looks inconspicuous, but there is a lot of mystery in it." Anyway, he picked up the most precious hairpin in the middle, this is the only lapis lazuli hairpin in this stall, the material is the best material of imperial green, but the shape is relatively simple, just a half-open and half-closed lotus flower, and there is no feature. But seeing that the stall owner took the hairpin and turned it lightly, the lotus flower suddenly opened all its petals, and there were several crystal crystals hidden in it, just like the dew on this lotus flower, Song Mier was immediately attracted by this lotus, and even Shen Zhan couldn't stand taking a second look, he had already seen a lot of such ingenuity on weekdays, but it was rare to appear in this kind of ordinary stall. Before Song Mier and Shen Zhan could retract their gaze, they saw the stall owner holding the lotus flower and turning it again, only to hear the sound of "click", the lotus flower was only the lotus pod inside, and the petals were all facing down, and when they saw the stall owner's thumb, the lotus pod fell down, leaving only a small piece connected to the hairpin. Song Mier took a breath, looked intently, and saw where the lotus pod fell, a hollow pipe suddenly appeared, Song Mier was about to take the hairpin, and saw the stall owner pour water into it, and I don't know how the stall owner fiddled with it, and the water actually flowed out of the tip of the hairpin.

Shen Zhan didn't know what he thought, his heart jumped, and without waiting for Song Mier to come back to his senses, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "We want this hairpin." The boss has other delicate objects to take a look at. ”

Seeing that the man and woman would really be attracted by this ingenuity, the stall owner was also overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a few bracelets and pendants from his pocket under the table, and let Shen Zhan and Song Mier choose while demonstrating. Song Mier looked at Shen Zhan's expression, and then looked at the hairpin, naturally understanding Shen Zhan's intentions, so he also carefully chose it immediately.

There are more than a dozen secret guards around Shen Zhan and Song Mier today, all of whom are the top masters of the secret guards, and the leaders are Bo Yin and Lu Xun. At this moment, Lu Xun saw that Shen Zhan and Song Mier were not far away and were talking about the choice seriously, and couldn't help grinning, clapping his hands and bumping into the cold and calm Bo Yin beside him, "The relationship between His Majesty and his mother is really good, and only our queen mother can be cured by her majesty like a fairy, and I don't know if the little master born to your majesty and the queen is more like your majesty, or more like your mother, no matter who you are, I'm afraid they are all very beautiful, big brother, right?" Bo Yin glanced at Lu Xun, who was jumping around like a monkey, and didn't speak, but looking at Shen Zhan and Song Mier's eyes, his eyes softened a lot, as if he had seen the appearance of the little master. And Lu Xun didn't know what he thought, he had already laughed sneeringly, and he didn't have a straight shape at all.