Chapter 8 Shangyuan Festival
The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the palaces are busy tying lanterns and hanging lanterns. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Quanzi moved out of the ladder early in the morning and climbed up and down the ground to work. Huancui and An Qin both carried large and small lanterns in their hands and ran with Manyuan.
Zhou Cairen came to Xinyan to borrow embroidery samples, stepped into the door and saw Anqin and them, and quipped: "Why hang so much, just hang a few lamps according to the occasion." If you want to see more, isn't there a lantern festival in the Imperial Garden at night? ”
Xinyan stood at the door with a smile and said, "That's right." As I said early in the morning, wouldn't it be possible to decorate my yard with a big lantern? ”
Saying that, he came over to greet Zhou Cairen, and said as he walked: "Let them go, it's rare to have fun!" ”
The two went into the back room and sat down. Huancui came in to make tea, Xinyan turned out her tricks and spread it on the couch, Zhou Cairen came over to choose, and the two gossiped without a match.
After lunch, some officials and daughters entered the palace one after another.
Ning Zhaoyuan's mother came early in the morning, and the mother and daughter hid in the house and chattered about themselves.
Mrs. Ning sat on the edge of the couch and took her daughter's hand, and asked worriedly, "Why are your hands still so cold?" What did the Imperial Doctor say? ”
Ning Zhaoyuan smiled and pulled out her hand to cover her mother's lap and said, "Don't get in the way, the scriptures are much better." ”
After a moment of silence, Mrs. Ning said again: "There are many new show girls this time, you ......"
Ning Zhaoyuan sighed and said, "Yes, there are only two of them in this palace. ”
Mrs. Ning lowered her voice: "The two of them ......" The voice behind her gradually became inaudible.
Xinyan nested in the room, bored looking through the window at the lanterns in the courtyard in a daze.
Chuan Fangfei sent Mo'er to send a box of food, and when she opened it, it was a plate of Sixi dumplings!
Mo'er said that it was brought by Mrs. Fu, so please try it.
Huancui took the plate in, served it on another plate, and returned the plate to Mo'er.
Xinyan looked at these delicate and small dumplings on the plate, and thought of Li Shi for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. I picked two at random and tasted them, and the rest called Anqin and they came in and ate them separately.
At night, Yikun Palace laughed and laughed, and ordered the women and concubines above the concubine to gather in the queen's palace to spend the Lantern Festival together.
The lanterns in the imperial garden gathered, and the low-ranking concubines went to guess the lantern riddles in threes and threes, and from time to time there were palace people guessing and shouting with joy.
Xinyan was also pulled over by Fang Fei to make a scene.
Xu has just met her mother, Chuan Fangfei is very excited today, the topic is constant, pointing to a rabbit lamp and saying: "I know this riddle, my eldest brother has tested me." ”
Xinyan was pulled back and forth by her, and on a whim, the two of them picked up lantern riddles all the way and guessed, and they got a lot of lottery heads.
Grabbing a handful of blessing bags, pass on Fangfei and don't want it, stuff it all to Xinyan, Xinyan doesn't follow, she must be half of one person, the two of them are pushing the room, and a sneer comes from the side.
A dressed beauty pavilion stood under the lamp, with a look of disdain, and passed on Fangfei whispered: "This is Wang Chongyuan, the show girl who came in with us." Xinyan suddenly, the two saluted together.
Wang Chongyuan looked at Gu Xinyan with a smile: "Who is this?" ”
Fu Fangfei wanted to introduce, but was stopped by Wang Chongyuan: "Sister Fu always likes to talk to people so much?" ”
Gu Xinyan was stunned, hurriedly lowered her head, and said respectfully: "Back to the Yuan Niangniang, concubine Gu."
Wang Chongyuan stared at her happily and said, "Have you won a lot of lotteries, it's a coincidence, and I have a lot of them here!" ”
After speaking, he turned around and raised his hand, and threw the two lucky bags in his hand to the nearby maid: "I've rewarded you!" Clapping his hands, he turned around and left.
Fang Fei and Xinyan looked at each other, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, the two stayed for a long time, Gu Xinyan smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "The official level crushes people to death!" ”
Fu Fangfei couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this: "What you said is really straightforward, your words are a little rough, but it is really reasonable." ”
Xinyan nodded solemnly, "Yes." Thinking about it, I couldn't help but laugh too.
The two of them stopped walking and found a pavilion to sit down and rest.
There was a faint sound of gongs and drums in the distance, which should be the sound of the juggling stage.
The two of them sat boredly and looked around, thinking about whether to go back, when the sound of firecrackers came from the northwest corner of the garden. It turned out that a few little eunuchs were setting off firecrackers, and there were a few little palace maids next to them covering their ears and laughing.
Xinyan looked at it once, suddenly turned her head to Fu Xinyan and said, "Do you dare to set off firecrackers?" ”
Chuan Fangfei was stunned for a moment, pointed at Xinyan with one hand, opened her mouth, and then stomped her feet: "What don't you dare!" As he spoke, he jumped off the pavilion first.
Gu Xinyan also lifted the corner of her skirt and ran down, and the two of them ran away at once. Huancui also hurriedly followed.
There was a circle of people around the rockery early, and five firecrackers were lined up on the ground. The two little eunuchs were covering their ears with one hand, holding a stick of incense with the other hand to make up the slender lead, and the female eunuch in the back was covering her ears tightly.
The little eunuch clicked several times but didn't light it, which caused a burst of laughter.
Fu Fangfei couldn't hold it back, ran up, snatched the incense coldly, and went up to light the lead.
The lead sounded, and Fu Fangfei still stood stupidly in place. Gu Xinyan was also stunned.
"Boom", the sound of firecrackers sounded, everyone covered their eyes, and Xinyan screamed, "Fangfei"! He was about to rush forward, but he suddenly stopped. In the place where the smoke of gunpowder was filled, Emperor Cheng leaned on the rockery with Chuan Fangfei in his arms.
Mo'er, who was also frightened, called in a trembling voice: "Little master? ”
Everyone present knelt down to say goodbye, Emperor Cheng waved his hand, but his eyes were staring at Fu Fangfei in his arms, and asked softly, "But where is the injury?" ”
Chuan Fangfei's long eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes with a sigh. Xinyan's sharp eyes noticed that the roots of her ears were already red. Emperor Cheng also found out and laughed evilly.
Chuan Fangfei couldn't pretend anymore, opened her eyes, got up and saluted.
Emperor Cheng helped her up: "That's it, that's it!" Then he turned and asked, "What about the waiters?" ”
Mo'er stepped forward quickly with a white face, trembling and taking over her master.
Emperor Cheng sank his face and glanced at it for a week, the scene was silent, and the big guys didn't dare to come out.
Emperor Cheng suddenly grinned, shook his hand, and said, "Disperse!" Everyone relented, said yes, and hurriedly retreated.
Cheng Difu glanced at Fu Fangfei again, chuckled, and left.
Chuan Fangfei's face became more and more red, and Gu Xinyan called her twice before she came back to her senses: "Huh? ”
Seeing her like this, Xinyan couldn't help but quip: "Look at you, your soul is lost." Fu Fangfei slapped Xinyan in shame, turned around, and ran away.
Xin Yan chased after her with a smile, and the two went all the way back to Huiyi Palace.
At night, Chuan Fangfei insisted on sleeping with Xinyan. Xinyan was helpless and sent Mo'er to Yijing Palace to get the washing items.
Late at night, the two lay head to head on the bed shoulder to shoulder, Fu Fangfei chattered with Xinyan to share her joy.
Xinyan was hazy and sleepy several times, but she was woken up by her. Looking at Fang Fei's shining eyes in the dark night, I had to cheer up and listen. There is no way, in this harem, Emperor Cheng is the only tourist, and the flowers that are blooming all over the garden are at his disposal. is looking forward to being broken off by him, and now she is also one of them, densely squeezed in it.