Until many years have passed, people living in Chang'an have never forgotten the Shangyuan Festival in the ninth year of Zhiping. 『』

Daxia implements a curfew system, and the drums are played at three o'clock, and within the sound of 600 drums, the doors of the fang market are closed, and the keys are also dropped everywhere in the palace gate. The fifth watch and the third quarter played the opening drum, and within the sound of four hundred drums, the fang market opened the door together. Anyone who dares to violate the prohibition shall be sentenced according to the time, and the lightest sentence shall be 30 rods. Because of this, the three-day "night" of the Shangyuan Festival is particularly valuable.

Chang'an is the capital of Great Xia, with a population of nearly one million, and it is extremely prosperous. Every Shangyuan, every household ties up lanterns, and those who have financial resources not only tie up lantern sheds, but also make huge lampposts, lamp trees, extremely dazzling, hundred opera troupes, storytellers, orchids, etc., will also perform the night of Shangyuan. The fire trees and silver flowers, the traffic is busy, and it is not lively.

With more lights, there are more fires; There are more people, and there are more crutches who take advantage of the chaos. The people of Chang'an have seen a lot, and they thought that they could get used to it no matter what happened, but the Shangyuan Festival in the ninth year of Zhiping still made them tremble.

In order to attract the attention of the people and attract business, every year on the Shangyuan Festival, the major shops will get some novel things, such as what money fans give gifts, tricks play, and everyone is also used to where to get together. This year, the famous big merchant Jiang family came up with ingenuity and made a huge lantern wheel, which hung high on the tree, just like another round of bright moon in the world, which caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an City. For a while, the shops of the Jiang family were crowded, and everyone had to watch the lantern wheel, and they refused to leave when they saw it, so they had to stand under the lantern wheel and have a good time.

There are more people, there are more things, you squeeze me, I squeeze yours, and there are more good people who want to come forward and touch the rope connected to the light wheel. The Jiang family is in business, paying attention to harmony and making money, and making this light wheel is also to let more people see it, so naturally they don't dare to drive people away with cold words.

There was no warning of the calamity, as if in an instant, the rope that bound the lantern wheel suddenly loosened, and the huge lantern wheel smashed straight down, and the thousands of candles inside fell on the heads, faces, and bodies of the onlookers. The flames licked through the fabric, the ropes, the hair, and even the skin of the person, and in an instant, they merged into huge waves.

All of a sudden, the screams came and went, and people were busy fleeing, regardless of what they were stepping on, as long as they could run forward and escape from this sea of fire. When I looked up in a hurry, I found that the sky in the north was also burned red by the flames, and that was where the imperial city was located.

I heard that the Jiang family walked the way of the nobles in the palace, and they didn't learn this light wheel, so when the light wheel here fell, the light wheel in the palace also fell?

The people of Chang'an, who escaped death, came back to their senses and pondered this matter in their hearts, and for a few days, neighbors, aunts and sisters-in-law always had to discuss it.

Compared with these happy people, the atmosphere in the house of the powerful is much more tense.

Changle Fang is close to the imperial city, quiet and wealthy, and all the people who live are dignitaries, and it is the best square in Chang'an. And in this Changle Fang, there is another street, called Tongsheng Street.

A long Tongsheng street is divided into three parts, living in the innermost has to be Pingyao Bowang's house, go out for a while, the hot gold plaque shows the identity of the owner - Shen Guogong Gao's family. Go out further, occupy most of Tongsheng Street, and the mansion is extraordinary, isn't it the mansion of the lord of Chenliu County?

The saint cherished the niece of Lord Chenliu, and she should be treated like a princess, or even better than the eldest princess. As soon as the will to give marriage was issued, the holy order to build the county lord's mansion came, and the speed and quality were so high that the repair of the princess's mansion in Dangli was put behind.

Lord Chen Liujun is a rare virtuous person among the royal princesses, who honors his in-laws and has children. She felt that it was not a matter for the husband and wife to live separately, leaving the county lord's mansion empty, but she had failed the saint's heart. After her in-laws passed away, she did not need her to serve, so she became a saint, opened the door wall of the county lord's mansion and the Shenguo mansion, and built a beautiful and extremely unique garden in between.

Since then, the lord of Chen Liujun has taken his youngest daughter Gao Ying to live in this "Fangjing Garden".

Gao Ying is thirteen this year, trimming her eyebrows and cherry lips, with a dignified appearance, and a noble temperament between her gestures. At this moment, she frowned slightly, and looked at her mother worriedly: "A-Niang, at this time, at this time...... "Do you really want to enter the palace?"

The people didn't know what was going on, but they knew - the prince took advantage of the chaos to force the palace on the night of the last yuan, wanting to replace the saint, and finally committed suicide in defeat. Because of this, the saint's face has always been gloomy, and I don't know how much blood has been shed and how many people have died these days. Some courtiers went up to the fold, claiming to investigate thoroughly according to King Liang's example, but they were left behind, making the ministers unable to understand the sage's intentions, and obediently shrank their heads, and no one dared to come up.

A-Niang is low-key and forbearant on weekdays, and she doesn't go out except for the New Year's Day, at most she invites a few girls next door to play. When encountering such a big event, I actually have to prepare a horse to enter the palace, this, this ......

Qin Zhen, the lord of Chenliu County, looked at his daughter, and saw that her concern was overflowing, without the slightest pretense, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and said warmly: "Ying'er, A-Niang must have a good intention in doing things, you don't need to persuade again." ”

This proud woman of the sky has a beautiful appearance, and the years have clothed her forehead with thin crow's feet, but it has precipitated indescribable charm and elegance for her. Her speech and demeanor are all full of unparalleled dignity and arrogance, even if she is talking to her most beloved daughter, the whole person seems faint, as if shrouded in a layer of fog, difficult to approach.

Gao Ying wanted to say something, but saw Gao Heng standing with his hands in his hands and slowly walked in.

The powerful Shen Guogong's face was so heavy that he could drip water, he looked around when he entered the door, and said in a deep voice: "Go down!" ”

The henchmen and maids of Lord Chen Liujun glanced at their master, and when they saw Qin Zhen nodding slightly, they retreated indifferently. Seeing this, Gao Ying bit her lip unwillingly, retreated, turned around and walked to the side room, and listened to the movement here without hesitation.

Gao Heng didn't notice his daughter's small movements, and when he saw that the people were gone, his suppressed anger finally broke out, but fortunately, he still remembered that he was afraid of being heard, so he had to lower his voice slightly, but he couldn't hide his monstrous anger: "You want to enter the palace!" At this time, you actually want to enter the palace! ”

Qin Zhen didn't raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "The saint loves me very much, and my uncle's uncle is in a bad mood, so I naturally want to be relieved as a niece." ”

"You know that's not what I'm talking about!" Gao Heng said angrily, "If you want to enter the palace, don't you just want to show the sage the letter?" ”

When Qin Zhen heard this, the corners of his lips raised a sarcastic arc: "You have been working hard for more than a year, don't you also want to get this letter in my hand?" ”

Gao Ying, who was hiding in the side room, listened to it, and her tears couldn't stop falling.

For as long as she can remember, she has lived in this Fangjing Garden with her mother, and her two brothers have studied with Aya and rarely see each other. The younger sisters and brothers jumped out one by one, Aya never restrained, only came to A-Niang when there was something, and every time she had to shake her face to show A-Niang, but what did she say outside? The lord of Chen Liujun was virtuous and generous, and took the initiative to take concubines for Shen Guogong, and treated his children equally...... Lies, all lies! Ah Niang obviously doesn't want to see those people, where did this concubine take the initiative?

More than a year ago, Aya and her two brothers, who were not very close, suddenly became acquainted with her. Gao Ying was flattered and poured out her heart and lungs for these three close relatives, what was the result? They just want to take something out of A-Niang's hands for their own future!

The more Gao Ying thought about it, the more sad she became, and she staggered out of the side room, but fortunately she still remembered that she was eavesdropping and didn't make a sound.

She didn't want to hear it anymore, she didn't want to see Aya anymore, and if she did, she was afraid of her...... It is true that there is a disobedient heart.

Gao Heng didn't know that his daughter's evaluation of him had deteriorated again, he looked at his calm and relaxed wife, and could hardly contain his anger: "Shen Huai's people went to seven times, but none of them came back, and people in our family followed them in and out, don't you know about me?" For the sake of you not seeing Shen Huai and his wife, I thought you were willing to think about me and the three children, who would have thought of you...... You ......" Looking at the cold eyes of Lord Chen Liu, Gao Heng's breath was a little short, and his voice lowered, with a bit of sincerity, "Zhen Niang, if the prince is fine, you hand the letter to the sage, and I won't do the same." But, but now, the prince has committed a crime, and he is gone. Who knows what happened to that one and whether it will be the future...... The handiwork? Don't ruin the future of your whole family because of a momentary feeling! ”

Qin Zhen didn't bother to listen to his rhetoric, and asked directly: "If I insist on going, how will you stay?" ”

"You-"

"You can put me under house arrest, but another month will be a thousand years of saints, and I have only been absent once." Qin Zhen raised his chin slightly, stared at his husband, and didn't give him half of face, "You can also kill me now, wait for the saint to take away all my maids' family orders, and interrogate them one by one, how did I die!" ”

When Gao Heng heard this, he was angry, but he had to admit that Qin Zhen was telling the truth.

The flattery of the meritorious and powerful families greets and deceives the superiors and subordinates, and the saint knows it very well in his heart, and he is naturally afraid that people will treat his niece who is embarrassed. Therefore, he sent a capable chamberlain here every few days to ask for warmth, and rewarded his niece with the most and best things, and planned to give Qin Zhen's children knights - although Qin Zhen pushed him.

Gao Heng always remembered that in the third year of Qin Zhen's marriage, his body was a little weak after giving birth, and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he couldn't get up, so he had to get sick. Unexpectedly, on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sage came to the Shenguo Mansion in person, followed by the imperial physician Ling and the left and right imperial physicians.

Those people brought by the sage had tested Qin Zhen's prescriptions, asked her maid and mother, and even checked Qin Zhen's medicine bowl and medicine residue, and determined that Qin Zhen's condition was not strict, the child she gave birth to was very good, and the mother and son did not suffer any anger in the house, so the sage left with charity.

Since then, Qin Zhen has been in the Shenguo Mansion, saying that one is one, saying two is two, and no one dares to disobey half a sentence.

"Qin-Zhen-"

Lord Chen Liujun didn't even look at her husband, walked straight out of the door, and saw Gao Heng pestle in place, she frowned, and said unhappily, "Get out of the way." ”

"Zhenniang, think about the three children, Ying'er hasn't been out of the cabinet yet......"

"Gao Heng, you're talking too much." Qin Zhen put away his cloak and said coldly, "Don't get in my way." ”