Seeing that the ice lantern was ready, Mama Gefhe hurriedly brought the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and Hajlan into the house, asked them to change into clean clothes, and brought them a large pot of mutton and ginger soup that had been boiled to ward off the cold. So change your clothes, drink soup, and chat about the candles as soon as the sky is dark, and you can enjoy the "ice and snow world" against the backdrop of the ice lanterns!

When night fell, under the command of the ninth elder brother, a few ice lanterns were set up in the courtyard, and the tenth elder brother lit the ice lanterns with great interest. After all the qiē was done, Xiaozhuang and the Empress Dowager were surrounded by the Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother and Hajilan to the courtyard to watch the ice lanterns. The light of the candle flame in the ice looms, and through the ice blocks of several colors, it is reflected in the courtyard like a dream. The hanging three colors dyed red, blue, and yellow, plus the funny birds, small fish, and small flowers carved on it, the shining light reflected in the night sky, and the light was brilliant, which attracted Xiaozhuang to give a thumbs up happily, and praised the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and Hajilan without hesitation.

When Kangxi came to Cining Palace to ask for peace the next day, Xiaozhuang told Kangxi about the colorful ice lanterns made by the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and Hajilan, Kangxi smiled and went to the courtyard to carefully watch the ice lanterns placed in the courtyard, and said to Xiaozhuang: "Grandson, tonight I have to go to Cining Palace to disturb the imperial grandmother, what will the ice lantern reflect the imperial grandmother here?" Anyway, these children are still very caring, look, even the ice lamp with the roots of the tree as the lampholder is quite distinctive! ”

At noon, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother came to Hajilan again, saw Hajilan with a puzzled face, and said: "Huang Ama is coming to watch the ice lanterns tonight, and the ice lanterns we made yesterday are not enough to see!" We need to make some more ice lanterns. ”

So Hajlan, Brother Jiu, and Brother Ten all put on thick robes and went outside the house together, discussing how to make different ice lantern shapes.

Brother Jiu's eyes rolled, he thought about it, and said with a smile: "I have an idea, is it feasible for the tenth brother and Hajilan to listen to it?" We can try to pour the red pigment into the water and stir it to make a large pale red ice mound, and then carve it into a simplest single-layer lotus flower, and then take a small bowl to make a mold, put a small cup in the middle, freeze a piece of yellow hollow ice mound, chisel a few small holes, use it as a flower core, pour it with water and connect it to the ice lotus, then insert a candle, pierce a few holes with a red-hot iron chisel, and put on a strong hemp rope, this is an ice red lotus lantern. ”

Hajlan thought for a moment and said, "According to the method of making ice red lotus lanterns according to the ninth elder brother, can we try to carve different looks?" Although the birds, fish, and flowers are small, they look a little monotonous! I wonder if it can be carved into dragons, phoenixes, tigers, lions, rocs, bears, dogs and other patterns? "With a little excitement in his words, maybe he could see the ice lantern exhibition of modern Harbin in the Forbidden City hundreds of years ago?

Brother Jiu shook his head, spread his hands, and said, "Hajilan's idea is very good, but there are only a few of us, how can we make such ice lanterns in one afternoon!" ”

When Su Mala came slowly, she saluted respectfully and said, "Slave to the ninth elder brother, ten elder brother please be safe, Hajilan Gege is good!" ”

Brother Jiu looked at the group of attendants who followed behind Aunt Su Mala, and said with a wise smile: "Mama Suma, did the Emperor Doroma think that we don't have enough manpower here, so he assigned some people to us?" ”

Aunt Su Mala nodded and smiled: "Brother Huijiu, yes." ”

As soon as Su Malagu's words fell, the attendants behind her immediately saluted in unison, and said in unison: "The minions obey the orders of the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and Gege. ”

Aunt Su Mala looked at the commanding Ninth Elder Brother in front of her, the lively and straightforward Tenth Elder Brother and the aura of Hajilan, and said, "The slave maid will go back to the Empress Dowager first to resume her life." ”

Brother Jiu smiled: "It's hard work for Mama Su." ”

Su Mala Gu saluted and turned back to Xiaozhuang, and the tenth elder brother looked at Su Mala's distant back and muttered, "It is worthy of Huang Duo Luo Ma Mama!" ”

The ninth elder brother patted the tenth elder brother on the shoulder, touched Hajlan's head, and whispered: "We have to work hard, tonight we have to let Huang Duo Luo Ma Ma, Huang Ma Ma and Huang Ma watch the ice lantern we made." ”

Brother Jiu pondered for a moment, asked what this group of chamberlains was good at, and neatly divided them into three groups, some of them used buckets to freeze ice cubes or dig up ice cubes in ponds and other places where large ice cubes could be produced, and the other part carved patterns, and the rest of the people did the rest of the work. Then Brother Jiu talked about how the three groups cooperated with each other, and after the miscellaneous instructions, a group of people began to get busy.

The ice cubes dug up from the pond and other places were white, so the ninth elder brother asked the chamberlain to put more pigment into less water to make a thick pigment "juice", and then poured it on the surface of these large white ice cubes to make them appear a faint color. After the problem of the ice cube was solved, it began to carve different patterns, there was an inner servant carved a winged Dapeng, three feet long, attracted the admiration of everyone, this he driven, everyone did their best, housekeeping skills, made a lot of beautiful ice lanterns, there were hollow eight immortals, Guanyin and other characters, all kinds of lifelike and finely carved ice and snow carving animals, octagonal pavilions, jade screens, ice calligraphy, frozen tree hanging, etc. are also carved out in their skillful hands, quite a thin layer, which can be covered with a cover of candles, It's just that you can't see the benefits of doing so during the day, but at night you can light a candle and enjoy the unique snow and ice beauty of the northern country.

After a lot of work, before nightfall, I made a number of ice lantern and ice sculptures, and only some details remained. Brother Jiu looked at the ice lanterns dyed in various colors that were a little messy, and commanded to push the snow together and pile it into several small snowdrifts, and then put a small ice lamp in the middle, so that not only does the courtyard look clean and beautiful, but also the boring snowdrift will definitely reflect colorful light after lighting candles at night, and it will definitely decorate this place very beautifully.

When night fell, Brother Jiu waved his little hand and all the ice lanterns were lit. Colorful lights are lit up everywhere in the main courtyard of Cining Palace, and the white ice cubes are reflected, which is as if it is day, and it is really a glass world carved with ice and jade. After happily watching the ice lanterns, Xiaozhuang and Kangxi praised the Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother and Hajilan again.

After a night, the entire Forbidden City was busy, and the palaces followed suit to make ice lanterns, and at night, the entire Forbidden City was full of brilliance under the reflection of ice lanterns, entering the ice and snow world. The palace's generosity also caused an uproar among the officials and the common people, setting off a wind of ice lanterns.