024 Lanterns

In fact, after years of reconstruction and expansion, Tanhua Lane is now a very wide road, which can be passed by four carriages at the same time. However, on this day today, at least two of the roadside roads are occupied by stalls, and the only two remaining roads are not only horse-drawn carriages, but also sedan chairs and pedestrians, which are naturally very crowded. So every year during the Lantern Festival, the government will send officials to guard the entrance of the alley, stop most of the carriages and sedan chairs, and let people walk in. However, no one dared to stop the carriage of the governor's palace, so they drove into the alley in a grand carriage.

This is the privileged class! Zhu Mingyu couldn't help but sigh, in fact, she really wanted to walk over, take a stroll, and sit in the carriage to see what was interesting, but after all, the identity of the Cheng family was there, and they were all boudoir guests, and it was really troublesome if something happened, so she could only endure the heart of wanting to go out to see, and obediently looked out of the car window.

Zhu Mingyu came out of Cheng's house and was pulled by Cheng Shuang to be in the same car with him, Cheng Shuangbing and Xue were smart, so he could naturally see the disappointment in Zhu Mingyu's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's a shame that you still live in the capital all the year round and are used to seeing the world, you are actually interested in such a lantern festival, will the one in the capital be worse than this?" ”

Zhu Mingyu sighed: "It's not bad, it's not bad, but whether it's in the capital or here, you can't go out to see." ”

Cheng Shuang smiled: "It turns out that your mind is so wild. ”

Zhu Mingyu also laughed at her: "Each other, each other." She could see that if it weren't for the Cheng family's servants following, Cheng Shuang would definitely want to go out and have a look.

Cheng Shuang just laughed and didn't refute.

In this contact, Zhu Mingyu felt that Cheng Shuang was different from the last time she was in the Zhu family, she was not only knowledgeable but also a very talkative and hearty person, and yes, the person who could cooperate with her tacit understanding would not be a rigid person.

Because it was fifteen, the restaurants in Tanhua Lane were full, and the two had already sent someone to book a private room in a restaurant called Xinghualin.

After getting out of the carriage, Zhu Mingyu saw a child sitting on the steps in front of the Xinghualou, but four or five years old, staying there with his chin in his hand, many people came and went to see him, and some people went over to ask him, but the child didn't say a word, didn't go away, and sat there.

Xiao Er was also a little embarrassed, but the other party was a child, and this was a big holiday, so he couldn't drive away and couldn't let the child in, so he could only go.

Zhu Mingyu also glanced at the little boy, he looked like a child of a rich family from the way he was dressed, but it didn't look like he was lost, because he wasn't in a hurry at all, and he didn't look like he had cried, so he sat there quietly.

Everyone else also saw the child, Cheng Shuang also asked the maid to inquire, knowing that the child had been sitting here since the beginning of the day, it had been more than an hour, and no one came to look for it, if there was no one when the door was closed, they would send someone to send him to the yamen to take him to his family.

Zhu Mingyu felt that this was also a good idea, otherwise his family would find him, and it would be worrying that he was not here, Tanhua Lane was full of people, and he was in an obvious place here, and it was very difficult to kidnap him.

The dishes in Xinghualin are very good, some different from the delicacy of northern cuisine, Kong Jiayi is also very quiet at the dinner table, and Sven put down his chopsticks after eating some gracefully. Zhu Mingyu's appetite is still the best among several people, Cheng Shuang saw this and asked Zhu Mingyu to order some more, and Zhu Mingyu didn't politely really order a few.

After she was full of wine and food, Zhu Mingyu asked Xiao Er to bring her some things, and after getting ready, Zhu Mingyu put the food in front of the child after going out.

The child just looked up at her, continued to sit with his head down, and didn't move the food, and Zhu Mingyu didn't say anything.

Just after eating, Zhu Mingyu proposed to walk around, there must be more and more people, and when the time comes to go to the Moon Tower, I will take the car, and the others have no objections, but there are guards from the Governor's Mansion to follow, plus the appearance of several people, it is still very eye-catching.

The lantern festival has already begun to be lively, and Zhu Mingyu, who was used to seeing more lively than this in his previous life, did not have much interest in these, but this feeling of being able to come out and breathe freely was very good. Others were much more surprised than her, especially Zhu Mingxiu and Zhu Mingyao, who almost wanted to visit every stall, and after a while, they each bought a lot, which made their maids miserable, and they couldn't see the front of them with a bunch of things.

Zhu Mingyu saw that the two of them didn't mean to stop at all, so he made the decision and asked the two maids to put the things back in the car first, Zhu Mingxiu said that he brought Ginkgo biloba and Qingli out, and Zhu Mingyu brought four, if he went back to one, there would be no one by his side. Zhu Mingyu didn't say much, and asked Kapok and Mint to take the things of ginkgo biloba and Zhu Mingyao's maid pomegranate together. Seeing that there were only two people left around Zhu Mingyu, Zhu Mingxiu was finally satisfied.

Zhu Mingcan has never made trouble for Zhu Mingyu, to say that he is the most worry-free one among his sisters, he is polite, has a degree of advance and retreat, does not like to be in the limelight or like to cause trouble, except for being a little estranged from himself, it is simply perfect.

Kong Jiayi has always maintained a quiet style, Zhu Mingyu asked Mu Xiang to keep an eye on her, since she was the one she brought out, she would definitely bring her back with all her beard and tail, if Kong Jiayi thought that it would be difficult for herself, it would be a miscalculation. Mu Xiang understood what Zhu Mingyu meant, although she didn't follow Kong Jiayi step by step, her focus was always on Kong Jiayi. Zhu Mingyu was very satisfied with Mu Xiang's performance, to say that among a few maids, she was really a rare and capable person. However, when it comes to her sincerity to herself, she can't guarantee that she can be more attentive than Kapok Hibiscus, but it is not easy to do things so much to her heart.

Zhu Mingyu pondered Mu Xiang and didn't know what the secret was, but if she asked herself to help, she would definitely be willing to help him if she could.

Just when Zhu Mingyu was pondering and absentmindedly looking at the lanterns on the side of the road, she suddenly felt someone tugging on her sleeve, she looked down and saw that it was the child sitting at the gate of the apricot blossom forest just now, I don't know how he slipped from under the guard's eyelids to her.

The child looked a little shy, and when he saw Zhu Mingyu looking at himself, he handed her a little rabbit lantern, and then said "thank you" and quickly ran away.

Zhu Mingyu didn't react a little when he took the lamp, watched the child run away and stopped beside a young man, raised his head and said a few words to him, the man nodded to Zhu Mingyu from afar, and left with the child.

Cheng Shuang looked at Zhu Mingyu and looked at it without moving, touched her and asked, "Do you know that child?" ”

"It's the kid at the gate of the apricot blossom forest."

"Why did you only send the eldest sister lamp?" Zhu Mingxiu asked.

There was no need for Zhu Mingyu to answer, Zhu Mingyao took her place: "Because the eldest sister gave someone to eat." The tone was very proud, as if the child had given her a lamp.

Zhu Mingxiu snorted and walked away with the maid.

Zhu Mingyu was thinking, the person just now seemed to be a little familiar.