Chapter Ninety-Seven: Shangyuan Festival
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate this great festival, the capital Chang'an and even the whole country, to hold a grand celebration, guess the word puzzle, enjoy the lanterns, watch the juggling, tour the night scene, it can be described as lively and extraordinary, and in order to let the people have fun, the Shangyuan Festival is not a night curfew.
Li An was ordered to escort King Guichang to the Dongnu Kingdom on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, that is to say, as soon as the Shangyuan Festival passed, he would temporarily leave Chang'an City and go to the Dongnu Kingdom, which made him full of anticipation and inexplicably lonely at the same time.
Although it is very hard to learn Tibetan characters, Li An and Yan Ruyu have been together for four or five hours every day, although it is very hard to learn Tibetan characters, but with Yan Ruyu to accompany them, Li An does not feel bitter at all, but is encouraged by Yan Ruyu to stimulate the potential of the brain, and in a very short period of time learned a large number of Tibetan characters, which surprised Yan Ruyu.
"Cao'er, give it to me!"
Yan Ruyu smiled, took a box of dim sum from Cao'er's hand, and prepared to give it to Li An, who had worked hard to practice calligraphy.
"Nineteen Niang, this Captain Li is really strange, half a month ago, he couldn't even learn a single Tubo script, but now it's amazing, in such a short period of time, he has learned most of the Tubo characters."
"Cao'er, shut up, get out!"
Yan Ruyu's cheeks flushed, and Li An walked to the study with a box of snacks.
"It's okay, let's rest for a while! Try the dim sum. ”
Li An was not tempted by the smell of food, just winked at Yan Ruyu and smiled, and continued to practice the Tibetan script.
"Okay, you've been practicing for so long, aren't you hungry?"
"I'm hungry! However, I will escort King Guichang to Dongnu Kingdom tomorrow, and if I don't hurry up and practice now, I won't have time. ”
Yan Ruyu's heart sank suddenly, and she pursed her lips: "It's okay, even if time is pressing, you can't let yourself go hungry!" ”
Li An smiled slyly: "Ruyu, otherwise, you can feed me!" How about this way, which will neither delay the practice of calligraphy nor starve? ”
Yan Ruyu was slightly startled, seeing Li An's naughty expression, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, she found that she was more and more fond of this somewhat bad Li An.
"Okay, open your mouth."
"Ah......h
"Haha......"
With a beautiful lady like Yan Ruyu, putting the delicious dim sum in her mouth, Li An felt extremely comfortable, and bit Yan Ruyu's pink little hand from time to time, so frightened that Yan Ruyu quickly withdrew her hand and stretched out her pink fist to beat Li An's back.
"It's okay, tomorrow morning, you will leave Chang'an City, but you haven't fully learned the Tibetan language, if Ruyu goes with you, I can continue to teach you along the way."
Li An was taken aback: "No, Ruyu, you also know the content of the secret letter of Tubo, this time escorting King Guichang to the Dongnu Kingdom must be dangerous, if I take you, wouldn't I be distracted to protect you, no, this is absolutely not good." ”
This trip to the Dongnu Kingdom is full of unknown dangers, and it is already extremely stressful to protect Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, if you take Yan Ruyu, who doesn't know martial arts, it's terrible! Naturally, Ang Li would not agree, and of course, Yan Zhenqing would not agree either.
Yan Ruyu is worthy of being a knowledgeable little lady, seeing Li An's refusal, she neither argued nor got angry, but smiled: "It's okay, since it will distract you, then Ruyu won't go, but I have a gift for you, you must accept it." ”
"Gifts, what gifts?"
Yan Ruyu took out a booklet from the drawer of the study and handed it to Li An: "It's okay, this is a booklet of Tang and Tubo Chinese, it's not very complete, but it will definitely help you." ”
Li An took the booklet and flipped through it carefully, the handwriting was all new, it was obviously Yan Ruyu's handwriting, and it was a gift specially prepared by Yan Ruyu for Li An.
Raising his eyes to look at Yan Ruyu's eyes, Li An found a trace of red thread, which is enough to show that Yan Ruyu used the night time to do all this.
In other words, Yan Ruyu already knew that Li An would not agree to take her to the East Woman Country, and Li An would never learn all the Tibetan characters in half a month, so she specially prepared this translation of Tang and Tubo for Li An to learn slowly on the way to the East Woman Country.
Holding this translation of Tang and Tubo, Li An'an felt a trace of emotion, this translation is comparable to the English-Chinese dictionary of later generations, and Yan Ruyu has poured a lot of energy and effort.
"Ruyu, you taught me to practice Tibetan writing during the day, and stayed up late at night to prepare this gift for me, it's really hard for you, look at it, your eyes are red, how distressing."
"It's okay, just rest for a few days."
Yan Ruyu smiled, and a faint sweetness flashed in her heart.
Li An took a step forward and held Yan Ruyu's little hand: "Ruyu, there is no night curfew on the Shangyuan Festival, the streets must be very lively, I will accompany you to see the lanterns, okay?" ”
Yan Ruyu pursed her lips, nodded with a smile in her eyes, in a few hours, Li An will leave Chang'an City, this trip will take at least a few months, on this night of separation, of course she will not refuse Li An's small request, besides, she also has this intention in her heart.
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'The jade leaks the copper kettle and does not urge, and the iron lock is open all night; Whoever sees the moon can sit idle, and where they don't see the lights. ’
The song "Shangyuan Night" by Cui Li, the champion of the Tang Dynasty, vividly depicts the lively and cheerful scene of the Shangyuan Festival, and the sentence "Who can sit idle when they see the moon" shows the grand occasion of the Shangyuan Festival.
On this night, the Tang Emperor Li Longji will personally climb the calyx Xianghui Building of Xingqing Palace, and watch the lanterns on the street with the people of Chang'an City.
"It's okay, there are so many people on the street!"
"Ruyu, I'll grab your hand so we won't be swept away by the crowd."
Li An saw that there were too many people on the street, and hurriedly grabbed Yan Ruyu's pink little hand.
Yan Ruyu smiled, and did not object to Ang Lee's abruptness, in the crowded streets, Ang Lee grabbed her hand, which would give her a comfortable sense of security.
The place where the lanterns are held is on the street directly south of Xingqing Palace, and at this time, the sky is already dark, and all the lanterns are lit up.
"Ruyu, look, the lanterns in front are so beautiful! There are also small lanterns hanging on the trees next to them. ”
Ang Lee pointed straight ahead, feeling a burst of relief.
"No harm, the high-rise building in front of the lanterns is the calyx Xianghui Building of Xingqing Palace, tonight, His Majesty the Emperor will stand upstairs and enjoy the lanterns with us, we will get closer, maybe we can see Your Majesty?"
Li An pinched Yan Ruyu's face and said proudly: "Your unharmed brother has been summoned twice by His Majesty today, but since Ruyu wants to meet His Majesty, then let's go over!" ”
Yan Ruyu pouted, glanced at Li An slightly, and followed Li An closer to the Calyx Xianghui Building.
Because Emperor Li Longji wanted to stand on the Calyx Xianghui Tower and enjoy the lanterns with the people, it was the most concentrated location of the lanterns in the south of the Calyx Xianghui Building, and the lanterns here were also of the best quality and the most gorgeous.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
With the call of the messenger Yu Chaoen, Li Longji appeared on the Calyx Xianghui Building with a group of princes and confidants, and waved to the people on the street.
Today is the Shangyuan Festival, a great festival celebrated by the whole country, for this reason, Li Longji wore a big crown fur, which looked extremely magnificent.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty......"
With the appearance of Li Longji, the people on the street all chanted long live to show their respect for the emperor.
Long live the people's mountain, Li Longji's mood was naturally beautiful, and he frequently waved to the people on the street, and the princes and ministers beside him were all stained.
"King Guichang, she is here too."
Li An saw Zhao Yufu in gorgeous costumes beside Li Longji at a glance.
Yan Ruyu pursed her lips and looked at Li An: "It's okay, the beautiful girl next to Your Majesty is King Guichang?" ”
Li An nodded lightly: "Yes!" She is the king of Guichang, but from such a distance, you can actually see that she is very beautiful. ”
"Oh, she's really pretty?"
Yan Ruyu's eyes were a little lonely.
"King Guichang is the first beauty in the East Female Country, of course she is beautiful." Li An grinned and leaned on Yan Ruyu's ear: "However, if compared with Ruyu, she is slightly inferior, Ruyu is the most handsome little lady in the world." ”
"Flim Flam."
Yan Ruyu glanced at Li An.
"Bang la, bang lala......"
Just as Li An and Yan Ruyu were distracted, on the wall of Xingqing Palace, dozens of palace maids and eunuchs were working hard to scatter a large amount of copper coins into the street.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"
The people in the streets shouted long live while bending down to pick up the copper coins on the ground, which were awarded by His Majesty the Emperor, and even if they were only a few pennies, they were still valuable treasures.
Li An and Yan Ruyu didn't have time to bend down in a hurry, and they were immediately stood out from the crowd, and they were immediately looked at by Li Longji and others upstairs in Calyx Xianghui.
"It's Ang Lee."
Li Longji, the princes, ministers, and Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, all discovered Li An for the first time, and of course, they also discovered Yan Ruyu next to Li An.
And Li An on the street also knew that Li Longji and others had discovered him, so he hurriedly stood with his hands crossed to show respect.
Who is the handsome lady next to him, is it his sweetheart? ’
Zhao Yufu was curious, and looked straight at Yan Ruyu beside Li An.
And Yan Ruyu on the street also looked at Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, curiously, and said that heroes cherish each other, but in fact, beauties also cherish each other.
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Longji's mouth, and his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Li An, and the princes and ministers had their own expressions, and their impressions of Li An were different.
There will always be a time when the copper coins will be robbed, and as the people get up one after another, Li An and Yan Ruyu gradually drowned in the rolling flow of people, and disappeared without a trace under the noses of Li Longji and others.