The Lantern Festival is actually not an important festival in later generations, except for more glutinous rice balls in the supermarket, it has almost no impact on the lives of ordinary people.

There's no way, everyone has to work to make money, generally speaking, the start of work will start around the seventh day of the new year, who cares about enjoying the lanterns...... Besides, if you want to enjoy the lanterns, you can't go.

But in ancient times, the Lantern Festival was a very important festival, especially in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a workaholic, and he takes a few days off every year, but the emperor behind him really can't hold on, and in the Jiajing period, he released the government three days before the first day, and it was not restored until the end of the Lantern Festival.

Therefore, the Lantern Festival is the last carnival in the longest holiday of officials in the Ming Dynasty, starting from the fifteenth day of the first month, the lantern market for ten consecutive days, officials, people, and female dependents will go out to enjoy the lantern festival.

However, this year's Lantern Festival is a little special.

In the congratulatory table on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a large number of officials exhorted the emperor to save money and not to be extravagant, but they did not have the courage to accuse Emperor Jiajing of cultivating and refining pills, and pointed the finger at the Lantern Festival.

Because of the Lantern Festival every year, the royal family has to make a huge Aoshan lantern, this thing is not only the royal family can do, but only the royal family can make such a big one, and no one else will steal the limelight, you must know that each one costs thousands of taels of silver.

So, this year, Emperor Jiajing ordered that the lamp market should continue as usual, but the Aoshan lantern was banned.

Xiyuan Wanshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing lay lazily on the couch, and Huang Jinnian on the side chattered, "Even if an Aoshan lamp costs silver, it doesn't use the silver of the department, so it really eats too much to support." ”

"Okay, don't nag a few words, shut up below, you talk too much." Emperor Jiajing looked at Lu Bing, "There are a lot fewer people going out to enjoy the lanterns tonight than in previous years?" ”

"It's a lot less, indeed." Lu Bing said with a smile: "But those who go out are not only those who enjoy the lanterns, the willow tops on the moon, and people are about after dusk." ”

Looking at Huang Jin on the side covering his mouth and snickering, Emperor Jiajing scolded with a smile: "Don't look at Huang Companion smiling, be careful to turn around and give you little shoes to wear!" ”

"Emperor, the old slave doesn't dare to bear this." Huang Jin said with a smile: "I still remember that when I arrived in the capital at the beginning of the year, during the Lantern Festival in the second year, the old slave accompanied the emperor out of the city to enjoy the lanterns. ”

"Remember, remember." Emperor Jiajing fell into deep thought, "I also bumped into several pairs of ...... I remember that there were still people who pulled me and didn't let go. ”

Lu Bing said with a smile: "That's because I took a fancy to Your Majesty and wanted to catch my son-in-law under the lamp." ”

"Hahahaha......" Emperor Jiajing laughed and nodded, but the laughter gradually lowered, "Thirty-five years, now that I am old, you are also old......"

Lu Bing and Huang Jin didn't dare to answer, and after half a ring, Emperor Jiajing asked with a smile: "It's a pity that you are too lazy to go out of the palace, otherwise you can go to see Qian Zhan so that you won't be caught under the lights." ”

Huang Jin joked: "Why don't you ask the old slave?" ”

Before Emperor Jiajing could speak, Lu Bing rushed to the front and smiled bitterly: "No need." ”

"Qian Zhancai is very busy tonight, I'm afraid I don't have time to go out to enjoy the lanterns." Lu Bing smacked his lips, "Suiyuan has had such a big reputation in the past two months, and the candidates for the exam are all gathered there." ”

"What a big reputation?"

"Well, Your Majesty, that Qian Zhan just tried it in Nanzhili Township...... Good cooking! Lu Bing said with a smile: "After the New Year's Festival, there are more scholars in Beijing, and many scholars from the southeast run to Suiyuan every day, eating and drinking, and playing mahjong......

Lu Bing paused and coughed: "According to the minister's understanding, there is already a royal history of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China preparing to impeach Qian Zheng, the left senator of the General Political Division. ”

"What charges?"

"Gambling in a crowd."

"That mahjong was also made up by him." Huang Jin sneered, "This is Meng Weijun, he just let the scholar eat and drink?" ”

"How is that possible!" Emperor Jiajing had some knowledge of Qian Yuan, "There must be a hand tail behind." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Lu Bing said with a smile: "In his own words, this is for people to taste, and then season and modify the recipe of the dish...... Then, then I got a restaurant, and it opened tonight. ”

On the way to come, I squeezed in and took a look, and my shoes were almost stepped on...... If the door is like a market, I'm afraid that the threshold has been broken! ”

Emperor Jiajing's cheeks puffed out, he wanted to laugh and held back, and scolded: "Dignified people, there is still a month and a half to try, and it is really useless to run a restaurant!" ”

"But it's really a good way to make money." Lu Bing smiled bitterly: "The minister's Yulu has all been taken out, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it for a few days...... It's too expensive! ”

Emperor Jiajing scolded: "You only have Yu Lu in your pocket? ”

Lu Binggan smiled and was silent.

"How expensive?" Huang Jin asked curiously.

When I went out, I ran into Huang Zhubo of Qin Tianjian and scolded him...... Two people had four dishes and received five taels of silver. Lu Bing sighed: "That's it, it's still a five-fold discount." ”

Huang Jin was dumbfounded, "This business is faster than bandits stealing silver!" ”

Think about it, four dishes and five taels of silver, this is quite an exaggerated data, Qin Tianjian is a Qingshui yamen, it's strange not to scold his mother.

"But people also admit it, it's genuine." Lu Bingzui moved, "It is said that there are small courtyards inside, but the price is even higher." ”

Huang Jin glanced at Emperor Jiajing, he knew that the Huating Juren had a high status in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, and the time when Dilong turned over a few years ago...... It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the emperor is still on the throne, Qian Yuan will be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Emperor, why don't we go around?"

Emperor Jiajing didn't speak, he hadn't been out of Xiyuan for a long time, and the last time he went out was the Lantern Festival the year before last.

Lu Bing was a little nervous, "Your Majesty, there is a mixture of fish and dragons outside......"

Emperor Jiajing put down the jade Ruyi in his hand, and said with a smile: "I remember that Qian Zhan only met the saint for the first time, and I also specially gave a banquet, and the result was ......."

Huang Jin covered his mouth and smiled: "Don't hide it from the emperor, he secretly said it later...... I haven't eaten 30% yet, and I'm hungry and going out. ”

"Hahaha, good, good, then go and try it!"

……

There are a lot of people who want to find Qian Yuan tonight, and I don't know if he is too busy to come.

Xufu.

A large family was having dinner, and the old god Xu Jie was listening to his daughter being coquettish, the Lantern Festival was originally a legal festival for men and women to have a tryst.

"Okay, don't make a fuss, people have sent so many dishes, what are you going to do?" Zhang frowned and said, "The mother-in-law who delivered the food also said that there is no place to stand in the restaurant tonight when there are many people." ”

Xu Can pursed his lips aggrievedly and glanced at Xu Fan.

"Don't look at me." Xu Fan said expressionlessly: "I won't go out tonight." ”

A few days ago, Xu Fan said to the mother-in-law who delivered the vegetables, the sauerkraut fish is good...... As a result, for three consecutive days, this dish never appeared on the table of Xu's house again.

Zhang glared at his daughter, and swept Xiao Qi out of the corner of his eye, he was quite peaceful these days, but he didn't know if he was still fighting ghosts in his heart.

In fact, this was the most nervous moment in Xiao Qi's heart, counting the rice grains unwillingly, and he hadn't picked up vegetables for a while.

"Who do it for!" Zhang scolded, "Okay, let's go back." ”

Xiao Qi got up and took the wet towel to wipe his hands, and according to the habit of the past, he came out of the main courtyard in fourth place after saluting, and went straight back to his yard, and his steps involuntarily accelerated.

The Zhang family left their daughter alone, and poked her forehead with a smile, "You, people make money, what are you going to do?" ”

"......" Xu Canbian flattened his mouth and didn't speak.

"If you want to marry the daughter of the Xu family, it's not so easy, the Qian family was almost swept out of the house in the early years, and the family background is not thick, so I started a restaurant to make money." Zhang said with a smile: "You come up at this time, do you want to use the dowry silver to subsidize others?" ”

"Mother!"

The mother and daughter were laughing here, Xu Jie returned to the study, and the Xu Mansion gradually quieted down, but two figures quietly appeared at the side door.

"Mother Shen." The attacker took her mother-in-law's hand, "In the afternoon, a letter came in from home, saying that grandpa was not in good health and was out of breath, so I would go back and take a look." ”

The mother-in-law looked behind the attacker, "But ......"

"Miss is kind-hearted, I'm afraid I won't have money to get medicine." The attacker stuffed something into the mother-in-law's hand, "I'll be back soon." ”

The mother-in-law opened the door with a smile, watched the two go out, and sighed in her heart, this has been several times, Miss Seven is really kind-hearted, polite to her subordinates, and wants to help those in trouble, but unfortunately her life is not good.