Within a few days, the Lantern Festival arrived, and although it was a bitter cold place on the border, every household had already dressed up, and General Shi was sitting in his room, holding the letterhead that had just been delivered.

Shi's mother's pen, which talked about some recent events in the family, followed by the greetings of her sons and daughters, he looked at it and shed a tear, the tears wet the letter, and one or two words on it were blurred.

I folded the letterhead and put it back in the envelope, and pressed it into the military book that I read every day, and after a long time, I couldn't help but turn it out and look at it again, and I always felt sour in my heart, and there were some empty ones.

A few days before he set off to the border after his daughter's marriage, Shi's mother had talked to him all night, and the topic was nothing more than to let him put down his military power and stay in the capital to enjoy his old age, just like Shen Ronghua.

But he can't do it, because he and Shen Ronghua are different in nature, Pei Yuan has just been proclaimed emperor, he is bound to help his sister, the only child, to guard the country, and he is not willing to be the son who is about to become a father to guard this bitter cold place for himself, and he may not even be able to see the newborn child in the future, so he will bear this taste.

Compared with the loneliness on the border, the Lantern Festival in the capital is very lively, and the palace invited those on Chinese New Year's Eve as usual, and there are more Shen Ronghua's family.

Pei Hao took Pei Niting and Jintai to the inn to pick up Yongzhen early in the morning, and explained to Jintai about the misunderstanding that day.

After Yongzhen got into the carriage, Jintai seriously said sorry to Yongzhen, "You also know, this is the child of the first princess, so I naturally care about it." ”

After these two days, Yongzhen has been discouraged, he has been bullied by Jintai for a long time, this will also be seen, and he smiled directly: "I don't remember, it's hard for my sister to come to apologize to me, okay, I accepted this apology unceremoniously." ”

After speaking, he went to tease Pei Niting on the side: "Tingting hasn't told her uncle that I'm sorry yet, I can't mess around in the future." ”

Pei Niting nodded vigorously: "Tingting wants to say thank you to her uncle, if it weren't for her uncle, it would have been Tingting's clothes that day!" ”

When he entered the palace gate, he met Shen Ronghua's family, and when he saw that they also got out of the carriage and followed the palace people inside, Pei Hao hurriedly greeted: "Lord Shen, the emperor obviously gave the concession, why did you abandon the carriage and walk." ”

Shen Ronghua turned around and arched his hand towards Pei Hao: "Where am I still an adult, a cloth dress, the emperor's great grace is really unnecessary, I am not old and faint and can't walk, so don't do this special." ”

Several people laughed and walked together in the direction of the main hall, followed by Pei Shu and his brothers, for the queen's family to enter the palace for the Lantern Festival, this is also the first time in previous years.

It's no wonder that they have some grievances in their hearts, and they all said indignantly: "When my father was in power, I never invited my uncle's family, this Queen Shen is really a good skill!" ”

"Shen Ronghua, an old fox, has been the prime minister for most of his life, and the daughter he raised will naturally not be simple, a little fox, you see, this Pei family will be destroyed sooner or later in the hands of the surnamed Shen."

"Before the Pei family was destroyed, our emperor was afraid that he would die, you didn't see that the harem is still just an ornament, what kind of magic do you say this Queen Shen has!"

Pei Shu listened very impatiently in front of him, and walked faster, leaving them far behind. However, these people who chew their tongues can only talk behind their backs, and they don't dare to leak a word at the banquet.

Pei Yuan's first glass of wine at the banquet was given to Shen Ronghua: "Father-in-law, I will respect you first for this cup of wine, Jiahe should not drink alcohol today, and I will do her part." ”

Shen Ronghua hurriedly raised his glass and stood up: "The emperor is really polite, you are the Son of Heaven, you should let me respect you, you are going to make the grass people panic." ”

"You are my elder, you should be respected by me, you don't have to be humble in front of me, we are all family, the queen is your child, and I am also your half son, unless you don't recognize me as a son-in-law, father-in-law should sit down quickly." Pei Yuan personally came down from above, paced to Shen Ronghua's side, and helped him sit down.

Pei Yuan's doing this made Shen Ronghua more and more frightened, and after sitting down, he didn't even know how to put his hands and feet, and Shen Jiajue on the side said secretly: "The emperor treats us as a family, what are you nervous about!" ”

Shen Ronghua glared at his son fiercely, the emperor said that they were a family, which was polite, but if they themselves thought so, then there would be big problems in the future.

Pei Yuan also seemed to see Shen Ronghua's awkwardness, and after drinking three glasses of wine, he didn't talk to Shen Ronghua much, and only ordered the eunuch who served the food to serve Shen Ronghua two dishes that he liked to eat.

After the banquet was over, Pei Yuan took the group to the water pavilion outside, where there were already palace people waiting, and the lights were bright until the path they walked into.

Shen Jiahe was carefully supported by Pei Yuan and walked forward, looking at the lanterns in the corridor and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to bother to do this, but it's much more interesting than last year's Lantern Festival." ”

Worried that Shen Jiahe was bored in the palace, Pei Yuan could be said to have spent a lot of thought, and the Kong Ming lantern after the banquet was also one of the highlights.

Shen Jiajue took them to light Kong Ming lanterns next to the water pavilion, and Pei Yuan helped Shen Jiahe to sit down near the charcoal fire.

Pei Yuan took the two Kong Ming lanterns from the hands of the palace people, took out the red paper inside first, the model pen and inkstone were prepared early in the morning, Pei Yuan put the things next to Shen Jiahe for her to take them, and he also took out a piece of red paper to write New Year's wishes.

This day has passed, the year is over, the child is about to be born, it is a promising future, the corners of Pei Yuan's mouth are lightly raised, and he can't help but be happy in his heart.

After Shen Jiahe finished writing, Bai Ying carefully stuck on the Kong Ming lantern, and when she saw Pei Yuan smiling happily, she quietly got up and went around to Pei Yuan's back to look, but unfortunately Pei Yuan had finished writing and was putting it in the Kong Ming lantern, and she saw a good word.

"The wish is seen, but it is not working." People didn't look back but knew that someone was peeking behind them, Pei Yuan said with a smile.

Shen Jiahe covered his mouth and chuckled: "You are still the emperor, you believe in these things." ”

Pei Yuan only smiled and pulled her to release the Kong Ming lantern in his hand, and didn't tell her that as long as it was about her, he would believe it, believe that the wish written would come true, and believe that the wish must not be peeked at.

Lighting the oil lamp on the Kong Ming lantern, the heat slowly rose, and then swayed all the way up, Shen Jiahe raised his head and kept looking, feeling that those wishes were getting closer and closer to him.

As soon as Pei Shu finished writing, his youngest brother came over: "What did the imperial brother write?" Are you wishing to marry a princess soon! ”

In a hurry, Pei Shu put his note into the Kong Ming lantern in front of him, and patted his head with a smile: "It's not good to say it, go and write your own." ”

When his younger brother walked away, Pei Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and then summoned a palace person to come over and light the Kong Ming lantern with him.

The note that said that Shen Jiahe must be safe and happy was carried higher and higher, and flew farther and farther.

Yongzhen is still playing this for the first time, and there were a few burned at the beginning, but it scared the palace people so much that he hurriedly prepared a lot of water in the water pavilion for backup.

Later, he touched the door, and successfully released four or five in a row, dancing excitedly in the water pavilion, Pei Niting looked funny, and reached out to hug him, but when he squatted down, he went around and climbed up from his back.

Sitting on Yongzhen's shoulder, he shouted excitedly: "Now Tingting is the highest here, ah, uncle, take Tingting over there to see Kong Ming's lantern." ”

Jintai saw a chill in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, Yongzhen had already squatted down and coaxed: "Tingting can't play like this, it's so dark at night, it's not good if you fall, hurry down, uncle will take you to an open place over there to see Kong Ming lantern." ”

The palace people helped the little county lord to get off Yongzhen's shoulder, and Jintai breathed a sigh of relief, and then pulled Pei Niting to her side, and didn't allow her to mess around anymore.

The prepared Kong Ming lanterns have all been released, but the people at the scene still seem to be unsatisfied, Pei Yuan said with a smile: "The lanterns prepared for you today can make you make a wish at one time, go and play." ”

Pei Yuan pulled Shen Jiahe to walk behind, Shen Ronghua and Shen's mother deliberately slowed down, and followed behind the two, seeing Pei Yuan so considerate of his daughter, they were also very relieved.

The pool under the water pavilion is living water, and if you put the lantern down along the source, you can float far away outside the palace, Pei Yuan helped Shen Jiahe to stand firm at the source, and the group knew that she was incapacitated, so they gave way to her and let her put the first lantern of the year.

The lotus-shaped lantern fluttered away along the water, Shen Jiahe slowly stood up with Pei Yuan's salute, and turned around behind him were two brothers and sisters-in-law protecting him, on one side were his father and mother, and on the other side was Pei Yuan who never let go of her hand.

How can He De let these people protect themselves so much, and be able to get so many people's love in another world, Shen Jiahe feels that he can only be said to be treated by God all the time.

Her heart was very sour, her eyes were also sour, she blinked her eyes and returned her tears, such a day is not suitable for shedding tears, she should smile and enjoy it.

The others put lanterns one after another, and the water was dotted with stars for a while, like stars falling from the sky, and the river was plated with a layer of gorgeous starlight.

Pei Yuan helped Shen Jiahe back to his seat, watched everyone laughing and laughing, and put on a lantern riddle on a whim for everyone to guess: "I will tell you the simplest one first, and guess an idiom in all directions." ”

Pei Shu said without thinking: "The head is the way!" ”

"Good!" Pei Yuan took the lead in applauding and said, "King Kang is not simple, which of you has the best answer today, I am a talented person." You have to work hard! ”

"Death, guess an idiom."

"Sit back and wait!" This time, it was Shen Jiahe who said it the fastest, and she glanced at Pei Shu proudly, as if she wanted to compete with him.

In a trance, Pei Shu said that he had just married Shen Jiahe, and when he entered the palace for a banquet, the two cooperated and won a lot of rewards from his father, but unfortunately these have passed.

"The hardest meal to cook, guess an idiom."

"No rice to cook." In a trance, Pei Shu didn't hear the mystery at all, but let Shen Jiahe take the lead again, Pei Shu raised his eyes to look at her, and only smiled respectfully, without any other meaning.

The latter two are on par, but it makes others seem too inferior, Yongzhen can only watch the excitement on the side, Pei's text is still different from that of Northern Burma, and he really can't guess such a riddle.

Jintai wanted to see the excitement, and when the chief manager reported one: "Why not, type a word", Jintai urged Yongzhen to say: "Answer quickly, answer quickly, otherwise you won't have a chance tonight." ”

Pei Niting pressed Yongzhen's ear and whispered to him: "It's an immortal, an immortal of a fairy." ”

Yongzhen didn't know if it was this word, but he still believed Pei Niting and answered directly, but he didn't expect it to be really right, and then dragged Jintai into the water when the chief manager reported the next riddle: "My brother has answered, isn't it beautiful if my sister doesn't answer one?" ”

Jintai glared at him unhappily, and Pei Hao secretly reminded her beside her: "Right and wrong are just to open their mouths more, naturally they are bandits." ”