Taking advantage of the opportunity to get the entrance card, the prince enthusiastically introduced his lanterns to Jiang Anyi: mahogany as a frame, and the colorful paintings were sandwiched with silk and jade pendants. The lamp is a group of four, each lamp is four-sided, a total of 16 stories, there are myths such as Pan's opening the world, Wa Huang making up the heaven and earth, etc., there are also the stories of Da Zheng Gaozu winning the world and Renzu ruling the world, which is both simple and childish and magnificent, and is extraordinarily pleasing.

Won Jiang Anyi's praise, the prince said proudly: "The queen mother joked that let us each use our hearts to tie the lamp, and then ask my father to assess who is the 'lamp champion', Yicheng Hou Wang Keyan specially invited the Duanzhou lamp king to give the lamp to Lone Lamp, this Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Lone must seize this 'lamp champion'." ”

At the entrance of Lihua Garden, the little eunuch led another into the door, Jiang Anyi had sharp eyes, and recognized that it was Zhou Chucun, who was also a straight bachelor, this man was the leader of Fengle for five years, and he was a member of the Ministry of Water and Wailang, who was five years older than himself, and was also a young talent.

Zhou Zhucun holds two small lanterns in his hand, shaped like petals, carved with flower and bird patterns, exquisite and lovely. When the prince saw this, he shouted with joy, trotted over, took the lantern from Zhou Chucun's hand, and carefully studied it in his hand.

Jiang Anyi bowed his hand as a courtesy, and returned the courtesy with a shallow smile everywhere, as light as water.

"Master Zhou, this lantern is made of pomelo peel, it is really exquisitely conceived and exquisite, and I like it very much." The prince held a lantern in one hand and ran a few steps along the road, probably remembering the etiquette taught in the palace, stopped, and looked at Jiang Anyi and Zhou Chucun with a little embarrassment.

"Your Royal Highness, these two pomelo peel lanterns are made by my mother, she came to Beijing from her hometown to visit relatives, heard that Kyoto held the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and specially made lanterns with red pomelo produced in her hometown, so that I can dedicate it to the prince to enjoy." Zhou Cun said calmly.

"Thank you for Gu, Lord Lingtang, I like it very much." The prince handed the lantern to the eunuch standing beside him, and bowed to the surrounding place.

Zhou Cunchu replied: "Your Highness, the minister has a reluctant request, and I also ask Your Highness to think about it." Ministers and parents were nearly three years apart, this time the parents came to visit relatives from their hometown in Mengzhou, coinciding with the celebration of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the minister intended to take them to watch the lanterns of the Qinzheng Building, I heard that His Royal Highness still has a surplus admission card in his hand, please give His Royal Highness a piece of Yu Chen, the minister is grateful. ”

Shi Chongwei was stunned, if he didn't have to think about it before agreeing to Jiang Anyi, he would be sure, but now that he had given Jiang Anyi the two extra pieces, he had nothing extra in his hands. The admission cards of the twelve teachers must not be moved, and the twenty-six companions cannot be moved, although they all have admission cards at home, and some even have several pieces, but they cannot be moved. The queen mother has privately confessed that the brand is small, the face is big, and these people may be the important ministers of the court when they are in the future, and the relationship should be established well.

Jiang Anyi was a little embarrassed, how could it be so coincidental, or he would give up one piece himself, which would save him the harmony, but the two brands were really difficult to distribute, and it was nerve-wracking.

At this time, the palace maid had already taken two admission cards and handed them over to the prince. In an instant, Shi Chongwei made a decision, his father once said that Jiang Anyi was a national soldier, let him treat him well, and then said that Jiang Anyi, who he promised first, these two brands should be given to Jiang Anyi, as for Zhou Cun, he asked his mother for two more.

Thinking of this, Shi Chongwei smiled at Zhou Cunchu and said: "Master Zhou, it just so happened that Master Jiang also asked me for an admission card before you came, and Gu had already promised Master Jiang, and he kept his word, so these two brands can't be given to Master Zhou." But Master Zhou should not be in a hurry, Gu will send someone to the queen mother to ask for a few pieces, and he will definitely let Master Zhou take Lingzun Lingtang to watch the lanterns together. ”

The two brands were given to Jiang Anyi, Zhou Cunchu was faint on the surface, but in his heart, he was scornful, saying that the prince and Jiang Anyi had a close relationship, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. is also a straight bachelor, Wei Youcheng is the prince's brother-in-law, the two are close to each other, needless to say, the rest is this Jiang Zhuangyuan.

Most heroes in the world have entered the court, and Zhou Cun is in the twenty-two-year-old high school list, which is also a momentary glory. But this kind of scenery is always covered by the back waves, especially Jiang Anyi's three yuan and the first, or the word immortal, when he was only eighteen years old, so many dazzling lights together, no one mentioned the former prominence of the Zhou Cun.

It is said that Zhou Cun was three years earlier in the office, and the rank of seniority was before Jiang Anyi, who knew that the Son of Heaven cleared the acres of land, reused the new science and technology scholars, and promoted the official rank of Jiang Anyi and others to one level in terms of meritorious deeds, which was the same as his official rank. Later, Qiu Hunt Jiang Anyi made a contribution, and the scattered officials were promoted to three levels in a row, leaving Zhou Cunzhi behind, how could he not let this talented man hold his breath in his heart.

is also a direct bachelor of Chongwenguan, including the four bachelors, everyone has no heart of comparison, and winning the heart of the prince is to get the future future. After the secret test, the top and bottom have been divided, and the prince and Jiang Anyi seem to be very close. This result hurt Zhou Cunchu very much, he asked himself if he was born in a scholarly family, so he couldn't learn no less than Jiang Anyi, and every time he taught, he prepared for a long time, why couldn't he catch up with Jiang Anyi?

Jiang Anyi sent an accident to the desert, the Son of Heaven was angry, the prince was concerned, and Zhou Cunzhi lamented and drank a few more cups when he returned home, who would have thought that this Jiang Anyi was really fateful, and he could escape from the ghost place of the desert. Sadly waiting for the news that this person was added to the official again, but there were rumors in the palace that he was reprimanded, and the rumors did not know whether they were true or false, but Jiang Anyi still returned to the Ministry of Rites Wailang is an ironclad fact, which made many people happy.

After spending a lot of money, Zhou Cunshu learned from the maids and eunuchs of the East Palace that Jiang Anyi won the prince's favor by weaving playthings such as insects, birds, and butterflies. Villains, sycophants, and the evil of the king, in private, Zhou Cun scolded Jiang Anyi a lot, and talked to everyone about Jiang Anyi's behavior with contempt.

In addition to disdain, Zhou Cunchu privately touched the inventory in his stomach, except for reading, it seemed that he really had nothing else to handle. So, another round of angry scolding by villains and sycophants began, but this time the meaning of annoyance and anger was more.

The Son of Heaven decreed that the Shangyuan Lantern Festival was celebrated all over the world, and every household started to tie lanterns. The four-year-old son came to the study with a pomelo lamp, which attracted the attention of Zhou Cun and awakened his childhood memories: his mother would select large and well-proportioned red pomelo, cut the skin on the top flat, carefully use a knife to control the pomelo peel and the pulp, and peel the whole pomelo peel into a thin and even skin tube. The upper edge is hung with a rope, and then a small hole is dug out of the top skin, and a candle is placed on it, and a beautiful small grapefruit lamp is made. Mother is skillful, will carve the pomelo peel of flowers and trees patterns, so that the whole pomelo lantern looks beautiful, when I was a child, I carried the pomelo lantern to walk the streets, and received praise.

There was a flash of inspiration in the storage area, and there was a good idea to count in one fell swoop. I bought more than 100 catties of red pomelo on the street, selected the good quality, asked my mother to take the servant woman at home to dig out the pomelo lamp, specially invited the painter to draw a pattern on the pomelo peel, carefully carved it, selected the two best ones, and sent it to the prince in a sedan chair in a hurry.

Offering a pomelo lantern to the prince, it must not be as direct as Jiang Anyi, and he has already calculated how to speak in the sedan chair. Da Zheng Liguo has always emphasized benevolence and filial piety, and he presented a lamp to the prince in the name of his mother, which is the respect of the courtiers and the people to the son of heaven and the prince; pleases the prince and shortens the distance between him and the prince, which is beneficial to his career; then told the prince to give him an admission card to show his filial piety, and reputation is made by this; Shangyuan lamp energy-saving with parents to watch the lantern is not only their filial piety but also their own glory, and talking to everyone can also show the closeness between themselves and the prince.

Everything was conceived properly, but unexpectedly, Jiang Anyi stepped in, although the impact was not great, the surrounding place felt like swallowing a fly, and it was indescribably disgusting.

Let the palace maid go to Kun'an Palace to ask the queen for an admission card, and the prince led Jiang Anyi and Zhou Cun to drink tea and wait in the pavilion. Zhou Cunchu pretended to be concerned and asked: "I have heard that Anyi is ingenious, I don't know if there are any new works dedicated to the prince in this Lantern Festival?" ”

The prince was woken up by Zhou Cun, nodded again and again, and asked with a smile: "Yes, Master Jiang, what kind of lamp do you make in your family, is it the kind of moving lamp that you once mentioned to me?" Why don't you make two lamps for Lone to see. ”

At the end of last year, when Jiang Anyi was teaching with the prince, he inadvertently mentioned the marquee, this kind of moving lamp is easy to do in the memory of the demon master, but then he forgot it, but he didn't expect the prince to still remember.

The materials were ready-made, and Jiang Anyi was also interested, picking out a piece of hard cardboard, cutting it into a circle, dividing it into eight grades, and asking the craftsman to cut the mouth with a knife and fold it out slightly outwards to make it into a wind wheel. A small hole is drilled in the center of the wind wheel, fastened with a button, and attached to the base with a vertical post, above which the candle is placed.

The prince was full of interest, and he secretly pouted in his heart, pretending to be a ghost, how can this lamp move, don't blame me for being mean if you can't move at that time, and it will be difficult to dispel this sullen breath in my heart if you don't hurt you a few words.

Jiang Anyi didn't know that he had offended Zhou Cun, so he picked a picture of "Ten Thousand Horses Galloping" in the lantern painting prepared by the craftsman and stuck it on the outside of the wind wheel, and the lampshade was made.

"That's it?" The prince asked incredulously.

"Snort", Zhou Cunchu sneered and sneered: "Such a lamp, the naughty boy on the street also makes it, I don't know how to move, do you push it with your hands?" Master Jiang? ”

Jiang Anyi smiled, cut the candle into small pieces, lit it, put it on the base, and then put the lampshade on it. After a few moments, the lantern turned, and the horses on the lampshade came to life, galloping around the lampholder.

The prince clapped his hands happily and laughed, his face flushed with excitement, and he jumped and jumped, "Fun, fun, Master Jiang, what's going on?" ”

The onlookers were also impressed, and the laymen looked at the lively and insiders watched the doorway, and they knew that the lamp was driven by the heat of the candle on the base, and turned with the lampshade. The reader's head is the aura, this method is simple, after going back, you can draw a scoop according to the gourd, you should be able to save a lot of money.

Zhou Cunchu looked at Jiang Anyi in horror, and a sentence came out of his head: How wise is almost a demon, and this demon is also.