On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Yuande, this is the first time since Luoyang entered the summer.

As the sun sets, ten thousand rays of light shine on it magnificently, and five phoenixes shine brightly, as if they are ready to fly. Wufeng Tower is a rare high-rise building, as high as a hundred zhang straight into the clouds, because there are five phoenix wings and get the name. Climb the high-rise building, look down, the scenery of the whole Luoyang comes into view, the sky is just dusk, inside and outside the city, the streets and alleys appear bustling people.

On the surface, the atmosphere in the city was no different from previous years, but in fact, whether it was the high-ranking officials of the court or the ordinary people, the preparations for the festival were much grander than in previous years. The more chaotic the outside, the more the preciousness of Luoyang is highlighted. The influx of a large number of fleeing wealthy businessmen has made Luoyang City full of flowers, and it is even more prosperous than the Taiping World.

Lantern Festival lanterns, the whole Luoyang 10,000 empty alleys, dignitaries, celebrities and gentry, rich businessmen, ordinary people will be concentrated in the palace as the center of the narrow area, the Lantern Festival does not distinguish between rich and poor, watch lanterns, enjoy fireworks, step on stilts, lion dance, guess lantern riddles, the prince and the princess will be in the Shenwumen Wufeng Tower with the people, but also become the people of Luoyang talk, since the Tang Dynasty five dynasties Xijing declined, Luoyang City has never been as flowery as now.

The bustling crowd poured along the countless streets and alleys towards the Miyagi Shenmu Gate, like countless trickles flowing into the sea. More than 100,000 people had gathered outside the Shenwu Gate, and many people looked up at the splendid Wufeng Tower, shouting excitedly. The crown prince Chen Chong, the general Wu Jie, the Luoyang Ling Yuan Xingzong, the Dongning Marquis Cao Xi and other dignitaries and important ministers were already preparing to watch the ceremony at the Shenwu Gate, while the ladies still stayed on the Wufeng Tower to watch the lanterns. Li Ruoxue couldn't resist Zhang's kind invitation, and took a pair of children to visit Wufeng Tower together.

Wufeng Tower looks down on the crowd of people in the sea of lights, and the sounds on the ground only converge into a "buzzing" sound of different sizes, which is a lively and noisy background, which does not disturb the people upstairs to talk and chat. The sky is completely dark, and countless lanterns are lit up all over the city, making the entire Luoyang City like a floating sea, and the beautiful city seems to be not in the world.

At three o'clock, Shenwumen sent people to invite them, and many women and nobles moved downstairs. Li Ruoxue was holding the two children in her left hand, and her right arm was only tight, and she turned to look at it, but it was the crown princess Zhang Caiwei who smiled at her. Although Zhang Caiwei is the crown princess and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chu, she spent more than half of her time in Weiyuan Town, Shishan before she got married. Weiyuan Town controls the east-west trade routes, and is adjacent to the Hu people on all sides, which is the place where the heroes of the Xia Kingdom serve. Although Zhang Caiwei does not lack the etiquette and upbringing of everyone's ladies, after getting acquainted with others, her words and deeds are particularly open-minded. Although most of the Luoyang armies are regimental training battalions, there are many unruly officers in the battalions. These people are good at fighting, but they are also very good at messing around. Zhang Caiwei was worried that if she saw Li Ruoxue encounter one or two reckless people and was offended by Tang Abruptly, she would be in trouble, so she deliberately asked Li Ruoxue to swim with her.

"The moon is on the willow tops, and people are about after dusk. If anyone is interested in Master Li, I will block it for you. ”

"Your Highness laughed." Li Ruoxue's face was flushed with shame. She was dressed in a long black dress, with a slender waist, tied with a purple ribbon embellished with white patterns, bright eyes and teeth, gentle manners, and a slender figure that was particularly delicate and moving. Don't say that men are also women, and the Zhang family also has a sense of pity for me, and I can't offend those reckless sergeants. It's just that Li Ruoxue's face is tender, and it will be a little embarrassing to make a few more jokes about this kind of thing.

"This silk flower is layered on top of each other, and it is the same as a real peony, and it is very exquisite, and there seems to be no one on the market in Luoyang." Zhang Caiwei looked at the palace flowers on her temples and said with a smile: "Then the Heavenly Empress has such a silk flower, I'm afraid she won't be angry with the peony." ”

"Really?" Li Ruoxue's pretty face was a lump of rouge.

She loves peonies the most, and this silk flower was brought back by Zhao Xingdetuo. In the Luoyang Marquis Mansion, the only thing she was pleased and grateful for was a large pile of boxes full of various gifts stacked in the main hall. She likes delicate and delicate things, and Zhao Xingde will pay attention to them whenever she goes, accumulate them and send them home together. Sent to Luoyang with the gift, there was also a large stack of letters, Li Ruoxue was reluctant to read them in one go, and only read one a day. “...... Hating the king is not like Jiang Louyue, north and south, east and west, north and south, east and west, only with each other and no separation. Hating the monarch is like Jiang Louyue, temporarily full and losing, temporarily full and losing, when will you be reunited? The moon is in season, the moon is in phase, and the moon is in phase......"

"Shangyuan season," Li Ruoxue stroked Yun Sideburns, and asked silently in her heart, "Is he still a hairpin moon season?" ”

"It's true," Zhang Caiwei said with a smile, "The new yard has been uninhabited for too long, and it is always cold, and there are always some inconvenient places when it is hastily arranged." My sister might as well simply live on my side first, and then move in when the Baoyi Marquis Mansion is arranged and popular again. ”

The two of them were talking and laughing, and when they came to the Shenwu Gate, they suddenly felt that the voices of people were boiling, as bright as day, and a female official led the way and brought Zhang Caiwei to the prince's side, and she shook Chen Zhong with her left hand, watching the congratulations of the people of Luoyang. Li Ruoxue pulled her two children and stood slightly behind the prince and his wife, watching and explaining to the two children from time to time.

The group practice cleared a wide field outside the Shenwu Gate, and it didn't take long for Shangyuan to officially start singing and dancing. First of all, the Tiger Wing Army's hundred cavalry guards lined up to perform a horse dance. Don't say that the Kwantung people who are not good at riding horses, and only the Tiger Wing Army practices horse dance in the entire Xia Kingdom. The war horse and the cavalry seem to have the same heart, the war horse shakes its head and tail, advances and retreats, leaps and raises its hooves, all in harmony with the rhythm of the music, everyone can see that this is not a battle array drill, but indeed the war horse is dancing with the music.

The people of Luoyang were fortunate enough to see the spectacle, and while they were amazed, they erupted in huge cheers. After the horse dance, the 300-person singer dance team danced on the stage, danced the "breaking array music", "Qingshan music", "Shangyuan music" three big dances, with the melodious music, the posture of the dancing girl turned, the formation gathered and changed under the Shenwu Gate, it was beautiful like flowing water, and naturally attracted the crowd to burst into bursts of color. This kind of top-notch music and dance in the palace, if it weren't for the Shangyuan season, where would the idle people be able to see it.

In the midst of the crowd, officers and sergeants stood in twos and threes. In addition to the charming and moving dancing girls, the men's eyes kept glancing at the beautiful and iconic women in the crowd, some of them looked calm, and some of them were serious. Someone couldn't hide his eagerness to try, looking left and right, and whispering.

After the dancing girl performs, men and women are invited to sing and dance together, which is not common in Kanto, but it is commonplace in Xia Kingdom. There are two kinds of songs, one is not divided into men and women, after one person dances at the feast, and then invites the next person to dance, everyone sings and dances to the fullest. The other is that men and women are invited to dance together, and the dance steps are not only from the original song and music, but also from Gaochang, Qiuzi and other Hu dances. Although the latter was denounced by Mr. Daoist as "Sangjian Pushang" and "Zheng Wei was beautiful", since the founding of the dynasty, stepping songs have become more and more popular in the Xia Kingdom. Because of the trend of singing and dancing together, when the women of Kanto began to worry about the "three-inch golden lotus", the footbinding custom was completely rejected in Kansai. Because you can't dance because you have bound your feet, you can't meet the young man you like. Shangyuan, Dragon Boat Festival, and these seasons are all good opportunities to get acquainted with each other by "stepping on songs".

"Can't wait, when will it start?"

"Ling Duo, which girl do you have a crush on?"

"Look, the one on the right of His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know if you're married?"

"Captain Li, let's fence the sister-in-law first, so as not to be taken advantage of by others."

"Get out!" Li Sihai scolded. Not far from him, Lin Jingwan smiled smartly, and now she is the center of attention. On such an occasion, it seemed that the whole world was spinning in Lin Jingwan's slender feet. At this time, someone was still not interested, and muttered: "Looking at the eyes of those people in the White Feather Army, they are staring at their sister-in-law like hungry wolves, we have to guard against it." ”

"Who dares," Li Sihai's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice, "Lao Tzu pinched his balls!" ”

The dancing girl performance ended, and the scene quieted down a little. When the people of Luoyang were still talking brainlessly, the well-informed official gentry excitedly set their eyes on the Shenwu Gatehouse, and it was said that His Royal Highness the Prince would have fun with the people. Sure enough, Chen Zhong and the ministers whispered a few words, and turned around and went down the city tower with the crown princess. A moment later, Chen Chong and his wife appeared hand in hand under the Shenwu Sect, followed closely behind them, and two teams of men and women in gorgeous robes rushed out. The men's military robes looked very neat, and the women's skirts dragged on the ground, and their arms were spread out like butterflies. In an instant, the sound of color outside the Shenwu Gate was like thunder, and the audience was boiling.

As the music rose, dozens of men and women danced, and the sound of color outside the arena rose and waved, and it never stopped. Immediately after, the sergeant outside the arena began to invite the girl he liked to dance with. The willow tops on the moon, after dusk, whether it is Kanto or Kansai, Shangyuan is a festival for young men and women. The royal road in front of the Shenwu Gate runs through the whole city, and it is as wide as 100 steps, plus the streets on both sides, it is enough to accommodate thousands of people to dance together.

The slightly shy girl was half-persuaded and half-pulled into the dance field, and the steps of the song were simple. The costumes of the Song people are similar to those of the Xia people, every festival, the long sleeves of the Chinese clothes hang to the ground, a pair of men and women advance and retreat, and the sleeves are spread out like a pair of butterflies flying up and down. The outsiders applauded, and the people in the stadium were fascinated. Many local children in Luoyang saw their eyes straight, swallowing their saliva, while looking at the fluttering butterflies in the field, according to the rules, anyone can invite a good girl to dance together, but they can't dance for the time being, and they rush to join in and mess up the formation, and they are afraid of laughing at others.