Chapter Forty-Eight: Winter Solstice
On this day, Duan Tangtang, who was wandering around with nothing to do, suddenly felt a little cold on his face, and touched it with his hand, and found that it was a little snowflake that was about to melt.
When I looked up at the sky, I found that it was already snowing all over the sky, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the plum blossoms were already budding at this time.
"Seventh sister, it's snowing!" Duan Ruiyun ran over excitedly.
Duan Tangtang smiled: "Yes, it's snowing." ”
Duan Ruiyun said: "Today is the winter solstice. ”
"Really?" She really didn't pay attention, it was winter so soon.
Duan Tangtang was lamenting that time was fleeting, and Duan Ruiyun ruined all the atmosphere with one sentence.
"It's time to eat glutinous rice balls." Duan Ruiyun's eyes lit up.
Duan Tangtang: "......"
Well, it seems impossible to make this man who is full of food think of something romantic.
"Didn't Big Brother let you eat sweets?"
Recently, Duan Ruiyun had a terrible toothache, so he was forbidden to eat sweet food, which made him miserable.
Duan Ruiyun snorted, "Today is the winter solstice, you have to eat glutinous rice balls, I have a reason, he can still stop it." ”
Duan Tangtang said casually: "Then it's hard to say." ”
During the winter solstice, every family will eat rice balls together as a family.
Even if they are royalty, they will follow the customs.
Concubines, princes, princesses and others all sat around a huge table eating rice balls, as well as the imperial uncle, who often saw the head but not the end, and Duan Baizhu, one of the protagonists of the legendary world, was also present.
"So handsome!" Bai Wuyi exclaimed quietly.
Duan Tangtang said that he had no face to look at and stayed away from her.
Bai Wuyi also ate tangyuan with them, she shouldn't have been there, the queen thought that it would be a matter of time before she became her daughter-in-law anyway, and she had long regarded her as her prospective daughter-in-law, so when the winter solstice hadn't come yet, she told Duan Tangtang that she would bring Bai Wuyi with her on this day.
Duan Tangtang didn't think much about it, she and Bai Wuyi had supported each other for so many years, and they had already been a family, so they brought her here as a matter of course.
Duan Tangtang said: "Father, mother, the child heard that this year's Flower Market Lantern Festival will be very lively, and I want to go and see it." ”
The younger Duan Yingli raised his head from the rice balls, his eyes full of anticipation.
The emperor smiled and said: "Then let's go, everyone goes, once a year, it's rare to see you." ”
After eating the rice balls, the sky is getting dark.
Everyone left the palace in civilian clothes to participate in the lively Lantern Festival.
Pedestrians come and go on the street, everyone holds a small lantern of different shapes in their hands, and the lights of the flower market illuminate the dark night, as if it were day.
There are countless Kong Ming lanterns floating in the sky, and the Kong Ming lanterns are the wishes of the lantern people, and there are countless lanterns in the river, which are the thoughts of the lantern people.
When they came to the lively flower market, everyone scattered and went to play elsewhere.
Bai Wuyi wanted to go with Duan Tangtang, but Duan Tangtang, who forgot his friends, threw her to Duan Luoshi and slipped away by himself, and said to her meaningfully before leaving, "Take advantage of the opportunity." ”
Bai Wuyi couldn't wait to smoke her, seize the opportunity of a ghost, after the last incident, she was embarrassed to face Duan Luoshi, and she kept avoiding him.
After Duan Tangtang ran away alone, she went to a bridgehead, where she and Wu Yu made an appointment to meet.
Wu Yu hadn't come yet, Duan Tangtang waited for a while, and then was attracted by the various lanterns in the river, her hand followed the side of the bridge, and walked up, and when she reached the highest part of the bridge, she suddenly bumped into a person.
Duan Tangtang, who looked at the river intently, quickly turned his head and apologized to the other party, "I'm sorry." ”
The person who was bumped into laughed softly and said lightly, "Is the girl alone?" Would you like to spend the night with me? ”
"Okay." Duan Tangtang grabbed him by the collar and leaned close to his ear and whispered, "As the so-called one-night Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, let's not waste time." ”
He stopped her waist, and the distance between the two grew closer, "Where does the girl want to go?" ”
Duan Tangtang said: "Go to a place where there is only you and me." ”
Wu Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? ”
"Follow me."
Duan Tangtang pulled Wu Yu, the two held hands tightly, walked through the sea of people, and went to a remote place with relatively few people, which was different from the bustling heat of the downtown and a little dark.
"Here we are." After arriving, Duan Tangtang let go of Wu Yu's hand, took a step forward and opened his hands, took a deep breath, and then turned to look at him, "How is it?" ”
Even in the dark of night, her eyes were still clear and bright, as if they were shining with a little starlight.
"Good." When Wu Yu's kiss fell, and his lips and teeth were close to each other, Duan Tangtang heard him say, "This is a reward for you." ”
Away from the noisy place, what they hear is each other's gasps, and what they feel is the temperature of each other's bodies.
They sat on the grass, leaning on each other, looking up at the sky, and the Kong Ming lanterns floating in the sky flew higher and higher, and at a glance, they looked like stars.
"Wait a minute." Duan Tangtang suddenly ran away, and after a while, when he came back, he held a huge Kong Ming lantern in his hand, as well as pen and ink.
"Let's put the lights on."
"Okay."
The two of them wrote down their wishes on one side.
Duan Tangtang stretched out half of his head from the opposite side and asked Wu Yu with a smile, "What did you write?" ”
"Secret." Wu Yu looked at her, "What did Ah Tang write?" ”
"Secret." Duan Ditang grimaced at him, and then continued to write.
When both of them finished writing, no one looked at the other, lit the Kong Ming lantern with a fire fold, and then let go of his hand and let it merge into the countless lamps and become one of them.
Duan Tangtang watched Kong Ming's lantern fly higher and higher, "You say, where will it fly?" ”
Wu Yu replied to her: "Anywhere." ”
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a firework exploded in the air, and then, one after another, fireworks flew into the air, and then exploded, showing their most beautiful moments.
"Hey, it's fireworks!" Duan Tangtang was pleasantly surprised, "How can there be fireworks here, who is setting them off." ”
Wu Yu turned his head sideways and smiled at her cheering appearance.
The fireworks soon attracted a number of people, who watched from a distance and admired the beautiful fireworks.
Duan Tangtang turned his head and crashed into Wu Yu's eyes, "It can't be what you prepared, right?" ”
Wu Yu shook his head, "I may feel disappointed when I say this, but this fireworks are indeed not prepared by me." ”
Duan Tangtang snorted lightly, "Okay, I didn't expect it anyway." ”
Although there was still a trace of loss in her heart, she quickly left it behind.
The fireworks have stopped.
"There's also a light on over there." Duan Tangtang pointed to a place, and Wu Yu looked over.
It's a little dark, and I can only see that it's two people, one tall and one short, putting on the lights, and the specific appearance is not clear.
Together, they write their wishes on the lamp and release them.
At this time, the fireworks started again, lighting up the night, and at the same time allowing Duan Tangtang to see the two clearly.
Yulang Beauty, both of them chuckling and admiring the fireworks, looked very intimate.
"That's ......," Duan Tangtang choked.
Sixth Sister ...... And Shang Lu!
Wu Yu asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"I look at my sixth sister, that's my sixth sister." Duan Tangtang said, "I'll go over and take a look." ”
Wu Yu followed.
Duan Ditang walked towards them quickly, the closer the distance, the clearer she could see, it was the sixth sister and Shang Lu.
Why are they here?
Why do they know each other?
Could it be that the man who was with the sixth sister on the street last time was also Shang Lu?
In the short distance, Duan Tangtang's steps did not stop, and his head turned quickly.
"Sixth sister," Duan Tangtang paused, and then said, "Master Shang." ”
Duan Yuelian and Shang Lu were both surprised and delighted.
Duan Yue was surprised, and Shang Lu was happy.
"Seventh sister."
"Miss Duan."
The two of them spoke at the same time, and they were shocked again.
"Do you know the Seventh Sister?"
"She's your sister?"
It was a tacit understanding at the same time.
"Master Shang, I'll talk to my sixth sister." Duan Tangtang felt a little messy, so he simply took the sixth sister away, asked alone, and instructed Wu Yu, "Don't follow you yet." ”
So, the two big men were left staring at each other, and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.
Duan Tangtang took Duan Yuelian not far from them, she opened her mouth, there were too many questions, and she didn't know where to start.
Duan Yuelian was the first to break the silence, "Seventh sister, how do you know Shang Lu?" ”
"Just, I met him on the street before, when he treated a beggar who was poisoned." Duan Tangtang said: "Sixth sister, how did you know him?" ”
"Last time we went out of the palace together, didn't I fall into the water, it was Shang Lu who saved me, and the fourth brother also knew him."
Duan Tangtang said: "Why are you together tonight?" ”
Duan Yuelian didn't dare to look her in the eyes, dodged, and said, "Just, we met by chance on the street, and then we went out together to put lights on the fireworks and watch the fireworks." ”
Duan Tangtang looked at her suspiciously, "Really?" ”
Duan Yuelian nodded, "Well, that's right. ”
Silence again.
Duan Tangtang said: "Once, I saw you walking on the street with a man, is that also Shanglu?" ”
"That time, that time was also the ...... I accidentally met him after I left the palace."
"Sixth sister, what are you going to do when you leave the palace?" Duan Tangtang asked.
"I, I want to ......" Duan Yue was pitiful, not knowing what to say.
Seeing her helpless appearance, Duan Tangtang said helplessly, "Okay, sixth sister, I can see it, are you ...... Love each other. ”
Otherwise, ordinary men and women would not be so close.
After Duan Tangtang said those four words, Duan Yuelian's cheeks flushed, and she panicked, "No, I like him, but he only treats me as a friend." ”
Thinking of this, Duan Yuelian lowered her eyes in frustration, and the blush on her face faded again, returning to her original paleness.
Duan Tangtang held his forehead, "My stupid sixth sister, can't you see it?" ”
"Huh?" Duan Yue tilted her head and looked at her puzzled.
Duan Tangtang said: "I think Shang Lu is also interesting to you. ”
When they were watching the fireworks together just now, Shang Lu looked at Duan Yuelian, that look was the same as when Wu Yu looked at her, and the look in his eyes when he loved someone couldn't be hidden.
"Really?" Duan Yue said pitifully, "You won't be comforting, right?" ”
"No, I swear to God, what I said is true." She was absolutely accurate.
Duan Tangtang knew that the two were still above friendship. The ambiguous state of the lover's under-satisfying.
At the same time, Shang Lu and Wu Yu on the other side.
Shang Lu said, "Under the surname Shang, the name Lu, I don't know what you call it?" ”
Wu Yu said: "My name is Wu Yu. ”
Shang Lu nodded.
"You ...... with the Sixth Duke," Wu Yu paused, "What is your relationship with Duan Yuelian?" ”
"I'm friends with Li'er."
"Oh." Wu Yu nodded thoughtfully.