The next day, it is the Lantern Festival.

For the whole day, Lu Nianjin was looking forward to Xiao Xun's compensation to her, but it wasn't until the evening that Xiao Xun came.

"Ah Xun," Lu Nianjin stood up and looked at him.

Xiao Xun smiled slightly, helped her tuck her clothes, and said, "Let's go." ”

"Where to go?" Lu Nianjin looked into his eyes and asked suspiciously.

Xiao Xun's face was gentle, he squeezed her hand, and said, "Wanfu Temple." ”

"Manfukuji?" Lu Nianjin raised her eyebrows, if she remembered correctly, Wanfu Temple should be the only temple in the capital that was built in the inner city.

"What do you do in the temple during the Lantern Festival?" She asked as she followed him out.

Xiao Xun didn't answer her question, but said, "You'll know when you arrive." ”

The two of them went out of the National Teacher's Mansion and rushed to Chongmingfang by carriage, and Wanfu Temple was built in Chongmingfang.

An hour later, the carriage stopped outside Manfukuji Temple.

"Prince, it's time to Wanfu Temple," the minister reminded him respectfully outside.

Xiao Xun stretched out a hand towards Lu Nianjin, "Let's go." Lu Nianjin looked at him suspiciously and handed his hand over.

The two got out of the car, but there was no one else outside except Laichen, looking very deserted, she couldn't help wrinkling her nose, "What's there to see here." ”

"Let's go," Xiao Xun ignored her complaints, and led her directly to the temple.

"Why is there no one in this temple?" After stepping on the ancient stone steps into Wanfu Temple, Lu Nianjin looked left and right and asked suspiciously. Xiao Xun glanced at her sideways and explained softly, "The nine-story pagoda of Wanfu Temple is a few points higher than the Linglong pagoda in the palace, and standing on it has the opportunity to have a bird's-eye view of half of the capital, including the imperial palace. Because of this, from the time of the first emperor Wanfu Temple did not enter the newcomers, to the year before last, the last old monk also passed away, and this place was empty. ”

Lu Nianjin only knew that Wanfu Temple was the only inner city temple in the capital, but he didn't know that there were so many origins in it, so he was a little interested for a while, and followed Xiao Xun in the direction of the nine-fold pagoda.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two finally walked to the bottom of the nine-story pagoda, as Xiao Xun said, this pagoda is indeed very high, the first floor is five or six meters high, the nine layers add up, it is about twenty zhang, it is late, Lu Nianjin looked up, and he couldn't see the top of the tower at all.

"Would you like to go up and have a look?" Xiao Xun hooked his lips and smiled, asking gently.

Lu Nianjin nodded and looked at his stomach, and then looked up at Xiao Xun's thin side face, "Can you?" ”

Xiao Xun didn't say anything, and led her directly to the tower.

Lu Nianjin looked at the dark pagoda, and thought that Xiao Xun was going to take her to climb the stairs in the dark. What she never expected was that at the moment when the pagoda door was pushed open, with a long sound, the entire interior of the pagoda actually lit up in turn.

It turned out that the handrail of the staircase was equipped with a mechanism, and there was a pearl embedded in every other meter or so, and the pearl connected the mechanism, and as soon as the door opened, the mechanism opened, and when the door was closed, the mechanism returned to its original state.

"Let's go," Xiao Xun saw Lu Nianjin's surprise in his eyes, a touch of relief appeared on his face, and he took her hand and walked up.

Both of them were not in good health, so they walked very slowly, and it took half an hour of hard work before they slowly climbed to the ninth floor of the ground.

There is a circle of terraces outside the ninth-floor pagoda, as soon as Xiao Xun took Lu Nianjin out, Lu Nianjin's eyes widened, as Xiao Xun said, standing on this nine-story pagoda can really overlook the night view of half of the inner city.

Especially the brightly lit streets and alleys, looking at it from a distance, it is more shocking and beautiful than experiencing it.

"Satisfied?" Xiao Xun walked to her step by step from a meter behind her, and asked by sticking to her back.

Lu Nianjin nodded, "The stairs of this half hour have not been climbed in vain. ”

"If you like it, it's fine." The smile in his eyes deepened.

The two hugged each other, overlooking the crowd of people in the capital......

I don't know how long time has passed, with the pagoda as the axis, from far to near suddenly floated a little bit of red.

Lu Nianjin squinted, looked at it carefully for a while, and then turned around and asked Xiao Xun, "This is Kong Ming Lantern?" ”

Xiao Xun hugged her and tapped her neck, "Yes, the three thousand lights belong to you, and you belong to me." ”

As he spoke, there were more red Kong Ming lanterns rising, but many of them flew towards them, and Lu Nianjin was in it, only feeling beautiful, and his heart was beating violently.

Who would have thought that when they first met, the cold and noble unenvy son who was as noble as a fairy would one day become so romantic and warm, with love words and surprises.

"Thank you......" After a long time, she looked at Kong Mingdeng, who was close at hand and had the words "This life is broad, grow old with a white head - Lu Nianjin" and whispered.

Xiao Xun didn't say anything, just hugged her tightly, watching the Kong Ming lantern rise and fall like a sea of red smoke, far and near......

This stunning beauty lasted for a long time.

And the people who remember this scene are not only Lu Nianjin, but also thousands of people near Wanfu Temple, especially the woman who picked up the Kong Ming lantern, are all envious of the woman named "Lu Nianjin" in their hearts.

Gathering Cui Grange, when Meng Qingting, who was busy and idle, went out to prevent the wind, she happened to see this scene, and in just a moment, her description withered.

Three thousand bright lights, she remembers, this is the beautiful scenery that Xiao Xun sent her to Lu Nianjin on his 60th birthday in her previous life. But in this life, why did it advance so long?

She was in a daze, the owner of the green grange walked towards her, and the woman in her forties, who was still charming but mean, looked at her critically and mocked, "Don't look at it, your voice is already rotten in the mud, those good things don't belong to you at all, and you don't deserve it." ”

Meng Qingting's face became even more ugly when he heard the owner of the village say.

The owner didn't bother to pay any more attention to her, and turned to leave. To be honest, she didn't want to give Meng Qingting a holiday because she regarded money as her life, but there was no way, even if the man lingered in the flowers, he would all go home to accompany his wife today.

Imperial Palace, Zhanghua Palace.

At the Lantern Festival banquet, all the officials brought their children into the palace for the banquet, and those sons and brothers sat together in twos and threes, eating and drinking, and boasting.

Blowing to the end, I don't know who mentioned Brother Meng in the Cui Grange, one said more explicit than the other, the fourth prince Xiao Ze stopped that ear, the more he listened, the more he felt that the woman looked like Meng Qingting.

However, he didn't say it, but turned white, took advantage of his physical discomfort to sue the emperor, and went straight to Huicui Grange when he left the palace gate.

When he arrived at the Green Grange, he directly asked to see Brother Meng.

The owner of the Cui Grange was worried about having no business, so he opened the door and welcomed Xiao Ze, who was richly dressed, and at the moment, he didn't think about it, so he took him to Meng Qingting's courtyard.

Meng Qingting didn't expect to see Xiao Ze here, she blinked, pinched herself again, and then made sure that she wasn't dreaming, and immediately, she ran towards Xiao Ze with her skirt, "Shiro, is Shiro you?" You're finally coming to pick me up? ”

"It turns out that the monk Meng they said is really your ......" Xiao Ze saw Meng Qingting running towards him without a little joy, he looked at her coldly and detachedly, "I have been looking for you for so long, I didn't expect you to fall in such a place." ”

"Shiro, listen to me!" Meng Qingting was about to go crazy when she wanted to leave here, she raised her hand to pull Xiao Ze's sleeve.

Xiao Ze took two steps back like a snake and scorpion, "Don't touch me, I think you're dirty." ”

"Shiro......" Meng Qingting was stunned, his eyes were full of tears.

"Don't call me," Xiao Ze's face became more and more gloomy, he looked at her, and said word by word, "From today on, you and I will be cut in two, and there will be no more affection, in the future, I will take my Yangguan Road, and you will take your single-plank bridge, and it will be irrelevant." With that, he turned and walked out.

Meng Qingting regarded him as the only life-saving straw, how could she just watch him leave, she didn't even think about it, and chased after him again.

But in exchange for Xiao Ze's softness, but a hard slap, she was directly beaten to the ground, the wig was hit, and rolled on the ground with a grunt, revealing her cyan scalp with long hair, Xiao Ze looked at it, only felt more disgusting, he spat at her in disgust, "I have never seen a disgusting woman like you." ”

Meng Qingting bit his lip stubbornly, and his head was full of rust smell.

By the time she got up again, Xiao Ze had completely disappeared.

The owner of the Green Grange stood there, looking at her mockingly.

Meng Qingting's mind was full of humiliation, she only felt that her whole body was going crazy and exploded, suddenly, she screamed, and in despair she fell headlong towards the well in the courtyard.

"Ameng! Ameng! The owner of the Green Farm was frightened, and she ran anxiously to the well, calling her name and motioning to the people under the porch to call for someone.

But these are meaningless, and when Meng Qingting was salvaged, he was completely out of breath.

The owner of the Cui Grange was angry, pinched his waist and scolded, "The Lantern Festival is really unlucky." ”

When the turtle man beside her heard this, he tried to say, "The old slave heard that the person who died by throwing himself into the water was hanging upside down, maybe he can be saved, should the farmer try it?" ”

The owner of the Green Grange glanced at the turtle prince coldly, and the dead horse was a live horse doctor, "Then try it." ”

Meng Qingting was hung up like this.

Speaking of which, she shouldn't have died, and after hanging like this for about a quarter of an hour, she really poured out a mouthful of water and gasped.

The owner of the village saw that she could catch her breath, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and slapped her hard, "Cheap little hoof, don't look at what day it is, just look for me to find death and life, I will kill you, kill you......" said and slapped her a few times.

Meng Qingting didn't expect that she would be able to come back to life after saving her mortal heart, she closed her eyes, and cold tears flowed down from the corners of her eyes.

She knew that after this incident, the owner of the village would definitely guard against her, and she would never have a chance to die again......

Wanfu Temple, until most of the Kong Ming lanterns fell, Xiao Xun and Lu Nianjin went down the pagoda.

Naturally, it took another half an hour to work along the way.

Out of the pagoda, Lu Nianjin thought that the outside was the same as when she came, deserted and lonely, but who would have thought that out of the courtyard of the pagoda, waiting for her was a lively long street full of lanterns and snacks.

"W-This?" She looked at Xiao Xun in disbelief.

Xiao Xun put one hand behind his back, and a shallow smug flashed in his eyes, "I said it, I want to compensate you." After a pause, he glanced at the stall over there and said, "Why don't you go over and have a look?" ”

"Okay!" Lu Nianjin raised his head and walked towards the brightly lit, lively and fragrant stall.

After getting closer, she realized that these vendors were not real small vendors, but pretended to be from the National Teacher's Mansion. For example, Ah Yuan and Cai Hun run a lantern stall together, and Yun Jiang and Zhang Yuchu run a fried dumpling and fish soup noodle stall together......

"You look like a real couple," Lu Nianjin asked for a fried dumpling, and when he called Xiao Xun to give the silver, he made fun of Yun Jiang and Zhang Yuchu.

Yun Jiang subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but Zhang Yuchu smiled honestly, and looked at Yun Jiang's gaze, which was as tender as water.

Lu Nianjin looked at the two of them, and said in his heart, it seems that the National Teacher's Mansion is going to have one more happy event.

Walking to Ah Yuan and Cai Hu's stall, she bought a small tiger lantern and planned to take it back to give it to Ji'er, last year was the Year of the Tiger, and Ji'er's zodiac was the Tiger.

The two continued to walk forward, and there were many dead soldiers Lu Nianjin who didn't know each other, and at the end of the walk, it was like really shopping.

By the time I finished walking around this long street and completely walked out of Wanfu Temple, it was already about the end of the day.

"Let's go back," Xiao Xun said as he looked at Lu Nianjin.

Lu Nianjin nodded, and the two helped each other and got into the carriage together.

The inside of the carriage was much warmer than outside, and Lu Nianjin was sleepy as soon as she got on the car, she hugged Xiao Xun's shoulder, leaned on his shoulder, and said, "Don't move, let me sleep for a while." ”

"Well," Xiao Xun replied, "When I get to the National Teacher's Mansion, I'll call you." ”

Lu Nianjin answered vaguely and fell asleep like this.

An hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion, but Xiao Xun did not wake up Lu Nianjin as he said, but picked her up horizontally and walked all the way to Yunjie Courtyard.

When he arrived at the Cloud Steps Courtyard, the surroundings were completely warm, and Lu Nianjin realized that something was wrong, and opened his sleeping face, "Are you back?" She sat up and asked softly on Xiao Xun's arm.

Xiao Xun raised his hand and gently scratched her nose, "I'm back." ”

"Then why didn't you wake me up?" She said in a daze with her eyes half-closed.

Xiao Xun's heart was about to melt when he saw her like this, he lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the lips, "I can't bear to wake you up." ”

"Flim," she squinted, pinching his face impudently.

After talking for a while, he came to his senses, leaned on his arm, and asked, "Are you hungry?" Would you like to have a late-night snack? ”

"Are you hungry?" Xiao Xun raised his eyebrows.

Lu Nianjin shook his head, "I'm not hungry, I ate a lot of snacks in Wanfu Temple just now, but you didn't eat it." ”

"I'm not hungry either," Xiao Xun shook his head, he didn't want her to work for him while she was pregnant.

Lu Nianjin smiled, "Because...... Beautiful? ”

Her appearance was too cunning, like a stupid fox, Xiao Xun couldn't help it, lowered his head and kissed her again......

After a year, Xiao Xun's body has improved a lot.

February is the day when spring festivals are held.

Wisteria House has opened for the third time, and before the spring festival, it deliberately withdrew from the self-heating stove package, the price varies, the most expensive one is a few hundred taels, if it is cheap, you can rent, as long as a few hundred dollars, it can be regarded as Wisteria House to give back to the people, and sell it to those lifters.

With this stove package, this spring, all the lifts feel surprisingly good, especially those who have taken the test many times, not only have nine days of taste, but also the answers to the questions are better.

After the exam, when the examiner read the papers, it was called a smile, originally, a list of jinshi was only recorded 300, but this time, because the candidates answered generally well, simply by the emperor's grace, more than 50 people from the same jinshi were recorded.

The list of spring is released in early March.

Because Huang Lun took the exam, Lu Nianjin sent someone to see the list early in the morning, and when it was almost noon, the little guy who was watching the list finally came back, and as soon as he entered the Yunjie Academy, he kowtowed to Lu Nianjin with a smile and said, "Princess Qiqi, Huang Gongzi took the first exam again this time, and he is a member!" ”

"Really?" Lu Nianjin asked in surprise.

The little guy hurriedly said, "Naturally, it's true, Huang Gongzi's name is at the top of the list, it's the most impossible to be wrong!" ”

"Okay, you're doing a good job, Rue Jiang, reward!"

"Yes, girl!" Yun Jiang agreed, took out a red envelope that had been wrapped a long time ago from his sleeve, and handed it to the little girl, "Take it to drink tea!" ”

"Thank you Crown Princess, thank you Sister Yunjiang!" The little guy hurriedly thanked him and ran out with the red envelope.

After he withdrew, Lu Nianjin looked at the others in the room again, "This month, everyone's monthly silver will be ten times as much. ”

"Thank you, Crown Princess," the maidservants knelt on the ground and thanked them busily.

In the evening, Ah Yuan came in again and said, "Crown princess, the housekeeper of Qi Shang asks to see you." ”

Qi Shang, it was the year of Zhang's inconvenience, the person in charge of the Wisteria Mansion, Lu Nianjin heard that it was him who asked to see him, and immediately said, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes, Crown Princess," Ah Yuan agreed, and retreated.

It didn't take long for Qi Shang to come in, and after he entered, he first saluted Lu Nianjin, "My subordinates have seen the crown princess, and the crown princess is blessed with Jin'an." ”

"No need to be polite," Lu Nianjin raised his hand lightly, "You came back here today, but what happened to the Wisteria Mansion?" ”

When Qi Shang heard this, he arched his hand and said, "It's a good thing to go back to the princess," he said, took out a stack of poems from his sleeve, and handed it to Lu Nianjindao, "This year's spring because of the stove package launched by Wisteria Mansion, whether it is a foreign candidate or a local candidate, they are very good in the exam, especially those candidates from the south, as well as those candidates who are ranked lower, they are very grateful to Wisteria Mansion, after discussing with each other, they came up with an idea, everyone wrote a poem to Wisteria Mansion, and expressed their gratitude." ”

"Furthermore, the subordinate means that the crown princess can pick out some good poems and write to hang in the palace, which can be regarded as a reason to attract customers in the future."

Lu Nianjin heard him say this, thought about it carefully, it really made sense, and nodded neatly, "What you said is indeed a good way, but I don't understand the poetry, why don't you put it here first, I'll go back and let the prince take a look, and then give you an answer?" ”

"It's good that the crown princess is in charge," Qi Shang said, presenting the poem.

Lu Nianjin glanced at it and put it aside.

"Anything else?" After a moment, she asked again.

Qi Shang lowered his head and said, "The play rehearsed by the crown princess and Mrs. Wan has been re-staged, and it is very popular, attracting many people who love to watch the drama to come over, and they have been chasing and asking when they will be able to play until the finale." ”

Just said that it was the first thing in the world, Lu Nianjin pursed his lips, "Then act slowly first, and I'll give you a book when it's almost over." ”

Qi Shang bowed, was silent for a while, and then said, "The day of this month's banquet for the highest consumption customers of the previous month is coming, I don't know when it will be convenient for the crown princess, and my subordinates can send posts over." ”

Hearing this, Lu Nianjin laughed, "Which one had the highest consumption last month?" ”

When Qi Shang heard this question, he frowned slightly, and seemed very reluctant to answer.

"Huh?" Lu Nianjin saw that he didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask,

Qi Shang paused for a moment before his face was cold and hard, and he said disdainfully, "It's the sixth prince of Yongning Bo Mansion." ”

"Him?" Lu Nianjin was disgusted when he thought of this person, not to mention cooking for him himself, "Is there a way to get rid of him?" After a moment, she asked coldly.

Qi Shang nodded, "The invitation has not been issued yet, and the top ten accounts have not been announced, so he can be eliminated." ”

"Who's the second?"

"Mrs. Yang's family."

"Then his family," Lu Nianjin said, Mrs. Yang's family is his die-hard fans, and she is willing to cook for their family.

Qi Shang bowed slightly, "That's the Yang family." If the crown princess has nothing to do, her subordinates will retire first. ”

Lu Nianjin said "um", looked at Yun Shu and said, "Send the housekeeper of Qi Shang out for me." ”

"Yes, Crown Princess," Yun Shu agreed, and walked out with Qi Shang.

Yun Shu had been sending Qi Shang to the gate of the Cloud Step Courtyard, and when the two were about to separate, Qi Shang suddenly stopped, looked at her and said, "Can I ask the girl about something?" ”

Yun Shu smiled, "Naturally, what do you want to ask, as long as it has nothing to do with the crown prince and the crown princess, I must know everything." ”

"I ...... I want to ask Mrs. Wan, won't she go back to Wisteria Mansion in the future? Qi Shang hesitated for a while before saying what he wanted to inquire.

Yun Shu didn't think much about it, and said honestly, "Of course not, Mrs. Wan will go back, she said that she will only leave for a year, straighten out the affairs of the Wan family, and come back to help the crown princess manage the Wisteria Mansion." ”

As soon as he heard that the Zhang family would come back, Qi Shang's eyes flashed a lively soft color, and he solemnly bowed his hand to Yun Shu, turned around and walked briskly.

"What does this mean?" Yun Shu twisted her eyebrows, and saw that Qi Shang disappeared in a blink of an eye.

After returning to the dormitory, she told Lu Nianjin about Qi Shang's abnormality.

After hearing this, Lu Nianjin was stunned. In her impression, Zhang's and Qi Shang's didn't seem to have much intersection, but she didn't expect Qi Shang to be interested in Zhang's? And it seems that it's not a crush, but a secret rubbing ready to stretch out its claws.

I just don't know if the person who wins in the end will be him or Zhang.

"Girl, do you know what Chief Qi Shang means?" Yun Shu was still asking Lu Nianjin.

Lu Nianjin glanced at her, took a deep breath, and said earnestly, "Yunshu, you are still young, this kind of thing, when you grow up, you will know ......"