Chapter 15 Lanterns, Moons, and Orbs
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, I thought I could go out to enjoy the lanterns and enjoy the pearls by the way, but unexpectedly there were lanterns in the palace, as well as various fireworks. For example, the Aoshan lamp is divided into more than a dozen layers, the outside is decorated with gold, and the lamp is like a star cloth, especially the inside can spew fireworks, which is very good-looking.
Yuan Yuan's eyes straightened: "I happened to be sick last year and didn't come to see it, and I want to make up for it this year." Pulling Zhu Xiaoqi and running to the place where the lanterns were dense. Zhu Xiaoqi followed her carefully, always paying attention not to let her get too close to the fireworks, but also to let her watch it to the fullest, and unconsciously there was a little sweat on her forehead.
There are too many beautiful scenery, until the time has passed, Yuan Yuan is still not exhausted to leave, Zhu Youxiao asked Li Jinzhong, knowing that there will be seven days before and after the lantern festival in the Beijing Division, so he fell asleep with confidence and began to look forward to tomorrow's lantern festival.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, you can finally go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns. The best place to enjoy the lanterns in Beijing is Dong'anmen North Street, where there are not only a large number of lanterns, but also merchants from all over the world set up stalls to sell their goods here, so it is called the lantern market. Eat delicious food, enjoy the beautiful scenery, if you add the beauty, it is really a pleasure. According to the location of Baozhu's house, Zhou Yuji easily guessed the path they would take if they enjoyed the lanterns, and then found a teahouse where they had to pass and waited for the rabbit. They came out very early, and most of the people who admired the lanterns did not go out at this time, so as to ensure that the coincidence that Zhu Xiaoqi wanted to create would not be missed.
The moon is on the willow tops, but no one makes an appointment after dusk. The stomach was filled with tea, and the thatched house was on several times, but the beauty was still nowhere to be found. The lamp market in the distance is already full of tourists, and there are only three lonely people in the teahouse. Zhu Xiaoqi was unwilling and wanted to go to her house to have a look, Zhou Yuji led the way to her house, but it was someone who went to the empty building, and Zhu Xiaoqi's heart was like ashes. Li Jinzhong found the people next to him to inquire, and learned that the family had gone back to their hometown in Henan Province to save relatives. Zhu Xiaoqi came back to his soul when he heard it, and immediately asked Li Jinzhong to find someone to investigate the family, and everything had to be investigated, he didn't want to go over and experience a broken love first. And asked Zhou Yuji to come and see when they would come back every day, anyway, Zhou Yuji's place of residence is not far from here, and he only needs to change the original way to the imperial city slightly, and he can pass in front of her house.
On the morning of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Yuji reported that Baozhu's family came back yesterday, and Li Jinzhong also found out the information of her family: Zhang Guoji, a student of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, is now the secretary of the Yunnan Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Households. Wife Li, step-wife Wang, eldest son Zhang Cheng, Guozi Supervisor, eldest daughter Zhang Yan, second daughter Zhang Ran, second son Zhang Shi. Zhu Xiaoqi was relieved and began to look forward to tonight's coincidence.
At night, I still sat in the teahouse and waited as the day before yesterday, but I only waited for a while and saw the target - the four brothers and sisters of the Zhang family and Xiaoqian. The trio followed after checking out, and took a few steps to catch up with them. Zhu Xiaoqi pretended to be surprised and arched his hand: "It's Brother Zhang in front, and the younger brother Zhu Xiaoqi is polite." Zhang Cheng was puzzled: "Does Your Excellency also live here?" Zhu Xiaoqi reported Zhou Yuji's address. Xiao Qian pursed her lips, her face was full of disbelief, and the jewel was still wearing the curtain away, lowering her head and not looking at him.
Zhu Xiaoqi did what he liked, and talked with Zhang Cheng about the reasons for the failure of the battle with Jiannu, and vigorously attacked the imperial court without using a good spy, so Zhang Cheng quickly introduced him as a confidant, so everyone chatted while walking, and the atmosphere was warm.
Soon arrived at the lamp market, there were more people, and everyone walked not so neatly, Zhu Xiaoqi found an opportunity to get close to Baozhu and said: "Xiao Ke came to enjoy the lanterns the night before yesterday, why didn't you see the little lady?" Baozhu didn't answer, just took care of his younger siblings and occasionally admired the lanterns. Zhu Xiaoqi didn't give up, took out his purse from his body and sniffed it: "This purse is really beautiful, thank you little lady!" Baozhu blushed and glared at him fiercely. This glance, with three points of joy, three points of anger, two points of coquettishness, and two points of hesitation, made Zhu Xiaoqi's heart crisp.
When Baozhu saw him first, he was really surprised and delighted, but soon found that he was not wearing a purse, his heart sank again, and he looked down and thought, "You came to tease me first, but now you don't take me seriously." So Zhu Xiaoqi didn't want to pay attention to talking to her, and when he found out that he had treasured his purse on his body, he suddenly felt that the night seemed to be sunny. I just thought that although Lang had a concubine, he didn't know if he was a relative, and he looked like he was traveling with a servant every time, and his servant dared to call the name of the prince on the street, so he could know that his family background should be excellent, and such a family background might let him marry the daughter of a servant family? A thousand words converged into one look, reflecting her complex feelings.
Zhu Xiaoqi didn't think so much, he asked quietly: "I wonder if the little lady can be married to someone's family?" Baozhu was overjoyed, bowed his head and did not speak. Zhu Xiaoqi understood, and said: "The kid hasn't been engaged yet, I don't know where the little lady lives?" Baozhu was still silent, turned his head to look at Xiao Qian, and Zhu Xiaoqi understood again. At this time, Zhang Cheng squeezed to the side with the flow of people and shouted: "There are too many people, I almost can't find you, Baozhu Xiaoqian, take care of your younger brothers and sisters." ”
Everyone followed the flow of people, and the time was right. Zhu Xiaoqi is protected by Li Jinzhong and Zhou Yuji, but he can always stay near the orb. He found an opportunity to get closer and wanted to talk to Baozhu, but since he hinted that he was going to propose, Baozhu became reserved, and generally did not answer, at most occasionally in a nasal voice. But even this wonderful sound will make him intoxicated, and he secretly wonders, is his control ability worse, or is this little lady too charming? In the end, it was concluded that it should be both.
Looking for an opportunity, Zhu Xiaoqi quietly stuffed a jade pendant into the hand of the jewel, she said she didn't want anything, Zhu Xiaoqi said: "Come and don't be rude, the little lady doesn't want Xiao Ke's jade pendant, and Xiao Ke is embarrassed to ask for the little lady's purse." ”
Baozhu hated it so much, knowing that he was going to sell it cheaply, if he really didn't want the jade pendant, he wouldn't return the purse, but he just wanted to use words to squeeze himself. But after thinking about it, it also showed that he cared a lot about having dealings with him, so he blushed and reluctantly put it away.
Zhu Xiaoqi won a complete victory, completely relieved, and found an opportunity to pretend to ask Xiao Qian's Zhang family's address, Xiao Qian accepted his silver horn, and his impression of this "future uncle" was greatly improved, and he told him the address in detail.
Tonight's harvest made Zhu Xiaoqi very satisfied, the frustration of not meeting a beautiful woman two days ago has long disappeared, and he only feels that the moonlight is beautiful, and the moonlight lantern reflects the jewel wearing the curtain more beautifully.