This year's Lantern Festival was particularly lively, the imperial court announced the news of the victory in Woye Town and Tieshan in the afternoon, Chang'an suddenly fell into a frenzy, thousands of empty alleys, almost all stores were on sale, and the sound of celebratory firecrackers was non-stop; The people of Chang'an are most worried about the Turks, even if Goguryeo can't conquer three times, but Goguryeo can't kill Chang'an, and the Turkic iron cavalry can invade the south at any time, even if Yang Chong is in power, the Turks are also killed in the pass several times.

Now that Woye Town has been conquered, 100,000 Turks have been captured, the Golden Wolf Army has disappeared, and the stones that pressed on the hearts of Chang'an people have been removed, and everyone is extremely relaxed. In fact, the government has set up a colorful shed since the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the lanterns sent from all over the country have been hung on the lamp mountain one after another for visitors to appreciate; Near the canopy are stalls set up by the government, which are specially used by hawkers or shops to sell all kinds of food and goods.

At night, standing on a high place, you can see the fire trees and silver flowers all over the city, those huge lamp wheels, lamp trees, lamp posts, etc., even Yang Chong and others can see it standing on the tower of the palace. On the square in front of the palace, there is a mountain of lights that stretches for 100 meters, tens of thousands of colored lanterns are hung on the brackets built by trees, like two long dragons competing for beauty, and a pearl in the middle is a small model of a five-toothed warship, which is full of lights from the bow to the side of the ship.

Fireworks are constantly rising into the sky, blooming in brilliant patterns; The square is filled with gongs and drums, and the lantern-gazing tourists and parade bands mingle and laugh and sing. The families of the powerful who watched from the castle tower pointed and made fun of each other; Only in the righteousness of the big guys, although everyone was smiling, those who were interested still found that there was not much conversation one by one, including Yang Chong, the king of Yue, who seemed to be more contemplative.

Sister Yang Ciyou looked at Yang Chong and the others coldly, they were another group of people who were not very happy, the Great Sui won such a victory, but it seemed that it had nothing to do with the imperial family at all; Cai Wang Yang Zhiji and his party all sat in the crowd of Shenmu Hall, which made people talk about it a lot. Yang Ciyou said impatiently: "The people around Yang Chong are not very old, so they pretend to be deep. ”

Yang Gaoping said with a smile: "I knew the news of the great victory a few days ago, and I haven't announced it to the public, just hoping to catch Jieli Khan." According to Yang Chong's previous promise, as long as Jieli Khan was escorted to Beijing, it would be the day when the government hall voted on whether to establish the emperor, and many people were anxious about it. ”

That's for sure, as long as the emperor is established, no matter who the emperor is, he will definitely be rewarded lavishly, which means power and wealth; Yang Gang in front of the two of them sighed and said, "Most of the worries are that Yang Chong has not yet established the emperor, so he will live in a mess, yes, the palace is also lit with lights." ”

Yang Gang was originally going to spend the Lantern Festival at home, and he didn't come to join in the excitement, but where his position was, it would seem a little out of place not to attend; Afraid of being attacked by someone with a heart, Yang Gang finally came. The lanterns are to be lively, and there are many people in the lanterns to have an atmosphere; Wang Gongshen, who was in charge of the banquet, knew this, in addition to admiring it in the city tower, from the horse road to the banquet hall, a large number of lanterns were arranged, and they were being lit one by one at this moment.

The lights of the palace are tribute lanterns sent from all over the world, and the quality and lighting are by no means comparable to the lanterns outside, each lamp shows a unique style, and there are more lantern riddles hanging below, and whoever guesses correctly will take it. As soon as the fireworks were over, the crowd on the castle tower rushed down the castle tower, laughing and laughing towards the banquet hall; Yang Chong was surrounded by many officials, all of whom greeted Yang Chong unintentionally. The Lantern Festival is also a social place, and those who know how to look for opportunities can be like fish in water.

The hall was as bright as day, everyone's seats had already been arranged, after a while of greetings, the banquet began in the sound of music, Gu Xi was arranged under Kou Jiuhui, and he always felt that there were a lot of gloomy eyes watching him, looking around, the guests were harmonious, and everyone looked at them in a cordial and harmonious manner. Kou Jiuhui only had two husbands and wives to attend the banquet, so the six people at the same table were all officials from Jiangnan, which was convenient for the two sides to talk, Kou Jiuhui was busy non-stop, and he only felt that Gu Xi was probably too tired, and no one was not tired when he was torn between Yang Chong and Jiang Duo.

The atmosphere of today's banquet is a bit like the appearance of the Yang Guang period, with light singing and dancing, silk and bamboo orchestras, and even the palace maids who deliver the dishes are graceful, holding the dishes, like butterflies shuttling among the flowers, dancing like a dance, quietly. In the music, people are still injecting the dance in the field, a white-clothed beauty is dancing solo, the satin-like long skirt rotates rhythmically with the delicate figure, the speed is getting faster and faster, the long skirt gradually floats, the phoenix dances the willows, and the clouds are waving.

Yang Chong sat next to Cui Yao and Duhu Hong, both of whom found that listening to music and tasting food, Yang Chong seemed to be laughing, but his attention was not on the dancer, but on someone else. Cui Yao approached Yang Chong and asked in a low voice, "So happy to see that beauty?" ”

Yang Chong's smile remained unchanged, and he replied in a low voice: "I'm still not used to it, it's a little depressing, it's not as comfortable as the banquet in the Yue Palace." ”

Cui Yaojiao snorted and said, "The dancers are not as good-looking as Zhang Pet." ”

Cui Yao still knew that Yang Chong watched Zhang Chongze's performance in Yue Wang's Mansion just to match the occasion and not to make the banquet atmosphere awkward, but the longer Zhang Chong stayed by Yang Chong's side, the more he had no idea of finding someone to marry. Cui Yao is not jealous, Zhang Chongze's age is not young, Cui Yao just thinks that since Yang Chong can leave Yuan Xiren's best friend in the Yue Palace, why do he have to ask Cui Shangqi and them to work hard outside.

Yang Chong patted Cui Yao's hand with a smile and said, "Not really." ”

Cui Yao was about to speak, and when the song ended, the applause in the hall was like thunder; The dancer carried her skirt, and suddenly a few wonderful dance steps, the jade pendant and Jin Tian sounded, and she had already arrived in front of Yang Chong's banquet, knelt down and saluted, and said lightly: "I have heard for a long time that King Yue is quick to think, and the slave family asks for a song, and I hope that King Yue will have mercy." ”

The hall was silent, the hands of countless guests stopped in mid-air, the guards on both sides did not know what to do, the dancers just begged for words, and there was no inappropriate behavior; If you change a monarch, you may be overwhelmed and deal with the disrespectful dancers on the spot, but Yang Chong can't do it, the Mo family pays attention to both love and love, and it is impossible to kill people for no reason. If Yang Chong refuses, he will be said to be a talented Jiang Lang; If you write words, you will definitely not be able to live in peace.

Duhu Hong sneered and asked the dancer, "What's your name?" ”

Duhu Valve's concubine is not good at poetry, Duhu Hong's question was full of murderous atmosphere, Wang Gong, who was in charge of the arrangement, secretly regretted that he was confused for a while, listened to the advice of his family, and allowed Lu Zhu to star.

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