Whether it is the emperor or the courtiers, or the wealthy businessmen, or the common people, in the few days of the Yuan Day, everyone seems to deliberately maintain a joyful atmosphere, or really reveal the joy of the heart.

In short, walking in the bustling Chang'an City, what you can see is the festive atmosphere full of joy, with the expansion of Chang'an City, whether it is Tang or foreigners, for the suddenly larger Chang'an City, or a little unprepared.

Some of the scenic spots in the festival that make the people forget to return are naturally as crowded and lively as before.

But some entertainment activities that will only appear in the Yuan Day, this particular festival, have become more than in previous years because of the size of Chang'an City, which makes the people who originally didn't want to miss every activity have to complain happily because of their "greed" that Chang'an City is too big, so big that after deciding to see the activities in the East Market, they must miss the activities in the West Market.

Those who decide to go to the outer city to meet will inevitably miss out on the entertainment in the inner city, or some official ceremonies.

People greedily don't want to miss every wonderful activity in Chang'an City, but because of more and more intensive activities, they have to start to make difficulties, tangled, contradictory choices, and more colorful festival activities.

But for children, they don't have to care about the quality of entertainment during the festival, as long as they can get the tolerance of adults in their unbridled behavior during the festival, and can spend some New Year's money annually and independently, which is what they are most looking forward to.

New clothes can make a child excited for a night, but when the next day is in the selfless play, a new dress has long been lost, and the control of the child's behavior, less than a day, will naturally become dirty and run back.

But relatively speaking, girls are much more rational in this regard, whether it is in the free squandering of money in the Yuan Ri, or in the consideration of their new clothes, they are much more rational and emotional than boys.

Li Lingyue sent her personal eunuch Feng Shao early to the mansion of Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Province, with his famous thorn, to invite her friend Shangguan Wan'er to play in the palace.

The whole palace is decorated with lights and joy, and its lively atmosphere and extravagant decoration cost more money than in previous years.

Even so, Datang still has abundant funds, decorating the various scenic spots of Chang'an City with brilliant lights, whether it is temples, Taoist temples, municipal squares where foreigners live, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, etc., all of which are decorated with bright lights and festive things.

The whole Chang'an City, in the night of the first day is like a city that never sleeps, the curfew has been canceled two days in advance, the flow of people Chang'an City, as if into the tireless twelve hours of continuous rotation, whether it is day or night, between the streets and alleys, between the city squares, there is never a shortage of people wandering in it.

To the surprise of the people of the entire Chang'an City, the imperial court continued to give the courtiers a holiday, until the Shangyuan Festival, that is, the day of the Lantern Festival, and never asked for or even mentioned the matter of the Shangchao.

The dusk of the Shangyuan Festival in the third year of Yifeng is the most grand, noisy and lively period since the year, the dusk drum sounds slowly from the bell tower, and its sound seems to carry the joy of the festival, and it spreads to all directions of Chang'an, a city that never sleeps.

In the entire imperial city, the lights are as bright as day, and even the corners and corners are filled with a peaceful and festive atmosphere.

As the evening drum and morning bell struck for the last time, an army in armor suddenly stepped neatly from the city gates, escorting several extremely well-protected carriages, escorted by bright swords, guns, swords, halberds, and slowly entered the imperial city.

Then I saw that these soldiers began to unload boxes of things from the carriage in an orderly manner with one order after another, and each of them was extremely cautious in their movements, and everyone's face was both nervous and dignified, but also revealed a trace of excitement.

No one knew what these people were doing, because the people of Chang'an had been notified by the imperial court in advance, so when the city guards rode on a festive war horse dressed in red silk and started to clean the first two streets around the imperial city, people naturally cooperated with the city guards to retreat outside.

"What's going on? What's the surprise today? "Outside the two streets behind the purification of the street, the other streets were crowded with people who were waiting one by one, not knowing what the imperial court was going to do today, it was so mysterious, and it was the city guards who had not appeared for many days, and the strict soldiers with helmets and armor entered the imperial city, which made people's curiosity suddenly lifted to the highest place.

None of the whispering people in the crowd wondered if there was a coup d'état in the palace, or if something unexpected had happened, because before, people had received the message that on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the entire imperial city and the two surrounding streets would be under martial law by the imperial court, but at that time you will see a scene that you have never seen in your life.

Li Zhi and Wu Mei were invited by Li Hong and Pei Wanying and others to the hanging garden in the Daming Palace, standing in the warm pavilion like spring, looking at the various scenic spots in Chang'an City at their feet.

And the clan relatives, including the entire royal family, had already slowly walked up the stairs at this time, standing behind Li Zhi and Wu Mei, the crown princess and Bai Chun, Li Lingyue and Guan Wan'er, all with festive and curious expressions, not knowing what kind of medicine Li Hong was selling in this gourd.

In the sky tower of Daming Palace, at the gate of the palace, which was also used for gatherings and pilgrimages, stood all the officials of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, wearing festive civilian clothes, also whispering, guessing what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to do when he led all this today.

Whether it was the royal family in the pavilion in the sky, or the courtiers in front of the main hall below, as the ceremonial officials finished the lengthy proclamation of the heavens, they slowly sat on the chairs that had been prepared for them a long time ago.

Li Zhi was holding Li Ye in his arms, Wu Mei was holding Li Ye in his arms, the two little guys were also very well-behaved today, they were held in the arms of the imperial grandfather and the imperial grandmother without crying or making trouble, and they seemed very quiet.

"What about this Li Hongren?" Wu Mei frowned, and looked sideways at Pei Wanying and Bai Chun, now in her eyes, the East Palace is like having two hostesses, sometimes Bai Chun doesn't know, Pei Wanying knows, sometimes it's the opposite.

Even sometimes in the East Palace, Bai Chun can make decisions about things that require the crown princess to make an idea, and when the Pu Wangfu needs Bai Chun to decide, Pei Wanying can give a decision as a matter of course.

This made Wu Mei have to admire Li Hong's methods of regulating the harem, and seeing Bai Chun and Pei Wanying's relationship made her more and more question marks when she was exploring.

"Queen Mother, Your Highness should be busy in the Imperial City at this time, it is estimated that she will come up soon." Pei Wanying got up obediently, looked at Wu Mei with a smile and replied softly.

"What are you doing, Jin Wuwei has been mobilized, the Central Army has been mobilized, the Chengwuwei has been mobilized, and the Shenji Battalion has also been mobilized by him, if he hadn't told me earlier, I would have thought that he Li Hong was going to rebel." Li Zhi said with a big grin.

After the first day, Li Zhi happened to be fifty years old, so now when he speaks, he is more and more open-mouthed, not caring at all about Li Shen, the king of Ji who is a little twitchy next to him, and several other princes, and he doesn't pay attention to the Lanling, Xincheng, and Chengyang rolling his eyes at him, and still said without scruples.

Pei Wanying listened to Li Zhida's words on the Yuan Festival, and was so frightened that she almost sat on the ground, if it weren't for Bai Chun next to her, she quickly grabbed her, I'm afraid she would probably make a fool of herself in front of the entire royal family.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the auspicious time has arrived." Li Lingyue's personal eunuch Feng Shao quietly walked up to Li Lingyue, who was chattering with Shangguan Wan'er, and whispered.

"Huh? So fast? Prepare to pass it on. Li Lingyue turned her head and said after being stunned.

Young Feng bowed in response, then bowed back, and then silently counted the numbers rhythmically in his heart, and then stood at the door of the main hall of the Hanging Garden.

Li Lingyue glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, and then she looked more and more "disaster to the country and the people", and walked up to Li Zhi to salute, and said in a voice like a yellow warbler: "My son Li Lingyue wishes my father and the emperor good luck abroad, and I wish you a healthy dragon body and a long life in the Tang Dynasty." ”

Then Li Lingyue didn't wait for the stunned Li Zhi and Wu Mei to react, and turned straight after a eunuch opened the glass window, and shouted crisply outside: "The auspicious time has come." ”

"The auspicious time has come ......." As Young Feng heard Li Lingyue's crisp voice at the gate of the main hall, he began to shout loudly into the night sky.

Then came the sound of the auspicious time coming one after another, from the pavilion in the air to the imperial city in front of it.

Li Zhi and Wu Mei looked at each other, and even Pei Wanying, Bai Chun, Lanling, and King Ji didn't know what Li Lingyue was doing.

But just when the last auspicious time that broke his throat was shouted, Wu Mei and Li Zhi's noses were almost crooked, and the rest of the entire air pavilion was also surprised.

Because listening to the broken scream, as expected, it should have been made by Li Dan, like a wolf howl, more like someone stepped on his tail, and let out a miserable scream.

But just when everyone was stunned and the hundred officials were stunned, a sharp arrow suddenly sounded in the sky high in the imperial city, but unlike in the night, only the sound could be heard, and its shape could not be seen.

This sharp arrow actually rose into the sky with a trace of brilliant fireworks, like a meteor and went straight into the night sky.

"What is this!" Wu Mei and Li Zhi stood up at the same time, and looked at Chang'an City under their feet from the glass window of the pavilion in the sky with some disbelief.

Originally, in the entire Chang'an City, a dark scenic spot, after the sharp arrow dragged the brilliant fireworks and disappeared into the night sky, it was instantly lit by bright lights, from east to west, one by one.

As each attraction was ignited, everyone standing in the air pavilion, including the hundred officials at the entrance of the main hall in front of them, naturally took in this magical scene.

The entire Chang'an City has instantly become a more brilliant city that never sleeps.