The most lively festival in Datang is not the Spring Festival, in fact, only Li Xiu will treat the Spring Festival as a major festival in the entire Datang, and the real celebration of the whole country is actually the Shangyuan Festival after that, and on the night of the fifteenth and sixteenth two days, lantern festivals will be held in various cities, Chang'an as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern festival is naturally the most lively, and even in order to facilitate the lantern festival, the perennial curfew in Chang'an City will be lifted, thus ushering in the only festival of the year that can be all-night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, on the morning of the fifteenth, their whole family had already lived in the princess's mansion in Chang'an City, and the family slept in the mansion during the day, and did not eat dinner at night, so they took a carriage to Suzaku Street, only to see that the streets were full of colorful lanterns, and the pedestrians, whether men, women, old or young, were carrying a lantern in their hands, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the lantern festival with joy on their faces.

For the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, when Li Xiu participated in it for the first time, he felt very novel, and the second time he was barely happy, but when he participated in it a few times later, he would feel a little bored, after all, for a person who lives in the neon everywhere in the later generations, and even in the city that never sleeps every day, this level of liveliness is nothing at all, so once the novelty passes, he will naturally feel a little bored.

However, Princess Pingyang and they don't have Li Xiu's knowledge, so they have been looking forward to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, plus Ping An Lang and Jin'er are also older, and Yu Niang and Mian Niang also like to be lively, so Li Xiu naturally won't show it, but will take the family around the Lantern Festival with great interest.

In addition to lamps and people at the Lantern Festival, there are many vendors who take advantage of the festival to do business, the most of which are naturally selling all kinds of lanterns, Li Xiu also bought one for each person in the family, and there are all kinds of food, when he meets what he likes, Li Xiu will send someone to buy a little to taste, and as a result, he naturally doesn't need to eat any more dinner along the way.

However, this year, Qi Niang and Hate Er did not enjoy the Lantern Festival with Li Xiu and them, in fact, during the day today, the two little girls chatted for a long time, and they ran away with Ma Ye before it was dark, and they knew without asking that they must have created an opportunity for Ma Ye and the county lord of Guanghua.

"Husband, do you think Uncle Ma and my cousin really have hope?" At this moment, Princess Pingyang suddenly whispered to Li Xiu, Princess Pingyang naturally saw the careful thinking of Qi Niang and Ha Er very clearly, but she was also very supportive of this matter, after all, this is a good thing for the county lord of Guanghua and Ma Ye.

"I guess it's about the same, you didn't notice that Uncle Ma seems to be more than ten years younger during this time, and he usually pays more attention to his appearance, and every time he goes out, he not only changes his clothes, but also trims his beard, which is enough to prove what Ma Ye thinks in his heart, but I'm worried about what the county lord of Guanghua thinks?" Li Xiu first replied with a smile, and then said with some worry, after all, he usually has little contact with the county lord of Guanghua, so naturally there is no way to guess the other party's thoughts.

"Don't worry about my cousin, although my cousin didn't say it, but I can see that she is not disgusted with Uncle Ma, in fact, she hates her careful thoughts, and my cousin can see it very clearly, since she has not refused, in fact, it already represents consent, not to mention that after so many times of contact, if she does not agree, she will not contact Uncle Ma again after the first time." Princess Pingyang also smiled at this time, as a woman and a cousin, she naturally knew very well what the county lord of Guanghua was thinking.

"That's great, now it's almost time to break this layer of window paper, why don't we find a matchmaker, and just go to the eldest princess with An to propose marriage?" Li Xiu first slapped his thigh excitedly when he heard this, and then he eagerly suggested.

"Don't, you don't know Uncle Ma's temper, and he also has his own ideas, if the time is ripe, he will definitely make a move, and if we intervene rashly, there may be problems." Princess Pingyang hurriedly objected at this time, whether it was Ma Ye or the county lord of Guanghua, their life experiences were very bumpy, and they were all assertive people, and it was not good for others to interfere with them.

"It makes sense to say that, then let's just watch from the side, and help Uncle Ma and them blow the wind from time to time, I estimate that we should be able to drink Uncle Ma's wedding wine this year!" Li Xiu also felt justified when he heard this, and immediately nodded and said with a smile, if Uncle Ma and the county lord of Guanghua can come together, it will not be in vain what they have suffered in the first half of their lives.

Originally, Li Xiu planned to take his family to play all night, but in the second half of the night, Ping An Lang and Jin Er were all sleepy and couldn't stand it, and then Mian Niang and Yu Niang and a few others also began to yawn, but just after the second night, when the street was still very lively, several children all fell asleep, which made Li Xiu and them have to get into the carriage and take the children home to rest.

However, as soon as the carriage arrived at the gate of the princess's mansion, he saw a eunuch standing there, which made Li Xiu also very surprised, and stepped forward in person at the moment, only to see that the other party immediately saluted him and said: "Qiqi concubine, Your Majesty ordered the slave and maid to wait here, saying that if the concubine comes back, please go and talk about it!" ”

"Oh? Where is Your Majesty? Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, every time he was on the Shangyuan Festival, according to the rules, Li Shimin would have fun with the people in the imperial city, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole city by the way, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to go out of the imperial city, and he also sent someone to find him.

"Your Majesty is nearby, and the slave maid is leading the way in front!" I saw the eunuch speak again.

Hearing that Li Shimin was nearby, Li Xiu was even more surprised, and then they talked to Princess Pingyang, and then followed this eunuch forward, but the other party actually took him to Qujiangchi, the princess's mansion was originally next to Qujiangchi, no wonder he said that it was not far.

Qujiang Pond is also lit up here, especially the flower boat in the pool, it is decorated with Ambilight, it is already the second half of the night, there is a layer of mist on the water surface, with the ethereal singing on the boat, it makes people feel like a dream.

Li Xiu thought that Li Shimin would enjoy the singing and dancing on the flower boat, but he didn't expect the eunuch to take him to a warm pavilion by the Qujiang Pond, when the maid outside the pavilion opened the curtain, Li Xiu immediately saw Li Shimin who was drinking inside, just looking at his frowning appearance, obviously not in a very happy mood.

"Li Xiu, you're here, hurry up and take a seat, I thought you would play all night with your family, but I didn't expect to wait for you!" When Li Shimin saw Li Xiu, he said with a smile on his face, he originally planned to come out alone to relax, but he didn't expect Li Xiu to come, so he just sent someone to guard, but he didn't expect Li Xiu to come.

"Hehe, the children in the family are sleepy, and they can't play anymore if they want to, why is Your Majesty not in the palace, but here to drink stuffy?" Li Xiu also sat down at this time and said with a smile.

"You know me, but you can guess why I'm here to drink?" I saw that Li Shimin did not answer Li Xiu directly, but turned a corner and asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Li Xiu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a light smile, "During this period of time, the Turks are weak, and they have not posed any threat to our Datang, and the country is also calm, the only thing that can annoy Your Majesty is probably the locust plague that may come, after all, from last winter to now, there has not been too much rain and snow, and the winter is not particularly cold, I'm afraid I can't freeze too many locusts to death!" ”

"It's not possible, the locust plague has come!" Hearing Li Xiu's words, he saw Li Shimin smile bitterly.

"What? It's just Shangyuan Festival, has the locust plague already appeared? Li Xiu couldn't help but stand up in shock when he heard this, after all, in his opinion, no matter what happened to the locust plague, it would have to wait until spring to break out, but it was just the New Year, and it was a little too early for it to break out now.

"Don't be surprised, this year's winter is not cold, and spring came earlier, such as this year's Shangyuan Festival, which is much warmer than last year's Shangyuan Festival, and many people have changed into spring clothes in advance."

When he said this, he saw Li Shimin pause for a moment and then said: "In contrast, the south is warmer than ours, I just received news from Dengzhou and Tangzhou today, these southern state capitals have found locusts hatching, and the number is far greater than in previous years, if this trend continues, locust plagues are inevitable!" ”

"Dengzhou and Tangzhou, locust plagues may break out even from such a distance, so doesn't that mean that the scale of this year's locust plague is no longer limited to Guanzhong?" Li Xiu was even more shocked at this time, Tangzhou and Dengzhou were located in the southern part of Henan in the later generations, and they had already gone out of the boundary of Guanzhong.

"Yes, it seems that we were too optimistic at the beginning, and this locust plague may be worse than we expected." When Li Shimin said this, his brows furrowed again, and he hesitated for a moment before he spoke, "We have already done everything we could before, and now we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven, but I am still a little worried that someone will take advantage of the natural disaster to spread rumors, thus hitting my reputation!" ”

Hearing Li Shimin's later words, Li Xiu also frowned, the ancients in order to limit the power in the hands of the emperor, so they invented the "heaven and man induction" theory, simply put, if the emperor is not virtuous, the heavens will send a disaster warning, this statement is good, can prevent the emperor from abusing the power in his hands, but sometimes it will be used, thereby shaking the rule of the country, it just so happens that Li Shimin himself is not in the right position, naturally he is most afraid that others will use this method to deal with him.

"Your Majesty, rumors are rumors after all, as long as Your Majesty doesn't take it to heart, it won't have much impact on Your Majesty, and as long as you deal with it properly, the people affected by the disaster are not displaced by the locust plague, and you don't have to care about the rumors!" Li Xiu could only explain in a low voice at this time.

"Hehe, you may not know it, but now someone has started to lay out, and now I'm waiting for me to jump down!" Li Shimin suddenly sneered at this time, and when he said the end, his face also showed a bit of cold murderous aura.