52nd Shangyuan Festival lanterns
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an canceled the curfew for three days at night, and the Suzaku Street was full of people. The people in Chang'an City www.biquge.info just after night, and all kinds of carriages were blocked in the narrow streets and could not shake, and the rich children in the cars were forced to dismount and get off the carriage and walk to Suzaku Street with ordinary men and women carrying various lanterns.
Di Feng in the carriage was upset, he didn't care about pretending to be sick, and after shouting ugly, he jumped out of the carriage and walked slowly with the flow of people.
Those who guess lantern riddles and set up stalls and shout are often the places where the crowd is most concentrated; The lantern tree, the lamp tower, the fire tree and the silver flower shine in Chang'an like day, I can't hear the exclamation of the ugly child from time to time, and look up at the starry palace lantern hanging on the tower of the Vermilion Bird Gate, so that Di Feng has a kind of rush in the dream.
On the castle tower, Li Lingyue was holding a rabbit-shaped lantern in her hand and tiptoeing to look down at the city, while Li Zhi and Wu Zetian beside her were pointing out the prosperity on the street and whispering.
"Yikes!" Li Lingyue didn't know what she saw, she exclaimed in surprise and didn't even say hello, she pinched the corners of her skirt and ran towards the city in a hurry.
Li Zhi stretched out his hand to stop Li Lingyue, but was stopped by Wu Zetian on the side, "Jiulang, just let her go!" Didn't Jiurou always want to play outside the palace when he was young? How about indulging her for the time being today? ”。
Looking at Li Lingyue's jumping figure, Li Zhi muttered: "Lingyue is also at the age of getting married, and she is afraid that she won't be able to live such a carefree life for a few days," and then waved behind her: "Keep up with the peace, don't let her make trouble."
"Whoa!" Several internal guards nodded and quickly followed Li Lingyue.
Li Zhi waved his hand, and due to the noisy voice, the attendants in the distance thought that Gaozong was going to appear, and hurriedly shouted, "The saint is coming, celebrate with the people."
With the shouts of the attendants, a hundred lights were lit up above the city, and the left and right guards knelt down and shouted "Long live...... Long live ......". The sound spread quickly with the lights, and for a while, the people in the city fell to their knees. Although you can't see the appearance of the Holy Son of Heaven and the Holy Queen under the focus of the lights, it does not prevent the people from worshipping the mountain feverishly and shouting long live, and slowly the Chang'an City converges into a voice "Long live my emperor".
Gaozong Li Zhi looked at the endless crowd of people kneeling on Suzaku Street, among which in addition to the Tang people, there were also barbarians, Fan people, and big cannibals...... The world seems to be in full view. But at this time, a discordant figure made the ambitious Li Zhi a little excited.
I saw Li Lingyue shuttling back and forth among the kneeling crowd, and bent down from time to time to look at the appearance of the kneeling people. Li Lingyue was already wearing a moon-white skirt, which was already very eye-catching at night, and everyone else was kneeling, but she was the only one standing alone.
When he saw Li Lingyue standing still in front of a young man in white, Li Zhi couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, "This child is spoiled, and the girl is extroverted!" …… Didn't this Di Feng break his leg by Di Huaiying, how could he still come out to watch the lights now? ……”。
"Let's get up!" Li Zhi, who was in a bad mood by Di Feng, ordered the chamberlain, then turned his head and asked Wu Zetian beside him, "Mei Niang, have you asked Di Huaiying about Taiping's marriage?" ”
"I've asked, Di Huaiying refused......" Wu Zetian's reply was covered by the people's thanks, although Li Zhi didn't hear Wu Zetian's explanation of Di Renjie's reason for refusal, but he knew that the reason must be a pretext and could not be trusted, which made Li Zhi very unhappy.
He said lightly: "It takes a hundred days to break the muscles and bones, it is strange that this Di Feng can recover from his injuries in a short time, since he is better, how can he come from the court?" Recently, there have been more and more excerpts engraved by Di Feng, which cannot but be said to have something to do with Di Feng's laziness. ”
Wu Zetian smiled when he heard this: "Hehe...... Beating is due, but Jiu Lang is afraid that he resents Di Huaiying for not knowing how to lift, right? ”
Li Zhi pointed to Di Feng and Li Lingyue, who were laughing under the city, and asked Wu Zetian, "Aren't you angry?" ”
Of course, the servant was angry, but in all fairness, Di Feng was talented and learned, how could Di Huaiying be willing to be a captain of the horses? Besides, Di Feng has been engaged to Zhao Mo's daughter, and Di Huaiying's dishonesty cannot be done with Di Huaiying's temperament" Wu Zetian said, glanced at Di Feng and Li Lingyue below, and continued: "Putting aside selfishness, there are indeed a lot of excerpts that have engraved Di Feng now, and the maid has also received it here, and the maid is not as good as ......."
Wu Zetian stopped when he said this, and looked at Li Zhi hesitantly.
"How about it?" Li Zhi asked.
Li Zhi asked Wu Zetian before he continued: "It's better to go to the duties of Di Feng Banking Supervisor and Du Branch Division first, let him go out to accumulate some experience, and also learn how to deal with the yamen of various ministries, after all, Di Feng is too easy to be jealous when he is young in the Banking Supervision and Du Branch." ”
"The Banking Commission? …… Is it feasible for the banking regulator to leave Di Feng? Li Zhi asked after a deep sigh.
"There is Li Jingxuan who can take on a heavy responsibility!" Wu Zetian definitely returned.
"It's just that after going to Di Feng's two positions, he will only have one vacant position left for Yuan Shanhou." Li Zhi hesitated for a moment and made a decision.
Seeing that Li Zhi's indecision was committed again, Wu Zetian hurriedly said: "Jiu Lang forgot?" Then Di Feng still has the position of Cao Zheng transfer envoy! Now that the drought in Shandong, Jiangsu, and Huai is serious, and the famine of the victims is afraid of accidents, why not let Di Feng go by to supervise the transportation of relief grain in the name of supervising the transportation of Caoyun? In this way, Di Feng can avoid the limelight, and secondly, it can allow him to have a long experience in the cooperation of various departments, and third! Di Feng's resettlement of the victims in Ningzhou was very appropriate, and it was only fitting for him to go to the disaster relief. ”
Li Zhi pondered that this idea was good, "The Bank Supervisor and the Du Branch Division are now the God of Wealth, and there are not a few people in the court who are staring at these two positions, rather than letting Di Feng be killed in the struggle for power and profit, it is better to let Di Feng go out and experience it again, so that he can also beat Di Renjie, and the future of his precious son has the final say", of course, the most important thing is that Li Zhi is optimistic about Di Feng until now.
Di Feng, who was favored by Gaozong and Li Zhi, was pulling Chou'er and Li Lingyue at this time and scolded loudly: "If you two are entangled, go back immediately, don't follow me anymore......."
Li Lingyue has been grounded by Empress Wu since the last time she returned to the palace with Di Feng, and she sent people to chase and kill He Lan Minzhi, which is a big thing that Wu Zetian can't hide from Wu Zetian, although Wu Zetian also wants to get rid of He Lan Minzhi to cover up her family's ugliness, but she didn't expect that the person who did it first was her baby daughter, and Wu Zetian appreciated his daughter's spicy methods, but at the same time, he was worried that Li Lingyue's bold actions would cause trouble again, so he grounded Li Lingyue in the palace as a punishment.
The period of grounding can suffocate Li Lingyue, it was originally just the original intention of a girl to worship heroes Li Lingyue likes to get close to Di Feng, but after not seeing Di Feng for a few days, Li Lingyue's mind is now full of Di Feng's shadow, his every word and every action has become very clear in Li Lingyue's mind, it seems that Di Feng is a preacher and he is a devout believer, Di Feng is the truth, everything he does, every action is flawless, which makes Li Lingyue eager to see Di Feng again. finally survived to the Shangyuan Festival, and under her begging, Wu Zetian agreed to let her lift the ban on Shangyuan Night, and Li Lingyue on the city tower has been looking for Di Feng, who thinks about it day and night, and thanks to God! When she found Di Feng's figure in the crowd, Li Lingyue forgot the rules and etiquette, forgot her parents around her, and ran down the city tower to find Di Feng as soon as possible.
didn't expect that as soon as I saw Li Lingyue, her thoughts turned into anger, and the reason made people cry and laugh, because Chou'er was by Di Feng's side, and he was also carrying a rabbit lantern that would be windless and automatic. The rabbit lamp in his hand was bought by Di Feng, and Li Lingyue has always regarded it as a treasure, but he didn't expect Di Feng to get a more advanced one for Chou'er. So Li Lingyue didn't have time to catch up with Di Feng, so she quarreled with Chou'er with a few words.
Di Feng was wronged, the lantern was not given to Chou'er, but Yang Wulian specially made it for Chou'er in order to please Chou'er. It's not just that it's not ugly, it's not that it's intentional, but it has to be made into a rabbit shape, and it's exactly the same as Li Lingyue's. Who would have thought that a small lantern almost caused a tear between the two daughters.
And thousands of miles away in Shandong, there are also people who are looking at the lanterns in their hands in a daze. (To be continued.) )