Although the war between the Western Front and Tibet began, under the condition that the situation was stable, it did not have much impact on the Tang Dynasty, and even the annual leave of the officials was not delayed.

In Li Er's mind, Tubo is no longer a problem, at least, it is only a matter of time before Datang takes it.

Whether others take a holiday or not, it doesn't mean much to Liu Yuan, because he rarely goes to the court, as long as he arranges the training schedule of the Yangwei Army, it can be said that every day is a holiday, free time, but this year is not very good, the previous merit tablet order has offended many people, Liu Yuan also took this opportunity to buy a generous and decent New Year's goods one by one, and send them to the hands of those who are "pitted" by themselves, which can be regarded as redeeming some feelings.

Otherwise, next time I find someone else to do something, it won't be so easy to talk to.

Friendship is good, friendship is generally sent, is like the original has been taking care of his Cui Xiong, the widow of the blood knife Yue Zhou, Liu Yuan did not forget to let people send one, like Cui Mansion and Cheng Lao Demon King two, but also have to aggravate the gift, this way, the waist bag has to hemorrhage, fortunately, the business has been very good recently, making a lot of money, and now a new project has been added, that is, the golden house, the business is in a hot state, and it is not soft to spend money, and then get a little novel gadgets, but it is also very popular.

Li Er also showed his generous side, although the treasury is not rich for the time being, but he still took out a large amount of wealth to reward the ministers, Liu Yuan did not fall, as large as gold and silver jewelry, small cakes, cattle and sheep These are taken care of, it is clearly a New Year's "gift package", throughout the dynasties, the treatment of officials in the Tang Dynasty is still very good.

After giving the New Year's gifts and arranging the prestige army, Liu Yuan finally became idle, not the accompanying daughters who drank and had fun in the mansion. is to take them to inspect the industry under their name, but they are also happy, especially Cui Mengyao, who is simply a star holding the moon, the old man ran to Liu's mansion two times in three days, taking care of her meticulously, approaching the New Year, Liu Yuan has to be busy dealing with the guests who come to the door, and he has to take time to visit his predecessors, and occasionally participate in some parties or something. There are many popular socials, and this busyness has been busy until the Shangyuan Festival.

Shangyuan Festival, in the eyes of the ancients, is a more important festival than the New Year. Even Chang'an City, which has always been heavily guarded, will make an exception for it. There will be no curfew for three days of Shangyuan Festival. Chang'an City night light like day, carnival for three days, the elderly and children can see the lanterns, guess the lantern chain, young men and women are taking advantage of this rare opportunity, in the moonlight, under the lanterns, in front of the flowers to find their own people, the story of talent with beauty, heroes love beauty word of mouth. There are also many legendary stories of poor women marrying into wealthy families and falling men to embrace their daughters.

If the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a reward for a hard year's work, then the Shangyuan Festival can be said to be the most revelry before the hard work of the year.

This year's Shangyuan Festival is still the same as last year, and the imperial court has encouraged economy and has not allocated funds. Large-scale procurement, but under the mention of the eldest grandson Wuji, each workshop prepared by itself, mostly made by the subjects of Chang'an, and also held a lantern competition on Suzaku Street, thinking that their lanterns are always exquisite and beautiful enough, you can hang them on Suzaku Street for people to comment, and the emperor and the eldest grandson queen will also be present to hand-pick, and then select the most beautiful lanterns, reward them for their producers, hang them on the palace wall for people to enjoy, and publish them in the Chang'an newspaper.

As soon as this competition came out, the ladies and ladies of Chang'an City were very happy, they rarely had the opportunity to perform on weekdays, and their skillful hands were useless, now it's okay, with this competition, they are all very excited, and they want to show their faces well, and I don't know which one provoked the first, and then asked to fight, to see who made the most beautiful and exquisite lanterns, that is, Cui Mengyao also made an appointment with the female dependents of the princess's mansion, Cheng mansion, and Qin mansion to fight, and made an appointment to fight lanterns during the Shangyuan Festival, in order to win, the most popular was Liu Yuan was also mobilized, Participate in the design of lanterns

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the night has just fallen, the sky is not yet dark, and the people of Chang'an, who are looking forward to a year, have been eager to carry lanterns, go out of the house, and enjoy the most beautiful days of the year, the lanterns on the street are also lit up, and the shops are as bright as day, and some naughty children have already carried lanterns to chase and play on the street.

"Sister Meng Yao, be careful."

"It's a little dark here, be careful."

"Madam, I'll hold the lamp for you."

After dark, Cui Mengyao slowly walked towards Suzaku Street under the stars of Liu Yuan and others, preparing to participate in this year's lantern making competition.

"Okay, you sisters can't be careless." Cui Mengyao said softly.

Before the child was born, Cui Mengyao was already bathed in the brilliance of maternal love, and the whole person became amiable, which was a change in temperament.

There are so many people on the street, one after another, in order to prevent accidents, the housekeeper Liu Quan took a few strong subordinates to open the way in front of him, and the women surrounded Cui Mengyao in the middle, and Liu Yuan watched from the side, like a big man on patrol, extremely well protected.

"Okay, let's keep up, there are so many people, don't get separated." Liu Yuan commanded in a low voice, and the women nodded again and again when they heard this.

While she was walking, Cui Mengyao suddenly groaned, which frightened everyone into nervousness, Liu Yuan and Chun'er hurriedly held her up, and asked in a low voice, "Mengyao, you are okay, right?" ”

"Sister Meng Yao, what's wrong with you?"

"Sister Mengyao, you're fine, right?"

Everyone greeted each other with concern, and Cui Mengyao hurriedly said: "It's okay, Sister Xie cares." ”

Xiao Niang suddenly asked curiously, "Sister Mengyao, is that the child in the belly kicking you?" ”

"Really? How does that feel? Does it hurt? Du Sanniang suddenly became interested, turned her head and asked Hu Xin: "Fourth sister, you are the most experienced, tell us about it." ”

Hu Xin, who was holding Xiao Liu Xue, said with a wry smile: "I was in a very chaotic mood at the time, and I don't remember any of this." ”

At that time, Hu Xin was still a princess, and was placed under house arrest by Songtsen Gampo in Luosang Monastery, preparing that the child would be born and take the blood sacrifice, Hu Xin was unstable all day long, panicked all day long, how could she pay attention to the situation of her stomach, and now let her say it, it seems that she really can't remember.

At this time, Cui Mengyao smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to guess, it was just a trip with the left leg and the right foot, but fortunately, Chun'er and Dai Qisi helped quickly, so they didn't fall." ”

Liu Yuan gently took her hand and said, "Don't be nervous, there are so many people here, it's going to be fine, take it easy." ”

The environment can change a person's mentality, Cui Mengyao's nervousness is actually affected by the people next to her, as if walking faster will affect the fetus, and if you are not careful, you will hurt the child, so pay attention everywhere, be careful in everything, the more cautious you are, the easier it is to have an accident, no, under the tension, even the pace is out of order, the left foot touched the right foot, in fact, it is only four months now, you can take care of yourself, you don't need to fight like this at all, it's all Cui Jing's old boy's fault, like many families in poor places, women are also a laborer, Giving birth to a child is a matter of two or three days, some give birth in the morning, and have already worked in the fields with a hoe in the afternoon, the most legendary is a generation of female general Mu Guiying, who gave birth to a child in battle, and after the birth of a child, immediately picked up a gun to kill, and killed the enemy bravely.

So, a woman can be vulnerable, but a woman can be strong.

"Yes, the concubine knows, and she is concerned." Cui Mengyao showed off her wisdom, and as soon as Liu Yuan said it, she immediately understood what he meant.

Xiaoniang said a little funny: "Sister Mengyao, it turns out that you are nervous, just now I really thought it was the son in your stomach who kicked you." ”

"Son?" Cui Mengyao said in surprise: "Little lady, will you still watch this?" ”

Xiaoniang said a little embarrassed: "No, but I heard that when I am pregnant with my daughter, my belly is round, when I am pregnant with my son, my belly is pointy, and Sister Mengyao's belly is pointy, I feel that I am pregnant with my son." ”

Cui Mengyao smiled slightly, shook her head and said: "To be honest, whether it is a man or a woman, I don't know the way, I will know the way in a few months, let's talk about it then, as for the child to kick the belly, not so early, the two midwives told me that the child will take five or six months before he has the strength to kick the belly, and now it is only four months, which is still early." ”

It turned out that this was the case, the little lady stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

Du Sanniang asked with a smile on the side: "Liu Yuan, do you want Sister Mengyao to have a boy or a girl in her belly?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at Liu Yuan, even Cui Mengyao, and couldn't help but look at Liu Yuan, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"It doesn't matter, I like to have boys and girls, as long as it's my children, they all love it the same." Liu Yuan said without hesitation.

Hearing Liu Yuan say this, Cui Mengyao smiled, and then put down the big stone in her heart, but she gently stroked her belly, and said secretly in her heart: Belly, belly, it is best to be angry, and having a son can be regarded as a continuation of the incense of the Liu family

After a small episode, everyone continued to walk forward, and not long after, they finally came to Suzaku Street.

"Wow, that's beautiful."

"There are so many people, looking at this crowd, this year's excitement is even more lively than the old year."

"Pretty, so pretty."

"Look, how beautiful that palace lamp is, who made it? It's ingenious."

"Listen, the riddle guessing has already begun, let's go and participate in it."

As soon as you arrive at the open Suzaku Street, it gives people a feeling of sudden enlightenment, the buildings on both sides of the street are full of all kinds of lanterns, the whole Vermilion Bird Street is decorated like a sea of lanterns, the light is like day, the street jugglers, candy sellers, monkeys, martial arts, guessing riddles have everything, not to cause bursts of cheers, the lights are like stars and tourists, the beautiful lanterns, the sincere smiling faces, a string of pleasant laughter, in the sky above Chang'an City converge into a joyful symbol.

The Tang Dynasty.

Liu Yuan waved his hand: "Let's go, bring the lanterns of our Liu Mansion, and go back to fight for the first place." (To be continued......)

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