"My brother also made an appointment in the next room, but now I'm afraid it's inconvenient, let's wait. Liang Aiwan was not polite, sat on the orthogonal carved chair placed by the window, took a piece of pastry and ate it, and said to Zhang Erzhen: "Last time, thanks to Zhen Zhenzhen's words, the house finally calmed down for a while, the fourth brother was still raised by his mother's side after all, and the aunt was punished in the yard to wipe her tears all day." ”

Zhang Erzhen smiled and said nothing, Li Zhuozhuo said: "That is also your aunt deserves, such a punishment is still light, even if she is sent to the countryside Zhuangzi to guard the ancestral hall, she should be grateful to Dade, and cry." ”

Zhang Erzhen knew that Li Zhuozhuo was the concubine of the Li family of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and it was normal that she did not have much affection for her aunt.

The sky is getting dark, the candles are lit outside, the stars are dotted, the crowd is resting, and it is lively. The three girls sat on the chairs in turn, or drank tea, or ate pastries, only Zhang Erzhen, who had been eating melon seeds, and the flowers were similar every year, and the melon seeds were also similar every year. Liang Aiwan's maid, who was waiting outside the door, came in and reported, "The second son sent someone to ask the girls, do you want to go out now?"

Zhang Erzhen put down the melon seeds, and Li Zhuozhuo said excitedly: "Finally, we can go, let's go quickly." ”

Liang Aiwan put on a scarf, Li Zhuozhuo is not very particular about these, Zhang Erzhen is the first when she is young, and the second is too troublesome, there are so many people, and she takes up space. After the three of them left the private room, there were already a few teenagers standing at the door of the private room next door, one Zhang Erzhen was acquainted, Liang Yu, the second son of the Liang Mansion, wearing a moon-white robe with colorful auspicious clouds and splendid bags around his waist. There was a young man in fancy clothes standing next to Liang Yu, who looked younger than Zhang Erzhen, and a young man in black clothes, Zhang Erzhen felt familiar, and took a closer look, isn't this Li Zhuo, the son of the Li family in Wuchang.

It seems that Li Zhuozhuo and Li Zhuo are relatives, and Li Zhuozhuo has already called affectionately: "Brother Zhuo, you are also here." ”

Li Zhuo's iceberg face, which had not changed for thousands of years, actually smiled, and said, "I haven't had a chance to see my uncle and aunt yet, but I saw my sister first." ”

Li Zhuozhuo blinked and smiled and introduced to Zhang Erzhen: "This is my cousin Li Zhuo, hehe, aren't our names very similar...... I can't help it, my dad said, 'Bright moonlight, scorching sunrise', 'If you stand, Zhuo'er', both of our names were taken by my father, and sometimes it's very troublesome. Li Zhuozhuo finished quietly, pouting and pretending to be in pain, Zhang Erzhen whispered: "I also know Li Gongzi, we are all from Wuchang." Li Zhuozhuo suddenly realized: "That's right, it's not unusual for you to know each other." ”

A few people have been introduced to each other briefly, they have all played since childhood, not so much attention and avoidance, Li Zhuo also nodded to Zhang Erzhen to indicate that they met, Zhang Erzhen thought of his sister Li Changling, I don't know if the girl came with me. Zhang Erzhen thought that Li Zhuozhuo had already asked, "Has Chang Ling come to Beijing?"

Li Zhuo shook his head and said that he did not come. Liang Yu only said that the young man in Chinese clothes was the eighth prince, and he simply brought it, Zhang Erzhen looked at the eighth prince's bearing, and his fine appearance with red lips and white teeth, and he didn't dare to underestimate his origin.

The street is particularly lively, belonging to the most lanterns, lotus lanterns, hibiscus lanterns, scattered thousands of splendid surroundings. Hydrangea lanterns, bright and clean, snowflake lanterns, fluttering. Xiucai lamp, let go of the stop, save the legacy of the hole; daughter-in-law lamp, Kede Rou, follow the Meng Jiang women's festival exercises. The monk lamp, the moonlight is connected to the green willow, and the lantern is judged, and Zhong Xu and the little sister sit side by side. The mother-in-law lamp, waving a feather fan, pretending to descend the evil god, banging the lantern, carrying the gold upside down, and swallowing the treasure. Juggling gongs and drums, small traders' tones are different, the air is filled with the aroma of fat powder, the aroma of food, Zhang Erzhen sniffed, and only felt hungry after being amazed. In the previous life, the least thing that could not be seen on such a street was the aroma of barbecue, and the Xinjiang people with white hats on their heads would shake a small bamboo fan to waft the aroma of mutton skewers far away. Coming to the Ming Dynasty for so many years, although the food continues, but recently I especially want to eat beef jerky, and now I want to eat mutton skewers, touch the shriveled stomach, Zhang Erzhen decided to get some mutton to roast and eat after going back, beef is illegal to eat, mutton is still no problem.

The eighth prince had long noticed Zhang Erzhen's appearance of touching his stomach, and asked in a crisp voice: "Is Miss Zhang hungry?" As soon as these words came out, four pairs of eyes shot at each other, and Zhang Erzhen said embarrassedly: "How can the eighth prince think like this, I just brushed the folds of my clothes, how can I be hungry, I ate at Ruyu Teahouse just now." ”

"You're dishonest, you're obviously hungry, you wait, I'll order someone to buy you something delicious." "The eighth prince is a warm-hearted good boy, and he didn't wait for Zhang Erzhen to react and speak, so he ordered the little guy on his side to buy it, and also ordered him to buy more, and everyone should eat some.

Liang Yu smiled: "Yes, yes, buy more, the eighth prince will also eat." ”

Zhang Erzhen realized that she was using her as a disguise, this eighth prince is not very old, but his heart is not small. The eighth prince was unhappy and said: "This son is pitiful to see Miss Zhang's hunger, it is rare to have a kind heart, don't appreciate it?"

Liang Aiwan's yellow bird-like voice came out of the hat and said: "The eighth prince is careful, and I feel hungry too." The eighth prince rolled his eyes at Liang Yu, meaning "Look, everyone is hungry."

Of course, no one understands the kindness of the eighth prince, Liang Aiwan is naturally inconvenient to eat while wearing a bib, Liang Yupian is not easy to eat, Li Zhuo basically doesn't speak or eat, only Li Zhuozhuo and Zhang Erzhen are holding a cardboard box and eating the fried golden and crispy egg roll shrimp inside, Gaba Gaba's voice is very pleasant. Zhang Erzhen silently thanked the eighth prince while eating, but felt that the snacks bought by this little guy were too delicious, and he couldn't eat enough.

The eighth prince came to Zhang Erzhen's side and whispered, "How is it, this one bought this one delicious, right?"

Zhang Erzhen nodded and asked, "It's delicious, do you want a piece?"

The eighth prince seemed to swallow his saliva, and said disdainfully: "This son has not eaten anything, what I bought for you is yours, and this son will not eat it." ”

Zhang Erzhen felt that this was a little boy who was awkward, and his temperament was similar to Zhu Youji. Zhang Erzhen was no longer polite, continued to eat with a small mouthful of oil, and turned to Li Zhuozhuo and said, "This is really delicious, buy some and bring it back later." Li Zhuozhuo said with deep sympathy: "I want to get this cook back to the house." ”

Seeing that it was almost gone, the eighth prince's apricot blossom eyes always looked here intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Erzhen said helplessly: "Eighth prince, do you want to taste it?"

"It's hard to resist hospitality, so I'll try it. The eighth prince acted quickly, and the little guy around him didn't have time to stop it, he had already put things in his mouth, puffing out his cheeks and chewing quickly, Zhang Erzhen looked at the remaining scum in the box, and felt that this eighth prince was really cute.

"Childe, you can't eat these things......"

"What are you afraid of, I didn't see that the two of them had eaten so much, if it was poisonous, they would have died a long time ago. ”

Hearing Li Zhuozhuo and Zhang Erzhen's embarrassment, Li Zhuozhuo looked at the remaining shrimp in his hand, poured it into his mouth neatly, and looked at the eighth prince with pouting eyes.

If you don't eat, don't look at and don't buy, it's not interesting, Zhang Erzhen is very thorough in this point, after eating, he began to buy a lot, anyway, he went out today with enough silver, and the bright moon and the moon also followed, the time and place are favorable, and he has to buy it when he sees the novelty and fun, Li Zhuozhuo is also rare to visit such a lantern festival, the two of them are very excited, and they see the lilies that the craftsman turned out in three or two - buy, look at the beaded jewelry put out by the vendor - buy (although I didn't go back and basically don't wear it), I saw the man with a big stone on his chest - Reward, seeing the little girl holding the gong and smiling and thanking her, Zhang Erzhen seemed to see the little swallow in "Huanzhu Gege": "Mingyue, enjoy some more." ”

The eighth prince was also reserved for a while at first, and then he began to babble, although he would not see what to buy, but also to carefully express his opinions, such as "how can this craftsman's fingers be black like this, and I don't know how to wash and come out again", Zhang Erzhen wanted to say "People are adults who rub the straw rope down, and it can't be washed off", and the eighth prince will also sigh "That woman is so fat, can't she eat less", Zhang Erzhen has not sighed, Li Zhuozhuo has already opened his mouth to explain:" Eighth son, that's not fat, I guess she's about to have a baby. ”

After strolling on the street for an hour, even Zhang Erzhen felt tired and panicked, and looked at Mingyue Ruyue's hand and felt that it was time to end here.

The eighth prince was also tired, and said weakly: "My third brother is waiting for me in the Treasure Pavilion, will you go?"

Li Zhuozhuo was still full of energy, and when he heard the words, he said: "I want to go, the time is just right, and the activities of the Treasure Pavilion are about to start." ”

Liang Aiwan was not in good health, and he was already tired after walking for so long, and said tiredly: "I'm afraid it's ......" Before he finished speaking, Liang Yu said: "It's just ahead, the Treasure Pavilion is rarely open, and men can't enter it on weekdays." Liang Aiwan was about to speak, Liang Yu winked at her, and Zhang Erzhen felt that something was wrong.

The group walked forward, and the front of the Treasure Pavilion was already full of people, rubbing shoulders one after another. All kinds of clothes, jewelry, silk and satin are gathered in front of the door, hairpins and colorful clothes, and bells are ringing. Although she couldn't see Liang Aiwan's expression at this time, she knew how disgusted she was when she heard the voice: "There are so many people, let's go back, we don't have to defile ourselves." ”

Li Zhuozhuo was unwilling, so he only pulled Zhang Erzhen to continue walking, and the eighth prince said: "Don't worry, there is our place inside." ”

After everyone stood for a while, a girl in a pink coral skirt came over and led everyone in through the side door, Li Zhuozhuo muttered, "I knew that I wouldn't have to make so much effort to book a private room." ”

The Treasure Pavilion really lives up to its name, the pavilion is as bright as day, there are thousands of candles on the huge crystal lamps hanging, and the shadows are wiped out by the large mirrors that are polished all around, and only the small pores on everyone's faces can be seen, and when the candlelight flickers is when the door opens, Zhang Erzhen has to admire this crossing homo is really wise, and uses physics and chemistry properly, much better than her.

The girl led everyone forward, the venue was noisy and orderly, and the stage paved with fiery red silk velvet about three zhang wide in front of the stage hung countless beaded curtains on the stage, and between the swings, the scene behind the curtain loomed. In front of the stage is a table and chair bench of endless shapes and sizes, a little behind is a bench, one can accommodate three people to sit, the middle is a double seat, the seat is wider, and then there is the VIP seat that Zhang Erzhen understands, four chairs surround a round pine and bamboo table, and the table is simply placed with melons and fruits and snacks, which is not only like a private room for listening to singing in a teahouse, but also like a bar for drinking wine and tea in the previous life.

"Third brother, you have already come. As the eighth prince spoke, there was originally a crowd, but Zhang Erzhen didn't notice it, and when she heard the sound, Zhu Youzhu was lying in a chair in an ink-colored robe, followed by two white-faced and beardless men standing with their hands down. Needless to say, Zhang Erzhen's eyes were surprised, Zhu Youzhu frowned at Zhu Youzhu and said, "You have finally arrived." ”

Zhu Youzhen's bearing is extraordinary, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, dressed in gorgeous clothes, Liang Aiwan lifted his bib and looked at it, Zhang Erzhen looked at Liang Aiwan's shy face for a moment and sighed, "Blue face is a disaster." Liang Yu and Li Zhuo hugged their fists and saluted, Liang Aiwan and Li Zhuozhuo followed the blessing, and Zhu Youzhu only nodded slightly. Zhang Erzhen lowered her head and followed Liang Aiwan and Li Zhuozhuo to the other table and sat down, but did not speak. Zhu Youzhi followed Zhang Erzhen away, there was no shock in his eyes, only a touch of meaning.

Before the three little girls sat down, Li Zhuozhuo asked in a blazing spirit: "Which family's son is that, do you know later?"

Liang Aiwan had already taken off her bib, and said "I don't know" with a shy face, Li Zhuozhuo whispered: "Look at that all-over style, it must be the son of the Earl's family in Beijing." Liang Aiwan nodded in agreement, her eyes were misty. Zhang Erzhen silently took a sip of the tea bowl, she had eaten too much just now, and she was a little thirsty......

The four teenagers sat together here, only Zhu Youzhu chattered a few words, Zhu Youzhu or should say a sentence or two, Liang Yu listened with a smile, Li Zhuo occasionally said a few words, if he didn't know who the opposite person was at this time, Li Zhuo felt that he could roll up and go home.

Zhang Erzhen was sitting and looked up just enough to see Zhu Youji, and the moment he put down the tea bowl, he happened to meet Zhu Youji's deep and distant eyes, and he chuckled in his heart, smiled and whispered hello. Zhu Youzhu saw the appearance of this little girl thief, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she took a sip of tea in a very good mood, but she didn't hear what Zhu Youzhu said.