Chapter 265
Taiping Street stretches for miles and is the most prosperous street in Beijing, although the lanterns are not yet bright at this time, the street is already full of people.
The convoy of Zhennan Houfu went out early, and there were guards to open the way, although because of the large number of people and vehicles, the journey was quite slow, but it was quite smooth.
However, when approaching Taiping Street, the carriage still had difficulty moving an inch, and had to walk for a while.
Qing Ming Xuan and Xiang Manlou are located in Taiping Street, but one mile away from each other, from Zhennan Hou Mansion to arrive first is Qing Ming Xuan under the name of Changfang.
So everyone sat down to drink tea and rest in the private room of Qing Ming Xuan, waiting for the lanterns to be put on.
The lantern festival in the capital is naturally more lively than that in Qingzhou Mansion, and the styles of lanterns are more exquisite and diverse, and there are more natural people.
This kind of crowded person can only look at the back of the person's head, and the young and short can even only look at the back of the other person's buttocks, Lin Wanzi is not interested, she prefers to sit in the private room and watch while drinking tea.
Although there is less excitement of close participation, there is an interest in watching from a distance.
At the same time, the lanterns on Taiping Street are all in place, because it is a manpower to light the lamp, naturally there is no previous life that the view of the fire trees and silver flowers will be pulled out, but the speed of lighting is quite neat, standing in the private room on the third floor of the tea hall and looking out, the lanterns are still very shocking.
With the lanterns lit, there are more and more people who come to Taiping Street to watch the lanterns, and the street is naturally becoming more and more lively.
The so-called earning lanterns is to barely get your favorite lanterns by guessing lantern riddles.
Although there are also people in Zhennanhou Mansion who have done well with lanterns, and even a lot of lanterns are hung in Zhennanhou's Mansion today, they are eager to try this way of obtaining lanterns through personal efforts and knowledge on the lantern street.
Of course, this eager person does not include Lin Wan, it's not that she is afraid that she won't be able to guess the riddle and lose face, but she really doesn't like the feeling of crowding.
Of course, Lin Wan didn't plan to sit in Pinmingxuan all the time today, she also planned to go to Xiangmanlou to watch the lanterns and experience the ancient lantern festival from different angles and perspectives.
Since her plans were not consistent with Lin Jing, Lin Wan naturally didn't want to follow Lin Jing.
Lin Jing pulled Lin Wan a few times but couldn't pull it, and she was so anxious that she jumped up and down: "Go, go!" Wanwan, what are you worried about? Worried about the Seventh Sister? Don't worry, we have maids and guards around us, as well as the second brother and the fourth brother, can't we protect the seventh sister? ”
Cai's look at Lin Jing, who is more quiet than Lin Yan, and then look at Lin Jing, who is like a little monkey, and the little girl who has also been raised in front of her to be five or six years old, but her temperament is very different, but she likes them all, and she naturally feels more sorry for Lin Wan in her heart.
Although Lin Wan's personality before her disappearance was not as lively as Lin Jing's, she was also very lively, but when she came back after three years outside, her temperament was not like a nine-year-old child.
Cai's distress was not only painful, but he had to try his best to encourage Lin Wan to follow Lin Jing to guess the lantern riddle to earn lanterns, of course, Cai's did not plan to let the young Lin Yuan go to the street with him, so he motioned to the nurse to hug Lin Yuan, who was sitting on Lin Wan's lap and watching the lanterns outside and clapping her hands.
Lin Yuan patted away the nurse's hand: "Don't want the nurse!" I'm going to watch the lights with my sister! ”
When Cai saw that it was not good, he personally came over to coax Lin Yuan: "Yuan'er, come!" Grandmother holds you to see the lights! ”
But today's Lin Yuan is particularly clingy, and no matter how the nurse and Cai's coax her, she hugged Lin Wan's neck and didn't let go.
"Grandmother, let the seventh sister go with us, don't worry, I will take care of the younger sisters!" Although Lin Hongfei said that he had an appointment with the beauty, he was a little absent-minded, but he was still very responsible.
Today, as the eldest brother, Lin Hong, as the prince of the Zhennan Hou Mansion, wants to assist the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to maintain the security of the capital, and the biggest thing here is that as the second eldest of his peers, protecting his younger brothers and sisters has naturally become Lin Hongfei's unshirkable responsibility.
This is also the reason why Lin Wan is reluctant to go to the streets, because she knows that today is the only opportunity for Lin Hongfei and An Huijuan, an unmarried couple, to meet and even go shopping hand in hand before marriage.
Lin Wan didn't think that Cai's couldn't think of this, but Cai's not only did not object to Lin Jing's proposal to earn lanterns, but when Lin Hongfei proposed to accompany his younger siblings to earn lanterns, she even gave Lin Hongfei an appreciative look, feeling that there must be a reason she didn't expect.
Now that Lin Hongfei has already said the words, Lin Wan no longer objected, but she has already made up her mind in her heart, and when everyone walks to Xiangmanlou, she will take Lin Yuan to pull Lin Jing into Xiangmanlou, and definitely not waste Lin Hongfei's time.
Cai's heart actually had the same idea as Lin Wan, she whispered a few words to Lin Hongfei, and specially sent additional guards, of course, she beat those maids who were waiting with her.
Seeing Lin Hongfei reaching out to hug Lin Yuan, Lin Wan gently patted Lin Yuan, who was hugging her neck tightly, and whispered something in her ear, Lin Yuan finally obediently let go of her hand and turned around and threw herself into Lin Hongfei's arms.
A group of people were about to leave the private room, and Lin Na, who was finally brought by Cai's to watch the lanterns, actually stood up and wanted to follow to earn the lanterns.
Naturally, this is not possible!
"Sister Na, you haven't recovered from the cold yet, so you will accompany your grandmother in the private room, don't go to join in this fun." Cai Shi glanced at Lin Na, who was tightly pulled by her grandmother but was forced to go out, and her brows furrowed unhappily, but her tone was quite calm.
Lin Na's tears suddenly fell.
Cai's face sank suddenly: "If you dare to shed another tear, you don't have to stay and watch the lanterns anymore." Whether you want to stay or go home, you choose! ”
Although Lin Na didn't cry loudly, she still made Cai very angry when she cried on a festive day like today.
Seeing that Lin Na was still crying at the door of the private room that had been opened, Cai's brows furrowed even tighter, and he simply ordered the steward around him to send someone to send Lin Na back to the house.
Finally begged Cai's to loosen his mouth and take her out to see the lanterns, and was sent back like this, wouldn't he make himself a bigger joke, weighing the pros and cons in his heart, Lin Na was not so stupid as to be hopeless after all, and immediately wiped away the tears on her face, although her expression was still sad, she still sat down obediently beside Cai's, of course, her unwilling eyes were still staring at the brothers and sisters who came out.
Walking out of the private room, Lin Wan glanced back, and the private room, which was originally full, suddenly seemed a little empty because of the departure of the sons and girls.
Fortunately, there are still the daughters-in-law of the Tang family, the Jiang family, and the Zhen family talking and talking, and the granddaughter-in-law of the long house, the Yang family, and the little great-grandchildren accompanying the amusement, otherwise it would be too deserted here after this large group left.
Of course, Lin Wan didn't expect Lin Na to be able to replace the other sisters in front of Cai's family, Lin Na is not stupid, but her emotional intelligence is really not high, she is afraid that she will not be able to grasp this opportunity to please Cai's!