XXXIII. Subservience

After the palace banquet, Emperor Wu led hundreds of officials to watch the lanterns on the city wall of Yiren Gate, and the city wall was filled with lanterns sent from various countries as usual.

This year, the lantern sent by Shen Mengxi is a big marquee.

The lantern is called the eight-sided exquisite lamp, the lamp is one zhang high, the diameter is eight feet, the inlaid treasure is inlaid with jade, the flowers are clustered, the lantern is divided into eight sides, stretches a thin light veil, there is a faint picture behind the veil, it is not real. Under the lamp hangs strips of tassels, fluttering in the wind.

Dozens of oil lamps in the lanterns are lit, the lights are sheng, it is really exquisite, each reflects a picture of Guanyin, which is exactly the same as the folk New Year painting. Suddenly, the lantern began to rotate slowly, making a slight brush sound, gradually speeding up, the musicians on the side of the float began to play music, the Guanyin on the lantern was lifelike, moving, only to see that Guanyin raised his eyelids slightly, seemed to be smiling, looked at all beings, gently shook the willow branch in his hand, and seemed to really sway out of the water droplets, even Emperor Wu sighed.

The lantern changes, the music also changes, the silhouette of two warriors appears on the lantern, one makes a knife and one makes a gun, fast as lightning, sonorous sound, two people move and dodge, light and free, see a lot of people can't take their eyes off it. Some people even suspect that someone is fighting in the lanterns.

Finally, on the polo field, the sword strikes into the sound of horses' hooves, the fight on the court is fierce, the horses gallop, one moment is the huge hooves of the war horses stepping down, the other is the polo from far and near whistling, until the breath of the person stagnates.

As the music slows down, a cherry blossom path appears, a girl in a small blue dress, stepping on a field of flower petals, bouncing into the distance, and a big white goose waddled.

The lights go out at the end of the song.

Everyone was still unsatisfied, and Emperor Wu praised it from the bottom of his heart, and said a reward. In the end, he smiled and clicked Shen Mengxi twice with his hand, full of the meaning of "you are the best at playing".

"When Yue'er was five years old, she also wore a little blue dress like this, and your grandfather loved the way you bounced." Emperor Wu looked at the marquee and started a new round of animation, patted Shen Mengxi's hand, and recalled.

Every mother can't forget what her children looked like when they were young.

In other words, if a person mentions an interesting story about your childhood, he says, "I grew up watching you!" It must be a gesture of goodwill, showing that he likes you and deeply remembers your cute appearance when you were a child.

In fact, Emperor Wu gave birth to six children, none of whom were taken care of by himself, and the attendants were like clouds, and she had to concentrate on fighting with the queen and concubine, so she had no time to take care of a few children. became the queen, and had to assist Gaozong in governing the government, gave birth to Taiping, and did not have much leisure to take care of it, but Taiping was the only daughter, and she still had to pay more attention. When it comes to childhood, there are also a few words to talk about.

Emperor Wu watched the animation again before continuing to move forward and look at other lanterns.

The eleven-year-old boy was curious about what was hidden in the lantern, and when everyone walked by, he quietly climbed onto the float to see if there was anyone inside, so anxious that the palace attendant stomped his feet and didn't dare to make a sound.

After a skimming around, Emperor Wu was a little tired and ready to return to Miyagi.

Li Longji squeezed in front of Emperor Wu, saluted solemnly and said, "Grandmother, can San Lang follow my aunt to the princess's mansion tonight?" ”

Although Emperor Wu didn't like Li Dan's conformity, he loved this lively and cheerful grandson, and when he heard that he was going to the princess's mansion, he lowered his head and asked with a smile: "Oh? Why did Saburo go to his aunt's house? ”

"Grandpa just talked about his aunt's house, and there is a small marquee!" Li Longji pointed to the lantern, "San Lang likes the lantern and wants to go to my aunt's house to see what is going on!" Come back and make a lamp for Grandmother too! ”

The young man has not yet reached the period of voice change, his voice is clear, male and female are indistinguishable, in the colorful night of the Shangyuan night, like a stream in spring, Emperor Wu involuntarily smiled, stroked his shoulder, and looked at Shen Mengxi, "Then San Lang has to ask your aunt!" ”

How could Shen Mengxi say that he was not welcome, looking at the eager eyes of the other two nephews, he simply said: "Welcome, all three nephews should go, it's just that the lamp at home is shoddy, don't regret it after reading it." ”

Li Dan stopped, "There is no curfew tonight, there is chaos on the street, San Lang will go by himself." Li Dan is like a frightened bird, and he doesn't want Li Chengqi to leave the palace at all.

The eyes of the two teenagers who had just bloomed suddenly dimmed, and in the past seven years, they had lived in the East Palace with their parents, like internment, and they had not gone out of the imperial city once.

Emperor Wu glanced at his son and said, "San Lang go, come back before sunset tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, grandmother!" Li Longji cheered.

Shen Mengxi took Li Longji, walked through the imperial city, came out of the end gate, passed Luoshui, and went back to Shangshanfang directly, there were countless lanterns of various colors on the heavenly street, Li Longji was dazzled, and the carriages and horses could not travel, Shen Mengxi had to get out of the car and take Li Longji's hand, and move forward with the flow of people. There was the guessing pot to win the lantern, he was eager to squeeze in, but was ruthlessly dragged out by Shen Mengxi and said, "Brother at home is waiting!" Li Longji reluctantly gave up, this kid was really suffocated.

Fortunately, he soon arrived at the princess's mansion, Wu Youji also followed with a cheeky face, Shen Mengxi looked at him strangely, he smiled and said, "Look at the lights, look at the lights." ”

When it was close to entering the house, the children were waiting for Shen Mengxi to come back and look at the lights together.

As soon as they saw Li Sanlang, the children were pleasantly surprised, and they were very happy to see each other, and Jian'er and Li Longji were even more shoulder to shoulder, as if they were alone.

The marquee lantern in the house is half smaller than the one that is offered, and the workmanship is not so fine, it is purely an experiment, unlike the lantern that is carefully painted by the painter, this lamp, Guanyin is painted by Yu'er, martial arts and polo are painted by Yin'er, and the last little girl is painted by Shen Mengxi with Lu'er as a model.

Because animation imaging requires a large number of coherent pictures, many details, and a huge workload, even Jian'er and Lu'er are also involved in coloring, pasting, assembling, a lantern, and the whole family goes into battle, although it is not perfect, but it is precious.

Everyone watched the side of the marquee with great interest, laughed and screamed, looked over and over again, and discussed to draw another picture of the sunrise and the galloping horse, Li Sanlang was eager to start designing immediately.

After watching the lights, the fireworks were set off again, and the boys did not feel sleepy, and gathered at Yin'er's residence, Shen Mengxi didn't care much, only ordered the maid to take care of it carefully, and asked Commander Lu to strengthen the defense, so they were placed separately.

Physically and mentally exhausted, but unable to sleep.

Shen Mengxi sat cross-legged on the couch, this day of coquettishness and idiot, it was really more tiring than playing a game of polo.

forcibly arrogant, making her extremely hard, this is really not in line with her life philosophy of being at ease and happy when she encounters.

Meditated silently, and went through the movie in his mind about the situation of the day, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

- In the end, I still succumbed, it is impossible to live a quiet life, and it is delusional to want to believe in the reins of the horses in the galloping of thousands of horses, and to fish in a light boat in the rushing of the big river.

If you don't want to be trampled to death, you have to run; If you don't want to die in the shipwreck, you have to sail and fight the waves.

If you don't want to be a fish, you have to make knives!

From today onwards, it is necessary to integrate into the fighting mode.