Cao promised to call her Li to agree, and this turn of face became closer, and Ruyi was stunned for a moment.

Cao promised probably realizing that he said this too suddenly, and laughed twice: "It's me. . . Too abrupt, right? ”

Ruyi smiled kindly and shook his head: "I should have called my sister, thanks to Cao's promise not to dislike it, it is also possible to call me Ruyi directly in the future." ”

Cao promised to hear her say this, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't mind, there are many interesting places to go in the palace during the New Year's Festival, I am a very chattering person, my sister doesn't think I talk too much." ”

Ruyi said no, thinking that Cao promised to be such a warm-hearted person, and saw her and Hai Chang getting along earlier, most of the time Hai Chang was talking, and thought that he was a quiet person with few words.

Now it seems that it is quite easy to get along, everyone is agreeing, it is easier to get along, Hai Chang didn't care about Cao agreeing when they arrived at the New Year's Festival, since she was willing to be with her, it was not a bad thing, lest she was afraid of breaking the rules and breaking the rules, and even Xiangcui and Mama Zhao followed her to stay in the west courtyard.

Now someone is leading the way, can take a good walk in the palace to feel the atmosphere of the New Year's Festival, Ruyi glanced back at Mama Zhao, and saw Mama Zhao smiling and bowing her head, so she accepted the invitation that Cao agreed.

There was not much for lunch, and it was soon dispersed, and the queen helped the queen mother to go back to rest, and most of the ladies and ladies went to the imperial garden to see the red plums, and the concubines went with them, and there was a large group of people.

Cao promised to ask Ruyi if he wanted to go with him, Ruyi waved his hand, saying that he wanted to go back to rest, just now I heard Cao promise to say that there are lanterns in the palace at night, there are poetry meetings and riddles, I am very interested, I want to nourish my spirit, and I will stay around at night.

Cao agreed to go down and went with the large army in front.

On the way back, Xiangcui chirped and asked why she hadn't heard of these before.

Mama Zhao lowered her eyes and said softly: "Before. . . Haven't been there much. ”

She said that it was naturally Wen's, and after the general dismissal, she looked at the lanterns along the path, and Wen's came back, she was actually literate, if she went to guess the riddle, she would definitely be able to go to the Queen Mother to ask for a reward, but Wen's had never been to it once.

Probably because of her temperament, she is obviously a very talented person, but she always stands in the corner.

But if you can be brave enough to fight for some, you will feel better.

Xiangcui fell silent, the topic was provoked by her, and after carefully looking at Ruyi's expression for a while, she talked about the excitement tonight, wanting to make Ruyi happy.

She said that she danced so loudly that even Mama Zhao was amused, and Ruyi also smiled, and Xiangcui breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the palace has not yet started to hang lanterns and lantern riddles or anything, it should be when everyone has dinner, the little palace maids and little eunuchs will start to prepare, so as not to leak the topic in advance.

Ruyi just went to see the excitement, let her guess she can't guess, she will definitely not get any reward, Xiangcui is still encouraging Ruyi, what to say to listen to others guess and then randomly cover a similar one, maybe it will be won?

Mama Zhao took a headdress for Ruyi to let her relax and sleep for a while, listening to Xiangcui's words, laughing at her: "The difference between words and meanings is naturally very different, don't guess the more outrageous, the jokes, don't come up with these bad ideas, let's honestly follow the shopping and lively, haven't you always wanted to go?" Don't trouble the little master, do you hear? ”

Xiangcui sighed, Mama Zhao said so, she naturally didn't dare to guess Ruyi anymore, stuck out her tongue, and quickly went in to make the bed for Ruyi.

Ruyi didn't sleep for long, and it was only half an hour later, when Mama Zhao came in and waited for her to get up, and whispered: "Little master, Desheng is here again, and the slave asks him to sit next to him and wait." ”

Ruyi rubbed his forehead: "How long has he been here?" ”

"It's about a cup of tea." In fact, it didn't take long, and Desheng himself said that he was not in a hurry, and it was not too late to wait for Li to wake up, so Mama Zhao asked him to sit and wait, but he didn't come to wake up Ruyi, "I waited for the little master to wake up and summon him, and I didn't worry about him." ”

Ruyi was relieved, afraid that the emperor had some orders to delay his sleep.

After re-dressing up, Xiangcui went to call Desheng over.

As soon as he came in, Desheng smiled happily, gave Ruyi a salute, and said: "The emperor is playing chess with the prince's ministers in the Qianzheng Palace, and the servants are sent to come over to answer the question and answer the little master, tonight's lantern will guess the riddle, will the little master go or not?" ”

Ruyi was amused by his tone and eyebrows, and even Xiangcui poked him with a smile: "You just talk well, like what's going on on singing on stage." ”

Desheng smiled happily, and then he received his magical power and arched his hand.

Ruyi said that he was going to go, and Desheng continued: "The emperor said that if he promised the little lord that if he wanted to go, there would be a puzzle under the third tree next to Qinghe tonight, and the little lord would definitely be able to guess it. ”

Ruyi blushed and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, here. . . Isn't that embarrassing me? In case I really didn't guess it, didn't I live up to the emperor's reward? ”

"The emperor said that the little master can guess it, then he must be able to guess it, the little master doesn't believe in himself, doesn't he believe the emperor?" Desheng smiled, everyone knew that Jingchen was releasing water to Ruyi, thinking of a way to let her get a reward, not only a reward, but also a reward he prepared, otherwise everyone has it, how can Ruyi be empty-handed?

Thinking that there was no lantern riddle in that place at night, Jingchen specially prepared one for Ruyi that she could guess, this thought made a room full of people laugh, Ruyi blushed and said to Desheng that he knew, and let Xiangcui send him out.

Since Jingchen said so, she also relaxed and went to take a look.

If you can really guess it, what will be the reward?

Ruyi unconsciously began to think wildly, Xiangcui came in from outside, and said with a smile: "Desheng is really interesting, I went out and ran back and told me, let the little master remember it, don't forget." ”

Xiang Cui's voice pulled back Ruyi's thoughts, she always couldn't guess Jingchen's thoughts, just like this morning, Jingchen deliberately ran over.

Although there are too many people between the two of them to see each other, although the crowd is crowded, he can't find her figure, and he can't bring her to himself, but as long as he is worried in his heart, even if he lacks skills, he must find a way to make her happy, and he must send things to her.

He could have an infinite number of ways to do it if he wanted to.

Ruyi didn't dare to expect that the emperor's tenderness would have too much sincerity in it, but she sank into such a grace little by little, and was unwilling to leave.

Dinner was a little late, and there were so many people that by the time everyone was seated, it was almost dark outside.

Ruyi was still looking at Jingchen in the small corner behind, he looked very good when he was drinking, the outline of his side face looked softer than usual under the halo, a bit like the gentle and charming appearance of holding her, Ruyi's heart was pounding, and he quickly retracted his gaze, casually sandwiched the dishes in front of him and ate them, suppressing the reverie of his blushing heartbeat.

Cao promised to pay attention to the changes in Ruyi, and looked at her just now, Jingchen had already put down the wine glass.

He's really a simple-minded person, and he knows what he's thinking by looking at his expression.

Cao promised to retract his gaze and slowly ate the side dishes in front of him, although the food was tasteless, he still had to fill his stomach.

The queen mother didn't shout what to perform today, after asking Prince Xun about the recent situation in Beijing, he turned his face and talked to the ladies, halfway through the table, Li Shuanglin came in and said with a smile that the lantern riddles outside were hung up, and the color head was prepared early in the morning, and there was also the grace of the queen and Hui Guifei, after the girls cheered twice, they heard Li Shuanglin say that there were still some puzzles hidden by the emperor, if you can find these hidden puzzles and answer them correctly, you can go to the emperor in person to exchange rewards.

Now not only the girls, but also the boys were boiling, laughing and shouting during the banquet, sitting far away, I didn't hear it clearly at first, but the people next to me heard it by word of mouth.

In order to justifiably deliver the gift to Ruyi, Jingchen set up such a gimmick.

Let her cross the sea of people and come to his side to receive the reward.

Seeing that everyone was so excited, the Queen Mother hurriedly waved her hand and asked the children to go out to play, and don't all be noisy here.

Ruyi watched Prince Xun get up and leave first, he seemed to be unable to stand this group of chattering girls, walking fast and running for his life.

Then there was Su Jingyi, she seemed to have an argument with another girl, and both of them looked unhappy and rushed to chase Prince Xun out.

Such a small episode did not attract much attention, and soon the party was lively again.

Ruyi was still concentrating on eating the things in front of him, Cao promised to see that Hai Chang was all ready to go out, and asked Ruyi with a side face: "Let's go and see the excitement too." ”

Ruyi wanted to wait for Su Jingyi to go farther before going out, so she smiled apologetically, saying that she was a little hungry and wanted to eat more.

Cao promised a little stunned, thinking that he didn't see that Li promised to be a tolerable person, and he could still endure this situation, and his mentality was really good.

didn't want Ruyi to see that he was upset, so Cao promised to answer and ate a little more with Ruyi.

After sitting for a while, Ruyi estimated that Su Jingyi had already walked away, so he got up and called Cao to go out together.

Walking out of the main hall, you can see that all the lights are brilliant and colorful silk as far as the eye can see.

Ruyi looked left and right, and chose a random path to go, and now whoever he meets or can't meet is luck.

Cao promised to smile and said that Hai Chang was accompanied by family members and felt very envious.

Ruyi also bowed her head, remembering that her father and mother came, entered the palace for so many years, only exchanged a few letters, a few days ago sent someone to send something back to Qingyao, I think they have not received it, for the first time in these years, she has the ability to send things back, Ruyi still feels very relieved in her heart, knowing that this will be better in the coming year.

Cao promised to let him go along the road with the lanterns and colored silks, generally speaking, there will be a place to guess the lantern riddle at every distance, I don't know where this year's poetry will be located, and I have to look for more to find it, which is also one of the fun of the palace New Year's Festival.

Because Ruyi came out a little late, there were many young ladies who turned back to exchange rewards in the distance, and most of them were in groups of three or two, and they all seemed to have guessed the riddles, and they were anxious to see what good things they could get.

Cao promised to pull Ruyi over with a smile and walked aside, and said softly: "Let's go and guess too, shall we?" ”

Ruyi waved his hand: "Cao promised to try it, I won't need it, I definitely can't guess." ”

Cao promised to hear the words as if he had just remembered, and oh: "I forgot, you don't seem to know how to read." After speaking, he realized that he was speaking too bluntly, and said, "It's okay, you can go with me to see the excitement, it's already here anyway." ”

Ruyi bowed her head, hoping that Cao promised to guess the riddle to redeem the reward, and she had a good excuse to leave for a while to find the riddle that Jingchen had prepared for her.

It's a pity that she went far away and encountered two or three puzzle points, Cao promised that she couldn't guess it, she turned around and smiled embarrassedly at Ruyi: "I can't learn, let my sister laugh." ”

Ruyi encouraged her with a smile, pointed to a lantern in front of her and said, "Try it again, maybe you'll guess it next?" ”

Cao promised to look over, and there were already a few little girls around there, chattering about the riddle, and soon they came to a conclusion, as if they had guessed correctly, and ran away together with a cheer.

Ruyi pulled Cao and promised to go over there: "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

Cao promised not to refuse, anyway, it was just playing, and he really couldn't guess it.

I didn't expect this time to be really lucky, she had seen this lantern riddle before, and she easily answered the riddle and successfully got the reward brand.

Cao promised that he didn't have much hope, but he got it all of a sudden, laughed happily, and like a child, he held up the token in his hand to Ruyi: "Hit, I'm really hit!" ”

Ruyi nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's won, it seems to be the brand of the Queen Mother, you go back and receive the reward." ”

Cao promised to take the token and look at it head-on, walked back in response, took two steps, and looked back at Ruyi: "You go with me." ”

Ruyi chuckled: "This is your reward, I... I'm not good at getting through. ”

Cao promised to see Ruyi smiling reluctantly, thinking that she was afraid of meeting the concubines next to her and laughing at her, the atmosphere was awkward, but she could understand her mood, so she didn't force it, and said that she would go around here and wait for her to go to see the poetry club after she came back from receiving the reward.

Ruyi said yes, seeing that Cao promised to go away and couldn't see his figure, so he went to the place that Desheng said with Xiangcui Zhao.

Fortunately, it is not far from here, when I arrived, there was a little eunuch standing under the third tree next to Qinghe, if it wasn't for Ruyi knowing in advance that there was such a person here, I was afraid that I would have to get closer to see it, and I was probably startled.

It turns out that the emperor's 'hidden puzzle' means this, the lantern is not hung so far away, and the light is not clear, so it is naturally 'hidden'.

Ruyi stepped forward quickly, and before she could speak, Xiangcui said for her first: "My little master is here to guess the lantern riddle!" ”

The little eunuch laughed after asking which little master it was, took out a lantern that had not been lit from behind him, opened the fire fold and lit it, and then raised it to Ruyi, and read it to her very intimately: "There are birds in the sky, tied with a thread, not afraid of the wind, but afraid of the rain." ”

After listening to the little eunuch's recitation, Ruyi immediately blurted out: "Kite!" It's a kite! ”

Sure enough, she could guess it, and even Xiang Cui reacted, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a kite!" ”

The little eunuch smiled, blew out the lantern and put it on the ground, and then took out a token from his sleeve, which was engraved with a Jing character, which was different from the sign engraved with the word Ling that Cao promised to get just now.

Ruyi held the sign and looked at it for a while, and then put it in her sleeve, she was not in a hurry to redeem it, and then she would see if anyone else had found Jingchen's other hidden puzzles, if she was the only one to ask for a reward, it would be too ostentatious.

The little eunuch completed his task, saluted Ruyi, and walked away with the blown out lantern.

It seems that the emperor's reward is different from the lanterns hanging everywhere, there is only one such one.

Ruyi's ears were a little hot, remembering that Cao promised to come back to find himself, and quickly led Xiangcui and them to turn back, and when he went back, Cao promised to be looking for her, seeing Ruyi, Cao promised to come forward with a sigh of relief: "I thought you were lost and lost, these things are lit up at night, and it is always easy to lose your way." After speaking, he took out his reward from his sleeve and showed it to Ruyi, "You see, I guessed that it was the queen's lantern, and I got a coral bracelet, but unfortunately there is only such a small string, I saw that the queen mother gave a pair of bracelets, if that, I can still share one with you, and you won't get nothing." ”

Ruyi didn't dare to mention to Cao that the emperor gave her 'amplified water', after all, she was not familiar with it, but she just made an appointment to go around together, and she still had to have a little bit of anti-people's heart.

Now Cao promised to get a reward, the two originally wanted to go together to see where this year's poetry meeting was, but they didn't expect Cao to suddenly have abdominal pain, and hurriedly said sorry to Ruyi and left first, Ruyi was still thinking about how to separate from Cao Yi, and now it seems that she doesn't have to have a headache.

Ruyi and Xiangcui looked at each other and smiled, now the three of their masters and servants can finally wander around, Xiangcui excitedly pointed a way to go, after walking a long distance, suddenly heard laughter, Xiangcui was curious, Ruyi took her over to take a look, but did not expect to go around the path, the open area in front is a central pavilion built around the artificial lake.

There is an arched bridge leading to the central pavilion, and in the huge pavilion, there is a soft cushion for the stove, which is warmly illuminated.

Ruyi looked over from a distance and found that Prince Xun was actually here, just now he just glanced at the side face in the crack, and now looking at it from this position, he can just see Prince Xun's face, which is indeed a little similar to Jingchen's eyebrows, but Prince Xun looks a lot immature.

Su Jingyi, who has been following Prince Xun since the banquet, is also here, and the young lady who had an unpleasant quarrel with her is also here, because of Prince Xun, there are many sons and young ladies from the family gathered here, and it is very lively.

Ruyi originally wanted to leave when she saw Su Jingyi clearly, but who knew that the other lady next to Su Jingyi happened to look up and saw the three Ruyi on the shore, she patted Su Jingyi's shoulder, and didn't know what she said, so Su Jingyi also looked over, and then showed an extremely cold and disgusted expression.