CHAPTER XLVII
In the afternoon, most of the Jiangnan traveled through the city, the scholars at the head of the city, the strange things in the south of the city, the stilts in the north of the city, and the boating on the lake in the east of the city.
At night, when I want to go to the end of the city to see the lanterns, the guards who follow behind are almost unable to lift their big bags, beautiful clothes, beautiful hairpins, fun toys, delicious things, swords, calligraphy and painting books, almost the entire Jiangnan is about to be bought!
I had to find a coachman and ask them to send them to Huafu, and they ran directly to the Lantern Festival at the end of the city.
Zhou Feiran and several people met to drink with the Jiangnan soldiers, and Hua Rong naturally would not stop them, so they parted ways at the end of the city.
Hua Rong held Xiang Nianrong with her right hand and Yan Jiuqing with her left hand, and went to the end of the city, and instructed the palace maids who followed to take care of the rest of the sons.
The lantern festival at the end of the city is very lively, if you can climb high and look into the distance, then the end of the city is definitely the brightest, the sky above the building is connected to the left and right ropes, and countless lanterns are hung on the ropes, illuminating the vertical and horizontal streets. It's dotted and very beautiful.
On both sides of the street, there are a variety of lantern stalls, and it is bustling with activity.
There are many styles of lanterns, beautiful shapes, novel and chic, there are exquisite and transparent palace lanterns, lifelike animal lanterns, auspicious lotus lanterns, dancing fairy lanterns, and brightly colored peacock lanterns.
"The Queen Mother! Queen mother! Xiang Nianrong shook Hua Rong's hand excitedly, "Look! That one! The rabbit lantern is so big and looks good! ”
The flowers go forward, the snow-white plush rabbit lanterns, the red round eyes, the red three-petal mouth, and the red long ears are vivid under the glow of the candles.
"Nian Rong likes?" Hua Rong leaned over and asked.
"Uh-huh!" Xiang Nianrong nodded wildly, "I like it, I like it!" ”
Hua Rong smiled, took Nian Rong to buy it, and asked the other children which lantern they wanted.
"Which one does Jiuqing want? Auntie bought it for you. ”
Hua Rong squeezed Yan Jiuqing's hand and asked softly.
"That..."Yan Jiuqing softly pointed to a lantern, her eyes shining.
The flower looks at the past, it is a square, each side is pasted with a golden flower, the handle is engraved with two grinning green dragons, whenever the candle in the lantern is lit, the golden flower is lifelike, and then look at the green dragon, under the light of the light, like alive, very good-looking.
"This?" Hua Rong picked up the lantern and asked Jiuqing.
Yan Jiuqing nodded, Hua Rong smiled, and handed the lantern over.
The stall was lively, Li Changan quickly chose a lantern with an ordinary appearance, which was decent, and he couldn't find any characteristics, Li Changlong and Luan Chuanping brothers were full of interest, chattering to see this, and then look at that.
Hua Rong watched quietly, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth.
Occasionally look around, people come and go, many years have not been so lively, in the past, in the south of the Yangtze River, there is also a lantern festival at the end of the city, but not every day, the scale is not so large, the flow of people is not as much as now, but it is also very lively.
Every time she came over, Brother would buy her a lantern and let her carry it to play, and then she was older, past the age of playing with lanterns, but Brother would still buy her one, because he would always be the girl who needed to be spoiled in his heart.
But this year, no one bought her lanterns anymore...
If Brother is here...... Elder brother?!
Hua Rong looked startled, and looked directly at the back, the extremely familiar back, the back that would cry when he looked at it, suddenly appeared in front of him, and then disappeared into the crowd Zheng
Hua Rong was still shocked and incredulous, but her eyes were already red.
Mama Li was surprised and hurriedly asked, "Niangniang!" Empress. ”
"Huh?" Hua Rong came back to her senses, and the application was still a little sluggish and dazed.
Mama Li was frightened and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Niangniang?" Why are your eyes red? But the sand squinted? ”
Hua Rong grabbed Mama Li's arm and forced herself to calm down, but the heart-wrenching pain made it difficult for her to calm down, and her eyes were red, "Mama, I saw Brother." ”
Mama Li was stunned for a few seconds, she knew who this brother was referring to? If it were those young masters of the Hua family, the queen would definitely not be like this.
"How so?"
But the flower general who had been famous is gone, to be precise, he died seven years ago, and he has only been a person in disguise for the past seven years, how can the queen mother see it? How could you see it in Jiangnan? Impossible.
"Niangniang, General Hua is dead, and what you see may be someone like General Hua."
"How is that possible?"
Hua Rong didn't believe it, rather than not believing it, it was better to not believe it, as if grasping the last bit of hope.
"I won't admit it, really, really like Brother!"
Mama Li had a clear mind and asked calmly, "What does the queen mother look like when she sees that person?" But General Flower? ”
Mama Li asked, and Hua Rong was a little stunned.
"I don't know, I only see a back, but ......"
Mama Li directly interrupted Hua Rong and asked her to stop thinking nonsense.
"Niangniang, it's just a back, there are countless people with a similar height and appearance to General Hua at this bottom, it is inevitable that they will admit their mistakes, General Hua is dead, he died seven years ago."
"But......" Hua Rong hesitated to order something more.
Mama Li sighed, "The old slave knows that you miss General Hua, but Niangniang, the reality cannot be reversed." Niangniang now has a princess, a prince, and an emperor, if Niangniang is like this now, they will be worried. ”
"I ......"
Hua Rong hesitated, maybe she was really wrong, Hua Yu died seven years ago, maybe she was really wrong...
"Mother, Mother......"
Xiang Nianrong's worried voice came, Hua Rong looked down, and Xiang Nianrong was shaking her skirt with a worried face.
"Queen Mother, what's wrong? What are you guys again? Mother, why are your eyes red? But because there are no lanterns? Nian Rong gave this lantern to the queen mother.
Hua Rong's heart was sour, and she quickly wiped her eyes twice, and touched Xiang Nianrong's head with relief, "The queen mother just got her eyes into the sand, it's okay." ”
"Really?" Xiang Nianrong was a little unconvinced.
"Really." Hua Rong smiled and promised again and again.
turned to his old look, and asked the child who had been making a lot of noise with a smile, "Have you chosen everything?" Shall we go to the river and put lotus lanterns later? There's also fireworks over there, but it's beautiful! ”
"Good!"
The children were excited.
After choosing, paid, Hua Rong took them to the river at the end of the city to put lotus lanterns, there are many people by the river, bustling, the river water level is not high, it is considered the middle reach, the water is clear, every few steps there is a place to go out or go down the steps to facilitate the river lanterns.