It wasn't until I slipped out of the house that I understood the original meaning of the Shangyuan Festival. At this time, the streets and alleys were full of people, and they made lantern wheels twenty feet high, dressed in brocade, decorated with gold and silver, and burned 50,000 lamps, and clustered them into flowers and trees.

The riverside lights and moon are shining, pedestrians are weaving, and it is very lively.

I shook my folding fan and walked leisurely through the crowd. In previous years, I have also been to the Lantern Festival, but it is not as interesting as this year, not only did I not have the retainers of my father and brother to follow me to remind me to return home, but now I am still dressed in men's clothes, and I look at it at ease, which makes the young girls next to me look sideways repeatedly, so it is not interesting.

Both sides of the road are lit up, hung with red lanterns with a strong festive atmosphere, and on the pavilion, several servants are not stingy with their excellent voices, which can be described as a song of sheng like the sea, and the lights of a thousand doors are like day at night.

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After walking around the lantern festival for a while, I got bored. In the past, although it was annoying for the retainers to follow, Yuebai could also swim in the lake with me to put the lights, but now it is really boring to face this beautiful scenery alone, and there is no one to talk to beside him.

I rented a painting boat and ordered them to row into the middle of the lake and lean on the railing alone to watch the shore lights.

There are countless lotus lanterns floating on the lake, I know this, the legend writes the wish on the lotus lantern, and then puts it in the lake, and when the lotus lantern burns out, the wish can come true.

I believe in these, but never try.

Ever since I was a child, I have always been protected by my father and brother, they have never wronged me, and all my wishes have been fulfilled one by one, even if they are not satisfied with some of my things, I can still achieve them by playing tricks.

I have a wish that no one can fulfill, and I once thought of putting a lotus lantern and praying for blessings like those who put lotus lanterns on the shore and made wishes. But I'm afraid that a big dream will disappoint me.

I quietly watched the surface of the lake and was distracted. The singer Chan'er who was singing on the painting boat behind her seemed to see my thoughts, she took out two lotus lanterns from the boat and presented them to me, Ying Ying smiled: "The slave family looked at Liang Gongzi looking at those lanterns, and thought that Liang Gongzi might like it, there are just a few lotus lanterns in the boat, and Gongzi is willing to put lotus lanterns with the slave family for fun?" ”

I was slightly stunned, seeing her smiling, and thinking that today I claim to be the eldest son of the Liang Mansion, Liang Lone, and I can't lose the image of my brother who is working hard outside.

I took a lotus lamp in Chan'er's hand and said with a smile: "It is difficult for a beautiful woman to be gracious, and she can't be relieved." With that, he wanted to put the lantern into the water at will.

Chan'er laughed out loud when she saw this, she took my hand and said, "Son, slow down." Then he turned around and took out the pen and ink and handed it to me, "Did Childe forget to write his wish on the lantern?" ”

My stupid and stupid appearance caused the boatman who rocked the boat to laugh: "What does the eldest prince in the general's mansion want, where is the need to make a wish like us, Chan'er, you just follow the foolish and hahaha!" ”

"Eh, that's not what I said, although it is true that Liang Gongzi is powerful and powerful, but in life, there will always be some unfulfilled wishes, right?" Chan'er said skillfully, dismissed the boatman and looked at me, "Childe said that the slave family is right?" ”

"That's right." At this time, I already wanted to write down in my heart, so I didn't want to say more to them, so I took the pen and ink and wrote the words "Yang Suying" on the lantern.

Yang Suying is my mother.

My wish that I have never been able to fulfill is to see her.

I know that it is impossible to achieve, but I want to put a lantern tonight to pray, and I hope that my mother can sleep and tell me that I am well, so as to comfort the pain of the child's homesickness.

Chan'er saw that I had written on the lantern, so she turned around proudly and talked to the boatman.

I didn't want to hear what they had to say, so I squatted down reverently, and like so many maidens on the shore, I gently lowered the lantern into the water, and gently rippled it with my hand, and meditated on my wishes.

I looked at the lotus lantern drifting farther and farther, and the concern in my heart seemed to be let go little by little, at this moment, between the bright heaven and the earth, it seemed that only I and that little candlelight were left.

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Suddenly, the boat seemed to be hit by something, and the whole ship was heavily detached from its original arc. I was slammed out of my grief and slammed into the plank, and I asked, "What's going on!" ”

The boatman no longer quarreled with Chan'er, and after calming down, he picked up the oars to stabilize the boat, and he roughly checked the situation ahead, and replied loudly: "Childe, there is a big painting boat in front of you blocking the way, and I just ran into them." ”

Chan'er hurriedly came over to help me up, and we went to check the situation together, because Lu Chen, the son of the prime minister's mansion, rented a painting boat to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival and invited some young ladies to drink and have fun.

My brother was an official in the court, and he had never been associated with them, and I did not want to be bad with them, and seeing that it was getting late at night, and my mood was still depressed, I had no intention of swimming in the lake, so I ordered the boatman to come to the shore.

But Lu Chen didn't seem to want to calm things down, he stood on the board of the boat and shouted at me: "Hey! You hit our boat and want to walk away?! ”

Chan'er didn't know who they were, and when she saw them bullying people like this, she replied without showing weakness: "Why did we hit your painting boat?" Obviously, it was your boatman's poor skills that collided with us, and our Liang Gongzi fell down, do you know that this is the eldest prince of General Jianwei's mansion, if something happens, can you afford it! ”

Chan'er's mouth was very fast, and it was too late when I wanted to stop her, so I could only watch her shake out my identity.

When Lu Chen heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he looked at me condescendingly, and said in a strange manner: "Who am I, it was Liang Lone, they all said that General Liang Lone, the eldest son of General Jianwei, was just and unscrupulous, and he had never been in the company of us idle young masters and young masters, why?" Also come to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to join in the fun? This time it was clear that you hit my painting boat, and you should have apologized, but you wanted to slip away, it shouldn't be a gentleman's doing! ”

This time it should be up to Chan'er to be confused, she thought that reporting my name would make the other party retreat, but she didn't think that the other party would hear my name and become more difficult.

Although I didn't want to have too much contact with them, I still had to stand up hard, deliberately lowered my voice and pretended to be a male voice, and said, "I don't want to fight with you over these small things, why don't we all take a step back, you continue to drink and have fun, and we will go home." ”

But Lu Chen seemed to want to provoke me, and he ordered his boatman to approach my boat, and he wanted to destroy my boat. Chan'er was in a hurry and hurriedly asked the boatman to dodge.

After chasing each other, many onlookers poured out of the already lively shore, they did not know what was happening, but it was also interesting to see the two boats competing with each other, so they did not know what to make a lively shout.

I realized that if things continued to develop, my father and brother would probably find out about it tomorrow, and when they learned that I had sneaked out to participate in the Lantern Festival in the guise of my brother, and that I was fighting with the group of gentlemen in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I would inevitably be punished. I ordered the boatmen to come to shore and try to get rid of them.

Suddenly, another painting boat appeared from my side, the speed was so fast that I didn't expect, before I could react, Lu Chen's painting boat and I were knocked over by it, and there was an exclamation on the shore.

"Ah!! Someone overboard! Go to the Yamen to report the case! ”

We all fell into the lake. There was an uproar on the shore.

"Help!!"

"Ahhh I can't swim! ”

"Come and save... Not... Help me! ”

Miss Gongzi on Lu Chen's side was in a panic after falling into the water, and the entourage on the shore jumped into the water to rescue, and the scene was chaotic.

Chan'er and the boatman grew up near the water since they were children, and they are familiar with the nature of the water, and when they saw me falling into the water, they hurriedly tried to save me: "Son! Liang Gongzi! Where are you? ”

"I'm here! Help me! "I can't swim, and I sank after falling into the water without a few "flutters".

"Liang Gongzi! Liang Gongzi!! ”

The lake water in the first month of the month was very cold, I was physically exhausted and soon sank into the lake and lost consciousness, I thought that I would die in such a lifetime, but unexpectedly, a warm and powerful hand grabbed me, and fished me out of the water, I fainted because I choked too much water, and before I could see his appearance clearly, I only vaguely heard him say in my ear: "Don't be afraid, hold on to me." ”

This sentence alone made me extremely relieved, although I was in danger and didn't know who the other party was, I still snuggled up in his arms safely.