The New Year Festival is approaching, and the merchants from the south to the north gather in the bustling Chang'an City, with their own hard goods at the bottom of the box, are all doing the final game for this year's business.

Some of them were originally residents of Chang'an City, running around for months, returning scarce goods from other places and selling them to rich and noble families in the city;

There are also many merchants from other places who come to Kyoto with strange goods, ready to take advantage of this New Year's festival to make a lot of money.

Because of the recent troubles, the inventory of the twelve gates of Waiguo City is much stricter than in the past, and pedestrians entering and exiting must be carefully searched before entering and exiting.

Even so, there will still be a lot of people with ulterior motives.

At night, the bustling city gradually quieted down.

The winter nights are long, and it is still early before the curfew, and although the north wind is howling and unusually cold, there are still many drinkers and vendors who linger in the wine shops and brothels to have fun.

In a hut in the Persian Mansion, it was a time of singing and dancing.

His Royal Highness King Guoxi of Silla, who had just entered Chang'an City, had recently bought a house in Shanhefang outside the Honglu Guest House because the officials of Honglu Temple had recently bought a house in Shanhefang, and in order to show his gratitude, he chartered the entire wine shop and invited officials at all levels such as pawn officials, Cheng, and Zhangke.

Orchid danced and poured wine, everyone pushed their glasses and drank happily, and in a group of simple casual guards guarding outside the wine shop, a thin woman in gray clothes and black robes suddenly walked out, whispered a few words with several guards, and left in a hurry.

After the woman walked out of the West Market, she stopped and stopped all the way, and gradually entered the Guangde Fang.

After crossing the west gate, she came to a deep alley, and her footsteps suddenly stopped, only to see many sturdy men rushing out of the darkness.

The woman was shocked, and hurriedly found a hidden place to hide, and heard a sound from a distance:

On the second day, the sky was sunny again, the sun was shining, and Suning'er felt very comfortable.

The last time she missed the Qujiang Poetry Club, she later heard someone mention the grand occasion at that time, and she felt a little regretful in her heart.

Speaking of today, in fact, it is a gathering and banquet of a group of talented people, no need to fight, no need to go to the meeting with pressure, she likes it the most.

It's just that without Wanniang's company around me, I always feel that something is missing.

Fortunately, Ye Lanlan will also pass, and she can be regarded as a familiar person.

Without the Zhou family, Su Ningxiang was also much more well-behaved, and the sisters sat in the carriage, until they arrived in front of the Li Guogong Mansion in De'an Renfang, this little ancestor had never been a demon, quietly, and showed a bit of a lady's demeanor.

It was rare to see her so docile, although Suning'er was a little surprised, she was also very relieved. If this little girl is really quiet, it can be pitied, I just hope she can keep this calm and don't cause any embarrassment today.

Before going out, both Zhou and Qi had told them to take good care of the siblings.

Su Ning'er agreed, but as long as she thought of Su Ningxiang's usual behavior, she still couldn't help muttering in her heart, and she couldn't worry about this cousin, afraid that she would accidentally mess around in front of the public.

After all, they are all roommates, and behind closed doors, they make noise at home, even if they make some stumbling blocks, it is only a matter in the boudoir; But once you get out of the house, if you want to make some trouble, it will always be the face of the Su family.

At this point, she admires Zhou a little, and she does a very good job of saving face in front of people.

Suning'er just lifted the curtain, and Su Ningxiang, who had been silent all the way, suddenly had a thought, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and couldn't help but whisper:

"Today, the eldest sister has prepared in advance, the matchmaker invites, they must all be well-educated people, the eldest sister took the poem last time, don't lose your dignity for the Su family this time."

Suning'er smiled and shook her head: "The matchmaker just invited everyone to come over to taste the wine and enjoy the flowers, why should you prepare in advance." ”

"Oh", Su Ningxiang's cheeks on both sides trembled slightly, and said stupidly:

"Also, there is no theme, improvisational poems are the real tricks, the slave family is still a little puzzled, I don't know where the eldest sister plagiarized those poems last time, and it also moved the saint, although it is a poem, it is always unconvincing, the eldest sister still has to be cautious, the slave family and Ah Que don't want to be embarrassed with the eldest sister."

I see.

Suning'er's already moved immediately withered, but she didn't expect that she was afraid of being embarrassed, so she cared about herself so much.

It seems that I am really thinking too much.

Outside the gate of Li Guogong's mansion, horses and chariots were gathering from all directions, slowly stopping, and the crowd of people in various clothes was laughing and walking towards the mansion.

Suning'er got out of the carriage and looked at the bustling crowd, quite surprised: there were many more guests than she expected.

Looking around, I saw Li Squeak and Ye Lanlan holding each other, and greeted them with a smile.

When Ye Lanlan saw her, she was cordial, and she shook her body excitedly, so she couldn't wait to put her hand on her wrist, and complained a little: "Yiniang can let the slave family wait, the slave family and Sister Squeak have been looking forward to it here for almost half an hour before they will look forward to Yiniang." ”

Suning'er looked frightened and replied embarrassedly: "Let the two second mothers wait for a long time, the slave family is deeply disturbed. ”

"It's okay, it's okay", Li Qiqi also smiled and hurriedly said:

"At present, there is a sudden chaos in the north, and all the envoys of the sage Beimu are buried in the Jedi, and my father is about to go on an expedition, which was supposed to stop my mother's poetry meeting, but I got the special approval of the sage, and the palace passed down yesterday to make this poetry meeting more lively, and let the virtuous concubine enter the house to run it personally, no, there are a lot of scholars and literati here today."

Hearing her say this, Suning'er's eyes couldn't help but start looking around, expecting the familiar figure to suddenly appear.

Ye Lanlan looked at her a little absent-mindedly, and immediately realized what she was looking forward to, and whispered in her ear: "In the past two days, many courtiers have played, asking the saint to mourn the Cui family and his son with a national funeral gift. ”

Suning'er's cautious thinking was cold, and Ye Erniang noticed it instantly, and a touch of crimson suddenly appeared on her face.

Just when I was feeling lost, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind:

"On such a cold day, why is Su Yiniang dressed so thinly?"

Suning'er turned around and saw King Qing leading a team of servants standing in front of him.

She was so frightened that she trembled, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, isn't it?" ”

King Qing grinned coldly: "Cui Yushi is the saint Beimu, who was martyred in the line of duty, and should be buried with a national funeral ceremony. ”

After saying so lightly, he took off the brocade robe he was wearing on his shoulders, handed it to Shuang'er, and said solemnly: "Quickly put it on with your mother." ”

Shuang'er trembled and took the brocade robe and obediently draped it on Suning'er.

Suning'er tiptoed to the side in some fright, and the roots of her ears became hot in an instant.