Chinese New Year's Eve, day after day, soon it will be the Lantern Festival.

Xiao He took the initiative to ask Mu Churan to go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns, which made him a little surprised. The two of them were at the lantern festival on Suzaku Street in parallel, and this year the crowd was particularly turbulent. In addition, Xiao He couldn't help but stop and look at some delicate lanterns every time he encountered them, Mu Churan walked and walked, and his side was empty, so he had to turn back to look for her.

When he left the palace, he only brought three or two personal guards with him, so that they would not follow too closely. so as not to disturb the time between him and Xiao He.

As soon as Liu Zixin heard that he was making an appointment with Xiao He, he had a lot of complaints, but he was soft-spoken, and it was impossible for him to say anything in front of the emperor, so he could only obey the emperor's orders and follow from afar.

When Mu Churan squeezed to Xiao He's side, he couldn't help but shake his head, "You, tell me what you want to see." ”

Xiao He pointed to the lantern riddle over there, "Then let's go and see the lantern riddle." Saying that, she got into the crowd again, Mu Churan couldn't help but be anxious, followed in two steps, and reached out to grab her palm. Xiao He was slightly stunned, and looked back at him, with a hint of shame on his face.

The picture of two big men holding hands on the street is really embarrassing.

Mu Churan pulled lightly, made her take a step back, stood close to him, and then said softly, "Look, if you get closer to me, this sleeve will be covered and you won't be able to see it." If you're afraid that someone will see me holding you, don't run so fast, follow me closer. ”

Xiao He couldn't cry or laugh, as if he was still being coerced by him.

But the warm feeling of the hand hidden in his palm made her a little reluctant to let go. She followed him, unhurriedly, through the crowd to the riddle's booth. Xiao He is best at analogs, but today he doesn't want to guess anagrams, but wants to guess other categories.

She picked and picked around, and saw a riddle note on a large pink lantern hanging in a high position, "There are no vulgar people in the world", guessing the name of the solar term. She tugged at Mu Churan under her sleeve and whispered to him to help take down the note.

Mu Churan stretched out his arm slightly, then took down the note and handed it back to her, "What?" Guessed? What is the mystery? ”

The owner of the stall also came over, "This boy, you only need a copper plate to guess the riddle, and if you guess correctly, you can get a reward, and the prize of this riddle is worth one or two silver." ”

Xiao He took out his money bag, handed him a copper plate, and replied confidently, "Gu Yu." ”

The boss smiled, "Childe is really quick-witted, thanks to his patronage." So he took the lantern down with a bamboo pole and lit a candle for them. The radius of the pink lantern ruler is not only exquisitely made, but the patterns painted on the lamp paper are also very exquisite, each side is a different content, and the candles inside are lit up, revealing the pink warmth, which looks more beautiful.

It's just that such a fancy lamp, if it is in the hands of the daughter's family, it is a little more natural.

Xiao He carried the lamp himself, although he really liked it, but considering that he was dressed in men's clothes now, his expression was slightly uncomfortable. Mu Churan looked at her with a smile, and deliberately leaned into her ear and whispered, "This lamp is very beautiful in your hand, and it makes you smile more and more, which is unforgettable." ”

Obviously still in men's clothes, there is indeed an illusion that a woman from a good family is being ridiculed, Xiao He couldn't help but raise his eyes and glared at Mu Churan with disgust, but he didn't care and laughed deeper.

They walked all the way, and when they were about to reach the end of the street, Xiao He suddenly smelled a burst of aroma, which woke up the gluttonous worm in his stomach and gurgling. Mu Churan turned his head to look at her, "Hungry?" Xiao He nodded awkwardly.

"Well, I'm a little hungry too." I don't know if he was really hungry, or to relieve Xiao He's embarrassment.

The two of them followed the fragrance and went around to the alley, where there was a small food shop, with a half-open door and a stove on the side of the street, selling dumplings and dumplings in sour soup. During this night, there are quite a few people who patronize. His shop is very small, and there are no people in it, and the customers are all sitting around the wooden tables and chairs at the door.

The store may be afraid of freezing the guests, so they moved the stove to the door, but it is a little intimate, no wonder the aroma of this dumpling wafted so far. If you are careful about everything, you can see many details, and you can also judge that his dumplings must taste good.

Xiao He was really hungry, so he stepped forward and said to the shopkeeper, "Boss, come and have two bowls of dumplings." ”

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man, and when he heard that someone had come to place an order, he looked up and looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry for the two of you, the dumplings are selling too fast today, and the filling is no longer enough." There is only one bowl left. Do you still want more? ”

Xiao He turned his head and glanced at Mu Churan, Mu Churan smiled, "Yes!" A bowl too. ”

"That'...... You eat it. Xiao He whispered to him.

Mu Churan didn't answer, and looked around, not only were there not many dumplings, but there were no empty seats for this table and chair. The proprietress came out of the house with two wooden stools and placed them on the side, "The wronged son sits on the side and waits, it will be fine immediately!" ”

After Mu Churan thanked the proprietress, he took Xiao He to sit on the side and wait.

After a while, the dumplings were served, and the hot aroma was overflowing, and just smelling it made people's appetite move. Xiao He had already said to give it to him, so he didn't reach out to pick it up. After Mu Churan took the bowl, he handed the chopsticks to Xiao He, "I'll help you hold it, you eat." ”

Xiao He was slightly stunned, and then listened to him continue, "I wasn't so hungry just now, and I had a lot of dinner before I came out." Eat it while it's hot. ”

Since he said so, Xiao He was not polite.

I picked one up, took a big bite, and was scalded and inhaled, but I tasted good. It's just that this dumpling soup is really hot, and Mu Churan is also pampered, holding the bowl like this, his hands must be hot.

She swallowed the dumplings into her stomach twice before reaching out to take the bowl, "It's so hot, I'll hold it myself." As soon as his hand touched the edge of the bowl, it was burned and he couldn't help but retract it again. Mu Churan looked at her dotingly and smiled, "It's okay, my hands are thick, I'm not afraid of being hot, you eat." Leave me alone. ”

Xiao He had no choice but to continue to eat dumplings according to his words.

"The pido in my hand is too much of a pen and I practiced." He explained as if he had to whisper to her.

Indeed, he didn't practice much and didn't hold weapons, but he definitely held the pen for the longest time, and at first he practiced calligraphy to please his father. When the right hand is tired of writing, the left hand is writing, and the left hand is tired of writing, and then switch back to the right hand.

As if she didn't believe her, he stretched out his right hand and stretched out it to show her. She knew that there was a thin callus in his palm, but she had never studied the position of the calloused in detail, it turned out to be held by holding a pen. She couldn't help but reach over and stroke it gently, and when she touched his palm, she really believed it, he was holding the edge of the bowl with calluses on his fingertips, and he was really not afraid of burning.

But I was so served by Emperor Da Yin to eat dumplings, and I was really a little unhappy.

So Xiao He took a dumpling, blew it, and handed it to his mouth, "You can also taste one, it's really delicious." ”

Mu Churan's eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth to bite in.

Xiao He lowered his head and continued to eat his own, not finding any problems at all, only after feeding a few more times, he suddenly realized. If you feed him something else, it's just the chopsticks you used, and they are taken out of the bowl you have eaten, which is too intimate.

When she remembered it, she had to pretend not to know and continue to eat dumplings with her head down.

But Mu Churan deliberately reminisced, "Well, it tastes really good, give me another one." ”

Xiao He was stunned, and he could only hold one more and hand it to his mouth, and when it collided with his eyes, it seemed to have lightning flashes, burning people almost into green smoke. In the next half bowl, Xiao He also seemed to be enchanted, sharing the remaining dumplings with him.

A pair of chopsticks, just a bowl, patrolled several times between the lips and teeth of the two.

After eating the dumplings, Xiao He's face was so hot that it seemed to be cooked. When she saw Mu Churan returning the empty bowl to the boss, her palms were slightly red, and she couldn't help but ask him, "Is it still a little hot?" ”

Although he claimed that he was not afraid of being hot, after all, his flesh and blood had been holding the hot bowl for so long.

"It's okay." He rubbed his hands together lightly.

Xiao He is not sluggish, but she can't let go. Some things are like a sluice gate, and once they are opened, they will continue to leak and drown out all reason. She struggled for a long time, but still reached out and took the medicine bag she carried, and the ointment with burns in it was placed in a small bottle the length of her thumb.

She fell into the palm of her hand, and without saying anything, she smeared it on Mu Churan in the palm of her hand.

The two folded their palms, their palms intertwined, rubbing against each other, and their skin heated up quickly. She looked down at her hands, and he looked down at her. I don't know how long I've been standing in this alley like this, and even the recipes over there have been closed and closed, so the two of them woke up and looked up again.

Mu Churan still grabbed her hand in the palm of her hand, as if muttering to herself, "I really don't want to go back to the palace." ”

What he said reminded Xiao He that he did have a task to keep him outside the palace. She grabbed his hand with her backhand, "I'll take you somewhere." ”

Walking through the streets, she took him, shook off the guards behind her, and came to the door of the wine shop she ran.

Mu Churan followed her all the way, didn't ask much, only when she arrived at the door, she looked up at the signboard and read it out, "There is a wine shop." Hearing him read this name made her heart ripple slightly, and she remembered some of the past, and the thought drifted away.

"There's the best wine, the best dancing girls." Xiao He turned his head and smiled at Mu Churan, he was very hearty, but there was a hundred charms in Mu Churan's eyes.

Then he came back to his senses and sighed with a smile, "You actually come to this kind of place on weekdays to see the dancing girls?" ”

Xiao He didn't answer, and after taking him inside, he went to the private room on the second floor. In this private room, you can see the performance in the lobby on the first floor from the openwork window, but you will not be seen. This pattern makes those who are rich and love face very fond of it.

After Mu Churan sat down with her, Xiao Er outside the door asked Xiao He directly, "Do you still want to be the same?" Xiao He bowed his head and said, "As usual." After Xiao Er turned around and retreated, Mu Churan felt jealous, "Who do you come with on weekdays?" ”