Yuan Xi Festival, the family went to their own lantern shed to see the lights, can be built along the royal street on the day of the Yuan Xi Festival, are now Xuanhe's house, when Li Jingsheng was still there, to be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, the Li family's lantern shed was built very high, that is, two or three behind several palaces and Xiangye's house, and then Li Jingsheng was gone, and the lantern shed was also gone, until two years ago Li Yujing was promoted to the vice president of the Privy Council, and then there was the glory of building a lantern shed along the royal street, although this lantern shed was set up in the middle, it was far away from the emperor, but in the end, It was built with a lantern shed, compared to the Jiang family, it is still a lot better, the Jiang family's lantern shed has always been built in front of the Li Mansion, and now the Li family has set up the lantern shed again, but the Jiang family's lamp shed does not seem to have a shadow.

The lantern of the Yuan Xi Festival, the fifteenth is the right day, but the excitement has to continue until the sixteenth day of the first month, until the dawn of the seventeenth, the officials and the commercial houses will start to remove the lantern shed, from this day, the city gate is closed according to the hour, everything returns to normal, and the prosperous carnival of the first month is really over.

On the evening of the 16th, Li Danruo made an appointment with Hongyun to visit the lanterns in the morning, changed his clothes in the evening, and hurriedly ate a few bites of food at Mrs. Ning's place, so he was busy saying goodbye to Mrs. Ning and went out to look for Hongyun to see the lights.

Old Madam Ning watched Li Danruo jump out with joy, drank a cup of tea, called Mama Huang in, and said with a smile: "Sister Ruo'er went to find that red cloud to play again?" ”

"No, I happened to meet Mama Shen just now, and asked her casually, saying that the fourth lady sent someone over in the morning to make an appointment with the red cloud to watch the lights." Mama Huang sat on the small pestle in front of the kang and said with a smile, Mrs. Ning half-closed her eyes, and then smiled: "Alas, this child is thoughtful, such an inquiry, I understand it, I understand it too much, I am afraid that I can inquire about any private matters, alas." ”

Mama Huang looked at Old Madam Ning, hesitated and laughed in a low voice: "The old ancestor is worried about this, why didn't he stop her?" ”

"Don't stop! Stop what? Alas, I knew it was good earlier, I wasn't afraid that she would know, I was afraid that she would think of a man too well and become a parent, and after three years, five years, ten years and eight years, someone would be stabbed in the heart. Mrs. Ning's words stopped suddenly, and after a while, she sighed sadly: "It's better to see it now, if you die, you won't be sad in the future, don't stop, let her take a good look and listen carefully, it's no harm, that red cloud, I look at it and do have a bit of chivalry, since ancient times, if my sister walks around the market for a moment or two, and knows some of the situation in the market, it doesn't hurt, besides, if my sister knows how to measure, I like her the most." Old Madam Ning sighed again, as if talking to herself, and as if she was talking to Mama Huang.

Mama Huang thought about it, and quietly diverted the topic: "Don't worry about the ancestor, the fourth sister is so smart and sensible, and the second one can't be found in the capital, besides, our fourth sister is a good life, the ancestor still remembers, the fourth sister was born, the ancestor sent me to look for Yao Tianshi outside the city to approve the life of the fourth sister, Yao Tianshi said that our fourth sister's life is extremely rare, what to say, in the mother's family Wang Niang's family, marry the husband's family Wangfu's family, walk through the ridge grass to sprout, through the pond fish jump, you see, what a good life!"

Mrs. Ning laughed: "No, at the end of that year, her father was promoted, and he was promoted again within two years, who ......knows" Mrs. Ning's voice was choked for a long time, and then she barely spoke: "I was dizzy at that time, and I almost let people smash Yao Tianshi's signboard, but then I got angry and figured it out, what is in her way, she is a girl's family, this is not fateful, if it is good, let's listen, it is not good...... How can you believe this? They are all innumerable. ”

"Not really!" Mama Huang replied with a smile, but she was annoyed in her heart, she wanted to say something happy, how did she go upside down to the fourth master, the ancestor was right, this life is really unbelievable, then Yao Tianshi also said that this is a short-lived life, she didn't even dare to mention half a word to the ancestor when she came back, look, isn't the fourth lady living well until now? It can be seen that this iron-mouthed Yao Tianshi is also a nonsense person who cheats people out of money.

Mrs. Ning didn't want to go down this topic anymore, so she went away and chatted with Mama Huang about the old stories of various families in the capital.

At the mouth of an alley not far from Sangjia Wazi, Hongyun was dressed in a half-worn indigo silk dress, wrapped in a thick cotton cloak with indigo on the outside, and the hood was half on his head. ”

"I'll just say, you rich and noble little ladies, you don't think about everything, you don't want to think about it, I dance on the stage all day long, how many unmotivated bastards know me in this capital? I'm not afraid alone, I'm with you, let people recognize me, even if I don't cause trouble, it will hurt your reputation if it gets out, let's go, it'll be fine, the hood is fastened again, no one will recognize it. Hongyun said, put the hood on his head, pulled it around, blocked his face tightly, pulled the cloak in front of his chest with both hands, and shrunk his shoulders, bloated and gloomy, like an old woman who has been doing rough work in the market all year round.

Li Danruo couldn't cry or laugh, but thinking about Hongyun's words, it was indeed the truth, Hongyun poked Li Danruo with his elbow: "Let's go, where do you want to go the most?" I heard that the eldest prince will set off fireworks on the Bianhe River tonight, why don't we take a look along the river? Li Danruo thought about it and smiled: "It's windy by the river, it's weird and cold to walk around, and you are dressed like this, it doesn't look comfortable at all, I like to look at beauties...... Or, let's look for a wine shop along the river, see if we can find a private room where you can see fireworks, go in and sit, it's warm and quiet and watch the excitement, let's talk while watching the scene, do you say okay? ”

Hongyun looked at Li Danruo and laughed: "Where else can I find a private room where I can see fireworks at this time?" You're really ...... I don't know the market, which wine shop is not full at this time? Not to mention the private room where you can see the fireworks, even the lobby has to be full!"

"Maybe, those wine shops, no matter how many people there are, also keep a good private room with two rooms for emergencies, the eldest brother and the second brother often go to the Huixian Building by the Jinliang Bridge to feast on the guest meeting, you just say it's good, I'll hurry up and ask people, maybe you can find one." Li Danruo said with a smile, Hongyun hurriedly pushed her and said with a smile: "Hurry up and call someone, I can't ask for it, I danced for a day today, and my feet hurt." Li Danruo hurriedly instructed Mama Shen, and the two of them didn't go shopping, so they simply got into the car, followed the flow of people, and slowly walked towards Jinliang Bridge.

It didn't take long for the long time to run back to report, there was a private room near the river in the Huixian Lou branch, Li Danruo and Hongyun were overjoyed, and went all the way to the courtyard of the Huixian Building and got off the car, and the doctor of tea and wine respectfully led the two to the second floor, and entered a private room at the very end, the private room was very warm, Hongyun took off his cloak, turned his head and looked around and smiled: "I like to use the house with the wall and the earth dragon like this, it is warm, and there is no half of charcoal, and when I earn money in the future, I will also build a house like this to live." ”

Li Danruo walked to the window, pushed the window open half of it, looked out and said with a smile: "It's good here, I won't stop the fireworks at all when I watch the fireworks for a while." Hongyun hurriedly came over, looked around from behind Li Danruo and said with a smile: "Alas, if you have hot tea to drink and eat a little sweet, you can see the fireworks when you are warm and warm, this is called comfortable!"

"This is not good, you have to take a boat to the Bianhe River to see it, after watching the fireworks, the boat will sail all the way out of the city, find a quiet place, moored in the middle of the river, talk, listen to music, take advantage of the surrounding weather, the most interesting but, today is too late, next year the two of us will take a boat to watch the fireworks to play!" Hongyun let out a long sigh, sighed again, and sighed three or four times in a row before saying: "No wonder you can't be a concubine, whether it's an outer room, you can sharpen your head and squeeze it into the rich and noble, this enjoyment is really incomparable." ”

Li Danruo poured a cup of tea and handed it to Hongyun and said with a smile: "Each has its own good, and each has its own troubles, if you really enter a rich and noble family as a concubine, you will enjoy the wealth, and your heart will have to suffer, my sister is like this, I am afraid that I would rather suffer from the body than let my heart suffer from such constraints." ”

"Alas! Who knows, just two days ago, Xiao Rong, the usher in the class, left with a big businessman who did maritime business, Xiao Rong is only seventeen this year, and the old man is in his sixties, I want to persuade her, Sister Yang didn't let me persuade her, saying that they have their own blessings, looking at it this way, but no, their own blessings and their own lives. Hongyun didn't know what he remembered, he was stunned for a moment, and muttered with a smile: "If I become an aunt, he will be fine, if not, I will make his house restless." Li Danruo frowned, he didn't want to laugh, he didn't laugh, he sighed again and again: "What's the trouble?" What's the point of making a fuss, it's all women who can't get along with women, and then scrambling to please that man? Forget it, let's not talk about this, I'm out to have fun today, and if I keep talking, I'm going to find a sulk. ”

"Is it mine, isn't it, let's talk about the situation, I heard that the fireworks on the Bianhe River today are the eldest prince's filial piety to the emperor? How much silver does this cost?!"

"The fireworks on the sixteenth night of the first month on the Bianhe River are not the rules of a year or two, this year it is just the eldest prince who received this mission, why did this fireworks become his filial piety to the emperor? Spending the emperor's silver, he has to honor his name, this clever investment is too much, alas, but the prince has always been such a temper, and he really ascended to the throne in the future, and he doesn't know how to put gold on his face, but he is afraid that it will rain in the sky, and he has to ask for it with his face. Li Danruo said unceremoniously, Hongyun giggled when he heard it, and almost choked on a sip of tea with only a smile, hurriedly put down the cup, jumped up and jumped on tiptoe several times before he eased his breath and nodded Li Danruo and said: "I thought you were a gentle person, but you were so mean, what you said, alas, laughed at me!"