In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Shangyuan Festival, and colorful lanterns were hung everywhere on the streets of Beijing, and red lanterns were hung in front of every house. There are also merchants who make huge lantern wheels, lamp trees, lamp posts, etc. and put them on the streets, and the fire trees and silver flowers all over the city are very prosperous and dazzling.

There are also dragon plays, lion dances, stilts and other prosperous walks through the streets and alleys, and the lively and lively people lead the onlookers to follow all the way. On the moat, there are 12 prostitutes of the Qinglou painting boat for night cruise, the boats are all gorgeously decorated, the lights and shadows are longing, and there are guests feasting, drinking, dancing and music The sound reverberates leisurely on the river.

And the most lit place is the Heavenly Street, because it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are soldiers guarding the town, and non-court officials are not allowed to enter. Therefore, the people can only watch from a distance, only looking at the glass lamps shining brightly, and the official ladies and daughters are all dressed up and beautiful, and they cannot look directly.

But the most lively place is not the Heavenly Street, nor the moat, but the entrance of the Heavenly Street. And although there are soldiers and generals surrounding and guarding, it is still crowded, in addition to the onlookers, even the young masters and ladies of the official family are also there to enjoy and play.

But it turned out that there was a glazed lamp mountain made of glazed glass at the entrance of Tianjie. I saw that it is five zhang high, brilliant and bright, carved beams and painted buildings, and the characters are all used to move with organs, and the knot is stored in a large color building. And between the windows of the halls and beams for the gushing wall, make all kinds of stories, dragons and phoenixes water, meandering like life. The front and back are set up with jade curtains, and the treasure light and flower shadows cannot be faced. Xianshao insider, playing new songs, heard the world. The hall is paved with five-color glazed pavilions, all of which are balls and dragons and flowers. A small crystal curtain hangs between the small windows, and the tassel treasure belt is shining. The throne is set up, and it is suddenly like being in the Guanghan Qingxu Mansion.

And this lamp mountain called "Toad Palace" is the crown of today's Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and it is the king of ten thousand lights. The Son of Heaven specially ordered the craftsmen to place it at the entrance of Tianjie for the people of the capital to see, in order to show the emperor's grace.

Lu Yushi is an important minister of the imperial court and has a high and powerful position, so the Lu family's tent position on the heavenly street is extremely high, and the two sheds of the prime minister Qin family and Shangshu Wu family are next to each other.

When Qin Tianjian reported the auspiciousness, the Son of Heaven took the queen to the palace gate tower to show that he was happy with the people. The hundred officials are arranged on the heavenly street according to their ranks, and the emperor and queen pay a big salute, and then on the street in the distance, the crows and crows kneel down a large number of people.

After the ceremony, the street resumed its bustle, singing, dancing, juggling, eating, bustling, and lacking.

The emperor and queen also placed a guard of honor on the palace gate tower to watch the lights of the capital. The eleven-year-old Prince Chen also climbed the palace gate to watch the scenery at some point, and he was accompanied by a tall and tall red-clothed beauty.

"Tang'er, look, who is the woman standing next to the prince? I don't look like an eldest princess. ”

Mrs. Lu took a closer look, but was dazzled by the exquisite glass lamp outside, and couldn't help but turn her head to ask Lu Tang.

Lu Tang is wearing a red jacket skirt with a snow-white mink fur collar today, and her face is bright and cute under the lights.

"It's the only granddaughter of General Zhang's family, Sister Zhang." She replied softly, her eyes looking at the red-clothed beauty in the bright lights—still beautiful and beautiful. But for some reason, the straight body looked very lonely in the noise of the city.

"It's strange that I look very refreshed, this lady is really heroic, I have seen her different before."

Mrs. Lu suddenly said with a smile in her mouth.

"This daughter of the Zhang family is engaged to the prince, and she will be a figure in the world of motherhood in the future, of course, she is different. I don't know how to raise this all-round elegance in such a wild place as southern Yunnan, look at that bearing, it really compares all the daughters in the capital to the bottom. ”

The wife of Wu Shangshu's family next to her happened to come in, and when she heard it, she smiled and said, and greeted Lu Tang next to her: "Tang'er is so tall, it's time to reach the age of Xu's family." Look at this good face, why don't you get along with my family? ”

Lu Tang blushed suddenly, stomped his feet lightly, and lowered his head not to look at Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Lu glanced at Mrs. Wu with disgust and said, "Your kid is only twelve, one year younger than my Tang'er, what kind of marriage is it!" ”

As he spoke, he smiled and invited Mrs. Wu to sit down.

Mrs. Wu has always been friendly with Mrs. Lu, and pouted: "The prince is only eleven, and I have watched Tang'er grow up since she was a child, if she really becomes the daughter-in-law of my family, I will definitely love her like an adopted daughter." ”

Mrs. Lu laughed: "You are a broken family, you want to raise a daughter for more than ten years and you haven't been satisfied, I also said that you have stopped thinking!" I didn't expect that now I would hit our Tang'er with my thoughts, and I can't let you succeed. ”

Mrs. Wu suddenly didn't comply, and the two ladies laughed, but they didn't mention Lu Tang's family affairs.

Lu Tang saw his mother and Mrs. Wu drinking tea and chatting about the day, and he felt bored listening to it, so he said coquettishly to Mrs. Lu: "Mother, I want to go out and see the excitement." ”

"Let a few of your brothers go with you." Mrs. Lu was a little uneasy, so she put the teacup and ordered.

"No, I'll go find Huang Jin'er and them to play, and let's go see the lights together."

Lu Tang replied with a smile and walked out.

The lamps on the street are all the glazed lamps on the prefectures, every year to the "Su lantern" as the most, the big circle is three or four feet, all of them are made of five-color glaze, landscape figures, flowers, bamboos and feathers, all kinds of wonderful, just like the color of the face. Then it is Fuzhou entered, then pure white jade, dazzling, such as a clear ice jade pot, refreshing the mind.

The sheds on Huang Jin'er and the other women's houses were farther back than the Lu family, and Lu Tang walked slowly while admiring the lanterns. There was only one servant behind him, and Pu Jia stayed in the shed in the house.

"Miss, look, that's not Jiyue Gongzi!"

Lu Tang was attracted by a colorful jade rabbit lamp equipped with a mechanism and could move his hind legs, and hurriedly turned around to take a look after hearing Cai Wei's surprised voice.

Sure enough, I saw Qin Zan not far away, and saw that he was still dressed in white and black-haired, stopping at the lamplight, and holding a silk cocktail lamp in his hand.

Lu Tang thought about it for a while, and just walked over to greet him, but found that Qin Zan was already carrying the cockroach lantern and slowly walking in his direction.

"Qin Gongzi." Lu Tang saw that Qin Zan was about to walk in front of him, so he bit his lip lightly, and said to Qin Zan with a slightly red face.

Qin Zhan's feet froze slightly, and when he raised his eyes and saw that it was Lu Tang, he smiled gently, and said politely and detachedly: "Miss Lu." ”

"Where is Qin Gongzi going? But looking for someone? ”

Lu Tang saw that he was alone, so he asked casually.

Qin Zan was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes and smiled.

"Nobody can be found."

He paused and said.

"Nowhere to go."

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