Pei Baoer dresses up and wants to go out, so naturally it is impossible to hide it from Beiyan and others. The latter learned that she was going out to play with the prince and Xiao Shizi, and when she was overjoyed, she put aside the string of red and blue colored threads and raw flower pots in her hand, and ran over happily to pick out clothes and jewelry for her.

As a result, Pei Baoer didn't want any.

She sat down at the dresser, applied two shades of dark foundation to her face, drew her eyebrows thickly, and specially applied several layers of powder to her earlobes to cover the piercings tightly.

In the end, he was wearing neither the fresh and pleasant light goose yellow summer shirt that Beiyan painstakingly picked out, nor the extravagant moire dark brocade eight-treasure skirt, but a men's caftan with an extremely simple style.

Pei Baoer was born tall, a little taller than ordinary women, and then tied her chest, so when she dressed up, she became a young and pretty scholar. In addition, her eyes are open-minded, down-to-earth and generous, and her gestures are natural, where is there still half a daughter's posture?

It's no wonder that Qi Heng was taken aback at first glance.

Qi Tan's children are not very surprised, although he is young, he has a good memory, Pei Baoer has also dressed as a man so many times before, and he still remembers it.

He took Pei Bao'er's hand, and when he saw Qi Heng, he jumped up and down to run to his father, only pulling Pei Bao'er's hand and not letting go, and the latter had to be led by him and walked quickly.

"Dad, Dad~Let's go put the lights~"

Qi Heng was slightly stunned, and looked at Pei Bao'er a little strangely, with some doubts in his eyes.

Pei Baoer was difficult to go out to visit the night market, she was in a happy mood, and with a little smile on her face, she teased: "Doesn't the prince know the custom of putting river lanterns on Qixi Festival?" ”

The seventh day of the seventh month, also known as Qixi Festival, is the festival of the folk Queqiao Society. I don't know from which dynasty there was such a custom. To the effect that he was afraid that the Cowherd would not be able to see the Magpie Bridge in the dark night, he put lights on the river in the world, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet smoothly.

In later generations, there were also those who put sky lanterns to pray, but here, especially in the capital, sky lanterns have not yet become popular, and the cost is also expensive, and most ordinary people will still choose to go to the moat to join in the fun.

Qi Heng was born in the palace since he was a child, and most of the palace banquets will be organized by the queen of the main palace every Qixi Festival, and the participants are limited to the concubines who are like flowers.

His biological mother, Concubine Wei, had a strict and square personality, was born in a family of eunuchs, and had a strict family education, so she had no chance to come into contact with these folk customs, let alone tell him such a thing by word of mouth. Since I can remember, after I became adults, the most talked about between the mother and son is about learning, homework, palace and selfishness and other boring topics.

A few days ago, I still listened to Sun Qiao and a few people whispering, discussing the change of shifts on the night of Qixi Festival, he asked casually, and only then did he know that tonight was a good day for the children of the people to meet. Then, I couldn't help but think about it, and sent a piece of paper through the hands of my fat son.

But he actually didn't know what specific folk activities there were, so he just used the excuse of accompanying his son to the night market to eat and spend time alone with her.

Now listening to Pei Baoer's rough explanation, he suddenly became interested.

"I thought that the river lantern was only available during the Midyear Festival." Qi Heng inadvertently glanced at Pei Bao'er and looked at the soft smile of the little fat man, his heart jumped, and then he asked slowly: "This river lantern, can you buy it in the market?" ”

Pei Baoer said casually: "Most likely." Ordinary people are not as good as you, there are a bunch of people who are idle and have nothing to do to make lanterns to play during the New Year's holidays, and they have to be busy supporting their families. ”

Sure enough, in the street market where young men and women come and go, there are a lot of stalls specializing in selling all kinds of river lanterns, basically you can see one after walking a dozen steps, you can see that they are all handmade, although the shape is not very exquisite, but they are very careful, and the mass production of later generations is incomparable.

Qi Tan's children still remember that during the Lantern Festival this year, he Ah Liang took him to see a lantern festival. The lights of that day were better than today's ones with portraits and large sections of black letters, as well as ducklings and rabbits, and the shape was very cute. He liked the rabbit lamp very much at the time, so he pestered him Ah Liang to buy it for him, even if they moved a few days later, he would have to hold the little rabbit in the car. It's a pity that he moved again a while ago, but the rabbit lamp was broken on the way to transportation later. For this reason, he was so angry that he ignored the guard brother surnamed Lei for three days.

"Ah Liang, I want a rabbit lamp~" He pulled the corner of Pei Baoer's clothes with a flat mouth, and sold it miserably aggrieved.

Of course, Pei Baoer still has a deep memory of the rabbit lantern with a bumpy fate, and when she thinks of it, she wants to roll her eyes at Qi Heng even more.

She touched her son's head and coaxed him to buy him another one, so the two mothers and sons held hands to find the rabbit lamp, and Qi Heng was directly left behind.

He was not in a hurry, he followed behind the two slowly, keeping a distance of three or four steps behind, which was actually quite good, and the smiles and smiles of the daily interaction between the two fell into his eyes, making him feel a little "suddenly looking back, but the person was in the dim light".

It's just that after walking like this for a while, a person suddenly walked out of the oblique room, his face was sinking like water, and he bowed to him with a smile.

Qi Heng hadn't said "no courtesy" yet, but the person who came was very conscious, just bowed his waist slightly, and said in a low voice: "There are many people here, and I hope that the prince will forgive the official for being rude." "This is just an ordinary etiquette between peers, if you study it carefully, it is indeed a little disrespectful, but the other party's words can't find anything wrong.

If this was someone else, Qi Heng would probably have to be polite or two, but it was Xie Congyuan who he didn't want to see the most.

Tonight's good mood was almost swept away, and he hummed lightly, and his steps were about to pass the other party. At this moment, Pei Baoer seemed to notice his disappearance, and suddenly turned around to look for him, just in front of his eyes.

Indifference, gloomy, jealousy......

This is the emotion that Pei Baoer saw in his eyes.

Obviously, this is not the case, why is it just out of her sight, as if she has changed people, and this change of face is too fast, right?

Pei Bao'er's suspicious eyes turned and caught another person behind him.

Xie Congyuan was originally a little strange, a character like Qi Heng would actually come to visit the Qixi Market, or a micro-service trip? He couldn't help but have some bad associations, and planned to see if he was really empathetic and had made an appointment with some little girl to come here.

As a result, he saw Qi Heng walking quickly towards a large and small one who stopped in front of a small stall, like a father and son, who seemed to be a little familiar. When Pei Bao'er turned his head to look at Qi Heng a moment ago, somehow, he suddenly felt like a blessing, and through the thin "man" figure, he seemed to see the shadow of another person.

Sure enough, Qi Heng stepped forward directly and grabbed Pei Baoer's other empty hand.

Pei Bao'er didn't have time to notice how dark the eyes of Xie Congyuan and Uncle Xie who were watching from a distance were dim, and she was startled by Qi Heng's sudden hand-holding.

But in front of the little fat man, and facing Qi Heng, who was scorching and seemed to be hiding some complicated emotions, she really couldn't pull her face and immediately shook off his hand. I always feel that if I don't give face to the big guy like this, I may have to be retaliated against when I return home.

Pei Bao'er hesitated and hesitated, and kept turning the corner of the street, before taking advantage of the opportunity to pretend to be interested in a certain lamp to break away from the slightly cool big hand.

Qi Heng was not angry, as if he had expected it, but when she broke free, he took advantage of the situation and gently scratched her palm.

So, Pei Baoer's careful liver trembled for a night.

It's a pity that at the end of the walk, Qi Heng only carried two lanterns in his hands. One is the most ordinary lotus lamp, and there is no poetry on the lamp wall, which is plain white. The other is in the shape of a small house, and it is also very delicately made. As for the rabbit lamp designated by the little fat man, he couldn't find it all over the iron shoes.

Tonight's little fat man was going to be disappointed after all, Pei Baoer led him around the entire market, and there was not even a lamp in the shape of an animal, let alone a rabbit lamp.

Pei Bao'er is also very understandable, after all, most of the people who came tonight are young children, and it is rare to see two big and one small combination like the three of them, not to mention, in the eyes of outsiders, these are still two big men with a little doll, and this combination is even less. Going to put the river lantern is not to get rid of the disease and disaster, but to put the green silk in his heart. Therefore, in order to fit the psychology of the main target users, the business naturally has to rely on the talented and beautiful woman and poetic route, in addition to the outline of various flower shapes, the inner lamp wall is not to draw a shy beauty, or to inscribe a love poem related to the Chinese Valentine's Day, as well as the straightforward, simply draw a pair of men and women meeting under the moon.

In short, the needs of niche users like Qi Tan's little fat man, the merchants in the capital did not pay attention to it at all.

The little fat man couldn't buy his beloved rabbit lamp, he looked depressed, and his little peach blossom eyes were watery, and he was about to cry.

Today, in order to facilitate the family of three to be alone, Qi Heng is considered to be a white dragon micro-service, without a guard, and only arranged a few secret guards to follow from afar, so he can only willingly play the role of porter and coolie.

At this moment, in addition to the two lanterns in his hand, there are also two or three packs of food and toys that the little fat man wants to buy on a whim in the process of looking for the lanterns. The two hands were stuffed to the brim, and he couldn't touch his head or wipe his tears with his free hands, so Qi Heng had to draw a pie for his son.

"Ahem, if you like it, go back to the house and have someone make you a rabbit lantern, okay?"

Pei Baoer also handed over the Qiaoguo that he had just bought from the stall next to him in a timely manner, it happened to be in the shape of an animal, and there was a long-eared one in it, and I didn't know if it was a dog or a rabbit, anyway, the little fat man said it was a rabbit at a glance, in short, the little fat man was distracted by this Qiaoguo, and then he was not disappointed with his father's promise, and turned his eyebrows and smiled.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, and the little fat man was almost going to bed, the family of three walked to the ferry, stepped on the wooden plank built on the river bank to put the lantern into the water, and gently pushed it into the distance.

Pei Baoer looked at the river lantern in the distance, and felt a slight confusion in her heart. After getting up, he turned his face away, and fell into a pair of bottomless eyes.

It's night, and the stars are shining.