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On the first day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival, remember to go to the New Year on this day.

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Since childhood, the days of ten or twenty days are the most important festivals of the ancient Chinese, and the Central Plains, whether it is high-ranking officials or ordinary people, are full of the joy of the New Year.

At the same time, I look forward to a good harvest and good luck in the coming year.

During this period of time in the Daming Palace, Li Mu followed Zhang Yan and Zhou Yu'er and his two daughters, and also really appreciated many ancient New Year customs, some customs with ancient characteristics that were forgotten or destroyed by the original plane.

The Lantern Festival, also known as the 'Shangyuan Festival. ’

One of the important Sanyuan Festivals in ancient times, this day has the meaning of commemorating the first full moon night after the Lunar New Year.

In this day, after eating the Lantern Festival during the day, people will go to the street to shop for lanterns, watch stilts, dragon and lion dances, visit temple fairs, and other folk activities, which are very lively.

When it comes to visiting lanterns, only wait until the night is the most lively time, when the night falls, overlooking from a high place, it is the ancient city that is lit up, and in the days before and after the Lantern Festival, the streets are densely lit, like the stars in the sky.

Whether it is a wealthy merchant of the Chamber of Commerce, a dignitary of the imperial court, or a landlord and gentry, when the Lantern Festival is approaching, they will build a tower of lanterns and hang beautiful lanterns on the streets in front of their respective doors.

The display of the whole lantern will not officially fall until after the Lantern Festival, on the seventeenth day of the first month, which also indicates the past of the old year, and the people on the land of the Central Plains have started the new year's work.

In the ancient Chinese dynasties, only the Ming Dynasty, the time to hang lanterns was the longest, starting from the eighth day of the first month, and continuing until the seventeenth day of the first month, as long as ten days.

Of course, the familiar lantern riddle is also held on this day on the night of the Lantern Festival, and some ancient businesses in order to attract business and play a role in expanding the reputation of the business, will use the way of guessing the lantern riddle to give the passing crowd the lanterns made by the firm, or other rewards, to show the color head.

In addition to these, the Lantern Festival also has another meaning, that is, it has the reputation of the first 'Valentine's Day' in ancient China, which is earlier than the recognized Qixi Festival as Valentine's Day.

On the day of the ancient Lantern Festival, the daughter who was originally locked in the embroidery building by her parents and could not easily see strangers would get the approval of her parents on this day and go out to enjoy the lanterns.

It is also the only day of the year when the daughter's house that has not been out of the cabinet can play happily until late at night.

On this day, not only will the daughter's house before leaving the pavilion visit the lanterns, but those ignorant young men will also dress up and travel on this day, hoping to meet the confidant red face.

Or take this opportunity to take a look at the matchmaker's words, the little daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door by her parents, and the same bold daughter's family, will also take this opportunity to see what kind of person her future husband will be and whether she is a good match.

Therefore, on the day of the Lantern Festival, there will be a lot of young men and daughters who have not left the pavilion on the streets at night, and they will have other purposes in mind.

In the name of lanterns, they test each other.

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On the day of the Lantern Festival, Zhang Yan didn't know where the whim came from, so she had to go out of the palace and take a look at the night market lanterns of the people in the capital.

And on the premise of not following the entourage, Li Mu only let Li Mu take the five girls out of the palace to see the lanterns.

For this proposal, Li Mu refused at first.

Because it can be seen from "A Dream of Red Mansions" that there are human traffickers both in this plane and in ancient times, otherwise, Cao Xueqin would not have written so many plots of abducting and selling women in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

He was the only one who accompanied Zhang Yan and the five daughters out of the palace to see the lanterns, and it was inevitable that there would be places that could not be taken care of, which gave some unscrupulous people a chance.

In that case, Li Mu will not regret his death, even if he turns the entire capital upside down afterwards and kills those unscrupulous people who covet the beauty of his women, it will be worth the loss.

In the end, Li Mu agreed, because Zhang Yan came up with a condition that he couldn't refuse.

That is, Zhang Yan's purpose of going out of the palace to visit the lanterns was just to let Li Mu accompany them more when he left.

Faced with Zhang Yan pulling Zhou Yu'er to pretend to be pitiful and pleading, Li Mu had to nod helplessly and agree, and accompanied them out of the palace to go to the folk to visit the lanterns.

The only condition is to bring a person to serve, bring Wei Zhongxian with him, and do some chores.

Zhang Yan readily agreed to this request.

Li Mu naturally smiled in his heart.

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Night.

A side gate out of the palace in the palace.

Li Mu was dressed in plain clothes, standing on the side of this side door, waiting for Zhang Yan's five daughters to come over, and when he was bored, he looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was waiting by his side.

"Duke Wei, have you put all the things that this seat ordered to be placed in the Muxi Palace?"

decided to leave the Daming plane and return to the original plane after the New Year, he naturally had to care about the goods he brought back, it can be said that the goods brought back to the original plane this time were very large and complex, and the number was also very large.

"Back to the Lord, the old slave has done everything according to the Lord's instructions, and all the things are placed in the Muxi Palace, and no one dares to touch half of it." Wei Zhongxian, who had changed into a servant, replied respectfully.

He has always taken the things Li Mu orders as the top priority, even if it is a matter of the imperial court, he has to stand aside.

"Well, when the Lantern Festival is over, on the seventeenth day, Duke Wei will accompany this seat to the Muxi Palace." Li Mu nodded, confirming the day he would leave.

Wei Zhongxian nodded and wrote, "The old slave understands. ”

After chatting a few words, Wei Zhongxian saw several figures appear on the only royal road that connected to this side door.

"Lord, the Queen Mother has arrived."

Hearing this, Li Mu looked at the other end of the royal road, and by the night, he saw Zhang Yan's five daughters walking towards this side with a smile, so the corners of his mouth smiled.

When Zhang Yan's five daughters approached and stood in front of him prettyly, Li Mu saw the costumes of the women, just like him, they were all dressed in plain clothes, and there were no ornaments that showed their identity.

These robes, including those on him, were all sent into the palace by Wei Zhongxian, and there was no such folk plain dress in this palace.

Zhang Yan saw Li Mu looking at them, turned around and asked, "Husband, does the concubine look good in this outfit?" Isn't it too plain?"

"Yes, Husband, come and see if Yu'er is so good-looking?" Zhou Yu'er also turned around.

Only the three daughters of Zhezhe stood aside, looking at the turning bodies of Zhang Yan and Zhou Yu'er, showing envy from time to time.

"It's good-looking, the Queen Mother looks good in everything, and so does Yu'er." Li Mu said with a smile, and did not forget to praise Zhou Yu'er.

Just the next sentence exposes his true nature.

"However, the minister still likes the appearance of the queen mother and the concubine without clothes."

"The husband is playing tricks on the concubine and his sister." Hearing Li Mu's words, Zhang Yan was ashamed, stepped forward and punched her lover, and said, "Duke Wei is still there." ”

Although Zhou Yu'er next to him did not step forward to beat Li Mu like Zhang Yan, she was also shy and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Haha." Li Mu laughed out loud and did not argue.

Wei Zhongxian, who was standing on the side, heard Li Mu's words, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly spoke: "The two mothers are dressed in robes, which simply makes the old slave shocked, and the contempt of Fengluan is difficult to hide, the old slave is now starting to worry, even if the two mothers who change into plain clothes go out of the palace, it will make the people of dawn recognize the noble identity of the mothers, this is really the light of the jade and the pearl." ”

"Hee-hee." Wei Zhongxian's sycophants were very useful to Zhang Yan and Zhou Yuer, and they laughed happily after hearing it.

Li Mu couldn't stand Wei Zhongxian's sycophant anymore, and interrupted: "Duke Wei's sycophant is good at kung fu. ”

"Hehe, the old slave is telling the truth, and so is the master..." Saying that, Wei Zhongxian thought of forgetting to pat Li Mu's ass, and hurriedly remedied it.

"Alright." Li Mu hurriedly interrupted, and then let Wei Zhongxian continue, the day was dawn, turned his head to look at the three daughters of Zhezhe, and said, "Zhezhe, have you three changed?" ”

"Return, master, Zhezhe and the three of them have changed." Finally had a chance to speak, Zhezhe took his niece and the two to show Li Mu a circle of changed robes.

Looking at the robes on the three daughters of Zhezhe, they are the same as those on Zhang Yan's body, but the style is different, and secretly Wei Zhongxian is very good at doing things.

Seeing that Zhang Yan's five daughters were all ready, Li Mu instructed: "Yan'er, my husband wants to tell you that when you leave this palace, don't call yourself a mourning family anymore, so as not to accidentally reveal your identity, after all, we are also a micro-service trip, and it is best not to disturb the activities of the people." ”

"Yes, husband." Zhang Yan smiled and nodded, she understood this.

Li Mu looked at the other four women and said, "You too, do you know?" ”

"Understood, husband." Zhou Yu'er nodded.

"Got it." The three daughters nodded.

Hearing this different title, Li Mu frowned and said: "Well, the title should also be changed, don't want the husband, the lord's name, so as not to get confused." ”

"What does the husband want to change?" Zhang Yan blinked and flattered, and the four daughters of Zhou Yu'er behind her also looked at Li Mu.

"Well...., master, yes, after the five of you leave the palace, you will call me master." Then Li Mu shook his head and smiled: "You five stunning beauties are the ladies in the lord's mansion, tonight's Lantern Festival, the lord will take you to see the lanterns." ”

"The concubine has seen the master." Zhang Yan took the lead in smiling, and with Li Mu's meaning, he greeted him.

"The concubines have seen the lord and the lady." Zhou Yu'er also brought the three daughters of Zhezhe to meet with a smile.

Li Mu laughed out loud when he saw this, and the five daughters of Zhang Yan, who had finished the visit, also covered their mouths and chuckled, as if they had discovered something funny, and called each other and joked there.

Wei Zhongxian, who had been observing the hour, saw that the hour was almost up, so he stepped forward and said, "Master, madam, the hour is not early, we should set off, otherwise when we come back, it will be too late at this hour." ”

"Hmm." Li Mu was very satisfied with Wei Zhongxian's reaction, waved his hand at the five girls, and said, "Madam, the master will take you to see the prosperity of the world today. ”

Crossing the side gate of this palace, it is like a fairy entering the world, looking at the fireworks of the mortal dust.

What Zhang Yan didn't know was that after Li Mu and the others left, Wei Zhongxian, who was following behind, did not immediately follow, but waved his hand behind him.

Only then did he cross the side door and catch up with Li Mu and others.

Immediately, dozens of figures jumped on the walls of the palace, and a few of them landed on the side of the side gate, and then disappeared into the night through the side gate.

These dozens of people are nothing else, they are the eagle guards that Li Mu temporarily handed over to Wei Zhongxian, in order to take care of Zhang Yan's five daughters in secret, avoid some unnecessary troubles, and disturb Zhang Yan's five daughters' interest in shopping for lanterns.

Do you really think that Li Mu will agree to Zhang Yan's proposal and go out of the palace without a retinue of guards to visit the lanterns?

No way.

It is also the reason why Li Mu wants to take Wei Zhongxian, he needs to accompany Zhang Yan and the five daughters by his side, and he has no time or opportunity to deal with some trivial matters.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian played a role, and he could block some unpleasant and trivial chores from Li Mu and others in advance.

It's just that what Li Mu didn't know was that because he didn't know the strength of dozens of Eagle Guards, Wei Zhongxian also decided to arrange a large number of Dongchang flags on the outermost periphery.

After all, Wei Zhongxian, the Jinyi guard, could not command, and he could only mobilize the people of the East Factory.

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As soon as she got out of the palace, she saw the prosperous scene outside, the lively crowd, and countless lanterns, Zhang Yan immediately became interested, and regardless of Li Mu's dissuasion, she ran to the Fang Market decorated with lanterns in the crowd.

You must know that since marrying into the royal family, Zhang Yan doesn't know how many years, and she hasn't seen a folk scene.

When Zhou Yu'er saw Zhang Yan running out, she hurriedly looked at Li Mu and wanted to get permission.

Li Mu saw Zhou Yu'er's expectant eyes, and the curiosity of the three daughters of Zhezhe on the side who saw the Lantern Festival in the Central Plains for the first time, nodded and said: "Go, Yu'er will take Zhezhe and the three of them to enjoy the excitement of the Central Plains Festival, but the five of you don't want to get lost, the master will look for you in a while." ”

"Yes, sir." After speaking, Zhou Yu'er pulled Da Yu'er and Hai Lanzhu beside her and ran to find Zhang Yan.

Li Mu saw Zhezhe beside him, and said again: "Zhezhe, although you are the third among the sisters, you are the oldest of the five, remember to take care of the four daughters for the master." ”

"Zhezhe understands." Zhezhe nodded and hurriedly followed.

Li Mu stood in place, waiting for Wei Zhongxian to arrive, and waved his hand to Zhang Yan, who was not far away.

"Master, the ladies are arranged not far away, and there will be no idlers and others who dare to approach." Wei Zhongxian, who came out, saw that there was no one around Li Mu, and stepped forward to report.

"By the way, master, the old slave also let the flags of the East Factory also dispatch some."

"Well, does the Eagle Guard know? Don't be at that time, the Eagle Guard hurt his own family. Li Mu finally mentioned it, you know, Eagle Guard only recognized his orders.

Although he temporarily handed over these dozens of Eagle Guards to Wei Zhongxian to command, if he didn't make it clear, it was inevitable that the Eagle Guards would not accidentally injure the flags of the East Factory.

Wei Zhongxian nodded and said, "Don't worry, the old slaves have all been ordered, and let the Dongchang flags that dispatched are tied with conspicuous ribbons on their arms so that the eagle guards can identify them." ”

"That's good." It seems that he is too worried about it, Wei Zhongxian is more thoughtful than he thinks.

Since this is the case, Li Mu no longer pays attention to this kind of work, and walks quickly towards Zhang Yan, because the beauties are waving to him and calling him to hurry over.

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"Look, sir, is this lantern good-looking, sir, go and guess the lantern riddle and win it for the concubine."

"Okay, since Madame likes it, I'll get it back for Madame."

"The master is so powerful!"

"Of course, the ladies don't know, your lord has known for 500 years and 500 years later."

"Master, the concubine wants that."

"Is that one? Wait, the master will fetch it for you. ”

"Well, thank you, sir."

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"My lord is so stupid."

"No, it's this merchant who is cheating, and after a while, the master will let Steward Wei take someone to smash this shop." Li Mu looked annoyed and embarrassed, angry and vicious.

This damn business, didn't he win eight or nine lanterns?

Zhang Yan carried the lantern and persuaded: "Well, the master still doesn't want it, it's a big holiday, it's unlucky, wait until the Lantern Festival is over." ”

"Ah, madam, you've become bad, but I like it, sir."

"Master, in fact, this is what Sister Yu'er taught to the concubine."

"How can there be, there are no concubines."

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"Master, the Lantern Festival here is delicious, better than the concubine in the palace... The food in the house is even more delicious. Zhou Yu'er stood on a Lantern Festival stall, holding a bowl of rice balls, and almost said the wrong thing happily.

When Zhang Yan heard that the Lantern Festival in this stall was even more delicious than the one in the palace, she immediately became interested, ran over, took a bowl of Lantern Festival from the old man who sold rice balls, blew it for fear of being hot, and then slowly tasted it.

"Master, what Sister Yu'er said is true, do you want to taste one?"

Li Mu ate a Lantern Festival fed by Zhang Yan herself, and the fragrant sesame flavor filled his mouth, and he exclaimed: "What the two ladies said is very good, it is really delicious, Zhezhe, you should come and taste it." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to the three Zhezhe who were following him.

Zhang Yan, who was eating Lantern Festival, saw that Li Mu also agreed, and happily proposed: "Master, why don't you bring this master who sells Lantern Festival back to the house and let him make Lantern Festival food for us, how about it?" ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, this is a disagreement and will be brought into the palace.

However, forget it, the Lantern Festival is also a suitable food, and it is not good to eat often, so he shook his head and said: "Madam, the master still has a large family to feed, where can I only go to our house to make the Lantern Festival, and besides, this Lantern Festival is also a suitable food, and it is not good to eat too much." ”

"Yes, this lady, the Lantern Festival is made of glutinous rice, and it is easy to store food if you eat too much, and it is not smooth." The master who sold the Lantern Festival said with a smile.

It was not over, and he shook the Lantern Festival in the pot with an iron spoon and served a steaming bowl of Lantern Festival to the new customers to drive away the cold of this festival.

Beyond wanting to bring the master who sold the Lantern Festival into the palace, Zhang Yan was attracted by new things.

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It wasn't until late at night, when the crowd on the street gradually decreased, that Li Mu hugged Zhang Yan, who was tired of playing, and took the other four girls who were sleepy, and sat in the carriage prepared by Wei Zhongxian in a remote place.

Quietly returned to the palace.

Not far behind the carriage, there were countless Eagle Guards who had been busy all night, as well as those flags of the East Factory that were sweeping the tail.