The Mid-Autumn Festival night is a rare day without curfew in Beijing, the whole Shangyangfang is brightly lit nearby, and the colorful lanterns hanging everywhere look like stars falling into the city from a distance, and the stars are particularly beautiful after being connected into a piece.

After Xue Nuo and his party arrived, they asked the people in the house to park the carriage outside Shangyang Fang and wait, and then got off the carriage and walked towards the Fangzhong.

The Wu family knew that the Shen family was going to enter the palace for a banquet, so they pestered Shen Yuechan to follow the Zou family into the palace, but Shen Xiangru and Shen Xiangyi from the third room came out with them.

There are too many people around, there are all kinds of stalls on both sides of the market, the sound of selling is non-stop, the sound of laughter is constant, when they squeeze into the crowd, they are rubbed shoulders from time to time, and occasionally encounter the running and playing more staggered and fell backwards.

Shen Changrui pulled Shen Xiangru, who was almost scattered by the crowd, and Shen Changlin also pulled Shen Xiangyi's hand to his side.

"You two stay close, don't get too far away from us."

Although the security in Beijing is very good, no one can guarantee that there are no bad people, even if they are men, the daughter's family cannot suffer.

Shen Changlin told the people behind him, "You guys follow the second and third misses well, don't let them be offended." ”

After seeing a few subordinates nodding hurriedly, he said to the two sisters again,

"There are a lot of people in the square tonight, if you two want to go elsewhere to play, you must tell me and Changrui, and you must bring people with you, and you are not allowed to run around alone, you know?"

The sisters of the third room also said in unison: "I know the third brother." ”

Xue Nuo looked at the two little girls who were following behind, and looked up at the hanging lanterns with a smile: "Today is really lively." ”

There were too many people talking, and there was a faint sound of gongs and drums.

Shen Changrui pulled his neck and said loudly: "Of course it's lively, there is only a few days a year in Beijing, there is no curfew, you can play casually, and you are not afraid of being arrested by the patrol." ”

He pointed around and said, "Here are all shops in Beijing and some stalls set up by small merchants, there is food, you can go to Yuehua Lake at that end, there are some flower boats that sing and drink wine, but if you say the most lively, it is still close to Hengyun Pavilion to set up a platform to guess lantern riddles, juggling or something, there are the most people there every year." ”

Xue Nuo listened to the chatter of the people around him, and asked curiously, "The people of Hengyun Pavilion also hold a lantern festival?" ”

"It's not, it's just that every year the lantern riddles are all from Hengyun Pavilion, and those who guess can not only get the corresponding lanterns and gold and silver rewards, but also the good things that Hengyun Pavilion rewards alone."

After Shen Changlin asked the third-room sisters to follow, he happened to hear Xue Nuo's question when he stepped forward, and explained on the side,

"Last year's Wenbi first prize was a full house of Fushou bloodstone, it is said that when it was mined, it was the pattern of the crane worshipping the birthday, and later it was won by the people of the old family of Qi Pavilion and given to the elders of the family to make an engraved seal, and it was envied to be carried around every day."

"I heard that this year's award is a pair of jade lotus cups of blue water playing with fish, it is a rare colorful cloud jade, the color is transparent and extremely precious, as early as a few days ago, Hengyun Pavilion has been taken out for people to see, attracting many people to try hard to win the lotus pot back."

A lotus flower with colorful clouds?

Xue Nuo's eyes were slightly stunned: "The people of Hengyun Pavilion are quite generous. ”

Shen Changrui said on the side: "Of course, you don't look at who is standing behind Hengyun Pavilion, that place is the eyes and ears of the royal family in the end, and it is also a place to recruit talents for Your Majesty, if you are not generous, wouldn't it seem that Your Majesty is slamming the door?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Shen Changlin glared at him.

Shen Changrui also reacted to the fact that this was a little ambiguous, and hurriedly changed his words: "I'm not talking about Your Majesty, it's that Hengyun Pavilion has always been wealthy, and every time there is a similar competition, the lottery given is excellent." ”

Shen Xiangyi's face was round, and her smile was extremely pleasing, she leaned aside and said: "That Yunfei is rare, not to mention the colorful Yunfei, I have never seen it, third brother and fourth brother, let's go and take a look, maybe you can win it back with your efforts." ”

"No, I don't have that ability." Shen Changrui said directly.

Shen Changlin also shook his head with a smile, very self-aware.

There are countless people in the capital, he and Changrui are not ranked, if there are things elsewhere, maybe they can take advantage of it, but Hengyun Pavilion has always been restrictive, and the questions in the annual essay exam are very rare.

The most important thing is that the things of Hengyun Pavilion are not only valuable, but also have a different meaning if they can win it back.

For example, last year, the son of the old mansion of Qi Pavilion, after winning the first name, the name of the talented man spread all over the capital, and even His Majesty heard and praised it, and this year's palace examination was appointed by Emperor Tianqing to become a Tanhualang, so that many people are rumored that the competition of this Hengyun Pavilion is Xiaojinke, and if you get transparent, you can enter the eyes of the saint.

With Qi Gongzi's "pearl and jade in front", this year's Hengyun Pavilion's literary competition will only be more intense than last year.

Even if it wasn't for the prize, being familiar with it in front of the saint was enough to make all literati go crazy.

Although Shen Changlin and Shen Changrui are good at school, they will take the path of the imperial examination in the future, but they are not arrogant enough to think that they can overwhelm those people, and they are not confident that they can fight a "bloody road" among those people, but it is still okay to join in the fun.

Shen Changrui looked around and said, "It's still early, let's take a stroll here first, and then we'll go over later." ”

The group shook around, bought some gadgets, and ate some snacks that are not common on weekdays, and when they heard the sound of gongs in the distance, there was a sound of shouting and laughing, and the people around them said that Hengyun Pavilion began to guess the lantern riddles, and they were attracted to go straight to Hengyun Pavilion.

By the time everyone in the Shen family arrived, the ring next to the two red pillars in front of Hengyun Pavilion had already been set up, and the bottom was even more surrounded by water.

There are many shelves on the table that is more than one person high, and there are all kinds of delicate lanterns hanging on them.

On the stage, there is a middle-aged man in a brocade shirt, holding a gong in his hand and smiling down with a word puzzle, and the people below are rushing to answer, the first to answer the riddle can participate in the next round, or choose to give up the lantern that won the round of rewards, and the final winner can get the glass lantern hanging on the top.

In front of the high platform, there is a square sandalwood platform, on which are placed some prizes, and the most eye-catching is the two jade lotus cups in the middle of the blue water playing with fish.

After Xue Nuo was pulled into the crowd by Shen Changrui, he saw the lotus flower bowl at a glance.

The fish holds the lotus pot, and the tail of the fish wraps around the petals.

The bizarre thing is that the two fish are one gold and one red, and the tail is completely opposite.

When the surrounding candlelight falls on it, the layers of blooming lotus petals can faintly see the colorful colors.