On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Ye Qiong had just had dinner, and Gu Congyan personally came to Ye Mansion to pick up Ye Qiong to see the lanterns at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

It was not good to make the guests wait too long, Ye Qiong hurriedly changed into the costume of watching the lanterns, and when she came to the hall, Gu Congyan was still eating the Lantern Festival made by the Xie family. When he saw Ye Qiong, Gu Congyan was stunned, hurriedly put down the bowl and circled around Ye Qiong, and praised: "Ye Qiong, you are really the most beautiful person I have ever seen who can wear the 'moonlight clothes'!" ”

Wearing "moonlight clothes" is the custom of the Shangyuan Festival, and the boys and girls wearing white silk shirts are dazzling and clear as if they are wearing moonlight under the light of the bright full moon, so the white clothes are also called "moonlight clothes".

The one on Ye Qiong's body was drawn by herself and handed over to the ready-to-wear shop to make it. The upper body is a plain white stand-up collar with branch-patterned silk shirts, and the lower skirt is a moon-white silk embroidered cloud silk long skirt with birds embroidered with flowers, and the waist is tied with white jade eight treasures and pearls and apricot-colored palace silk. The best thing about the whole body is to look plain, but with silver thread mixed with light-colored silk thread, thin in the neckline, cuffs, placket, skirt hidden Qionghua pattern, when walking in the light, bright like the moon under the waves, really people can't take their eyes off.

Ye Qiong combed her fairy bun today, with only a high-quality hosta and a few small beaded beads on her hair, and a string of silver threads on her ears that looked like the tears of a merman, and a small pearl made of flowers was also pasted on her forehead, which made her elegant and pure, as beautiful as the autumn moon.

However, even if Ye Qiong's outfit was eye-catching, it was still not as gorgeous as Gu Congyan's embroidered clothes and the dragon's eye-sized gemstones.

Ye Qiong specially chose this slightly plain but ingenious dress for herself, so that she would not be frightened when interacting with the nobles in Beijing, and would not steal the limelight of the nobles because she was too luxurious.

Ye Qiong heard Gu Congyan's sincere praise, and also praised Gu Congyan a few words, Gu Congyan really smiled, took Ye Qiong's hand and got into the carriage, and said, "Cousin Yun and Sister Tang have already passed, let's go quickly." This time, my family grabbed a good position in front of Zhengyang Gate, and after listening to His Majesty's blessings, we will go to see the lantern festival together, and it is best to follow the 'walk of all diseases' and 'touch the door nails'! ”

"Walking a hundred diseases" and "touching the door nails" are also the customs of the Shangyuan Festival, the people wear moonlight clothes, walk the bridge to cross the danger, touch the nails to seek good fortune, and ask for peace and shun in the coming year, and longevity and Kangning.

Ye Qiong persuaded and said, "We are all girls, so we should be careful when traveling." ”

When Ye Qiong spoke, Ye Jin was outside the car, and he smiled: "With us to protect you, if you bring a few more guards, you won't be in danger." This Shangyuan Festival, if you don't touch the doornails, it can't be considered complete. ”

"That's a good thing to say." Lu Shaodan, who was also following outside the car, also said.

Ye Qiong was silent, and Lu Shaodan also said the same, it seems that it should also be part of the plan.

Ye Jin and Lu Shaodan were also invited by the Gu family, but unlike Ye Qiong, it was Gu Congyan's brother Gu Congjun who was invited in the next post. Because of Gu Congyan's relationship, the relationship between the Ye family and the Gu family became more and more intimate, and Gu Congjun also met Ye Jin and Lu Shaodan, and even more because Lu Shaodan's riding skills led him to become a confidant.

The carriage drove to the front of Zhengyang Gate, where there were already many nobles who had set up sheds according to their ranks, ready to listen to the blessings of Emperor Shunhe, the first in line was the Tian family, followed by the prince's family with titles, and finally the official family.

Because Gu Congyan's father did the Zhan affairs of the Three Princes' Mansion and received extra care from the Three Princes, although the Gu family's shed was in the middle and back, the place was very large. Yun Qianyi and Tang Luxue were already sitting in the shed, and when they saw Gu Congyan and Ye Qiong and their party, they hurriedly stood up and waved.

Gu Congyan first took to meet the elders of the Gu family, Mrs. Yun and Ye Qiong were old acquaintances, and pulled Ye Qiong with a smile to show several old ladies, one of whom was Gu Congyan's biological grandmother, Mrs. Nan.

At this age, Mrs. Nan likes the tender little girl the most, and she is used to seeing a vibrant, bright and splendid girl like Gu Congyan, and when she sees Ye Qiong like frost and snow, she suddenly feels that her eyes are bright, and she asked Ye Qiong's age with a smile and whether she has allowed someone, and there is a meaning in her words that she wants to find a family for Ye Qiong.

Mrs. Yun hurriedly said that the Ye family's family was going to go to Jiangnan in the next year, so Mrs. Nan dispelled her thoughts, gave Ye Qiong a jade bracelet with excellent water head as a meeting gift, and nodded to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who was sitting with Tang Luxue and said: "You haven't seen that little girl from Uncle Wang's family yet, she is a little like you, go and talk to her, maybe you can hand over multiple handkerchiefs." ”

Ye Qiong thanked her, and Gu Congyan had already pulled Ye Qiong to bite her ear and said, "She is Wang Muqiu, the only daughter of Uncle Wang. She's a very good person, but she's not in good health, and she speaks softly, so you just pay attention to it. ”

Ye Qiong nodded and walked towards Wang Muqiu, Wang Muqiu seemed to have noticed Ye Qiong's gaze, raised his head and smiled softly at Ye Qiong.

Ye Qiong's heart jumped.

Although Wang Muqiu is delicate and demure, and even her laughter is quiet, Ye Qiong just thought of someone - Lu Shaodan.

Maybe it's because Wang Muqiu's mother Lu Wanyi is Lu Shaodan's aunt, Wang Muqiu's eyes are somewhat similar to Lu Shaodan, especially when she laughs, she will squint her eyes slightly, but Wang Muqiu is vaguely charming when she laughs, and Lu Shaodan is sassy when she laughs.

Ye Qiong sat down next to Wang Muqiu and said kindly: "When we met for the first time, I am Ye Qiong, and my father is Ye Qishu, who is the head of the Ministry of Industry, and I have met Miss Wang. ”

"Just call me Mu Qiu." Wang Muqiu looked at Ye Qiong curiously, "I heard Yan talk about you, saying that you are not as squeamish as most of the nobles in Beijing, and you are quite ingenious in the tailoring of clothes. I also heard that you are a closed disciple of Mr. Zou, and you are a very good learner, and you have also drawn a battlefield map that is half dream and half reality. ”

Ye Qiong was a little surprised, she didn't expect Wang Muqiu to know so many things about herself, and she was about to humble herself a few words, when she heard Wang Muqiu ask: "Can you tell me, how did you draw such a painting?" ”

Ye Qiong saw that Wang Muqiu's eyes were full of curiosity and his expression was sincere, so he didn't hide his secrets, and said: "I got the inspiration from Mr. Jiaxuan's poem, which is the sentence 'Pick up the lamp and look at the sword when you are drunk, and dream of blowing the horn and the camp'." From the brightness of the moonlight, I thought of the white sand and frost and snow of the same color, so I painted the painting. ”

Wang Muqiu was fascinated by what he heard, and asked Ye Qiong a few questions about poetry, books and paintings, and even asked some music theory, seeing that Ye Qiong could answer fluently, Wang Muqiu's eyes couldn't help but have a look of admiration, and said with a smile: "No wonder you are Mr. Zou's closed disciple, and only you are the only one who can learn and let the picky Mr. Zou be accepted as an apprentice." ”

After speaking, Wang Muqiu muttered in a low voice: "I don't know who is more powerful than Brother Yuanze?" ”

Ye Qiong's heart jumped, but she didn't hear it, and diverted the topic.

Yuanze is the name of the fourth prince Ji Yuanze, listening to Wang Muqiu's words, she is familiar with the four princes?

Ye Qiong and Wang Muqiu said something, Wang Muqiu knew a little bit about poetry books, but he was quite accomplished in painting and music theory, and stretched out his hand to Ye Qiong to see, and said proudly: "You see, the calluses on my fingers are all made by playing the piano and painting, and they are all the marks of my efforts." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Muqiu was lost again, and sighed: "It's a pity that I'm not in good health, my breath is too short, and I'm not good at playing musical instruments, so I can only spend more effort on these." My mother was the same, she liked to play chess, but she played chess too hard, so in order to keep her from being too distracted, my father hid all the chess pieces in the house. ”

Ye Qiong was slightly surprised, and couldn't help but remember that Lu Shaodan had talked about Lu Wanyi's running out of oil, and couldn't help but ask carefully: "Ling Ci's body, isn't it very good?" ”

Wang Muqiu nodded and said: "My mother has always been like this, she is wheezing after walking a few more steps, and she is still afraid of cold, she suffered a lot when she gave birth to me, and she has been carefully raised all these years, and she does not dare to go out of the house for half a step." I watched her all day long, and I wanted to accompany my mother today, but my mother drove me out to watch the lantern festival, saying that girls should watch more excitement when they are not married. ”

Ye Qiong's heart moved, remembering a statement she had heard in the palace in her previous life.

There was a nobleman in the palace, because of a small birth injury body, since then has been depressed, locked himself in the house, or the imperial doctor said to go out more to see the sun, the noble came out of the house, sure enough, the disease gradually improved.

It doesn't seem like a good idea for Lu Wanyi to stay in the house all the time.

Ye Qiong thought so, so she changed the story she heard in the palace and said, "...... That's it, because the lady saw the daylight and saw the flowers and plants, her mood gradually improved, and her illness gradually improved. In my opinion, Ling Ci can't leave the house with such careful care, so it is better to go out for a walk occasionally, maybe it will get better. ”

Wang Muqiu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he nodded hurriedly and said that he had written it down, and looked at Ye Qiong more kindly.

After a while, Emperor Shunhe, Queen Wang, and the little prince climbed the tower of Zhengyangmen together, Ye Qiong followed everyone to kneel down and shouted long live, Emperor Shunhe said some auspicious words, beckoned to the people and went down the tower.

The fireworks flew up the city tower, lighting up everyone's eyes, Gu Congyan and Gu Congjun took the group and the elders to say a word, brought enough guards, and scattered into the flow of people.

Wang Muqiu took the initiative to take Ye Qiong's hand, and walked at the end of the crowd with a smile and a smile with Ye Qiong.

Colorful and all kinds of lanterns confused everyone's eyes, Wang Muqiu took a fancy to a lantern painted with beauties on all sides, and wanted to ask the price, but the kind-looking stall owner pointed to the pitcher on the other side and said: "This is a gift, as long as you can put all eight arrows into the pot, this lantern will be given to the two girls." ”

Wang Muqiu's wrist had no strength, and she immediately regretted it, Ye Qiong was also dumbfounded, if she guessed the lantern riddle, she was still sure, she wouldn't be able to throw this pot.

"I'll come."

At this time, a Qingyue voice came from behind Ye Qiong and Wang Muqiu, Ye Qiong looked back, and saw Lu Shaodan passing by her and smiled at her, his smile was full of the pride and grace of a young man.

Ye Jin, who was following behind, laughed: "It's good now, there's a drama to watch." Since I have known Shaodan, I have never seen him lose in archery and pot throwing. ”

Wang Muqiu blinked, feeling that Lu Shaodan was a little familiar, and wanted to ask Ye Qiong who this person was, Ye Qiong didn't know whether to point out Lu Shaodan's identity, so she diverted the conversation: "Look, Brother Shaodan is about to start." ”

Lu Shaodan turned his wrist and frowned when he picked up the feather arrow, but he still quickly raised his hand and threw the feather arrow into the pot.

Gradually, some people came over, and some people couldn't help but count: "One, two...... Five, six......"

Until the last one, everyone present held their breath, and even Ye Qiong couldn't help but lift his heart, but Lu Shaodan turned around and threw it lightly behind him, and the feather arrow passed through the ear on the side of the pot and inserted it into the center of the pot steadily.

Ye Qiong couldn't help but applaud, and the onlookers also applauded, Lu Shaodan raised his eyebrows at Ye Qiong, took out the feather arrow from the pot, and said to the stall owner: "This feather arrow is too light." ”

The stall owner wiped the sweat from his forehead, but he didn't expect to run into a hard stubble, and hurriedly served the lamp. Lu Shaodan took the beauty lantern, but took out the silver and bought a lantern with a rabbit holding the moon, but gave both lanterns to Ye Jin and asked him to bring them to Ye Qiong and Wang Muqiu.

Wang Muqiu took the beauty lamp, Ye Qiong looked at the rabbit lamp in his hand, smiled and whispered: "It's hard for him to remember." ”

This is the agreement between Ye Qiong and Lu Shaodan when they were children.

Once during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Lu Shaodan accidentally damaged Ye Qiong's rabbit lantern, and in order to coax Ye Qiong, who was crying, he said that he would return Ye Qiong a rabbit lantern every year.

After the soul calling case happened and Lu Shaodan recovered his identity, Ye Qiong never received a rabbit lantern.

I didn't expect to be relived for a lifetime, and I could still receive it.

Several people bought lanterns each, but they heard someone shouting behind them: "Wait, Congyan, and Cousin Muqiu!" ”

Ye Qiong turned around, but saw behind her, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl who was obviously dressed as a man pulled a little boy in a Chinese costume of about ten years old and ran over.

She clenched the lantern in her hand, and said in her heart, it is finally here.

The people who came were Ji Qin'er, the lord of Nanping County, and Ji Zeming, the little prince.