"There were too many people on the street, and the carriage was stuck in a jam halfway, so it was late!" Lin Shuran hurriedly explained the reason for being late.

"It's not too late, it's not too late, it's a good time to enjoy the lanterns!" Qiu smiled and welcomed Lin Shuran to the observation deck, "Take a look at the Qiushui River over there, the long dragon lantern has just been lit, and there will be a lantern show in a while!" ”

Lin Shuran and Lei Yingying both looked in the direction that Qiu Shi said, and sure enough, the rows of long lights that looked like giant dragons lit up, and the beauty of the lights was even more spectacular when viewed from a high place.

Lei Zhanpeng beckoned Xu Junze and Du Sheng to sit down and drink tea first, Lei Yan and Xu Mingchen and they went to the street to see the lanterns, and the younger Xu Mingsong and Xu Mingsheng obediently followed Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan to listen to books in the teahouse next door.

The whole capital is full of lights and lively appearance, men and women shuttle under the lanterns, every face is so vivid and vivid, Lin Shuran showed a knowing smile, maybe at this moment she really integrated into this time and space, and no longer felt that she was a stranger.

"It's still the best lantern in the capital!" Lei Yingying looked at the lanterns like a galaxy with a sigh and praised, and then turned to Lin Shuran with a curious face and asked, "Sister Ran, why did I never know that you would still tie lanterns?" The lanterns you sent into the house, Brother Yuan and Brother Bai liked them very much, and your hands were too skillful! ”

"Yes, the lanterns are so novel and cute, Bai Ge'er is still clamoring to go to your General's Mansion, saying that there must be more and better lanterns in your house!" Qiu also said with a smile on the side.

Lin Shuran smiled embarrassedly and replied: "I was also idle and bored when I was in the Grange, and I learned from the fifth uncle of the Grange, and I can only make some of the simplest lanterns, just coax the children, just the children don't dislike it!" ”

"How can they dislike it, and they can't rejoice!" Qiu's is now more and more fond of Lin Shuran, she is not much older than Lin Shuran, and she always feels that Lin Shuran has a kind of stability and restraint that she also needs to learn.

Lei Yingying was already close to Lin Shuran, and when she saw that her sister-in-law also intended to be friendly with Lin Shuran, she was even happier in her heart.

"Sister-in-law, why haven't my father and mother come yet?" Seeing that the time was getting later and later, Lei Yi and Yang, who had said that they would come to watch the lights together, never appeared.

At this moment, there are three couples on the top floor, and the three men don't know what to whisper on the side, and the Qiu family saw that there were no outsiders, so they pulled Lei Yingying and Lin Shuran to sit down on the side, and whispered: "Father and mother have entered the palace, it seems that Concubine Su in the palace is in worse health!" ”

The twenty-sixth day of the first month is the birthday of Concubine Su, and it is rumored in the palace that her health has not been very good, and the Queen Mother is for the sake of her old age, so she promised to let King Yue return to Beijing this year, otherwise without the consent of the Queen Mother, King Yue will not be able to enter Beijing.

"I heard my mother say that the imperial doctors have been helpless about Concubine Su's illness, and she is also working hard, for King Ling and King Yue over the years, she has not been less distracted, no one inside and outside the capital knows that her grandchildren who always love to make trouble make her sad every day." Lei Yingying has also seen Concubine Su once, Concubine Su likes to be quiet more than the Queen Mother, and her family is usually close to her and can see her twice, she doesn't seem to be close to anyone else except the Queen Mother and the harem.

Lei Yingying's words reminded Lin Shuran of the last time she saw the queen and Concubine Li in the queen mother's palace, when it was Concubine Su's grandson and the queen's son who had a big fight, and the queen went to the queen mother to complain, and finally went to the emperor to comment.

"Alas, Prince Ling and Princess Ling are not the kind of flamboyant temperament, but they marry a princess who is flying and domineering, no one pays attention to it, and dares to go to the palace to splash and roll, if it weren't for the fact that she is the princess of the royal family of the Azag tribe who married far away, how could the queen mother and the emperor tolerate it, the queen has suffered several losses in her hands!" Qiu said that these did not avoid Lin Shuran.

She knew that Lin Shuran had been staying in the grange for the past three years and didn't ask about the world, but now she was the general's wife and the housewife, and she had to know more about some things, especially the things in the back house and even the palace in the capital, so as not to accidentally offend someone or be bullied.

"The kind of woman who is the princess of King Ling, it's better to stay away from her, but sister, do you remember, just a year before I got married, the two of us didn't see the princess of King Ling in Keju Garden, just because I looked at her more, she was about to beat me when she pulled out her whip, saying that my eyes were full of contempt when I looked at her, if you hadn't stopped me at that time, I would have fought with her, I have never seen such a vexatious person!" Lei Yingying still feels unhappy when she thinks about it now, according to her temperament, if others beat her, she will definitely return it tenfold and hundredfold, since she was a child, in addition to being frustrated in marrying Xiao Chen, her treatment is higher than that of the princess in the palace.

After Lei Yingying's reminder, Lin Shuran suddenly remembered this incident, and he had the impression that there was an arrogant and domineering woman's figure, fiery red clothes, a long whip with thorns, and an unbeatable gorgeous face.

"In the future, when you see the princess of King Ling, just avoid her, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, although you don't have to be afraid of her, but behind her is the Azakig tribe after all."

The Azakig tribe is an independent tribe between the Jin Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty, the people of this tribe are all ethnic minorities, but the people are fierce, good at riding and shooting, there are many cattle, sheep and horses, everyone in the tribe can fight, and the Jin Dynasty has always been friendly, and because of this, the Xia State did not dare to easily provoke a war against the Jin Dynasty, and the emperor also valued this tribe.

As the princess of the Zhenguo Mansion, Qiu is used to thinking about everything in the long run, and her temperament has always been steady and cautious.

Lin Shuran nodded, Lei Yingying was very unconvinced, but she was not a girl who was ignorant and didn't ask about the world before, some things some people still have to endure even if they are powerful.

"Mother, mother!" While the Qiu family was talking, they saw Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan running up, Xu Minghao saw that there were many outsiders besides Lin Shuran, especially Xu Junze, his voice was dumb all of a sudden, and he raised his eyes timidly to look at Lin Shuran, and he didn't even dare to walk.

"Why is your son like a mouse meeting a cat now!" Lei Yingying beckoned Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan to her side, and the Qiu family was also smiling on the side, it was Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan who rescued Lei Haobai that day, otherwise Lei Haobai might have been killed by Qi Yang, she was also full of affection for these two children, "Don't be afraid, come on!" ”

"Aren't you listening? Why did you run up now? Lin Shuran didn't notice that there were others behind the two, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the younger brothers?" ”

(End of chapter)