Shangyuan Festival refers to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

China has called night "Xiao" since ancient times, so the day of Shangyuan Festival is also called Yuanxiao.The Shangyuan Festival has the custom of decorating lanterns and festoons, so it is also called the "Lantern Festival".

In Datang, Shangyuan Festival is a more important festival than New Year's Eve.

The seven-day Lunar New Year's Eve holiday has just ended, and the fourth day of the Lunar New Year's Day Hall has just begun to officially operate. A few days later, it will be a rest, and in a few days, it will be a three-day holiday for the Shangyuan Festival.

Whenever he thinks that there are so many holidays during the Spring Festival of the Tang Dynasty, Li Wangyou feels that it is so cool.

Compared with later generations who only have a seven-day holiday and need compensatory rest, Li Wangyou feels that the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty are really happy.

The Shangyuan Festival is also the only day in Chang'an City, Nuoda, where there is no curfew.

In the Tang Dynasty, the gate of Sunset Square was closed and no pedestrians were allowed to walk. Only the three nights before and after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the gate of the square was not closed, and people were free to go out to light and watch lanterns.

Even the maids who are under the palace ban can go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns in these three days.

On the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth days, the curfew was lifted in Chang'an City, and all temples, Taoist temples, streets and alleys were brightly lit like daytime.On the spacious street, a shed with a height of more than [-] feet was built, decorated with lights and festoons for people to visit.All the scholars, children and family members of the city came out of the empty alleys, the roads were blocked by cars and horses, and sometimes pedestrians could even be carried by the flow of people, walking dozens of steps without stopping, it was very lively.

Yiluoqi, Yijinxiu, palace maids wearing beaded emeralds, rouge and pollen, kabukis, and young ladies from Chang'an and Wannian counties danced and sang to their heart's content among the lanterns. .

The Lantern Festival of the Shangyuan Festival is not just for the common people to appreciate the lanterns. On this day, hundreds of officials and nobles need to send out their own carefully crafted lanterns and carry them into the palace for Li Er and the royal family to appreciate.

It's fine if it's just for the royal family to see, the key point is to display the lanterns on Suzaku Avenue for the appreciation and evaluation of the people in the whole city.

Moreover, the most exotic, beautiful and exquisite lanterns will naturally be rewarded by the palace.

Hundreds of officials and nobles don't care about the little gold and silver rewards from Li Er, but each family needs face.It would be too embarrassing if the lanterns made in one's own house were uglier than others'.

Therefore, in order to show their faces at the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, many officials and noble families began to recruit skilled craftsmen half a year ago to create those extremely complicated and exquisite lanterns, hoping that the Lantern Festival could win the championship in one fell swoop, or win the favor of the people who appreciate the lanterns. Admiration.

Li Wangyou didn't even know that there was such a thing on the Lantern Festival, so naturally he didn't prepare any lanterns.

He was dumbfounded until a group of dandies came to visit.

"Ziyou, why didn't you see the lantern made by your house? But it is in Dingzhou Village, Hu County? You have to hurry up and transport the lantern to Chang'an City, otherwise if there is a bump, then It's not beautiful anymore."

Li Wangyou was taken aback by Cheng Chumo's words, and asked, "What lantern?"

All the dandies also looked at each other, and Fang Yiai asked in disbelief after a long while, "Lanterns for the Lantern Festival? You didn't order someone to make them, did you? On the Lantern Festival, the saint will be in the palace A banquet for the ministers. At that time, each family and government will carry the lanterns made by themselves into the palace, and display them one by one for the saint and the queen. After that, these lanterns will also be placed on the Suzaku Avenue for the common people to enjoy the lanterns. The sage and His Royal Highness will also select the most exquisite lanterns and give them rewards."

Li Wangyou was completely dumbfounded when he heard the words, why didn't he know about Temiao?There is no impression in the memory of the predecessor in my mind.

How did he know that Li Zhou was not knighted at all back then, and he was also responsible for supervising Huxian County. The Shangyuan Festival could only be kept in Huxian County, and he did not have the opportunity to go to Taiji Palace to present lanterns. I don't know.

Seeing Li Wangyou's appearance, all the dandies didn't understand, and they all burst into laughter.

"Wahhahaha, Ziyou, don't you never make lanterns at all?"

"Haha, it should be so, tsk tsk, it's rare for Ziyou to show such timidity."

"Hey, it seems that after the Lantern Festival, Ziyou will be spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, you are the first honorable person who does not present lanterns to His Majesty during the Lantern Festival."

"Ziyou, it's okay. Brother will go to Xishi later and buy you a lantern. You can take it and present it to the saint, haha."

The dudes laughed heartlessly, Li Wangyou was so angry that he could only raise two middle fingers at them... But he soon realized that he had made a mistake, and immediately responded with twenty middle fingers.

Li Wangyou was very naive, crossing his hands on his chest: "Rebound!"

The beautiful boss was sitting on the porch, watching him, a naive little man, messing around with dudes, but he couldn't laugh or cry.

But the fun is the fun, and after the jokes, the dandies also started to make suggestions for Li Wangyou.

"Ziyou, I'm afraid that now I really have to go to the east and west cities to see if I can buy a delicate enough lantern from those merchants."

"Where can those merchants sell any good stuff? Ziyou, don't listen to Cheng Chumo, an idiot. If you want me to tell you, you can ask Qiu's family. They will definitely make lanterns in their house. Let them sell the lanterns they have made. Just let it go to you." Fang Yiai suggested.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chai Lingwu slapped him heavily on the back of the head: "Yi Ai, are you ashamed to say that Cheng Chumo is an idiot? How can you get it? The enemies are merchants and ordinary people. Even if they made lanterns, then Can the regulations be used? If Ziyou really used the lantern, he would be laughed to death by all the officials."

"Damn! Then what good idea do you have?" Fang Yiai said angrily, needless to say, relying on words is another catchphrase learned from Li Wangyou.

In this regard, dudes really have no good ideas.

After all, the carvings on the lanterns presented by hundreds of officials and nobles are very cumbersome, and they cannot be made in a short time, and they will not be sold on the market.

Li Wangyou didn't know what to do about it, so he sat by the table and thought hard.On the other hand, the beautiful boss's eyes lit up suddenly, and he reached out to beckon him.

Li Wangyou hurried over to see what the beautiful boss could do.

But Su Changqing whispered a few words in Li Wangyou's ear, but heard his originally frowning brows uncontrollably.

"Tall, it's really tall! Hahahaha, why didn't I think of this before!" Li Wangyou was overjoyed, and he didn't care about the crowd of dudes watching, so he kissed the beautiful boss's cheek hard, but All the dandies were amazed, this guy must be crazy...

633 Marquee

Regarding Li Wangyou's contemptuousness in front of everyone, the beautiful boss just rolled her beautiful eyes, turned around and twisted her slender waist, and dragged Afulo and Pei Lan, who were covering their mouths and giggling, back to the backyard.

But Li Wangyou laughed loudly: "Okay, brothers, please go back, I have to start making lanterns, I don't have time to drink and have fun with you brothers today."

What he said, naturally all the dandies looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

After a while, Fang Yiai said, "Ziyou, are you not confused? Do you know how much effort it takes to make a lantern? It's only three days before the Lantern Festival, what kind of lantern can you make? Whatever If you fool around with a lantern, you might be laughed to death?"

Li Wangyou looked like he was holding a wisdom pearl, and he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers: "Haha, the mountain people have their own tricks! Brothers, you don't need to worry, I promise you won't lose face, maybe you can get a first name, and let the saint and the queen reward you with it." I."

Naturally, everyone did not believe what he said, and they all shook their heads endlessly.

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Li Wangyou couldn't help but roll his eyes, and he had narrow thoughts.

"Brothers, since you don't believe me, why don't you take a bet with me?"

Cheng Chumo and the others looked at each other again, feeling vigilant, and shook their heads one after another: "No bet, why bet? You kid, hurry up and say, what can you do?"

It's no wonder Cheng Chumo and the others are nervous, they have been in contact with Li Wangyou for a long time, and no matter how idiot they are, they know that anyone who makes a bet with this guy will never lose.No matter how absurd and uninhibited the content of the bet is, in the end, it is this kid who wins.

In this way, how can the dudes be willing to bet with him.

Cheng Chumo and the two brothers looked at each other, then simply pinched the bones of both fingers and surrounded Li Wangyou with a smirk.

"Ziyou, if you don't say it, if you don't say it, don't blame the brothers for being rough!"

Yuchi Baolin, Yuchi Baoqi, Fang Yiai and others also laughed and surrounded them, with the attitude that if you don't say anything, we will beat you up.

Compared with this group of dudes, Li Wangyou was as weak as a quail. He just put his hands on his head and squatted on the ground in a standard manner: "Heroic man, spare your life! The little one can say anything!"

His actions naturally caused the dandies to burst into laughter.

In fact, the idea that the beautiful boss gave Li Wangyou was very simple, it was a marquee.

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