Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

The streets of the capital are filled with fiery trees and silver flowers, and the city of lights is like daytime. Pedestrians come and go, hawkers yelling, street performers yelling, and tourists laughing, overwhelming one after another. It is rare that there is no curfew in a year. No matter men, women, old or young, rich and poor compete The grand occasion of traveling can only be seen at the Lantern Festival.

Qingyang had never walked on the streets of the capital, and the feeling she felt when stepping on stones was different from that in the palace. She looked at the surrounding scenery strangely.In the past, Emperor Father also had imitation folk bazaars in the Palace of Time, but they were all fake, lacking in flavor, and much worse than the real bazaars.

Qingyang said that he was traveling in low clothes, but on the surface, there were Jian Ge Yuhua and Qing Tuan Yungao, and secretly followed more than a dozen bodyguards in disguise. This large number of people followed, which made Qingyang very uncomfortable.

Liu Liang took two young servants to meet in the alley near Gongjiaomen.Recently the two met privately in the palace and they didn't pay much attention to etiquette, but Liu Liang saw the two nurse brothers following him, so naturally he didn't dare to make a mistake, he met Qingyang according to the etiquette, and then greeted the two.Xiao Ge greeted Liu Liang with a smile, but Yu Hua kept a straight face, frowning and staring at Liu Liang.

Liu Liang is small and thin, and the Yuhua man is tall and burly and a Lianjiazi. The two stood together like an eagle staring at a little chicken, and Qingtuan Yungao hid aside and smiled secretly.

Yuhua said: "Just you, where are all the brothers and sisters in the next family?"

Liu Liang clasped his hands and said: "Brother Lin asked exactly, originally there should be a few more people, but it is not appropriate for His Highness to go out of the palace in modest clothes, so I have to come alone."

Qingyang smoothed things over and said: "Oh, brother Lin, my sister didn't want to tell others when she came out, but he just happened to overhear her, and she said that he knew all the delicious food and fun in the capital, so she asked him out. Unexpectedly, Brother Nai We can still go out of the palace to accompany him, otherwise we won’t ask him out, since we promised him, it’s not easy to backtrack.”

Jian Kai put his arms around Yu Hua and Liu Liang and said, "We're just out to play today, it would be a burden if there are too many people, can these brothers still lose their sister?" He said and gave Yu Hua a look.

Yu Hua also said: "When you are outside the palace, don't call your Highness Your Highness, so as not to cause trouble."

Liu Liang answered yes respectfully.Several people surrounded Qingyang and walked all the way to the city.

"Look at how beautiful this lamp is. There has never been such a style in our house."

"This purse is not bad, it fits right on the lady's tent."

"It's you who want to buy it for yourself, what miss."

"Damn girl, seeing how frivolous you are, I tore your mouth off."

Qingtuan Yungao and the two maids had never been so relaxed since they entered the palace. They laughed softly at each other and followed Qingyang's pace, looking east and west.

Qingyang and Liu Liang were separated by half a step, followed by Qing Tuan Yungao, and behind them was Jian Ge Yuhua, and Liu Liang's two servants followed in small steps at the end, trembling and not daring to step forward .

"There are still paper kites here. Look at them. You can fly kites when the weather gets warmer." Qingyang smiled, and picked up a kite with swallows in its mouth to look at it carefully. The folk paper kites are not as delicate as those in the palace, but Smart style, unique flavor.

Liu Liang took advantage of this to step forward, and casually picked up a kite to play with. He stole a glance at the two generals behind him. Xiao Kai took a Zhong Kui mask and fiddled with it on his face. Yu Hua stared straight at Qingyang and his The direction, the vigilance in the eyes did not relax at all.

Liu Liang covered his face with the kite, and murmured to Qing Yang: "Sister, you are so powerful, Yu Chi Gong."

Qingyang hesitated for a moment, then looked at the two people behind him, and said with a chuckle: "You can turn your mouth around and make up people. Brother Lin doesn't protect me. Brother Lin will blame me. You don't have to pay attention to it. Not here to stare at you."

"Do you think I look like Li Yuanji?" Liu Liang puffed his lips and frowned, acting like a character in a New Year painting.

"You." Although Qingyang was wearing a face scarf, he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.

"Cough cough" I don't know who made the voice behind them, the two of them stopped joking and looked at the objects on the stall, Qingyang picked out a few items for someone to wrap.

"The revolving lantern of this jade rabbit and fairy peach is unique. If it weren't for the jade rabbit to win the laurel, or if it weren't for the monkey to steal the peach, I have never seen a jade rabbit paired with a fairy peach. Look, this rabbit is still jumping happily."

"The Rabbit God is in charge of marriage, probably to pray for a good marriage." Liu Liang said seriously.

"Rabbit God?" Qingyang suppressed his laughter, thinking that it was not an ordinary marriage in charge.Seeing Liu Liang's seriousness, it seems that he doesn't know the allusion of the Rabbit God.

"how?"

"It's nothing. I just think it's just an ordinary rabbit. I don't have anything to say. I saw this interesting. The second brother likes Kit Kat things the most. I'll bring them back to the eldest brother."

Liu Liang was even more puzzled, and Qingyang said some strange things again, and he was no longer surprised.

Qingyang picked and bought the lamps and a few hanging ornaments. Seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to go to see Aoshan quickly, and wait to pray for the sky lanterns.

The Aoshan Mountain created by the lanterns is tall and magnificent. Many people gather around to watch and comment, and some even throw copper coins in to pray for blessings. The inner three floors and the outer three floors are very lively.

Qingyang had never been so crowded before, but seeing the strange shape and magnificent shape of Aoshan Mountain, he thought that he must go to the front to see it so as not to be in vain.So she took advantage of her small stature and went to drill when she saw a crack, which was not much different from drilling through the cracks in the rockery in the palace.Liu Liang was more nimble than Qing Yang, and followed up without any effort, but the maids behind were unable to move forward with lanterns and paper kites.Thanks to his tall stature and good eyesight, he could see Qingyang's every move clearly from the outside, so he found a suitable angle, put on a mask and stood on the outside to look at Qingyang and the others.

Yu Hua followed closely behind Liu Liang, but he was also tall and bulky, and it was inconvenient for him to walk in the crowd, and he couldn't do his best to squeeze other people, especially since there were so many female relatives, he also paid great attention to etiquette.So he watched the two people in front of him three or four steps away.

"Ouch, Mr. Xiaolang, be careful." A woman was squeezed onto Yu Hua's body.

"Miss, be careful." Yuhua hurriedly supported the girl with her arms.

The woman wore a crimson oleander cloak and a veil, with a slender figure, probably a young lady from a small family.Yu Hua paid great attention to etiquette, seeing that the woman was able to stand still, she hurriedly withdrew her hands, cupped her hands and said, "I'm sorry."

The woman said with a smile: "Thank you, young master, I don't know what to call the young master?"

"My surname is Lin."

"Mr. Lin is kind-hearted, my slave, Zhi'e Luo, thank you, Mr. Lin." She said with a blessing.

"Miss Luo, don't worry about it." Yuhua blushed a little when she saw that she had signed up for herself, so she could only reply with this sentence.

Besides, it took Qingyang and Liu Liang a lot of effort to squeeze into the front. Qingyang quickly took out a few golden melon seeds from his sleeves and threw them into Aoshan Mountain, then closed his eyes and prayed for blessings.Liu Liang looked at her serious look from her side, and his eyes couldn't help softening.

He saw the crowd huddling around, a man was just rubbing back and forth behind Qingyang, without looking at Aoshan, his eyes sneaked at Qingyang's back, his hands were restless back and forth, and he didn't dare to lean on him. start.

Seeing that he was not a good person, Liu Liang immediately squeezed to the man's side, and pushed him with his body, trying to push him away.The man panicked when he was squeezed by others, but when he saw that he was a half-grown boy, he snorted coldly and didn't take him seriously at all, just bumped him with a little force, Liu Liang couldn't stand and almost fell to the side.

Seeing that the attendants didn't follow up, Liu Liang was not his opponent at all because of his physique, so he got in front of Qingyang in one fell swoop.

Qingyang was praying for blessings when she suddenly felt that her hand was being held tightly. She opened her eyes in fright and looked around in horror. She saw Liu Liang's innocent expression, and she was holding her hand tightly.

Before Qingyang could speak, Liu Liang said: "Sister! My brothers are all lost, and they will find me after a while, and they will attack me again. The fists are as big as sandbags, and the flesh will be bruised."

Before Qingyang recovered from the shock, Liu Liang pulled Qingyang into his arms vigorously with one hand, and put his other hand around her shoulders, protecting her in front of him, but he acted like he was shocked. "Sister, you want to protect me."

This action attracted attention, and someone laughed and said, "I'm still clinging to my brothers and sisters at such a big age." The rest of the people also laughed and made a few jokes by the way.The man didn't dare to move when he saw the people around him, so he could only pretend that nothing happened and squeezed to other places.

Qingyang's heart was pounding, she hadn't recovered from it, she couldn't speak, just when Liu Liang let go of her hand and was about to leave her, Qingyang stretched out his hand to hug him tightly. Still stroking his back with one hand, he said, "Sister is here, brother, don't panic, be good."

Just now someone looked sideways, but now seeing that it was indeed a conversation between two siblings, they all smiled and shook their heads to look at the scene beside them.

"Look, the sky lantern that prays for long live."

"It's so grand, it's still something that came out of the palace."

Qingyang and Liu Liang looked up and saw the sky lantern slowly rising behind Aoshan Mountain. The cheers and blessings in the crowd reached the peak. The sky lanterns of the stars are amazing.

Qing Yang's hand brushed Liu Liang's back, two hands were loosely wrapped around his neck, one hand gently took off the face scarf, his lips moved close to his ear, and whispered with a warm breath : "I am very happy today, thank you."

Liu Liang's body was a little stiff, and his hands were stretched on his sides. Before the warm feeling could be relieved, Qingyang had already given away his hands, and naturally put back on the face scarf.Liu Liang pressed against Qingyang, hesitated for a long time before taking out something from his bosom and handing it to Qingyang, "Send you off, happy Lantern Festival."

Qingyang took it and saw that it was a sandalwood bookmark made by Chang'e twisted jade hairpin. Qingyang laughed and said, "How can there be a bookmark for a girl on Lantern Festival?"

"It doesn't mean to encourage reading, hey, it doesn't mean anything else." Liu Liang scratched his head embarrassedly.During the Lantern Festival, what men and women give each other will probably be said to be a token of love, and Liu Liang is also struggling with what to give a gift that will not be misrepresented even if it is known.

"I carved this myself. If you dislike it, there will be no more." Liu Liang was a little apprehensive. He didn't know what to say, so he could only make a half-joking and half-threatening temptation.

"No, I like it very much." Qingyang said with a smile, his eyes shining.

"I didn't prepare a gift for you, so I'll give you a chance to ask me." Qingyang didn't expect that he would give himself a gift on this day, so he didn't prepare a gift in return. Now that she is born, she thinks that she usually tells him this and that as the eldest princess, but now it is better to give him a chance to hear what he wants.

"At that time, accompany me to eat a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus dumpling soup."

"it is good."

In this grand ceremony, light spots gushed out from the darkness and flickered all over the sky, as if telling everything without words, the unhidden love spread from countless corners to the high ground in the heart, and the surging thoughts burned every minute The dark sanity, the chill of the night vanished in the flickering light and shadow, and the more suppressed the light became, the brighter and more precious it became.

"Blessed by heavenly officials, there are no taboos."