The 15th was originally the day of the Lantern Festival, but due to bad weather, snow and strong winds, the Lantern Festival was postponed.

In this era, the Lantern Festival is not a regular event.

But around the 15th.

Legend has it that the Lantern Festival was established during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to commemorate "Ping Lu". After the death of Han Emperor Liu Bang, Empress Lu's son Liu Ying ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive by nature, and power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty

After her death, Empress Lu took over the government and turned the Liu family into the Lu family. The senior officials in the court and the Liu clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of Empress Lu's cruelty and dared not speak out.

After Empress Lu died of illness, all the Lus were anxious and fearful of being hurt and excluded.

Therefore, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu and conspired to cause rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family.

This incident reached the ears of Liu Xiang, King of Qi, the Liu family. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Xiang decided to launch an army to attack Zhu Lu. Then he contacted the founding veterans Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to eliminate Lu Lu. The "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was finally over.

Completely pacified

After the rebellion was over, the ministers supported Liu Bang's fourth son, Liu Heng, to ascend the throne and proclaimed himself Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wen was deeply aware that peace and prosperity were hard-won, so he designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the day when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was quelled.

On that day, every house in the capital put up lanterns and streamers to celebrate.

Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a popular folk festival - "Lantern Festival".

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities for "Taiyi God" were held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

However, the Lantern Festival became a folk festival only after the Han and Wei dynasties. The custom of lighting lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished, and officials and common people generally "burned lanterns to worship Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

, Buddhist lights spread all over the people.

In this era, the royal palace only offered sacrifices to the gods of the four seasons, while ordinary people's homes had lanterns and the like.

But there are only a few varieties.

On the other hand, around the White Horse Temple, some Buddhist believers gathered, and the Lantern Festival seemed lively.

Zhuque Street is the busiest street in Luoyang, but it is also the quietest.

The noble families all celebrated the Lantern Festival at their own homes, and few people came out. After all, this era was not as lively as the Song Dynasty.

In a courtyard near the palace wall, Wang Sheng was wearing white clothes and a black mink fur draped over his shoulders, while Liu Yong stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Dong Dong Dong~

Not long after knocking, the courtyard door opened.

The door was opened by a porter. Judging from the lack of beard on the corners of his mouth and his somewhat feminine face, he was probably a palace eunuch.

"Who is your Excellency?"

"Marquis Guangyuan."

Wang Sheng took a step forward.

"Just let me in."

The concierge was stunned for a moment, with a bitter look on his face.

"It's just that the nobles in the courtyard usually don't see guests."

"I am not a guest. I am going to report the news of my arrival to the owner of this place."

Of course the porter knew the reputation of Marquis Guangyuan, and since he could be taken out of the palace by Princess Guangping, he naturally knew the relationship between the owner of the courtyard and Marquis Guangyuan.

"Slave, go right away."

After a while, the courtyard door opened again, and the person who came again was the Jasper Palace Maid.

"Your Majesty, please."

Although her face looked a little strange, this was nothing unusual for the Jasper Palace Maid.

The Marquis of Guangyuan had spent the night in Shuyi Palace before, let alone in the courtyard outside the palace?

In the view of the Biyu Palace Maid, she was afraid that Marquis Guangyuan was itching and wanted to taste the forbidden fruit.

Entered the courtyard.

Adjacent to the palace city, this courtyard is not small to be honest, but certainly not big.

But compared to the Shuyi Palace in the palace, it is only a little smaller.

"Wang Lang."

Wang Shengcai entered the courtyard when a clear and beautiful voice sounded in his ears. From the inner courtyard, Princess Guangping also walked out.

"I just moved out of the palace today, and you came on the same day. It would be great if Her Majesty the Queen knew about this."

Although there was a hint of blame in her words, Princess Guangping's face was even more joyful.

"You finally got out of the palace. Today I held a lantern festival in Jingu Garden and specially invited you to come."

Lantern Festival?

Princess Guangping was stunned for a moment. Although she had left the palace, it did not mean that she could go anywhere. She was just about to politely refuse, but the palace lady Biyu spoke before her.

"The princess has just left the palace. I'm afraid she can't go out casually. After all, judging from her status, the princess has not yet left the palace."

Princess Guangping hurriedly responded to Palace Maid Jasper.

"You came to see me. Her Royal Highness the Queen knows about this. It is inevitable that you and I will be punished. If you take me out, how about repaying it?"

Wang Sheng took two steps forward and was only one step away from Princess Guangping. Looking into each other's eyes, Wang Sheng asked: "Aren't you going to the lantern festival I specially organized for you in Jingu Garden?"

Princess Guangping had some hesitation on her face, but thinking of her identity, she shook her head heavily.

She is not some Menglang girl, but a royal princess. With her status here, how can she do whatever she wants?

"Not going."

"I also prepared a lot of delicious food and lantern riddles."

"Riddles? What are lantern riddles?",

It turns out that in this era, there was still no custom of guessing lantern riddles.

"There is a riddle on the lamp. If you guess it, you can get the reward above."

"This is so interesting."

Princess Guangping's eyes suddenly lit up.

"How do you want to come?"

"Never."

She will never leave this small courtyard today.

"It's not up to you."

Wang Sheng joked, took a step forward, and picked up Princess Guangping by the waist. The latter only felt that her whole body was wrapped in a strong arm, and the next second there was a great shift between heaven and earth.

"How can a prince do this?"

Wang Sheng laughed and walked forward directly. When the slaves in the courtyard saw Wang Sheng holding Princess Guangping in his arms, they did not dare to step forward to stop her and allowed Wang Sheng to carry the princess away.

Naturally, Palace Maid Jasper couldn't let Princess Guangping stay out of her sight, so she quickly followed her.

The carriage has already started, but fortunately the speed is not very fast, so the Jasper Palace Lady can still follow behind.

But now that the princess has been carried out, it is naturally impossible for the bold Marquis Guangyuan to send the princess back, but Marquis Guangyuan knows what is appropriate. After all, Marquis Guangyuan is a smart man, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is also smart.

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In the slightly bumpy carriage, Wang Sheng was still holding Princess Guangping. The latter's cheeks were red and she quickly broke away from Wang Sheng's hand.

"Wang Sheng, you Meng Lang, you are so shameless!"

The angry look made the baby's fat cheeks look even more cute.

Wang Sheng couldn't help but want to reach out and pinch it.

"I just invited you to come."

"Is there such a way to invite someone?"

"If you don't come, there's nothing I can do about it."

"A gentleman is humble and polite, not like you."

"Otherwise...I'll send you back?"

"snort!"

Princess Guangping turned around.

"You have already come out. When you go back, can you say that this princess never came out?"

This guy obviously had this thought in his mind.

"I won't dare to do it next time." Wang Sheng quickly apologized.

"What did you say?" Princess Guangping's eyes sparkled.

"How about pulling the hook?"

"Bah, bah, bah."

Princess Guangping shook her head quickly.

"This is a child's trick, Xiang'er is not young at all."

Wang Sheng took a look at the vital parts and thought it was not a big deal!

"What are you looking at?"

A look of suspicion immediately appeared on the latter's face.

"The weather is really nice today."

Wang Sheng whistled as if nothing had happened.

...

Talking and laughing all the way, the two finally arrived at Jingu Garden.

The outer garden of Jingu Garden remains as usual, but the inner courtyard is decorated with red lanterns.

Dozens of different lanterns such as carp lanterns, clam shell lanterns, ingot lanterns, Guan Gong lanterns, snake splashing lanterns, straw lanterns, etc. were decorated.

Wang Sheng asked the carpenters to do this based on his impression of seeing those lanterns in his previous life.

Seeing these lanterns, Princess Guangping's eyes suddenly lit up.

"These lights are so beautiful."

“There’s something even better!”

Entering the inner courtyard, Princess Guangping was immediately dazzled.

The scenery of Jingu Garden had attracted her attention originally, but with these lanterns, it became even more difficult to see.

Although Princess Guangping has a noble status, in the final analysis she is just a person who has lived in the palace for a long time.

In later generations, I may have to add the title of "Zhai".

"Lord."

As soon as Wang Sheng entered the inner courtyard, the maid quickly saluted him.

Princess Guangping was originally in a very relaxed mood. Her resentment at being forced out by Wang Sheng had long been resolved by Wang Sheng in the carriage.

But when she saw the appearance of the maid in the inner courtyard of Jingu Garden, she suddenly felt disgusted.

The maid of Jinguyuan is actually more beautiful than the maids in the palace. How can the prince control himself after seeing these beauties?

From the inner courtyard to the inner palace, the road is decorated with lanterns.

"Lord."

This time, it was not the maid who came to greet him, but Hongxiu Lvzhu and others.

If seeing the beautiful maid in front of her made Princess Guangping feel disgusted, after seeing the red-sleeved girl Lvzhu and others, her mouth started to pout, as if the jealousy in her heart had been overturned.

Originally, she was worried that Wang Sheng would have no one to take care of him in Jingu Garden. There was no one to take care of him here. Any maid would be a top beauty in other people's homes.

Among them, the one that puts the most pressure on Princess Guangping is Luzhu.

Although Lvzhu is not gorgeously dressed, among the others, she has the most outstanding temperament, and her appearance is much better than the other girls.

Even Princess Guangping didn't dare to say that she was more beautiful than Luzhu when she saw it.

"Why don't you leave?"

Wang Sheng took two steps forward, but the people behind him didn't move.

"Just leave."

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment and looked at Princess Guangping walking in front of him. For a moment, he didn't know where Princess Guangping's anger came from.

Entering it again, there is a big round table filled with delicious food.

She had seen food collapse before, but this was the first time she saw such a strange and huge food collapse.

"When everyone is here, let's eat before we have the energy to guess lantern riddles."

For this Lantern Festival, Wang Sheng also spent a lot of effort.

Relatives in his previous life can no longer be traced. For the important people around him in this era, he naturally wants to gather neatly together.

Even eating a bowl of glutinous rice balls together is good.

This may have to become the ancestral motto of his family.

Wang Shengruo thought thoughtfully: It must be written into the family rules in the future.

Wang Sheng did not explain the identity of Princess Guangping, and others did not ask. Wang Sheng sat on the main seat, Zhang sat on the left, and Princess Guangping sat on the right.

Outside were Hongxiu Lvzhu and others, and Nannan was being held by Mrs. Zhang.

Men are superior to women. At this moment, Princess Guangping was shocked by the scene of Mei Ji sitting together with the master's family.

"On the Lantern Festival, just eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls."

The maid beside me served a bowl of glutinous rice balls to each table.

"Tang Yuan Tang Yuan, Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan."

Wang Sheng was the first to pick up the bowl and take a bite, and then Mrs. Zhang also took a bite. Only then did Hongxiu and the others dare to use their chopsticks.

Princess Guangping followed suit and took a bite.

After just one bite, Princess Guangping's eyes lit up, and she felt that there was such a delicious thing in this world.

It's soft and moist, and you can eat sweet sesame seeds from it. Just for this bite of glutinous rice balls, it's worth leaving the courtyard.

Princess Guangping quickly stuffed several mouthfuls into it, until her mouth was bulging with food.

Zhang and the others have eaten too many delicacies, and when they ate glutinous rice dumplings, they were astonishing, but they did not lose their composure like Princess Guangping.

After finishing the glutinous rice balls, I had some symbolic noodles and rice.

The lantern riddle guessing begins.

"You choose a lamp."

Princess Guangping nodded and quickly pointed to the carp lantern.

After taking off the carp lantern and the red cloth attached to it, Princess Guangping took the red cloth in her hand and read the riddle on it.

"When you hear the sound, you will know that the leaves are falling again (guess one word)."

Princess Guangping read out slowly, and finally turned her attention to Wang Sheng.

"What does this mean?"

"Riddles for you to guess."

Hongxiu Tongnv Lvzhu and others were also around.

Although Wang Sheng did not tell the identity of Princess Guangping, they knew it in their hearts.

When I hear the sound, I know that the leaves have fallen again...

Princess Guangping murmured to herself, but her brows furrowed, but soon her brows relaxed.

She already knew the answer in her heart.

"Sister, why don't you help me."

Princess Guangping handed the red cloth to Luzhu.

She wanted to see how much this beautiful woman weighed.

Lu Zhu was stunned for a moment, glanced at Wang Sheng, and when she saw Wang Sheng nodded slightly, she took the red cloth and said softly: "If your guess is correct, this should be the word 'Zhi'."

"How can I see it?"

Princess Guangping asked without changing her expression.

"The pronunciation of "hearing the sound to know" is the same as "zhi". The two characters "yeyou" fall in the same place, which can become the character "zhi"."

"so smart."

She had guessed before and gave it to the woman in front of her, but she quickly guessed that it was no longer a vulgar fan.

"Then let's make another guess."

Princess Guangping pointed to another carp lantern.

"Meet Gusu Weng again in the middle of Fujian. (Two-character animal)"

Luzhu thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's a centipede. The center of the word "闽" is "worm"; "Gusu" belonged to the land of Wu in ancient times, so "Gusu Weng" is used to describe "Wu Gong".

"so smart."

Now, Princess Guangping recognized Lu Zhu's talent.

It seems that Wang Lang is not surrounded by vulgar fans.

For an outstanding person like Wang Sheng, Princess Guangping certainly knows that she cannot be locked up by herself.

But even if you can't lock a person, the person who locks him cannot be an ordinary person.

In the first two tests, Luzhu passed her test.

Then the next one is her.

Princess Guangping set her sights on Hongxiu.

As a result, Wang Sheng was stunned, and guessing lantern riddles turned into a confrontation between the housewife and the concubine.

This point made Wang Sheng laugh and cry.

But fortunately, they are a literary competition, not a martial arts competition.

Asking Princess Guangping to come over also had Wang Sheng's temptation in it.
Chapter completed!