On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lanterns were actually on the day before. The curfew in Chang'an was cancelled for three days. From the evening of the 14th, the entire Chang'an City entered a carnival state. People kept having fun all night long, from the princes and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, all went out to enjoy the lanterns. In Chang'an City, there were crowds of people, and even on the widest Zhuque Street, it was difficult to drive.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City became more lively. Various lanterns covered Chang'an, and the beautiful smiling faces under the lanterns echoed each other with the colorful lanterns.

The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open and there were not many constraints on women. It was even common for women to show up in public on weekdays, and even dressed very boldly. However, these were scenes in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. During the Zhenguan period, people's ideas were far less open than those in later generations, so women usually had few opportunities to go out.

However, the Spring Festival is different. Although this festival is called lantern appreciation, for young unmarried men and women, in addition to lantern appreciation, the most important thing is to appreciate people. Many young men and women have the idea of ​​meeting a person they like. For men and women who have already joined or are in love, the Spring Festival is a good opportunity to go on a blatant date. Since ancient times, the Spring Festival has created many good marriages and beautiful couples? Therefore, it can also be regarded as the oldest Valentine's Day in China.

Just after the afternoon of the fifteenth day, Li Zhen came to find his beautiful lady. In fact, he had already taken the other person to play for a night last night. This morning he went back to the palace to sleep and immediately ran over again. Fortunately, both of them were children, and they were enviable, and they had to take Wu Meiniang to go with him. Wu Meiniang didn't want to go, and the will in the palace had already been delivered. After the Lantern Festival, she would go to the palace to serve, so she was not suitable for attending the Lantern Festival. However, she could not resist the tangle between her sister and Li Zhen. Yang also felt that it would be difficult for her daughter to come out again as soon as her daughter entered the palace gate. Therefore, she also advised her to go out for a while. Wu Meiniang had no choice but to take two little guys to enjoy the lanterns. Anyway, with Li Zhen there, she was not afraid of what others said.

Li Yan has been looking forward to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival for a long time. He also attended the Lantern Festival in later generations, but due to years of catastrophe, all Chinese traditions have been lost. Even the Shangyuan Festival has lost its original flavor and has become vulgar and shallow. Now, Li Yan is certainly unable to appreciate the original Shangyuan Festival in the Tang Dynasty.

When the sun just set, Li Yan and Xiao Wenxin took Wen'er, Hua'er, and Luzhu out. Originally, Li Yan wanted to call Wang Xijun, but this girl didn't know what crazy she had done and refused to come. Moreover, since Xiao Wenxin got married, she seemed to deliberately avoid each other. When she found Li Yan for something important, she stayed in the front yard and asked Wen'er and the others to call Li Yan. Until now, she and Xiao Wenxin didn't even know that Li Yan had such a special maid. Although Wen'er and Hua'er knew, as long as the princess didn't ask, they never mentioned Wang Xijun.

Of course, Li Yan brought a lot of guards when he went out, but today was different from the past, and these guards also changed into casual clothes. Moreover, Li Yan also rewarded a lot of money to tell them that if they were not married and saw their favorite girl at the lantern festival, they could leave and chase them on their own and never delay their lifelong affairs. They were naturally grateful for Li Yan's size.

As soon as he left the mansion, Li Yan immediately felt a festive atmosphere coming. In front of the gate that had just changed from Liang's Mansion to Qi's Mansion, Gao Zhong and several managers suggested that tea and a large sum of craftsmen were invited to build a lighthouse of more than ten feet high in the small square in front of the door. There were dozens of ropes on the top of the tower, and various lanterns were hung on it to form a magnificent lamp screen. These lanterns were made by the servants of the palace and the surrounding families, and hung on them to celebrate.

In addition to the royal lantern tree in front of the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial Palace, the lighthouse in front of Li Yan's gate is the most magnificent, which has attracted countless people to watch. Li Yan yesterday asked someone to have a lantern riddle guessing activity in front of the door, and all kinds of small gifts were given. Chang'an people also showed great enthusiasm for this kind of activity that emerged in later generations. In just one day, many people learned it. Now, people on some of the most lively streets are doing lantern riddle guessing activities.

Now the small square in front of Li Yan's door is crowded with people. Not only are there lantern riddle stalls set up by Li Yan, but the ubiquitous small vendors will certainly not miss this opportunity. The most common ones are lantern stalls, while others sell various snacks or lantern instruments.

Li Yan had already anticipated this situation before leaving the door, so the group came out of the corner gate next to it, which did not attract much attention. Then he asked someone to buy lanterns and masks for lanterns. Li Yan smiled and helped Wen Xin put on an evil ghost mask, while Wen Xin retaliatedly put on a ladies mask for Li Yan, and then everyone got on the carriage and rushed to Zhuque Street.

Zhuque Street is located on the central axis of Chang'an City and is also the widest street in Chang'an. Today, it is the most lively place in Chang'an City, especially at the gate of Zhuque, the imperial city at the end of Zhuque Street. There is a lamp tree that is more than 20 meters high, which is equivalent to a height of more than 60 meters. In the middle of the lamp tree is a cylindrical headlight, which is divided into many sections layer by layer. The cylinder manifestation protrudes each of the colorful lanterns of different shapes, including cranes, flowing clouds, and immortals in the heavens, the moon palace fairies, etc., all of them are exquisitely shapes and lifelike, looking extremely magnificent.

When Li Yan and the others arrived, the square under the lamp tree was already full of people, and the shouts of the small vendors were heard one after another, while the crowds around them were carrying lanterns, with a few or a dozen people walking forward in the crowds around them. If you look down from a high altitude, you will see these people changing shapes like flowing magma.

After watching the light trees in the carriage, Li Yan and the others got out of the carriage and got into the crowd. While watching the lanterns beside them, they saw if there were any objects they liked on the stall next to them. If they liked it, they bought it. Today, the person who was looking for it was a happy thing, and they had guards around them, so they didn't have to worry about crowding.

Headed by Xiao Wenxin, whether it is Wen'er, Huaer or Luzhu, they are all the most popular ages. Even Wenxin, who has always been quiet, reveals her lively side at this time. Several girls surrounded a stall selling inferior jade goods and were fooled by the clever uncle. They excitedly picked up a jade pendant that was useless except for the shape, and shouted loudly at Li Yan: "Husband, look at this jade pendant is beautiful? Can we buy it?"

"Beautiful, so beautiful! If you buy it, you must buy it!" Li Yan responded in a disagreeable manner. He knew the power of women's shopping. If he said no, it would only allow them to choose more garbage for themselves to see. Therefore, following them is the wisest choice.

When Xiao Wenxin heard Li Yan's praise, he immediately turned around excitedly and discussed with Wen'er and the others beside him. Then, according to the customary rules, he killed the price with the vendor uncle. However, with their shallow skill in killing the price, if he could kill the price with the traitor and the sloppy opponent, would that be a real ghost?

Xiao Wenxin and the others were busy shopping, but Li Yan's interest was shifted to the girls who were walking by. These girls were in groups of three or five, wearing new clothes and jewelry that they usually wouldn't wear, and most of them were not wearing masks, revealing young faces, either beautiful or ordinary. They were laughing while pointing at the people around them, and bursting out bursts of laughter from time to time, regardless of the eyes of the people around them. Their past ladylike demeanor was even more unstoppable.

Although Li Yan was wearing a mask, she was dressed gorgeously and tall and handsomely, and had a romantic and suave temperament. Although she couldn't see her appearance clearly, she still attracted the attention of many girls. When she walked past Li Yan, she discussed whether the masked man in front of her was beautiful or ugly or old, and didn't care whether her voice would be heard by the other party.

Looking at these bold girls, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Only in this Lantern Festival can he see the true nature of these women. From these straightforward girls, he also saw the style of later women. In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the 21st century. The past events that had been silent in his mind for many years also appeared. Even a figure that he thought had long forgotten appeared in front of him again...

Thinking of the past that was too far away for him, Li Yan shook his head with a wry smile. Unexpectedly, on Valentine's Day in the Tang Dynasty, he remembered the people and events more than a thousand years later. He turned around and looked at Wen Xin beside him, and his heartbeat couldn't help but feel a surge of warmth. The past is gone, let him go, and grasping the happiness in front of him is the real thing!

Thinking of this, Li Yan, behind the mask, smiled freely and squeezed into Wen Xin and the others, and began to help save the price. Li Yan was a shop in his previous life, and his skills in price killing and counter-stopping were also very good. Therefore, in a short while, he killed the jade that the black-hearted uncle asked for a hundred-wen was below twenty-wen. When Wen'er and the others saw that Li Yan was so powerful, they immediately picked a few. When the other party saw that Li Yan was a wise man, they didn't dare to bid for the price anymore. They gave up the price that was reasonable.

After walking around the square for a few times, Li Yan led them to Zhuque Street again, which was even more lively. Some people organized singing, hundreds or even thousands of people singing and dancing. The scene was very spectacular, and the participants were all voluntarily, so anyone who wanted to dance was fine. Li Yan was also interested and pulled Wen Xin and the others to dance for a while. At first, Wen Xin was a little unrestrained, but Li Yan was a role model in front and was wearing a mask. He was much more courageous than usual. He gradually became proficient in movements. The demeanor of a lady in the past was also thrown aside, and he jumped with Li Yan until he was out of breath before leaving.

"Go to Duke Lu's Mansion!" Li Yan gasped, and got on the carriage with Xiao Wenxin and the others, and ordered the coachman. A few days ago, Cheng Huailiang invited him and said that he had to go to his place today. It seemed that his father Cheng Yaojin asked him to invite him. Unfortunately, Cheng Yaojin said to him at the dinner table at that time, and he forgot to ask what was going on. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!