Chapter 98 Lantern Festival
King Huo was somewhat restrained when he went to other mansions. He was more comfortable when he arrived at Shen Mansion than in his own palace. He was so drunk that he couldn't even walk, so he lay in the backyard of Shen Mansion for a while. He had been drunk before, and there was a living room exclusive to him in the mansion, and the decorations inside were more luxurious than the main yard. Every time he got drunk, the mansion would arrange beautiful maids to serve. However, this time he was so drunk that all the beautiful maids came forward and were kicked out of the door.
Even if he was drunk and couldn't move, his mind was still clear. Recently, he looked down on these women who were posted on it and always felt that it was meaningless to succeed. If he could find a young and talented woman, he might still be a little more interested, just like Shen Caishu. But he was still a little more rational. Before Shen Caishu married King Ping, he didn't want to move her. After that, even if he moved with King Ping's temperament, what could he do?
After sleeping for a while, he saw King Ping in his dream who dared not speak out. He was proud of the dream but woke up. He stared at the bed curtain with a loss and sighed in disappointment. Gao Sheng, the attendant outside, heard the movement and hurriedly brought the sobering soup to serve.
"Master, this soup was made by Miss Shen Jiu himself. It was just delivered and it was still hot." Gao Sheng said flatteringly.
"Just delivered? Is she still outside?"
"I'm still here, I'm enjoying the plum blossoms outside."
There are several red plum trees living in this yard, and they are now in full bloom.
"It's the time to bloom." King Huo smiled, and pursed his lips after drinking the sobering soup, saying, "Go and ask her if she would like to come in and talk."
Gao Sheng knew his intentions, and soon he took Shen Caishu in, moved a stool to the bed and asked her to sit down, and he led Shen Caishu's maid and other servants to the outside.
Shen Caishu couldn't help feeling ashamed when she saw that she and King Huo were left in the house. King Ping had been cold to her recently, and the bodding gifts she sent during the Chinese New Year were far inferior to those given by King Huo. She didn't know the rumors outside, but her unmarried cousin in the mansion had implicitly mocked her to let her interact with King Huo less, which made her feel a little unfair. She thought she was beautiful than the sisters, so she fell into the eyes of King Huo, unlike them who were in the capital for so many years. Before leaving Beijing, several sisters of the same age often quarreled over who should be liked as the prince's cousin. Since they stabbed her with words, she was not as good as their wishes. Even if she was engaged, King Huo wouldn't look at her more.
In order to make a sigh of relief, she wanted to show her face in front of King Huo, but that's all she thought about.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Caier, I heard it was the sobering soup you made by yourself?"
"Yes, it's good to match your highness's appetite." She said with her head down.
"Does this soup have any special spices added? I actually feel a scent when I drink it."
"No spices were added." Shen Caishu looked up slightly and said, thinking that there shouldn't be any fragrance in the soup.
Suddenly, King Huo came to her, sniffed it on her neck, and smiled and said, "Yes, it's the fragrance of your body."
"Your Highness..." Shen Caishu called him shyly, and was at a loss for a moment.
King Huo reached out and touched her face again. The smooth touch made the smile on his face deepen. Seeing that she did not avoid it, he joked: "Why is your face so red, but you have a drink at noon?"
"I drank a few glasses of sweet wine." Shen Caishu replied truthfully, knowing that she should leave at this moment, but her body seemed to be stationary and unable to move.
As soon as she finished speaking, King Huo reached out and raised her face, leaned over to taste the taste between her lips. Shen Caishu's mind was empty, her body shook slightly, and she immediately returned to her calmness by her firm arms.
"No wonder it's so sweet." He whispered in her ear.
She smelled the smell of wine on his body and felt that she was about to be drunk, and there was no way to tell the difference. In her ignorance and fear, she instinctively refused several times, but she could not resist King Huo's methods.
When he came back to his senses, King Huo had already tidied up his clothes and pulled her off.
After pinching her flushed face, King Huo raised his lips with satisfaction and said, "Haocai'er, I will come to see you in a few days."
Shen Caishu didn't answer, but she felt happy. Even if the maid entered the room and saw the situation inside, she couldn't disturb the light in her eyes.
As the night came, the Zhuque Street was bustling with people.
Because of the work of building rivers, Cheng Dashan had already left Chang'an and Lao Hei to go to another place. Sun had to watch the children at home, so he did not come out to watch the lights with the three sisters. In case of precautions, she asked Qin San to follow them, so Qin San was naturally happy to accompany Jinhua. If there was no accident, he and Jinhua would get married at the end of this year.
Seeing the two of them wearing spring breeze, Zhuhua squeezed at Yinhua. Yinhua glanced at him with some envy, and his eyes fell into the vast crowd. When will she get engaged? She is already fifteen, and it will be too late to get engaged. She wants to marry into a scholarly family. In the past two years, Sun has also selected several families for her, but they didn't pick her. At the end of last year, before the flower-welfare banquet was done, one family handed over the talk, but there was no further information afterwards. I heard that it was the daughter of a small official who entered Beijing.
Although Yinhua hated that this family had no vision, she had no choice but to do anything. Looking at the pairs of young men and girls in front of her, she felt sad. Compared with these women, what wasn't good enough?
As if feeling her emotions, Zhuhua looked at her and immediately looked away. Her outfit was really unbearable to look at her. Today Yinhua wore a silver dark flower silk dress, which was matched with a dark red butterfly dance pattern and a light red top. In addition to being a little old, she could see it. The problem was that she had a cloud bun on her head and a bead flower with a red diamond on one side. On the other side, she had three gold hairpins on her side. Before going out, Zhuhua suggested that she change it to a silver hairpin, and even rolled her eyes, which made Zhuhua dare not speak again.
"I heard that the stall in front can guess riddles. If you guess it, you can get a lantern for free. Sister, do you want to try it?" Zhuhua suggested carefully.
"Go, why don't you go?" No one wants the free stuff, she added a sentence in her heart, and followed Zhuhua eagerly arrived in front of a stall guessing riddles.
"That's beautiful." Zhuhua pointed at the complicated workmanship hanging at the top of the stall and looked at the gorgeous palace lanterns, guessing that Yinhua would like it.
Yinhua took a look and nodded in agreement. When the two saw the riddles written on it, they were stunned at the same time.
The riddle reads: "I am not big, and a thousand taels of gold are priceless. I like to apply rouge on my face and stay in the study to play. (Take something)".
Both of them knew it was a product in the study, but after thinking about it, they didn't know what it was. The last one was a inkstone and a paintbrush, but they didn't guess it. Zhuhua was not good at guessing riddles in her previous life. Even if she learned it again, guessing riddles is still her weakness. She admired some people who can become successful after studying it again. Here, it is just like the physics that she was difficult to learn in high school. No matter how many times she learned it again, it was the difference from passing to failing.
The two of them changed several stalls in a row, but they didn't even guess. Zhuhua had given up and planned to pay for one.
"These riddles are too difficult, so why don't you have a good holiday?" Yinhua complained.
Suddenly, someone laughed beside him. Yinhua turned around and was about to ask, but she saw a young man in a brocade dress handing her a lantern with a picture of a beauty.
"This is a winning lamp. If the lady refuses to abandon her, please accept it and have a good Lantern Festival." The young master smiled.
He was shook his eyes by his smile, and Yinhua's cheeks were hot and couldn't help but take the lamp, but said on her mouth: "If you don't take it, don't take it, don't take it back if you give it to me."
"This is natural." The young master still smiled gracefully, and he nodded and left until he heard someone calling him next to him.
Yinhua's eyes chased his back until he was completely submerged in the sea of people and stared at him stubbornly. Zhuhua smiled secretly and reached out to shake her, "Sister, don't lose your soul."
"Just talk nonsense." Yinhua slapped her hand, glared at her with a angrily, then pulled her over and whispered: "You are not allowed to tell your mother."
Zhuhua reached out her hand at the right time and spread it in front of her, "It's okay, hush money."
"You~" Yinhua looked at her in disbelief, "You are still my sister."
"I'm." Zhuhua's face kept retracting her hand and pulled Dabao Erbao over, "Don't want you to have more, just three lanterns, anyway, all three of us have seen it. Besides, it's strange that you are the only one of us, holding the lanterns."
Yinhua felt it was right, so she could only nod her head in pain, "Okay."
"That's great, I want that fish." Zhuhua squeezed to a stall next to her and pointed to the goldfish lamp on it.
"I want a rabbit."
"I want a rabbit, too."
"Okay." Yinhua responded helplessly, and said to the stall owner with a fighting spirit: "Store, can we buy three cups? Can we buy more cheap? If not, we will go to another house..."
When she bought the lamp at a good price, Jinhua and Qin San squeezed over from the side.
"Don't go too fast, you won't be able to see you in the blink of an eye."
"Don't worry, we recognize the way home. Don't be fooled by the two of you, that's true." Zhuhua raised her eyebrows.
The group laughed and made a while. Yinhua couldn't help but feel relieved when she saw that they didn't ask about the lamp in her hand. After walking for a while, she suddenly heard a bell sound on the wall in front. When she looked up, she seemed to see someone standing on the city wall, and then someone knelt down and started shouting long live. They also hurriedly knelt down with the crowd. Zhuhua looked up and wanted to see the emperor's appearance. After all, this was a famous historical figure, but it was too far away to see clearly. After the salute, she didn't know if the emperor said anything. Anyway, the crowd stood up one after another, and fireworks lit up on the city wall.
Although the fireworks of this era are much monotonous than modern fireworks, they still have to win the amazement of pearl flowers. She has been locked up at home for twelve years and finally went out to participate in activities. Everything is novel. When the fireworks are finished, she hears the sound of gongs and drums in front. After a while, the crowd automatically divides into two rows, and a team of dragon lanterns dance slowly from the front.
This is the lively atmosphere that should be the Lantern Festival. Zhuhua thought to herself, but she did not forget to take the two treasures in front of her, for fear that they would be abducted. During this kind of lively atmosphere, children were most likely to be abducted. After the dragon lantern passed, some shops would move out a few baskets of copper coins to sprinkle them at the crowd following the dragon lantern. The scene was a little chaotic for a while. Fortunately, another team of officers came to stare at the side so that there was no trouble. However, there were still a few trampled shoes on the street, which made Zhuhua laugh secretly.
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