Emperor Hongjing appeared quietly, and Yaoniang didn't notice until she saw a bright yellow figure appearing in the lamp shed at the front.
A servant came and called King Jin away, and King Qing also left.
Not long after, King Jin came back, followed by King Qing. However, King Qing's face was a little pale, probably because something happened.
Jin Wang said to take Yaoniang to visit the Lantern City, Yaoniang asked if she didn't need to be here with her. In this case, if Emperor Hongjing didn't leave, the son couldn't leave anyway.
It was only later that Yaoniang knew that Emperor Hongjing's dragon body felt a little unwell, so she returned to the palace early.
Concubine Qing came out with Yao Niang, so naturally she had to go together. King Qing was standing in the light shed on his mansion in a daze. Seeing that King Jin had left with someone, he wanted to call out but did not.
"What's wrong with him? Has he been scolded?" Yaoniang asked in a low voice.
King Jin said: "Father found out, and reprimanded Seventh Brother."
In fact, Jin Wang said it more implicitly, but Hongjing Emperor was furious, and he didn't know who broke it out. Emperor Hongjing scolded King Qing for not being strict with his family, spoiling his concubines and destroying his wives.
These words seem simple, but they are actually quite serious. This kind of thing is a taboo for ordinary officials, let alone a prince who has been named a king.
Let the king of Jin see that Emperor Hongjing must have something bothering him to get so angry, and King Qing has suffered a lot. But this matter was a fact, King Qing didn't even have a chance to argue, and he couldn't do anything other than kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake.
At that time, all the princes were watching, King Qing was very embarrassed.
Jin Wang knew that his father had treated Lao Qi too much. Although his father could not be called a loving father, he always saved face for his sons in front of others. From childhood to adulthood, among the princes, Lao Qi was treated with no color, saying that he was a son, and many times he was not even as good as a slave.
So King Jin could understand why King Qing stumbled on his Korean cousin. This is probably a kind of empathy similar to hurting others. Others can't and can't persuade him about this kind of thing, and can only watch him continue to walk down, and see if he can understand someday.
In the past, King Jin more or less wanted to say a few words for King Qing. This time, he didn't speak and kept silent.
After listening to King Jin's narration, Yao Niang didn't dare to say anything other than clicking her tongue, because Princess Qing was still following behind. She said a few words to King Jin, and then went to Princess Qing to walk with her.
"His Highness said that he would take me to the Lantern Market, let's go together."
Princess Qing shook her head: "I won't go."
Yaoniang said anxiously: "It's rare to have a festive season once a year. I haven't seen the lantern market in the capital yet. When His Highness said it was, there would be fireworks. We usually take the opportunity to relax. Let's talk about it." , Brother Yan and Zhuzhu are still in the palace, you will go back with us to pick her up when the time comes."
Princess Qing was thinking about how to refuse, when she suddenly saw a few people coming here, her eyes lit up and said: "It's not that I don't want to go shopping, I don't want to go with you and Fifth Brother, look at my brother and sister-in-law who are here, I'll stay with them, so I won't disturb you and Fifth Brother, when the time comes, I'll go to Wangfu to pick up Brother Yan and Zhuzhu."
Yaoniang also saw people from the Xiao family.
Xiao Qian and Xiao Kun bowed their hands to King Jin, "Thank you, Your Highness, for taking care of Sister Sister."
King Jin's eyes were a bit complicated, but he didn't say anything, just nodded.
After that, Princess Qing and Xiao's family left, while Yaoniang walked forward with King Jin.
The lamp market is divided into inner and outer markets, the inner market is the area where Cai Yaoniang and King Jin walked, and the outer market is outside Dong'anmen, and there are also lamp markets in Liulichang and Mishikou.
Entering the Lantern City is like falling into a world of bright lights.
There are lights of various colors everywhere, row by row, making people dizzying. There are also many types of lanterns, including dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, flower blue lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, angular lanterns, tree ground lanterns, fireworks lanterns, mushroom lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, etc. The shapes are round, square, cylindrical, and polygonal. , of all kinds. There are big ones and small ones, and there are many varieties. The largest one is as high as several floors and serves as the main body of Dengshan, while the smallest one is no more than the size of a palm.
There are also countless street vendors selling snacks, jugglers, performers, and stalls selling various utensils and gadgets. There is a lot of people everywhere.
King Jin put one arm around Yaoniang's waist, in a state of protection. Except for Fucheng and Yuchan who followed them, Anshi, Anshi and several guards disguised themselves as ordinary people and disappeared around.
Along the way, Yaoniang ate a bowl of Lantern Festival, watched the dragon lantern dance for a while, and bought the most common jade rabbit lantern in her hand, her little face flushed with excitement.
King Jin looked at her with pity in his heart, he still took her out to play less. But when Yaoniang stuffed the endless Lantern Festival into his mouth, he still chose to refuse.
"It's delicious, why don't you eat it?"
King Jin didn't even want to talk to her, and it wasn't the first day he didn't eat sweets.
Passing by a stall with bamboo traps, Yaoniang bought thirty bamboo traps for half a tael of silver. In fact, let Jin Wang see that the rows of small objects on the ground look good, but they are all very rough, but Yao Niang insists on playing, so she can only let her play.
It's a pity that the craftsmanship is not good, and none of the thirty bamboo rings are covered.
King Jin heard her sigh "Oh, oh", and when the bamboo rings in his hand were thrown away, nothing was covered, so let alone the disappointment all over his body. Fucheng and Yuchan next to him suppressed their smiles, and King Jin helplessly watched her staring at the gadgets on the ground, as if hesitating whether to buy some more bamboo rings to set them up.
"Yuchan, give me another half tael of silver."
Yuchan hurriedly took out the silver and went forward to change the bamboo ring.
This time Yaoniang was more cautious than before, but she still didn't catch any of them, and the one that got the best cover only covered one side, which didn't count.
Why can't it be put on
Yaoniang stared at those little things with burning eyes, and the peddler who set up the stall seemed to have a conscience, so he hurriedly took a porcelain piece in the shape of a kitten from the ground, and handed it over: "Madam, let me give you one." .”
Yaoniang felt that this kitten was very like Huahua, she wasted a lot of circles on it but failed to get it, and when she saw the boss wanted to give her away, she immediately smiled and wanted to take it.
The peddler was dazzled for a while, wishing to give all the things on the stall to this beautiful lady. And before Yaoniang stretched out her hand, she was blocked by someone.
It was King Jin.
King Jin glanced at Fu Cheng, and Fu Cheng rushed forward, took the porcelain pieces from the peddler's hand, and put them on the spot. He also reached out to the peddler to ask for bamboo rings, but the peddler handed over a handful of bamboo rings in a panic, regardless of Fucheng's lack of money.
Fucheng took it and came to King Jin respectfully.
King Jin took it, but didn't see how he posed, those bamboo rings flew out at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and when Yaoniang looked down, all the things were covered with a bamboo ring properly . Even the corner of the most attractive revolving lantern that is farthest from here is covered with one.
In fact, many people were attracted to this stall because of the revolving lantern.
The revolving lantern is pasted with paintings, which depict stream fish. Because of the bright colors and the lack of wind, it turns like a group of carp scrambling for food in the water, which is very eye-catching.
But if such a revolving lantern is bought for silver, it needs ten taels of silver, but here a few pennies can buy a bamboo ring.
What if it is caught? People can't help being lucky and greedy for petty gains, which is why the business of this small stall is so prosperous.
It's a pity that the bamboo circle is too small, and the position and shape of the revolving lantern are too tricky. No one has been able to set up this lantern. Before Yaoniang spent more than 20 circles on it, she realized the truth and gave up trying to set other things. She didn't expect to be caught by King Jin.
"Your Highness, you are really powerful." After praising King Jin, Yaoniang turned her head and directed Fu Cheng and Yu Chan to pack up all the things in the suit and take them away.
"So much, Fucheng and the others can't take it."
After being reminded by King Jin, Yaoniang realized this cruel fact.
King Jin signaled Fu Cheng to pick up the revolving lantern, while he bent down to pick up the flowery kitten ornament.
He rubbed it between his fingers, and handed it to Yaoniang: "I can give you whatever you want." The implication is that you are not allowed to take what others give.
Yao Niang looked at the streamer in his eyes, and couldn't help blushing, she didn't expect King Jin to be jealous like this.
Watching his fortune tree being taken away, the peddler felt that the sky was falling even if the other nobles stayed behind. But he didn't dare to shout, didn't dare to stop, he didn't ignore that lady just called that her Highness.
Your Highness, how many people in this world can be called Your Highness? Being around the roots of the imperial city all the year round, the peddler naturally knew that he was not to be messed with.
Suddenly, a piece of silver fell down in front of him, and the peddler looked up and saw a man passing by in front of him, and he grabbed the silver with great joy.
A noble person is a noble person, and his actions are generous. He went to buy another lamp and came back, and the business can still be done.
King Jin didn't lead Yaoniang to continue shopping, but came to a three-story restaurant.
The restaurant was full of guests, full of voices, and every seat was full. Especially on the second and third floors, the sill windows are all wide open, which is really a rare thing.
Along the way, Yaoniang saw that all the restaurants on the street were overcrowded, and the windows upstairs were all wide open. It's fine if it's summer, but it's still winter. But soon she knew why.
"With so many people, will there be a seat?"
"Of course there are."
Sure enough, after entering, Fucheng negotiated with someone, and someone led them upstairs.
As soon as she stepped up the stairs, Yaoniang saw a group of people coming at the door, they were Xiao's family and Princess Qing.
"Jirou, here."
Yaoniang was so excited that she couldn't help but say hello. Seeing people watching her around, she realized what she had done, and hurriedly hid behind King Jin.
Cat guts!
King Jin sneered in his heart, and motioned Fucheng to go forward.
Soon the Xiao family and Concubine Qing came over, King Jin didn't say much, just said that if there is no seat, we can go together.
Not to mention, there is really no seat. Uncle Xiao didn't want to bother King Jin, but they planned to come out temporarily. Let alone here at this time, I'm afraid there will be no room everywhere. Seeing that the faces of the women and children at home were full of anticipation, they bowed their hands and said "excuse me".
King Jin nodded, did not say much, and took the lead.
The private room is not on the second floor, but on the third floor with the best location and the highest.
Others don't know, but Uncle Xiao knows that the third floor of the 'Cyclamen' is not open to high-ranking officials, and sometimes even high-ranking officials may not be able to come up. To be able to book such a position during the carnival celebration of the Shangyuan Festival, King Jin's means and power can be seen.
Maybe this cyclamen belongs to King Jin, such a thought flashed through the mind of the Xiao family uncle. As far as he knew, the person behind this cyclamen was very mysterious and powerful, no one would dare to provoke him.
Soon someone served tea, fruit, and snack plates, and everyone sat down on the chairs.
This private room was huge, occupying half of the entire third floor. Women and children sat on one side, while a few men sat on the other side, so it wasn't noisy.
After getting acquainted with each other, Yaoniang greeted the eldest grandmother, the second grandmother, and Princess Qing and the two children to eat fruits and snacks. There are a lot of people today, so the Xiao family's first room and second room only brought the older children out, and the younger ones stayed at home, just like Xiaobao and the others.
The man seemed to be talking about something, Yaoniang watched from a distance, and guessed in her heart that she might be talking about Princess Qing. Until now, Yaoniang is not clear about King Jin's plan for King Qing and his wife.
At this moment, the night sky outside suddenly lit up, followed by a few sounds of whoo, whoo, and bang.
The two children of Xiao's family jumped up immediately, changed from the quiet and beautiful appearance just now, and shouted loudly: "Father, mother, fireworks!"
Saying that, she went to the window and passed away.
Everyone stood up and went to the window.
The sky and the earth seem to appear in the eyes at once, the dark blue night sky, the bright moon hanging high, and the stars. What is even brighter than that is the silver flowers blooming in the night sky not far away.
The voices of people were loud, visible to the naked eye, Yaoniang saw countless people rushing towards that place in the street below.
'Whoa-bang, bang, bang', the explosion of fireworks is endless.
At the same time, scenes of beautiful paintings began to be staged in the night sky.
Various colors, various shapes, some of those fireworks are like fireballs, some are like silver snakes, and some are like blooming chrysanthemums of various colors, they are extremely beautiful.
The first batch of fireworks had just dissipated, and a large number of fireworks poured down from the sky, forming silver and golden waterfalls, which were breathtakingly spectacular. Among them are fireworks of various shapes and colors, which are breathtakingly beautiful.
"It's so beautiful!" Yao Niang said.
A big hand grasped hers, and she couldn't help it for a moment, leaning against his chest.
I wish this scene would never pass, this moment will last forever.
While everyone was intoxicated by the beauty of fireworks, there was a person on the street corner looking up at this place.
King Qing followed Xiao's family all the way, and wanted to go forward countless times, but was held back.
He looked up at Princess Qing's beautiful face under the streamer, and all kinds of emotions were entangled in his heart. He didn't realize that there was also a woman standing not far behind him, but that woman was looking at him, with various emotions flashing in her eyes, and finally fell silent.
She took out something from her bosom and handed it to the person behind her.
"Give this to him."
A look of surprise flashed in this person's eyes, "You finally think about it."
She didn't speak.
The aftertaste of the Shangyuan Festival has not yet dissipated, and Beijing is swept by another wave.
Spring was just in February, and a large number of Juren students from all over the capital began to gather in Beijing. Everywhere, inns, restaurants, houses, and even temples were overcrowded.
The capital is very lively, and you can hear people talking about Chunwei wherever you go. Emperor Hongjing appointed Xiao Teng, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, as the chief examiner of this subject, and the other deputy examiner was Tian Yu, the head of the Imperial Academy.
Both of them are highly respected people, and Chun Wei, who presides over this subject, naturally has no one to refute.
The Chunwei examinations will be held on February 9th, 12th, and 15th, each for three days, for a total of nine days. As the saying goes, when you enter a tribute house, you can shed a layer of skin, which can be seen.
However, after ten years of studying in the cold window, he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop. After reading books for a lifetime, some people still don't give up even when they are gray-haired in the exam, isn't it just to get this day. So even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, there are countless people scrambling for the future.
But all of this has nothing to do with Jin Wangfu, Jin Wang still goes to the Ministry of Industry every day as usual, and when the time comes, he will be on duty.
In late February, the Spring Quarter ended.
But the wave in Beijing still hasn't dissipated, and it's even more lively than before. The results of the general examination will be released in March, and the candidates gathered in Beijing will not be able to decide whether to leave or stay until the results are released.
Now that Chunwei is over, what is obtained in this subject and what are the questions are naturally widely known, and it is inevitable that some people will copy the articles they have written, verify each other, and spread them widely. In restaurants and restaurants everywhere, it is inevitable that many candidates gather together to discuss issues and discuss various articles.
In fact, after such a long period of time, most of the candidates have a good idea of who will be able to pass the exam.
But at this moment, something happened.
But things went around and around, and it was finally found out that it was related to King Qing, which was beyond everyone's expectations.