At the beginning of the first month, the court closed the pen and took a break, but there were actually not many things to do.
Qi Yang and Lu Qipei took a day off when they were in the first year of junior high school. They went to the palace to see the emperor and the prince on the second day of junior high school. After the third day of junior high school, there were still relatives walking around—of course, they were all relatives of Qi Yang. Although she was related to siblings of the same generation Ping Ping, but unexpectedly get along well with the elders. Therefore, during the New Year's holiday, I also go to visit many uncles or aunts' homes.
In the busy time, the year is almost over, and when the writing is started in the ninth dynasty, everyone has to restrain their minds and re-value. However, it is obvious that although everyone who came back after the New Year is full of energy, it is difficult for them to focus on official business for a while.
Dali Si Qing was tolerant, and seeing this situation, he only said: "Forget it, the year after Shangyuan is over, so let's relax in these few days."
But it's not that the pen starts on the ninth day, and the fifteenth is high, but the lantern festival starts on the thirteenth. In addition, on the day of Shangyuan, officials can also have a day off and go back to accompany their families to play and admire the lanterns. Although the returning people have just taken their annual leave, they are still thinking about the excitement of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. How can they really relax? And Dali Temple is also lucky this year, and there are no urgent cases to deal with recently.
Because of these words from the Dali Temple Secretary, the atmosphere of Dali Temple has been extraordinarily relaxed these few days. Occasionally, after the off-duty, colleagues will meet for a drink. Lu Qipei has also been there twice, and the rest of the time, he still returns home early.
A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and since the 13th day of the first lunar month, lanterns were hung on the street one after another.
If there are lights without the moon, it will not entertain people, and if there are moons without lights, it is not spring. The Shangyuan Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, is the most lively festival after New Year's Eve. On this day, not only the whole city is lit up with lanterns, but even the emperor will show his face and go upstairs to watch the lanterns and enjoy the people together.
And lanterns need to be made and debugged, so generally starting from the thirteenth, every household will hang exquisite lanterns in front of the door.
Wealthy families will prepare more carefully, and some have the so-called "fighting lanterns" custom - each family will do their best to make the most beautiful lanterns and hang them out, allowing passers-by to judge. If the lanterns are beautiful and attractive, the owner will be honored. It is even said that the more people who stop to watch the lanterns outside their home on Shangyuan Festival, the more popularity and blessings they will bring to the owner of the home.
Whether the legend is reliable or not will not be mentioned first, in short, with such a statement, there will be more people fighting lanterns. The lanterns hung by each family are trying their best to compete with each other, just to attract more people to stop.
The Princess Mansion is also playing with lanterns these two days, but it is just made by the small households nearby, or directly bought by some wealthy people. The lanterns in the Princess Mansion will also be prepared for the prisoner - it will serve the royal family as a prisoner, of course. Gathered the most top craftsmen in Liang Guozhong. Whether it's the fireworks on New Year's Eve or the lanterns of Shangyuan, all the utensils that come from the prisoners are not ordinary.
When Lu Qipei returned home, he saw that the two red lanterns at the door were replaced by peach lanterns.
Qi Yang is also persistent. It has been several years. Every year, there are peach lanterns hanging outside Princess Shangyuan's mansion. Thanks to the skill of the craftsman who will be the supervisor, the peach lanterns made every year are different, and after finding out what the princess likes, the peach lanterns are getting better and better.
Lu Qipei also likes peach blossoms, and even if he didn't like them before, he became fond of them after he fell in love with Qi Yang. She took a few more glances at the peach lanterns under the eaves, and then walked into the mansion gate happily. Only when she returned to the courtyard and saw Qi Yang for the first time, she found that the other party was looking at Lu Sheng with a look of crying and laughing, so she couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"
Seeing her coming back, Qi Yang had no choice but to say to her: "Today, the supervisor sent a lot of lanterns. You should have seen them outside. It's just that A Sheng doesn't like these lanterns, so she just wants a rabbit lantern."
Rabbit lanterns are actually the most common type of lanterns. Every year, there are many vendors selling them along the roadside of the lantern festival, and they are the most popular among children. The supervisor will naturally also make the rabbit lamp, and it is very delicate. It's just that there is no righteous little master in the Princess' Mansion, and others are not sure about Qi Yang's attitude towards Lu Sheng. For the sake of safety, no one will send such children's stuff to the Princess' Mansion.
After raising rabbits, Lu Sheng likes rabbits very much. She didn't know where she knew about rabbit lamps, so she wanted one. This is not a difficult request, even if it is too troublesome and unwilling to go to the superintendent, it is not a problem to go out and buy one.
After listening to it, Lu Qipei was more direct. He took off the fur coat he was wearing when he went out and said, "A Sheng likes rabbit lamps. If you have someone ready, I will make one with A Sheng."
His concubine has always been versatile, so Qi Yang was not surprised to hear that. Seeing that the maid was instructed to prepare the materials, she supported her chin and looked at the person in front of her, but said faintly, "I like peach lanterns."
There are peach lanterns hanging outside the Princess Mansion every year, so the whole capital will know that you like it. Do you need to emphasize it
Lu Qipei understood Qi Yang's gaze, and showed a doting smile: "Okay, let's make another peach lantern."
On the thirteenth of the first lunar month, the lights will be hung up, and the fifteenth Shangyuan will not be far away.
Two days after I started writing, the government office was on vacation again. Lu Qipei was free to make lamps at home, but Qi Yang took the time to go to the palace again. When he came back, he looked relaxed, and said to Lu Qipei, "Brother Huang is in a lot better shape. I should be able to go upstairs and watch the lanterns this year."
Emperor Zilai lives in the palace, talking about having fun with the people, but there are very few times when he can really get in touch with the people. Climbing the towers to watch the lanterns is one thing. The emperor would personally climb the high-rise buildings in the palace to light the lights on the Shangyuan Festival to pray for the people. Although it was still far away, the high-rise buildings were brightly lit at that time, and the people could see the figures on them. And the emperor standing on the tall building can also have a panoramic view of half of the capital.
This is a rare opportunity for the emperor to meet with the people. At first, the emperor took the queen up the building to pray for blessings, but when the queen passed away, the emperor began to take the prince to the building, and the prince also stood in front of people early.
And this habit continued until four years ago. The prince returned from the First World War in the Northern Xinjiang, and his foundation was injured, and every winter he became a little sicker. Not to mention whether he was ill in Shangyuan, even if he happened to be healthy at that time, the emperor would not dare to let him go upstairs easily.
After all, in Shangyuan, the weather has not yet warmed up, and the high winds are strong. If the prince falls ill while lighting the lamp, it will not be easy to end it. It is not only as simple as the prince getting sick, but the weakness of the prince will be completely exposed. If it is small, it may cause people to fluctuate in Beijing. If it is large, Liang Guo's inability to succeed will also give the surrounding countries an opportunity.
It is because of these concerns that the prince has not accompanied the emperor upstairs for several years. However, this year is different. Although the prince's health has deteriorated again due to the previous serious illness, the emperor is also old.
The old emperor didn't know how long he could go, so he wanted to try his best to put his son on the right path.
It is necessary for the prince who has been absent for several years to re-enter the building. It's just that the emperor's illness a year ago not only ruined his own body, but also dragged down the prince's body that he finally took care of. When I saw him on New Year's Eve, the prince still looked sick, but after half a month, he was able to climb the building and watch the lights. Obviously, he is also trying to recover these days.
This is obviously good news for Qi Yang. Lu Qipei didn't particularly care, she showed Qi Yang the peach blossom lantern she had made: "I didn't make it look good as a supervisor, Aning is a little bit wronged, why don't I go out with this lamp tonight?"
Hearing this, Qi Yang immediately put the recovered crown prince behind her head, and she happily took the lantern made by Lu Qipei herself, her heart was too partial: "What's wrong? The supervisor's peach lanterns are only suitable for hanging at the door!"
With such a righteous and sweet talk, there is no one except Qi Yang.
Lu Qipei listened to it very much, with a gentle smile on his lips, and his eyes were as bright as stars when he looked at Qi Yang.
Qi Yang couldn't hold back when he saw it, and was confused by the beauty for a while. He didn't even care that there were still maids in the room, so he leaned forward and kissed her on the lips. Not waiting for Lu Qipei to respond, he withdrew again, making an excuse perfunctorily: "This is your reward."
Lu Qipei glanced around when he heard the words, and the maids who were blushing and bowing their heads seemed to have eyes on their foreheads, and suddenly quietly backed out. Seeing that there was no one else around, Lu Qipei hugged Qi Yang's waist and kissed it back. Her kiss was a bit more touching than Qi Yang's before, and finally let go of humanity: "My craftsmanship is ordinary, and your Highness is paid a lot. back to you."
Qi Yang pursed his lips slightly, and his eyes were slightly moist, and then he caught a glimpse of Lu Qipei's pale lips stained with his mouth grease. She didn't feel embarrassed, she only felt that the bright red color against the jade-like face of the other party had a unique style.
Anyway, she was teased by the other party just now. Qi Yang's heart was not polite at this time. She lifted Lu Qipei's chin with one hand and snorted softly: "This princess is fine, it's worth it if you say it's worth it. How can you bargain?!"
While speaking, Her Royal Highness kissed again, her eyes were a little darker than before.
The two of them acted like a joke, under the guise of "bargaining", playing the trick of coming and going... Fortunately, no one else heard their conversation, otherwise such childish words would have shocked many people. eyeballs.
Fortunately, in the end, the game stopped before going any further, and Lu Qipei hugged him for a while before reluctantly letting go.
Qi Yang used her thumb to help her wipe off the grease on her lips, and then said with a smile, "Actually, Ah Pei looks pretty good with lipstick on, but your lips are too pale." She said, holding up Lu Qipei's again. Face: "When can I help you with another makeup look?"
Lu Qipei has always had makeup on her face. Since she was a child, 99% of the time she and Lu Qi were like each other, and she was credited with deliberate modification. Then as she grew older, to make her originally too soft face a bit more angular and become more like a man, it was not enough to just make up, and she also had to apply makeup deliberately. It's just that after dressing up for so long, Qi Yang has never seen what her real daughter's home looks like, and she can't help feeling emotional for a while.
Of course Lu Qipei heard this emotion. She evoked a strand of hair scattered around Qi Yang's ear to restore her ear, and after thinking about it, she said, "If you really want to watch it, come back at night, as you like."