Qi Yang has said more than once that she wants to see Lu Qipei's women's clothes, but this is the first time she has given such a clear response. Because in the past, even if Lu Qipei looked at the clouds and the wind, a string in his heart was always tense.
But now that Xie Yuan was dead, the biggest threat on their heads was gone, and Lu Qipei seemed to relax.
Because of this unexpected response, Qi Yang was a little surprised, and didn't even want to go to any lantern festival. In her words, "Shangyuan Lantern Festival is held every year. How can it be important to see A Pei's dress change?"
Lu Qipei was amused when he heard it, and he stretched out his hand and scratched lightly on her cheek: "Your Highness is wrong. The Shangyuan Lantern Festival is only once a year. In the future, you want to see me in women's clothing, but you still have a lifetime of time, day by day. You can see, where do you need to be so anxious?"
In fact, there is no need for the two to convince each other, just when the two were flirting, the closed door was pushed open a crack, and a small black head came in. Lu Sheng couldn't see anything unusual, so he happily opened the door and ran in, holding the rabbit lamp made by Lu Qipei himself: "Your Highness, Uncle, it's getting dark, let's go out."
God knows how long the little guy has been looking forward to the lantern festival, and today he has been waiting for dark since he woke up. Now that the sky was finally getting dark, she came to look for someone with a light on, eagerly looking at the two of them with eager anticipation.
Seeing this, Lu Qipei couldn't help laughing. He blinked at Qi Yang again, and said silently: Look, A Sheng has come to look for someone. If you dare to say no, the child will cry to you in minutes. Believe it or not
Qi Yang received Lu Qipei's eyes perfectly, and was inexplicably discouraged. In the end, he could only mention his peach blossom lantern and said helplessly: "Let's go, let's go out now." It is better to go back early.
Lu Sheng was completely unaware of what he had destroyed. Hearing this, he was overjoyed, holding the lamp in one hand and Lu Qipei's robe foot in the other before leaving. In the end, he was stopped and waited for the two to change their clothes before they were able to go out.
The Shangyuan Lantern Festival used to be crowded, so Qi Yang and Lu Qipei also brought more attendants on their trip.
The family of three did not take a car, and rarely went out on foot. And those who can live adjacent to the Princess Mansion, in addition to the royal family, are the dignitaries, so as soon as the three of them go out, they can see exquisite lanterns hanging outside every door. Some are carefully crafted by general supervisors, and some are specially purchased by dignitaries. On the contrary, the peach lanterns outside the Princess Mansion that remained unchanged every year seemed a little too ordinary.
Before Lu Sheng walked out of the street, he was fascinated by the lanterns of various houses. Qi Yang looked at the child in surprise and asked her deliberately, "A Sheng, are these lanterns good-looking?"
The little dumpling nodded honestly: "It's good-looking, it's all good-looking."
Qi Yang's eyes turned and he deliberately teased her: "Then Asheng will exchange the rabbit lamp, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Sheng immediately became vigilant when she heard it, and shook her head hurriedly while holding her lantern: "If you don't change it, you won't change it, and A Sheng won't change it!"
Qi Yang was amused by her nervous and protective look on her face. From time to time, she made a few jokes, and children would take it seriously. Most of the childish words made people laugh, so the group continued to move forward while laughing and noisy.
In fact, although the lanterns hanging on this street are very delicate, the real liveliness of the lantern festival is far from here. When the three of them walked out of the street where the rich and powerful were gathered, when they turned to the main road of Long Street, they saw that the outside world was completely new.
In fact, it was still early for Lu Sheng to go out, and the sky outside had just darkened. But this is the case, the lights everywhere have been lit, except for the ones hanging under the eaves on both sides of the street, the horizontal lines are also drawn above the street, and the simplest lantern styles are hung - lotus lanterns, walnut lanterns, snow lanterns, a The lights were laid out, and the whole street was brightly lit.
These days, the common people don't have any entertainment activities at night. The sons and brothers of rich and noble families can still go to Huajie Liuxiang. Ordinary people even take a rest in the dark in order to save some lamp oil. In addition, there is a curfew in the city, so there are very few opportunities to have fun at night.
The Shangyuan Lantern Festival is a rare opportunity. Starting from the 13th day of the first lunar month, the city has lifted the curfew, and it has been a carnival for three consecutive days. However, only on the day of Shangyuan, the government will pay to hang all the lanterns on the main street, and the whole street will be illuminated like daylight. Later, the emperor personally climbed the building to watch the lanterns, praying for the people and having fun with the people, which pushed the atmosphere of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to its peak.
This liveliness will last all night, and when Shangyuan Night passes and the lights go out at dawn, these lanterns will also usher in their ending. After the lanterns are burned, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is completely over.
Only that was the end, but now it is still the beginning.
The street market on the night of the Yuan Dynasty is really lively, and the later the time, the more people on the street. As the three of Lu Qipei walked to the depths of the market, the attendants who originally followed behind the three also stepped forward to protect them from the surrounding crowd.
Qi Yang and Lu Qipei didn't feel disappointed either. They were walking on the street, surrounded by a continuous stream of people, and occasionally there were children running by laughing at their feet. There are hawkers on both sides of the street, most of them selling lanterns, and occasionally other things, such as sachets, masks, and other bits and pieces.
The lanterns on the small stalls are not worth seeing, most of them are made by the stall owners themselves. Not to mention that compared with the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who will be the supervisors, even the two lamps made by Lu Qipei are more than one notch better.
Qi Yang's eyes were attracted by the mask on the stall. When she approached, the hawker knew that a noble person was coming when she saw her imposing attire, and was busy greeting her. Qi Yang ignored him, glanced at him and picked up a mask - the mask that looked like a human face didn't know which god it belonged to, the dark face and anger eyes looked quite terrifying.
I don't know why Qi Yang chose this one, he was quite satisfied when he picked it up and looked at it, then turned around and put it on Lu Qipei's face.
Ruyu's face was suddenly replaced by a hideous mask. Lu Sheng, who was nestled in Lu Qipei's arms, looked up and was startled by the appearance of the mask.
Lu Qipei hurriedly coaxed the child a few words, but he was afraid that he would continue to scare her, so he reached out and prepared to take off the mask.
Unexpectedly, the hand just lifted, but was held down by Qi Yang: "Wear it, don't take it off."
Lu Qipei obediently stopped his movements, but asked inexplicably, "Why? This mask is not good-looking, it scares A Sheng."
Qi Yang's eyes flickered when he heard the words, but he said, "What's not good-looking? The masks I chose are all good-looking! A Sheng just hasn't seen it before, so I'll get used to it if I look at it more." After she finished speaking, she asked Lu Sheng, "Ah Sheng, are you right?"
What can good boy Lu Sheng do? Of course, she could only nod her head, she couldn't be more compromising.
Lu Qipei was slightly startled by her actions, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Qi Yang's twinkling eyes, as if he understood something. She pursed her lips and held back her laughter. She just used the mask to hide the smile in her eyes, and said, "Is that so? Then I'll choose one with Aning too."
Qi Yang did not refuse, seeing that Lu Qipei chose a white mask with female gods painted on it, and put it on with her personally. The two looked at each other with satisfaction. At this time, Lu Sheng tugged at Lu Qipei's sleeve, and whispered, "A Sheng wants too!"
The hawker winked, and immediately said, "Young Master, Madam, there are smaller masks here."
The two heard the words and looked, and sure enough, the hawker took out a stack of masks from under the stall. This time, it is not a god, but small animals, such as tigers, foxes, rabbits, etc., only work can only be regarded as ordinary.
Lu Sheng is not picky, he fell in love with the rabbit mask at a glance, and eagerly wanted it.
Qi Yang bought it naturally, put the mask that was too big for Lu Sheng on her, and muttered, "A Sheng is really, after raising a rabbit, I wish I could become a rabbit too."
Lu Sheng didn't care about the complaints at all. He held the small mask on his face with both hands, and even handed the rabbit lamp to Lu Qipei to carry.
After wearing masks, the three of them continued to stroll on the street. This time, it's alright. With masks blocking everyone's sight, the eyes that fell on their family were finally reduced. That's right, the reason why Qi Yang was interested in masks was that he chose to choose them. The ugliest one was given to Lu Qipei, because she was born so well, there were always girls looking at her before!
This is unavoidable. The Shangyuan Lantern Festival is very lively, especially young men and women will not miss the lively Lantern Festival. There are more people, and there are more eyes of various colors, and the girls who dare not look directly at men on weekdays dare to look around.
It doesn't matter for people to see, but Her Royal Highness is stingy, and her consort is not far away from being looked at by others.
Lu Qipei saw it, so he put on a mask like a good man. But at the same time, she was equally sensitive to the gazes of others who fell on Qi Yang, so she also took advantage of the situation to ask Qi Yang to wear a mask too - only Lu Sheng didn't know anything, and the child was just making fun of it, and he was arrested after a while. The mask was too boring, and reluctantly took it off.
Now the two of them are satisfied with each other, and tacitly hide their thoughts, so they can continue to stroll on this street.
The group walked along the main road of Suzaku Street, and gradually reached the center of the city, where they could see several tall lighthouses standing in the distance. Starting from the most common square and round lanterns on the ground floor, then to the lotus lanterns, goldfish lanterns, hydrangea lanterns in the middle, and a few glazed palace lanterns at the top, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who will be the supervisors is not lost on the sophistication.
However, compared to the glazed palace lanterns at the top, at first glance, the lighthouse with a height of three people was the most eye-catching. Lu Sheng was the first to be attracted, and when he looked at the tall lighthouse, he couldn't help exclaiming.
There were a lot of people under the lighthouse, and there were singing and dancing groups performing arts, making the noise of gongs and drums all around.
Lu Qipei and Qi Yang didn't care about the lighthouses, but obviously they had to go there to join in the fun. Fortunately, they had attendants to clear the way, and it was easy to walk all the way, until they were stopped by a family member under the lighthouse, and asked them with a smile if they wanted to guess lantern riddles
Of course, these lighthouses are owned by their owners. They were not funded by the imperial court, but were caused by the joint disturbance of several wealthy businessmen in the capital during the Shangyuan Festival. It's just that from the preparation of the palace lanterns on the top to the riddles on each floor, there are comparisons between several houses. If someone can pass the test and win the palace lantern from the bottom floor of the lantern riddle to the top, it will be an eye-catching event.
Of course, the owner of the lighthouse is not afraid of being guessed to win the palace lantern, because they have prepared more than one palace lantern every time, and the popularity in the process is the most important.
Of course, if all the palace lanterns were won before the end of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, it would be shameful.
At the moment, Lu Qipei and the others were invited by the family, and no matter why the other party took a fancy to their invitation, she just glanced at the tall lighthouse, then turned to ask Qi Yang, "Does Aning want to play?"
Qi Yang held her arm with one hand and pointed at the palace lantern at the top of the lighthouse with the other, "If you want to play, then I want the best!"
Lu Qipei smiled, and came from behind the mask with a doting voice: "It depends on you."
Jiading didn't feel offended, and smiled and led the group down to the lighthouse.