In Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion, a little maid was walking slowly in the courtyard with a carp lantern, when she suddenly stopped in surprise. With a sound of "click", the lantern she was carrying dropped from her hand, and the flame ignited the lampshade, but she ignored it and pointed to the air and shouted in surprise: "Ah! Look, look! It's so big!" Lantern! What a big lotus flower lantern! Ah, it’s coming towards our Zhenyuanhou Mansion!"
Several maids and servants nearby looked up one after another, and saw a huge lotus lantern getting closer and lower, passing lightly over their heads. The huge shadow covered the moon and the sky. , it is shocking.
Gu Sanye and Mr. Xia, who were talking in the hall, came out of the hall after hearing the news, stood in the courtyard and looked up, Gu Sanye wondered and said: "Who made this Kongming lantern? Why is it so big? It's still a lotus flower It’s like, hey! Not to mention, it’s really spectacular!”
A maid next to him suddenly shouted: "Oh, third master, look quickly, look quickly, the light is heading towards Dicui Tower!"
Upstairs in Dicui, Yingying looked around for a while, still unable to understand what Ye Xiaotian wanted to express in the painting, it was a bit cold upstairs, she tightened her cloak, and was about to turn around when she suddenly saw a strange scene , could not help but stare wide-eyed.
A huge Kongming lantern was flying towards her boudoir. Behind the Kongming lantern was a round of bright moon hanging in the sky. Because the lantern was getting closer and closer, the bright moon also lost its brilliance.
"This... this is..."
Yingying suddenly thought of the picture she saw during the day. The sky was full of moon, and there was a huge lotus under the moon. There is a small building in the corner of the painting, and a girl flies out of the small building like Chang'e flying to the moon, facing the huge lotus flower.
"Could it be..."
Yingying opened her eyes wide, and the reflection of a huge lotus-shaped Kongming lantern appeared in her two pupils. The reflection became bigger and brighter, filling her eyes. Immediately afterwards, the bright lotus lantern was replaced by Ye Xiaotian smiling face, close at hand.
Ye Xiaotian stood in the hanging basket, manipulating the huge lotus lantern, reducing the heat that spewed upwards, and made it slowly descend to a position flush with the railing of the building. Yingying was stunned, and stammered: "Brother Xiaotian, you...how do you..."
Ye Xiaotian winked at her, and said with a smile: "The Cowherd can know the Weaver Girl, and we need magpies to build bridges. I can't command magpies, so I went to the Queen Mother and stole a lotus lantern."
"Brother Tian..."
The great sense of happiness quickly covered Yingying's eyes with tears. She didn't know what this giant lamp was, and she didn't know where Ye Xiaotian got such a thing, although she always believed that Ye Xiaotian had no It was impossible, but she never thought that Ye Xiaotian would use such a method to meet her. For a moment, Yingying was so happy that she couldn't speak.
Ye Xiaotian opened the door of the hanging basket, smiled and stretched out his hand to her, and said politely: "Beautiful fairy, please."
Gu Sanye and Mr. Xia rushed downstairs with many maidservants and servants. Uncle Li Guo and Xia Yingying's elder brothers also came out of the hall and looked up, dumbfounded for a moment.
Gu Sanye pointed at the lotus lantern angrily, and shouted: "Catch him, catch him quickly!"
Ye Xiaotian held Yingying's little hand, pulled her into the hanging basket, looked at the ground with disdain, and said softly: "Come on, I'll take you, let's fly together!"
Yingying jumped into the gondola, Ye Xiaotian pushed the switch, and the lotus lantern slowly lifted into the sky. Mr. Xia and the others stared dumbfounded at the lotus lantern that was slowly flying away. Big round moon.
The servants of the Hou's Mansion had just rushed up to the third floor. They rushed to the fence, but they could only watch the lotus lantern slowly drifting away into the distance.
Uncle Li Guo looked at the lanterns going away, his face was gloomy and terrifying, Gu Sanye roared angrily: "It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! I want to call in the crossbowmen, and I want to prevent even a mosquito from flying in!"
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Yingying looked curiously at the round thing that looked like a pill furnace in the middle of the hanging basket. Ye Xiaotian flipped a switch, and there was a scorching fire from the thing like a pill furnace rushing straight to the top of the head. From this position, , the core of the huge lotus lamp seems to be a round, almost sealed thing, with only one entrance below.
Yingying asked curiously, "What is this? How can it fly?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "I only know what it is, but I don't know why. This is something made by the skilled craftsmen of Jinling Military Division."
The giant lotus lantern was slowly flying in the air, and the evening wind lifted her long Yingying hair. Soon she no longer focused on the dark "pill furnace", but looked down from the sky, and the city was full of lights. Looking at it, it seems that there are dots of stars, which is dazzling.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Amazing, isn't it? When I was flying in the suburbs, it was the first time I stood in the air, and I felt the same way."
"Hmm! It's amazing!" Yingying looked at Ye Xiaotian happily: "Brother Xiaotian, you are so amazing, where are you taking me?"
Ye Xiaotian said softly: "I'll take you to the ends of the earth, okay?"
"Okay!" Yingying threw herself into Ye Xiaotian's arms joyfully, and said in a friendly voice, "I will go wherever you take me."
Ye Xiaotian embraced her slender waist, and said softly: "One day, I will take you all over the world, but that will be in the future. Now... I just want everyone in the city to see us, I will Let everyone know that you are mine!"
Looking back, Ye Xiaotian saw that the Marquis of Zhenyuan was already far away, and Ye Xiaotian couldn't help showing a secret smile. He had worked so hard to make such a big fight, of course, not only to see Yingying, but tonight He had a lot of intentions in this move.
The giant lamp was moving slowly, and the people in the city found this giant lamp one after another, and the exclamation kept coming. The giant lamp was not flying very high, nor was it flying very fast, so more and more people pointed at the sky while startling. Phew, chasing, following this giant lamp.
The gate of Zhenyuanhou's Mansion opened with a bang, and a horse galloped out. The horse's hoof, which was as big as a bowl, stepped heavily on the bluestone slab, and the hoof seemed to splash a stream of sparks. The knight on the horse was Li Xuancheng, the uncle of the country. His face was livid, he whipped hard, and rushed in the direction of the giant lamp.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of horsemen galloped out again, Gu Sanye, Mr. Xia, the six brothers of Xia's family and some generals of the Hou family rode dozens of fast horses, stamped their hoofs like thunder, and galloped away.
During the Shangyuan Festival, the most lively place in Jinling City is the Shili Qinhuai River. Along the entire river, there are seas of lights everywhere. The giant lotus lantern slowly landed on the Jubao Gate (now the Zhonghua Gate), Ye Xiaotian opened the door of the hanging basket, and walked out from inside holding Yingying's hand.
The people watching the lanterns at the top of the city looked at them in surprise, as if they were looking at visitors from outside the sky. Yingying looked around in surprise, and said happily: "Brother Xiaotian, will you bring me to watch the lantern?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "Every year in Shangyuan, you can watch the lanterns, haven't you seen enough? Today, I want the people in the whole city to watch us, come!"
Ye Xiaotian took Yingying's hand and ran forward. Ye Xiaotian stood on the city wall, and pulled Yingying up, Yingying looked at her feet, approached Ye Xiaotian timidly, and said, "This place is so high, why are we standing here?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "You will know soon."
He suddenly grabbed Yingying's slender waist, jumped forward, Yingying screamed, and hurriedly hugged Ye Xiaotian's neck tightly, but she soon found out that they didn't fall off.
Between the city tower and a small pavilion below the city, a long double-strand light cord is tied, and many lanterns are hung from it. And there was no lamp tied to one of the ropes, but a bamboo tube. Ye Xiaotian held the bamboo tube, wrapped his arms around his delicate body, and slid from the top of the city to the small pavilion below, his clothes fluttering. Floating, as if flying in the air.
The tourists looked up, and amidst bursts of exclamation, the two floated on the small pavilion, and the tourists around immediately surrounded them curiously. Yingying shook her body, and then she stood still, she gently let go of Ye Xiaotian's body, patted her heart with lingering fear, and said angrily: "Bad guy, I was almost scared to death by you."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Is it fun?"
"Yeah!" Yingying smiled, she had never experienced such an exciting and fun game when she grew up. This year's Lantern Festival is destined to be the most memorable Lantern Festival that she will never forget in her life.
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "There are more interesting things, look!"
Ye Xiaotian suddenly raised his right arm and waved to the distance, the pavilion was crowded with people, and he couldn't tell who he was greeting, and suddenly the fireworks on the Jubao Gate shot straight into the sky. Among the gorgeous fireworks, two groups of six Kongming lanterns strung together in a string rose slowly into the sky. There is a big character on each lantern, from top to bottom, it says "Ye Xiaotian Xia Yingying" and "Love each other for a lifetime".
Xia Yingying suddenly opened her eyes wide, and watched the sky lantern flying higher and higher in disbelief, tears of excitement suddenly flowed out, "Brother Xiaotian!" She suddenly called out, and couldn't help hugging him tightly. Ye Xiaotian, send him a sweet kiss.
The people who gathered around were first stunned by the huge lotus lantern that had never been seen before, and then they saw the brilliant fireworks and the two strings of Kongming lanterns rising. It turned out that a young man was pouring out his love to the woman he admired.
The common people around immediately became agitated, especially the women, who were immediately infected by this romantic scene. During the Lantern Festival, many couples took advantage of this rare opportunity to go out together, watch the lanterns and enjoy the scenery. How could they not be moved by such a scene.
During the Lantern Festival, romantic nights, many people who travel have drank wine at home, and their temperaments are much more indulgent than usual. Yingying couldn't help kissing Ye Xiaotian, which was a shocking move on the ground in the Central Plains, and not many people would ask for it on this romantic night. Some girls who were reserved and ashamed to be intimate in public now tightly grasped the arms of their lovers, cheering happily for this pair of men and women.
There is even a poor literati named Yue Xiaoguan who set up a stall to write lantern riddles, and usually also writes novels and sells them to bookstores. On the night of Shangyuan, when the moon was as bright as day, suddenly a huge lantern came from the middle of the moon and stopped on the Jubao Gate. The lantern turned into a lotus flower, and a golden boy and a jade girl flew out from the core..."
Artistic exaggeration is unavoidable, without adding some mysterious color, how can it attract the attention of all the noobs? While writing, he laughed happily: "It must be a hit, it must be a hit!"