There was silence in the room, and Lu Zhishan rubbed his temples tiredly: "Song Fu, go bring me a bowl of milk tea."
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the 20th year of Jiasheng
Lantern Festival
The most solemn festival in Dali is undoubtedly New Year's Eve, but when it comes to the most lively festival, it must be the Lantern Festival. The most lively part of the Lantern Festival is naturally the lantern riddle party. It is the only day in the year that there is no curfew. From the royal family to the untouchables, young people would go out to the lantern riddle party at night to guess lantern riddles, taste snacks and light up river lanterns, which was very lively.
As in previous years, Mu Nanzhi put on casual clothes and took Jixiang out to go to the lantern riddle party. However, this year was not as exciting as in previous years. Jixiang was very excited. Soon he was holding more than ten puppets and strings of dolls in his hands. Sugar-coated haws.
Ji Xiang was stable at first, but it was inevitable that he would be depressed in Princess Heshuo's mansion all year round. At this time, he seemed to have changed. While eating candied haws, he asked Mu Nanzhi: "Miss, don't you really want to try it?" Huh? The seeds have been removed from the candied haws. It’s sweet and sour, so delicious.”
There are many people outside, so Jixiang calls Miss Mu Nanzhi.
Mu Nanzhi reluctantly smiled at her: "If you like it, buy a few more strings when you go back. It won't go bad even if it's cold today."
"Thank you very much, Miss!" Ji Xiang's thoughts were all on the candied haws, and he didn't notice that Mu Nanzhi spoke very little today.
Mu Nanzhi walked along with the crowd, surrounded by happy boys and girls, and her ears were full of laughter, but she was not happy at all.
The queen liked to invite her to the palace recently. She had always been afraid of the queen, but she didn't dare to refuse. She could only go to Jingren Palace to talk to Xu. After a whole day, she was exhausted and exhausted. She really couldn't. When President Xiang entered the palace, he had to obey all the rules and think twice about every word he said. It was too tiring and tiring. She was puzzled as to why the queen suddenly became so warm to her. Until yesterday, Mrs. Xu summoned her again. When she entered the palace and dined with Mrs. Xu, the fourth prince Lu Zhiyue also came over. She felt a lump in her throat when she faced a table of delicacies.
In the past, she had only been vaguely aware of Lu Zhiyue's thoughts towards her. She was just a county head and a hostage. Naturally, she did not dare to offend the fourth prince who was now the most respected in front of the emperor. At most, she would avoid it if possible. Yes, but now even the queen is trying to bring her and the fourth prince together, and she is almost worried to death.
It's not that she disliked the fourth prince that much. He was kind and treated her kindly, but she always felt awkward every time they met. This awkwardness couldn't be eliminated by accepting his two pig legs or a set of jewelry. After all, there were some people who she was naturally close to and loved, but the opposite was true for others. Moreover, the fourth prince would be the prince and the emperor's master in the future, so the three palaces and six courtyards were indispensable, so she felt deeply attached to them. The prince stayed away.
So, she is very irritable now, very irritable.
"Jixiang, what are those people doing?" Mu Nanzhi asked Jixiang casually when he saw the crowds of people surrounding the river.
Jixiang swallowed the last hawthorn and said incoherently: "Oh, they are putting out river lanterns."
"Putting up river lanterns? What is that for?"
"Just write your wishes on the lanterns and put them in the river, and the river god will bless your wishes to come true."