In previous years, the officials who sent New Year's greetings to the palace were mostly military generals, and there were only a few civilian officials. The remaining few are dukes and nobles without real power.
An Changqing looked at it, and even saw a few acquaintances from his previous life.
"Chu Anliang, Shi Le is on good terms with the prince?" An Changqing didn't quite understand the name on the directory. In the last life, he lived in the palace, and he didn't know much about the situation in the imperial army. But the only thing known is that Chu Anliang and Shi Lezheng once helped the abolished prince to besiege Ye Jing. Just looking at one point, these two should be Xiao Zhige's enemies.
He was secretly vigilant in his heart, but on the bright side he pretended not to understand and asked Xiao Zhige tentatively, "Are you going to prepare posts and New Year's gifts for the two Zhu Guo this year?"
"No need." Xiao Zhige took the directory, drew a cross on the names of the two with a brush, and explained to him patiently: "There are now six generals of Zhuguo in Daye. Zhao Xinchong sits in Suizhou, Qizhou. They are the brothers of the Queen Mother's family, but they are too old to fight; Xue Qi sits in Yongzhou, Yuzhou, and is secretly supported by the Shu family, and is a party of Shu Guifei; Shentu Bo sits in Chenzhou, Suzhou, and is neutral on the surface, but secretly But they are loyal to the father and emperor; Chu Anliang and Shile are just two grassroots, and the strategy of military advisers is not good, but they are very good at figuring out what they want."
"The two old slickers don't want to offend anyone, and they send posts to the palace every year. Don't worry about it."
Seeing the contempt in his words, An Changqing was obviously not close to these two pillars, so he put down his heart and thought about finding an opportunity to remind him in the future.
Taking what he said seriously in his mind, he asked again. "And there's another one?"
Xiao Zhige smiled: "General Xia is my mentor. When I first joined the army, I joined his army."
When Xiao Zhige asked to join the army, Emperor Anqing was furious, saying that if he joined the army, he would not be allowed to join the army as a prince, nor would he be accompanied by guards. If he died on the battlefield, no one would collect the body for him. Xiao Zhige still resolutely responded. There is only one request, that is to join the Xiahou Shang army.
Xiahou Shang was notorious for being upright and upright, and Emperor Anqing responded immediately. But he didn't think that this was the opportunity that Xiao Zhige had planned. From then on, the dragon entered the sea and soared into the sky.
"Then I will prepare an extra annual gift for General Xia Xia?" An Changqing heard the words.
"No." Xiao Zhige shook his head: "Teacher has always been upright, neither accepting or giving gifts. And externally, I don't get along with him, you just need to keep it in your heart, and you don't have to do anything else."
An Changqing responded, and pointed to the remaining people: "Then how will these people be arranged?"
Xiao Zhige swept over quickly, took a pen and circled a few people out: "Don't pay attention to these few, if the rest are to be presented this year, you can return the gift as usual."
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According to Xiao Zhige's instructions, An Changqing drew up a new directory and gave it to Wang Fugui, asking him to act according to the directory. Xiao Zhige didn't have any close elders, and he didn't have to visit in person. It saved a lot of things.
Seeing that Wang Fugui was about to retire, An Changqing stopped him again, thought about it, and said, "In my name, I will prepare a New Year's greeting card and a New Year's gift and send it to the eldest princess' residence."
He still listened to the words of the eldest princess to some extent. In his last life until his death, he never heard that the eldest princess was bad for Xiao Zhige. In this case, it is right to have a good relationship, not to mention friendship. .
Just because he was afraid to send it in the name of the palace, Xiao Zhige knew if he was not happy, so he simply sent it in his own name.
***
There is a lot of free time during the New Year, and time flies by quickly. An Changqing read books in the study when he had nothing to do, and occasionally followed Xiao Zhige to learn boxing. In the blink of an eye, it was already the Lantern Festival.
On the Lantern Festival, there is a grand Lantern Festival in Yejing. All parts of the city have been prepared several days in advance, not only large and small restaurant vendors, but also Jingzhao House and the Imperial Guard are dispatched to prepare for the Lantern Festival.
An Changqing has never been to the Lantern Festival yet. In previous years, the An family would book a table at a restaurant, and the younger generation of the An family would go there, but there was never An Changqing's share.
Now listening to Wang Fugui talk about it, An Changqing is a little moved.
He diligently searched for Xiao Zhige, and put the post sent by Wang Fugui in front of him: "The post sent by Wangxianlou said that we have reserved the best place for us. Is your lord going?"
Wangxian Tower is the best and largest restaurant in Yejing. On weekdays, many dignitaries like to drink and enjoy the scenery at Wangxian Tower. At the time of the Lantern Festival, the good location of Wangxian Tower is even more difficult to find. It has long been wrapped up by valuable regular customers.
Unexpectedly, Wangxianlou would deliberately reserve a seat, and even asked someone to send an invitation. Although An Changqing was asking, his black eyes were full of expectations.
Although Xiao Zhige had no interest in the Lantern Festival, he was reluctant to let go of his interest, so he could only talk about it. After thinking for a while, he said, "Mother and Yu'er have nothing to do in the mansion, why don't we go out and have a look together."
An Changqing thought about it too, and said, "He Lan and Aunt Zhou should go too, it's rare to go out."
Once it was settled, An Changqing asked An Fu to deliver the letter, and also asked the concierge to prepare a carriage. When it was getting dark, a group of two carriages drove towards Wangxian Tower.
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The sky was getting dark, and the lanterns on the street were all lit up. The streets are full of tourists with lanterns. Even the young lady who seldom goes out on weekdays came out on this day.
An Changqing lifted the curtain and looked out. The colorful lights illuminated his face. He was less pretentious and prudent, but more childish.
Xiao Zhige sat beside him and said, "If you like it, I will come every year in the future."
"Okay." An Changqing looked back at him, with a bright smile against the lights outside the car window: "My lord, come with me."
The fingers on his knees curled up, Xiao Zhige looked out in disguise, and made a soft "um".
The guests from Wangxianlou came like a cloud, and the carriages were parked in front of the restaurant, waiting for Xiao Er to come in. An Changqing looked around, and vaguely saw a few familiar faces.
After handing over the famous post to Xiao Er, An Changqing and his party were led upstairs.
Wangxian Tower has three floors in total, with six private rooms on each floor, occupying a huge area. Among them, the third floor has the best view, overlooking the entire Yejing scenery.
An Changqing and his party were led to the Songtao Pavilion to be seated, and after a while, a servant came in with delicate snacks and tea.
An Changqing pushed open the window and looked down from top to bottom, only to see that the entire Ye Jing city was submerged by the sea of lights, and all kinds of lanterns came into view. Among them, two revolving lanterns with a height of three or four people slowly turned, and they were the kings of lamps this year.
"The lantern riddle guessing is about to begin, right?" An Changqing asked.
The servant who was waiting on the side said: "Yes, do you need a villain to fetch the lantern riddles? This year's lantern competition can get a hundred taels of gold, or an original piece of Mr. Dan Mo."
Whether it is the golden hundred taels or the genuine work of Mr. Dan Mo, the attraction is not small.
An Changqing motioned to An Fu to give the famous post to Xiao Er: "Go get the lantern riddle."
Xiao Zhige was curious: "Well, can you guess lantern riddles?"
An Changqing raised her chin and smiled proudly: "I know a little bit, and I can't guess that there is still Yu'er."
To say that he is serious about learning, he is not necessarily better than others. But he loved to read miscellaneous books since he was a child, and he knew how to turn his brain quickly. When Lantern Festival was a child, his brothers and sisters all went out to play, and only he and An Xianyu stayed in the house. When there is no one in the mansion, he will pick up the hanging lanterns, and there will also be lantern riddles hanging on them. Often he and An Xianyu each guessed half of it.
After a while, the servant brought ten lantern riddles up. The lantern riddles are placed on the table. Every time An Changqing reads one, he picks up a pen and writes it down. But after a while, the brothers and sisters wrote the answer and asked the next person to send it down.
The lantern competition will be ranked, and the person who answers the most lantern riddles correctly wins. But lantern riddles are divided into five levels, the first level is the easiest, the fifth level is the most difficult, and so on. There are fixed numbers for the first to fifth lantern riddles. Get the most answers in total to win.
Seeing their speed so fast, Xiao Er was surprised and delighted: "I'll go get it later." After speaking, he hurried downstairs, and after a while, he went upstairs with a new lantern riddle: "Ten are all right!"
An Changqing and An Xianyu cooperated tacitly, and the pen was written immediately after seeing it. After a few rounds, the gong rang three times, and someone sang loudly: "Northern War Palace, An Changqing, answer 67 questions, tenth place!"
An Changqing stretched his head and looked down, and saw that on the ranking list below, someone moved the red lantern with his famous post to the top ten row and hung it on the last vacant seat.
"It's tenth now!" An Changqing squinted his eyes and smiled. Seeing that Zhou Helan remained silent, he asked, "Does Helan want to play? If you win, you will receive half of the bonus."
Zhou Helan pondered for a while and said, "Helan give it a try."
After that, An Changqing stopped playing and gave it to Zhou Helan.
***
On the third floor of Wangxian Tower, Nongxue Pavilion, An Xianya rubbed her ears in disbelief: "I heard it right? Whose name did you report just now? An Changqing?"
An Chang took a sip of the tea, and his face was not very good: "You heard right, it's him."
An Xianya twisted the handkerchief in dissatisfaction, pulled the sleeve of the handsome young man who was pursing her lips and said coquettishly, "Cousin Haiyun, what are you doing, hurry up and answer the question, don't let that bastard get the first place. One, or you'll be pissed off!"
She was still angry, but did not notice Li Haiyun's expression.
An Changyu glanced at her and said in a more serious tone, "Xianya! Did you forget the rules you promised before going out?"
An Xianya then let go of her hand unwillingly, sitting beside her, sulking.
An Changyu looked at his cousin, who had been silent since he heard An Changqing's name, and whispered, "I asked someone to inquire, they are now in Songtao Pavilion, next door to us."
Li Haiyun's face changed only then, and he lowered his eyes and looked lost: "Now he is the princess of the Northern War, so what if he sees it. I can't hurt him..."
An Changyu's eyes dimmed: "The last time I went back to the mansion to meet, his face was not good, and he may not be happy in the palace... But my cousin said the same, there is no fate, it is better to not see."
Li Haiyun raised his head abruptly, hesitated for a while, but finally pursed his lips and buried his head in answering the question.
***
In the Songtao Pavilion, An Changqing did not know that there were a few juniors from the An residence sitting next to him. He sat with Xiao Zhige and watched Zhou Helan and An Xianyu join forces, breaking the question like a piece of paper.
The more you guess the back of this riddle, the harder it is, and the slower you guess. The ranking has come to the bottom, and the ranking has changed less because of this. But the speed of the two of them was not slow at all. The servant who ran errands and fetched lantern riddles was sweating hot in winter, but his face was smiling: "No. 1, No. 5!"
An Changqing gave the reward and continued to watch the two quickly write down their answers.
But he didn't want the next person to just go out, and in the blink of an eye, the door of the private room was knocked again.
An Fu went to open the door, but was stunned when he saw the person at the door, hesitating whether to let them in: "Eldest Young Master, Young Master Li."
A warm voice came in from outside the door: "I heard that cousin Changqing also participated in the lantern festival outside. Coincidentally, it happened to be next door, so I came to see you."
"The Guard is Here"
Xiao Zhige raised his eyebrows and went to see An Changqing first. However, seeing that An Changqing's expression did not change much, he only said to An Fu indifferently, "Is it eldest brother and cousin Haiyun? Please come in."
An Fu opened the door and invited the two in.
After entering the door, they saw Xiao Zhige was also there, both of them were stunned for a while, and then they went to see each other. Xiao Zhige's eyes fell on Li Haiyun, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
It is consistent with the news that came back, the young master of the Li family, with a handsome face, Zhilan Yushu, is born with a talent. He is also good at poetry and prose, and his knowledge is better. He used to be a double-winner, but if his grandfather and grandmother hadn't died of filial piety one after another, he would have been a great talent with a triple-win.
After the period of filial piety, the young master, Ye Jing, was a guest and lived in Anjia. He and the three young masters were like old friends at first sight, and they often exchanged poems with each other.
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