The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 678: Lanterns as Bright as Day
The eighth year of Tianjian in the Qin Dynasty, the Lantern Festival.

The city of Tokyo is full of lights, as bright as day, and is bustling with people.

This year, Prince Ning Zhao Zheng was sixteen years old.

Prince Gong Zhao Xi was fifteen years old.

Prince Ding Zhao Yi was thirteen years old.

Princess Mingzhu Zhao Yue is twelve years old.

Prince Chong Zhao An was twelve years old.

Prince An Zhao Yan was seven years old.

Prince Xiang Zhao Qian was six years old.

Princess Zhenqing Zhao Min is five years old.

In the morning, Zhao Yu composed a poem called Qingyu'an: Lantern Festival, which was sung throughout the Kaifeng Prefecture by the afternoon.

Especially the last sentence: When I look back suddenly, that person is there, in the dim light.

It immediately amazed the literary world of Kaifeng.

It has been ten years since the founding of the Qin Empire, and eight years since Zhao Yu ascended the throne. Under his governance, both the literary and martial arts are flourishing. They are unwilling to submit to each other and are competing with each other, and the situation is actually getting more and more prosperous.

As soon as Zhao Yu's poem was published, it was immediately praised as the best Lantern Festival poem throughout history. Even Ouyang Xiu's Shengcha Zi·Yuan Xi was immediately overshadowed.

Talented men and women in the capital city recited this poem one after another. Some sighed and felt sad, while others seemed to have realized something. They plucked up their courage and ran to their sweethearts to confess their love. Even if they were rejected, they did not feel depressed, but instead had an expression of letting out a sigh of relief.

At 11:00 p.m., the city was still bustling everywhere. Tokyo did not have a curfew, and this day was the liveliest night of the year.

There are five lantern markets in the city, two more than before the Jing Kang period, but the largest one is the one on Zhuque Street in the south of the inner city.

Zhuque Street is second only to Imperial Street in length and width. At this moment, both sides of the road are crowded with lamp stalls from beginning to end. Some of them specialize in this business and do it all day long. If they do well, they will have no worries about food and drink for the whole year.

There are also some roadside shops that are jealous and do not originally run this business, but seeing that they can make money, they follow suit and put out their lanterns, calling on tourists to guess riddles and buy lanterns.

At this time, a group of people came from afar. There were dozens of them. A strong man in black led the way in front. They were obviously guards.

In the middle of the back walked a young man in white clothes as white as snow and as handsome as jade. He had a kind smile on his face, his hands behind his back, and he seemed to be singing something softly.

At this moment, they were walking to the Broken Jade Tower.

The Suiyu Tower is also bustling tonight. Although they are all given titles, most of them are still bachelors. It is boring to stay at home, so they all come here to celebrate the festival in the evening.

While eating deep-fried hot floating dumplings, the predecessor of glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao, Xu San pointed down the street and said, "Look, how come that young man's behavior is so similar to yours?"

Ding Erxie came over to take a look, raised his hand and patted Xu San on the head: "How can it not be similar? That's Prince Gong Zhao Xi!"

Xu San touched his head and said "Ouch!" "So it's Prince Gong. I was wondering why they look so alike. But then again, I really miss the time when I went incognito with the young master and visited the people..."

On the road below, the young man in white asked a scholar beside him in a low voice: "Mr. Ren, do I look like His Majesty?"

"Apparently, they look exactly alike." Mr. Ren, who was in his fifties and had a short beard, bowed slightly and said, "Prince Gong, you and His Majesty look exactly alike when you went on a secret visit."

The young man in white was happy to hear that. The guards in front of him used force to separate the crowd, causing them to stagger to the sides. He walked through them leisurely.

The young man guessed the riddles of more than a dozen stalls and got them all right, but he did not take a lantern. Instead, he took the reward. At this time, the old man next to him shouted, "Why don't you take the reward from Prince Gong!"

The stall owners were all stunned as they picked up the silver coins. Only after the people had passed by did they realize that it was Prince Gong who came to see the lanterns.

At midnight, Zhao Xi finished visiting the lantern market and the group returned to the palace.

He received an imperial decree to set up a residence outside the palace at the beginning of last winter. The residence was already complete, and he just added some of his favorite things. After the eighth day of the first lunar month, he moved out of the palace and lived outside.

At this time, when they entered the mansion, a butler came to report that the queen in the palace had brought a letter, which she handed over with both hands.

Zhao Xi took the letter and took Mr. Ren straight to the study.

When he opened it, he couldn't help but show joy: "Tomorrow, all the ministers will jointly write to Your Majesty, asking him to make me the crown prince. This matter is almost settled."

Mr. Ren hurriedly bowed and said, "I congratulate His Majesty. As His Majesty's eldest son, His Majesty will naturally be granted the position of crown prince."

Zhao Xi laughed when he heard this, and ordered people to prepare a night banquet, which lasted until 3:00 p.m.

(End of this chapter)