Jiaochu

Chapter 512 Lantern Festival
When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning. Ye Lingxi didn't know when he fell asleep. It felt like he hadn't slept for long. When he opened his eyes, he felt a little headache. He got up after a while. The next moment he saw There was a person sitting on the stool. He was immediately on guard, as if he had seen a savage beast. Every nerve was on alert. He immediately lowered his head and took a look. His clothes were still intact.

"Princess, don't worry, I didn't even move a finger." With a ding-dong sound, Murong Ze raised his hand and tapped the vase on the table, "Princess, you don't have to be so careful."

Ye Lingxi called Hehe and Lingdang in as if nothing had happened. When they saw that she was still wearing yesterday's clothes, they understood what was going on.

Murong Ze didn't care and said, "The weather is not bad today. I'll take the princess out for a walk."

Ye Lingxi asked, "Is it still snowing outside?" Lingdang replied that it had stopped, but it was still very cold, so wear more clothes if you go out.

Breakfast was brought over by the housekeeper with Hongxing. In front of Ye Lingxi, Hongxing said that she had taken care of Murongze's diet and daily life before and wanted to continue to serve Murongze and asked Ye Lingxi for permission.

"Since you are the prince's man, just ask him." Ye Lingxi drank the porridge calmly. Murong Ze put some food for her and said, "Hongxing is attentive and has been with me for a long time. If it were someone else, she wouldn't be used to it." Ye Lingxi hummed and said nothing else.

After breakfast, Murong Ze asked the housekeeper to prepare the carriage to go out. Ye Lingxi said no, she wanted to go for a walk. The housekeeper said it was very cold outside and advised her to take the carriage. She said it would be warm after walking. Murong Ze said there was no need to prepare it. When the carriage was gone, the butler remained silent.

As soon as she walked out of the house, Ye Lingxi felt a cold air going straight to her forehead. The warmth she brought out of the house was immediately swept away. She took a breath of cold air and felt that all her internal organs were awake. come over.

The snow in the yard has been cleared away, and ice is still hanging on the branches. If the sun shines through the gray clouds, it will be crystal clear.

After leaving the door, Ye Lingxi's face was already a little red from the cold, and the noses of He He and Ding Ding were also red from the cold. It was like spending the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter in the capital. If it were the cold twelfth lunar month in the capital, it would be so cold here. , it is estimated that no one is out on the street.

Ling Dang took a few breaths of hot breath into his palms, rubbed his frozen face, turned his head to face Jing Zhe's stern face, turned his head again, and muttered a few words in his heart.

Because the snow stopped, people came out and the streets became more lively.

Ye Lingxi looked at the shops on both sides and found that there were a lot of wine shops. Looking around, there was a row of flags with the word "wine" hanging on them. Murongze said that it was cold here and drinking was the best way to keep warm, but most of the products sold in the shop were She probably couldn't handle strong alcohol. Ye Lingxi asked Murong Ze to wait outside. She walked into a wine shop and chatted with the chatty boss for a while. The boss didn't recognize her as a princess. Yesterday, only some people who were close enough saw what she looked like. .

After coming out, she told Murong Ze that she wanted to hold a lantern festival, and she would pay for it and let Murong Ze find the people. Murongze said that there had never been a lantern festival in the city, and no one had probably seen what the lanterns looked like. Ye Lingxi said that she drew the pattern of the lanterns and asked the master who knew how to make lanterns to follow them. ask her.

Murong Ze gave instructions to Jingzhe, and Jingzhe returned home and told the housekeeper, who immediately sent people to find all the lantern-making masters in the city.

When Ye Lingxi came back, the housekeeper had already found five lantern masters, some old and some young. The oldest master had gray hair on his temples, and the youngest master was only in his early twenties.

Ye Lingxi used her own money to ask the housekeeper to pay twenty taels of wages per person in advance, and would have the lanterns delivered tomorrow. Murong Ze went to the military camp and did not return home for lunch.

Ye Lingxi concentrated on drawing the lantern patterns. Unknowingly, an afternoon passed. The housekeeper came over to report that she had already finished five drawings when Murong Ze came back. When the housekeeper was about to leave, she stopped her again. She asked casually Looking back at Murong Min, she saw no one when she entered the house yesterday, and no one came here today. The housekeeper replied that he was in poor health and was recuperating in the garden. Ye Lingxi said that she wanted to visit another day. She noticed that the housekeeper hesitated a little, as if he was embarrassed, and immediately said a set of coping skills, saying that he was afraid that she was over the illness. It was cold at this time, and it was her first time to come. In the northern border, if you are over the illness, it may be very troublesome, so wait until the weather gets warmer before going there.

Ye Lingxi thought that she would probably have to wait until spring next year when the weather got warmer, so she had better organize the lantern party first and then stop arguing with the housekeeper.

She asked the housekeeper to send these five lantern styles first, and there happened to be one for each of the five people. She paid for the gauze and bamboo bones used to tie the lanterns and the paint and ink for the painting. The housekeeper went to buy them, and tied ten of them first and sent them over for viewing. Look, while he was talking, Murong Ze walked in. He looked at the five paintings on the table one by one and didn't comment on anything. Hongxing brought a cup of tea and handed it to him. The butler went down first with the paintings and asked someone to send them there tomorrow morning. .

Hongxing slapped Murongze's shoulders again. Ye Lingxi glanced over there and asked nonchalantly, "Why don't you see the princess?" Hongxing's hand that slapped her shoulders paused, and Murongze let her go first, and then let her go. Hehe and Lingdang also retreated, and then talked about Murong Min's previous assassination by assassins, "Sister Wang wants to kill me, how can we live in peace with each other under the same roof?"

"You locked her up?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Murong Ze said: "It's just that two more people are sent to watch, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation are still the same as in the mansion."

Ye Lingxi thought for a moment and asked, "Is Mr. Rong's whereabouts known?"

Murong Ze asked back: "Princess wants to see him?"

Ye Lingxi said: "I'm just a little curious. The princess and Young Master Rong suddenly reconciled, and Young Master Rong suddenly disappeared. Could it be that some enemy came to visit her?"

Murong Ze said: "His original surname is Hua, and he is a killer carefully trained by his father. However, he did not expect Sister Wang to be passionate about him. Unfortunately, he is just a chess piece and is destined to be unable to control his own destiny."

Ye Lingxi heard Hua and thought of Hua Gongzi. Now she was sure that the Hua Gongzi who appeared in Dingcheng was the person in front of her, and she speculated that Rong Xian was probably gone.

"How many lanterns do you plan to make, princess?" Murongze changed the topic, his expression as usual.

Ye Lingxi said: "Ten patterns, each with fifty thorns."

Murong Ze said: "Five hundred lanterns are a bit low, so we should double it. Since we have to do it, we should make it more lively and let everyone have a good time."

In the next few days, Ye Lingxi painted lanterns, checked the lantern samples that were delivered, and went to the street to see how the venue conductor arranged the arrangements... He was so busy that he didn't even remember to eat. After working for more than ten days, the lanterns on the street They were all hung up, but one lantern tower was still unfinished. After another two days, all the lanterns hanging on the lantern tower were completed.