Spring Girl's Notes

Chapter 378 Lantern Riddles

Everyone in the Zhen family set off for five days, but Zhen Mo still didn't know about it.

No one in the country came to tell him.

He never thought that anyone would dare to take advantage of his family, so he didn't pay much attention to the family, as usual.

Gu Jinzhi sent someone to keep an eye on Zhen Mo's movements.

He was doing everything as usual, either serving Tan You or returning to his yard.He lived a monotonous and rigorous life every day.

The members of the Zhen family have been walking for so many days, it is a bit difficult to catch up.Seeing the effect achieved, Zhu Zhongjun smiled and said to Gu Jinzhi: "Grandma Zhen's family is pure and kind, with little knowledge, otherwise she wouldn't have been taken away so easily by you. You have had great luck this time."

Gu Jinzhi smiled and said, "Yes."

She remembered that Zhu Zhongjun once told her that people cannot be kind, and once they are kind, they will be used by people with ulterior motives.Gu Jinzhi didn't like Zhu Zhongjun's tone in the past, and thought it was too mean and ungrateful.Now that I think about it, the reality is so ruthless.

The only one living in the ivory tower is Gu Jinzhi.

Therefore, Zhu Zhongjun always felt that she was terribly stupid, and she was indeed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Shangyuan Festival, and the Zhen family had been gone for almost ten days.

Every time before Zhen Mo leaves home, he will tell his wife when he will go back.When that day comes, Grandma Zhen will send her servant to pick her up early.

Not only to pick up Zhen Mo, but also to see if Zhen Mo is okay.

If something is delayed and you can't go back, Grandma Zhen will have to make another arrangement.

This is a rule that has not changed for several years.

When it was Lantern Festival, Zhen Mo told Tan You in the morning.He is going back to the country today.

Tan Youdao: "Go back and stay for a few more days."

Every time Zhen Mo wanted to go home, Tan You always said this, and asked people to send many gifts, such as fruit snacks, tea, and cloth, for Zhen Mo to take back.

Thank you Zhen Mo.

He went back to his yard and packed his luggage.

Every time I go home, as long as there is no urgent matter, Zhen Mo will bring some gifts.He bought it himself, and Tan You rewarded him.Half loaded.

He sat at home, waited for a while, and seeing that there was still no servant from the countryside to report, Zhen Mo was suspicious.

The roads in the country are not easy to walk, and servants sometimes miss the time.

Zhen Mo was too lazy to wait, he wanted to get home before lunch.So he got up with his boys and left the city.

In the city during the Shangyuan Festival, the excitement should not have boiled over in the morning, but the streets were also blocked to the brim. Zhen Mo's carriage.It took half an hour to leave the city.

After leaving the city, head directly to Liujiazhuang.

Shangyuan Festival.Lanterns should be hung at the door early.

The carriage stopped, and Zhen Mo got out of the carriage, but there was silence at the gate of Zhen's house, the gate was closed tightly, and a layer of dust fell on the copper door cymbals.

Zhen Mo yelled in his heart that it was not good, and before the boy could knock on the door, he hurried forward.The thick palm personally slammed on the vermilion gate, and the door cymbal was also vibrated for a while.It was loud.

After a long time, a servant slowly came to open the door.

Seeing that it was Zhen Mo, the servant was not surprised and called out to Master.

Zhen Mo hurriedly asked; "What are you doing at home when you close the door?"

The servant was also in a daze: "Grandma is gone, isn't it the master's order? Grandma asked us to look after the house, and hide in the cellar if something happens..."

Zhen Mo only felt a scoop of cold water poured on his head.

He was cold from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

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On the Lantern Festival, Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun entered the palace to accompany the Queen Mother for the festival.

The banquet is held in Renshou Palace.

The main seats in attendance are the emperor and the empress dowager.

Then, the crown prince.

Under the crown prince are all the vassal princes who have not yet left the capital.

The concubines and concubines were divided into two rows on the left and right, and they sat down in different positions.

Ritual music starts, and the sound of silk and bamboo lingers.

The aroma of wine overflowed all four seats.

After the empress dowager moved to Renshou Palace, the situation in the court became tense again.Especially the Tan family, their intentions are ready to come out.

The concubines in the palace have their own thoughts.

The princes are sitting upright, with a respectful and cautious attitude. No one wants to move into trouble, but just wants to pass the Shangyuan Festival safely, and return to their respective fiefs quickly and happily.

When toasting, Gu Jinzhi lowered his eyelashes, looked neither at the emperor nor at the empress dowager, toasted politely, and retreated to his seat.

After the banquet is over, it is time to listen to the opera.

This time, Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun sat together.

During the interval of listening to the play, the palace people brought the lanterns again, and asked everyone to write lantern riddles one after another, so that they would be lucky if they guessed the lantern riddles later.

Zhu Zhongjun and Gu Jinzhi were not used to playing with this, so they picked up a pen, but for a while they didn't know how to start.

Looking at the Nanchang Wang who was next to him, he was writing quickly, and he finished writing very quickly. He even turned slightly to let his princess whisper in his ear, teaching his princess.Princess Gong of Nanchang nodded and wrote it quickly.

Gu Jinzhi was a little anxious.

Zhu Zhongjun whispered in her ear, "Day after day."

"Guess what?" Gu Jinzhi asked.

"Guess the word." Zhu Zhongjun said.

Gu Jinzhi thought about it in his heart, and couldn't help but smile. It was very appropriate, so he wrote "day after day", typed it, and handed it in.

Zhu Zhongjun thought about this, and then he pondered again.

Then, he wrote the character "猎", and then added "打一成语".

Gu Jinzhi is not good at this kind of word games. After thinking about it, she couldn't guess which idiom, so she asked Zhu Zhongjun in a low voice: "What is it?"

Zhu Zhongjun smiled, but didn't tell her, and said, "Think about it again..."

Gu Jinzhi could only sit upright.

Taking advantage of Gu Jinzhi's gap in thinking about Zhu Zhongjun's answer, everyone finished writing one after another, the palace people put away their pens and ink, and handed over the lanterns.

After singing two operas, the lantern riddles are ready.

The eunuch Liu Shu came in and reported, "The lanterns in the Nanhua Palace have all been hung up. Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, all the lords and ladies are invited to enjoy the lanterns..."

Nanhua Hall is not far from Renshou Palace, just a few steps away.

The emperor personally supported the queen mother, the crown prince supported the other arm of the queen mother, and everyone followed behind them to the Nanhua hall.

The main hall of Nanhua Temple.Lanterns hung all over the hall, illuminating the top of the Jade Dome Hall brightly, reflecting the scorching light, and falling on the marble floor.

The ground of Nanhua Hall was actually light for a while.

Gu Jinzhi followed Zhu Zhongjun into the hall.

She whispered to Zhu Zhongjun: "It's terrible, there are so many lantern riddles, I'm afraid everyone will guess one, and it will be over tonight."

She wasn't sure.

Zhu Zhongjun's lantern riddle.She hasn't remembered what idiom it is until now.

"You can't guess?" Zhu Zhongjun gloated.

Gu Jinzhi glared at him.

"I'll tell you the answer to my lantern riddle. If you're really not sure, you can take off my lantern riddle first, and then use it to refill it later." Zhu Zhongjun said in a low voice.

Everyone's lantern riddles have their names written on them.

Gu Jinzhi took Zhu Zhongjun's lantern riddles, isn't it cheating?

It's better not to guess.

"No, isn't this deceiving the emperor?" Gu Jinzhi said. "I'll take a look first. If I really can't guess, I'll pretend to have a headache..."

Zhu Zhongjun wanted to laugh out loud, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous.But in the end, I still couldn't help laughing out loud.Fortunately, after entering the main hall, everyone was whispering around the lanterns, and the main hall was noisy.Zhu Zhongjun's laughter was covered up.

In front of the empress dowager and the emperor, there were people surrounding them.Zhu Zhongjun and Gu Jinzhi didn't bother to move forward.

The two slowly looked up.

There are also lantern festivals in the market, and there are many lantern riddles.Merchants ask people to guess, and give money or goods if the guess is correct, as a gimmick to attract business, so it is more difficult.

But the ones in the palace are just for fun.If it is too difficult, it will be boring if you can't guess it.Therefore, most of them are simple and popular.

Gu Jinzhi is not good at crossword puzzles, but he can still guess one or two correctly.

"... black charcoal hidden in the stomach. Dressed in a brocade robe, it makes me angry and jumps eight feet high. Hit one thing." The crown prince is 13 years old and has the stature of an adult. Standing next to the queen mother, he chanted loudly for the queen mother lantern riddles.

He was just at the age when his voice changed, so his voice was hoarse and deep, like a person caught in a cold.

This lantern riddle was made by him.

The Queen Mother thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Is it firecrackers?"

The crown prince hurriedly said: "Exactly. Grandson thought about it for a long time, and the emperor's grandmother guessed it right away."

The Empress Dowager laughed heartily, and said: "Your imperial grandmother will not be troubled by making these popular mysteries. In the future, study hard and have more writing and ink in your stomach. Make it difficult."

Then he called the court lady Cheng Wan: "The prince did a good job on this mystery, Aijia likes it, bring the gift from Aijia..."

The crown prince may not know how to solve complicated lantern riddles.Even if he doesn't know how to do it, a group of attendants in the East Palace, all of them are from the Imperial Academy, who is not knowledgeable about the past and the present?Isn't it easy to come up with a lantern riddle for the prince and let the prince memorize it?

The Crown Prince did this simple lantern riddle just to make the Empress Dowager smile.

The Queen Mother is a very supportive person.She always knows how to leave the glory and pride to the emperor and the prince, and she will be the supporter behind the scenes.As soon as the prince's lantern riddles came out, the queen mother immediately rewarded them.

The atmosphere suddenly became active.

However, Concubine Tan Guifei's eyes on the crown prince added a bit of gloom.Her obscurity flashed by, but Gu Jinzhi saw it squarely.

Gu Jinzhi quickly looked away again, not to let Concubine Tan Guizhi find out that she was peeping.

When Gu Jinzhi made small moves, the queen mother guessed a few more.

Several princes and concubines are laughing and complimenting the Queen Mother

For the Queen Mother, it is not difficult.These are common guesses.

Gu Jinzhi was a little nervous.She looked casually, only two.

Of the two she knew, the queen mother guessed one of them.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor also came to guess.

He also guessed several times in a row, and rewarded the puzzler with something.

Unfortunately, another member of Gu Jin's meeting was guessed by the emperor...

Gu Jinzhi glanced at it a few more times, but couldn't figure it out, so he gently pulled Zhu Zhongjun's sleeve: "Tell me your answer quickly."

Zhu Zhongjun was slightly surprised, and asked, "Don't you know how many?"

"The queen mother and the emperor have guessed it all..." Gu Jinzhi said helplessly.

Zhu Zhongjun was surprised at first, and then laughed.

His laughter, which could not be suppressed for a while, filled the entire hall.

Everyone's eyes immediately moved to him.

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