delicious farm girl

Chapter 528 The Rocket on the Lantern Festival

"You said, you want to accompany the emperor to attend the Shangyuan Lantern Festival?" Suddenly hearing the news from King Rong, Su Ran immediately shook her head, "You can't go!"

"Sister, now it's not a question of whether I can go, but that I must go!" King Rong spread his hands helplessly.

"Don't you know who this uncle of the emperor is? His heart is smaller than the tip of a needle, but he still wants to pretend to be magnanimous. Every year on the Lantern Festival, he will bring all the princes and grandchildren out to meet the people. In order to show that he is not If he treats me badly, I must also appear with him, and stand by his side! This is an excellent opportunity to show his benevolence to me, how could he let me go?"

"But this time is different from every year in the past." Su Ran said in a deep voice.

"I know! That's why I'm going even more." The boy said softly.

Su Ran looked up at him. "You really can't push it away?"

"I can't push it away." The boy waved his hands with a smile.

"But!" He immediately rubbed over and sat down next to Su Ran, "Sister, don't worry, I will stand on the top with the emperor's uncle for a while and then come down. You wait for me at the bottom first, when I am done. I'll come down to find you right away! After all, we've never had a good time visiting lanterns together, so this time we have a chance!"

Su Ran still frowned.The boy stretched out his hand desperately to push her eyebrows away. "Okay, don't think too much about it. For more than ten years, I've been going to see the lights every year. Isn't it all right? Besides, not only me, but also Prince Huainan and Prince Wu will be with me The emperor's uncle is most afraid of death. Every year, he sends his most trusted person to supervise the construction of Huajie, and the high platform will be verified again and again in advance. He will only go up after confirming that it is stable. You can rest assured !"

"You know that's not what I'm worried about." Su Ran looked at him helplessly.

"Then you don't have to worry about the other things! I'm such a smart person, how can I be fooled by others?" The boy said cheerfully, and then dragged him to act like a baby again, "Anyway, when the day comes, you must be early Go offstage and wait for me. You'd better take a look at my heroic appearance on stage. Let me tell you, I will definitely dress up very beautifully and overwhelm everyone around me!"

Su Ran was amused by his words. "Only girls need to be gorgeous, you are a boy, you don't need it."

"Who said that? Women are the ones who please themselves, and men are the same! I just want to show my sister how beautiful I am!" The young man became even more coquettish.

Su Ran was worn out by him, so he could only nod. "Okay, I see. We must go early and try to see you more."

"That's right!" The boy immediately nodded cheerfully.

Watching lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was originally the schedule that Su Ran and the others had set in advance.

Su Ran didn't go out because of her pregnancy last year, but she also heard about the excitement of the Lantern Festival from Mrs. Zhou and the young wives of the Qu family.In order to appease the hearts of the people this year, the emperor has increased his investment, so this year's Lantern Festival will definitely be more lively and beautiful.Huang's Luo Huan and the others are new to the capital, and Su Ran must take them to see it.

Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole family dressed thickly and went out happily together.Even Sister Zhu, who was only seven months old, was wrapped in a bright red jacket, and was carried out by Li Er in his arms.

The capital city is far more prosperous than Liangjiang Province.Before it was dark, the Flower Street was already crowded with people, and the roadside vendors were also crowded together, shouting endlessly.

Looking at the stalls selling Lantern Festival on the side of the road, Su Ran couldn't help but think of the time when she went to the flower street in the town to sell Lantern Festival with her brother Zhuang and Li Er.

How many years ago was that?Thinking about it now, it is still the same as what happened yesterday.

Looking back at Li Er, she found that this man was looking at her.His eyes are so profound, it is clear that he is also thinking of what happened back then.

Su Ran couldn't help but smiled at him: "Time flies so fast. Now that I think about what happened back then, I feel like I'm dreaming."

"This is not a dream." The man put his arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah..." Seeing her parents leaning close to each other affectionately, Sister Zhu quickly waved her little hand, trying to grab the lantern above her head?
This girl really doesn't look like a premature baby now.It's only been more than seven months, but it already weighs more than ten catties. It's heavy, eats a lot, sleeps a lot, and is very active. It's like the second strong brother.Now that Mrs. Huang is getting older, she can hardly look down on her anymore.Fortunately, there are so many brothers and sisters in the family now, and everyone takes turns playing with her so that she can enjoy herself to the fullest.

Li Er hurriedly grabbed her little hand and pulled it off. "This is not a home, so don't touch it." He patiently warned his daughter.

He was as patient as ever with his daughter.

After hearing this, Sister Zhu withdrew her hand and stopped touching.This child is also much more obedient than sister Xiao.

In fact, they could have set up a shed on Huajie today.It's just that Su Ran and Li Er don't like to sit in one place and watch the excitement, not to mention that once they set up a shed on the Flower Street, they have to walk around and say hello to other people who set up a shed to watch the lights on the Flower Street, which is annoying to them.Just simply dress up, pretending to be an ordinary family and come out to play.

The family walked forward talking and laughing while looking at the lights, and when night fell, they had already reached the huge shelf that had been set up at the gate of the palace.

Every year on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, the emperor would take the princes and grandchildren to climb on this shelf that is as high as the tallest building in the palace, so that the people can see the emperor's demeanor, which can be regarded as having fun with the people.

There is no one on the shelf now, but the surrounding area has already been surrounded by the Royal Forest Army.There are dragon-shaped or painted dragon-shaped lanterns hanging on the shelves. At first glance, they are really magnificent and brilliant.

When the night was getting dark and the lanterns on Huajie were lit one by one, the palace gate in front was wide open, and two pairs of court ladies and eunuchs came out slowly.

"The emperor is out of the palace—"

The hoarse cry of the old eunuch Deng Ning came, and immediately a group of people and horses blared the gong to clear the way, and the Imperial Forest Army also came forward, and drove all the people around to the side.

After the maids and eunuchs who cleared the way, another large group of Imperial Forest Army explored the way ahead, and then the emperor's imperial chariot was slowly lifted out.Following behind the imperial chariot were the emperor's princes and several relatives who were very close to the emperor.

The imperial chariot stopped under the high platform, the emperor came down, and took the prince and others to the highest point.

"Mother, mother, look quickly, it's King Rong! I saw it!" Brother Bian quickly spotted King Rong standing in the crowd.He followed closely behind three or four princes, and his position was not good.However, today he was wearing a bright red robe, his hair was combed exquisitely, and there was a white jade hairpin inlaid with rubies on it, which made his lips red and teeth whiter, making him unbelievably beautiful.Even standing among so many princes with outstanding bearing, he still looks so conspicuous that people can spot his presence at the first sight.

Of course, this conspicuousness is not because he is too good-looking, or because of his extraordinary demeanor, but because... he is too coquettish!
I went out to watch the lanterns with the emperor, but he was dressed so enchantingly that even the emperor was almost inferior.Only he could see this.

When Su Ran first saw it, she was shocked.Then she thought that what the young man told her at that time would surely overwhelm everyone, she couldn't help laughing again.

Now, he is really gorgeous!

And the faces of the other princes and even the royal relatives who were crushed by him were not so good.On the contrary, the emperor looked as usual, and when he stood at the highest point of the high platform, a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"God bless my Mingyue Dynasty, the grain will be plentiful, the world will be stable, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment!" He looked up at the sky and sincerely prayed to the bright moon.

The densely packed people on Huajie also knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Su Ran and Li Er also knelt down along with them.But when he raised his head, Su Ran's gaze fell on the young man in red standing beside the emperor.

The boy also quickly found her direction, and he immediately winked at her and smiled mischievously.

Su Ran couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth when he brought her up.

However, at this moment, Li Er who was beside him suddenly pulled her aside forcefully. "careful!"

Su Ran turned to the side, and heard a whoosh, and a sharp arrow on fire passed her by.

Immediately afterwards, there were many swishing and swishing sounds, and more rockets flew over from a distance, a small part of them came towards her, but most of them flew towards the high platform ahead. .

Li Er hugged Su Ran and rolled to the side, and rolled several times before she realized it.

"Not good, Hua'er!" She hastily raised her head and yelled.Unexpectedly, I heard someone yelling in front of me—"No, King Rong was hit by an arrow! King Rong fell from the high platform!"

(End of this chapter)