Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 141 Romantic Lighting
After coming out of Yipinzhai, it was already dark, and it was just the beginning of the Chinese lanterns.

There were two more people, and the team became Ming Huidi leading Brother Chong to the front, Liao Shou at the side to escort, Chu Ying and Lu Yun continued to walk in the middle, and Lu Mingyu and his wife walked behind.The hand was still being held by Chu Xing, but Lu Mingyu no longer had the mind to admire the lantern, and her eyes kept wandering around Emperor Ming Hui and her aunt in front of her.

Chu Xing saw his wife's worry, but he felt that his wife's worry was completely unnecessary.The emperor looked at Lu Yun many times tonight, and suggested to follow them to watch the lanterns after dinner. His wife might not be able to see it, but he has been by the emperor's side for many years, so he is still somewhat sure about the holy will.And once Emperor Minghui wanted something, no one else could stop him.

Looking across Lu Yun, Chu Xing thought of the dream that Emperor Minghui had last year.No one knew beforehand that his wife and the three of them were going to offer incense. Emperor Minghui decided to go to the temple to solve his doubts because he dreamed that the Anguo Temple was full of clouds. When he arrived at the temple, he met Lu Yun.Besides, Lu Yun died of dystocia in the palace in her previous life. In this life, she remarried to Yao Jiting under the arrangement of her father-in-law, but the result was not satisfactory. Tonight, watching the lantern and meeting Ming Hui Emperor again, maybe this is the destiny?
Although he was reborn once, Chu Xing still didn't believe in fate, but Lu Yun won the favor of the emperor, and the emperor is the sky.

"Is it cold?" Chu Xing asked in a low voice, holding his wife's little hand tightly. The carriage followed behind, and a cloak was prepared inside.

Lu Mingyu finally shared some thoughts with her husband, smiled and shook her head, then continued to stare at the front.Chu Xing frowned secretly, and didn't like her worrying too much about Lu Yun's affairs, but it was inconvenient to talk here because he was outside, so he could only find something to say to her every once in a while.

Lu Mingyu gradually realized his strangeness, Chu Xing would never talk so much at ordinary times.When Chu Xing asked her again if she wanted to buy a lantern, Lu Mingyu raised her head in doubt.Chu Xing smiled helplessly, lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Concentrate on admiring the lanterns, it may not be convenient to go out on the night of Shangyuan Festival."

Lu Mingyu immediately understood that he noticed her strangeness.Looking at Chu Xing's handsome face illuminated by the light, Lu Mingyu suddenly felt guilty. He was a lonely person, and she was coaxed into wearing a crimson robe by her, just to accompany her to enjoy the light, but she only cared about him. Thinking about my aunt, ignoring him.

"En." Calmed down, Lu Mingyu smiled softly at him, tried to hold her little hand backwards, but was stopped by Chu Xing domineeringly, and preferred to hold her little hand in the palm of his hand.

The couple began to whisper and discuss the lanterns on both sides.Occasionally, a voice came to the front, Chu Ying turned her head quietly, and saw her brother's brows and eyes were gentle, and her sister-in-law was smiling like a flower, so she was also happy, while Lu Yun next to her was listening attentively to her brother and Emperor Ming Hui.

"Brother Chong, do you like lanterns?" Emperor Ming Hui held the boy's chubby hand, his eyes flicked across the lantern shops on both sides.

Brother Chong is quite familiar with Emperor Minghui now, so he treats him as an ordinary elder, shook his head and said: "Brother Heng said that girls like to play this game, I prefer dragon boat racing, but my third sister-in-law said that the Duke Grandpa can shoot lanterns and can shoot through fingers, I want to see him shoot."

Emperor Ming Hui had also heard about Chu Xing's demeanor back then, and smiled when he heard the words, and asked Brother Chong in a voice that could be heard by several people behind him while turning his head: "Master Guo is called by an outsider, and Brother Chong is the fifth brother." Uncle, why don't you just call him by his name?"

Brother Chong touched his head and looked at Chu Xing shyly.

Chu Ying and Lu Yun moved to both sides at the same time, so as not to block their sight.Brother Chong continued to look at his niece and son-in-law, but Emperor Minghui took a quick look at Lu Yun.The lanterns, the lights through the papers of various colors also transformed into colorful, beautiful and charming, Lu Yun tilted his head to admire the lanterns, with a slight smile on his mouth, laughing at his joke just now.

Emperor Ming Hui felt that her smile would be the most beautiful scene he had ever seen tonight.

After watching the people who really wanted to see, Emperor Minghui looked at Chu Xing and his wife again pretendingly, but fortunately, the lights were dim, and no one noticed that his ulterior motives were not in drinking.

While walking and chatting, they came to the bank of Liangshui River without knowing it. The Song Lantern House was on the opposite bank, and the group had to pass by the arch bridge.The moonlight is gentle, the lights are romantic, and the view of the lights on the bridge is better. Therefore, the arch bridge is full of people. If you want to cross the bridge, you can only squeeze through the middle.

Liao Shou walked on the left side of Emperor Ming Hui, helping to block people. Emperor Ming Hui held Brother Chong with one hand, while keeping an eye on the back.I don't know how many years the stone bridge has been built, the bridge surface is already full of potholes, even with Ming Hui Emperor opening the way ahead, Lu Yun and Chu Ying both walked a little staggeringly.Walking to the middle of the arch bridge, a family standing next to the guardrail enjoying the scenery had enough to leave. Among them, the husband was holding a four or five-year-old child in his arms, and the child was holding a bunch of candied haws.Lu Yun only looked at the road and didn't notice it. Suddenly, he saw Emperor Minghui let go of his younger brother and stretched out his big hand towards her.

Lu Yun was stunned, and then was dragged to the front by Emperor Ming Hui, "Be careful."

There was a man's deep and steady voice next to her ear. Lu Yun subconsciously turned around and saw a boy licking candied haws, which was not in any danger.Lu Yun turned to Emperor Minghui in a daze. Emperor Minghui smiled and let go of her arm, and said to the child: "The bamboo stick is sharp, hold it higher, and be careful not to pierce others."

The child blinked, turned his head suddenly, and continued to eat his own food. Seeing that they were all dressed in silk and satin, the boy's father didn't dare to provoke them, so he hurried away with the child in his arms.

At this moment, Lu Yun realized that he was almost pricked by a bamboo stick, and hurriedly lowered his head to thank Emperor Ming Hui: "Thank you Qiye."

"Small things, Ajun, be careful." Emperor Ming Hui said in a low voice.

Ajun...

He actually called her boudoir name?
Lu Yun raised his head in shock, Emperor Minghui's eyes were watery, he exchanged a brief glance with her, and then led Chonggeer to lead the way again.Passers-by on both sides came and went, Lu Yun instinctively followed behind the man, but his mind was full of Emperor Minghui's "Ajun", and his pair of eyes that seemed... gentle and affectionate.

Seeing the man holding his brother's big hand, Lu Yun was suddenly disturbed.

Even though the two have known each other for a long time, she has been married once. He is the elder of the niece, not her elder. It is inappropriate to call her by her boudoir name directly, right?And he was clearly walking ahead, how could he find out that she was in danger in such a timely manner?Could it be that he has been paying attention to her?
Why should you pay attention?

Lu Yun was a little flustered and had a guess, but how could that be possible?

The bridge deck under her feet was sunken, and Lu Yun swayed for a while. She didn't dare to think wildly anymore and focused on walking.

After getting off the bridge, the pedestrians on the road dispersed, and finally it was not so crowded.

A group of people arrived at Song's Lantern Building smoothly. Xu Chengrui and Lu Jinyu had already arrived, and they came out to welcome the guests with relaxed expressions. Unexpectedly, when the door opened, the first thing they saw was Emperor Minghui dressed in ordinary clothes.Lu Jinyu looked at him, but Xu Chengrui was taken aback, and wanted to kneel without even thinking about it.

"Excuse me. I just heard that there is excitement here tonight. Come out and take a look. You can reward yourself as you like. Don't be interested just because I lose." In the private room, stay with Liao Shou and Chu Xing to explain.

Xu Chengrui often faced the saint, and soon calmed down after being shocked. When Lu Jinyu learned that it was the current emperor, he was so nervous that he dared not even speak.Lu Mingyu laughed at her for being timid, and seeing a screen was placed in the private room, she led the female relatives to sit there like a master, and the men and women watched the lanterns separately.

Lively outside the window.

This year, the lantern show at Song’s Lantern House has a new trick. It’s not about guessing lantern riddles or shooting arrows to win lanterns. Instead, a light stand similar to the word “gold” is set up in the river in front of the lantern building. There are six floors in total, and the bottom On the first floor are colored paper lanterns in the shape of the Chinese zodiac, each worth [-] Wen.Nine lanterns worth fifty cents were hung on the second floor, and seven lanterns hung on the third floor were worth one cent each.There are five copper lamps on the third floor, each sold for two taels. On the second floor are three jade candlesticks, each worth ten taels, and the top...is a golden lotus candlestick!

The lottery heads were all put out, followed by two lamp shop assistants, each holding a lottery bamboo tube, and announced the rules of the lantern show.The two people who got the same number of bamboo sticks stand on the competition stage, and the winner is judged by guessing. The winner can draw a question from the copper basin to make things difficult for the opponent.

Anyone in the bottom three floors can participate, while those in the upper three floors need to pay one tael, two taels, and five taels of silver respectively.Finally, a new rule was added in the round of the golden lotus candlestick, that is, if the answerer fails, the person who draws the question must also complete the challenge, otherwise both of them will lose, and someone else will take the stage.

"What's the point of answering the questions?" Lu Jinyu murmured to his sister in a low voice, "It's just guessing lantern riddles for a different game."

Lu Mingyu stood in front of the window, looking at the staff below distributing bamboo sticks, also puzzled.

Soon, the first pair of ordinary people who won the lantern competition came on the stage, one was about [-] years old, and the other was only twelve or thirteen years old.The young man lost with his punch, and there was a burst of sighs from below, and he felt that those who accepted the challenge would definitely suffer.The middle-aged man thought the same way, groping excitedly in the copper basin for a while, picked out a ball of paper and handed it to the lamp building clerk.

The buddy opened it in front of everyone, and announced the title loudly: "Everyone counts to five, the challenger needs to complete five laps on the spot within five tones, stop and stand firmly with both feet to win."

As soon as this remark came out, the people burst into laughter.

Lu Mingyu also laughed, and she knew that the lantern show in Song's Lantern House must not be so simple and boring.

In this round, the common people favored the young man, and shouted slowly on purpose. The young man stood firmly after completing five laps, and successfully won a zodiac lantern.For the next challenge, some asked to walk in a straight line with their eyes blindfolded, some asked to compose a poem related to the moon, and some asked the respondent to squat three times with the questioner in his arms. It is the most lively here.

When it was the turn of the upper three floors to pay money to participate, ordinary people became spectators, and the challenges gradually became elegant and difficult to solve, but they were also full of wit.

Brother Chong lay in front of the window with bright eyes, he endured it for a while, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, and secretly looked at his niece and son-in-law.Among the men here, one is the emperor, and the other two are nephews and sons-in-law, but Brother Chong knows that he is closest to the grandfather, nephew and son-in-law.

"Brother Chong also wants to play?" Emperor Ming Hui noticed the boy's little movements before Chu Xing, and asked in a low voice.

Brother Chong nodded excitedly.

Emperor Ming Hui smiled slightly, approached Brother Chong's ear, and whispered a few words.

Of the three boys in the Lu family, Brother Heng is the most mischievous and thoughtful, full of evil ideas, Brother Nian is the smartest in reading, smart but sensible, not as unscrupulous as his brother.Only Brother Chong, who is the strongest, but with a simple mind, is often encouraged by Brother Heng to do bad things, such as putting bugs in the teacher's drawer...

Now being provoked by the old fox Emperor Minghui, Brother Chong immediately ran to the side of the screen and pestered his sister to take him to play below.

Lu Yun persuaded his younger brother in a low voice: "You don't know anything, and you can't win even if you go up."

"I just had a child and won." Brother Chong insisted on dragging his sister because he was greedy for fun.

Lu Yun's temper was soft, and he couldn't help pestering his younger brother, so he stabilized his younger brother first, and then asked if the two nieces were traveling together.

Lu Mingyu really wanted to join in the fun, so Lu Jinyu persuaded her: "You are pregnant, so stay on top honestly, let's go with aunt."

Lu Yun also followed suit.

Lu Mingyu looked at her stomach, and agreed, Chu Ying was so quiet, she stayed up there to accompany her sister-in-law.

Lu Jinyu called her husband, Xu Chengrui, and accompanied Lu Yun and her brother downstairs.

Not long after the three left, Emperor Minghui left his seat with a smile, and said to Liao Shou, "Come on, let's go down and have a look."

Liao Shou obeyed immediately, and he did whatever the emperor asked him to do, never thinking about anything else.

The private room had to be guarded by a man, and Chu Xing sent the two of them out of the private room, watching Emperor Minghui walk to the stairs, and went down in the spring breeze, Chu Xing finally showed a complex smile, saying it was mocking, but without any disrespect, just I think it's a little bit...

Unlike the emperor he knew.

"Leaving?" Lu Mingyu walked to the door of the elegant room, looked out, and raised her brows with worry.

Seeing her like this, Chu Xing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed, the smile in his eyes was as bright as a spring breeze.

Lu Mingyu was worried about her aunt. Seeing him smiling so heartily, she thought it looked good, but she was also baffled, "What are you laughing at?"

Chu Xing just rubbed her head and closed the door with his backhand, feeling happy.

After tonight, he seemed to be able to imagine what his wife would look like after becoming a mother.

(End of this chapter)