The little daughter-in-law of the palace

Chapter 172 The Peeping Is Found (1)
"Daddy, I want that pony lantern!" Ah Xun stood in front of the lantern shop and looked at it for a long time, his big eyes almost looked at all the lanterns hanging here, and then he pointed to a lantern woven into the shape of a horse to ask for it. want.He is a horse, and he likes horse-shaped things the most.

Chu Qing patted the boy's head, asked the stall owner to take down the lantern, handed it to his son, then turned around and asked Hanzhu if he liked it.

Before Hanzhu could speak, Ah Xun pointed to a lotus lantern and yelled, "Sister... brother wants that!" Chu Qing glared at him in the middle of speaking, and the little guy gave a nasty smile and changed his words wisely.

Seeing that Chu Qing was really going to pick up the lantern, Hanzhu hurriedly said, "Father, I, I'm not a child." Since she was wearing men's clothes, how could a man her age walk around with a lantern.

Her voice was so low that no one else could hear her, but when Chu Qing heard it, her tenderness softened his heart.

Looking at her daughter, and then at that unique lotus lantern, Chu Qing told Fu Gui, "I bought it, you carry it." Then I sent my daughter off when I went home.

Hanzhu lowered her head and laughed, Sixi laughed outright, but Fugui could only accept her fate, and followed behind with a lotus lantern, attracting many surprised looks.

"Are you hungry?" Chu Qing picked up his son after walking around for a while.Ah Xun nodded, and Chu Qing said to the siblings: "There is a dumpling restaurant over here. The inside is fairly clean, and the dumplings are delicious. Daddy will take you there?"

Ah Xun hugged his father's neck with one hand, and held the lantern in the other hand, swallowed and said: "I want to eat shrimp stuffing."

"Well, they have it." What Chu Qing was going to was a two-story dumpling restaurant. The people below were mostly ordinary people. The second floor was divided into private rooms with screens, and the dumpling fillings were also varied.Of course, all the major restaurants in the capital must be open tonight, but Chu Qing brought his children and didn't want to go to a place where it's easy to meet acquaintances and be defeated by all kinds of pleasantries.

Sending Fugui to occupy a seat first, Chu Qing accompanied the Hanzhu siblings to walk forward slowly.

Ah Xun was hugged by his father, he could see far away, his little head turned left and right, and when he saw something interesting, he called his brother to watch it.Hanzhu turned her head from time to time, and when she turned around this time, she suddenly felt like someone was watching her. She turned her head suspiciously, and saw a piece of black clothes disappearing into the sea of ​​people.

Hanzhu's heart beat faster, could it be that he is here?

But when she scanned that direction carefully, she only saw strange faces, and there was indeed a strong man in a black robe inside.

Reluctantly looking for it for the last time, Hanzhu laughed at herself and slowly turned around.

It was because she thought too much. Maybe Cheng Yu really liked her, but he didn't like her much, so he really did when he said he couldn't see her.

"What are you looking at?" Chu Qing noticed her daughter's strangeness and looked back.

Hanzhu immediately put away the disappointment on her face, and said with a relaxed expression: "Just now I saw a little girl who was about the same age as Ah Xun, also holding a lantern in her hand, so I took a few more glances."

"Where is it?" Ah Xun immediately turned his head to look.

Hanzhu smiled and patted him, "Ah Xun won't be able to see him if he walks away."

Ah Xun blinked, and was quickly attracted by other excitement.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the dumpling restaurant. Master Chu Qing went straight up to the second floor and chose a seat near the window. Fugui and Sixi ate below, but did not follow.

One side of the private room is a window, and three sides are covered by screens. People passing by in the aisle can be seen through the gap between the two screens, and the situation in the private room on the opposite side cannot be seen. This arrangement is also considered in such a small restaurant. Rare.After being seated, Chu Qing hugged Ah Xun on his lap, and told the siblings to guess the simplest lantern riddles, and only if they guessed correctly would they have dumplings.

His voice was clear and pleasant, and Ah Xun laughed cheerfully. When Gu Heng walked over with Meng Xianxian, he thought the voice was familiar. Looking inside, he saw that the court's favored minister, Yunyanghou, was indeed sitting there.Surprised and delighted, Gu Heng signaled Meng Xianxian to stop, and whispered to Yajian, "Is General Chu inside?"

In the private room, the two adults and one child stopped laughing.

Hanzhu vaguely felt that voice was familiar, but for a while she couldn't remember where she heard it.Chu Qing frowned. He didn't know who it was, but he was upset when someone disturbed him. Ah Xun was curious. He looked at the screen in the middle that could be opened from the middle and said, "Someone is looking for you!" Daddy!"

His son was excited, Chu Qing's face turned pale, and he raised his voice and asked, "Who is outside?"

Gu Heng immediately said: "Gu Heng is the editor of the Imperial Academy, and I went out to enjoy the lanterns with the princess tonight. I didn't expect to run into General Chu. It's really a blessing."

When Hanzhu heard Gu Heng's self-reported name, her hands couldn't help trembling. Fortunately, she had imagined countless times in private what would happen if she ran into Gu Heng by chance, and she didn't lose her sense of control. She looked at the table as if the person outside was a stranger. people.

Chu Qing didn't want to see him at first, but when his son asked him in a low voice what a princess is, Chu Qing thought for a while, laughed silently, and let his son sit by himself, he got up to open the door, his eyes swept over the handsome young couple outside, and he turned sideways to ask Said: "It turns out that it is the princess and Ziyan. If you don't dislike it, come in and have a seat?"

Gu Heng actually wanted to make friends with him, I don't know what the old woman would think when she got her trust.

Knowing that her mother was in love with Chu Qing, Meng Xianxian was very embarrassed at this moment, and didn't understand why her husband took the initiative to deal with her, but the deal was done, so she could only follow her husband's wishes and walk in with him.After entering, Meng Xianxian couldn't help showing a gentle smile when he saw the little boy who was staring at her curiously. He was as pretty as a girl.

Ah Xun was still a bit skeptical, she smiled at him, and he shyly ran to his sister.

At this time Hanzhu had already stood up, pretending not to notice Gu Heng's shocked gaze, she saluted Meng Xianxian politely: "Chu Han has seen the princess."

Although she was wearing men's clothes, anyone could immediately recognize her as a girl when they heard the voice and saw the delicate and beautiful face as white as porcelain.

(End of this chapter)