Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 110
Jiang Hong hurried forward a few steps, standing outside the crowd, Ye Twelve Niang smiled and bowed her knees and thanked: "Brother Jiang's trouble." Jiang Hong bowed slightly, Jiang Shan stepped forward, holding Ye Twelve Niang's arm : "How should we go? Should we choose the bustling streets, or choose the ones with fewer people so that we can walk faster?"

"Of course it's where the excitement is going. It's still early." It's rare for Ye Shiriniang to go out for a stroll so freely. For her, it doesn't matter where she goes, as long as there is excitement to watch.Ye Shiriniang kept pointing and introducing the shops and scenery on both sides of the street to Jiang Shan all the way, she just said happily, the two of them watched and said they were walking ahead, Jiang Hong calmly slowed down and fell behind a few steps, Along with Lin Ke and Li Tian.

The long attendants, servants, and mothers-in-law stood in the periphery, separating the crowd from the crowded flow of people. This time, the group of people walked more slowly, but few people cared about it, and Ye Twelve Niang commented disdainfully all the way Looking at all kinds of lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, from time to time, picking and choosing among all kinds of gadgets on the roadside stalls, instead of feeling slow, she felt that she was walking too fast. Lin Ke held Li Tian's arm and said no Stop, Jiang Hong stared straight ahead, as if he was concentrating on his job as a guard, but in fact his whole mind was on Li Tian, ​​he listened to every word she said, saw and felt every movement of her out of the corner of his eye, With every smile, the countless bustling surroundings are as illusory as bubbles, only the one around her is beautiful and real.

When a group of people squeezed into Yingxiang Pool, it was already sunset and moonrise, and the city was full of lights.

Yingxiang Pond was much more lively than other places. Everyone stood still in the corner, stretched their heads to look at the lanterns outside Yingxiang Pond, which were as dense as stars like a galaxy, and were amazed. Li Tian was about to rush forward, but Li Tian grabbed Lin Ke and said, "Find a place to rest, have a cup of tea, and then go in for a walk. You have to guess layer by layer inside, and you have to go for a walk. I'm thirsty halfway. It’s not good to come out when you’re tired.”

"It was my negligence. After walking so far, everyone must be exhausted." Jiang Hong reacted very quickly, and was about to send the boy to find a place, when Ye Twelve Niang clapped her hands and said with a smile: "If Tian'er didn't tell me, I forgot , before I came, my elder brother told me that he had arranged for us to have a rest in Huixian Tower. You don’t know, my elder brother never cared about these trivial matters, but this time he actually took care of it for me. , I am the first one to be taken care of by my elder brother!" Ye Twelve Niang held her head up, her face full of pride, and Yue Niang, who was following Li Tian, ​​raised her eyebrows and squinted at Ye Shi with interest. Twelve Niangs poked Qing Zhi beside her, but Qing Zhi looked at Li Tian carefully.

A young servant who looked very clean and agile passed through the crowd very quickly, and rushed to the front of the crowd in the blink of an eye. He first bowed to Ye Twelve Niang, and then bowed to everyone in turn. Only then did he respectfully The report: "Back to Twelve Niangs, the Huixian Building has been cleaned up and ready for tea and snacks, can you go in and have a rest now?"

"Let's go!" Ye Twelve Niang greeted everyone with pride and heartiness, and it was not annoying. The group followed the young man into Huixian Building, turned to the east building facing Yingxiang Pool, and led to Outside the moon gate of the east building, there are two middle-aged women in indigo jackets and skirts. The little one is here to serve as a marquis, waiting for the orders of Twelve Niangs and all the young ladies."

Jiang Hong raised his eyebrows in surprise, and took over the entire east building!The grandeur of the Prince’s Mansion of Dongyang County is really extraordinary. The east tower of Xianlou is the best place to see the Yingxiangchi Lantern Festival. It’s hard to find one. The whole package can’t be done with money. Jiang Hong couldn’t help but look at it more What time is Ye Twelve Niang, this silly big sister who has no heart at all, is so favored?

Ye Shiriniang rushed to the front and went up to the second floor first. The second floor has been completely opened up. The high hanging lanterns have been taken down. All the lamps are covered with glass covers and placed on the floor. On the table, all kinds of food are arranged in a patchwork manner, and there are seven or eight maidservants standing in the corner of the room.

Jiang Hong stood hesitantly at the door, and Ye Shiriniang gave way enthusiastically: "Brother Jiang, come in and have a rest." Jiang Hong thanked him with a smile, went in and sat near the door, and did not go in.

Li Tian stood in front of the window looking at the brightly lit and bustling Yingxiang Pond outside. Lin Ke leaned over to Li Tian's side, with the original appearance, and said with a smile, "No wonder you insisted on calling Twelve Niangs, It turns out that Dongyang County's palace is so powerful, if it weren't for the twelve mothers, how could we enjoy it like this?"

Yue Niang heard it from the side, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows again, Qing Zhi hurriedly gave her a sideways glance.Li Tian smiled and pushed Lin Ke to sit at the table. A maid made a cup of tea and served it in front of Li Tian. If you drink this, are you from the Immortal Tower?"

"Going back to Fifth Lady, the servant girl was sent by the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion to serve all the young ladies."

"No wonder, I felt strange just now, when did Huixian Tower have such an outstanding job, which part of the palace do you want to work in? I think you look familiar, what's your name?" Li Tian and Lin Ke laughed, Then she turned her head to look at the maid and asked, the maid bent her knees and smiled back: "Go back to Fifth Lady, the servant is in the tea and wine department, and her name is Xia Qing."

Li Tian's heart sank. According to the rules of the Prince's Mansion of Dongyang County, those who work in the tea and wine department are arranged according to spring, summer, autumn and winter. Their name is Xia Qing, and they are the second-class maids of the tea and wine department.

"Are all the tea and wine department here today?" Li Tian took a sip of tea, and then asked, Lin Ke looked at Li Tian in confusion, wondering why she was so interested in a girl.

"Back to the fifth lady, there are three servants from the tea and wine department, one sister from the tent department, two from the table and plate department, and each from the honey fried bureau, the oil candle bureau, the fragrant medicine bureau and the arrangement bureau. I bought two." Xia Qing answered ten questions, and Lin Ke smiled and said: "No wonder I smell this fragrance, it's so elegant that it doesn't seem like something you can find in a restaurant, it turned out that it was brought over by the Fragrance and Medicine Bureau in your house."

Li Tian signaled Qing Zhi to appreciate Xia Qing, and walked to the window with his cup in his hand, his head hanging down, lost in thought. Today, the lantern sheds of Dongyang County Prince's Mansion are going to grab the lottery, have to entertain each other's sheds, and have to pick them up, but they can come from the mansion The four divisions and six bureaus have drawn so many people here, it seems that the head of the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion knows the fourth prince's intentions, and has reached a certain kind of unity. Li Tian squeezed the cup tightly with his fingers, judging from the current situation , this unification has only one possibility.

Jiang Hong sat in the shadow by the door, holding a cup of tea, and looked at Li Tian dumbfoundedly. She seemed to have grown taller and thinner than when I saw her last time. What was on his mind, the remorse that lingered in his heart and never dissipated rushed up again, and he was all to blame. He was really bewildered at that moment, how could he care about Xu Sihai?If it wasn't for that matter, after we got married, I would justifiably help her share some of the burden.

There was a burst of cheers from the Yingxiang Pond outside, and someone broke into the back pool three times in a row. Ye Twelve Niang jumped up and rushed to the window, looked at it for a while, retracted her body and said excitedly: "Let's go too, there is Tiantian, let's go!" I’m sure I’ll be able to break through three levels in a row!”

"Let Ninth Brother help us guess, Ninth Brother is really good at guessing riddles!" Lin Ke hurriedly answered, Li Tian put down his cup and smiled, followed behind, and went downstairs with Jiang Shan one after the other. Go last.

The group of people came out of the Moon Gate, and the servants rushed up to greet them, and led the crowd to Yingxiang Pond respectfully, Li Tian took half a step forward, and walked side by side with Ye Twelve Niang, laughing: "This is the servant next to your elder brother? It’s rare to do things so well.”

"Yeah, he's one of my big brother's most useful servants, his name is Yanping, and of course he can do it." Ye Dalang's attention to this trip made Ye Twelve Niang's face extremely bright, and Li Tian turned his head. Glancing at Yanping, Yanping crossed his hands respectfully, Li Tian knew that he must be an insider, so he looked away and didn't look at him again.

The group arrived in front of the first group of lanterns with various lantern riddles written on them. Li Tian looked at a few lantern riddles, stomped his feet lightly and said with a smile, "It's too late, and the easy ones have been guessed." Pushing Ye Twelve Niang said: "I can only take care of myself, at most I can take care of A Ke, you and Jiang Jiuniang ask the Jiang family brother to help, the Jiang family brother is a famous talent." Ye Twelve Niang hurriedly pulled Jiang Shan turned her head to look for Jiang Hong. Compared to Li Tian, ​​she was more willing to ask Jiang Hong for help. The saying that she loves beautiful men is not for nothing.

This kind of lantern riddle was as easy as turning one’s palm to Jiang Hong. Looking at Li Tian out of the corner of his eye, Jiang Hong frowned as if thinking bitterly. Seeing that Li Tian had guessed one first, he suddenly realized that he also guessed one for Ye Twelve Niang’s use. Jiang Shan was not good at reciting poems, but guessing lantern riddles was still possible. After a while, she also guessed one. Li Tian and Jiang Hong each guessed two, and the five of them matched the lantern riddles with the lantern riddle guard together. Xianqiao entered the second level.

Li Tian turned around calmly, as if looking for a good riddle to guess, but out of the corner of his eye, he was looking for Yanping to come in. After turning around for half a circle, he saw Yanping and two servants standing behind him respectfully with their hands down.Li Tian glanced at Ye Shiriniang, who was holding Jiang Shan's arm and talking to Jiang Hong with a smile like a flower, and led Lin Ke to concentrate on guessing lantern riddles.

A group of people entered the back pool even after going through three levels. The lanterns in the back pool are much more sparse than those in the front. They are arranged in a well-organized manner or hung between the trees, or hung on the pavilions, or placed directly on the ground. The people inside It was also much less than the outside. After crossing the bridge, Li Tian slowed down his pace and carefully looked at the riddles on the lanterns. Behind them, Yanping hadn't followed in yet.

Neither Ye Shiriniang nor Lin Ke had the patience to look at the cups one by one like Li Tian did, thinking carefully one by one. Naturally, they were impatient and followed Li Tian to guess the riddles. Tian thought slowly, and slowly fell behind, only Jiang Hong followed behind Li Tian not far or near, and looked at the lantern riddles one by one.

"According to the previous rules, the chief examiner of Chunwei should have some clues. Is there any letter this year?" Li Tian suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Hong, and asked in a low voice. Jiang Hong didn't expect Li Tian to ask this directly. Surprised, he replied: "It is said that he is a bachelor of Wang Shiming."

Li Tian was surprised that he answered so bluntly, and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, looked up at him and asked with concern: "Is it okay?"

"Well, my uncle said that my style of writing is very suitable for Master Wang's taste." Jiang Hong's voice was as gentle as spring in March. Li Tian looked up at the lantern riddles on the lantern in front of him, and was thinking about how to ask the most important thing. Jiang Hong With a slightly trembling voice, he whispered, "Don't worry!"

Li Tian was stunned for a while, then subconsciously turned around and looked at the entrance, pulled the cloak, and moved to another lantern, as if it was just casual gossip: "I heard that the imperial concubine once wanted to tell Ye Liuniang Your second cousin?" Li Tian's words were beyond Jiang Hong's expectation. Jiang Hong looked at Li Tian with a slightly serious gaze, and answered after consideration: "Uncle is a cautious person, and he often teaches me that a minister must keep his dignity. , don't be delusional. What did someone tell you?"

"No, I just heard that the official's health is not good." Jiang Hong answered directly, and Li Tian's words were also clear. Jiang Hong looked at her carefully and said: "I also heard about the official's health. , Officials, my uncle said that he is a rare enlightened lord, with a firm mind, and has always been arbitrarily determined. It should not be taken from the fire."

Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at the toe of the shoe, hesitating whether to say something more, Jiang Hong looked down at her and said softly: "If you have any difficulties, tell me, we mean, It's better to discuss with someone than to be bored alone, and you may have an idea after discussing." Jiang Hong's face was already red before he finished speaking.

"My difficulties are nothing but my own business." Li Tian walked around a lantern and stopped, facing the entrance of the back pool.

"It's my fault." Jiang Hongxin's persistent annoyance rushed upwards more strongly than ever: "My father and mother agreed. What a sight." Jiang Hong subconsciously knew that the ridiculous bet with Xu Sihai could not be known to Li Tian, ​​and the words of this explanation stuck to his tongue, making it extremely difficult to spit out: "That's it." Jiang Hong quickly glanced at Li Tian, He gritted his teeth and explained: "Qilang of the Xu family also admires you. A while ago, he had a quarrel with his family because of this. It is said that he finally got his parents' permission. If he wins Jinshi, he will be allowed to make a marriage of his own. I originally planned to come to propose marriage. Qilang knows." Jiang Hong lowered his head and looked at Li Tian's shoe tip: "After a fight, you and I must rely on each other's abilities."

Li Tian stared at Jiang Hong, and she knew that Mrs. Xu had spread the word that Empress Chunwei would propose marriage, and there must be a reason for Jiang Hong wanting Empress Chunwei to propose marriage, so it was so!
"It's mine, isn't it? If you feel bad, I'll ask Aniang to come to propose marriage tomorrow." Jiang Hong lost his composure when stared at by Li Tian, ​​flustered like a child who had done something wrong and was caught on the spot, Li Tian Looking away, the fifth prince's words that she marries whomever she marries is causing trouble to that family suddenly surfaced brightly like the moon in the sky. Li Tian lowered his head and moved to the nearby lantern, looking at it blindly. Hua Deng, when she saw Jiang Hong today, she originally wanted to see clearly the possibility of the Jiang family's marriage proposal, and secondly, if it was possible, she wanted him to propose marriage quietly, but if the next official family is really the fourth prince, wouldn't it be dangerous? Jiang Hong?
(End of this chapter)