Rebirth of Yijia

Chapter 105

Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Song talked about the lantern show on West Street, "Children can't sit still, you have to take a good look at it later. It's not just a simple look. After a while, the palace's The lanterns made by the nobles are about to come out to parade the streets. Those lanterns are much more delicate than those hanging outside, and they are also thoughtful, very unique... There are also lantern riddles, girls and boys in a team, and the leader will be picked Yes, I can go to see the emperor and get a reward from the emperor..."

Where did Xiao Song know this, and her eyes were opened immediately.Mrs. Liang's simple words made her admire.

As soon as she put on a posture of listening attentively, Mrs. Liang smiled.Old children, old children, and the elderly also need someone to coax them.Mrs. Liang didn't use Mrs. Song to coax her, but if she loved what she said so much, it was more effective than coaxing.

Not only did he tell her about the Lantern Festival in detail, but he also told her about the affairs between the female relatives in Beijing and China that can be talked about outside.

Xiao Song was not good at communication, so she took the opportunity to ask how to house the house, how to help her husband open up communication and other issues.

Mrs. Liang taught her with a serious face, "For us women, managing the backyard is the first step, and socializing with the outside world is the second step. Don't think that the outside world is just a man's world, sometimes there are no women around. If you deal with it inside, that man can't do things smoothly. But the most important thing is to pay attention, you can't blindly curry favor with high-ranking people. If you don't respect yourself, how can others respect you? Others don't respect you, Then your man will naturally not be respected by others. But this is a relationship with someone who has a heart, and someone who is just face-to-face. You have to talk to your man about this, so as not to be self-defeating..."

Xiao Song was confused, but he knew that what Mrs. Liang said was very reasonable.Unable to understand for a while, she simply repeated it several times in her heart and wrote it down, thinking about going back and straightening it out slowly.

Seeing that her mother-in-law and Mrs. Zhou's family were chatting happily, Mrs. Wu also started talking with the people next to her.It wasn't until the lanterns made by the nobles in the palace were paraded through the streets that the conversations of the various families on the long street became quieter.

At the moment, at the folk lantern place on the lower side of the West Street, because there were too many people, Liang Mingzhi and Liang Mingfei had successfully separated, and each family brought their younger brothers and sisters to play.It's just that Liang Mingzhu couldn't do without Liang Mingyue, and Zhou Yiwan was put into Liang Mingyue's arms by Liang Mingzhi at some point, so Liang Mingzhi was only left with him and Yijia, and the rest followed Liang Mingfei.

Liang Mingfei, son of the Marquis of Anning, looked at the string of radish heads behind him with a headache, and asked Liang Mingyue, "Mingyue, why aren't you with Big Brother?"

Liang Mingyue looked sadly at the little fat man who was playing with her fingers in her arms, and said: "Isn't it Mingzhu who has been pulling me, so I just followed you here..."

"Then you..." Liang Mingfei pointed at Zhou Yiwan in her arms, "Then why did you bring this little girl along? I have brought five children all at once, but my eldest brother has none. That's too shameful." Fair enough."

"Second Brother, Fourth Brother, I, and Sister Mingyue are not children." Liang Mingrui, the third young master of the Anning Hou Mansion, said dissatisfiedly.

He is 12 years old this year, and what he dislikes the most is that others still treat him as a child.

Liang Mingyue also had a sad look on her face, holding one in her arms and pulling the other underground, how could she have time to watch the lanterns.

She really has a bad brother!

Seeing that everyone was talking about herself, Zhou Yiwan hurriedly waved her chubby hand and said, "I'm not a child anymore. Uncle Liang Shi taught me how to draw lotus pictures, and he even said that I can draw better than my sister."

This is what Liang Mingzhi said casually yesterday, and the little man still remembers it in his heart.

"Yes, yes, you are not a child anymore." Liang Mingyue helplessly lifted Zhou Yiwan up, and complained softly, "How can a child be so heavy..."

Liang Mingyu, who had been silent all this time, smiled and stretched out his hand to Liang Mingyue, and said, "Give it to me, I'll hug her, I'm tired of looking at those lanterns, you can take Mingzhu to see it."

Liang Mingyu is 13 years old this year. He is the fourth brother Liang Mingrui mentioned just now, and he is the second young master of the Anning Hou Mansion.Following the order of Liang Mingzhi and Liang Mingxuan, it happened to be the fourth child.

Liang Mingyue couldn't wish for it, so she threw away the hot potato, dragged Liang Mingzhu and ran away.

Liang Mingfei felt very relieved about this younger brother. Seeing that the second young lady of the Zhou family was not crying or fussing, he sent two people to him, and took the rest to see the lanterns.

Liang Mingyu didn't bother to hug Zhou Yiwan to watch the lanterns, but bought a bunch of candied haws and a piece of sticky tooth candy, then found a wonton shop, ordered two bowls of wontons, and teased Zhou Yiwan to eat.

The five-year-old was of course happy to see the delicious food, and started to eat happily while shouting "Thank you big brother".

Yijia always walked in front of Liang Ming, knowing that he was holding Yiwan, and there was no need to worry about anything, so she focused on looking at all kinds of lanterns.

Sure enough, there are moon lanterns mentioned by Liang Mingzhi, not only ordinary lanterns with a round moon painted on them, but also round lanterns that are simply made into round lanterns, and even curved moon lanterns that are hung together.The Chang'e Lantern is painted with a picture of Chang'e's ascension on the ordinary lantern, while the Rabbit Lantern is made into the shape of a little white rabbit.In addition, there are pheasant lamps, piggy lamps, and bird lamps. As long as you can think of it, there are almost all of them on the street.

Yijia suddenly thought of the colorful glazed lantern Liang Mingzhi gave Le Chengmin.

She was thinking about it, but at this moment, a hand grabbed her.

That hand was dry and gentle, but there were many calluses in the palm. Yijia was taken aback, and when she turned her head, she met Liang Mingzhi's smiling eyes.

"Which one do you like?" Liang Mingzhi pulled her, pointed at the lantern in front of him and asked, "Do you like both?"

Yijia made a strange mistake and said, "I saw a colorful glazed lamp at Princess Chengmin's place. When I lit that lamp at night, it would emit colorful lights, and the whole room instantly became radiant and dreamlike. Very pretty."

"You like it?" Liang Mingzhi's voice was very close to her ear. As soon as he spoke, his warm breath hit her ear, warm and hot.

Yijia nodded stiffly.

Liang Mingzhi said: "The seven-color glazed lantern belongs to King Xiang. If I give it to Princess Cheng Min, it can be regarded as returning it to the original owner. But if you like it, I know there is another place. I will go there tomorrow." Ask for it."

"Return to the original owner?" Yijia asked, somewhat confused about what it meant.

Liang Mingzhi smiled and refused to answer her question.Instead, he asked her again, "Don't you like any of these lights? If you don't like them, let's go to the front and have a look."

Yijia was pulled forward by her, only to realize that the point is not about returning the property to its original owner, but about Liang Mingzhi thinking that she likes the colorful glazed lanterns and wants to help her get them.

She didn't know whether he knew about the colorful glazed lanterns in the previous life, but she didn't want to see the colorful glazed lanterns again.Seeing that light seemed to remind her how ridiculous and stupid she was in her previous life.

Besides, he said he was going to ask for it.

Now that the word "discuss" is used, it proves that it is not very easy.

She couldn't bear to ask him to humbly go to other people's place to beg for things to please her.

"No, I don't like the colorful glazed lanterns." Yijia wanted to pull his sleeve, but found that his hand was still held by him, and she let him go after struggling.Anyway, since he dared to do this, he should be sure that his father would not know, right?

"The seven-color glazed lamp is very beautiful, and it can be used to illuminate the room at night. If incense is burned inside, it will not only look good, but also be used as an incense burner." Liang Mingzhi told her about the benefits of the seven-color glazed lamp.

Yijia couldn't help laughing, took his hand and shook it, and said: "I really don't like it, I just took a look at Princess Chengmin, just look at the good-looking things, not necessarily I want to have it. Let's go ahead and have a look, Yiwan likes the parrot you gave me, I'll go and show her, if there is a parrot lamp, I'll buy her one."

"Really don't like it?" Liang Mingzhi asked again worriedly: "Isn't it because I'm afraid that I won't be able to get it back, so I said I don't like it on purpose?"

"Really, really! I really don't like it. Even if you brought it, I don't want it." Yijia pulled him forward, "I'll give the parrot you gave me to Yiwan, okay? It's been more than half a year, and she still likes it very much."

Only then did Liang Mingzhi feel relieved, and said casually: "Since it is given to you, it is yours, and you can dispose of it as you like." He paused, and then continued: "The parrot is still a gift from your father. of it."

Yijia smiled sweetly.

Never mentioning the worry in my heart when I wanted to give it to Yiwan.Now that I think about it, I don't know whether I am afraid that my father will be unhappy or that Liang Mingzhi will be unhappy.

Oh, never mind, it's over anyway.

The two continued to move forward, and stopped in front of a lantern shop.

This shop is guessing lantern riddles, and if you guess the lantern riddles correctly, you can take away the lanterns directly.Yijia caught a glimpse of a peacock lamp. The peacock lamp is exquisite in workmanship, and it is very beautiful when it is opened. Yiwan must like it very much.But the peacock lantern can only be obtained by guessing all the lantern riddles correctly, so she couldn't help but hesitate a little.

How could her small thoughts escape Liang Mingzhi's eyes? He smiled and pulled someone to talk to the boss, and then officially started guessing lantern riddles.

The two cooperated and guessed all ten lantern riddles correctly, and Yijia picked up the peacock lantern contentedly.

"Are you hungry?" Liang Mingzhi saw her happy and satisfied, and he was also in a good mood. "There is a wonton shop in front, do you want to have a bowl?"

"Are you hungry?" Yijia asked.

Liang Mingzhi thought for a while before saying, "I'll be hungry if you're hungry, and I won't be hungry if you're not."

Yijia was fine. Chen An, who had been following them all the time, felt like his teeth were sour after hearing this.

God, take this goblin who has taken over his uncle's body quickly!
"Then you are not hungry anymore." Yijia said, "Since you are not hungry, let's go shopping again."

"Okay." Liang Mingzhi took her hand and continued walking, and soon passed the wonton shop.

Further on, there are still lanterns, and there are lanterns hanging in front of almost every shop on a street.Those who sell food, jewelry, and gadgets are all hung up with lanterns on the left and right in front of the stalls.

The two stopped in front of a stall with various facial masks.

At the wonton stand, Zhou Yiwan couldn't eat anymore.Children have small appetites, Liang Mingyu just finished eating a bowl of small wontons, Zhou Yiwan couldn't eat any more, and grabbed his sleeve to find her sister.

Liang Mingyu coaxed her, "My sister is going to see the lanterns, let's eat delicious food here, and come back to see us when my sister finishes watching, okay?"

"Not good," Zhou Yiwan shook her head, her mouth pursed, "I want to find my sister... my sister..."

Liang Mingyu wanted to coax again, but the little man had already started dropping golden beans, "I'm looking for Uncle Liang Shi, I'm looking for my sister..."

As soon as the child cried, everyone around looked over.That look, as if watching a child trafficker, Liang Mingyu, who has always been known for not changing his face, couldn't bear it anymore, so busy he picked up Zhou Yiwan and walked out.

"Okay, okay, brother will take you to find your sister, to find you Liang Shi..." In the middle of speaking, Liang Mingyu stopped and coaxed: "Hey, I am also your uncle, I am your fourth uncle Liang."

Zhou Yiwan glanced at him blankly, and cried out louder.

Liang Mingyu had no choice but to put this unfair treatment to the back of his mind, and led Zhou Yiwan through the crowd to find Liang Mingzhi and Yijia.

Fortunately for him, after leaving the wonton stall and walking forward, Zhou Yiwan in his arms cried out within two steps.

"It's my sister and Uncle Liang Shi!" She pointed at the backs of the two people in front of her.

Liang Mingyu heaved a sigh of relief, hugged Zhou Yiwan and was about to walk to the place she pointed.But when he looked up, he was a little dumbfounded.He hugged Zhou Yiwan with his right hand, and let go of his left hand to rub his eyes.

That's right, really right.

The ones in front are indeed his elder brother and the young lady of the Zhou family.But, why do two people have to be so close together? It's fine if they are so close. Why does my elder brother hold the hand of the little girl and laugh at her like that!
Liang Mingyu couldn't bear to look directly at him, so he turned around and left with Zhou Yiwan in his arms.

"Sister... sister..." Zhou Yiwan thought she was going to find her sister, but the man ran away holding her, and she shouted at the top of her voice, "Big villain, big villain, I want my sister, I want my sister..."

"Be good, be good, I'll take you to find my sister." Liang Mingyu said perfunctorily as he walked quickly.

Zhou Yiwan patted Liang Mingyu's chest with his chubby hand, and said sobbingly, "...my sister is over there."

Liang Mingyu coaxed: "I'll take you to find Sister Mingyue and Sister Mingzhu." As soon as he finished speaking, the little man put on a posture of crying loudly, and hurriedly said: "I'll take you to find your father and mother. "

Zhou Yiwan pursed her lips, but this time she stopped crying.

Liang Mingyu wiped the sweat off his forehead, and strode towards West Street.

On the West Street, not only the lanterns of the nobles in the palace, but also the lanterns of the princes and nobles and the officials' homes passed by. It is time to guess lantern riddles.

Because the top three people who guessed the lantern riddles would have the opportunity to meet the emperor and the empress today, and the leader would be rewarded by the empress.Especially ladies, among the five adult princes, only King Xiang is unmarried now, and King Xiang, who has no concubine or side concubine, is now a favorite.

There have been rumors that the prince has repeatedly written to ask the emperor to change King Xiang to be the prince.

If King Xiang becomes the crown prince, not to mention the main concubine becomes the crown prince, even the side concubine, after entering the palace in the future, she will also be a proper imperial concubine.

Among this group of ladies, the most outstanding ones are Le Chenghui, the daughter of Master Le Jia, He Wan, the daughter of Master He Yushi, Lu Pei, the first daughter of Lu Xiang, the third granddaughter of Mr. Kang, Miss Kang San, and Le Chengqing, the daughter of the second master of the Le family who is not outstanding but has a lot of eyes, and the last one is Princess Chengmin, the youngest daughter of Princess Anhe who can't guess lantern riddles and was tricked into taking the stage by King Xiang.

Concubine Liang Gui smiled and said to Princess An He who was sitting next to her, "This kid Cheng Min went up too?"

Princess Anhe frowned with a headache, and said, "No, don't fail to solve the last riddle. That's the one who lost me."

Concubine Liang Gui said: "How could it be, Cheng Min has been smart since he was a child, and he will definitely not shame you today."

The empress heard it, and she also said: "Cheng Min is the smartest child, unlike you, a mother, you put away the heart in your stomach."

She is at odds with Ann and Princess, but she likes Le Chengmin the most.

Therefore, when I like to praise Le Chengmin, I will demote Ann and Princess by the way.

Ann and Princess snorted and ignored her.

What a shrewd person Princess Anhe is, she has already seen that her nephew is not normal to her daughter.Doesn't your empress dislike me? When your son marries my daughter, I'll see if you can feel comfortable with me every day.

Now that there are too many people, I don't care about you. Wait until the time comes to see if I don't choke you to death.

The Empress didn't care if she was bored, she turned to Concubine Liang and asked, "By the way, are your nephew and niece here today? Why haven't you come to guess the lantern riddles?"

"The two of them follow me. They are both stupid. They can't do things like guessing lantern riddles." Concubine Liang said, "I don't know where to play, but I can't ask them to come here. Today my mother She's here too, if I call, it's inevitable that her old man will also come over. People are old, it's not good to be so crowded."

Concubine Liang said this because she was a little anxious seeing her nephew and King Xiang getting closer.It is of course a good thing for the nephew to make a great contribution. This makes the emperor go to her place for two more nights every month, and it also makes the empress feel more affectionate with her. But if the nephew's heart is not for her, but for someone else, That's not a good thing.

She is still young, and the emperor still dotes on her, so it will be a matter of time before she has a son.She wanted to fight for that position for her son, and now that Aunt Ran and Liang Mingxuan are no longer close, she can only rely on this nephew.

As for the niece, she should also marry to the family she designated, instead of showing her face here, what if the empress is attracted to her and betrothed to King Xiang as a side concubine?
That would mean losing his wife and losing his army.

The empress nodded in admiration, and said: "There are so many people here, it is really inconvenient. If you miss Mrs. Liang, take the sign and Mrs. Xuan will go to the palace to see you."

"My concubine, I would like to thank the empress for her compassion." Liang Guifei said.

The empress smiled comfortingly, and did not speak any more.

The session of guessing lantern riddles is over soon.

The leader is He Wan from He Yushi's family, No.2 is Le Chenghui, the daughter of Uncle Le Jia, and No.3 is Le Chengmin, who has been assisted by Qi Zhan since the first question.

When the three ladies went to meet the emperor and queen, Le Chengqing returned to Le's house with tears in his eyes.

"Qing'er, what's the matter?" Mrs. Xue hurriedly pulled her daughter over to ask.

"It's not fair, it's not fair!" Le Chengqing cried with jealousy in his eyes, "Cheng Min doesn't know the answer to any of the questions, she doesn't know any of the questions at all, but King Xiang is helping her by the side, so that she can't answer the question." She got No.3!"

No. 1 He Wan is not jealous, No. 2 Le Chenghui also has real knowledge, but No. 3, that idiot Le Chengmin, she really can't get angry.

Because of poor Le Chengqing, she is No.4.

If Qi Zhan hadn't helped Le Chengmin, she would have gone up to meet the empress right now.

Xue didn't know what to say, but her complexion became obviously ugly.

"Second brother and sister, mother told you to take Cheng Qing there, she has something to ask." Mrs. Le came over and said.

Xue immediately became a little nervous, "Sister-in-law, mother, what did you say?"

Mrs. Le shook her head and said, "I don't know about it. The second brother and sister will know if they go there."

Xue bit the bullet and pulled her daughter over.

As a result, when they got closer, they were scolded by the old lady of the Le family and drove the two back home early.

On the empress's side, He Wan and Le Chenghui generously accepted the reward from the empress.When he arrived at Le Chengmin's place, there was only a flushed face left.

The emperor loves his younger sister An and Princess, and even loves Le Chengmin, and the queen empress is also eccentric, Le Chengmin, the not-so-glamorous No.3, is even more rewarded than No.1.

Le Chengmin received a lot of rewards, and when she returned to her position, she felt uncomfortable everywhere.She wrote to Yijia in advance and knew that the Zhou family was coming to see the lantern show with Anpinghou's mansion today, so she got up and talked to Princess Anhe, and asked someone to take the reward and carry it out.

There are no good things in Princess Anhe's Mansion. Although there are many rewards today, they are all intended to be rewarded to outsiders. Naturally, there are no great things.So not only her, but Anhe Princess also gave her away at will.

Le Chengmin had just brought people to the stands at Anping Hou Mansion, Liang Mingzhi had brought Yijia, and Liang Mingfei had just returned with his younger siblings.

"Sister Jia, where have you been?" Le Chengmin ran over and grabbed Yijia's sleeve, and as expected, pushed Liang Mingzhi aside.

Yijia held up the peacock lantern and the rabbit lantern in his hand, pointed to the Chang'e lantern and the parrot lantern in Liang Mingzhi's hand, and said, "We went to Xiayan to see the folk lantern show, and this is the lantern I bought. "

"It's so beautiful!" Le Chengmin looked at it and boasted fondly.

Yijia knew that she was looking at something new. With her status, what kind of lanterns had she never seen.There is also a colorful glazed lantern in her place.

"Then see if you like it and pick one." Yijia said generously.

Le Chengmin giggled and picked out a Chang'e lantern and a parrot lantern.

Yijia breathed a sigh of relief, but luckily he didn't pick up the peacock lantern.

She looked at Liang Mingzhi eagerly, and just as she saw Liang Mingzhi also looking over, she immediately knew that her little thoughts had been taken away by him again, so she hurriedly lowered her head and dared not look at him again.

Le Chengmin picked up two lamps for the maid behind her, and then generously handed out a box of things she was carrying.

"This is just now... Uh, just now the emperor's uncle and the queen's aunt rewarded you. I took your lantern and gave it to you." Le Chengmin pulled Liang Mingyue over again and said: "Remember to divide it into three parts, one part Yours, one for sister Yiwan, and one for sister Mingyue."

Yijia and Liang Mingyue were busy refusing.

The servant who came with Le Chengmin said: "You two young ladies, please don't refuse it. The Princess sent it here with the consent of the princess. If the two young ladies refuse to accept it, then the princess will be unhappy."

It's hard for the two of them to refuse now, because there are many people in Anpinghou Mansion today, so Yijia handed over the thing to Liang Mingyue for disposal.

Liang Mingyue ordered the servants to arrange it, and then she pulled Liang Mingzhu and led Le Chengmin in.

(End of this chapter)