[Red House] Li Changan

The Qixi Festival Lantern Festival has always been the favorite occasion for young people and teenagers. Don’t tell the stories of gifted scholars and beautiful women, just go to the Lantern Festival for a while, and you can gain a lot. You can be fascinated just by watching others guess lantern riddles.

Just after nightfall, Daiyu was not in a hurry to explain things to Xueyan and Zijuan, so she was taken away by Li Chang'an, so she had to hurriedly let them go out to play without guarding the house today.

Frowning and looking at the person in front of her, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, and said with a light smile: "It's not a matter of time to go out, but I don't see you in such a hurry on weekdays, it's still early, what are you in a hurry for?"

Li Changan led Daiyu to the street, and at the intersection, the bustle of the street had already been heard.

"Go earlier to play outside for a while."

"When did you become so playful?" Daiyu smiled and raised her head slightly to look at Li Chang'an: "However, it seems that this is the first time I've watched a street lantern festival in Beijing."

"In the future, I will be with you."

"That's not allowed to break your promise."

Holding Li Chang'an's hand tightly, Daiyu felt warm in her heart. She just wanted to hold Li Chang'an's hand all the time, so that the two of them could live a life like this.

It doesn't matter whether it's rich or prosperous, or retired to the countryside, as long as Li Changan is with her, it doesn't matter where she is.

"What are you thinking, smiling so happily?"

"Hey! Look at the lanterns over there!"

Daiyu gently tugged at Li Changan's cuff, raised her finger and pointed not far away, her face flushed slightly with excitement: "Shall we go buy one too?"

The voices of the two were almost drowned out by the bustle around them. Li Changan looked at the excitement on Daiyu's face, smiled fondly, and with a thought, he directly pulled Daiyu into the crowd.

Daiyu, who was about to speak, was taken aback, thinking that Li Changan was going to do something, she hurried to keep up, and when passing by the crowd, she felt a sense of joy.

It turned out that it was such a rare feeling to run recklessly in a crowd like this.

Trotting all the way, through the crowd, to the river, Li Changan took out a few copper coins and handed them to the stall owner: "I want a lamp, please trouble me."

"Master, wait a minute, madam, which one do you like?" The stall owner took the copper plate and asked, "Why don't you choose one first, and I'll order it for you."

Daiyu, who seldom ran, stood behind panting slightly. Hearing this, she looked towards Li Changan beside her.

Wiping the fine sweat off her face, Daiyu took a step forward, scanned the booth, and caught a glimpse of a lantern painted with plum blossoms in the corner.

"Just the one with the winter plum pattern."

"Ma'am, wait a moment, I'll bring it here."

"Thank you."

"Plant a few plum blossoms in the yard another day? Plant them now, and they should be able to bloom this winter, but they are definitely not as good as the flowers in the Yangzhou garden before."

"It doesn't matter, as long as it can be turned on." Daiyu took the lamp and held it in her hand, looked up, rolled her eyes with a smile, and nodded to the stall owner: "This lamp is really beautiful."

The stall owner saw Daiyu's beautiful eyebrows. Although she was wearing a veil, she could speak and behave with her beautiful eyebrows. He couldn't help feeling shy, scratching his head and smiling.

Li Changan raised his eyebrows, held Daiyu's hand and turned to leave, he couldn't help but laugh.

During the Qixi Festival, even the hawkers on the street are very different.

"Would you like to release the sky lantern?"

"Then this lamp——" Daiyu looked at Li Changan in surprise, and found that there was sweat on his forehead, so she subconsciously went to get a handkerchief to wipe it off for him, but as soon as she raised her hand, she thought that it was outside, and felt embarrassed immediately.

Just as he was about to put his hand down, Li Changan held onto his wrist, leading him to wipe the sweat off his face.

Li Changan stared at Daiyu, and couldn't help smiling after a while: "Are you being shy?"

"Under the public, only you are like this."

"Who said that, look!" Li Changan raised his eyebrows, and pointed to a place for Daiyu to see. Daiyu was surprised, and regretted it after just looking at it.

Reaching out to pat Gu Nancheng, the blush on his face went from his cheeks to the base of his ears, and the earlobes were so red that they were about to bleed.

Seeing this, Li Changan couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his arms to hold Daiyu and walked to the river bank. There were fewer people there, but...

"Ma'am, I still need to get used to it in the future. This capital city is not as rigorous as I imagined. If I have a chance in the future, go to the Northland to have a look. There is a truly vast world of freedom."

Freedom, not bound by imperial power, not involved in all things, only one's own heart, drink if you want to drink, ride a horse if you want to ride, don't have to worry about most people's sophistication.

Presumably Daiyu was also happy to go to such a place.

If you don't go to Beidi, you can go to Jinling to find a small courtyard in the outskirts of the city, and you can go back to Yangzhou every two or three months to visit your parents, which is a happy thing in life.

Daiyu stared at the longing on Li Changan's face, and quietly held his hand, like a silent promise.

She knows better than anyone how uncomfortable Li Changan is in the capital now, it's not that he can't be like those people, it's just that he doesn't like such things, and he doesn't like such places.

The capital city and power are too deeply involved. Once you set foot here, you will be sucked into the whirlpool one day.

Even a famous family like Jia's family has the fate of today, not to mention a rising star like Li Chang'an, who one day provoked the anger of the emperor and made the royal family unable to tolerate it. The fate of Jia's house today is Li Chang'an's fate.

Marshal Ma is now in power, and the Dingyuan Army is famous far and wide, so one day...

"Don't let the sky lantern go, shall we let the river lantern go?" Daiyu held the lantern in one hand, and tugged at Li Changan's cuff with the other, and said coquettishly, "We let the sky lantern go last time, this time we Go release the river lanterns, in this way, it can be regarded as a wish, and the world will know."

"kindness?"

"OK?"

Since getting married, most of Daiyu's clothes are still as simple and elegant as before, mostly in yellow, blue and green colors, and only change into warm-colored clothes during New Years and festivals.

It coincided with Qixi Festival, and I don't know whether it was intentional or not, I actually picked out a pink light and soft skirt. The hair was tied in a simple but light bun, and the simple beads were dotted in the hair, which was a bit peachy.

Looking back and forth at Daiyu, Li Changan's heart softened, and he really couldn't refuse such Daiyu.

"It's all up to you."

"I know that Xianggong is the best!"

When Daiyu heard Li Changan's promise, she immediately threw herself into his arms with a smile - the young men and women on the street just now were much more daring than her, so she was already reserved.

Looking up at Li Changan from his arms, Daiyu curled the corners of her lips with a triumphant expression on her face: "Sir, do you want to go somewhere else in a while? What smells so good over there."

After staring at Daiyu for a while, Li Changan laughed, lowered his head and rubbed Daiyu's face with his chin: "That was the original idea, let's go and have a look later."

"kindness!"

Li Changan glanced around and saw an old man selling river lanterns not far away under a tree. There were not a few lamps left in his hand, so he let go of his hand and looked around.

"You go there and wait for me. I bought a lamp under the tree and came back. When I encountered something, I yelled. I could hear it a few steps away."

"Okay." Daiyu nodded obediently, and seeing Li Changan walking away, she waved to him before turning and heading towards the shore that Li Changan pointed to.

Looking down at the lantern in her hand, Daiyu couldn't help feeling sweet, and when she was about to look up, she almost bumped into someone who was approaching suddenly.

She took a step back in fright, Daiyu stared at the person in front of her in surprise, and was stunned.

"Little Wang—"

"Hush." ​​Zhou Huan interrupted Daiyu, made a silent gesture, and took out the thing he picked up just now: "Is this what you dropped? Give it back to you."

When Daiyu saw the things in Zhou Huan's hands, she was shocked, and quickly thanked: "Thank you."

"As long as it's yours, don't be so careless next time." Zhou Huan was wearing a black robe, handed the handkerchief to Daiyu, looked around again, and easily found Li Changan's figure.

It turned out that the couple went out to spend Qixi together, but——

Zhou Huan smiled, seeing the astonishment on Daiyu's face, he said in a low voice, "Mrs. Li looks very pretty in today's outfit."

Hearing this, Daiyu, who was originally disturbed, was greatly surprised, and almost took a few steps back, she didn't know how to answer her face, so she had to keep silent.

Is this little prince of the Anyang Palace...

Too frivolous.

"what happened?"

When Li Chang'an's voice came, Daiyu hurriedly raised her head, but seeing Zhou Huan's figure, she was relieved, but she raised her heart again, her eyes inevitably flustered.

Li Changan couldn't see what Daiyu was thinking, so he couldn't help but worry: "Did someone trouble you just now?"

"No, no!" Daiyu denied it categorically, and then realized that her emotions were too abnormal, she quickly took a deep breath and said, "Just now a guy who was drunk was pestering a girl at the stall over there, I was so angry when I saw it You're in a hurry, but luckily someone is holding you back, otherwise the girl won't be bullied."

Speaking of which, he had calmed down his emotions and stared at Li Changan: "Why have you been gone for so long?"

"There are two children who also want to buy, so I let them, so I'm late." Li Changan didn't doubt him, but he held Daiyu's hand as if he was frightened: "It seems that I won't let him in for a moment. Get out of my sight, so as not to be frightened."

"How can you be so timid!" Daiyu scolded, "Hey, go quickly, if you don't go, there will be no room for people on the river bank."

"There are fewer people above, let's go up."

"En." Daiyu nodded in agreement, and quietly put away the handkerchief.

What Zhou Huan said just now, she...

I hope she's just overthinking it.

Zhou Huan left the street, saw A Qiao, his follower, got into the carriage, and immediately ordered: "The book of the Dingyuan Army before, withdraw first."

"Is it not going up?"

"I want to change it. It's rare to have such fun in the capital. Don't have fun."

"By the way, master, Prince Beijing has been to the palace, most likely for the Rongguo Mansion." A Qiao told Zhou Huan what he had found out.

Hearing this, Zhou Huan was stunned, thinking for a moment.

King of Beijing?

He was indeed close to the Rongguo Mansion, so it was not surprising that he would intercede with the people in the Jia Mansion. He had always ignored the government and was just an idle prince.

"Go and do something for me in a while, don't show your feet, and keep your hands and feet clean."

"Yes."