[Red Mansion] The occupation of Huangsang!

The three of them sat in the restaurant for a while, and when the evening was approaching and the lights were just coming on, the three of them walked out of the restaurant slowly and went to watch the lantern market.In this Lantern Market, when the Lantern Festival comes, in addition to some merchants setting off fireworks, every household in the store is decorated with lanterns and festoons, making it lively and festive.

The lights of the streets in the capital are most prosperous in Dongsi Archway and Di'anmen.As for these two places, among them, the East Fourth Archway, where there are many singing and dancing, is the place where dignitaries and dignitaries like to visit, and the other Di'anmen is where common people like to go. (created by the author)

The lights on this street are mainly various colored lights.It is mostly made of gauze, glass, and bright corners, with stories of ancient and modern figures painted on it.Occasionally, there are lions playing in the crowded streets and alleys, setting off fireworks, advocating playing and singing, and it is very lively.

Shui Lan has never been interested in guessing riddles, so when Wu Tingfang and Jia Qiangwei looked around the lantern with various puzzles written on it, Shui Lan put on a serious smile and didn't say a word. Yan's stick was there, quietly being his quiet handsome man.

Wu Tingfang is indeed a very clever person, and she quickly guessed the riddle on the octagonal lantern that she valued.Although her literary talent is only average, she writes very beautifully in small script.

Wu Tingfang asked the shopkeeper for a pen and paper. After writing down the answer with a brush, she slightly blew the half-dried rice paper with the answer written on it, and handed it to the shopkeeper. "Old man, you see I guessed right!"

This store that sells all kinds of lanterns is for old people who dress plainly.The reason why he is said to be simple is because his cotton-padded jacket has been washed to gray, and there are some damages and even patches.

The old man took a look at the paper with the answer written on it, and immediately praised it. "Madam writes lower script beautifully." Hearing what the old man said, he clearly knows how to read.

Shui Lan smiled, and casually took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve and handed it to the old man.Although the lanterns that guessed the puzzle correctly can be taken away for free, Shui Lan still gave the old man money, although it is not much, but it is Shui Lan's heart.

Of course, if the amount is large, Shui Lan also brings it with her, but a beautifully crafted lantern costs only a few tens of pennies, and Shui Lan really wants to give the old man a complete silver ingot, not to mention whether the old man will accept it, even if it is. Now, you need to know that wealth is not revealed. This kind of mixed dragon and snake has a lot of money (for the old man) and it is not good for a lonely old man.

"Bring me another lantern!"

Seeing that the old man hesitated and didn't really want to take his money, Shui Lan smiled and said. "As a husband, I don't have any good literary talents, so I can only buy it with money. After all, the family is so poor that only money is left."

"This gentleman is joking."

After the old man took the ingot of broken silver, he picked a beautifully made lantern from the various lanterns he had made and handed it to Shui Lan.Shui Lan took it, held it in her hand, and turned to smile at his wife and concubine: "So, the three of us have lanterns in our hands."

Wu Tingfang pursed her lips and looked at Shui Lan with a smile without saying a word.As for Jia Qiangwei next to her, she was attracted by the lively scene not far ahead.

"Master, madam, look at the bustling scene in front, it seems that there are entertainers performing juggling."

"Let's go and have a look."

While talking, Shui Lan carefully pulled Wu Tingfang away from the crowd, while Jia Qiangwei followed closely behind the two of them, never leaving each other.Jia Qiangwei is a very quiet and well-behaved girl. In her eyes, Shui Lan should be concerned about Wu Tingfang's safety, so her heart is slightly sour, but she clearly knows where she should stand.

The three of them passed through the crowd and came to the lively place. As Jia Qiangwei said earlier, there were entertainers performing juggling.The three of them watched the juggling for a while, and after giving the rewards, they went to a small shop selling river lanterns, bought a lot of river lanterns, found a relatively deserted place, and bought the river lanterns with these names one by one. Put it in the river.

Shui Lan didn't participate in this process, he stood aside and watched quietly, feeling that the time is peaceful at this moment.

After setting off the river lanterns and silently making a wish, Shui Lan led Wu Tingfang and Jia Qiangwei, and the three of them went to the place where the dancers and musicians were performing and watched the singing and dancing for a while. It was almost time for the curfew.

The three of them reluctantly left the already brightly lit Lantern Market, and returned to the palace in the small sedan chair they had come here.Since it was already late at night, after Jia Qiangwei greeted the emperor and empress, she went straight back to Jianzhang Palace to rest.

Shui Lan still stayed at the Kunning Palace that night, and when the light came on the next day, she directly changed into a bright yellow dragon robe, and sat on Long Luan to go to the Golden Luan Hall for the morning meeting.

This New Year's Eve is also a holiday for all officials in the court. From the first day of the new year to the tenth day of the new year, there are a total of ten days of holidays. Compared with Huangsang's short five days, it is a tiring 'holiday'. Hundreds of officials are relatively more comfortable.Of course, this premise is that there are no unexpected incidents during the holiday, otherwise the holidays of the officials in the court and central government will definitely be ruined.

After the morning meeting began, Shui Lan smiled and asked the court officials how they were doing during the ten-day New Year's holiday.All the officials in the court who knew how to speak beautifully said that Lao Huangsang was concerned, and that the humble ministers had a very good New Year.Just as the emperors were reuniting, an extremely discordant voice suddenly came out.

"Wei Chen, I have something to say..."

All the officials in the court glanced at the speaker, Yushitai's famous shit-stirring stick——Liu Yushi, all of them stopped talking, waiting for him to speak, while Shui Lanyijian, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, spoke When the person in question was Liu Yushi, my heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition hit me immediately.

Could it be that he sneaked out of the palace yesterday and was accidentally seen by Liu Yushi? It shouldn't be. When he went, he asked the members of the Jinyi Dark Guard in detail, and they all said that the place is a place frequented by ordinary people. He didn't bother to go, and it stands to reason that he wouldn't be so unlucky.

Well, I must be sensitive and guessed wrong.

Shui Lan, who was working hard on psychological construction, put on a calm face, so calmly that Liu Yushi had something to say quickly, a fart... um...

He saluted respectfully, Liu Yushi really deserved his title of shit-stirring stick, and broke Shui Lan's fantasy with one mouthful.Just listen to what Liu Yushi said. "Last night, I saw the lantern market was brightly lit, and I became interested in it for a while. I went to play with my family in the lantern market. I accidentally saw three noble people who shouldn't be there..." said Then, Liu Yushi glanced at Shui Lan with a half-smile.

Liu Yushi's words directly broke through the watery waters that had been hard to build up...

Shui Lan, who was trampled by thousands of mud horses in her heart, wiped off a cold sweat, and stared at Liu Yushi with a particularly erratic expression.Shui Lan originally planned to warn Liu Yushi with her sharp eyes, but who would have thought that Liu Yushi's face was so familiar, just like when I went to buy river lanterns last night, I was wearing a bamboo hat in winter. , a shopkeeper wearing a long gown and cotton jacket worn by crop handlebars.

ヾ(｀Д) Wocao, when the dignified censor of the Yong Dynasty was reuniting with his family and sharing family happiness during the Lantern Festival, he actually changed his clothes, squatted by the moat, and sold river lanterns. And the most important thing is - the river lanterns in his house are the most exquisite and the price is the most reasonable.

Wait, I seem to have missed the point.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Liu Yushi's behavior was a kind of deep well ice, and he shouted loudly. "Okay, Liu Yushi, I took the palace and Jia Zhaoyi out to watch the lanterns, but what the hell are you doing..." Don't say anything about playing in the lantern city with your family, the widow's eyes are blind I just saw you squatting by the moat, smoking dry tobacco and selling river lanterns.

"Of course I'm selling river lanterns to subsidize the family." Liu Yushi took a puff from the dry tobacco in his sleeve pocket, and winked at Shui Lan. "Hey, there is no way, who will let the official be clean and clean. For the better life of the family, the official can only do some small business to subsidize the family."

Such words full of allusive meaning made Liu Yushi, who was standing in the center and smoking a dry cigarette leisurely, feel what it means to be pierced by a thousand arrows.Well, of course the members of the royal family headed by Prince Bao Shui Zhai are not in this ranks, and the first son-in-law of the royal family, Jia She children's shoes, did not baptize Liu Yushi with sharp eyes. Instead, he stood up and showed the court officials what a rich family is The connotation of a child is the highest state of showing off.

Jia Amnesty took out a golden fan with fan bones made of pure gold.After opening it, he slapped it coquettishly, and presented it flatteringly to Shui Lan.

"Huangsang, this is a little bit of kindness from Weichen and the eldest princess. Look at the workmanship, isn't it beautiful?"

Shui Lan squinted her eyes, looked at the golden bone fan presented by Jia She, and had to admit that Jia She was right, the workmanship of this golden bone fan was indeed exquisite and beautiful.

It's just... the timing of the contribution is a bit wrong!

Shui Lan narrowed her eyes, and threw the golden bone fan to Wu Dequan, and after asking him to put it away, Shui Lan just said to Jia She. "Well, not bad, let's offer a brick made of gold next time."

"Okay, no problem. But, can I ask Huangsang why he wants gold bricks!"

Jia Amnesty looked like his brother's family was full of money, making all the civil and military officials couldn't help but take a step back, and the group of members of the royal family who were all kinds of pitfalls also shook their heads. Of course, Shui Zhai is still not included, come on Jia Shen's filial gold dagger, Shui Zhai, was inlaid with five-color gemstones, and he obviously agreed with Jia Shen's actions.

"Enhou, what do you think bricks can do? Apart from building houses and bridges, they can also be used to smoke people." God knows, at this very moment, Shui Lan really, really wants to knock Jia dizzy with a brick. Forgiveness, what you have no eyesight to see, this is the time to give filial piety, I look at you and probably don't want to continue to be the secretary of the household department.

Sure enough, Shui Lan's guess was correct, after Liu Yushi couldn't help but cracked his mouth and laughed, some people who were thinking about the Minister of the Household Department couldn't stand up, and they all spoke out and read Jia She's book.

Relying on Shui Lan's trust, Jia Amnesty acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, he didn't pay attention to some suggestions, but retorted plausibly. "Labor and management are dismounted, and you are replaced, you think you can be greedy as soon as possible, hehe, there is no door, not only no door, there is no window."

Jia She's attitude made some people even more embarrassed.Knowing that Jia She is a thick-skinned person, their scolding of Jia She is not a serious matter at all, and they don't take it seriously, so they turned their attention to Shui Lan who was sitting on the dragon chair and quietly watching the development of the situation, Seeing this, my heart immediately turned cold.Wocao, why is Huangsang's eyes so swollen and scary, like a wild beast that wants to eat someone.

"Speak, why don't you continue. Well, if you don't speak, let me speak." Shui Lan pursed her lips, showing a smile as cold as ice, and continued. "Master Guo Jijiu of Guozijian, I received a very interesting message last month. I heard that your newly married stepwife collected 1 taels of filial piety for you during the Chinese New Year. The person who gave the gift said , Someone in the family committed a crime, and I want you to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to deal with it, why there is no movement for more than a month, could it be that you want to spend the 1 taels of silver for nothing."

As she said that, Shui Lan ignored Guo Jijiu and knelt down on the main hall limply. After slightly nodding to Xiao Qi, who was in charge of the punishment department, Shui Lan turned her attention to Liu who seemed particularly 'shy' and seldom talked today. The censor said depressedly.

"My lord Liu, tell me honestly, how do you want to attack me. Didn't I just take the empress and concubine out to watch the lanterns once, and why are you holding on so tightly?"

I deserve to be unlucky too, damn it, you said you go to the Lantern Market, you go to the Lantern Market, why did you go to release the river lanterns; you ran to release the river lanterns, why did you choose the river lanterns sold by Liu Yushi in disguise, Obviously there are so many river lanterns around.

Even thinking about it, Shui Lan looked at Liu Yushi tiredly, waiting for Liu Yushi to use some tricks to explain his behavior this time.

It's always very tormented while waiting, especially at this moment, because Shui Lan doesn't know what kind of person Liu Yushi, the shit-stirring guy who sent out the title, and the fighting chicken in the Yushi, will take this opportunity to scold him. Impressive.

The royal family has always been helpless to the doctors of Yushitai. If you say you are angry and kill them, it will fulfill their reputation. Not to mention your reputation as a foolish king, Nima will be infamous in history for thousands of years .You say there is still justice in this world...

Well, for Shui Lan at this time, the world is really unreasonable.Sneaking out of the palace with the queen and concubine to visit the Lantern Festival, and even meeting the doctor from Yushitai when buying river lanterns, you say this luck is amazing.