Young girls in the Song Dynasty did not become rigid, restrained and cowardly as the women of the Ming and Qing dynasties were as restrained by ethics as those of the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the contrary, the women of the Song Dynasty still had many Tang Dynasty legacy, passionate and unrestrained, and most of them could bravely pursue their love.

For example, "The moon is on the willow branches, and people make an appointment after dusk;" and "pull down the incense steps, carry gold shoes in your hand and go to your side tonight," and so on; and for example, the stories of the Northern Song Dynasty in various stories: "The Passionate Zhou Shengxian in Fanlou", "The Legend of Zhang Shengcai Luan Lantern", etc., all tell the stories of girls bravely pursuing their love in the Northern Song Dynasty.

So it is not surprising that Cao Yun appears at this time. Who doesn’t want to go shopping in the lanterns with his sweetheart? The Lantern Festival is originally Valentine’s Day for young men and women.

Of course, Cao Yun is a lady from a family after all, and it is impossible to be as unrestrained as an ordinary woman. She actually didn't know that she would meet Li Yanqing tonight. It was not until they were about to arrive at Daxiangguo Temple that Cao Jiaojiao quietly told her sister that she had made an appointment with Brother Li for her sister today.

Li Yanqing held Cao Jiaojiao's hand and smiled, "Where is your car? You can't come here!"

"There are too many people, and the ox cart cannot come in, so I'm waiting outside!"

Li Yanqing led Jiaojiao forward and smiled, "Yunniang, it's been a long time since we saw each other."

Cao Yun blushed and asked in a low voice: "Where is Sister Sisi and Qing'er?"

"They and my second sister went to Panlou Street to watch the lights. I received a invitation from Jiaojiao and were waiting for her here!"

"You little guy!"

Cao Yun glared at his sister, "No wonder he had to pull me out today. It turned out that you had already planned it."

Cao Jiaojiao smiled, but pretended not to hear anything.

"Didn't Yunniang come out to watch the lights?"

Cao Yun whispered a little embarrassedly: "I usually come out on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and look at the lanterns in Taiping Xingguo Temple. It is closer to home. Today Jiaojiao told me that there is a large book fair in Daxiangguo Temple. Xiaosanlang also said that there is a book fair. I believed it, so I came with her."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "It seems that I haven't seen the book fair, but there are countless exquisite and spectacular lanterns. Why don't we go and see them together!"

Cao Yun had a shy smile on his face and nodded slightly.

"Brother Li, I want to buy lanterns!" Cao Jiaojiao screamed.

"Don't worry! Brother Li bought you all kinds of lanterns today."

Li Yanqing and Cao Yun looked at each other and smiled. They held Cao Jiaojiao from left to right, and walked quickly into the dazzling sea of ​​lights.

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The lantern festival is not only a sea of ​​lamps, but also a sea of ​​people. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and there were crowds of people everywhere. There were various colorful lanterns with colorful lanterns similar to shadow puppets, including colorful sheepskin lanterns, bamboo silk lanterns, dragon lanterns, deer lanterns, moon lanterns, grape lanterns, gardenia lanterns and other colorful lanterns. Among the various lanterns that compete for beauty, the most attractive thing is a exquisite lantern. The lampshade can rotate, and the horse painted on it is like running constantly.

Most of the children were carrying a lantern, all kinds of, bright and dazzling, and their eyes were dazzled. At this time, she suddenly saw a small stall selling lamps and jumped up with joy, "Brother Li, there are people selling lamps there!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Okay! Let's go and have a look."

Cao Jiaojiao ran over first, and Cao Yun whispered to Li Yanqing: "Don't spoil her like you did last time. The parrot I bought was eaten by her cat in a few days."

"Ah!" Li Yanqing scratched his head, "I forgot that she has a cat!"

"Don't talk about this, she won't let me tell you."

"I know, I just don't say it."

"Come on!" Cao Jiaojiao waved to them anxiously in front of them.

Li Yanqing walked up quickly, Cao Jiaojiao pointed to the lantern and said, "Brother Li, which one do you think I want to buy?"

There are indeed many types of lanterns and many shapes, such as beauty lamps, moon lamps, palace lamps, lotus lamps, monkey lamps, cat lamps, and lights with fruit shapes, etc. The prices are not expensive, each one is thirty cents, which makes Cao Jiaojiao's eyes dizzy.

The vendor smiled and said, "These are all Suzhou Luobo Lanterns. They are of various types and well-made. They sell very well every year. The little lady chooses them casually."

"Jiaojiao, just take a kitten lamp!" Cao Yun said on the side.

Cao Jiaojiao shook her head. She was no longer interested in kitten lamps. She suddenly pointed to the lamp on a child's hand not far away, "I want that kind!"

"Little lady, that's Wanyan Luo, the best one among the Luobo lamps."

It was a hollow flower that was cut very delicately on the silk, and a small candle was placed inside. The candlelight shone through thousands of eyes. It was indeed very beautiful. Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Do you have it here?"

"Of course there is, because the price is relatively expensive and it is not easy to sell, so I didn't take it out."

The lantern vendor had already seen that Cao Yun and Cao Jiaojiao were both wealthy ladies. He quickly took out two lanterns from behind, picked up one of them and smiled: "This is Wanyan Luo. If you are sure to ask me, I will order it."

"You order!"

The vendor was afraid that Li Yanqing would regret it, so he quickly lit a small candle and put it in. It was indeed brilliant and the candlelight was particularly charming. Cao Jiaojiao was overjoyed and hurriedly picked it up.

"What is that?" Li Yanqing asked, pointing to another lantern on the vendor's hand, he wanted to buy one for Cao Yun too.

"This is also one of the best lanterns, which is the boneless lamp in Xin'an, Huizhou. The skeleton of the lantern is made of glass and is transparent and boneless after ignition, so it is called a boneless lamp."

"I want this lamp too, let's light it!"

Cao Yun beside him whispered: "Brother Li, just buy one, she doesn't care about things."

Li Yanqing smiled and took the lantern from the vendor and handed it to Cao Yun, "This is for you!"

"Born for me?"

Cao Yun's pretty face flushed, but he couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. She took the lamp and whispered: "Thank you!"

"Da Shuniang, show me this lamp!" Cao Jiaojiao couldn't help but shout when she saw that the lamp on her sister's hand was even more beautiful.

"You are too greedy, so I won't give it to you."

Li Yanqing had already paid the bill, and two lamps cost one tael of silver, which was indeed quite expensive. The vendor was happy and said with a smile: "Miss, I will give you another lamp, you can choose it yourself."

Cao Jiaojiao pouted and pointed to the kitten lamp, "That's it!"

The vendor put the lamp on her, and Cao Jiaojiao took two lamps and left reluctantly, constantly listening to her muttering, "Brother Li is partial, Dashu Niang's lamp looks better than me!"

Li Yanqing and Cao Yunwan'er smiled, and Cao Yun gave her the lantern, "I'll change it with you!"

Cao Jiaojiao smiled and happily took the boneless lamp, giving Wanyan Luo to her sister.

Cao Yun looked at the lamp and smiled at his sister, "This lamp is so exquisitely made. Look at the peony on it. It is so exquisitely cut, it is much better than the boneless lamp. Why don't you like it?"

"I just like you!"

Just then, someone shouted: "The Aoshan Light is lit!"

This sentence was like a furious incident, and countless people led their children and daughters to rush to the west of Daxiangguo Temple.

The Aoshan lantern is a huge colorful lantern built in the palace, with two large and small. The large Aoshan lantern is located on the north side of Yu Street and the small Aoshan lantern is located on the open space west of Daxiangguo Temple.

This is a large colorful lantern covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. Aoshan, which is made of colorful silk, is painted on it. Various immortal stories are painted. Manjushri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas are tied with colorful silk on both sides. They are hung with various lanterns of large and small. In addition, three mountain gates are erected, two flying dragons are pied with grass, circling on them, wrapped in blue cloth, and are densely filled with tens of candles. From a distance, they look like a living dragon flying into the sky.

There are various juggling performances under Aoshan, such as flying balls, rope walking, rod climbing, sword throwing, etc., which attracted thousands of people to watch. This is just Xiao Aoshan. The Big Aoshan in front of Xuande Tower is three times larger than this one, and its momentum is more spectacular. But even so, this Aoshan lantern is still amazing.

Li Yanqing pulled Cao Jiaojiao and watched side by side with Cao Yun by the temple wall dozens of steps away. Cao Jiaojiao was attracted by the juggling and was intoxicated. However, Li Yanqing suddenly stretched out his arm and hugged Cao Yun's shoulders tightly. Cao Yun's whole body was shocked, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Although many couples holding hands along the way, she is not used to being hugged like this in public, even if she is a fiancé, it will make others misunderstand that she is a frivolous woman.

However, Cao Yun immediately found that there were several young men standing not far away, wearing their heads tilted, holding grass roots in their mouths, looking at her with their eyes slanted, and clearly had bad intentions in their eyes. Cao Yun immediately understood that Li Yanqing was not taking advantage of her, but protecting herself. She felt relieved, but leaned closer to Li Yanqing and hugged her sister in her arms.

Li Yanqing looked at the three frivolous teenagers coldly. If he hadn't wanted to destroy the atmosphere tonight, he would have taken action now. If these three teenagers were ungrateful and dared to come out of the sky, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

The three frivolous teenagers were shocked by Cao Yun's beauty, so they followed him, but found that the man beside her was tall, with his arms particularly strong, and a sword around his waist. The three of them discussed it and felt that this man was not easy to mess with, so they had to leave in disappointment.
Chapter completed!