Liu Xuan squinted her eyes and nodded in understanding. After leaving a sentence, she ran towards Qi Yun and the other sisters.
"Maybe."
"Sister-in-law, please wait for Xuan'er."
"Waiting, waiting, you don't have to worry."
"Sister-in-law, after we get to the lantern festival, how about we compare who can guess the most lantern riddles?
Xuan'er remembers that when I was young, every time I went to the lantern festival to enjoy the lanterns, my eldest brother and my second brother would help Xuan'er take down several lanterns.
Xuan'er still remembers the time when my elder brother brought back eighteen lanterns for me at once, attracting many envious eyes along the way.
It's a pity that after so many years, those lanterns have been lost.
This year our family finally got together, and Xuan'er had to see how many lanterns I could get with my own skills."
"Okay, it's up to you. Let's see who can guess more lantern riddles."
"Little sister, if you lose, don't cry and say that your sisters-in-law are bullying you."
"That's right, Xuan'er, don't really cry when the time comes."
"When the two sisters mentioned this, I remembered it. I vaguely remember that when Xuan'er was eleven or twelve years old, the lantern she had chosen was taken over by someone else. She cried so sadly.
.
It took my husband a long time to persuade her, Xuan'er, don't let the past happen again."
"Oh, oh, Sister-in-law Junyao, Sister-in-law Qingshi, Sister-in-law Lian'er, you are so bad, Xuan'er will fight with you.
Xuan'er was just a little older at that time. Now that Xuan'er is at any age, how can she cry like she did when she was a child because of just a few lantern riddles?"
"Grrrr... stinky girl, take your hand away quickly. If you dare to tickle me again, my sister-in-law will be rude to you."
"Xuan'er is afraid of you. Let's see who among us begs for mercy first."
Liu Mingzhi looked at a group of ladies who were playing and playing with the little girl more than ten steps in front of him, and from time to time there was a graceful figure laughing like silver bells. He shook his head helplessly and chuckled twice, and Hui moved his hands.
The carved jade fan quickened his pace.
When he passed by the table and chairs where he had watched the moon not long ago, Liu Mingzhi picked up a small jar of unopened peach blossom wine from under the table, and slowly left the house following a group of beauties having fun.
After Liu Mingzhi and his party left the house, they watched the various dazzling lanterns on both sides of the street, while whispering to each other as they slowly rushed out of the city.
On both sides of the street, there are countless vendors, large and small, waving toys in their hands and shouting loudly to sell their goods. Groups of patrol guards are constantly shuttling through the criss-crossing streets, maintaining and maintaining the streets.
Keeping the peace in the city.
The long street is brightly lit with people coming and going, and the identities of the pedestrians are different.
There was a family traveling together, there were pairs of talented and beautiful ladies accompanying them, there were literati and poets traveling together, there were jade beauties who were in their prime of life gathered in groups, and there were also children running around.
These characters with different identities come together to directly outline the scene of the great dragon in its heyday.
"Husband, please walk faster. If you go any slower, others will finish picking out all the beautiful lanterns at the lantern festival outside the city."
"Come on, come on."
Half a day later, Liu Mingzhi's family appeared at the lantern festival that stretched for several miles outside the east gate of the capital.
A group of beauties looked at the colorful and vivid lanterns at the lantern festival not far away. After gathering together and chatting in a low voice, they immediately rushed forward.
"Husband, we won't wait for you any longer. My sisters and my little sister are going to the lantern festival first. Don't lose me later."
"Husband, if you can't keep up with us, go and wander around by yourself."
"I understand, you can go enjoy the lanterns by yourselves first. If I lose my husband, you can just go back after the lantern festival is over. You don't have to wait for my husband."
"Okay then, my sisters know, let's go over and guess the lantern riddles first."
"Brother, why don't you come with us? It will be more lively with more people."
"No, no, you go ahead. Brother, I'll go wandering around for a while."
"Okay, let's go there first."
"Well, go ahead and be safe."
Liu Mingzhi watched Qi Yun and the others merge into the crowd at the lantern festival. He held the wine jar in his hand and looked up at the bright moon in the sky, which was like a white jade plate, and let out a long sigh with a faint look on his face.
Yun'er and the other sisters and younger sister gathered together and were full of laughter and laughter, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival happily and happily.
But under the moonlight on the outskirts of Beijing, there was a lonely person waiting for him to accompany him!
Liu Mingzhi retracted his gaze from looking up at the bright starry sky, turned his head to look at the beauties who had disappeared among the tourists, and silently walked eastward with the wine jar in his arms.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi's figure had disappeared under the moonlit night sky outside the city gate.
No one noticed his departure, and no one knew where he went.
Outside the city, the lively scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival continues amidst the noise.
After the lantern festival ended, everyone who had gone out for a trip returned to the city one after another, except Young Master Liu who had no idea where he had gone and still had not returned.
Qi Yun and the other sisters waited for their husband to no avail, so they had no choice but to disperse and go back to their rooms to sleep peacefully.
It wasn't until the sky turned white in the east and the glow began to rise that Liu Mingzhi, who looked a little haggard, returned to the Liu Mansion.
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On August 18, the sixth year of Dalong Taiping, the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday period has ended.
According to the imperial court's regulations, today is the imperial court's small court meeting.
When the sky outside the room was still hazy, Ling Weier, who was sleeping soundly in the brocade quilt, was disturbed by the sound of water from her sweet dream.
Ling Weier slightly opened her sleepy eyes, turned her head lazily to look at her husband who was standing not far away and had started washing before changing the washstand, and asked as if she was dreaming.
"Husband, do you want to go to court?"
"Yes, today is not only the small court meeting, but also the day when the second army of soldiers and horses go out for battle, so I have to get up early."
Ling Weier nodded with a clear expression and hurriedly sat up from the bed.
"So that's it. I'll get up and help you change your clothes right now. By the way, husband, do you want to wear a dragon robe, or do you want to wear ordinary clothes?"
Liu Mingzhi put the hot towel in his hand on the changing rack, turned around and looked at the beauty who was about to get out of bed to help him change clothes, and waved his hand with a faint smile.
"Weier, you don't have to get up."
"Ah? Why? Husband, don't you want me to help you change your clothes?"
Liu Mingzhi arranged his clothes and walked towards the pretty and dazed Ling Weier. He reached out to grab the brocade quilt and wrapped it around the beauty's naked body, and gently pushed her back onto the bed.
"Silly Wei'er, my husband is going to the New Army camp today to practice for the 100,000 expeditionary soldiers. He will neither wear dragon robes nor ordinary clothes."
Ling Weier looked at her husband's doting eyes, and after thinking for a moment, she seemed to understand something.
"Husband, do you want to wear armor?"
When Liu Mingzhi saw Ling Weier's bewildered expression, he hooked the tip of Jiaren's nose with his finger and laughed happily.
"Yes, in a place like the army, practicing for the soldiers, it is natural for a husband to wear a sword and armor."
"Husband, your armor is in sister Yun's boudoir. I really can't help you change clothes, so I will continue to sleep peacefully."
Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and stretched out his hand to pull the pillow next to him and stuff it under the beauty's head, then tucked the corner of the quilt over it.
"Go to sleep, Weier, you were so crazy last night, your body must be a little overwhelmed.
It's still early and there's nothing to do if you get up. You can go on to rest, and I'll go to your sister Yun's place first."
Ling Weier's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she immediately retracted her head into the brocade quilt.