Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, everyone is looking forward to it!But my heart became more and more dejected, thinking that after the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival, I will start to draft girls, and it will take less than a month to count.In my heart, I have no feeling of anticipation for this year, but I hope that it will never come.But there are few people in the world who follow people's wishes. No matter how unwilling, I still ushered in the forty-fourth year of Kangxi. During the Spring Festival, there is a big celebration in the palace.In the past six months, I have participated in several royal banquets, large and small, and now I don't have the novelty of when I first came, and I have something on my mind, so I am quite lazy.When that day came, I would let Dongyun do whatever I wanted, and finally went to the palace with Lord Belle and my sister.

My heart was dull, and I turned a blind eye to the exquisite and luxurious layout around me.Anyway, if you ask to salute, you can do it; if you ask to sit, you can sit, and follow everyone's every move like a puppet, but there is no trouble. This time was no different from the last Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Many ministers and wives and relatives were present, and the scene was quite lively.I thought this would be the best, no one pays attention to me, and I can be in a daze on my own. But what did the ancients say? "Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life".Ten elder brothers and ten Fujin became the chief culprits who promoted the realization of this old saying.

First, Elder Brother Shi saw me, regardless of Shi Fujin, and looked me up and down, and then I began to endure four scorching gazes, two of which were fire, and two of which were ice. The taste made me feel like I was sitting on pins and needles.In the end, I couldn't bear it any longer, and raised my head to stare at Elder Brother Ten viciously. Seeing that I wanted to eat him, he finally looked away.Seeing that he was no longer looking at me, Shi Fujin gave me a disdainful look, and also looked away. The world is finally quiet!I sighed, then stared blankly.But after a while, I felt that someone was looking at me again, and I was so angry in my heart!Old ten, are you finished?I looked up and looked over with the most vicious eyes I could imagine, only to find that it was Thirteen's warm and friendly smiling face.His enthusiasm and friendliness were instantly frozen on my face by my viciousness.I hurriedly pulled a big smiling face at him, the expression changed too quickly, and I felt my muscles hurt.After laughing, he made a helpless expression at him.I don't know if he understands it or not.Anyway, he smiled back at me and raised his wine glass to me. I quickly and happily picked up my own wine glass and had a drink with him from afar.

This side had just finished drinking, and was about to bow its head and continue to be in a daze, but saw Eighth Brother looking at me with a half-smile at the corner of his mouth.I didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so I poured myself some wine and toasted him from a distance. He smiled, picked up the glass and drank with me. Put down the glass and think, now I can have a good rest, right?I glanced away, but saw that Shisi's thoughtful eyes were firmly locked on me.I didn't understand what he was thinking about, and I didn't bother to think about it, so I just made a big grimace at him with a smile and let it go.Seeing my grimace, Fourteen shook his head slightly at me, pursed his lips and smiled.I also smiled.

Turning his head with a few smiles, he found that the fourth elder brother who was sitting next to the fourteenth elder brother seemed to see everything in his eyes.Although the expression on his face was light, his eyes looked at me with a hint of playfulness.I thought to myself, this is a master who must not be offended, otherwise I don’t know how I will die in the future.After busy smiling sweetly at him, he turned his head back. After returning home after the dinner, I felt very tired and sighed in my heart, how could this lawsuit between eyebrows be fun?What's more, playing with such a group of people as Long Rui?

I went back to the house with my sister, and asked the maids to serve and wash in a hurry.Seeing me as if I hadn't seen a bed in three hundred years, my sister suppressed a smile and said, "Don't go to bed so early tonight, you have to watch the year!" I was stunned for a moment.I haven't stayed up until 12 on New Year's Eve in years.But since we are in ancient times, we have to follow the ancient rituals, keep it!The elder sister asked the girl to bring out pre-made fruit cakes, and sat with Qiaohui Dongyun, chatting and waiting for the coming of the New Year.Qiaohui saw that I was about to fall asleep, so she found a colored rope and came out to play with me.

The two of you are doing the same trick as you, and I'm doing the same trick as me.Dongyun and her sister were chatting and laughing while watching Qiaohui and I flipping the rope.Suddenly they heard the little girl outside shouting: "Master Belle is auspicious!" Dong Yun and Qiao Hui hurriedly stood up.My sister and I looked at each other in surprise and stood up. Brother Ba smiled and asked everyone to stand up, Qiao Hui and Dong Yun retreated.Brother Ba saw that my sister and I were standing there without moving, so he smiled and said, "I'm not welcome to watch the New Year with you?" Brother sit down.The eighth elder brother said with a smile: "Let's all sit down, it's rare to celebrate the New Year together." I sat down silently, took a small snack and ate it.

The eighth elder brother and the elder sister said a few words with a smile, but in the end, because the elder sister was silent more and less time to talk, the two gradually fell silent.The three of them sat silently, and I began to feel heavy in my head, and I dozed off one after another.Seeing how sleepy I looked, my sister pulled me into her arms and said, "Snooze for a while! I'll call you later!" I hurriedly leaned against my sister and fell asleep. Just as he was sleeping in a daze, when he heard a few loud firecrackers outside, he sat up from his sister's arms in shock.My sister stroked my hair for me, and said, "New Year's is here!" The eighth elder brother also smiled and said, "Yes!" , Before they answered, they ran back to the house, jumped on the bed, and fell asleep with their heads covered!

When I woke up the next day, I realized that I had passed the first Chinese New Year in ancient times in a mediocre manner. I thought it was a bit regretful, but I also felt that if I could spend the New Year like this every year in the future, it might not be a blessing. Dong Yun was standing behind me combing my hair, and I asked, "Did Lord Baylor rest here last night?" Dong Yun stopped his hand and sighed, "No! After the girl returned to the room, the master left after a while. !” I quietly looked at myself in the mirror, and didn’t speak any more. The joy of the Spring Festival has not dissipated, and the Lantern Festival is coming again.Although I am worried, I still have a lot of interest in the Lantern Festival.The Lantern Festival is also known as the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. On this day, every household has to hang lanterns. At night, there are lions, dragon lanterns, lantern riddles, and fireworks.Girls who usually rarely go out can go out with their female companions tonight, enjoy lanterns and guess riddles, so it can be said that this is definitely the festival that girls look forward to most.Coupled with the temptation of the beautiful scene described in ancient poems that the gifted scholars and beautiful ladies meet under the moon, I am looking forward to this festival without exception.

Before it was dark, I asked Dongyun to tie a double-ringed bun for me, put on a half-new light yellow shirt, and hurriedly urged Qiaohui to change.Qiaohui smiled and said, "My dear girl! You have to wait until dark to watch the lanterns and guess the riddles!" I ignored her, but hurriedly urged her, Qiaohui was rushed by me, so she had to change her clothes quickly, He took two more cloaks and followed me out of the mansion. As soon as I walked out of the mansion, I heard someone calling behind me: "Sister Thirteen!" I frowned, thinking that although everyone knew this nickname in the Forbidden City, no one had ever called it to my face. Crazy?As soon as he turned around, Brother Thirteen, wearing the light blue robe worn by ordinary scholars, was walking towards him with a handsome young man beside him.I saw it was him, very happy, and asked with a smile: "Why is it such a coincidence?"Quickly asked: "How do you know I'm going out to play today?" He laughed and said: "It's such a fun day, you will sit in the room?"

The two walked side by side, with Qiao Hui and the servant following behind.After walking for a while, Shisan said: "I invited Miss Luwu to watch the lantern together." I thought for a while and asked, "Is that the owner of the yard we went to last time?" He nodded, and I said with a smile: "Okay! I think it's not fun to have so few people! Besides, I used her cloak last time, and I haven't thanked her in person yet!" After listening to Shisan, she stopped, smiled and turned to the boy and said, "I Are you right?" I stopped following him, and turned my head back in confusion. The little servant hurriedly took two steps forward with a smile, put his hands together and made a bow, and said: "Master Thirteen said that the girl is not an ordinary person! I still don't believe it. When I saw you today, I realized that Master Thirteen was right." I laughed too. Said: "This should be Sister Luwu! I don't know if Sister is coming today, otherwise I would have brought Sister's cloak." As she spoke, she thought at the same time, looking at the layout of her room last time, she knew that although she was a homeless Fengchen, but he must be an arrogant person, afraid that others will look down on him, so he doesn't want to meet me directly. It was getting dark and there were more and more people on the street.Looking along the street, the lights on both sides are endless, like a sea of ​​stars.The clothes are fragrant and the temples are shadowed, and the laughter is endless.I kept looking at it quite freshly, and even the girls passing by, I couldn't help but look again and again, the three of them laughed, and Luwu joked: "The girl looks like she has never gone shopping! I sighed, shook my head and said, "Isn't it? It's like being in jail all day." She was taken aback for a moment, then pursed her lips and laughed. I've never been good at riddles, so I just look at the lights.And Shisan and Luwu also seemed to be contemptuous and not very interested, so the four of them just took a casual look along the way. Shisan led us to a restaurant, Xiao Er had obviously met Shisan before, and hurriedly found a seat by the window for us to sit down, "The lion and dragon dancers will pass underneath later, everyone sit here and watch, It's clear and not crowded!" The four of them were laughing and talking while watching the people coming and going, when they suddenly heard a voice saying, "Brother Thirteen is here too?" behind us.Several young men were busy paying respects to Thirteen, while Qiaohui and I were busy paying greetings to Fourteen, and the scene was very lively!But Thirteen and Fourteen didn't wait for us to speak, waved their hands and said, "They're all in casual clothes, there aren't that many rules!" The scene was a bit quiet, Luwu stood beside me and looked out the window sideways, Qiaohui stood with her head down, I looked at Thirteen, then at Fourteen.Both of them were smiling, but the meanings of their smiles were quite different. Thirteen was indifferent and lazy, while Fourteen smiled elegantly, but there was a hint of coldness in the corners of his mouth.Fourteen looked at me, looked at him, and stared at me coldly.I pouted and lowered my head. Standing there, a skinny young man with Shisi called out: "Isn't this the girl from Luwu?" Then Luwu turned her head, glanced at the speaker, looked indifferent, didn't say anything, and lowered her head.Shisi only noticed at this time that Luwu was a girl, so he couldn't help but take a second look.Luwu lowered her head and looked indifferent, I reached out and shook her hand lightly under the table, she turned to look at me, I smiled at her and let go of her hand. At this time, a short and fat boy said with a sneer on his face: "It's really a boy who is not romantic." The Thirteenth Lord hugged left and right, enjoying the beauty. "Before he finished speaking, Thirteen's face turned cold, and before he had time to attack, Fourteen heard a cold 'hum' and said: "Chachalin, what nonsense are you talking about? "Chachalin obviously didn't understand how this 'flattery' annoyed the Fourteenth Master? Some Zhang Er monks couldn't figure it out and stayed there stupidly. There was someone who knew me next to me, but it was too late to remind me. I lowered my head and pursed my lips for a while, then raised my head and asked, "Are you appreciating lanterns? Or are you appreciating people?" Then everyone took their seats. The lion danced well, and the dragon danced well, but Qiaohui and I were probably the only ones who really saw it.Others were either thoughtful, or secretly looking at me, and a few kept looking at Luwu.