There are many shops on both sides of the Lantern Market, and various lampstands are built in front of the buildings.

After dark that day, the lights were on at the same time.

For a time, tens of thousands of material silk lamps, five-color gauze lamps, silk paper lamps, sheep horn lamps, and ice lamps were all lit up, with colorful colors, and looking like brilliant stars.

When tourists wander around, they feel like walking in the sky. The shocking scene will never be forgotten when they look at it.

"How is it, how is it?" Li Mingyue jumped and jumped excitedly, and said excitedly: "You can't see such a scene in the building. You can only walk in it."

This is the first time Zhang Xiaojing has seen such a landscape. In previous years, she followed her parents to watch the lights upstairs. But she was pleasing to the eye, and couldn't help but secretly look at Zhao Hao who was chatting and laughing with Li Mingyue, and finally couldn't help but say softly:

"Young Master Zhao, this love and scene should be written as a poem and lyrics, and don't let you down."

But when Mr. Zhao shook his head and said seriously, "There is a scene in front of me, I can't tell you, Lao Xin wrote an inscription in front of me."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nodded secretly, thinking that there was indeed "the east wind bloomed thousands of flowers and trees at night" in front of them, and no one could write a better word for "Shangyuan Guanlan".

Mr. Xu was determined to squeeze Zhao Hao, but on the one hand, he was worried that the little county lord would be dissatisfied with him; on the other hand, he was also afraid of causing humiliation by himself. After all, there was a "First Meeting Collection" in it, and it was still the leader of the scientific sect who started the sect. He was probably not his opponent if he was twisted together.

In fact, Mr. Zhao is really not good at it; at this time, any literati can kill him.

After all, he is just a false poet.

~~

Fortunately, the Aoshan lights lit up soon.

The so-called Aoshan is to stack thousands of colorful lanterns into a mountain shape. It has been a repertoire of the Royal Spring Festival since the Tang and Song Dynasties.

During the Xuande period, Emperor Xuanzong ordered that Dong'anmen be opened during the Yuan Dynasty and people were allowed to enter the forbidden area to watch. Later, there were too many people watching, so they moved to the street outside Dong'anmen.

The Aoshan, which is located in the center of the street, has thirteen floors, which is higher than Dong'anmen. After lighting up, it is filled with light. The small bridge and flowing water are like a fairyland in the sea. There are fairy fairies with fluttering clothes on it, lifelike cranes and deer... The endless variety of lights make the people who look up at the lamp, except for constant exclamation, and can't find any other words to describe the shock in their hearts.

When they arrived at the drum and music masterpiece on Dong'anmen Square, the people knelt down to the top of the city and shouted together to long live the emperor.

That was when Emperor Longqing and his family came up to the stairs and had fun with the people. When the emperor ordered all people to be peaceful, the Gunpowder Bureau of the Inner Court began to set off fireworks.

The fireworks are set in the square between Dong'anmen and Donghuamen. After the eunuchs set off one after another, the fireworks are set off immediately, and the salutes are resonating. Over the entire Dong'anmen, various fireworks form different patterns, including peonies, chrysanthemums, lotus, ingots, and stars, all kinds of shapes, fighting for beauty, covering up the moon in the sky.

There are also wooden frames about twelve feet high in the lamp market, with firework boxes placed in five layers on top. In the box are all kinds of fireworks such as longevity belts, grape racks, pearl trunks, and Changming Tower. After igniting, the light and shadow are noisy and hustle and colorful. The entire lamp market really becomes what Lao Xin said about the "fire trees and silver flowers" all over the street.

The carnival officially began. Amid the rituals and music of the Zhonggu Temple, the people shouted excitedly, jumped around, holding various colors of lights, surrounding the Aoshan lanterns, and twisted the yangko.

Li Mingyue held Zhang Xiaojing with one hand and Zhao Hao with the other, joined the carnival team and jumped and jumped with the people.

Li Chengen, Xu Yuanchun, Zhang Jingxiu and others also put down the reserve of the young master and twisted the simple and cheerful yangge with the common people, and their excited voices were hoarse.

On the distant corner of the street, Zhao Shouzheng and the eldest princess snuggled on the bed of the Arhat with a snow hat covering most of their faces. Looking at the colorful and prosperous scenery in front of them, I only wish that this moment is eternal.

~~

There is no curfew in the Imperial City tonight, and the carnival will not end until the second half of the night.

When Li Mingyue and his sister were sent home, Zhao Hao and Gao Wu returned to Chunsonghu at the same time, they found that Zhao Shouzheng had returned.

Seeing that his father was lying on the kang and seemed to be asleep, Zhao Hao planned to pretend to be confused and finished the calculation, so he tiptoed off his boots and prepared to get into the quilt.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Shouzheng opened his eyes and asked embarrassedly: "Did you see it all?"

"Uh..." Zhao Hao felt guilty and thought to himself why it seemed that I was the one who was the thief. Then he nodded and said, "That's right."

"It's good to see it, otherwise I feel uncomfortable hiding it from you." Zhao Shouzheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but asked nervously: "Are you surprised?"

"Not surprising." Zhao Hao thought to himself, there was still some surprise.

"Oh, you've seen it long ago?" Zhao Shouzheng sat up in surprise and looked at his son.

Zhao Hao nodded and said, "I'll bring that jade pendant back for you..."

"Yes, you are a ghost spirit." Zhao Shouzheng lay back on his pillow with a wry smile, sighing and asked, "Do you blame me?"

"No." Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "My father has been alone for so many years."

"Oh, my son is so considerate..."

Zhao Shouzheng sighed with relief and let down the big stone in his heart. He was really worried that Zhao Hao would turn against him when he came back and say anything like you were sorry for my mother, which would affect the parent-child relationship too much.

Without waiting for Zhao Hao to ask questions, he took the initiative to confess:

"That was eighteen years ago, when your grandfather was an official in the Ministry of Works, he brought his father to study. But he often had to go on business trips, so I took the opportunity to travel around. That spring, in the little Penglai behind Baiyun Temple, I met a little girl crying under a peach blossom tree. She left Ning'an, where she lived for some reason..."

‘How old was my mother at that time? She was thirteen or fourteen years old? A beast…’ Zhao Hao complained silently.

"I didn't know her identity at that time. Who would have thought that a dignified princess would run to the gym if she didn't live in the palace?" Zhao Shouzheng gradually became immersed in his memories and said:

"I saw that she was crying sadly, so I comforted her a few words and gave her a candy man. She seemed very lonely and asked me if I would come again."

Zhao Hao was so stunning that he thought that his mother was so pitiful. No wonder he was determined to be with his father. It turned out that Mr. Zhao took advantage of the situation and entered...

"So I often went to see her, bringing her delicious food, fun, and various books to tell her about things outside. Finally one day, she asked to go out and take a look, so I took her out of Little Penglai through the back door. Later I realized that it was the first time she had walked out of that place in ten years..."

"I took her around the capital, and went to Yuyuantan to enjoy flowers in spring, went to Tonghui River to cool off in summer, went to Xiangshan to see fallen leaves in autumn, and skaters to Shichahai in winter... Before I knew it, she finally walked out of the shadows and became cheerful and lively. We both gradually developed feelings for each other. Who knew that one day, there was an order to bring down, and the late emperor restored her identity as a princess..."

"Before parting, we carved the pair of jade pendants in Shichahai... I mustered up the courage to tell the old man about this, wanting him to propose marriage to the late emperor. Unexpectedly, the old man beat me half to death in anger, and then sent me back to Xiuning's hometown and became a kinship with your mother... Later, she was also given marriage by the late emperor. We both separated from each other and never met again..."

To his son, Zhao Shouzheng naturally couldn't say so numb. After briefly explaining the whole story, he quickly argued:

"Actually, I didn't plan to meet her again this time. Later, I met and didn't expect anything to happen again. After all, her identity was there, and it was not good for everyone. But who knew that day by day, day by day, hey, the old love was still rekindled."

"What are you going to do in the future?" Zhao Hao asked the key point.

"From the way..." Zhao Shouzheng sighed quietly, "How can my eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty remarry? This is great now. She has me in her heart, and I have her in my heart. She can meet and talk, and then be content."

"So, if my father can't be the son-in-law, he still needs to take the imperial examination?"

"That's natural..." Zhao Shouzheng nodded with a red face.

"Then go to bed quickly and you will start seclusion tomorrow." Zhao Hao finished speaking, and blew out the light with confidence.

Well, as long as it doesn’t affect my thighs, it’s all right.
Chapter completed!