Chapter 331
On the brightly colored dragon chair, the new emperor raised his head and said, "Bao Ning."
On August 15, the 22nd year of Youchang, the new emperor ascended the throne and changed his name to Baoning.
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On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in Liangzhou was particularly lively.
The streets are full of people, and the vendors around are shouting one after another.
Mr. Wu dragged his family and brought his family, and pulled the people out of the house to join in the fun.
Xuezhu stood in front of a booth, reaching out and arranging the incense powder boxes sold above one by one.
The aunt who sold the incense powder looked at the incense powder box in Xuezhu with a strange expression: "Xiao Langjun, do you want to buy it?"
Xuezhu shook his head: "Don't buy it."
The aunt was silent for a moment, and pointed her hand to the side.
Xuezhu asked a little question on her face, but she didn't stop her hands and quickly lined up the incense powder boxes.
Boxes of fragrant powder, like soldiers in an array, are sitting neatly in their respective positions.
The aunt moved her lips: "Go away for the old lady!"
Xuezhu arranged the incense powder box with the fastest speed before the aunt was angry and used the hair duster to drive people away.
Then he moved on to the next stall.
Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian were at the back, and as they walked along, the stalls on both sides of the street were neatly arranged.
Many people wondered: "What's going on this year, why is everyone so neatly arranged? Is it a regulation just issued by the government?"
Wu Weian followed his wife and explained, "I didn't make these weird rules."
Ji Yunxi glanced at him, too lazy to speak.
Wu Weian pondered for a moment: "I don't think I can use Xuezhu anymore, how about you, madam?"
Ji Yunxi was silent for a while, then gave a faint hum.
Just the night before, Wu Weian took Ji Yunxi for a walk in the courtyard after returning home.
The sky was full of moon, and the wind was soft around. The two of them were in the bamboo forest, doing little things between husband and wife.
As a result, Xuezhu didn't know what kind of wind was blowing in the middle of the night, and actually swept the floor.
It may be that the streets and alleys of Liangzhou have been swept clean recently. Xuezhu is too busy and has nothing to do.
Things got a little awkward.
The people next to him were surging, and someone bumped over. Wu Weian stretched out his hand to protect Ji Yunxi in his arms, and said, "I will find a way to let him go in a few days."
The two continued to move forward with the flow of people until they guessed the lamp. There were the most people here, so when Ji Yunxi saw it, she frowned slightly and stopped.
Wu Weian is here for this lantern guessing party. The person who guesses the most lanterns can get a silver or two as a reward, as well as a lantern, which is more cost-effective.
"What's wrong?" Wu Weian turned around.
Ji Yunxi: "There are too many people, I don't want to go."
Wu Weian persuaded: "But you have come."
Ji Yunxi knew at a glance what the man was thinking: "Go on your own, I'll sit by the river for a while."
Wu Weian blinked, his face full of anticipation: "Madam—"
"It's useless to call my ancestor." Ji Yunxi interrupted him without hesitation, turning around neatly and walking towards the river.
Wu Weian stood there hesitating for a while, and finally squeezed in, and joined the lantern guessing team with great interest.
Some people are putting up river lanterns by the river. The river lanterns are shaped like lotus flowers, one is red and the other is white.
The lamp seller is in front of a stone by the river.
Many people bought a lamp, wrote a few words on the lamp, walked to the river with the lamp in hand, closed their eyes reverently and did not know what to pray for, and then slowly put the river lamp into the river.
Ji Yunxi stood for a while, and realized that the red light was for the living, and the white light was for the dead.
After a cup of tea, Wu Weian came over with a jade rabbit lamp.
With a faint smile on his face, he handed over the lamp: "either?"
Ji Yunxi was obviously not very interested in that jade rabbit lamp, but she still stretched out her hand.
The smile on Wu Weian's face was slightly thicker, and he just wanted to put the Jade Rabbit Lamp in her hand.
Ji Yunxi avoided it for a while: "Keep the lamp for yourself, I want a tael of silver."
Wu Weian's smile stagnated: "??"
Wu Weian whispered: "Madam, don't you think this jade rabbit lamp is very beautiful? This paper carving is so beautiful, this rabbit is so vivid, how many people want to buy it from me along the way, I am not willing to sell it."
Ji Yunxi listened coldly, still unmoved: "Qian, hurry up."
Wu Weian: "Oh."
He took it out of his pocket and gave Ji Yunxi the one or two silver coins he won.
Ji Yunxi took the money and walked towards the river lantern seller: "A white lantern."
The river lantern seller handed over a white lantern.
Putting river lanterns to pray for blessings, never looking for money, giving a penny and receiving a penny, giving a tael and receiving a tael.
Ji Yunxi took a pen and picked up what she wanted to write, but after thinking for a while, she finally only mentioned two words.
- Baoning.
The white lights fell on the winding river, flowed slowly, and then converged with the red lights, and swam to the front where they didn't know where.
Ji Yunxi squatted by the river and watched the lights drift away, got up and walked away from the voices of people.
Wu Weian followed with the jade rabbit lantern, the branches swaying in the wind by the river gradually concealed the backs of the two.
Ji Yunxi: "I kind of want to go back to Beijing."
Wu Weian: "The prince promised me before he left that he would call me back at the end of this year at the latest. I will go to the government office tomorrow and write a letter to remind him."
Ji Yunxi: "If the prince promises you, you don't need to write a letter. The prince remembers it better than anyone else."