The Favored Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(213)

Along the way, Yao Niang ate a bowl of Yuanxiao, watched the dragon lantern dance for a while, and bought the most ordinary jade rabbit lantern to hold in her hand, her face flushed with excitement.

King Jin looked at her with affection in his heart, so he took her out to play less. But when Yao Niang stuffed the unfinished Yuanxiao into his mouth, he still chose to refuse.

"It's delicious. Why don't you eat it?"

Prince Jin didn't want to pay attention to her, and it wasn't the first day he didn't eat sweets.

Passing by a stall selling gadgets made of bamboo hoops, Yao Niang bought thirty bamboo hoops for half a tael of silver. In fact, when King Jin came to see it, the rows of small objects on the ground looked beautiful, but they were all very rough. But if Yao Niang insisted on playing with them, she had no choice but to let her play with them.

It's a pity that the craftsmanship is not good, and none of the thirty bamboo hoops are tied.

Prince Jin just listened to her sighing "Oh, oh". When the bamboo hoop in his hand was thrown away, he didn't have anything on it, and he felt so disappointed. Fucheng and Yuchan beside them both suppressed laughter. King Jin helplessly watched her staring at the gadgets on the ground, seeming to be hesitating whether to buy more bamboo hoops to put them on.

"Yuchan, give me another half a tael of silver."

Yuchan hurriedly took out the money and went forward to exchange for the bamboo circle.

This time Yao Niang was more cautious than before, but she still didn't lasso any of them. The one with the best lasso only had one side, so it didn't count.

Why can't it be put on?

Yao Niang stared at those little things with burning eyes. The vendor who set up the stall seemed to have some trouble with his conscience. He hurriedly took a porcelain piece in the shape of a kitten from the ground and handed it over: "Madam, I will give you one. ”

Yao Niang felt that this kitten looked very much like Huahua. She spent a lot of time trying to figure it out but couldn't get it right. When she saw that the boss wanted to give it to her, she immediately smiled and wanted to take it.

The vendor was dazzled for a while and wanted to give all the gadgets on the stall to this beautiful lady. But before Yao Niang stretched out her hand, she was blocked by someone.

It was King Jin.

King Jin glanced at Fucheng, who stepped forward, took the porcelain piece from the vendor's hand, and placed it on the ground. He reached out to ask the hawker for bamboo hoops. The hawker didn't care that Fucheng didn't give him any money, so he handed over a handful of bamboo hoops in a panic.

Fucheng took it and came to King Jin respectfully.

King Jin took it and didn't see how he was posing. The bamboo rings flew out at a speed invisible to the naked eye. When Yao Niang lowered her head to take a look, all the gadgets were covered with a bamboo ring. Son. Even the farthest and most attractive revolving lantern has one in the corner.

In fact, many people are attracted to this stall because of the revolving door.

There is a painting on the revolving lantern, which depicts fish in the stream. Because of the bright colors and the lack of wind, it spins like a group of carps fighting for food in the water, which is very eye-catching.

But if you spend money to buy such a revolving lantern, it will cost ten taels of silver, but here you can buy a bamboo hoop for just a few cents.

What if you get caught? People are inevitably tempted to take chances and take advantage of small things, which is why the business of this stall is so prosperous.

It's a pity that the bamboo circle is too small, and the position and shape of the revolving lantern are too tricky. No one has ever been able to catch this lantern. Yao Niang spent more than 20 times on it before she realized the truth and gave up trying to get something else. Unexpectedly, she was tricked by King Jin.

"Your Highness, you are so powerful." After praising King Jin, Yao Niang turned around and directed Fucheng and Yu Chan to pack up everything in their bags and take them away.

"There's so much, Fucheng and the others can't take it."

After King Jin reminded her, Yaoniang realized this cruel fact.

King Jin signaled Fucheng to pick up the revolving lantern, while he leaned down to pick up the cat ornament that looked like Huahua.

He rubbed it between his fingers and handed it to Yao Niang: "I can give you whatever you want." The implication is that you are not allowed to take what others give you.

Yao Niang couldn't help but blush when she saw the glint in his eyes. She didn't expect that Prince Jin could be jealous like this.

Seeing his fortune tree being taken away, even though the other nobles had stayed, the vendor felt that the sky was falling. But he didn't dare to shout or stop him. He didn't ignore the fact that the lady just called that person your highness.

Your Highness, how many people in this world can be called Your Highness? Having been hanging around in the imperial city all year round, the vendors naturally knew that they were not to be messed with.

Suddenly a silver coin fell in front of him. The hawker looked up and saw a follower-looking man passing in front of him. He grabbed the silver coin with great joy.

A noble person is a noble person, and his actions are generous. He goes to buy another lamp and comes back, and the business can still be done.

King Jin did not lead Yao Niang to continue shopping, but came to a three-story restaurant.

The restaurant was full of guests, noisy and full of people. Especially on the second and third floors, the sill windows are all wide open, which is really rare.

Along the way, Yao Niang saw that every restaurant on the street was overcrowded, and the windows upstairs were all wide open. It would be fine if it were summer, but it is still winter. But soon she knew why.

"With so many people, will there be seats?"

"Of course there is."

Sure enough, after entering, Fucheng found someone to talk to, and someone led them upstairs.

As soon as she stepped onto the stairs, Yao Niang saw a group of people coming to the door, it was the Xiao family and Princess Qing.

"Jirou, here."

Yao Niang was so excited that she couldn't help but say hello. When she saw people looking at her, she realized what she had done and hurriedly hid behind Prince Jin.

How brave the cat!

King Jin sneered secretly in his heart and motioned for Fucheng to step forward.

Soon, the Xiao family and Princess Qing came over. The King of Jin didn't say much, but said that if there was no seat, they could come together.

Not to mention, there was really no seat. The old man of the Xiao family didn't want to trouble the King of Jin, but they came here on a whim. At this time, let alone here, there might be no place anywhere. Seeing that the women and children in the family were all expectant, he bowed and said sorry.

The King of Jin nodded, didn't say much, and led the way.

The private room was not on the second floor, but on the third floor with the best and highest location.

Others didn't know, but the old man of the Xiao family knew that the third floor of the "Xiankelai" was open to only dignitaries, and sometimes even dignitaries might not be able to come up. Being able to book such a seat when the whole city was celebrating the Lantern Festival, the King of Jin's means and power can be seen.

Maybe this Xiankelai belongs to the King of Jin, such a thought flashed through the old man of the Xiao family's mind. As far as he knew, the person behind this Xiankelai was very mysterious and powerful, and no one dared to provoke him.

Soon someone served tea, fruit, and snacks, and everyone sat down on the chairs.

This private room was very large, occupying half of the entire third floor. The women and children sat on this side, and the men sat on the other side. It was not noisy.

After getting to know each other, Yao Niang invited the eldest and second grandmothers, Princess Qing and the two children to eat fruit and snacks. There were many people today, so the Xiao family's first and second rooms only brought the older children out, and the younger ones stayed at home, just like Xiao Bao and the others.

The man seemed to be talking about something, and Yao Niang looked from a distance, guessing in her heart that Mo Pao was talking about Princess Qing. Until now, Yao Niang still didn't know what Prince Jin was planning for Prince Qing and his wife.

At this moment, the night sky outside suddenly lit up, followed by a few whoosh, whoosh, bang, bang, bang sounds.

The two children of the Xiao family jumped up immediately, changing their quiet and introverted appearance just now, and shouted loudly: "Dad, Mom, fireworks!"

As they said that, they ran to the window.

Everyone stood up and went to the window.

The world seemed to appear in front of my eyes at once, with a dark blue night sky, a bright moon hanging high, and stars. Even more dazzling than that were the silver flowers blooming in the night sky not far away.

The voices of people were so loud that Yao Niang could see countless people rushing there on the street below.

‘Swish—bang, bang, bang’, the sound of fireworks bursting was endless.

At the same time, beautiful scenes began to appear in the night sky.

Various colors and shapes, some of those fireworks looked like fireballs, some looked like silver snakes, and some looked like blooming flowers of various colors, which were extremely beautiful.

As soon as the first batch of fireworks had dissipated, a large number of fireworks poured down from the sky, forming a silver and golden waterfall, which was so spectacular that it was breathtaking. Among them, there were fireworks of various shapes and colors, which were so beautiful that they were suffocating.

“So beautiful!” Yao Niang said.

A big hand grasped her hand, and she couldn’t help herself for a moment and leaned on his chest.

I wish this scene would never pass, and this moment would last forever.

Just as everyone was intoxicated by the beauty of fireworks, a person at the corner of the street was looking up at this place.

Prince Qing followed the Xiao family all the way here, and wanted to go forward countless times, but he stepped back.

He looked up at the beautiful face of Princess Qing under the flowing light, and all kinds of emotions were entangled in his heart. He did not notice that there was also a woman standing not far behind him, but that woman was looking at him, with all kinds of emotions flashing in her eyes, and finally fell silent.

She took something out of her arms and handed it to the person behind her.

"Give this thing to him."

A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, "You finally thought it through."

She did not speak.

The afterglow of the Lantern Festival had not yet dissipated, and the capital was swept by a wave of chaos.

The Spring and Autumn Period was in February, and a large number of Juren students from all over the country began to gather in the capital, and inns, restaurants, houses, and even temples were crowded everywhere.

The capital was very lively, and people could be heard talking about the Spring Examination everywhere. Emperor Hongjing personally appointed Xiao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, as the chief examiner for this subject, and the other deputy examiner was Tian Yu, the president of the Hanlin Academy.

Both of them were highly respected people, and no one could object to their presiding over the Spring Examination for this subject.