Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 97 The Lantern Festival
King Huo was somewhat restrained when he went to other mansions, and he was more comfortable in the Shen mansion than in his own palace. He drank to his heart's content at noon, so drunk that he couldn't even walk, so he lay down in the backyard of the Shen mansion for a while.When he was drunk before, there was also a guest courtyard exclusively for him in the mansion, and the decoration inside was more luxurious than the main courtyard.Every time he got drunk, the mansion would arrange beautiful maids to serve him.But this time he was so drunk that he kicked all the beautiful maidservants out of the door.

Even if he is too drunk to move, his mind is still clear. Recently, he has looked down on these women who posted up, and he always feels that it is meaningless if he succeeds.If he could find a fresh and dignified woman, he might be interested, just like Shen Caishu.But he still has a bit of sense. Before Shen Caishu married Ping Wang, he didn't want to touch her. After that, even if he moved with Ping Wang's temperament, what could he do?

After sleeping for a while, he saw King Ping in his dream who dared to be angry and dared not speak out, and he was proud of the dream but woke up. He stared at the bed curtain with a sense of loss, and sighed in disappointment.Gao Sheng, Hou's attendant in the outer room, heard the movement, and hurriedly came forward to serve him with hangover soup.

"Master, this soup was made by Miss Shen Jiu herself. It has just been delivered and it is still hot." Gao Sheng said flatteringly.

"Just delivered? Is she still outside?"

"It's still there, enjoying the plum blossoms outside."

There are several red plum trees living in this yard, and they are in full bloom now.

"It's time to bloom." Huo Wang smiled, he drank the hangover soup, pursed his lips, and said, "Go and ask her if she would like to come in and talk."

Knowing this, Gao Sheng led Shen Caishu in, moved a stool to the bed and asked her to sit down, and then led Shen Caishu's maid and other servants outside.

Shen Caishu couldn't help but feel ashamed when she saw that she and King Huo were the only ones left in the room. King Ping had been indifferent to her recently, and the gift he sent during the Chinese New Year was far inferior to that given by King Huo.She didn't know the rumors outside, but the unmarried cousins ​​in the mansion had insinuated her for asking her to have less contact with Huo Wang, which made her a little bit aggrieved.She thought she was more beautiful than all the sisters, so she caught Huo Wang's eyes, unlike them who have not been valued by Huo Wang after all these years in Beijing.Before leaving Beijing, several sisters who were about the same age often quarreled over who was more liked by the prince's cousin.Since they stabbed her with words, she was not as good as they wanted, even if she was engaged, King Huo still looked at her a few more times.

In order to win a sigh of relief, she deliberately showed her face in front of King Huo, but that was all she wanted.

"Thank you, little Cai'er, I heard that you made the hangover soup yourself?"

"Yes, as long as it suits His Highness's appetite." She said with her head down.

"Is there any special spices added to this soup? This king actually felt that there was a fragrance after drinking it."

"There is no spice added." Shen Caishu raised her head slightly and said, thinking that there shouldn't be any aroma in the soup.

Suddenly, King Huo came up to her, sniffed her neck, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's the fragrance from your body."

"Your Highness..." Shen Caishu called him shyly, at a loss for what to do.

Huo Wang stretched out his hand to touch her face again, the greasy feel deepened the smile on his face, seeing that she didn't avoid her, he joked: "Why is your face so red, but you also had wine at noon? "

"Drank a few glasses of sweet wine." Shen Caishu replied truthfully, knowing that she should leave at this moment, but her body seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.

As soon as she finished speaking, King Huo lifted her face with his hand, and leaned over to taste her lips.Shen Caishu's mind was blank, her body shook slightly, and she was immediately restored to calm by the firm arms.

"No wonder it's so sweet." He whispered in her ear.

She smelled the alcohol on his body and felt that she was going to be drunk, how could she tell the difference.In a state of ignorance and panic, she instinctively rejected it a few times, but she was no match for King Huo's methods.

When she came back to her senses, King Huo had already tidied up her clothes and helped her put on the faded clothes.

Squeezing her flushed face, Huo Wang raised his lips in satisfaction and said, "Lucky, I will come to see you again in a few days."

Shen Caishu didn't answer, but joy was born in her heart, even if the maid entered the house and saw the situation inside, she was horrified, but the brilliance in her eyes couldn't be disturbed.

At night, Suzaku Street was bustling with people.

Cheng Dashan and Lao Hei had already left Chang'an early for the work of repairing the river, and Mrs. Sun had to look after the children at home, so she didn't go out with the three sisters to watch the lights.Just in case, she asked Qin San to follow them. Qin San was naturally happy to accompany Jin Hua. If there were no accidents, he and Jin Hua would get married at the end of this year.

Seeing the spring breeze on their faces, Zhuhua winked at Yinhua.Yinhua glanced enviously, and then her eyes fell on the crowd. When will she get engaged? She is already fifteen, and if she doesn't get engaged, it will be too late.She wholeheartedly wanted to marry into a scholarly family, and in the past two years, Mrs. Sun had selected several families for her, but they did not choose her.At the end of last year, before the flower viewing banquet was done, there was a family who handed over the story, but there was no further text after that. It was said that it was the daughter of a small official family who had booked into Beijing.

Although Yinhua hated this family for their lack of vision, there was nothing she could do.Looking at the couples of boys and girls in front of her, she felt sour in her heart. Compared with these girls, where is she not good enough?
As if feeling her emotions, Zhuhua took a look at her, then immediately looked away, it was really hard to look at her because of her attire.Today Yinhua is wearing a silver dark flower silk dress, which is matched with a dark red dancing butterfly pattern skirt and a light red top. Apart from being a bit old-fashioned, it looks passable. The problem is that she wears a cloud bun on one side of her hair. There are three gold hairpins on the other side of a bead flower inlaid with broken red diamonds.Before going out, Zhuhua suggested that she change to a silver hairpin, and in return she rolled her eyes, which made Zhuhua dare not speak again.

"I heard that you can guess lantern riddles at the stall in front of it. If you guess correctly, you can get a lantern for free. Sister, do you want to try it?" Zhuhua suggested cautiously.

"Go, why don't you go." Who doesn't want free things, she added in her mind, and followed Zhuhua eagerly to a stall that guessed lantern riddles.

"That looks good." Zhuhua pointed to the intricately crafted palace lantern hanging on the top of the stall, and guessed that Yinhua would like it.

Yinhua glanced at it, nodded in agreement, and when the two saw the lantern riddle written on it, they were stunned at the same time.

The riddle reads: "Xiaoxiao is not big, a thousand taels of gold is priceless, loves to put on rouge all over his face, and stays in the study to play. (beat one thing)".

Both of them knew that it was something from the study room, but after much deliberation, they didn't know what it was. The last one guessed it was an inkstone and the other guessed it was a paintbrush, but neither of them got it right.Zhuhua was not good at guessing riddles in her previous life, even if she learned it again now, guessing riddles is still her weakness.She really admires that some people can become talented after relearning. For her, it is the same as the difficult physics she learned in high school. No matter how many times she relearns, it is the difference from passing to failing.

The two changed several stalls in a row, but they failed to guess correctly. Zhuhua had already given up and planned to buy one out of pocket.

"These lantern riddles are too difficult, why don't people have a good time?" Yinhua complained.

Suddenly someone laughed, Yinhua turned her head and was about to ask, when she saw a young man in a brocade suit handing her a lantern with a picture of a beautiful woman.

"This is the lantern I won. If the lady does not give up, please accept it and have a good Lantern Festival." The young master smiled slightly.

Dazed by his smile, Yinhua's cheeks were hot and she couldn't help but take the lamp, but said: "If you don't take it for nothing, don't take it back. If you give it to me, don't even think about taking it back."

"It's natural." The young master still smiled gracefully, until he heard someone calling him, he nodded and left.

Yinhua followed his back with her eyes, and continued to stare at him stubbornly until he was completely submerged in the sea of ​​people.Zhuhua smiled secretly, stretched out her hand and waved in front of her eyes, "Sister, don't lose sight of Hun."

"Nonsense." Yinhua slapped her hand away, gave her a reproachful look, then pulled her back and whispered, "You are not allowed to tell mother."

Zhuhua stretched out her hand in front of her at the right time, "It's easy to say, hush money."

"You~" Yinhua looked at her incredulously, "You are still my sister."

"I am." Zhuhua withdrew her hand without changing her expression, and pulled Dabao and Erbao over again, "You don't need too many, three lanterns are enough, anyway, the three of us have seen them all. Besides, the four of us Personally, it’s strange that you are the only one holding a lantern.”

Yinhua thought it was right, so she could only nod with heartache, "All right."

"Great, I want that fish lamp." Zhuhua squeezed to a stall beside it, and pointed to the goldfish lamp on it.

"I want a rabbit."

"I want a rabbit too."

"Okay." Yinhua replied helplessly, and said to the stall owner with fighting spirit: "Shopkeeper, let's buy three, can it be cheaper, if not, we will go to another place..."

When she bought the lamp at a good price, Jin Hua and Qin San squeezed past.

"Don't go too fast, I won't be able to see you in the blink of an eye."

"Don't worry, we know the way home. It's true that you two don't get confused by wandering around." Zhuhua raised her eyebrows.

The group laughed for a while, and Yinhua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief seeing that they didn't ask about the lamp in her hand.After wandering around for a while, I suddenly heard a bell ringing on the wall in front of me. When I looked up, I seemed to see someone standing on the city wall, and then someone knelt down and began to shout long live.They also hurriedly knelt down, Zhuhua raised her head to see the emperor's face clearly, after all, this is a famous historical figure, but she couldn't see clearly from too far away.After saluting, I don't know if the emperor said anything, anyway, the crowd stood up one after another, and then fireworks were lit on the city wall.

Although the fireworks of this era are much more monotonous than those of modern times, they still have to win Zhuhua's amazement.She has been locked up at home for 12 years, and she finally goes out to participate in activities, and everything she sees is novel.When the fireworks were over, they heard the sound of gongs and drums in front of them. After a while, the crowd automatically divided into two rows, and a group of dragon lanterns came slowly from the front.

This is the excitement that the Lantern Festival should have, Zhuhua thought to herself, but she didn't forget to bring the big treasure and the two treasures to her, for fear that they would be abducted. Children are most likely to be abducted during such a lively time.After the dragon lantern passed by, some shops would take out a few baskets of copper coins and sprinkle them on the crowd following the dragon lantern. The scene was a bit chaotic for a while, but fortunately another group of guards came to watch and there was no trouble, but there were still a few people left on the street. Zhuhua couldn't help laughing secretly at the shoe that had been trampled off.

(End of this chapter)