Chapter 375: Lantern Festival Poetry Meeting~~~

Yan area is too far away from the capital of Daxia, and many things cannot be known immediately.

Just like what happened to Xia Chenfeng this time, it took such a long time before Yan Di knew about it, and only a small number of people knew about it. It's the same truth.

but

In the days since returning from Qingquan Town, Su Changan could see that his wife Xia Fengxiang was occasionally frowning. Sometimes, even though he knew there would be no news, he would still ask, "Is there any news from Yan?"

It can be imagined that Xia Fengxiang was concerned about the situation in Yan.

Moreover, Xia Fengxiang had his own plans for what to do after the recovery of Yan territory, whether it was a recovery after a civil war or a peaceful recovery.

Every time he would take it out and look at it carefully, and then find Zhang Gu, Li Jiulang and others to ask them to prepare some baggage and supplies, as well as many supplies to appease the people, and transport them to the Mengqin camp in Dazhou first, so that they could directly enter Yan area.

The people value reality, especially the people in Yan today.

A thousand articles of empty words are not as good as three ounces of rice and a steamed bun.

Xia Fengxiang was very clear about this, and he knew even more clearly that after quickly recovering Yan territory, he had to start winter plowing as soon as possible, otherwise the harvest in Yan territory would be affected this year and life would be difficult again.

The matter was huge and required great detail, so Xia Fengxiang was even more careful.

Whenever Xia Fengxiang did this, Su Changan would accompany him. He didn't play and joke with his wife like he did in the past, but just helped to look after the candles.

It is said that men are most charming when they are working.

but.

If Su Changan were to say, the empress is more charming when she is working.

Under the candlelight, the girl who fascinated Su Chang'an looked at the memorial in her hand that she had read countless times. She gently turned a page and waited for a while before looking at the next page, because she had to read each word carefully to confirm these things, which concerned the people and could not be missed.

but.

The heart is very calm.

It’s not like when I occasionally think of Yan, I get so restless that I can’t sleep.

Obviously, the matter she was dealing with at the moment was the most worrying thing for her in these days, but whenever Su Changan sat beside her, she would feel very calm.

I don’t know the reason.

But if you have to say.

It's probably what they mean, when the person you love is by your side, you feel at peace, because no matter how difficult the problem is, there is someone to shoulder it with you.

So, I feel at peace.

A few more days passed quickly.

The Lantern Festival is just around the corner.

The huge city of Luoan was bustling with activity, much more lively than the day of Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang’s wedding.

For the people of Daxia, New Year's Eve is not important. To put it bluntly, it is just a time for the family to have a meal together and stay up to welcome the new year.

What we really want to celebrate is the Lantern Festival.

The Heavenly Official bestows blessings on the Lantern Festival. This day is a big day when the Heavenly Official bestows blessings, so the people pay the most attention to these. Without the joy of this day, they will be depressed for the whole year.

Outside the palace was a bustling place. Many chambers of commerce, or various folk organizations such as poetry appreciation clubs, music theory clubs, etc., were formed by civilians. Those with more wealth and power built their own lantern carts and invited the city's most beautiful ladies to perform on them. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, they paraded throughout the city of Luoan and finally gathered together, waiting for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The common people also bought various lanterns and hung them at their doorsteps, or carried lanterns for fun, or bought boat lanterns and lotus lanterns that could float on the river, and placed them on the water on the 14th night of the first lunar month. As for Kongming lanterns, there is no need to say more.

Outside the palace

Naturally, the festive atmosphere in the palace is also indispensable.

In the past, during the Lantern Festival, palace servants could have small gatherings, go to the imperial city to watch the fireworks show, and release sky lanterns.

But after Li Nishang came to power, the Lantern Festival was no longer lively.

However, Su Changan not only let go of all these things, he also prepared some silver and money, which were his dividends from Dian Jiangchun. He took some of it out and distributed it to the palace servants. He also let the palace servants organize some parties on their own. All the things needed could be reimbursed after the receipts were issued.

Moreover, Su Changan also organized a lottery, which made many people in the palace very excited.

The prizes range from silver jewelry to cosmetics and other items.

How to participate

Originally, Su Changan was thinking of letting the palace maids draw pieces of paper, and then publicly announcing the contents of the drawn pieces of paper on the Lantern Festival. Those who had the same contents on the pieces of paper would be considered the winners.

But think about it, this is too boring.

So we simply made a lot of small games. After completing a game, you would stamp the word "Fu" on the booklet you received.

Gather eight "Fu" and you will have a chance to win a prize.

It was so novel that the palace people blinked their eyes in curiosity, and when it was actually implemented, they all ran to participate.

Even though it was Lady Sun, Feng Chun and the others were curious and ran to join in two of them.

But after all, my status was too high and it was not easy for me to compete with the people below for the chance to win the prize, so I just participated for fun.

And inside the palace, everyone was bustling with activity because of this incident.

It’s a festival, so there should be a festive atmosphere.

Tomorrow is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and the poetry reading and lantern activities will begin tomorrow.

But today's Lingqi Pavilion

The Queen was lying on the floor of the hall. She tilted her head to the left and looked around. No one was there. She tilted her head to the right and looked around. No one was there. She moved to the edge and looked behind her. No one was there again!

Finally, raise your head and look forward.

There was someone there, only Xunxia.

Su Changan sighed.

Xia Fengxiang was discussing things in the Zhonghe Hall right then. According to the Great Xia law, the court would be closed for three days during the Lantern Festival.

That is to say, it starts from the 14th day of the first lunar month.

So I had a lot of things to sort out today, so I haven’t come back yet.

Yan Ruyu was caught by Yan Yunxiao and used as a punching bag. Yan Yunxiao said he wanted to fight her. Faced with such a arrogant reason, Su Changan didn't know how to help Ruyu. In the end, he waved his hand and let her go.

Lian Wei went to find Lian Qiao, saying that he hadn't seen her for a long time and wanted to see if she was alive or dead.

Maomao left the palace early in the morning, saying that she was going to buy some things.

Su Changan wanted to go with him.

But the cat looked disgusted and said, "You have to go too."

These few simple words really broke Su Changan's heart, so he asked the cat to go away quickly and stay away from it.

So the little girl left happily.

As for Xiangluo, Zhou Qianhong, Linghua and some other Chixia soldiers

They were addicted to the games created by Su Changan and could not extricate themselves. After getting Su Changan's permission, they were busy putting together the word "Fu".

After all, Su Changan also made those games somewhat difficult.

Lingqi Pavilion is not big, but with only two people here, it feels empty.

"Well, I'm busy anyway, so I'd better be busy."

Su Changan sat up and looked at the empty yard. He sighed and said this.

When Xun Xia heard this, she looked at Su Changan curiously, not knowing what was going on.

Su Changan didn't explain. He just smiled at Xun Xia, then lay down again and looked at the ceiling.

There is actually nothing to think about as to what poems to write for the poetry gathering, or perhaps Su Changan had already thought about it.

but

Words of Shangyuan Festival.

Su Changan turned his head to look at Xuan Xia: "Xun Xia, the method of making Yuanxiao has been passed down, right?"

Xuan Xia nodded: "Everything inside and outside the palace has been taken out. The imperial kitchen has also prepared a lot. I have also told the palace maids about it according to the queen's instructions. If you want to eat, you can go and get it tomorrow."

Su Changan nodded and said nothing more, but continued to look at the ceiling.

Yuanxiao and other things actually exist in this world, but there are too few of them. And because the fillings are made of sugar and candied fruits, most ordinary people eat them at home by throwing a glutinous rice ball into a pot and cooking it, mainly for the symbol of reunion.

After Su Changan knew this, he made some improvements and added red bean paste, sesame seeds and other fillings. The ones passed down were the ones with these fillings. Of course, meat and other things were also added, but Su Changan didn't eat them. Anyway, let those who like it make it themselves, depending on their taste.

After looking for a while, Su Changan closed his eyes.

Xuanxia, ​​who was outside, saw that the Queen had closed her eyes. She looked carefully and found that she was asleep, so she took a blanket and carefully covered her with it.

It was common for the Queen to sleep like this. Xia and the others had seen it many times, so they got used to it.

And Su Changan's sleep.

Open your eyes again.

It is already the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the huge city of Luoan, every household is decorated with lights and the streets and alleys are crowded with tourists.

The street lights are of various shapes, and the courtesans on them are charming and beautiful.

If you have the ability, standing high up in the clouds and looking down at the Great Xia capital, you will see people swimming in the streets like dragons, and all the markets have their own fire dragons, with those lantern cars as dragon heads, swimming in this huge city. How magnificent!

(End of this chapter)