Chapter 263: Lantern Festival (Part 4)
Erya couldn't see Daya, so she asked Yunting, "Where's my eldest sister?"
"I went to your parents' place." Yun Ting said, "Are you tired? Take a break. The fireworks will be set off soon. Let's watch them."
Erya sat down on the small stool beside him and handed the candy man she had just bought to Sanya.
San Ya said sweetly, "Thank you, Second Sister. You are the best."
"That's not what you said when you bit me." Arya snorted, "Don't get it on my clothes. They were newly made for the New Year and are very expensive."
"I know!" San Ya's voice was drawn out, playful and well-behaved.
She is the Kitchen God in heaven. As long as there is sugar, her mouth will be shut.
The fireworks started soon.
Erya looked at it and muttered, "What's so good about this? It's not as good as ours! It's just that we don't have any connections, otherwise we could sell our fireworks to the royal family."
Their fireworks are the best in the world, no objection.
"The imperial merchants have spent a lot of money to establish and maintain relationships, so they won't change easily. And our tricks are beautiful, but in this kind of occasion, as long as we don't make mistakes, it's fine."
Beautiful tricks mean more likely to cause duds.
In fact, they are not completely free of this kind of "after-sales" problem.
But in this situation, the tolerance rate is very low.
Those who work for the emperor do not seek to achieve merit, but only to avoid mistakes.
Yun Ting felt that over the past six months, it was as if he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians. He could suddenly understand many things and even grasp them thoroughly.
As expected, are the mundane things in life the most nourishing?
"Oh." Erya said, "When I get to be a royal merchant."
She held her chin up and looked at the fireworks, her eyes filled with hope and expectation for the future that was brighter than the fireworks.
As for Daya, she was walking with difficulty in the crowd under the escort of the guards.
She was extremely anxious, but she couldn't move to the bottom of the city wall quickly.
She was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat, but there was nothing she could do. She could only keep comforting herself, saying that it was okay and nothing would happen.
Since the emperor has taken precautions in advance, there will definitely be no danger.
She didn't dare stop and continued to move forward with difficulty.
At the same time, Xiao Yan had received the news from another guard sent by Yun Ting.
Daya is not an impulsive person.
If nothing happened, she would not have rashly gone to find Jiang Xuan.
Xiao Yan said calmly, "Abandoned Mother, you take care of the stall first. I have something to do and need to leave for a while."
Lu Qiniang's eyes widened immediately. "Are you going to spend money recklessly again? I don't want anything to eat or use."
"No, it's really something."
"Then go ahead. But don't buy things or spend money recklessly!" Lu Qiniang warned worriedly.
After Xiao Yan left, she sat there alone, bored, eating chestnuts at the deserted stall.
——Although she was indeed very full, she couldn't control her mouth.
It's really boring to guard the stall.
"Even though he's already made a ton of money, he still wants to show off."
"I hear you barking."
Hearing Zhang Heyao scolding her, Lu Qiniang retorted rudely.
Then she looked up.
Seeing that Zhang Heyao was alone, she immediately said cautiously, "Stay away from me, lest that vicious woman of yours hear some rumors and go crazy again."
Zhang Heyao didn't leave, a look of fatigue on his face. "I just came out of the Ministry of Revenue. I was alone, no one followed me."
"Then what do you want me for?"
"I'm not looking for you, I just happened to meet you." Zhang Heyao pointed at the city gate, "This is my way home. I was originally going to ride a horse, but since it's the Lantern Festival today, I wanted to experience the excitement, so I'm walking."
"Then hurry up! Why are you stopping here?" Lu Qiniang glared at him.
"Why did you come to set up a stall? Xiao Yan doesn't give you money?"
"I set up the stall because I enjoy it. Don't use your brain to think about Xiao Yan. I'm afraid of polluting Xiao Yan." Lu Qiniang said, "If you have nothing to do, please leave quickly. Don't stand in front of me. It will only make things difficult for me and affect my business."
Zhang Heyao squatted down in front of the stall and picked up a peach wood comb. "How much is this?"
"Ten taels of silver." Lu Qiniang had no intention of doing business with him, so she just casually quoted a high price.
"On your eleventh birthday, I bought you a peach wood comb. I remember it clearly. It cost me ten cents. I lied and said it was two cents, but you told me, and I told me to buy you another one..."
When talking about the past, there was a smile in Zhang Heyao's eyes.
Lu Qiniang turned her face away and didn't look at him.
She has never forgotten the warmth she once had.
——If the Zhang family and Zhang Heyao really didn't treat her well at all, how could she be so stupid as to firmly believe in Zhang Heyao and not abandon her even after she became successful?
He was really nice to her.
Although those good things are also accompanied by dislike.
But no matter what, the Zhang family is her home, it is her harbor. No matter how hard or difficult it is, she never thought that she would be exiled one day.
"The fourth day of the second lunar month is Dad's death anniversary. Will you go?" Zhang Heyao asked her.
His voice, rarely strong, instead revealed a hint of fragility.
"If you don't go, I'll go. If you go, I'll just burn some paper money for Dad in our yard." Lu Qin's mother said, "It's okay, please, just leave quickly. What are you doing hanging around here? Are you trying to get back together? I'm telling you, I'm Xiao Yan's wife now."
The grass isn't always waiting for you to look back, really.
I never thought that Zhang Heyao was the kind of person who could not let go of things.
"You'd better leave quickly, or my husband will misunderstand when he comes back." Lu Qiniang said deliberately.
Zhang Heyao wanted to say something, but he only moved his lips and no sound came out.
Just as he was about to stand up and leave, there was a loud "boom" sound.
"What happened? What happened?" Lu Qiniang was shocked. "What exploded?"
"It's the city wall!" Zhang Heyao also looked shocked.
Lu Qi Niang: "It's bad, it's bad!"
The emperor is still on the city wall!
Jiang Xuan is protecting the emperor!
She couldn't think of others for the time being, she could only think of the people she cared about.
"I have to go see what's going on." Lu Qiniang looked around, anxiously looking for Xiao Yan.
Suddenly, a terrible idea came into her mind -
Could it be that Xiao Yan also went to the city wall?
Will it be affected?
"You are not allowed to go!" Zhang Heyao looked at the burning tower with a serious expression, "This is a conspiracy against the emperor. Be careful not to get involved."
"Let me go, don't pull me."
Zhang Heyao suddenly thought of something and this time directly grabbed Lu Qiniang's hand.
"Abandoned Mother, let me ask you, before the New Year, you made fireworks and sold them. Did you have any gunpowder left over?"
"Gunpowder? Yes! What are you going to do?"
"We will check it out." Zhang Heyao closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down.
With such a big incident, it would be fine if the real culprit could be found, but if not, there would be an overwhelming investigation.
He was worried that Lu Qiniang would be involved.
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