Meanwhile, Zhao Hao and Xu Yuanchun's two groups gathered together and strolled around the temple fair together.

Li Mingyue was very angry at first, thinking that she had worked so hard to create the opportunity, but it was ruined by someone.

But she was still a child after all. Zhao Hao bought her a string of candied haws with oranges, and with Zhang Xiaojing teasing her with laughter, she soon forgot her unhappiness.

Besides, the temple fair is so much fun. Besides the endless food and entertainment to buy, the greatest pleasure is to watch the fair. There are people performing with flower spears, breaking stones with their chests, dragon and lion dances, stilt walkers, land boat racers, yangko dancers, operas in different dialects, donkey shadow puppet shows... It is simply too much to take in.

In addition to watching, there are also many things you can play with your own hands, such as diabolo, money eye, archery, hoop, shuttlecock, rope skipping... There are so many.

The skipping rope was about 50 to 60 meters long. Two strong men held one end each, swinging it and making a whirring sound. More than a dozen people jumped in, shouting and jumping, which made people bent over with joy. In addition, the men and women who were skipping rope could also take the opportunity to hold hands in broad daylight.

When it was their turn to dance, Master Xu deliberately squeezed in between Li Mingyue and Zhao Hao.

I thought my heart would beat faster soon, so it was natural for me to hold hands with the county princess's sister.

Zhao Hao stood between Li Mingyue and Zhang Xiaojing. To be honest, he was a little bit excited...

Who would have thought that it seemed so easy for others to dance, but Mr. Xu, a frail scholar with heavy clothes on, couldn't breathe or keep up after just a few jumps. His brain seemed to be deprived of oxygen, and he didn't even bother to see who was around him. He just held on to both hands tightly as if they were a life-saving straw and kept jumping and jumping as others led him.

However, lack of oxygen to the brain seemed to be more conducive to brain replenishment. He felt that he and Li Mingyue were above the clouds, holding hands and jumping happily.

When he thought of that scene, he laughed happily and clenched his hands even tighter.

After the dance was over, he was still reluctant to let go, but he heard Li Chengen's disgusted voice in his ears:

"Let go, your hands are sweating!"

Xu Yuanchun quickly loosened his left hand and looked to the other side, only to find that the person he was holding tightly in his hand was not Li Mingyue as he had imagined, but... Zhao Hao.

"Your smile is so disgusting..." Zhao Hao pulled his hand away helplessly, took out a handkerchief and wiped it.

"You're a boy, why do you have such delicate hands?" Xu Yuanchun was immediately embarrassed and annoyed. He didn't expect that the object of his fantasy just now was actually Zhao Hao. How embarrassing was this?

It turned out that Li Mingyue had just started dancing for a few steps before she switched places with Zhao Hao...

In this way, the county lady not only avoided Mr. Xu's dirty hands, but also was able to hold hands with her lover while not letting her lover and her best friend have the opportunity to hold hands.

It can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Who said the young county lady wasn't smart? That was the time when she didn't need to use her brain.

~~

After venting her anger after teasing Xu Yuanchun, Li Mingyue completely let go and pulled Zhao Hao and Zhang Xiaojing to play ring toss, archery, and money-eye shooting... These were all her strong points, and she mastered them almost as soon as she started, and she was about to make the stall owner cry.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement: "I didn't expect that a quiet girl like you would be so good at these things."

The bamboo ring in Li Mingyue's hand immediately flew to the boss's neck.

"Actually, I was just guessing. Look, now I'm not guessing..." Li Mingyue tugged at the corner of her clothes, lowered her head and said in a low voice.

Zhang Xiaojing covered her mouth and giggled.

~~

Before I knew it, it was dusk.

Although everyone was having fun, they quickly stopped and bought a lot of food from a roadside stall. While eating, they headed to the Donghuamen Lantern Market.

Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and there are so many people watching the lanterns. If you come too late, you can't even get close.

It is only a few miles from the temple market to the lantern market. There are vendors and tourists all along the way, making it difficult for vehicles and horses to pass, so the only way to get there is on foot.

By the time Zhao Hao and his friends arrived at Dong'anmen Street, it was already dark.

The wide Tian Street is already filled with bustling tourists, and the number is still increasing.

It is conceivable that after the lights start to light up, it will be difficult to even turn around.

Xu Yuanchun said loudly: "My family has rented a suite on the second floor in front. Why don't we go up and watch it, so as to avoid squeezing with this group of people?"

Since the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, a splendid lantern market has been set up outside Donghua Gate. The families of nobles and officials would rent rooms on both sides of the street, hold banquets and drink while watching the lights outside through the windows.

Many of the shops along the street are royal stores. Li Chengen only needs to say a word and he can get the best viewing platform.

However, for these young people, what's the point of sitting in the house properly and only being able to see a little light outside the window?

That should be the life after the age of 30. Now that they finally got out, they wanted to enjoy this unfettered happiness.

So everyone rejected Mr. Xu's suggestion and enthusiastically squeezed into the crowd.

The two girls, Li Mingyue and Zhang Xiaojing, were protected in the middle by their brothers. Not only were they not squeezed, they also had the leisure to look around.

"Haha, those two people sitting on the Arhat are so interesting!" Li Mingyue suddenly pointed to the front left and said to Zhao Hao crisply: "They look like a pair of big Ah Fu..."

Zhao Hao and others looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, they saw a chair with an awning on the corner of the street, with two people wearing cute big-headed doll masks sitting on it.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but when the two men saw them looking at them, they actually shrank their necks.

Fortunately, the next moment, Zhao Hao and his companions were pushed far away by the surging crowd.

~~

Over there, the two big-headed dolls were actually Ji Sizheng and Liu Shanggong, who were reserving the seats for the eldest princess and Zhao Shouzheng.

The children don't want to go upstairs, and the eldest princess can't go upstairs... His Majesty will also go to Dong'an Gate to celebrate with the people on the Lantern Festival. Today, the shops along the street are all monitored by the factory guards.

It would be better for the princess to go directly to Dong'an Gate to meet her brother instead of taking her lover up there. That way she could see more clearly.

The two stewards came early, occupied such a good spot, and then waited until dark wearing their doll heads.

Only after Li Mingyue and her group arrived did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Shang Gong turned her head and said to Ji Si Zheng in a muffled voice through her hood: "What do you think? I said I was right to be careful, right? If they see us, I will have no choice but to jump into the river."

"At least it should be our family that jumps into the river." Ji Sizheng didn't like what he heard.

"Okay, stop arguing, let's just dance together, okay?"

"No, each of you dance separately." Ji Sizheng stood up and said with disdain: "You wait here, I will go to the street corner to pick someone up."

After saying this, he held the hood with both hands and walked against the flow of people with difficulty.

Only Lady Liu was left, sitting cross-legged on the Luohan Mountain. From time to time, a naughty child would pass by her and suddenly reach out to knock on her head.

The Shang Gong Liu was so shocked that she cried, "What a sin! What am I doing?"

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