The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was a very important day for ancient people, and its significance was not less than the New Year's Eve on New Year's Eve, because it is the first festival of the new year and must be celebrated grandly.

Usually on this day, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival will be held in various prefectures and cities. Colorful lanterns must be hung on the most prosperous and hot streets and set up stalls. It must be from the beginning of darkness and noisy until midnight.

There will be various riddles at the lantern festival. If you guess correctly, you can take away the lantern that hangs the riddle, which is a reward.

In addition, there are all kinds of delicious food, fun, juggling, lion dance, etc.

In short, the Shangyuan Festival is a particularly important festival. Anyone who is not too poor to eat will go out on the streets on the Shangyuan Festival, get a lively trip and buy a few things to be considered a new beginning of the new year.

However, this year's Shangyuan Festival cannot be too lively for people in Shangdu City.

Although the old empress dowager had already sent Ling out of the capital to the imperial tomb on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month to be buried, after all, two consecutive funerals in the first lunar month were all royal funerals. Especially the old empress dowager was considered a national funeral, so even if the people were allowed to celebrate the Lantern Festival, they would not dare to live too lively or extravagant.

So people carefully organized lantern festivals, searched a small street in a low-key and low-key manner, and hung some lanterns symbolically, but there were no riddles under the lanterns, and no one came to guess anyway.

The stalls that used to be set up at the temple fairs in the past did not come. What they thought was that during the national funeral, the emperor asked the Lantern Festival to hold the Lantern Festival, which was to be polite, for fear of affecting the people's mood.

But when the people are always ungrateful, they can't take this matter seriously, right?

You said that two big names died in the palace one after another. In just a few days, the people were playing music and singing outside. How bad is it?

People have this idea, so the lantern festival is just a matter of hanging some lanterns. In fact, no one is visiting, and even when the lanterns are hung out, no one is watching them, so a candle is burned inside, and when it is almost burned, it comes and blows it off.

This situation naturally spread to the palace, and Emperor Tianhe was really helpless after hearing this.

But he had no choice but to do anything. He couldn't tell the people that you just have fun. I wanted to have fun when the empress dowager died. I wanted to have fun when she died. I couldn't say this, so the Shangyuan Lantern Festival could only be left alone.

It also looks prosperous, but it is not the case in fact. In addition to Shangdu City, there is also the boat where Bai Heran is sitting.

There are also lantern festivals on the boat, but they are not organized by the boatman, but by the wife of the official.

The boat had a dock one day before. During that dock, Granny took the money returned by the boatman and got off the boat. Many people also took a short trip and got off the boat.

Of course, there are also people who boarded the boat halfway.

Mrs. Yuanwai also sent people out of the boat to the town to buy things and prepare for the Lantern Festival on the Shangyuan Festival.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Yuanwai hung many colorful lanterns on the boat, each cabin door, and many public areas were hung. There were riddles under each lantern. It is said that Mrs. Yuanwai wrote it himself. Whoever can guess correctly can take away the lanterns.

In addition, I will also give you an extra plate of snacks as a lottery ticket.

People were very happy at first, after all, they were on the boat. They were boring over time, and they were willing to participate if they could have some fun.

But I didn't expect that the riddles that Mrs. Insider had a hard time, so the people on the boat had no knowledge. As a result, after a while, no one guessed correctly and no lantern was taken away. This was very embarrassing.

Of course, Jun Mulin and Bai Heran could guess, but they did not participate. They would not be such a prestigious bird. Moreover, after stopping at the dock yesterday, many people came up, so they didn't want to attract too much attention.

The maid who came out to take care of the program went back to report the situation, and told the situation outside. Perhaps the wife of the man was embarrassed and felt even more embarrassed, so she simply removed the riddles and gave the colorful lanterns at the door of each cabin to the guests in the room.

In addition, the colorful lanterns hung in public areas are given to the children on the boat for fun.

In addition, she told the boatman that she would treat her tonight's dinner and asked the boatman to deliver food to every cabin.

Only then did the people get happy, and many people bow to the innermost cabin to express their gratitude.

Someone also sent food in Bai Heran's room, which were two bowls of old soup noodles with meat. She was very grateful and said thank you to the maid of the Lady of the Inspector.

The maid was Zhuyun, the eldest maid who gave her snacks before. When she saw Bai Heran thanking her, she laughed, and then said to her with a good temper: "I'm sorry for the last incident that caused the wife to be implicated.

We also didn't expect that the man next door was unreasonable. Not only did he not eat snacks, but he also asked his wife to return your portion.

It’s really helpless to meet such a person. Fortunately, she has already got off the boat, so don’t take it seriously. If you have anything to do, you can still go to our cabin.”

Bai Heran thanked for a while, until Maid Zhuyun and Pingzi, who came to deliver noodles, left the house, then sat back on the bed and stared at the two bowls of noodles in front of him, thinking.

Moyu listened to the noise at the door, and after a while, he returned and said, "The noodles were also delivered by Pingzi. The maid only stood at the door and did not follow in.

All the rooms have been delivered at this moment, and the people on the boat are eating in their own rooms, which is considered quiet."

After saying that, seeing Bai Heran staring at the two bowls of noodles, he couldn't help but feel nervous, "What's wrong, Madam?

Is there something wrong with the noodles?”

As he said that, he had to pick up the noodles to check.

Bai Heran waved his hand, "No need to read it, no problem with the noodles, eat it while it's hot!"

She took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks, "Speaking of this, we haven't eaten a hot meal for many days. This pretending to be poor is really something that ordinary people can bear."

Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief and sat down opposite Bai Heran, "Yes, I want to eat meat too."

That being said, he still put all the pieces of meat in his bowl to Bai Heran, "Madam eat more. After this bowl of noodles, how long will it take to wait for this next time to eat such food! But speaking of this, the lady from the official was really willing to do so. Although the boat was not big, there were many people living in it. Each of them gave a bowl of noodles, which was quite expensive."

Bai Heran smiled at her: "I just said I was greedy for meat, and I even put all the meat on it."

She picked it back again, not only did she pick it back, but also picked two more pieces from her bowl for Moyu, "I don't like eating meat so I'm not hungry, so I'd better eat it! The person who loves meat the most in our family is Zhenzhen. Fortunately, she didn't let her follow her, otherwise she wouldn't be able to stand eating just along the way."

Moyu's face turned red and she didn't give in to Bai Heran anymore. She knew that her lady really didn't like meat, but instead liked some desserts.

Unfortunately, there were no desserts on the boat, only the snacks sent by Mrs. Yuanwai.

"Miss Dim Sum will eat more at that time."

She was no longer polite and grabbed a piece of meat into her mouth, "It smells so good."

Bai Heran also started eating, but she kept thinking about it. Until both of them finished eating, she asked, "Did you see the content of the riddle that was hanging at our door before?"

Moyu shook his head, "I didn't see it."

I pretended not to read this time. Since I couldn’t read, how could I read the riddle!”

Bai Heran remembered that when he went out, he was indeed an illiterate maid.

Because she is poor, it is already good to hire a maid, so how could she still hire a maid who can read?

"Why did the lady ask this question?

Is there any problem with the riddle?”

Moyu recalled carefully, but still couldn't remember the content of the riddle.

Bai Heran shook his head, "I don't know if there is any problem, and I didn't see it either. I just think that the wife of the state is not full, so why do you spend your own money to let others enjoy the happiness?

It’s fine to give snacks for the first time. Is rich families willing to be kind when they go out, anyway, a few snacks are not worth much money.

But this time the cost is huge! The things on the boat are already expensive, and the price of this bowl of noodles should be three times that of outside. What is the wife of the official who spends this big price?"

"Mrs. I mean, is Mrs. A.M. trying to convey messages to the outside world by repeatedly delivering things?"

Moyu was still puzzled, “What message should she convey?

To whom?

Are we?"

She began to nervous. If the wife of the official in charge saw that they had problems, how could those who followed along the way not see it?

"Don't be nervous, it's just my guess. Maybe the wife of the man is just a lot of money and likes to be lively, so she did this."

That's it, but she still picked up the bowl of noodles and looked left and right, and finally saw nothing.

There was no place to move after the meal, Bai Heran lay down at the window and looked out.

Rivers that do not freeze in winter are not common in the north, and those heading northwest are even less likely to be seen. Therefore, in winter, there are many boats coming and going on this river. Because water routes are easier to walk by land, people usually choose to take a boat to go out.

Since Madam Ela got off the boat, no other dangerous figures were found on the boat, but she still couldn't relax her vigilance. Just like Mrs. Yuanwai, she still doubted the original intention of the lady to deliver things several times.

I hope it's really money and willful, but if there is another plan, she also hopes that the other party will not be her.

In short, I just hope that the journey will be smooth and allow her to arrive in Lancheng smoothly.

They also had to change their clothes from Lancheng and sneak into Gebu! There was no news about the ninth prince until now, and she was very worried. The fourth prince who was far away in Gebu made her feel even more at ease.

There was a movement at the door. She turned around and saw that Luo Xiu was supporting Jun Mulin.

When the door was opened, Jun Mulin said, "Madam, I'll come and see you. I'll bring you the snacks given by Mrs. Inspector. You can keep them for tomorrow morning."

This sounds normal to outsiders. When my husband cherishes his wife, he is reluctant to eat snacks and keeps it for her.

But to Bai Heran, this person is a weasel who gives chickens, but he doesn't want to pay her a happy New Year.
Chapter completed!