The third year of Xuanren, the Spring Festival gradually came. From the afternoon of the 14th day of the first lunar month, lanterns and stands were installed on Jinchengjun Street. Every household made dinner early. Just waiting for darkness, they locked the door and took their wife to the street to watch the lights.

Unlike Chang'an, there are no tall walls on both sides of Wuquan Street, all of which are dense trees and luxurious houses covering a large area. The south of the street is a place of commercial intensiveness. The middle and low-end restaurants and teahouses naturally cannot face the Central Suinbow Street. There are large shops and shops on both sides of the street. According to the usual rules, every year, the lanterns on Wuquan Street on the Shangyuan Festival must be opened by the residences. Therefore, displaying lanterns every year is a time for famous families and poor commoners to share their joy.

At this time, the houses on both sides of Wuquan Street were busy installing lanterns, and there were also lanterns in front of Zhang Huan Mansion, which was a joyful scene. Zhang Huan Mansion was located at the end of Wuquan Street on the central axis of the city. Today, this will be the starting point of the lantern festival.

On the steps, Pei Ying was enthusiastically directing her family to install lanterns, and the wet nurse followed her with her child in her arms. Today, the lantern installed in front of Zhang Huan Mansion was a three-meter-high colorful phoenix ringing in the sky. The colorful phoenix is ​​roaring towards the sky, flapping its wings and flying high. There are countless small lamps around, forming stars, as if the phoenix is ​​soaring in the bright starry sky.

Pei Ying specially sent someone to Chang'an to hire famous craftsmen to make this. It is not only lifelike, but also grand. More than 300 lanterns to set off the background are used. Even the construction work is done by two apprentices of Chang'an lantern craftsmen.

As soon as Caifeng's appearance was built, it attracted many curious people to watch and point fingers, and everyone's expression seemed very surprised.

"Madam, this year, our Caifeng Mingtian must have won the championship." The old housekeeper couldn't help but feel proud and smiled at Pei Ying: "The one who won the championship last year was the Baihua Lantern Building in Xinfu. I went to see it this year. The lanterns in Xinfu have not changed, and it is still the Baihua Lantern Building. However, there were a few more beauty lamps inside, so they were renamed Baimei Tachun, which was far worse than ours! It was far worse!"

At this time, a craftsman who built a lamp next to him said proudly: "Of course! My master is the number one lamp maker in Chang'an. He has been tying a lamp for more than fifty years. The crystal palace lantern that Yang Guifei liked the most back then was made by my master. If this lamp was not commissioned by Pei Xiangguo, he might not have been tying it? How could anyone in the small Jincheng County be able to compare with him?"

Pei Ying just smiled but said nothing. Compared to a year ago, her body is much plump, her skin is more delicate, and her appearance is more beautiful. Since Zhang Huan took over Longyou, her wife is noble as her husband. Pei Ying was also named the third-rank lady of the imperial court. Among the many noble ladies in Longyou, her status is the most respected.

After giving birth to a child, Pei Ying's temperament gradually changed. The former cute girl image disappeared. She became mature and tolerant. She rarely punished her subordinates. She never forgot the rewards she gave to her subordinates during festivals and festivals, and would give them twice as much. But this does not mean that she is easy to talk to. On the contrary, once she makes a decision, she will never be opposed. A few days ago, a servant took advantage of Cui Ning's things to be brought in from Chang'an and stole a pair of gold bracelets. She was reported to her. She did not hesitate to order the thief to cut off her arm and sent it to the government for punishment.

This incident shocked the whole mansion, and everyone was respectful and afraid of the wife. From that day on, some servants in the mansion drank and gambled and stole the bad habit of stealing.

In addition to being in the mansion, Pei Ying was also deeply loved by the soldiers in the army. During the New Year, Zhang Huan returned to Beijing to report his work. Pei Ying prepared a lot of rice and meat, and personally led people to deliver them to hundreds of military families one by one. She also specially invited many gentlemen to the barracks to write letters to the soldiers and sent them to their homes.

It was these thoughtful considerations in details that deeply moved the soldiers. Everyone in the army called her "Madam". The reason why Zhang Huan received countless loyal soldiers was inseparable from her efforts behind the scenes.

Seeing that more and more people came to watch the lanterns, and the crowds were crowded. She was worried that the child would be quarrel, so she asked the wet nurse to carry the child into the mansion first. She was about to follow in when she suddenly remembered something, and said to the butler: "A few days ago, I wrote to Hexi, saying that General Helou was going to get married on the 20th. The master and I prepared a generous gift. You can send a few capable people to deliver it tomorrow, so don't delay it."

"Madam, don't worry, I'll let Liu Wulang do this matter, and I will definitely not mislead the matter."

Pei Ying nodded and turned around and went into the mansion. As soon as she reached the middle gate, she saw the female housekeeper in the house who was sending a doctor out. This was the doctor who came to see Cui Ning. Cui Ning fell ill on the way back with Zhang Huan. She should have been in bed and rested immediately, but she was afraid of misleading Zhang Huan, so she forced herself to take a lot of energy and put on heavy makeup to cover up the condition. She said that she had recovered a lot, but after she came back, she fell seriously ill and had not recovered until now.

Pei Ying has always had a very contradictory mentality about Cui Ning marrying Zhang Huan. They were very close friends in the past and spent a year together in Wuwei County. Pei Ying already knew very well that Cui Ning would inevitably enter his own life.

In terms of heart, Pei Ying could tolerate Zhang Huan taking a hundred concubines, and she was unwilling to marry Cui Ning alone. She knew that Zhang Huan had a deep affection for Cui Ning, and her love for her even exceeded her. This was something she had always been worried about, but she did not dare to object, and even dared to make trouble behind her. She knew that Zhang Huan was a very smart and stubborn person. Once she knew that it was because of her own reasons, he would never spare her.

But more importantly, Pei Ying gave birth to Zhang Huan's first son, who was the main wife, so this son was the eldest son, and the mother was noble by her son, so her heart was much more settled.

So when she could not refuse Cui Ning to share her husband, Pei Ying adopted an extremely cooperative attitude. She tried her best to take care of Cui Ning, making Zhang Huan both grateful and guilty to her in private, and respect and love her more.

At this time, the doctor had already seen Pei Ying and quickly turned to the small road to leave the mansion. Pei Ying stopped him, "Doctor Sun, please wait a moment."

When the doctor saw his wife calling him, he hurriedly walked up to bow and bowed, "See Mrs.

"How is my second mother in her condition?" Pei Ying asked him casually.

"Reply to my wife, the second wife suffered from a cold during menstruation and was tired all the way. She had to rest for a few days after taking medicine in Fengxiang, but she did not rest, which made the disease worse. If she no longer takes good care of herself, the disease will take root at the least, and the worst..."

Speaking of this, the doctor was a little afraid to continue, but Pei Ying was a little anxious and asked him quickly: "What if it is serious, you say!"

"If it is severe, it will be deteriorated for a few months." The doctor sighed helplessly, but he immediately comforted her and said, "But as long as you carefully adjust it, the second wife should be able to recover after a year or two."

Pei Ying was speechless and said to the doctor after a while: "My governor is busy with official duties, and I am basically worried about the affairs of the family. You should inform me of the changes in the second wife's condition at any time. Also, don't worry about the expensive medicine, use the best one, do you know?"

"Please rest assured, madam, I will do my best to treat it."

Pei Ying smiled and said to the female manager: "You will then give Dr. Sun 200 guan."

Dr. Sun thanked him and said goodbye. Pei Ying sighed and said to the wet nurse: "Take your son to bed! I'll go see the second mother."

After saying that, she quickly walked towards the East Courtyard. Compared with the Governor's Mansion in Wuwei County, the residence of Jincheng County was obviously much larger. It was not only a single residence, but the head of the Jiedushi was located there, and the house was more than twice as many. It was originally the house of Geshuhan, the former Longyou Jiedushi. After Geshuhan surrendered to An Lushan's death, his family gradually declined. Since the tenth year of Qingzhi, the house was vacant. This time, Zhang Huan moved to Jincheng County and repaired it as his private residence.

The house covers more than 300 acres of land, and the back house is divided into three courtyards. Pei Ying has always lived in the west courtyard. After Cui Ning came back this time, he packed up the east courtyard for her to live in, and there was also an empty courtyard in the south courtyard.

Pei Ying walked through a corridor, and maids saluted her from time to time along the way. When she walked to the door, she waved her hands to Mingyue and Mingzhu, signaling them not to speak, and quietly walked into the room. Cui Ning had already gotten up from the bed. She was wearing a snow-white dress and was kneeling in front of the table and busy with something, and did not notice her arrival.

Pei Ying walked behind her gently and saw that she was pasting a swallow lantern, which had been basically completed. She was drawing the swallow's eyes with a pen. Although she was not as skillful as a famous craftsman, she was also lifelike.

Pei Ying was stunned, then smiled and shook her head and said, "How many days did you learn how to make lanterns? Why don't I know?"

Cui Ning then found Pei Ying behind her. While adding swallow feathers, she smiled and said, "This is what my wet nurse taught me. I haven't done it for many years and I forgot it. I slowly recalled it these two days, so I stole a lantern and came back to remade it."

Speaking of this, Cui Ning glanced at her and smiled with a pursed lips, "You shouldn't have cut off my hands and sent them to the government for punishment!"

"You damn girl, are you making fun of me!" Pei Ying gently knocked on her head, then sat down, and watched her make a lantern with interest.

Cui Ning drew the appearance, carefully put a short candle in it, fixed it in the middle, tied it with a rope, and carried the other end on a thin wooden stick. She stood up, carried the lantern and walked a few steps proudly, and smiled and said, "The task is done, Pei Yatou, what do you think?"

Pei Ying heard her call her Pei Yatou, and she suddenly remembered the situation when she was a girl. They were intimate and they all called each other girls. Pei Ying's heart was filled with warmth. She smiled and said, "I remembered that once on the Lantern Festival, when we went to see the lights, you broke my lantern and said you wanted to compensate me for a new one, but I haven't seen you compensate me yet. Where are you?"

"If you want this lantern for me, just say it clearly and you will get the old debt out." Cui Ning gave her a blank look, "This lantern was originally intended to be given to your son to play with. If you try it, your nature will come out."

"Oh! I don't know my son can handle such a heavy guy." Pei Ying also smiled and joked, "If I don't say it, I'm afraid this lantern will be left to someone! Show your skill, well! Ning'er, when we go to beg for food in the future, you will make lanterns and I'll sell them. We will open a lantern shop for our husband and wife."

"You damn girl, look at me twisting your mouth!" Cui Ning put the lantern on the table and ran to chase Pei Ying. Pei Ying had already smiled and ran to the yard. Mingyue and Mingzhu saw that their mistress were about to run out, so they hurriedly stopped her, "Miss mother, you can't get cold in your body."

Pei Ying then remembered that Cui Ning was sick, so she quickly patted her forehead and walked in, "I almost forgot, you have to rest."

At this time, Cui Ning ran a few steps and his head was indeed dizzy. She quickly sat down. When the dizziness slowly disappeared, Pei Ying helped her lie down, covered her with a blanket, and laughed half-jokingly and half seriously: "You must not have anything to do, otherwise I will be unable to explain it if I get rid of the disease."

Cui Ning suddenly remembered her lover, and I don’t know if he could come back today. After hesitating for a while, Cui Ning finally couldn’t help but ask in a low voice: “Can he come back today?”

Pei Ying shook her head, "A personal soldier came back to deliver a letter in the afternoon. He said that there was a civil strife in the Dangxiang people and he wanted to deal with it. He probably has arrived in Yinchuan County now."

Seeing Cui Ning's eyes a little dim, she quickly smiled and comforted her, "I specially made a colorful phoenix lantern in Chang'an this year. I want to seize the lanterns. You have to take a rest first. I will go see my son. When it gets dark, I will take you to see the lanterns in our mansion."

As she said that, she tucked the corners of Cui Ning and turned around and went out. As soon as she walked to the door, Cui Ning suddenly called her, "Pei Yatou!"

Pei Ying stopped and turned around and smiled, "What's wrong, Cui Yat!"

Cui Ning pointed to the lantern on the table, "That's for you, and you won't be allowed to turn over the old debt in the future."

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‘When I was in charge of the Han Dynasty, I suspected that the stars fell, and the moon was hanging on the building.’ This year’s Shangyuan Night Moon was particularly bright. As the sky turned dark, a bright moon like a white jade plate hanged on the branches. But with the thickening of the night, the moonlight dimmed. The tide of watching the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month once again ignited the long-awaited enthusiasm of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Under the full moon, the lights were bright and the heads were tide.

The Shangyuan Lantern Festival in Jincheng County is as grand as in previous years. The various lanterns on Wuquan Street are more than four miles long. Lanterns of various shapes are one after another, which attracts a burst of laughter and applause. There are also large lanterns such as wheel lamps, building lamps, tree lamps, etc. that attract a large number of people visiting the lamps. Today, the people of Jincheng County are mobilizing almost the whole city. Every household goes out to watch the lanterns, and Wuquan Street is crowded with people.

I saw pavilions, towers, covered with silver, alleys, and the streets and alleys of the city, and the trees were hanging from far and near, like jade umbrellas. When the ice wheel rose, I saw a variety of lamp stands everywhere on the street, which was so exquisite that there were all kinds of lights, and there were all kinds of strange things. The silver candle planet was brilliant and shining like day.

Not only do you watch the lanterns, but today is Valentine's Day in the Tang Dynasty. Longyou has always been brutal, free and unrestrained. Countless young men and women in love vow to each other here. The fate is determined for a hundred years. Even the precious pavilion who never goes downstairs on weekdays also makes an exception to go to the street to watch the lanterns and walk on the bridges and join in the fun. The romantic boy, like an ants, has produced many romantic stories every year.

At the time of the meeting, the lights were in full swing, and the streets were full of lights, men and women were playing with lights, flowers were green and willows were green, and common ladies were bustling with people; vendors were hawking loudly, or set up stalls along the street, or carried camels on a load of hawkers, and various vendors had countless burdens of Yuanzi, sugar-cooking men, clay-cooking men, sugar-cooking cakes, arts, cock-fighting men, cricket-fighting men, etc.

According to the rules of Jincheng County, the lantern festival is selected every year. Last year, the Baihua Lantern Tower in Xinyunjing Prefecture won the championship. The year before yesterday, Zhong Kui from the governor's mansion won the championship. This year, the most eye-catching thing is the "Cai Fengmingtian" in front of the Jiedu Mansion. In hundreds of jade lights, a huge colorful phoenix was like flying among the stars, which attracted a burst of surprises from the lantern viewers. But what was amazing was not that its tall body or its realistic shape, but that the body of the colorful phoenix is ​​constantly changing with gorgeous colors. No one knows why. Later, a talkative Zhang family told the people watching the lantern that there was an octagonal crystal lamp inside, painted with various colors and installed on the turntable, so the color was constantly changing.

His plausible explanation made the Caifeng Lantern even more mysterious, as if it was a live advertisement for the lamp. People told each other, attracting more and more people to flock to watch the lamp, three layers inside and three layers outside, huddling the entire mansion's door.

But no matter how crowded the people watching the lights could not go up the steps. Hundreds of soldiers firmly protected the steps. There was a wide sedan parked on the steps. It had been almost an hour. More than a dozen soldiers were guarding the sides. The sedan was like a moving house.

The two maids and Pei Ying in the sedan chair were almost asleep. Cui Ning's face was morbid red. She was half leaning in the sedan chair, staring blankly at the full moon in the sky through the gauze curtain. She was recalling the scenes of her acquaintance, knowing each other, and falling in love with Zhang Huan. Before she knew it, she seemed to be fooled.

There is no cloud in the sky, and a full moon sails in this endless sea, scattering the clear light of the ground alone. Whether in the lively and prosperous Longyou or in the empty and cold Hehuang, everyone is bathed in the illumination of the same bright moon.

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Chapter completed!