Rebirth of Glory and Splendour - Chapter 42

Wei Chongrong thought that Wei Zhao’s so-called accompany Junqing to celebrate the Lantern Festival was that they went to Zhaoyang Hou’s mansion on the fifteenth day to accompany Junqing to eat and chat, but he didn’t expect that Wei Zhao’s plan was to go out and watch. Lantern.

In my last life, I lived in the capital for nearly 20 years. Wei Chongrong has seen the annual Lantern Festival many times.

But it’s just him and Wei Zhao. Junqing has been pregnant for more than eight months, and her body is very inconvenient. There are many people on the street. Will he be willing to go out? Wei Chongrong is skeptical of Wei Zhao’s plan. Attitude, always feel that the feasibility is not high.

But he didn’t want to, Junqing did not reject Wei Zhao’s arrangement, he just asked indifferently: “During the Lantern Festival, the private room in Zhaixinglou had to be booked years ago. If your Highness is on the rise, can you still book a place?”

Zhaixinglou is the most famous restaurant in Yujing. It is located on Zhuque Street and has five floors. It is the tallest building in the city except the palace, and it is also the best place to see lanterns.

During Chinese New Year, not to mention the private rooms on the third floor upstairs, even the banquets in the lobby on the two floors below, you have to make reservations ten days and a half months in advance before you can get them. exaggerate.

Wei Zhao smiled unconcernedly: “Boss Du of Zhaixinglou is a smart man. He won’t book all the private rooms until the last moment. I asked Meng Junda to book a table two days ago. Tell me it’s done.” The Meng Junda he was talking about was the long history of the Qin palace.

Junqing suddenly understood and couldn’t help but smile. It was his negligence. He didn’t expect this level. In the capital where princes are everywhere, it is not surprising that any businessman who has a little wink is not walking on thin ice, cautiously, and reserving private rooms or something.

Seeing that Junqing agreed with his arrangement, Wei Zhao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “Qing’er, you should seize the opportunity to let loose today. In the next month or so, I promise Xin’er will not let you walk out of the room for half a step.”

Junqing pointed and retorted calmly: “Impossible, there are exercises in March, Xin’er is very busy, and can have more than ten days of vacation, even if it is the top.” Wei Zhao was speechless and gave up discussing with Junqing. this problem.

Originally, he still thought that Junqing had just given birth to a child, and he would definitely need someone to accompany him. If Ji Xin was inconvenient to take leave, he would go to intercede with General Xiao Feng of Xicheng. Xiao Feng is the son of Princess Baling and his cousin, so he will definitely give him this face.

Unexpectedly, Junqing hadn’t thought about it yet. He didn’t want to be affectionate, so he had to give it up for the time being. At that time, it would depend on the situation. They would never leave their father and son alone.

Since Junqing has no opinion, Wei Zhao’s plan is naturally passed unanimously. Although Wei Chongrong is not a real child, it is enough to make him excited to be able to celebrate the festival alone with Wei Zhao, instead of being surrounded by irrelevant people like New Year’s Eve.

“Dad, are we just looking at the lanterns upstairs? Shall we go for a walk and set off river lanterns?” In his previous life, except for the two times when Jun Hua accompanied him, Wei Chongrong was in no mood to go to the lantern festival, and no one accompanied him. , It’s really boring. With Wei Zhao this year, it’s different.

Wei Zhao thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: “No, you are not allowed to go to places with many people, the lantern fair is not better than the temple fair, there are more people, it is still at night, it is not a joke if you get lost, and besides, it is crowded and crowded. Means nothing…”

It turned out that he couldn’t go downstairs. Wei Chongrong was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but he was relieved quickly when he thought of Junqing’s body. It’s impossible for him and Wei Zhao to go shopping and leave Junqing alone in the star-picking building. He promised to accompany others for the holidays.

If I can’t go this year, I won’t go. I’ll come again next year. Junhua will be almost a year old by then. Children like colorful and sparkling things the most. If he sees the sea of ​​lights all over the street, he will be happy. Am looking forward to.

Wei Chongrong was about to speak, expressing that he was a kind and considerate child, when he heard Junqing say: “You can go when you have all kinds of diseases, don’t worry about me, but I’m going to set the river lantern, so don’t stop me. .”

Wei Zhao was stunned, but then said: “Qinger is going to put on the river lantern. Let’s go later and find a less secluded place.” Wei Chongrong was dumbfounded, why did he treat him differently from Junqing, his father It’s so unfair.

Because we had to go out to look at the lights, the Zhaoyang Hou Mansion had dinner earlier that day. It was just getting dark. Wei Zhao and Junqing took Wei Chongrong out of the door, got into a spacious carriage, and headed towards Zhaixingxing. Go upstairs.

Suzaku Street is the main street of the capital city of Yujing, where there are usually many merchants and people coming and going. Today is the Lantern Festival, and the lights are brilliant, as bright as day. There are many temporary night market stalls on both sides of the street, selling lanterns, selling food, selling blessing objects, selling handmade products… There are countless. Before the carriage reached the Star Picking Building, Wei Zhao asked the driver to stop three times along the way, bought a pack of walnut cakes for himself, a goldfish lantern for Wei Chongrong, and a pair of peace charms for Junqing.

The horse carriage of Zhaoyang Hou’s Mansion was specially made, the cushions were thick and soft, and it was very comfortable to lie down on.

Wei Zhao couldn’t see his son’s laziness. He lifted him up by the collar and stuffed the lantern he just bought: “Sit upright, if you lie down again, you’ll have to fall asleep.”

Wei Chongrong took the lantern and shook it in his hand. Wei Zhao picked up the walnut cake and asked him, “Do you want to eat some?” Wei Chongrong shook his head, and he asked Junqing, “Qinger, how about you?” Junqing also shook his head.

Wei Zhao sighed, with a melancholy expression on his face, “Life is so lonely, I don’t have a confidant.” Jun Qing and Wei Chongrong looked at each other, neither of them said anything.

When the carriage arrived at the star-picking building, Meng Junda handed over the appointment post. The shopkeeper went out in person, said a few auspicious words, and led them to the private room on the fifth floor.

The private rooms on the fourth and fifth floors of Zhaixing Building can only be booked after Boss Du has spoken. Wei Zhao and the others went out in small clothes, and the shopkeeper looked at them, but he also knew that those who could book a private room on the fifth floor were definitely not ordinary people, so he was very polite to them.

Pushing open the door of the private room, I can see that the interior is elegantly furnished, with incense curling, and the layout is very tasteful. The windows on both sides of the main street and the side alley are open. Standing by the window, you can see half of the capital. The lantern scene is indeed the best place to watch the lanterns.

The shopkeeper greeted Xiao Er for tea. Seeing that Wei Zhao and the others had no other orders, they respectfully retire.

Wei Zhao sat down at the table, took a sip of tea, and called Meng Junda to ask, “Who are the three rooms next door, can you find out?” There are only four private rooms on the fifth floor, so it is possible to meet relatives Too high, Wei Zhao must find out the details.

Meng Junda clasped his fists and said: “His Royal Highness, we are on the left of the Prince of Pingjun, on the right is the Prince of Yong’an, and diagonally opposite is the family of Duke Song.”

Wei Zhao’s expression froze, and he immediately asked, “Have the two concubines come before?” For the time being, Song Guogong’s mansion was on the same level as him.

Meng Junda thought for a while and replied, “Prince Ping’s concubine is here, but Prince Yong’an’s concubine is not here.” Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out of the private room of the king’s family in Pingjun, Wei Zhao met Jiang Che who was leading the two children and was planning to go out.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Che spoke first: “You also came to see the lamp?” Because he did not introduce Wei Zhao’s identity, the two children around him were stunned and a little overwhelmed.

Wei Zhao responded subconsciously, “Rong’er brought him here because he wanted to see the lanterns.”

Jiang Che patted the two children on the shoulders and said with a chuckle, “Children, they all like to watch the fun, so do my two nephews.”

Wei Zhao hooked his lips and smiled: “If that’s the case, you can go quickly, Rong’er is still waiting for me in the room.” After speaking, he hurried back to the room without waiting for Jiang Che to speak.

Jiang Che was stunned for a while, and at the urging of the two children, he led them downstairs.

Wei Zhao returned to the private room, still feeling a little uneasy, Jun Qing was peeling oranges for Wei Chongrong, without looking at him, and said softly: “If you keep breaking, you will be disturbed instead.”

Wei Zhao glanced at him, but did not speak for a while. Indeed, when it comes to matters related to Jiang Che, he is too sloppy and not at all straightforward.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and there were more and more lanterns on the street, as well as dragon dancers and iron flowers…

Wei Chongrong was lying by the window, dizzying to see. Wei Zhao and Junqing were chatting together, and feeding Wei Chongrong while talking, making his eyes too busy and his mouth too busy.

After seeing it, Wei Chongrong was a little sleepy, but Wei Zhao had no intention of leaving, and his gentleness was even more sedentary.

Wei Zhao saw his son rubbing his eyes from time to time, knowing that he was about to fall asleep, so he picked him up: “Rong’er is sleepy, just sleep for a while, and when it’s time to put out the river lantern, Daddy will wake you up.”

Wei Chongrong nodded vaguely, closed his eyes obediently, and fell asleep after a while.

Junqing said with a little apology: “It’s all because of me, otherwise you can go back.” His body is inconvenient, and he must wait until the crowd disperses to put on the river lanterns.

Wei Zhao didn’t want to wake up his son, so he lowered his voice a little: “Between you and me, I’m still talking about this, believe it or not, I’ll take care of you…” Since childhood, Junqing has rarely been polite to him. Habit.

“I don’t believe it!” Jun Qing’s tone was obviously rising. Wei Zhao’s words are probably not a joke, but he is like this, how can he deal with him, he is a fool to believe his words.

Just as Wei Zhao was about to speak, he suddenly heard cheers coming from outside the door. He listened attentively. It turned out that the puzzle guessing activity of Zhaixinglou had begun, and he was busy letting people open the inward windows.

Waiting is also boring, it is better to have fun with the people, and the quality of the lanterns in the Zhaixinglou is not inferior to the palace lanterns, and the appearance is novel and beautiful, he will win two Wei Chongrong back, he must be crazy.

Junqing’s idea is similar to Wei Zhao’s. He is also looking for something to pass the time, otherwise he will be sleepy if he waits any longer.

The Star Picking Tower is not so much a building, its essence is more similar to a tower. Starting from the second floor, it is hollow, and guests on the upper three floors can see the high platform in the center of the second floor.

There are a total of twelve lanterns for gifts, all of which are tied with ropes, slowly rise, and then slowly descend… Repeat this, so that guests on each floor can clearly see the lantern riddles posted under the lanterns.

The twelve lanterns have their own characteristics, but the most eye-catching one is a revolving lantern, each of which is a story, not a folklore, but the eight most famous generals of Dayan and them since the founding of the country. Among them are Ji Qing and Jun Lin.

Wei Zhao immediately decided that he wanted the lamp, but the word puzzle: Three mountains are from three mountains, and the mountains are willing to hang upside down. Month after month, month after month. Left and right rows of double feathers, vertical and horizontal rows of two rivers. There are six members of the family, and the two are not reunited. He read it over and over several times, but he couldn’t guess what the word was. Thinking that Junqing’s reading seems to be more serious than himself, Wei Zhao turned to look at him: “Qinger, do you know how?”

Junqing was stunned for a moment and shook his head gently. Like Wei Zhao, he had no interest in poetry and poetry, so let him guess the riddle and how to guess it.

The lanterns are not worth the money, but they are unique. There are not many young children in the family. If the answer is correct, the lamp will be taken off and sent.

Gradually, there were fewer and fewer lanterns, but Wei Zhao was at a loss. Why did he have to guess lantern riddles? It would be better to change the way of playing. Like throwing a pot, he would never lose.

The revolving lantern is the last lamp left, which shows that it is not small, but Wei Zhao has given up any hope for it.

In the end, when Wei Zhao saw Xiao Er put down the rope and took it off, Wei Zhao felt regretful at the same time. Wei Chongrong fell asleep and didn’t know about the guessing and giving the lamp.

Junqing saw Wei Zhao’s depressed expression, and suddenly wondered if he should make up for the poetry and songs, otherwise his son would fall in love with lanterns in the future, and he wouldn’t be able to guess what to do with the riddles. It’s unrealistic to expect Ji Xin. of.

Just as the two of them were thinking about it, someone knocked on the door, and the accompanying attendant walked to the window and saw that it was the second child of Zhaixinglou, carrying the revolving lantern that had just been taken off in his hand, saying that it was for them.

The attendant was obviously stunned for a moment. Neither the prince nor the prince could guess the riddle, and they didn’t hand over the answer, so they asked Xiao Er if he made a mistake. Xiao Er hurriedly said no, the note with the answer was written with their room number, there was no mistake.

Feeling that something was wrong, the attendant reported it to Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao was dumbfounded when he heard the news. He had thought that the lantern was given to him by someone else, but the only people who knew that he came to Zhaixinglou were the people from the two palaces next door. Jiang Che went out with his nephew, so it wouldn’t be him; the king of Pingjun, Weichang, was not as good as himself, but he was helped by experts around him. Weichang’s son was about the same age as Wei Chongrong, so he definitely wouldn’t want this lantern; think about it Go, it could only be the Duke of Song’s house diagonally opposite the door. Their news is really well-informed.

The attendant repeatedly confirmed with Xiao Er, and accepted the lamp after confirming that it was correct. Wei Zhao held the revolving lantern. Not only did he have no sense of achievement, but he felt very frustrated. What others gave and what he guessed was really far from what he had guessed.

Seeing that it was almost time, the crowd on the street slowly dispersed. Wei Zhao woke up Wei Chongrong and prepared to take him to set the river lantern. When Wei Chongrong woke up and saw the revolving lantern, he was quite surprised, clutching it tightly in his hand, his big eyes twinkling.

To put the river lantern to Yushui River, it is not far from Zhaixing Building, and it will arrive in less than half a quarter of an hour. Because they arrived late, the river was already full of lotus lanterns, and the words of blessing were written on red paper sprinkled with gold.

Wei Chongrong had let go of the river lantern twice before, but his wish did not come true, so he stopped letting it go, but today, he will definitely let it go.

There was a stall selling lotus lanterns by the Yushui River. Wei Zhao and others went over and bought one each.

Seeing that they were well dressed, the stall owner warmly introduced: “Several guest officials, do you want to write a red note, or blank, the shop has pen and ink, you can…”

Before the stall owner could finish speaking, Wei Zhao raised his hand and said, “Of course I wrote it myself, you just need to provide your pen and ink.”

Junqing was the first to write, Wei Chongrong leaned over to take a look, he only wrote four words, and the family is safe. Wei Zhao tapped him on the head: “What are you looking at? You recognize all the characters? If you are not ready to write your own, if there are words that you can’t write, don’t draw circles.”

Wei Chongrong stared back in disapproval. Although he lacked strength in his hands, the words he wrote were not very good-looking, but a shameful thing like drawing circles would never happen.

Wei Zhao ignored Wei Chongrong and started writing as soon as he picked up the pen. He wrote “Guotai and Min’an” in one go. Wei Chongrong was speechless when he saw it. He just put on the river lantern. Is this wish too big? Wei Su or Wei Ming should write it.

Seeing Wei Chongrong’s delay in writing, Wei Zhao urged, “Rong’er, write quickly, it’s getting late when the river lanterns are set.”

Wei Chongrong thought about it and finally wrote “Everything goes well”. He had too many wishes, and it was inappropriate to write any sentence. Only this sentence could sum it all up.

Wei Zhao and Junqing couldn’t help laughing when they read what he wrote. This little thing is really greedy enough to want “everything goes well”.

Write the note paper, put the note paper into the selected lotus lantern, put the lantern in the river, and float away along the water. Even if the process of placing the river lantern is half finished, the remaining half is naturally fetching the lantern. Just downstream.

Junqing insisted on putting out the lamp by himself, but he was inconvenient, so he was supported by Wei Zhao, and he also knelt down halfway before he put the lamp out. On the other hand, Wei Chongrong, who put the lotus lantern on himself, did not ask Wei Zhao to help.

“Qing’er, we are not in a hurry, let’s walk slowly, anyway, it’s not for us to find the lantern.” Wei Zhao saw the fine beads of sweat on Junqing’s forehead, and walked slowly with him, saying as he walked.

Junqing made a sound of “um”, noncommittal to his words. Wei Chongrong was held by Meng Junda and walked behind them, holding the beautiful revolving lantern in his hand.

Downstream, there are already many people fishing for lanterns by the river. Wei Chongrong took a fancy to a phoenix-shaped lantern from afar, and Meng Junda helped him find it, but he couldn’t find it twice. Wei Zhao jumped up, stepped on the water, and helped him retrieve the lantern, and there was warm applause from the shore.

Wei Chongrong impatiently took out the paper from the lamp, but when he saw “Get what you want” written on it, he couldn’t help laughing. “Everything goes well” against “get what you want”, it seems that his luck this year will be very good.

Junqing took a fancy to a simple and elegant white lotus lantern, but this time he didn’t force it, and asked Wei Zhao to help him pick up the lantern. Junqing took out the paper and wrote “I would like to be a winged bird in the sky, and I would like to be a connecting branch on the ground”.

The gentleman’s feelings are still fascinated, Wei Zhao smiled and said: “Although it is not the Qixi Festival, but this sentence is also suitable for the occasion.” Wei Chongrong wisely chose to keep his mouth shut, this is not the content for him to speak.

Wei Zhao then scooped up a golden lotus lantern with the words “Qin Se and Ming” inside. Wei Zhao’s face darkened immediately, and he couldn’t help laughing and crying. He didn’t plan to get married anymore. Who could go with “Qinse and Ming”, really, it’s not reliable at all, okay?

At this moment, a yin and yang strange voice came from behind them: “Some people are embarrassed in wars, but they are very good at deceiving people. First, they grab the private room that people reserved, and then grab the lanterns that people guessed…”