"Wow, look, it's a big star flying!"

Countless people around the square saw this strange lantern that had never been seen before, and tens of thousands of people began to exclaim.

"This must be the heavenly lantern of blessing as mentioned in the newspapers!" A nimble-minded scribe shouted in surprise.

"It must be good, the sky lantern is going to fly to the heavenly court to pray for the blessing of the emperor and the gods in the sky, I will kowtow soon!"

"Yes, yes, kowtow to the sky lantern and pray that the gods in the sky can bless our family and others with safety!"

"Pray that the gods will bless my whole family with peace and security!"

"Pray to the gods to bless me with a fortune next year!"

"Pray that the gods will bless me to pick up a beautiful little lady tonight!"

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In all kinds of strange prayers, tens of thousands of people knelt down densely around the square, and as the Kong Ming lantern flew higher and higher, soon the entire streets and alleys of Xianyang had seen this lantern rising dozens of feet high, and the crowd on the street knelt down in pieces and began to chant all kinds of blessing words excitedly.

"It's really amazing, a small fire candle can actually make the lantern fly, Qinghe Hou really has magical powers!" Feng Qu looked up at Kong Minglan, who was flying higher and farther in the night sky, pulling his beard and muttering to himself with a sluggish face.

And the emperor and Meng Yi and a group of imperial concubines and princesses were all the same, all with all kinds of sluggish expressions on their faces, all looking up at the lights in the sky.

"Your Majesty, you can also put the blessing lantern in your hand, and the hundred lanterns will be in the air together, which will not only add a celebratory atmosphere to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also let millions of people in Xianyang know Your Majesty's intention to pray for the peace of the country and the people!" Chen Xu withdrew his eyes and smiled at Qin Shi Huang and arched his hand.

"Yes, yes, all of you Aiqing will fly together to pray for the blessing of the sky lantern, and pray that the gods in the sky will bless me with the peace of the Great Qin Kingdom!" Qin Shi Huang came back to his senses, and his face became extremely surprised.

After the emperor completely shook off the lantern in his hand and took it, Chen Xu helped light the candle in the hanging basket, waited for the silk bag to slowly swell, and instructed the emperor to slowly let go.

After the emperor's Kong Ming lantern floated up, Meng Yi and Feng Quji's lanterns had also been lit, and under the guidance of Chen Xu, they slowly let go, and the three lanterns flew one after another and slowly crossed the roof of the court hall, and then a group of imperial concubines and princesses and the lanterns of Shui Qingwen Ying Shiyan and others also began to light the candles, which slowly rose in the slight night breeze, and soon hundreds of Kong Ming lanterns rose from the center of the square like a brilliant lamp, flying into the sky in the cool night, The stars and moon above the night form a magnificent and beautiful brilliant illumination.

And after this dense light flew up, the noisy tourists of the whole Xianyang all knelt on the ground, watching this unprecedented spectacle from all directions, and excitedly kowtowed and chanted a variety of different prayers.

In the center of the square, the First Emperor, Chen Xu and others all looked up at the Kong Ming lanterns flying higher and farther in the sky, all with different expressions, and no one spoke, and some women also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to pray for blessings like ordinary tourists, muttering something that others could not hear.

After more than ten minutes, many Kong Ming lanterns had already flickered and disappeared under the canopy, and some burned into a ball of fire in the air and burst into bright flames before falling.

"It's truly spectacular, I hope the gods can see my thoughts!" Nearly half an hour later, there was hardly a single Kong Ming lantern in the sky, and Qin Shi Huang withdrew his eyes and let out a long breath.

"Sincerity is spirituality, Your Majesty is the emperor of the world, and the gods will definitely be able to see what you do!" Chen Xu slapped a sycophant without any traces.

"What the Marquis of Qinghe said is that Your Majesty is majestic and strategic, and has achieved an unprecedented imperial cause, and Daqin will inevitably prosper, and this blessing sky lantern will definitely be able to fly to the sky!"

"Pray for blessings on a moonlit night today, and all the people witness this magnificent spectacle, the lights shine with the stars and the moon, which is really a sign of prosperity!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Meng Yi and Feng Quji, as well as all the princes, all bowed their hands to Qin Shi Huang together.

"Haha, good, good, after praying, you Aiqing will go with me to watch the lantern riddle!" Qin Shi Huang happily held Chen Xu in one hand and led Ziying in the other hand to the lantern riddle area at the edge of the square.

At this time, after watching the blessing lanterns, the people of Xianyang who have finished kowtowing and praying have also gotten up from the ground one after another, carrying lanterns and leading their families to start visiting the lantern festival to see the floats, Xianyang City, which has been quiet for half an hour, is noisy and lively again, and the lights of the streets and alleys have resumed the beginning of the liveliness.

Hundreds of lanterns hung from simple wooden shelves, each with a piece of hemp paper taped to it, and on each piece of paper was a riddle written on it.

These riddles are varied, there are guessing words, there are guessing things, and guessing place names and allusions, in general, the riddles are relatively straightforward, because after all, riddles are not flourishing at the moment, and they are all hastily thought up, and they will not be very rigorous and profound.

The forbidden army retreated everywhere, although the emperor intended to have fun with the people, but he would definitely not put himself in danger, the forbidden army blocked the crowd of onlookers watching the lantern riddles out of ten zhang, and there were many forbidden troops in civilian clothes mixed in the crowd, and some people carried sharp weapons such as blades and bows and arrows with bad intentions, and the five hundred Xuanwu guards were masked guards, like a black tide wrapped the emperor and the three Shangqing in it.

Qin Shi Huang looked at a lantern in front of him, which read: White, tender and soft, guess the food.

Chen Xu, Meng Yi and Feng Qujian stood next to them and did not speak.

"White and soft...... Food ......" Qin Shi Huang tugged at his beard and stared at the lantern in contemplation, and after a moment, he turned his head to look at Chen Xu and the others, "The three Aiqing and guessed what this is?" ”

Chen Xu smiled and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister has guessed!" ”

"Hehe, the old minister has already guessed it!" Feng Qujian smiled.

"This is a common thing in the diet, it is not magical, and the minister has already guessed it!" Meng Yi nodded.

"Yes, this riddle is indeed not difficult, but it is a tofu ear, I don't know if I guessed correctly?" Qin Shi Huang smiled and looked at a young scribe guarding the lantern and said.

"Your Majesty guessed it, the riddle of this lantern riddle is tofu!" The young scribe saluted excitedly.

Qin Shi Huang stretched out his hand happily, "I guess if I can give me the riddle, the lantern and the reward!" ”

The young scribe was stunned for a moment, quickly took off the lantern, and handed it to the emperor respectfully with both hands: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for winning the lantern festival, and the minister feels extremely honored!" ”

"Haha!" Qin Shi Huang took the lantern and held it in his hand, said a reward to the attendant who followed him, and then happily walked to the next lantern.

"Whew, what a blessing! Thankfully, the puzzle is simple. Watching the emperor leave with a group of people, the young scribe was extremely nervous to wipe his sweat with his sleeve, and then looked at a yellow and clear gold cake the size of a finger in his hand and instantly smiled.

Guess the lantern riddle, there are only ten dollars in it, and the result is two hundred dollars in a blink of an eye, this is a good deal, and you can go to Quyuan to visit the kiln later.

The second riddle: the sun sets, guess a word.

"This is the word of the year!" Qin Shi Huang guessed the answer to the riddle at a glance, and then got another lantern and handed it to Ziying beside him.

The third puzzle: half in spring and autumn, guess the name of a country.

"This riddle is simple, Ziying will guess!" Qin Shi Huang pointed to the lantern riddle and said to Ziying.

Ziying stood on tiptoe for a long time, and after thinking nervously, he arched his hand and said: "Grandpa Huang, grandson guesses that this is a Qin character, so the riddle is my Qin country!" ”

"His Royal Highness Ziying is really smart!" Meng Yi and Feng nodded at the same time.

"Haha, the baby is good, I'm very pleased!" Qin Shi Huang also touched his beard and nodded with a smile.

Hundreds of lantern riddles, most of them are very simple, at the beginning several emperors stopped next to each other to watch and guess, and sometimes let the concubines and princesses who followed also guess, so after walking a short distance, a group of people have already carried seven or eight lanterns in their hands, and the chatting and laughing wind is very lively, because these princesses live in the palace on weekdays, it is difficult to have the opportunity to go out and go shopping with ordinary people like this, and they have never participated in such interesting activities at night, so they are very enthusiastic and excited.

Soon half an hour passed, and the emperor no longer went to watch every riddle, and many people who knew the riddle at a glance did not go to join in the fun, because there were still the general public who did not participate, and the royal family could not take these lanterns back to the palace, so this grand party with the people was meaningless.

An hour later, after seeing all the lantern riddles, the emperor took the car to the street to watch the floats, everywhere the lights were bright and the flow of people was surging, where the people knelt on the ground to cheer and greet, the emperor sat in the car and was also very happy, from time to time he also stretched out his hand to wave to the people, and when he arrived, the full moon had risen in the air, with the sound of several melodious bronze bells in the palace, there were fireworks outside the four city gates in the southeast and northwest of Xianyang City at the same time, and the colorful and brilliant fireworks bloomed in the deep and quiet night sky, and the fireworks of the god thunder, It also pushed the celebration of the mid-autumn night to a climax, and the bustling people cheered and the noise resounded on both sides of the Wei River.

Late at night, although the people who parade the streets are still full of interest, but the lantern riddles have almost all been guessed away, the fireworks have long been dispersed, most of the people drag their families home to rest, and at the same time, the Quyuan Cottage is more lively, a large number of idlers who like nightlife begin to flock to the large and small Quyuan Cottage to listen to the songs, drink and supper, especially the Qinghe Garden, the lanterns are brightly lit, countless luxury carriages come in and out, not only the Qinghe Hotel has gathered countless rich businessmen who eat, drink and feast, The Qinghe Theater is even more crowded, with audiences holding tickets coming in and out in groups, and the silk and bamboo songs and dances inside never stop from sunset to midnight, and it is estimated that it will be noisy all night.

After the fireworks were over, Chen Xu had already returned to the Hou Mansion with his family.

This kind of festival celebration is simply a grand occasion in the eyes of the people of Daqin, but in Chen Xu's opinion, it is not enough, except for the fireworks, everything is simple and unbearable, and the so-called bright lights and the neon night scene of the city in later generations are not the same concept at all.

Poverty and backwardness are still the most obvious characteristics of this era, and they will not change much in a few decades.

"The white arboreal crow in the atrium, the cold dew is silent and wet osmanthus. Tonight, the moon is bright, and I don't know whose house the autumn thoughts are. ”

After washing, Chen Xu stood in the courtyard and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

Seeing the moon and thinking about people, Chen Xu suddenly felt an inexplicable loneliness and melancholy.

"Husband's poem is a little sad, maybe he wants to go back to visit his parents!" Shui gently walked to him in a black dress, her body was light and her cheeks were like jade, and she was holding a bamboo flute in her hand, which was given to her by Chen Xu in Xiaohe Village.

"Sort of!" Chen Xu stretched out his hand and gently took the water into his arms.

"Xi'er is already old, it's good for us to accompany our husband back to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law this year!" The water gently hugged Chen Xu's back and comforted him softly.

"Indeed, last year's things were complicated, and Xi'er was still too young to stand the fatigue of thousands of miles, but this year everything is going well, and we will go back to Xiaohe Village after winter!" Chen Xu nodded.

Although Shui Qingyi is intelligent, she doesn't know that what he actually misses is not exactly Xiaohecun's parents, but his parents in his previous life.

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, he had traveled to this era for almost six years, and after that car accident, he could not imagine the pain and grief of his parents after losing his only son.

Today's people don't see the ancient times and the moon, but this month once looked like the ancients.

And this sentence is now going backwards to say, this full moon in the sky, I don't know if the parents of future generations can see it, whether they still have the heart to eat moon cakes, and miss their son who has long been turned to ashes.

"Husband, let's dance a song and dance for you gently!" Shui raised his head softly and looked at Chen Xu with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"It's okay, I haven't watched the lady's singing and dancing for a long time, today the Mid-Autumn Festival is full, let the husband take a look at whether the lady's singing and dancing are as beautiful as the Chang'e fairy in the Guanghan Palace!" Chen Xu gently stroked the faint scar on Shui's soft and smooth cheeks and nodded.

"When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky, I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight......"

A soft figure sings and dances under the moonlight, the bamboo flute in the hand swings with layers of ghosting, the delicate body in the skirt flying in the night rotates, the beautiful song flows under the moonlight like water, and spreads far away in the quiet night.

Shui is very devoted, and being able to sing and dance for the man she loves and respects may be the best way for her to relieve the melancholy in his heart now.

Looking at the delicate figure of singing and dancing, Chen Xu's mind slowly calmed down, many people and many things, what they have experienced will become the past forever, whether it is the parents who are separated by two lifetimes, or Wang Qingsleeve who has never returned, or the dead Jiang Chuyue, they can only turn into an unforgettable memory and attachment.

It is easy to come and go and difficult to travel in the world for decades, and it is easy to gather and difficult to gather the eternal sorrows of love and hate.

Life is only a few decades in the world, and cherishing the present is the most important thing for him to do.

In the melodious and elegant singing, Ying Shiyan blew out the lights and stood in front of the window of her room in a daze, looking at the woman singing and dancing in the moonlight and the lonely man looking up at the full moon, a tear slowly fell down in her eyes, this man seemed to be a soul of hers, integrated into her blood, no one could replace it, but this man was like this moonlight through a layer of thin veil and hazy and hazy to see clearly, and he couldn't see the mystery and loneliness in his heart.

In the other room, the lights were also dark.

Meng Wan sat on the chair next to the bed in a daze, holding a new coat with a novel style in her hand and listening to the singing outside the window, the cold moonlight shone in through the window, as if this window separated two different worlds, can never be fused together, she will never feel that she can touch the depths of Chen Xu's heart, marrying a woman, the girl's thoughts slowly turned into a deep attachment, can not escape, but there is a loneliness and loneliness.

But no matter what, she already has him, compared to Jiang Chuyue, compared to Wang Qingsleeve, compared to her mother, and compared to the tens of thousands of concubines and palace maids in the palace, she is the happiest woman in the world.

Because he does not care about the eyes of the world, so that they can do what they like, and give full play to their talents under his care and love.

She is even a little jealous and envious of Fan Caiying, who can become the woman in charge of the financial lifeline of Daqin, even the emperor and father have repeatedly mentioned and praised it, whether it is a prince or a wealthy businessman, she will salute respectfully when she sees Fan Caiying, this honor is a model for women in the world.

Maybe one day, she will be able to spread the clothes she designed to the entire Great Qin, so that everyone in the world will know that the wife of Qinghe Hou is the best woman in the world.

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