My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Zhang Ruoxu picked up the riddle, looked at it over and over, and exclaimed: "This riddle is really interesting. This year's winner is probably Chang Langjun's poem riddle."

"No, no." Chang An said quickly, "This was written by a lady of outstanding talent, not by me. I just borrowed it."

Zhang Ruoxu glanced at Gu Li who was standing next to Chang An, nodded, and said, "I see..."

Gu Li also noticed Zhang Ruoxu's gaze and knew that he had misunderstood. He quickly said, "Mr. Zhang has misunderstood. This riddle was not written by me."

Zhang Ruoxu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. For now, let's not worry about who wrote this riddle."

"Mr. Chang, you want to take your beloved wife out shopping this time, I won't bother you any more."

"Mr. Zhang, goodbye."

Chang An and Gu Li bowed to Zhang Ruoxu again, then mounted their horses, carried their young wives onto the horses, and finally nodded slightly to Zhang Ruoxu before continuing their shopping.

There are many workers on the street, and there are also some small vendors moving around on the street.

At this time, Chang An rode his horse to the vendor, took out some copper coins, and said, "Doctor, I want a string of candied haws."

"Okay!" The vendor took the copper coin, reached out and took out a string of candied haws, and handed it over with a smile on his face.

Chang An bent down to take the candied haws, then put it in Gu Li's little hand and continued to ride away.

"Shall we go to East Market now?" Chang An asked.

"Hmm..." Gu Li stuffed a candied haws in his mouth, responded, and then raised the candied haws, put it in front of Chang An, and said, "Chang Lang, eat too."

Chang An certainly would not refuse Gu Li's kindness, so he took the candied haws, bit off one, and put it back in Gu Li's hand. Then he asked:

"Mother Gu, how did you know the answer to that poem riddle?"

"Because there are two words in it that tell me." Gu Li replied.

"Which two words?"

"The word 'language' and the word 'emotion'." Gu Li replied: "Language is related to rain, the rain when it rains, and emotion is related to sunshine, the sunshine when it is sunny. Isn't it the umbrella that lifts you up on rainy days but separates you on sunny days?"

"Mrs. Gu is so amazing that she can even solve Chang Lang's riddle." Chang An leaned over slightly and kissed Gu Li on the head.

"It's not that great." After receiving the compliment, Gu Li was very satisfied and nuzzled in Chang An's arms again.

He rode his horse to the Li's cloth shop in the East Market. As soon as he saw Chang An coming, a clerk came up to him enthusiastically: "Mr. Chang, Madam Gu, are you here to buy cloth today?"

Chang An nodded and said as he dismounted, "I'm bringing Gu Niang here to buy some new clothes."

The waiter also came forward in time and took the reins of the horse. After Chang An carried Gu Li off the horse, he led the horse to the side.

As soon as Chang An and Gu Li entered the cloth shop, Li Mengjuan saw them and walked up to them enthusiastically, bowing and greeting them: "Mr. Chang, Madam Gu, what are you going to buy today?"

"I want to buy some new clothes for my mother Gu." Chang An replied.

"New clothes?" Li Mengjuan glanced at Gu Li beside her meaningfully, "Please follow me, both of you..."

Li Mengjuan brought Chang An and Gu Li to the racks selling ready-made clothes and said with a smile, "All the clothes displayed here are newly made by the embroiderers in the past two days."

"These newly made clothes are because the Lantern Festival is approaching. Some ladies may come to buy new clothes so that they can go out to enjoy the lanterns, so we made a lot of new clothes. I wonder which one Mr. Chang and Ms. Gu like?"

Chang An then pulled Gu Li's hand and said lovingly, "Mother Gu, go pick something you like."

Gu Li nodded, took a few steps forward, and began to pick carefully. At this time, Li Mengjuan came to Chang An's side, and he took the opportunity to ask:

"The piece of plum blossoms and snow that my mother Gu wore last time was made here by you, right?"

"That's right. Madam Gu said it was for Chang Langjun to wear on his birthday." Li Mengjuan also replied in a low voice, "I wonder if Chang Langjun likes it?"

Chang An raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but think of what happened on his birthday, and then replied: "I like it very much."

"That's great." Li Mengjuan smiled, "I remember that the dress was tailor-made according to Mr. Chang's preferences. I have to say, I'm a little envious."

Chang An smiled and shook her head, waving her hands without responding to Li Mengjuan's somewhat ambiguous words. She had no choice but to stop talking and returned to her original position.

At this time, Gu Li had also picked out a piece of clothing. He turned around and asked Chang An, "Chang Lang, how do you like this piece of clothing?"

Chang An looked at the clothes in Gu Li's hand. It was a scarlet dress with a scarlet rupa (a kind of embroidery) on the outside. The rupa was embroidered with auspicious clouds with silk thread, and the dress was embellished with some petal-like patterns.

"It looks good." Chang An nodded with a smile.

When he heard that Chang An thought it looked good, Gu Li handed the dress to Li Mengjuan and said, "Madam Li, I want this one, is that okay?"

"Of course." Li Mengjuan took the clothes, handed them to the maid beside her, and asked her to pack them up.

"Now that we've bought it, let's go." Chang An said.

"Where should I buy it?" Gu Li said as he pulled Chang An to various hangers. Unlike the hangers just now, the hangers here were all filled with men's clothing.

"Chang Lang hasn't bought new clothes yet, so how can we say he has finished shopping?" Gu Li said as he stretched out his hand to look at the clothes hangers, his eyes scanning one hanger after another.

Finally, Gu Li's eyes stopped at a white robe. She reached out and took out the robe, then placed it in front of Chang An, and after comparing them back and forth, her eyebrows curved.

"Madam Li, wrap this one too!"

"Okay." Li Mengjuan then signaled a maid to come up and take the robe.

Now all the things were bought. After Chang An paid the silver, Gu Li took all the clothes. When he was about to leave, Chang An saw the poem hanging on the side, which was written with the poem he wrote with Wang Wei at that time.

He didn't linger on her for too long, but took Gu Li home directly.

After returning home and having dinner, Gu Li and Chang An went to take a bath one after another. After taking a bath, Chang An held Gu Li in his arms, and then took the lantern she gave him this afternoon, and seemed to be reluctant to let it go.

"Chang Lang likes this lantern very much, right?" Gu Li also stretched out his slender fingers and fiddled with the lantern a few times.

"Of course," Chang An said, "This is a surprise given to me by Gu Niang. Of course I like it very much."

"But the Lantern Festival will be released in two days, so the gift that Gu Niang gave me will be gone."

Gu Li thought about it for a moment and said, "Then I will buy Chang Lang another lantern, so we don't need to put this one up. How about that?"

"Okay." Chang An smiled and patted Gu Li on the face. "It seems that the lanterns haven't been released tomorrow night?"

"Then let's go out and walk around the street tomorrow night to see if there's anything interesting, okay?"

Chang An suggested, and Gu Li said, "Okay! The ban will be lifted tomorrow night, and Chang Lang and I can go to the street to see if there is anything interesting."

"Has Chang Lang ever gone out to see the lanterns before?"

"No, I seem to have spent the Lantern Festival in Pingkangfang before, or I would read in my room." Chang An "searched" through the memories of the original owner in his mind and found that this drunkard really liked to go to Pingkangfang to drink.

"Not to mention that it happened the year before last. Gu Niang also knew about the Lantern Festival the year before last..."

Gu Li nodded and said, "It's okay. I'll take Chang Lang out for a look tomorrow. Chang Lang can't just stay at home and study, and he can't just go out and drink."

"Then Madam Gu, you must take good care of me, otherwise he will fall into the water again." Chang An put the lantern back on the table, then moved Gu Li in his arms so that she could see his face.

Gu Li pouted and said, "Then I will save Chang Lang again."

"Save her again?" Chang An smiled, "But Gu Niang's lung disease hasn't healed yet. What if it gets worse?"

"But we can't let Chang Lang fall into the water," Gu Li said, "Chang Lang must stand by my side at all times, otherwise I might not be able to save him if he falls into the water."

Chang An found it a little funny to see that she was really planning for him to fall into the water tomorrow night, and said, "Mother Gu has made such a meticulous arrangement. I'm afraid she really wants your Chang Lang to fall into the water, right?!"

"Chang Lang brought it up first, so I can only go along with it." Gu Li frowned and said, "It was Chang Lang who felt that he would fall into the water, and he blamed me."

Chang An smiled and kissed her twice on the mouth, then said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. Your hair is almost dry now, shall we go to bed, Mother Gu?"

"That's better." Gu Li said as he moved out of Chang An's arms and went to blow out the candles.

The next day, Chang An not only ordered the kitchen servants to prepare meals, but also asked them to prepare glutinous rice balls. After dinner and taking the medicine, Gu Li began to dress herself up, took out the box, and put on the diamond hairpin that she had only worn once. She checked her clothes again, and only then did she feel relatively satisfied.

"Are you ready, Mother Gu?" Chang An asked, standing at the door.

"All right!"

As he said that, Gu Li stood up from the dressing table and came to Chang An. After he tied his cloak on her, they led each other out of Chang's house.

It was already the hour of Xu, and the sky was completely dark, but standing at the gate of Chang's house, the lights were brightly lit not far away. Chang An took Gu Li out of Anrenfang, and the Suzaku Street was already crowded with people.

Looking up at the sky, all kinds of lanterns have been hung up, illuminating the originally dim streets. At this moment, the entire Chang'an city is as bright as day - the sounds of hawking, cheering, and playing are endless.

Chang An raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the real Tang Dynasty City that Never Sleeps..."