Prince Xiao An opened the letter and read it carefully.

The content of the letter is about Lin Qingyang.

Long before Lin Qingyang came to Beijing, Prince Xiao An sent people to the east to conduct a detailed investigation of his cousin whom he had never met.

When she first met her in the palace, the Queen Mother's reactions were enough to prove that Lin Qingyang looked very similar to her aunt. However, if she wanted to return to Beijing in the past 16 years, she could have done so long ago. The case of her aunt's husband's family was overturned, and the Prime Minister could have found them. Why did she return to Beijing at this time? Combined with everything that Lin Qingyang encountered when she returned to Beijing, I always felt that Lin Qingyang knew something fatal, and maybe she didn't even know what she knew.

Prince Xiao An read the letter carefully, then folded it, put it back into the envelope, and put it back in his coat pocket.

"Go down!" Xiao An Dynasty waved his hand at the messenger and asked him to leave.

The third day of March is the Shangsi Festival, which has been highly valued since ancient times. People go to the waterside in groups to bathe, ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, offer sacrifices and feast, drink wine from winding streams, and enjoy spring outings in the suburbs.

During the Shangsi Festival in Jin Dynasty, the streets are exceptionally prosperous and romantic. Men and women travel together, and when they meet someone they like, they give each other sachets.

As night fell, Zhuang Weining took Lin Qingyang to the busiest place in the city to watch the lights.

On March 3rd, families with girls who are coming of age will choose this day to hold their coming-of-age ceremony. If the family is wealthy, it will take it very seriously. At night, there will be lights and fireworks, and it will be very lively.

The last time Lin Qingyang went out alone, she had to be very careful. This time, with Zhuang Weining around and guards following behind her, the two of them felt a lot more at ease.

Zhuang Weining pulled Lin Qingyang through the crowd, and soon they came to a stage that was surrounded by people.

"This is the richest family in Beijing, the Tao family. Their youngest daughter is coming of age today, and now they are giving their daughter some money!"

Zhuang Weining told Lin Qingyang the story.

Lin Qingyang looked at the two lantern walls on the stage in front of her. She was wondering what Zhuang Weining meant by "distributing wealth" when she saw a man coming out from the stage and explaining the use of the lantern walls.

It turned out that there were some puzzles placed in the lanterns. If you answered the questions in the lanterns correctly, you would get one or two taels of silver.

Lin Qingyang counted the lanterns on the lantern wall. There were ten lanterns on each side. Twenty lanterns meant twenty taels of silver, which was indeed "spending money".

Just as he was sighing, a member of the Tao family pushed up a giant lantern and said that anyone who guessed the question on the wall of the lantern would be eligible to guess the riddle of the giant lantern and would be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.

"The Tao family is so rich!" some people around sighed.

The people on the stage took out lanterns one by one, and the people around them excitedly guessed the "riddles", some of which were right and some were wrong.

Lin Qingyang and Zhuang Weining were watching others answer questions from the audience.

Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang don't like to "show off" in front of others, so it's best to let the person who needs the money answer.

Although Lin Qingyang and Zhuang Weining didn't like to answer, they still liked to watch the fun from the audience.

The questions are not difficult, and some people just join in the fun and make some money.

Some people went on stage to answer questions just to prove how "smart" they are, like Su Siyan.

"Little boy with long legs,

Playing the flute into the bridal chamber.

I love safflower wine.

Clapping hands means death.

Hit an insect

"What is this?" No one could guess the riddle for a long time. People around were talking about it, and the people on the stage were whispering.

"It's a mosquito." Su Siyan on the stage had already answered a question. No one guessed the answer to this question, so Su Siyan answered another question.

"This Su Siyan is quite smart."

Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang spoke from the audience.

After the twenty puzzles on the stage were solved, a dozen people stood on the stage, waiting to guess the final puzzle.

The servant on the stage pushed the large lantern forward and took out a scroll of words from it. The riddle was clearly written on it:

"When I was young,

When big, small.

Gradually grow bigger,

Missed.

Hit a thing in the water

The people on the stage frowned, puzzled. They just didn't know what the thing in the water meant. Was it something that grew in the water, or something that was placed in the water?

Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang memorized the riddle and waited for an incense stick of time, but no one guessed it.

The crowd gradually dispersed. Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang walked forward, preparing to go to the river to watch the lights. After walking a few steps, they met Su Siyan, Lin Meir and the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Ping'an.

The two people wanted to avoid them, but who would have thought that the concubine's son of Marquis Ping'an had sharp eyes and took the initiative to greet them.

There are many people here today, and the concubine of Marquis Ping'an seems to be a different person from the one I saw on the mountain.

Lin Meir was just getting tired of the entanglement of Ping An Hou's bastard, so when she saw Lin Qingyang and Zhuang Weining, she took the initiative to speak: "Sister, you and Miss Zhuang are here too." She then looked at Ping An Hou's bastard, "Sir, this is my sister, the eldest daughter of our Xiangfu."

Lin Qingyang knew what Lin Meir was planning. She knew the kind of person this bastard was and that he had a lot of despicable thoughts. However, Lin Meir didn't know what happened on the mountain that day, so it was better for these people to be careful.

The bastard was taught a lesson last time, so he dared not be so blatant today, but the "dirty" in his heart had not diminished. Among these people, Zhuang Weining was the most noble, and Lin Qingyang was the most beautiful. This bastard of the Marquis of Ping'an not only wanted to climb up the social ladder, but also wanted the "happiness of having two wives" which was completely inconsistent with his status.

Su Siyan didn't teach Lin Qingyang a lesson last time. Instead, he held a grudge against Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang because of the game of pitching pot.

Zhuang Weining didn't want to be with them. "You guys are busy. We have things to do. We'll leave first." He pulled Lin Qingyang and left quickly.

After walking a few steps, I saw Prince Xiao An and Zhuang Yunlin.

"You were not here when we were guessing the riddle just now, and you were not here when we were watching the lights. Now you appear. Okay, send us back!" Zhuang Weining complained.

The street was crowded and bustling. Zhuang Weining's carriage could not drive in, so Xiao An Wang and Zhuang Yunlin escorted the two girls.

They talked about the riddle that no one had guessed just now.

"What exactly is that thing in the water? No one on the stage has guessed it, and no one knows the answer either. Alas!" Zhuang Weining said.

"Things in the water can actually be found everywhere." After Prince An finished speaking, Zhuang Weining and Lin Qingyang looked at him curiously.

"You know the answer?"

"You know the answer?"

The two girls said in unison.

Little King An glanced at them, and the corners of his mouth rose, "What's the difficulty?"

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