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The emperor glanced in Shen Ge's direction, and shook his head with some regret. He didn't want to offend Xun Feiguang unless necessary.

Sensing the eyes of the emperor and empress, Xun Feiguang moved slightly to block Shen Ge behind him.

Shen Ge raised his head from the food, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's just that there are too many people looking at you. Eat yours."

Shen Ge was [-]% full. Hearing this, he put down his chopsticks, touched Xun Feiguang's hand lightly under the food table, and Xun Feiguang held it back.

Xun Feiguang turned his head to look at him, and Shen Ge smiled, which brought more smiles to Xun Feiguang's eyes.

Xun Feiguang said: "If you are bored, we will go back earlier."

"It's okay, the music and dance are pretty good."

When Chen Ge and the others were feasting, there were dancers dancing in the middle of the hall, surrounded by ribbons and flying skirts, and the beautiful faces of the girls flickered in and out of it, which was pleasing to the eye.

Lantern riddles are always indispensable during the Lantern Festival. After a while, dancers walked past the food table with lanterns and music.If anyone guesses it, he can signal to the dancer to stop and tell the answer.

When the guesser guesses the correct answer, the dancer will show a smile and give the lottery tied under the lantern to the guesser.If she fails to guess correctly, the dancer will rejoin the tour team with light lotus steps.

Shen Ge followed the crowd to join in the fun, and guessed two correctly, one answer was lotus root, the other was longevity peach, and the winning prize was two delicate golden gourds.

Most of the people who can participate in the emperor's banquet are talented people, and it is easy to guess a lantern riddle. After walking around for two times, all the girls retreated with the extinguished lanterns.

When the girls almost retreated, the eunuch in front of the emperor raised his hand, and the music stopped immediately, and the hall was completely silent.

The emperor sat at the head, and asked with a smile: "Which Ai Qing guessed the most today?"

The people of His Highness whispered to each other and asked each other to see how many guesses the other party got right.

Someone stood up and cupped their hands, "Xiaochen guessed eight right."

Another human said: "Young minister also guessed eight correctly."

The emperor stroked his beard and looked at them, trying to make them fight again.

At this time, the third person stood up and said, "If you are a low-ranking official, you can guess eight correctly."

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help laughing and started discussing.

The three officials who also guessed the eight lantern riddles looked at each other, and the expressions under the smiles were not very good. Shen Ge felt that this good show was more interesting than singing and dancing, so he couldn't help laughing muffled.

The emperor smiled and said: "Today is also a coincidence, the three of you are not comparable, it seems that the biggest prize should be shared equally by the three of you."

Every year during the Lantern Festival banquet, the official who guesses the most lantern riddles will get a special prize. This time, the three of them guessed correctly at the same time, so they had to share it equally.

The three thanked each other and sat down.

The banquet continued, and someone proposed to shoot down.

The eldest prince stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said with a loud smile: "Every time the banquet is overwhelmed, there is nothing new. Father, in the past, I used to look at the lanterns and guess lantern riddles. I think this year we might as well come up with lantern riddles and see who comes up with it." Lantern riddles are the best."

The second prince also stood up and echoed, "I think it's best to make lantern riddles into poems, and see which one has the highest thinking."

The emperor also thought it was good, and said with a smile: "In this case, Aiqing who wants to compose a poem will hand over the lantern riddles in a stick of incense. Let's see which Aiqing is the most witty and quick-witted."

The ladies of the court quickly brought up the paper and ink, and the eunuch lit the incense.

At that time, many people were eager to write lantern riddles, even if they didn't get the lottery, it would be great if they could show their face at the banquet. If it can be remembered by His Majesty, that would be great.

When the maid came to Shen Ge's food table, her footsteps paused.

Xun Feiguang took down the pen and paper and wrote a poem.

Shen Ge watched him write, and thought for a while after he finished writing, but still couldn't figure it out.

Seeing him distressed, Xun Feiguang reminded him, "This thing can fly, it's not actually owned."

Shen Ge looked and looked, and when he saw the phrase "Yushu jumps [-] miles", suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and asked Xun Feiguang in a low voice, "Brother Xun, the answer to the riddle is the blue bird?"

The scriptures of the blue bird come from the "Shan Hai Jing". It is the entourage and attendant of the Queen Mother of the West, who frequently delivers good news. Later generations often compare the blue bird to the messenger who delivers the letter.

Shen Ge didn't read these books much, and didn't remember them for a moment.

After finding out the answer to the mystery, Shen Ge found this poem more and more subtle.He suddenly thought of another poem, so he attached it, raised his pen and wrote on another piece of paper:

"Heaven and earth are both insignificant, so beware of the Langgan Festival. The Luanyin Crane must stare intently, so as to answer the sigh to God."

"This is—" Xun Feiguang thought for a while and asked, "Paper kite?"

Shen Ge nodded and boasted with a smile: "I can't help you. But I didn't come up with this mystery. It originated from a book I read in my previous life."

The blue bird and the paper kite were a perfect pair. Shen Ge thought it was interesting, so he wrote it out for Xun Feiguang to read. After he read it, Shen Ge crumpled the paper and planned to throw it away.

The two of them were extremely handsome, and there were already countless people in the hall looking at them both openly and secretly.Shen Ge was about to throw the note into the bone plate, when suddenly a hand stretched out beside him and took the note.

Shen Ge looked back, but it was the eldest prince who walked behind them at some point.

Xun Feiguang knew that the eldest prince was there, but he didn't expect him to make this move, so he didn't have time to stop him.

This whole world belongs to his family, not to mention that the Lantern Festival banquet is not a very formal banquet, the First Prince didn't think there was anything wrong with taking other people's things.

He unfolded the crumpled branches with great interest, and seeing a rather neat poem written on it, he read it in a low voice, and asked with a smile, "Shen Qing wrote a lantern riddle poem?"

Shen Ge bowed his hands to him, Fang said: "I didn't make this poem, I just saw the lantern riddles made by Duke Xun, and felt a bit similar, so I wrote it for him."

The eldest prince looked at him suspiciously, he didn't really believe it in his heart, he just thought he was modest.

At this time, all the incense sticks had been burned, and the maids collected the lantern riddle poems they had written for everyone to comment on.

The eldest prince carefully read the poem in his hand twice, and had some guesses in his heart, but he was not sure, so he had to ask Shen Ge, "What is the answer to the riddle?"

"Paper kites."

The eldest prince read it again, and smiled, "It's appropriate, Shen Qing is really quick-witted, I wonder how many people can guess this lantern riddle poem if it is released?"

After the eldest prince finished speaking, he put the lantern riddle poems on the maid's tray, Shen Ge watched his movements helplessly, but couldn't grab it back, so he could only let him go.

This time the lantern riddles were just for fun. After Shen Ge's lantern riddles were handed up, everyone applauded.Shen Ge's lantern riddle poem was judged in a circle, and it came out on top.

The emperor glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Not bad, it's very neat. I think Shen Qing is as gentle as jade, and the widow happened to match a piece of mutton jade today, so let's give it to Shen Qing."

For a moment, everyone's eyes were on Shen Ge.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shen Ge couldn't argue anymore, so he could only knelt down to thank him with a blushing face.

Under the emperor's signal, the eunuch immediately sent the jade pendant to Xun Feiguang's food table on a tray.

Xun Feiguang picked up the jade pendant and hung it around Shen Ge's waist with his own hands.

The mutton fat jade palm is as big as a piece, and the white crane orchid grass and other things are hollowed out on it, which is extremely exquisite.

Chen Ge lived in the Xun Mansion these days, and his eyesight has been trained a bit. The quality of this piece of jade and the carvings are all good. Putting it in an outside shop, it will sell for at least five or six thousand taels of silver.

I just don't know whether this jade pendant was awarded for the sake of the lantern riddle poem or for Xun Feiguang's sake.

After guessing the lantern riddles, the climax of this Lantern Festival banquet is over. The emperor and the queen leave the venue, and a group of people kneel down to send them off respectfully.

Shen Ge drank a lot of wine and soup tonight, seeing people leaving one after another, he wanted to go to the toilet.

Xun Feiguang took him there, and the two left together.

The toilet is at the other end, along the corridor through a small garden.

The house is not well ventilated, and the wine, coriander, and balsamic powder are mixed together, which is quite cloudy.After Shen Ge came out, he stretched and took a deep breath.

At this moment, there are especially remnant plums hanging on the branches, sparse and bright.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a moon in the sky, plums on trees, and shadows on the water.

Shen Ge glanced around, seeing no one with emotion, "This scenery, tsk, it really is 'sparse shadows and slanting water, clear and shallow water, dark fragrance floating in the moon and dusk'."

Xun Feiguang looked at him, Shen Ge quickly waved his hands, "Don't look at me, I didn't come up with this either."

Seeing his appearance, Xun Feiguang laughed and said, "Are you afraid that people will misunderstand that you wrote these good poems?"

"Of course." Shen Ge nodded with his black and white eyes open, and said casually: "I am a scholar after all, if I even steal poems, what am I?"

Xun Feiguang rubbed his head.

Shen Ge sighed, "The country I lived in in my previous life has a history of thousands of years, and the culture was not prosperous. It's a pity that I was playful and didn't learn anything at that time."

"Learning never ends, and it's never too late to learn now."

Shen Ge nodded.

The place to go to the toilet is not far away, so Xun Feiguang didn't need to relieve himself, so he waited for him in the garden outside.

Shen Ge came out after relieving his hands, just as he was about to look for Xun Feiguang, he bumped into someone when he turned his head.

The person who bumped into Chen Ge was a girl, she was small and delicate, she just plunged into Shen Ge's arms.

This girl probably also came to use the toilet, so she walked in a hurry and bumped hard.

Shen Ge quickly helped her up, "Is the girl okay?"

The girl stood up straight and looked at Shen Ge, with surprise in her eyes, "Mr. Shen! It's you!"

As she spoke, she grabbed Shen Ge's sleeve with an extremely excited expression. Seeing her like this, Shen Ge was afraid that she would scream the next moment.

The man and the woman could not kiss each other, Shen Ge brushed her away subconsciously.I don't know if I used too much force, but after the girl was pushed away, Shen Ge's sleeve seemed to hit her in the face, and she immediately covered her face with her hands.

Then Shen Ge saw the bright red blood flowing from between the girl's white fingers, looking very horrified.

"Brother Xun!" Shen Ge shouted, his voice almost changed.

Hearing the movement, Xun Feiguang strode over, and under the moonlight, he saw the girl in front of Shen Ge at a glance, and also saw the blood continuously flowing from her fingers.

"How is this going?"

"I don't know either." Shen Ge answered, quickly supported the girl, and asked anxiously: "Miss, where did you get hurt? Is it okay?"

Xun Feiguang also came to check, and saw that the girl glanced at Shen Ge's face, opened her mouth, and before she could say anything, she rolled her eyes and fell limp.

Shen Ge quickly supported her with his eyes and hands, and Xun Feiguang also half hugged her in his arms.

Saving people is the most important thing, at this moment Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang couldn't care less about avoiding suspicion, so Xun Feiguang picked up the girl and rushed towards the side hall.

Seeing this situation, the guards on patrol rushed over to inquire.

After a period of turmoil, the gray-bearded imperial doctor came over and took the pulse of the little girl, then turned his eyes complicatedly on Shen Ge's face, and said: "It's early spring, and the weather is dry and cold. I guess Shen Lang is too close , this little girl's nose was broken when she was so angry and bloody. She just had some nosebleeds, and it's not a serious problem."

Shen Ge touched his nose in embarrassment, unable to answer.