"What time is it? Is there no curfew in the palace?" The two found a quieter corner and stood there.Zhao Xi asked.

"There is none today," Zhao Xueyang said mysteriously, "There are quite a few people leaving the palace today, and the Holy Majesty specially decreed to keep the door open."

"Oh? The emperor acquiesced?"

Zhao Xueyang nodded.At this moment, the crowd over there shouted and cheered, attracting the two people's eyes to look over.

There were a lot of people, all of them were heads, but the verandah was very high, and the cabins on the first and second floors were full of girls in red and green, looking out through the carved wooden windows, holding round fans to cover half of their faces, A pair of eyes fluttered.

A plump woman in red slowly came out from the third deck, she said a few opening words too far away and Zhao Xi didn't hear clearly, she just saw her clapping her hands, the crowd suddenly burst into shouts, and the atmosphere instantly exploded *.

Sure enough, girls from the back door came out one after another.One by one, the lotus steps were moved lightly, and the posture and appearance were both dignified and majestic, and they were soon covered with splints.Zhao Xi squinted his eyes while eating candied haws. There were all kinds of fat and thin.I accidentally bit the hawthorn sour my teeth.

"Does it look good?" Zhao Xueyang asked.

"I can't see it clearly, but it should be pretty." Zhao Xi said honestly.

Zhao Xueyang took his hand angrily and walked forward: "Then take a closer look."

"Eh--?"

Before Zhao Xi could react, he was dragged and bumped into the crowd. Zhao Xueyang really brought him in, found a place near the front, and stood behind him to block the flow of people regardless of the dissatisfaction of the crowd around him.

"No, no, no need." Zhao Xi quickly explained, turned around and looked at him, it was too crowded and threw himself into his arms and couldn't get out, so he had to raise his head and say.

Zhao Xueyang didn't speak.As they got closer, Zhao Xi realized that at some point these girls were all holding a lantern in their hands.And there are 35 lanterns hanging outside the painted boat on the third floor, and each lantern has a riddle written on it. It turns out that it is also to guess the lantern riddle.It is estimated that a girl will come up with a puzzle, and if she guesses correctly, she will be able to take people away.

The crowd seemed extremely excited at the moment, and they couldn't concentrate. Zhao Xi reckoned it would be difficult to go against the flow of people.Letting the hands around his waist tightly protect his body, he curiously studied the mystery.

"What does heron have no fate, and quail birds send red strings—what do you mean?" Zhao Xi struggled to read the words, and many of them didn't know, so he just picked up. …”

"The rouge is thin." Zhao Xueyang reminded him.

"Oh, the rouge is thin—what's all this!" Zhao Xi muttered.Seeing that the characters are different, it should be written by each person himself. Some are exquisite and correct, and some are slender and smooth running script. They are all different, but they are all written by women.

In this patriarchal society dominated by men, most of the girls don't even have the opportunity to learn. It's really admirable that they can acquire literary talent and good calligraphy despite being in the world of mortals.Thinking about the calligraphy I had practiced for several days, I suddenly became motivated.

Naturally, Zhao Xi couldn't figure out the answer to this riddle, he couldn't even answer the riddle, and Zhao Xueyang didn't have that kind of thought.

But if Zhao Xi can't see it, it doesn't mean others can't see it.These riddles are actually very simple. The answer to each riddle is actually a girl's request to the chooser. If she sees it and can do it, she goes up to pick the lantern and hands it to the girl. The girl accepts it.

Soon Zhao Xi saw that the only two lanterns he recognized were taken off.

The first one is a young man dressed in ordinary clothes and looks ordinary, not ugly but not good-looking either.The girl didn't have a lantern in her hand, her face was flushed and she was led down by the servant again.

The second one is a middle-aged man with a big belly, wearing gold and silver, and the crown on his head is inlaid with gold and jade.He handed the orange lantern to the girl in the orange dress. The girl blessed her body slightly, took the lantern, and followed him through the door he came from.

Zhao Xi was dumbfounded, and asked Zhao Xueyang curiously: "What does this mean, do you know?"

The crowd around moved again, fearing to squeeze him, Zhao Xueyang took him into his arms again, and the two got very close.

He said: "One answer is fate, but the other party doesn't like looks. The other is money, and if you have money, follow along."

"Ah?" Zhao Xi squinted his eyes to see, but the two lanterns were taken away.

The event was over soon, and Zhao Xi was excitedly waiting for the next show—the oiran dancing.

Each of the 35 top cards is also considered to be good-looking, but the oiran Yuanmeng who dreams back to the building is a stunning beauty with a wide reputation.Proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, poetry and painting, his appearance is even more excellent. He often hides his face with white gauze. He grew up in Menghuilou since he was a child, and now he is at the same age as Hua.In the novel, she is actually the third prince's confidante who has been working for him.

Yuan Meng thinks she is talented and beautiful, and has a deep-rooted affection for the third prince, and has always wanted to be the person beside him on the bright side.Because he couldn't see his own status, he did a lot of stupid things, which became the catalyst for the relationship between the male and female protagonists.

At this time, the third prince must also be in the crowd, and the eldest prince and Chu Menglan must also be there.At the end of the book, after the oiran danced, he handed the hibiscus flower in his hand to a young man in the crowd, but the man was a follower of the heroine, blindly despised the oiran, and gave the flower to the heroine in public.Then the heroine attracted everyone's attention, including the eldest prince's astonishing favor from heaven and man--and the jealousy of the supporting female oiran.

Sure enough, after the dance was over, the oiran flung her winking eyes towards a certain ground in the crowd, and lightly threw the hibiscus flower in her hand, and then threw it steadily.

That young man was none other than Xu Cheng, the third son of the Zhongguo Duke's Mansion.Xu Cheng was born in a famous family, was educated by aristocrats since he was a child, dealt with literati and Confucian scholars all the year round, and claimed to be a noble character.At this moment, I thought it was fun to watch the excitement, but I didn't expect to receive flowers from the famous oiran.

His mood was a little complicated for a while, he was undoubtedly very pleased with the favor of a different surname among all the people and the envious eyes cast by the surroundings, but he couldn't help feeling disgusted at the thought of being a lowly brothel girl.

Yuanmeng stood gracefully by the railing, she didn't wear white gauze, her delicate and glamorous face was paired with a fiery red light dance skirt, like a flower in full bloom, she was so beautiful with all her strength.

Her plump red lips parted slightly, and she said something, but it seemed like she didn't say anything, but it tickled the heart of the man below.

Zhao Xi had never seen the world, and felt that he had never seen such a beautiful woman.It's so beautiful that it makes people lose their minds.

"What oiran!" But a strange person appeared in the crowd, and people looked over, only to find that it was the noble young man who took the flowers.He holds flowers and looks mocking. "After all, she is a vulgar fan of rouge. If it is worth one-thousandth of my sweetheart, it will be fine. Why do you want to provoke me?"

The crowd erupted into arguing immediately, and there was a dream among them; their faces were slightly stiff, as if they had never received such a big insult, and they stood there pitifully.The weak figure made the suitors below feverishly wanting to denounce Xu Cheng.

"A young man must speak with discretion. What woman can compare to Miss Yuanmeng?"

"That's right, it's less than half of it, and it doesn't run away!"

"You don't need to take this flower, there is no need to hurt people."

"..."

The scene was full of crusades for a while, Xu Cheng's complexion was not good, and he stared at the group of people with a sullen face, with mocking eyes.Just as he was about to say something, he turned his gaze and saw Chu Menglan passing by behind the crowd with a maid, his eyes lit up.

"You don't believe me, do you? I'll let you see the difference between peonies and wild flowers today!" Xu Cheng walked out of the crowd after saying that, and pulled Chu Menglan who was still talking, and put her hand in her surprised eyes. The hibiscus is stuck in her temple.

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