Seeing such a scene, everyone was naturally dissatisfied, so they discussed how to rearrange the brook garden.

"Look for the embroiderer to work overtime to make some silk flowers, and when the time comes, they will be wrapped around the flower trees. Although it won't be a real flower, it will still be a sight."

"All the ice has been dug out, how can there be no stream in Xiyuan."

"It is necessary to place more lights. Since it is a lantern festival, it must be brightly lit."

"The scenery of each level must be different, so as to be innovative."

"..."

Although Lu Xinglin is living a luxurious life now, he still can't do such things as wrapping trees with brocade.

The ice in the lotus pond in the ruins in the stream does not need to be cut open, and it would be good to make some lotus lanterns and place them directly on the ice.And it's still cold now, so it's more appropriate to get some ice lanterns.

As for those flowering trees with withered flowers and leaves, it is enough to hang up lanterns for a long time. Anyway, no one pays attention to those trees when it gets dark.

Because of the tight schedule and Lu Xinglin's strong opposition, everyone didn't insist on decorating Yuxi Garden with flowers in the winter, but directly arranged it as a winter scene according to the season.

And the levels don't have to be like what they said, each level uses a separate yard, and only passers-by can enter the restricted area.

After all, after such a few levels, there will be very few people left, and the fun will be lost instead.

To break through the competition, you must defeat your opponent in full view and let countless people cheer for you.

After some intense discussions, they finally decided on the venue for the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

They chose the largest plum grove in Xiyuan. The area of ​​the plum grove here is much larger than that of Lu Xinglin Hot Spring Village.And the creek also passes through the middle of the plum forest, so there are small bridges and flowing water in the plum forest and many cobbled paths.

There are also many pavilions for people to rest, and besides the stream, this plum grove is surrounded by water, and there is a small lake in the center where everyone can go boating and enjoy the snow.

It is said to be a small lake, but it is actually larger than ordinary ponds.Standing on one side of the lake, you can clearly see the people on the opposite side.

A lake center platform was built in the middle of the small lake, which was used for artists to perform.

This time, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival will break through the barrier, and it is on this lake center platform.

Although the lake is frozen in winter, people cannot go boating, but there are many viewing platforms temporarily built by the lake for everyone to watch a group of gifted scholars and beauties pass through the barrier.

It's just that the lantern festival is so big that there must be a lot of people coming, it's impossible for Lu Xinglin to post to everyone.

So in the end, Ji Tao suggested that Lu Xinglin only post some posts with familiar relatives and friends, as well as famous talents and beauties.

As for other people, if they want to participate in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, it is naturally possible, but they need to use their own skills to get in.

The initial level is set in front of the gate of Xiyuan, and it is the simplest couplet.

At that time, Lu Xinglin will set up ten couplets of the first couplet here, and if he can match any five couplets, he can enter.

After entering, they can walk freely in some open places in Xiyuan, enjoy the lanterns or taste delicious food.But if you want to participate in the Lantern Festival, you still need to get the registration qualification by guessing lantern riddles.

Lu Xinglin would hang a hundred lanterns in the plum grove with riddles written on them, and if he could guess any ten of them, he would be eligible to sign up.

If you guess less than ten, but also more than five, you are eligible to watch from the stands next to you.

If you can't even guess five, then naturally you don't even have the qualifications to watch, and you can play outside.

Once settled, preparations are in full swing.

A lot of work was taken over by a group of brothers and sisters, but Lu Xinglin himself was free.

Nothing to do, he began to toss the soap.

Ordinary soap, of course he didn't bother to toss, this time he was going to get essential oil soap, the kind that could be used to wash his face.

After all, this world doesn't have all kinds of cleansers, shower gels, etc. It's not easy to take a clean bath. There is still a market for this soap.

As long as the materials are complete, the soap is actually very simple to sit up.

Someone collected the materials for him, and he was mainly busy making soap molds and thinking about how to make soap patterns.

Naturally, there are no flowers to extract essential oils for him in this season, but there are other things without flowers.

Among other things, there are a lot of rouge powder and various hair oils made from flowers.There are also various flower waters, sherbets, etc., and there are many.

Lu Xinglin first tried to make a few pieces of milk-scented soap. Although the most basic materials were used, the effect was good.

The soap that is made is milky white with a milky scent, and the cleaning ability is quite good.

Then Lu Xinglin experimented with other scented soaps, such as sweet-scented osmanthus and jasmine for women, and sandalwood and rosin for men.

In short, he could get all the materials together, and he tried them all, and the results were very good.

The first batch was just experimental products. Lu Xinglin just made the simplest cube and then cut it. The shape looks very ordinary.

Naturally, it was impossible to use such things for family members, so Lu Xinglin gave Zhu Yu and the four of them.For them, whether it is for their own use or to give away as a gift, it is very good.

After confirming that there was no problem, Lu Xinglin began to use those molds to make various shapes.

The fruity fragrance suitable for children is made into a common fruit shape.The floral fragrances are in the shape of flowers or leaves of various colors, and the milky fragrances are made of carved molds, etc. In short, each has its own characteristics.

When the Shangyuan Lantern Festival started, Lu Xinglin's batch of soap also came out.

Most of them were given to his family, relatives and friends, and there were only about ten yuan left, so he simply kept the Shangyuan Lantern Festival as a prize.

To be honest, until now Lu Xinglin still felt that listening to him play a song as the final victory prize was still very unreliable.

It's just that the mirror was taken away by Ji Yu and Lu's, and he couldn't offer any other novelty as a reward.

As early as a few days before the Shangyuan Festival, there had been rumors about the Shangyuan Lantern Festival among the younger generation in Shangjing, but no one had received the post at that time, so they were not sure.

It wasn't until two days before the Shangyuan Festival that many people received a post written by Lu Xinglin himself inviting them to participate in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, that this matter was finally settled.

For a while, all the young people in Shangjing were discussing the Shangyuan Lantern Festival held by Lu Xinglin. Many people who had seen him or heard about him tried their best to ask for an invitation to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

And those who received the post were entangled by their brothers and sisters one after another, wanting him to take them in.

After all, it was stated in the post that those who have the invitation can bring one person into the Xiyuan to participate in the Lantern Festival.

But the number of people who received the post was still a small number. When many people saw that there was no hope of participating in the Lantern Festival, Ji Tao and the others announced how to participate in the Lantern Festival.

For a while, all the young talents who didn't receive the post held their breath, waiting for the day of the Lantern Festival to show their talents.

If they didn't receive the post, they could still say that they were not familiar with Lu Xinglin. If they couldn't get in the gate, or didn't get the qualification to participate in the checkpoints, it would be tantamount to saying that they were not as talented as others.

As the saying goes, Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, and everyone is young, but whoever has some talent and learning, who is willing to admit that he is inferior to others.

Even some dudes who didn't like studying in the past began to cram their feet or think of other ways to get the qualification to enter Xiyuan.

Finally came the day of Shangyuan Festival.

Just after noon, many carriages had already arrived before the Xiyuan outside the capital.

But everyone is polite, and the carriages are all parked at the previously marked places outside the Xiyuan, and will not block the road.

It's just that it's not yet opening time, so everyone stays in the carriage to rest or gathers in twos and threes to chat about the Shangyuan Lantern Festival at night.

In the evening, there was a rush of people outside the Xiyuan, and almost all the people who came to participate in the lantern festival were present.

And Xiyuan finally opened the gate, and several servants came out from the gate carrying two tall mahogany shelves, followed by ten maids carrying palace lanterns of various colors.

These palace lanterns are novel in style, many of which they have never seen before.

But compared to the lanterns, what attracted them the most was the rolled up silk satin hanging under the palace lanterns.

Obviously, this is the first couplet of the ten couplets for the entrance examination questions.

Just as they expected, these servants placed mahogany shelves on both sides of the road in front of the gate, and the maids carefully hung up palace lanterns.

After the palace lantern was hung, they did not immediately untie the silk and satin hanging underneath, but retreated respectfully behind the lantern.

At the same time, Ji Han walked out from the gate of Xiyuan.

Along with him were two middle-aged men with long beards who looked to be about 34 years old. Both of them were mostly literati, and they looked extraordinary.

These few people are obviously quite famous, because they immediately attracted a lot of discussions when they came out.

As the eldest son and future heir of the Ji family, Ji Han calmly explained all the rules of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival even though he was facing almost all the young talents in Shangjing.

"The few people around me never say that everyone knows each other. They are the judges of today's first level. If you match any of the five pairs, you can write it down next to it and hand it over to the two judges. Once you meet the customs clearance standard, someone will invite you to enter the park."

After he finished talking about the rules of the Lantern Festival, he sat down with the two literati at the long table that had been prepared earlier, and sipped tea leisurely.

And the ten maids pulled down the couplets together, and after confirming that there was no problem, they stepped aside.

Now, except for those who received the invitation, they can enter directly, and everyone else rushed to the palace lantern.

Fortunately, I have considered the problem of crowds before, the shelf is very high, and the writing on the brocade silk is also large, so even if you can't squeeze in the front, you can still see what is written in the upper couplet if you stand a little farther away.

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