Chapter 885: It takes no effort at all

Such a great event happened in the capital, and the Queen Mother in the palace fell ill again. When the emperor came back, Fan Hong Jinying, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, and Lu Feng, the admiral of the East Factory, had to receive a thunderous reprimand and each was fined for one year. Although they never used it.

A big blow is hard on one's muscles and bones, but it is extremely embarrassing after all. Therefore, even more people come to fawn over Wang Jin, the royal eunuch. Those who are older than him dare to admit their sons, especially those who are about the same age as him.

He recognized his grandson with a smile on his face. People came and went all day long, and the threshold of the small courtyard of the Imperial Prison was almost broken by someone.

"Those guys without eyeballs don't know how to look at the scenery. Is this the time when they are thinking about fighting for power?"

Wang Jin impatiently took another sip of tea. Thinking of the emperor's condition these days, he couldn't help but worry. The Queen Mother's illness has improved greatly. Today at noon, the Emperor gave a banquet to all officials at Guanglu Temple, and in the evening he pushed the Queen Mother on a cart.

He went up to the Donghua Gate Tower to watch the lanterns, but although he looked at the loving mother and filial piety, he couldn't help but think about Concubine Sun and the Crown Prince, as well as Lu Shanggong, who died inexplicably according to Fan Hong and Jin Ying.

After drinking the hot tea, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead with fine beads of sweat, thinking about the reason for today's incident.

The night ban outside was lifted, and it was too late tonight for the palace gate to be unlocked, so many eunuchs in the palace slipped out to go to the lantern market. In previous years, when the emperor first ascended the throne, he had accompanied him out. For this matter, Yang Shiqi

He often gave serious advice, but being stuck in the palace all year round was unbearable for anyone. After waiting for the Queen Mother to have an early rest tonight, the Emperor said he was going to the Lantern Festival, so of course he accompanied him, but the Emperor arrived at ten

After entering the princess's palace, he sat in the room for a while and then left him directly through the back door, leaving him and the royal guards in front of him in a daze!

The princess has always been the most cautious and careful person, but this time she allowed the emperor to do whatever he wanted! There was also Faang Ling, who actually led someone behind to help the emperor!

He was worried that this opportunity would be taken advantage of, so everyone in the princess's mansion thought that the emperor and the princess were having a detailed discussion, and that he came to Zhang Yue on orders, so he could only stay here and not move. He just hoped

Zhang Yue had better luck and got the person back earlier.

At the lantern market, Zhang Yue looked at Lian Sheng, and his cheerful face suddenly turned into anger. This Wang Jin was really fooling around. The person who followed the emperor all day long actually lost him and even sat in his own home.

He was helping to find someone, why didn't he go to Shuntian Mansion and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division? He was annoyed, but thinking that Zhu Ning was following him, he finally resisted the urge to curse, and asked in a low voice: "Prince, Eunuch

But having said that, who else is following?"

Lian Sheng hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and whispered: "The prince didn't say anything, but from his appearance, maybe the emperor didn't bring a few people out!"

At this time, Zhang Yue was truly frightened and immediately asked: "Who else knows about what Eunuch Wang said?"

"No, no!" Lian Sheng quickly shook his head, his voice lower, "The executive's family is old, and he happened to be ill before the Chinese New Year, so the master asked the younger one to take charge of the house. This time, because of the family

Everyone went to watch the lantern festival. When the prince came, the young man was waiting for him. He asked the young man his name and immediately told him about it, and asked him to go to the lantern market to find the young master. The young man was also puzzled.

Why don't you ask a few more people to look for the lantern market when you come to your house now?"

"You don't have to think about these things. Go back and tell Wang Gonggong that I will try my best to lead the search, but I can't guarantee the time." Zhang Yue thought about the reason why Wang Jin did not dare to make a big splash, and he became alert in his heart.

He told Lian Sheng, "Tonight, those who set off fireworks and those who light lamps are lighting lamps everywhere. Please go back and ask people to pay special attention to them, and be careful of the candles."

Before the middle-aged shopkeeper left, he saw the person coming up and whispering to the young master for a while, and then left quickly with two followers. Then he saw the young master extending his hand, and ten people quickly came up from all around.

Several people, he was even more sure that this person must have some background, so after the instructions were given, he stepped forward holding the carved lacquer box with a smile on his face. First he thanked the other person for not going all out on the lottery, and then

Even if he invited this young man to sit in Qiongfang Tower, he showed no interest at all, so he had no choice but to retreat in annoyance, muttering something in his mouth.

"Our Qiongfang Building is not that dirty place. It is full of distinguished people. Wan Shucao from the Ministry of War's Staff Department was also here before. Now the upper banquet is also full of guests. It is not humiliating.

you!"

Zhang Yue was too far away to hear clearly, but Xiao Wu's ears were extremely sensitive. She who was standing next to Du Wan rushed forward, caught the middle-aged shopkeeper, and asked: "That person you just mentioned

Who is it? Wanshu Cao from the Ministry of War's Fang Division, is he the Wanshijie?"

The middle-aged shopkeeper didn't dare to raise his eyes and look around, but there was a hint of pride on his face: "Yes, it's that Wan Shu Cao! Not only did he once have dinner with several adults from the Ministry of War upstairs,

Moreover, he even wrote an inscription for the shop with a stroke of his pen, and the inscription is still hanging on the second floor hall! A group of noble people just came, and a young man headed by them praised the inscription for its good writing, saying it was better than

Xiao Zhang, the famous minister in the capital, writes well. Our boss is very happy, but the elders of the young master made some fun of him!"

Zhang Yue was worrying about where to find Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Ning. Seeing Xiao Wu still entangled with people here, he couldn't help but walked over angrily and funny. However, when he heard the shopkeeper said that someone had taken his

When he was commenting on the word "elder" and the word "Wansshijie", a thought suddenly came into his mind. When the shopkeeper uttered the word "elder" again, he immediately asked: "That young master's elder, are you looking at him?"

About the same age?"

"Hey, is that an acquaintance of the young master?" Seeing Zhang Yue hesitate for a moment, the middle-aged shopkeeper nodded slightly, and immediately agreed with a smile on his face, "Yes, that's right, I happened to be waiting nearby at that time, and I heard that the young master personally

Called aunt."

"Okay, you all come back!"

Zhang Yue raised his hand and stopped Niu Gan, Zhang Bu and others who were about to look for someone. He then smiled at Du Wan and others who had put on their curtain hats and said: "I originally thought that I would have to break through the iron shoes to find no place, but now it seems that it is

It takes no effort to get here. Since Lao Wan has been here before, let’s go and experience it, and see what inscription he inscribed on this Qiongfang House.”

Before Du Wan could answer, Xiao Wu snorted bitterly from the side: "Of course I have to go and see, that guy..."

Fortunately, Du Wan was there to hold her up, so she swallowed back the second half of what she was about to say - there was nothing wrong with writing random inscriptions outside and showing off!

This lantern market is a market during the day, with hundreds of shops selling everything. But at night, these shops are naturally closed and replaced by various restaurants. It is already the beginning of the new year, and due to the cancellation of the night

Because of the ban and guessing lantern riddles, various people gathered in front of several buildings. Qiongfang Building is not the tallest and most magnificent one, and it even looks particularly inconspicuous when squeezed among a lot of three-story restaurants.

However, the Qiongfang Building has the most colorful lanterns and colorful paper riddles in front of the door. There are also twelve extremely exquisite lanterns hanging in front of the door. It is said that the one who solves the most riddles can take the lantern home.

Folk operas such as guessing lantern riddles and betting on lottery luck are the most popular. The riddles in several restaurants are changed every year. Except for a few simple ones, the others are obscure and difficult to guess. The more people guess lantern riddles, the more popular they will be.

, not only can it improve your reputation, but it can also attract those who have spare money to drink, eat and watch the excitement upstairs. Why not?

There are both literary and rough riddles, but they are suitable for both men and women, old and young. However, experts who are good at this have long been recruited by several restaurants with huge sums of money to make lantern riddles. Naturally, they will not damage their own signs, and most scholars disdain and

Traffickers and lackeys care about these petty profits, so it is a game for ordinary people. And the twelve lanterns in front of Qiongfang Tower are all extremely gorgeous, with light and colorful silk yarn, five-color beads and bright horns, not to mention ingenuity.

, but it is also rare to see.

Zhang Yue was given a palace lantern made by the imperial prison before the festival, and Du Zhen was given two. The other women and children also saw a lot of such exquisite things, so they only took a few more glances before going on.

When he stepped onto the second floor, he discovered that this was a corridor arranged in the shape of an inverted L. There were neatly arranged boxes, leaving only the corridor outside. There were sounds of playing silk and bamboo playing and singing everywhere. However, his gaze

But the first thing he landed on was the wall facing him when he came up the stairs, because there was a very flamboyant calligraphy hanging on it.

“The most delicious food in the world!”

Wansijie is not like Zhang Yue, who comes from a wealthy family. He traveled around the world in his early years and made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings. Therefore, he is not like Zhang Yue who only learned regular script and is good at cursive script and seal script. At this time, that

Neatly framed and hung on the wall was a piece of cursive painting, dripping with ink and claws and claws, which had an overwhelming momentum. Therefore, everyone could not help but stop there for a moment, and it was not until the shopkeeper made a sound that Zhang Yue withdrew his gaze.

"Master, how are you? I didn't lie just now, did I? The payment here is genuine. After all, Wan Shucao is a well-known figure in the capital. Who dares to pretend to be there? Are you going to open a separate box, or are you going to visit...

…”

Zhang Yue originally came here to find someone, so he admired Wanshijie's calligraphy masterpiece. When the shopkeeper asked, he asked him to take Du Wan and others to sit in the private box on the other side, and led him to see the person mentioned before.

The group of people. Sure enough, after walking a few steps forward, turning a corner and walking to the door, he saw a few familiar faces. Faang Ling, who was at the head, was stunned when he saw him, and then immediately walked over

Beside the door, he whispered: "Master, Zhang... Master Zhang is here."

"What a quick ear, what a quick leg!" A surprised voice came from inside, and then quickly ordered, "Let him come in, can you still drive him away?"

While they were talking inside, Zhang Yue had already had a brief conversation with Faang Ling. When he learned that the emperor had indeed arranged for Faang Ling to wait at the back door of the princess's mansion, he couldn't help but secretly sighed at Zhu Zhanji's stubbornness, and then followed his words.

Entering, I saw that this box was leaning against the wall on one side and facing the window on the other. It just happened to be able to see the entire Dengshi Hutong, which was brightly lit and full of tourists. Zhu Zhanji was sitting right by the window, and standing next to him was a person with a vaguely familiar face.

The young eunuch. On the chair on the other side is Zhu Ning.

Seeing Zhang Yue about to salute, Zhu Zhanji stopped him angrily: "Where is this place, let outsiders see it, and I don't know how much I have to say. These are just false courtesy, I want to ask you

, how did you know we were here?"

"What a coincidence."

Zhang Yue was not polite. Zhu Zhanji pointed out a seat to him, and he went straight up and sat down. Then he ran Wang Jin directly to his house and told him about the lantern riddles he had just played outside. As soon as he heard that

Zhu Ning, who had a look of helplessness on his face, glanced sideways at Zhu Zhanji, sighed and said, "I didn't expect you to be guessing lantern riddles with your family. As soon as he arrived, he happily asked the waiter below to bring up a stack of riddles.

Guessing, many of them got it right, but many of them had already been snatched away by others. In the end, he gave up and fought over and over again. He only got three gilt silver hairpins, but a banquet cost him several dollars.

"Guanzuwen."

"Isn't it just to take a walk during the Lantern Festival to get some good luck and celebrate like this? There have been too many things to worry about recently. I have no choice but to deal with big things, but I am serious about small things. Otherwise, this trip to relax will be in vain. I still waste my time.

It was only with the strength of the boss that Wang Jin and the others were thrown away." Zhu Zhanji nodded. The young eunuch next to him quickly stepped forward to pour tea. He took a sip and then said to Zhang Yue, "He is a newcomer.

You should have seen Ruan Lang here last time in Jingyi Hall, and he used to work in the inner study hall."

After saying this, Zhang Yue thought about it, only glanced at it and didn't take it to heart anymore. Since the second floor was not actually set up as a completely partitioned box, except for the outer door and partition, it was all made of screens.

The partition was closed, so sounds from everywhere could be faintly heard, and a few people couldn't say anything important, just chatting.

Just as he was talking, Zhu Ning asked about Du Wan and others. When he learned that Zhang Yue's wife, concubines, children, and his entire family were here, Zhu Zhanji reluctantly became a little interested, and signaled Zhang Yue to call them all, and then stopped talking.

When he resisted, his face darkened.

"Although your eldest son is not as old as when you met me back then, he is still not young. Don't keep hiding it at home and let me see if he has a future. If he is really good..."

How dare Zhang Yue wait for the emperor to finish the rest of his words, quickly stood up and agreed, and slipped out of the door in a moment. Zhu Ning glanced at Zhu Zhanji with a half-smile, and said softly: "His family

I have met Jing Guan, and he is indeed well-behaved and smart, and Wan'er has taught the children extremely well. However, if that is what he wants to do, Zhang Yue and the others will have an easy time, but others may not."

"You are right, children and their in-laws cannot marry each other just because they want to."

Although Zhu Ning's words were straightforward, how could Zhu Zhanji not know what they meant. If not, how could Zhu Ning have adopted two children rather than marry easily? Seeing that Zhang Yue hadn't come back yet

, He pondered for a while, and then whispered to Zhu Ning: "Since I happened to meet his family here, after meeting them, I will go to your house to sit down. I have something to say to Zhang Yue.
Chapter completed!