After the Spring Festival, the situation in Chang'an City continued to deteriorate. The officials sent by Li Yuan to capture Yang Wengan actually secretly reported to Yang Wengan. As a result, Yang Wengan, who was frightened, was finally forced to go to a dead end and raised the flag to rebel in Qingzhou. As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused shock to the government and the public, but some people were really shocked, while others were just false shocks.

No matter how much the outside world is making a fuss, life still has to continue. Today is the Spring Festival, and there is joy inside and outside Chang'an City. Even the rebellion from outside cannot stop people's yearning for festivals. In addition, the curfew at night has been lifted, so before the sky is dark, various lanterns have already lit up in the streets and alleys of Chang'an. Pedestrians of all kinds are also walking among these lanterns, and bursts of joy sound everywhere.

Chang'an City was too far away and Li Xiu was too lazy, so he set up a small lantern party at home. The front yard was large enough, and a rope was used to hang lanterns, and then lantern riddles were hung under the lanterns. This activity had not yet begun to flourish during the Tang Dynasty, so everyone in the family felt very novel. At night, Li Xiu sat in the yard, watching Yi Niang and Qi Niang guess the riddles. If he guessed the corresponding riddles, he would receive corresponding rewards, which attracted everyone in the family to participate.

"You are the only one in the Tang Dynasty who spends so much effort on these trivial matters, and even enjoys a lantern! "Princess Pingyang looked at the lively scene in the yard and couldn't help but smile at Li Xiu. On such a happy festival, Princess Pingyang was worried about the struggle between her brothers, so Li Xiu specially invited her to come and enjoy the lanterns together. Now she finally gave her a rare smile.

"Haha, this is not a trivial matter. The family is usually so hard. Now it's hard to relax. Naturally, they have to let them go completely so that they can do things better in the future." Li Xiu said with a smile. Unfortunately, his remarks of combining work and rest are of no use in the Tang Dynasty, and he can only talk to Princess Pingyang during casual conversation.

While talking, another girl happily ran over to claim the prize with the note of the riddle, but it was Princess Pingyang's personal maid's helmet. They had just joined the team to guess the riddle. After Li Xiu confirmed that her answer was correct, he immediately took out a small gift box from under the table to give it to her. As a result, the helmet immediately ran aside and opened it happily. In fact, the gifts in the box are generally not very expensive, but they are all asking for this surprise. So no matter what is in the box, the person who receives the gift will exclaim.

"Prince, don't give it a try, now there are not many prizes?" Li Xiu smiled and suggested to Princess Pingyang. If you want people to get rid of your worries, the best way is to keep her busy with other things and have no time to think about it.

"Me? Forget it, I'm not good at guessing riddles!" Princess Pingyang waved her hand when she heard Li Xiu's suggestion. She seemed to have no talent in guessing riddles. She had probably seen a few riddles just now, but even the helmets were guessed, but she still couldn't guess it. It was not until she saw the answer to the riddle that she suddenly realized.

"It's okay if you are not good at guessing riddles, we can still match each other!" Li Xiu suggested again.

"What is a right couple?" Princess Pingyang asked in confusion when she heard this.

"It's very simple. In fact, it's just two paired sentences with neat parallelism and coordinated tone. They require the same number of words and the same structure..."

Li Xiu briefly talked about some of the requirements of the couplet. Speaking of which, although the couplet originated from the Five Dynasties, there were often some parallel sentences in the previous few, especially in parallel prose, where the couplets were seen everywhere. Princess Pingyang has a high quality, at least higher than Li Xiu. In addition, there are Spring Festival couplets posted beside the door of Li Xiu's house, which is also a kind of couplet, so she quickly understood the requirements of the couplet.

At the beginning, Li Xiu came up with a few simple couples, with only a few simple words, such as spring flowers to autumn moon, beautiful mountains and rivers to outstanding people and places, etc. With Princess Pingyang's intelligence, it was naturally easy to get up. This also aroused Princess Pingyang's interest, temporarily abandoned her worries, and began to urge Li Xiu to have some difficult couples.

Seeing that the couple finally aroused Princess Pingyang's interest, Li Xiu continued to work hard and came up with a few more interesting couples, which made Princess Pingyang match the couple while laughing. However, Li Xiu began to use his ultimate move. He frowned and thought for a while, and then he finally spoke: "Don't be surprised by favors and disgraces, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard."

"Huh? This pair is a bit difficult!" Princess Pingyang was stunned when she heard the first couplet from Li Xiu, and then she showed a thoughtful expression. However, Li Xiu's pair was a classic couplet from later generations. It seemed simple, but the artistic conception was very high. It was not so easy to find sentences with the same artistic conception.

Princess Pingyang thought for a long time and came up with a few very neat sentences, but she was still much worse in artistic conception. Even she herself was not satisfied, so she had to surrender and said, "I admit defeat to this sentence, what is the second couplet?"

"Don't be surprised by favor and disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard; if you stay or leave, watch the clouds roll and unfold outside the sky!" Li Xiu said with a faint smile. The reason why he remembered this couplet was actually related to Princess Pingyang's current situation.

"Flowers bloom and fall, clouds roll and clouds roll?" Princess Pingyang was stunned when she heard this complete couplet, and then began to carefully experience the indifferent and natural artistic conception. After a while, she breathed out, "I'm afraid only Li Xiu, you can think of this kind of couple. It is also a true portrayal of you. It is just that I want to be your open-minded, but it is not that easy."

When Li Xiu heard Princess Pingyang say this, she smiled helplessly, then thought for a while and said again: "Although this pair of princess has not met, you have already met a few pairs before. Why not make tea for you? I'll give you a reward?"

"Cooking tea can also be used as a reward. Are you too stingy?" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but say a little funny when she heard Li Xiu's words. Since the tea was stir-fried, making tea has become easier, but this has made many people feel that stir-fried tea is not as elegant and interesting as the original tea.
Chapter completed!