After lunch, Wen Mingtang and Zhao Sishan sat and chatted one after another in the hall. The two of them drank the pot of hawthorn tea and chatted about Ye Ting's affairs over the years. Counting the ups and downs of those nobles in the palace, the fastest time they have seen from gaining favor to falling out of favor is only half a day.
Wen Mingtang looked at the few green onions sprouting in the yard outside the window, feeling like time flies by for a moment.
The two of them had lunch, and the evening meal naturally fell on A Bingtong Tangyuan.
How did the two know each other and how they got along this year? A Bing and Tangyuan had already told Zhao Sishan. Seeing A Bing and Tangyuan happily running to the kitchen to prepare dinner, Zhao Sishan said: " Their hands and feet are very diligent, their brains are not dull, and they are willing to learn, these two children are not bad."
"Yeah, everything was perfect originally, who would have thought that something would happen to Lao Yuan." Wen Mingtang sipped the hawthorn tea in his mouth, and when he talked about this incident, apart from feeling that God might not see it perfect, his expression was normal.
"Although Ah Bing's parents are not good, they are not so evil," Zhao Sishan said lightly, "In the end, they are just ordinary people who always plan for themselves first. They are not like Ah Bing. If they have any feelings for Tangyuan, they have a steelyard in their hearts, and put Tangyuan and A Bing on both sides of the scale. It turns out that Tangyuan and A Bing are equal, but now that Tangyuan is without Dad, it is unfair in their eyes .”
"Fortunately, Ah Bing is not bad." Wen Mingtang nodded, looked at the indifferent Zhao Sishan, and said, "The marriage of a man and a woman involves feelings, so it's so clear that it doesn't matter. Both of them have craftsmanship , I'm not afraid that I won't have a good future."
Zhao Sishan, who was drinking tea with a teacup in his arms, raised his eyelids and looked at Wen Mingtang when he heard this: "Girl Mingtang, you don't need to remind me of the matter between A Bing and glutinous rice balls. Before Zhao Dalang settles the matter between me and him Don't think about it."
He was referring to no one else, but Zhang Caimai who had always been considerate of Zhao Sishan.
Those who can get the job of buying in the palace must have some knowledge in the family.
There are all living beings in the world, most of them are ordinary people. Putting aside the scriptures and returning to reality, Zhang Caimai is really a sweet potato for such a well-established palace buyer. As soon as he heard that he was going to marry a wife, most of the matchmakers took the initiative to ask Ying to take on this inevitable job.
Zhang Caimai has been in the same family for so many years, and his family is also relieved, and can accept Zhao Sishan, who is out of the palace. But Zhao Sishan knew that the Zhang family could accept him, but they absolutely couldn't accept Zhao Dalang who was like a leech sucking blood like a lingering ghost.
After an afternoon of work, it was almost time to feel and look back. Zhao Sishan and Wen Mingtang looked at the sky outside, got up, and went to eat the evening food that A Bing and Tangyuan had been busy all afternoon.
Still familiar with the taste and technique, Zhao Sishan glanced at Wen Mingtang: It was obvious that Mingtang girl taught him.
After eating evening food, I went out to watch the Lantern Festival.
The streets are naturally lively, especially for Zhao Sishan, who was detained in the palace for so many years before watching the lantern festival on the streets of Chang'an City again. It feels like a world away.
Looking at the officers and soldiers with cold faces on the street, I wonder if this battle is too formal, and I don’t really want to watch the lantern festival under the noses of these people. Therefore, there were a lot fewer people at the Lantern Festival than they thought.
Wen Mingtang thought this way, and got the answer Tangyuan inquired about, but she was wrong!
"This year's Shangyuan Festival, all the squares and cities have made preparations. Some have called troupes to set up a stage for singing, some have invited jugglers to perform, and some have held poetry and lantern shows. Many people have been separated." It doesn't look crowded, The coming and going of the Lantern Festival was fairly smooth, Tang Yuan said, "I heard that there is a lot of money for rewards..."
This sentence is the key! Wen Mingtang and Zhao Sishan looked at each other, and smiled at each other, but just smiled, and felt that something was wrong, the two looked fixed, and Wen Mingtang asked Tangyuan: "Where did you get the money and heavy rewards?"
It’s not surprising that a market rewards a lot of money. Maybe some wealthy people paid money, but all the markets... this is not a small sum. Even if some wealthy gentry paid out the money, if you want to persuade the people in charge of the market to circle the land, money alone is not enough.
If not, wouldn’t there be a few gentry in the entire Chang’an city? Been doing this for years.
When the wind blew, Tangyuan rubbed her eyes, bit her lower lip, and said, "I heard...the money was allocated by the Household Office. It is said that last year, the Household Office increased revenue and cut expenditure. There was a lot of surplus, and I specially took it out to share with the people."
Hearing this, both Wen Mingtang and Zhao Sishan's expressions turned cold. After a long while, Zhao Sishan couldn't help but said, "What kind of a moth is it? It's a good thing to have fun with the people, and it can't be sympathetic money in exchange for human life." Take it out to have fun with the people! If you want to have fun with the people, why not pull out a few of her hairpins and come out to have fun with the people?"
"Using human life and money to pretend to be a fake name!" Tangyuan said this, tears could no longer be held back, and fell down.
Seeing this, Ah Bing quickly reached out and hugged the glutinous rice **** to comfort him.
These days, with A Bing, Master Wen and Zhao Sishan around, Tang Yuan stopped crying, and occasionally saw a smile on her face, and now she was so excited by Concubine Jing that she couldn't help crying again.
Looking at the sobbing glutinous rice balls, Zhao Sishan frowned: "I underestimated her! Originally, I saw her demeanor in the palace, but I couldn't see that she wanted to make a name for herself. Who knew she would come out at this time?" To earn a false name, what is she going to do?"
This Concubine Jing really does things one by one, and sometimes she really doesn't know what she is thinking.
Wen Mingtang was also a little puzzled, but his mood of coming out to watch the lanterns was also disturbed by Concubine Jing's actions. They walked around the Lantern Festival, and when they were about to go back to end the Lantern Festival, Wen Mingtang was called Living.
"Miss Wen," the little beggar stretched out his hand and tugged at the hem of Wen Mingtang's skirt. When Wen Mingtang turned around, he quickly pointed to the teahouse they passed behind and said, "There is an old Wen family waiting for you upstairs."
Where did the old Wen family come from? Wen Mingtang frowned, and without waiting for her to speak, the beggar hurriedly said: "Miss Wen, that adult is wearing an official robe, very refined, he doesn't look like a bad person. He said you must go and see him. I want to tell you something."
Wen Mingtang looked at the anxious little beggar, his eyes flickered, and after a moment of pondering, he looked at Zhao Sishan beside him. The eyes of the two people intertwined, and after Zhao Sishan nodded slightly, he looked at the little beggar and said with a smile: "Lead the way ahead!"