The fourth prince stood there for an unknown amount of time. The Lantern Festival in the capital began with lanterns being put out on the eighth day of the lunar month. The excitement reached its peak on the 15th day of the lunar month and lasted until dawn on the 17th day. During these three days, the lights were brightly lit every night and all night long.

The fourth prince stood there until midnight, but fortunately he didn't attract much attention.

The fourth prince stood for too long and walked to the alley with a slightly stiff step. Without getting on his horse, he strolled for a moment and suddenly ordered: "Go to Rongbao Hall and have a look." Mingfeng didn't dare to say anything, so he hurried.

After sending the young man to Rongbao Hall, the fourth prince got on his horse and arrived at Rongbao Hall in a short time.

Rongbaotang also did business all night long from the 15th to the 17th. When the fourth prince arrived, the shopkeeper was already waiting respectfully at the side door. He took the fourth prince all the way into the inner hall and said with a smile: "It was just the year before the trumpet."

A batch of good things arrived, including a lotus leaf brush washer, carved from a whole piece of jade, the jade is good, the workmanship is better, it is simply a wonderful workmanship, and there is also a Xiang Fei bamboo arm rest, which is an ancient relic from the previous dynasty, and the most interesting one is Liu Gong from the previous dynasty.

The writing style is very quaint and elegant, and there is also a pen case."

"Are there any good pearls?" The fourth prince interrupted the shopkeeper and asked, and the shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and smiled: "Yes, a batch has just arrived, including those from Southeast Asia and large pearls from the north. They are all black.

There are a lot of big beads. I wonder what they are for and how big they are?"

"The size of lotus seeds," the fourth prince said, thinking about the size of the horns on Li Tian's handkerchief: "If there are other beads, bring them as well. The more rare the better, any other interesting things will be taken as well.

Come here." The shopkeeper agreed and left. After a while, he led a few boys to bring in four or five boxes of pearls of various colors and other jade, ivory, agate and other beads, as well as about ten trays of various trinkets.

Place it on a long table in the house.

The fourth prince sat a few steps away and slowly picked up the pearls one by one from the plate. Seeing the fourth prince's concentration on picking, the shopkeeper hesitated whether to go forward and introduce him. Mingfeng winked at him. The shopkeeper understood and quietly

After exiting the inner hall, Mingfeng followed him out and said, "It's cold outside. We've been shopping around for a long time. Could you please ask someone to bring you a bowl of hot ginger tea?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly went to watch the ginger tea being prepared and brought it to the table. Mingfeng tasted it and carefully handed it to the fourth prince who was still concentrating on picking beads. He lowered his hands and stepped back. The shopkeeper stood at the door, looking at him with a gloomy expression.

The fourth prince, who was concentrating on picking beads, asked curiously: "What happened to me today? It's different from usual. Why did you pick these things?"

"What can I do? Come on, isn't it the Chinese New Year? I'm thinking about my parents' gift of giving birth to children, and also thinking about my parents getting older, so I just want to pick something for the imperial concubine. Who else can I pick something for?!"

Mingfeng blocked the shopkeeper's words, and the shopkeeper looked at the fourth prince with admiration and praised: "They say that the fourth prince is a filial son, but really, tsk tsk, this filial piety is really admirable!" Mingfeng glanced at the shopkeeper.

Ignore him again.

The fourth prince spent more than an hour picking out a box full of beads of all kinds. He put them four in a row. He also picked out several exquisite baubles such as the white jade nine-link ring, and put them together on a delicate huanghuali.

In the box, the shopkeeper was ordered to get the fire paint, take out the small seal he carried with him and seal it. After leaving the Rongbao Hall, he told Mingfeng: "Go there yourself and deliver this to Uncle Ye, and ask him to send it to a suitable person tomorrow."

When you get to Qingtongyuan, tell her that their house gave it to her to play with."

Mingfeng agreed, carefully holding the box, mounted his horse and went to the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion.

Early the next morning, Yin Hua led the mother-in-law of Dongyang County Prince's Mansion into the upper room. When the mother-in-law entered the east chamber, she rushed to Li Tian who was on the Kang and was about to kneel down. Li Tian hurriedly ordered Qingzhi to help him up.

The mother-in-law straightened up before she could squat down, greeted Li Tianfu, took the heavy rosewood box measuring one foot square from the hand of the little girl at the back, handed it to Qingzhi, and pointed at the few boxes behind her.

A rough lady was carrying a suitcase and said with a smile: "This box is given to the fifth lady by our twelfth mother. There are also some fresh things that our ancestors rewarded. Our twelve mother said, thank you very much for last night."

The riddles that the lady guessed have won a lot of prizes, as well as the honey and plum blossom tea yesterday. Our twelfth lady said that although they are all worthless trinkets, she picked them out with her own hands. Please say goodbye to the fifth lady.

Even if you dislike it, you have to keep it." The mother-in-law laughed when she said this, and Li Tian also pursed her lips and smiled. These words were indeed Ye Twelve's mother-in-law style.

"My ancestor also tasted yesterday's honey and plum blossom tea. He liked it so much that he made several boxes of snacks according to the fifth lady's usual favorites. There was also a box that was rewarded by the palace for the old slave.

Let’s give it to the Fifth Lady to have a taste.”

"This is because my ancestors love me." When Li Tian heard his mother-in-law talking about Mrs. Sun, he had already stood up from the kang, holding his breath and standing solemnly listening: "Mommy, please go back and tell Twelfth Niang that she

If the things I picked are not good, I will ask her to exchange them later." The mother-in-law laughed and agreed repeatedly. Li Tian ordered people to reward the mother-in-law and others, and asked Qingzhi to call Grandma Xiong in and order her and the mother-in-law to come in.

When she went back, she kowtowed to Mrs. Sun in person to thank her, and asked Yingluo to take some local products from various places sent in by shopkeepers from other places and bring them to Ye Twelve Niang as a return gift.

After sending everyone away from the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion, Li Tian motioned to Qingzhi to open the box. Yue Niang heard the noise, opened the curtain and came in. She looked into the newly opened box and saw that there was a box inside the box, and Qingzhi took it out one by one.

In one of the two boxes, there were a few fresh Dui Sha palace flowers, and in the other there was a string of lapis lazuli bracelets. In the two boxes below, one contained a white jade pendant with excellent water quality, and a huanghuali box.

, but sealed with fire paint.

Li Tian frowned involuntarily, took the huanghuali box, looked carefully at the seal on the lacquer, and frowned suddenly, this was the private seal of the fourth prince! Li Tian threw the box on the table in annoyance,

Yueniang grabbed it, raised it up and looked at it carefully, pulled Yingluo over and asked: "Why is this word so twisted and what is it written about?"

Yingluo wanted to laugh but didn't: "It's Ziyu, the fourth prince's name." Yue Niang raised her eyebrows suddenly, turned her head sharply to look at Li Tian and said, "Go back?"

"Who should I give it back to? Ye Twelve Niang? The old lady? Or that Fourth Master? Open it first and see what it is." Li Tian flicked the box in annoyance and ordered. Yue Niang took the paper knife from Qingzhi's hand.

She opened the lacquer seal with a knife and opened the box. She was surprised to see a box full of beads of various colors. She laughed out loud. While laughing, she pushed the box in front of Li Tian. Yingluo looked at it subconsciously.

He glanced at the handkerchief in Li Tian's hand. He wanted to laugh but felt it was inappropriate. The expression on his face was a little strange. Li Tian glanced at it, ignored Yue Niang who was laughing so hard, and ordered Qingzhi and Yingluo to turn over the contents of the box.

After checking it over and seeing nothing else, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Take the Yingluo and put it away carefully. It's best to make an account and tell in whose name it was sent on what day. This will make it easier to return it later."

Yingluo agreed with a smile, took the box and went to do the accounting. Yue Niang dragged a chair, hugged the back of the chair and sat down on the chair, looked at Li Tian and asked: "What is this fourth master so crazy about? That old lady from Dongyang County Prince's Mansion"

He also went crazy, isn't he about to get engaged?"

"Why are you so crazy?" Li Tian lowered his head and looked at the account book in his hand and replied in a straight tone. Yue Niang sighed, looked at Li Tian sympathetically and said, "This guy is so good.

No, let me tell you, everything can’t be done in the first place. Once it happens for the first time, it will be two, then three or four times and you will get used to it. In the future, if he keeps coming and sending you, it will be quite annoying.

, you have to think of something."

"Since his marriage is almost settled, the ceremony should take place in February at the most. When he does the ceremony, no matter what he has given, return it with him." Li Tian replied without raising his head, while Yue Niang rested her chin on the back of the chair.

He went up, looked at Li Tian and said with a smile: "Do you mean to make him feel that he is engaged and make you angry?"

Li Tian raised his head and glanced at Yue Niang, and explained in a low voice: "Yesterday he stood in our alley until midnight before leaving, and he sent these things here again early this morning. This is too abnormal compared to before. There must be a reason for the abnormality. This

What could it be? It must be that his marriage is set, and he also knows that it is set. Men give things mostly out of guilt. I bet that he feels guilty, and will put these things together when his engagement is announced.

If I give it back to him, with this guilt in the way, when I get engaged in the future, he may be less angry or less angry with others. At the moment, I only plan for myself and Jiang Yan's return, and I can't care about anything else.

"

"Don't make any mistakes about your engagement. Princess Jiangjun clearly knows what Fourth Master is thinking. If she knew about it, she would definitely stop her from letting the Jiang family make an appointment for you."

"Well, that's why I explained this matter to Jiang Yan. On the other side of the Jiang family, he can only think of a way. If he has any scruples, let him have a chance to think it over." Li Tian's words were very calm.

With a hint of emotion, Yue Niang looked at Li Tian and sighed: "When your grandma was here, I thought your life was too comfortable. Looking at you now, I think your life is too difficult. How can you still

Can’t you get married?”

Li Tian took a deep breath at her question and stared at her, not knowing what to say.

As Yueniang said, one thing must have another, and after three or four, it will become a regular thing. The next day, the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion sent another suitcase over. In the suitcase were several snacks and a bottle sealed with fire paint.

The red lacquer box contained only a few seasonal seasonal snacks in the palace. Two days later, the lacquer-sealed box arrived again. This time it was a pair of crystal paperweights. A few days later, another box came.

Four lotus seeds carved from agarwood and a bunch of agarwood bracelets carved into budding lotus were sealed. There was a small painting on the bottom of the box, which showed the pattern of lotus seeds and lotus bracelets. Yue Niang was shaking.
Chapter completed!