Chapter 105: The Lantern Festival (1)(1/2)
Lan Ke was burned by fireworks on New Year's Eve and was ordered to recuperate in the house throughout the first month of the year. Dr. Liu prescribed a topical prescription for beauty treatment. He should wipe it three times a day in the morning, noon and evening. It is best to wear a curtain fence when going out to avoid leaving permanent ba marks due to sunlight.
Lan Ke and Yan Cui did not dare to neglect them. They stayed in the house from the first day of the first lunar month to the tenth day of the lunar month, without stepping out of the room.
During this period, Cheng Yue and Sister-in-law 6 visited several times and talked about gossip with Lan Ke.
6 Except for the day of the first day of the lunar calendar, there were always no people during this period. Every time Yan Cui deliberately went to Yanxing Pavilion to investigate whereabouts, he was knocked out by the General of the Mo Yuan because he had business.
Of course this is not an excuse. There are tens of thousands of soldiers in Xishan Camp that need to be comforted, the security deployment of Dianzhou City needs to be inspected, and officials in the city also need to take advantage of the New Year Festival. Where did you get too much time to pay attention to Lan Ke?
Lan Ke always felt a depression in his heart. Didn’t his hint that night made 6 Weixin dislike him and avoid him?
When she was eight years old, because her uncle and uncle saw that there was only one orphan left in her family, she was jealous of the property left by her parents, and the old servant who colluded with the affairs almost sold her to a brothel. If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Wei Yuanhou, the mother of Liu Wei, returned to Chang'an in time to save her, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Mrs. Weiyuanhou and Lan Ke’s mother were cousins, so Lan Ke called her Aunt Jian.
Aunt Jian used the power of thunder to bring her greedy cousins into prison. The old servant who sold the owner to save Rong was beaten to death. The brothel owner who took her was exiled to a barren land in the west, and had a tattoo on his face, becoming the lowest-class military prostitute.
Aunt Jian was afraid that staying alone in Chang'an would attract greedy people again, so she sold most of the Lan family's property, returned the silver notes to her to pick them up, and followed her to Dianzhou to accompany her uncle to report her work.
Lan Ke still remembers the first time he met Liu Wei. He was punished for being beaten with the Ten Army sticks for not completing Uncle6's homework, and lay on the bed without saying a word.
Aunt Jian returned to the Jiedu Mansion and went to visit her first time. She was forced to go with her and saw the most embarrassing moments of 6 Wei.
After 6 Wei healed, he once blamed Aunt Jian for letting such a beautiful sister see her ugly appearance. Aunt Jian later laughed and said that she wanted to marry her and 6 Wei. After she got married after she was fifteen, she also sent someone to make a pair of half-moon-shaped jade pendants, one for herself and the other for 6 Wei.
Unexpectedly, after half a year, Wei Yuanhou died in the battle, Aunt Jian was in pain and left with her husband.
Lan Ke was grateful to Aunt Jian’s life-saving feelings in the past and volunteered to go to Jingxin Temple in Huaishan to pray for the six families. This time he left for seven years.
The pain in the mountains has become Lan Ke's spiritual sustenance. This friendship that grew up from childhood has gradually turned into another in the imprint of time. Now it seems that only I care about the smile from the beginning?
Lan Ke recovered from his injuries all the way. Since Cheng Yue and Taozhi unlocked the competitive game of Ye Zi Card, the maids in Yuweiyuan were cheated by their masters and complained to the sky.
"Girl, don't you feel guilty when you hold our hard-earned money?" Taozhi looked at someone hilariously counting the copper coins won by the maids, and stood up for the sisters.
"What's wrong with me?"
"You are not as good as others, no wonder." Cheng Yue smiled and put the copper plate into his purse, without any guilt at all, and he was so anxious that he jumped aside.
She has lost three months of monthly performance in the past ten days. If this continues, her master will lose all the money she has finally saved.
"It's Qiuyue and Chuntong and us to play the Leaf Card this afternoon. Don't forget to call them after lunch."
"Girl..." Taozhi knelt on the ground with a thud.
"What's wrong? Have you made a mistake again?" Cheng Yue found a stool and sat down, with a stern face, and his majesty was full of his power.
"Girl, the sisters from Taozhibao Yuweiyuan beg you not to play Ye Zi anymore. We lost so much that we didn't even have the copper plate to buy rouge and water powder."
"I have a girl. I don't use it very much anyway. There are a lot of people in the box. You will get all of them later."
"Not enough, I'll ask Mr. Zhu to order someone to buy it." Cheng Yue said disapprovingly, picking his fingernails.
"Girl..." Taozhi was obviously a little corrupted and actually shouted loudly, scaring Cheng Yue almost fell off the chair.
"Taozhi, your temper is getting bigger after losing money?"
"Go, call all the maids in the yard here now."
"One or two of you actually joined forces to force your master, and they all will be punished."
"Go quickly." Cheng Yue ordered sternly. Taozhi did not expect such a result and retreated with a bitter face.
After a while, more than a dozen maids from Yu Wei's courtyard lined up in a straight line in the hall. Cheng Yue sat upright in the main seat, with a serious expression and sharp eyes.
Everyone stood down and trembled, and some timid even shed tears.
"Bang", a sound came from the table, "I know how many days I will ask you to play the Leaf Card with me, which will cause you heavy losses."
"But there must be a win or lose in competitive games, why don't you accept it?"
"If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. Who said I am your master?"
"So, you all were punished today because you asked Taozhi to say goodbye to me, and I'm very unhappy now."
"Everyone has to let me hit my palms ten times."
"Taozhi comes first." Cheng Yue stood up and took the wooden stick on the table to his hand, looking cold.
"Yes" Taozhi lowered her head and walked up from the front of the team, stood half a foot away from Cheng, and slowly stretched out her left hand.
Puchi, Cheng Yue couldn't help laughing when he saw Taozhi's pitiful appearance, which made everyone look up in a daze.
"No, this is for you."
A heavy purse fell on Taozhi's palm. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Cheng Yue in shock. The touch felt a bit like the weight of silver. She opened it in a hurry, and two ingots of ten taels of silver were lying on her. In the past ten days, she actually lost only seven or eight taels, but now she has more than ten taels. It is such a great joy.
"Why are you so happy?" Cheng Yue gently tapped Taozhi's arm with the wooden strips in his hand.
"Miss, this?"
"Reward money and capital, reward you for spending time with me playing the Leaf Card for the past ten days."
"Okay, why are you still standing there?"
"Pick down the box on the table, one purse for each person, and then divide it."
"Everyone has a share."
"Girl, you're so naughty."
"We're almost scared to death." Only then did everyone dare to express their feelings in a verbal way.
"But just joke with you, I've been waiting to see when Taozhi can bear it until it explodes."
"So I endured it for ten days. In fact, I was almost injured by internal injuries." Cheng Yue laughed.
Taozhi divided the purs one by one, and everyone's face was filled with a cheerful expression.
6 Wei saw this scene when he brought Mo Yuan in.
"Taozhi, your girl didn't let you play the Leaf Card with her today?"
Why didn't he know Cheng Yue's behavior these days? The resentment of the maid of Yuwei's courtyard was almost spreading to the entire Jiedu Mansion.
Judging from the current situation, Cheng Yue has had enough fun and has become a boy who has been a rich man today.
"Fight, are you going to play together?" Cheng Yue walked out of the hall and blocked 6 Wei in the yard.
"Miss Cheng, I would like to advise you not to play these bets with the young master. He had a record of winning a house that year."
The Mo Yuan shook off the old truth of 6 Wei.
"I really want to know who the unlucky guy is?"
"Or you won this Jiedu Palace back?"
Cheng Yue showed an incredible expression.
"What are you thinking?" 6 Wei knocked her head with a snap of his finger, "This is given by the Lord."
"Win that in Chang'an."
"You said that unlucky Li Guan, the current King of Wei."
"King of Wei?"
"Are you very familiar with him?" Cheng Yue was curious about some royal characters like other ordinary people.
"Familiar, so familiar that I once wore a pair of pants." 6 Wei replied.
"Yes, I forgot that your father is Wei Yuanhou, and it is normal for aristocratic children to negotiate with the royal children." Cheng Yue wanted to get through the joints and nodded on his own.
6 Wei was about to walk in, but Cheng Yue stopped him: "What are you looking for me today?"
"Let's talk about it when you enter the house." 6 Wei couldn't figure out what she meant.
"The yard is lively, I have been in there for a whole morning and want to get some breath." Cheng Yue was still pushing the two masters and servants outwards.
"Okay, I'll leave after saying a few words."
"I really don't know where I messed with you, I looked unhappy." 6 Wei sighed lightly.
"This is not the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the Lantern Festival will be in the fifth day."
"Dianzhou holds a grand lantern festival every year on the Lantern Festival."
"Of course it's not as lively as Chang'an, but it has its own style."
"So, what does it have to do with me?" Cheng Yue heard a lot of talk and asked impatiently.
"So, you can prepare for it. I will take you to the lantern festival on the fifteenth day."
"You deserve this?"
"Just just call Mo Yuan to come and notify me."
"Okay, I understand." Cheng Yue did not show too much enthusiasm, his face was clear and faint.
6. Even though I was scraping my stomach, I couldn't think of how I offended her. Since New Year's Eve, I have been very cold and wished I could keep a distance of 100,000 miles from me.
Today, I finally pulled my hands early from the banquet at the Taifu Mansion, and went to Zhuque Street. I looked at the merchants who came to attend the event from all over Dianzhou. I notified Pengyun Station to arrange various posts to avoid major accidents during the festival.
He didn't even have time to change his clothes and reward him, and he got this scene.
To be continued...