At this time, Zhao Yanzhen and Jiang Nianjiao naturally didn't know what the storyteller had decided. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Yanzhen just pulled Jiang Nianjiao and walked towards the Quwan River. ..
Since it is still the first month of the year, Beijing has only lifted the curfew until after the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Therefore, in recent days, the drumbeat of curfew has not sounded.
After it got dark, many people bought river lanterns and put them up nearby.
The lotus lanterns filling the pond reflected the lights in the city, which was just gorgeous.
Jiang Nianjiao just took a lantern and put it on the bank of Quwan River. Before she could finish making her wish, she heard a sudden loud sound in the sky.
She subconsciously looked up and saw gorgeous fireworks in the sky.
The fireworks only bloomed in the sky not far away with a string of words: Jiaojiao, I love you.
Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but marvel at how exquisitely the fireworks were made, even the words could be displayed.
Although she saw the word Jiaojiao, she also remembered that Zhao Yanzhen usually called her Jiaojiao, but because there were so many girls named Jiaojiao in the city, Jiang Nianjiao didn't take it to heart.
But when she raised her eyes and looked at the fireworks, she couldn't help but sigh, "Who is setting off fireworks? They are so generous. I'm afraid the girl named Jiaojiao will be very moved after seeing it."
After hearing this, Zhao Yanzhen couldn't help but ask, "Jiaojiao, are you moved?"
Jiang Nianjiao was about to say that she was moved, but when she turned around and saw Zhao Yanzhen's face with a mischievous smile, she suddenly came to her senses.
"You didn't set off the fireworks just now, did you?" Jiang Nianjiao asked.
Zhao Yanzhen did not answer directly.
But as his words fell, another large number of fireworks bloomed in the dark night sky.
This time, the fireworks in the sky almost focused everyone's attention on the fireworks above.
The fireworks kept blooming one after another in the night sky for several minutes.
After the night sky became calm again, there were still many people who seemed to have not gotten over the afterglow of the fireworks.
Some people were obviously envious of this. A young lady just pushed her husband, and then said softly, "Look at how good he is to his wife. Look at you."
The husband who was accused by his wife had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Madam, I can't handle this battle. If you ask me to play these sounds, you might as well ask me to build a ladder for you to go up to the sky to catch the stars. Anyway, it's all." A deadly job."
After hearing this, the young lady couldn't help but slap her husband on the back, "You are the only one who talks so much."
But at the moment, the young lady was just talking casually, and did not continue to ask the other party to do these things.
After all, although fireworks are not prohibited during the Chinese New Year, setting up such a large-scale display of fireworks is not something that anyone with money can do.
For setting up such a big battle, and not saying hello to the people from the City Defense Department, and not reporting to the Jinwu Guards, the fireworks are probably not finished yet, and the person who set off the fireworks is probably going to be taken away by the Yamen.
The two talked for a while, then left arm in arm.
Jiang Nianjiao and the others were not far away from the two people. When they heard them talking about the fireworks just now, they didn't expect that they would become the envy of others.
And if you think about it carefully, he took me shopping all day today, maybe just to watch the fireworks at this moment.
However, in two lifetimes, when people were reduced to dust, some people spent a lot of money on themselves.
But there is only one Zhao Yanzhen who is willing to spend time on himself.
"Jiaojiao, are these fireworks good-looking?" Zhao Yanzhen held Jiang Nianjiao's hand and asked softly.
His gaze fell on Jiang Nianjiao's eyes, which were like a galaxy.
Jiang Nianjiao nodded slightly, "It looks good, I can't help you."
"No matter how much thought you put into it, you still chose me without hesitation when my life or death was unknown that day. After all, I owe you a wedding. But don't worry, Jiaojiao, I will pay you back one day." A big wedding.”
When Zhao Yanzhen said this, Jiang Nianjiao could see the sincerity in his eyes.
For a moment, Jiang Nianjiao just nodded unconsciously.
It was a cold night, so the two of them finished setting off the river lanterns.
, but they didn’t stay any longer, and the two of them returned to Prince Jin’s Mansion soon after.
On the seventh day of the new year, Jiang Nianjiao only took Zhao Yanzhen to Jiang Mansion once more.
Jiang Fang, his aunt Jiang Youhui and his cousin Du Zechi were all at home today.
And there were only two more unfamiliar faces at the table.
These two people are a pair of young men and women who look like they are in their late twenties. The man is upright and the woman is gentle. Their clothes are very simple.
Jiang Nianjiao had been away from the social circle in the capital for more than half a year because of Zhao Yanzhen's incident, so when she saw these two people, she didn't know them either. However, seeing that Aunt Du was very polite to them, she just looked at them slowly. smiled.
"Aunt, who are these two guests?" she asked.
Jiang Youhui was obviously in a good mood. She pointed at the two people and said, "These are Miss Lingwei's eldest brother and sister-in-law."
"Miss Lingwei?" Although Jiang Nianjiao had never heard of who this girl was, she still raised her eyebrows.
As if she was guessing, her eyes fell on Du Zechi, which was different from Jiang Fang's happy look and Jiang Youhui's happy look.
Du Zechi's face was full of reluctance.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao had a pretty good guess.
However, the man obviously recognized Zhao Yanzhen. After all, Zhao Yanzhen returned to the city that day, and most people had seen his face.
The broad-faced and honest man stood up quickly and said uneasily, "Your Majesty, Cui Zian, has met His Highness Prince Jin and His Highness Princess Jin."
When the woman next to the man sees her husband saluting, she will also stand up and salute.
However, Zhao Yanzhen raised his hand to stop him, "This is a family dinner, why should we be so formal."
After saying that, he gave Jiang Fang the son-in-law gift. After the two of them were polite, Zhao Yanzhen smiled and asked Aunt Du, "Aunt, is there something happy happening today?"
Aunt Du quickly smiled and nodded and said, "Recently, we have been seeing each other for Lingwei and Chier. What a coincidence, Zian and the others were also transferred to Beijing from Huaitai."
"So, brother Zian is also young and promising." Zhao Yanzhen said this not outright flattery.
Although it is not certain that Cui Zian will be a prostitute, most of the officials who can be promoted from local to Beijing are capable ministers and officials.
After all, although Emperor Yong now conducts imperial examinations, the pressure from other wealthy families is still there.
Almost most of the children of these great families are serving as officials in the capital. Even if a few are sent to local places, they are still wealthy places.
On the contrary, almost most of those students from poor families who relied on the imperial examinations to leap over the dragon gate were assigned to those barren places.
Emperor Yong also acquiesced in this model, but in recent years, Emperor Yong would still transfer these poor students with perfect local resumes and outstanding abilities to the capital.
And this Huaitai is also a small place with few resources. Since Cui Zian worked in that kind of place, he must have been a capable minister and official from a humble sect.
Therefore, this person's local administrative ability should indeed be very outstanding.
And to be transferred to the capital at the age of twenty-seven or eighty-year-old from a poor family is indeed a very young experience.
As for promising, he does have a bright future now.
His father had been vigorously attacking the wealthy and powerful throughout his life.
To suppress these aristocratic families, imperial power alone is obviously not enough. He also needs another force to help him, and these poor families who are eager to get a promotion channel and have no foundation naturally become the ones he can introduce. strength.
At the time of the transition between the old and the new, new affairs are destined to surpass the old ones. Isn't the reason why the new is new just because it responds to the general trend and is full of vitality?
The reason why the old is old is because the times are constantly changing, but they hold on to the materials they obtained from the previous times, so that they are bloated and unable to change. If you are unwilling to give up, you can only block it.
But once the general trend converges into a torrent, it cannot be easily stopped.
This Cui Zian is the torrent before the dam breaks now, and it may not become a new climate in the future.
These things are the insights that Zhao Yanzhen had after the Chen family was destroyed this time.
Although that year
He hated Emperor Yong so much for this, and of course he has not given up this hatred now.
After all, in his view, Emperor Yong was not only an emperor, but also his father and mother's husband.
Having lived in two lives, without his advance planning, his father would probably have sacrificed his mother just like he did in his previous life.
If he hadn't known earlier that he didn't have any feelings for her, if he hadn't known earlier, he would have used himself as a pawn in the game from the beginning. How could he be alone?
Even though he has been a man for two generations, he still seems unable to accept that his father has treated him as a chess piece from the beginning, placing him on the opposite side, just to be killed as a useless chess piece.
However, I have figured out a lot of things in this life, and I am naturally much more relaxed about doing them.
When Cui Zian received the compliment from King Jin, he couldn't help but stand up quickly and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
Prime Minister Jiang on the other side only smiled and said, "We won't talk much today, just have a banquet."
As the most qualified elder at the table, Prime Minister Jiang spoke, and others were naturally no longer polite.
The family dinner that followed was quite enjoyable.
Even Cui Zian, a young man from a humble family, had to admit that his view of Prince Jin was quite different from that of other noble families.
Although when the Chen family was standing and still standing, the King of Jin seemed to be the spokesperson of those big families.
But now that he was interacting with him, he had to admit that this King Jin was really different from others.
The more he learned about his life experience, the more he admired King Jin.
He doesn't have the arrogance of a noble official from an aristocratic family, and he treats others like a spring breeze. But from the fact that he was able to escape death on that battlefield and defeat the sneak attack of the Qiang Desert Koso Dynasty, causing them to come to sue for peace and not dare to do it again in the short term, we can also know that this person is not just a spring breeze, pampering in the world. A descendant of the royal family in the greenhouse.
