Soon Qin Ming led everyone into the Qin Mansion.
Qin Ming took a few people to the front hall to drink tea for a while, and then Xiao Changxi walked in. She first saluted Princess Changle and her group.
Then he said to Qin Ming:
"Sir, the fireworks have been set up."
Princess Danyang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she was about to get up and leave.
Princess Changle on the side saluted Qin Ming and said:
"Thanks, Lizhi, brother Ming, it's getting late, so we won't disturb you."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded when he heard this, and then said to Princess Changle:
"Then I will send you two princesses."
"Well, I'm done."
After saying that, Qin Ming led the people in the mansion and walked to the entrance of Qin Mansion.
Princess Yuzhang deliberately lagged behind Princess Changle by a few steps on the way. She walked side by side to Qin Ming and said with a blushing face:
"I have received your gift."
Qin Ming looked at his future wife with a smile and said:
"So do you like it?"
Princess Yuzhang's face turned even redder when she heard this. She twisted a little, stuffed something into Qin Ming's hand, and then said with her head held high:
"My mother has taught us to know etiquette since childhood. If you give me a gift, I will naturally give you a gift in return. Don't think too much about it."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded:
"Okay, I won't think too much about it."
Upon hearing this, Princess Yuzhang glared at Qin Ming, then stamped her feet and caught up with the two Princess Changle in front.
Princess Changle secretly glanced at her sister and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her nodding.
Princess Danyang glanced at Princess Yuzhang suspiciously and said:
"Sister Yuzhang, what did you just say to that brat?"
Princess Yuzhang felt guilty after hearing this, waved her hands and said:
"I just want to thank him for sending us fireworks."
...
The group of people soon arrived at the gate of Qin Mansion, and everyone said goodbye again. Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang got on the carriage first.
At this time Princess Danyang hesitated for a moment, walked back to Qin Ming and Cheng Chumo, pointed at Cheng Chumo with a small leather whip and said:
"You two, be careful for me, Princess. If you dare to take this brat to those unclean places again, I, Princess, can't get around you. Do you hear me?"
Cheng Chumo and the other two nodded their heads like pecking at rice.
"Don't worry, Princess, we know we won't take your sweetheart to that kind of place."
The two brothers thought in their hearts that if he wanted to go on his own, he would not be able to blame us.
Princess Danyang's face turned red immediately after hearing this, her eyes couldn't help but glance away, and she said angrily:
"What a devil would like a bastard like him!"
After saying that, she didn't dare to look at the people at the door, and got into the carriage without looking back.
Upon seeing this, the Cheng brothers immediately looked at Qin Ming with an ambiguous expression.
Qin Ming knew that this kind of thing would become more confusing the more he explained it, so he coughed dryly and said:
"It's getting late. Let's go back home and have dinner. We'll go see the lanterns later."
...
In the Youshi period, Xingdaofang and Qin Mansion
With a muffled sound, fireworks quickly rose into the sky, echoing the fireworks in the palace, and the most beautiful fireworks bloomed in this Lantern Festival.
Xiong Daxiong Er looked at the scene in the sky with a dull expression.
After a while, the two of them came back to their senses, and then they yelled and took away the work of setting off the fireworks from Zishu and others.
Xiao Qingwan stood next to Qin Ming, pulled his sleeves, and asked in a low voice:
"Sir, what did the princess just give you?"
Qin Ming just focused on giving it away and didn't have time to look at Princess Yuzhang's gift.
He was also curious about what this future wife gave him.
Thinking of this, he took out the gift from his arms.
Xiao Qingwan looked at the thing in Qin Ming's hand and said:
"Hey, what a beautiful purse! It looks like lotus flowers are embroidered on it, right?"
Qin Ming was also looking at the purse at this time. Judging from the embroidery work, although it was not as good as Xiao Changxi, it was already very good.
I just don’t know if it was embroidered by Yuzhang himself.
Thinking like this, he was about to put his wallet away. At this moment, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something in his wallet.
When I took it out, I saw it was a jade dice with a red string.
The purse was a gift embroidered by Princess Changle herself, and the dice were a gift from Princess Yuzhang.
...
At this time, Qin Ming was completely unaware that Chang'an was no better than Qinjiazhuang, and very few people had ever seen such a scene.
Those who were far away naturally thought that it was another auspicious sign coming from the palace, but those who were close were real and knew that the fireworks were set off by the Qin Mansion.
In the mansion next to Qin Mansion.
A woman in plain clothes with a wooden hairpin in her hair was kneeling on a futon and reciting scriptures.
The woman turned a deaf ear to the loud bang coming from outside the door, as if no matter what happened, it could not disturb her.
At this time, a middle-aged man knocked on the door outside and said:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The woman in the house heard the voice at the door and knew it was her cousin. She frowned and asked:
"What's the matter?"
Although it was just two simple words, in other people's ears, this woman's voice was particularly pleasant.
The man outside the house said:
"There are colorful lights in the sky in the yard next to us. It seems that there is auspiciousness coming to the world. People in the yard are kneeling over there. Please come out and have a look."
The woman thought of the weird rumbling sound and couldn't help but frowned.
But she finally stood up and walked towards the door.
The woman looks to be in her thirties, with a pretty face.
Next to a pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes, there is a small tear mole, which adds a bit of charm to her.
Although the woman is not young and is wearing plain clothes and linen skirt, her temperament is very good. I think she must have fascinated many people when she was young.
She gently opened the door and said to her cousin at the door:
"Chong, are you saying there is auspiciousness in the yard next door?"
Xiao Chong quickly pointed to the yard that was constantly illuminated by fireworks and said:
"Empress, you will know when you move into the courtyard and look at the sky."
This woman is none other than the Sui Dynasty Queen Xiao Meiniang that Xiao Changxi is looking for.
At this time, Xiao Meiniang was actually in her sixties, but she looked only in her thirties.
Xiao Meiniang didn't know whether this was God favoring her or punishing her.
Coincidentally, the yard Qin Ming bought happened to be adjacent to the mansion given to Xiao Meiniang by Li Shimin.
After hearing this, Xiao Meiniang walked to the yard, looked up and saw the fireworks blooming in the sky.
She couldn't help but be stunned, and murmured:
"What a beauty."
Xiao Chong walked to Xiao Meiniang, pointed at the fireworks in the sky and asked:
"Mother, look, this is the auspiciousness."
Xiao Meiniang stared at the sky for a while, shook her head and said:
"This shouldn't be some auspiciousness coming from heaven. You see, these colored lights are all rising into the sky from the yard next door, so this has nothing to do with auspiciousness coming from heaven."
Xiao Chong heard this, thought for a while and asked:
"Then what do you think this thing is? Why can it rise to the sky and turn into such beautiful colored light?"
Xiao Meiniang looked at the fireworks in the sky, shook her head and said:
"I don't know either, but this thing is quite beautiful."
Xiao Chong also looked at the sky and murmured:
"If I have a chance to go out, I must visit next door."
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