The Chinese Valentine's Day, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge, is also a real Valentine's Day in the world. The annual Chinese Valentine's Day Lantern Festival in Liaoning Prefecture is even more lively this year, especially led by the Jiayong Marquis Mansion and organized by several gentry and local tyrants with some status.
The lamp is as huge as a mountain.
Tian Minrui was invited to the garden lantern party held in the Liang Mansion. The head of the Liang Mansion, Liang Boyuan, also known as Fang Yu's uncle, got an excellent grade in last year's examination and was promoted to one level. He was transferred to Kyoto as the Minister of Communications and Affairs, and was awarded the fourth rank this year.
For the Chinese Valentine's Day Lantern Festival, Liang Mansion spent a lot of money to decorate the entire garden of the other courtyard very beautifully. Various lighting decorations illuminated the garden as if it were daytime.
Mrs. Liang invited many famous ladies to visit the garden. The garden was even more colorful, full of coquettish laughter, and very lively.
Fang Yu and several cousins dragged Tian Minrui to the garden. Through a bamboo curtain, they pointed at a girl wearing a scarlet dress and said, "Look, that is Yu Ting. She is the only legitimate daughter of the Yu family. She has been growing up since she was a child.
Her mother died young, and her father was useless. Fortunately, she had the support of the old lady, who supported the family. She was as good at business as you and me, and her temperament was straightforward. She had a house full of concubines, and no one looked at her.
Are you following her looks?"
Tian Minrui looked over and saw that Yu Ting was about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. She was not as delicate and delicate as a Jiangnan woman. Her face was round and her complexion was a healthy wheat color. At this time, she was talking to a woman.
I didn’t know what he said was funny, and he laughed, showing a few white teeth.
Fang Yu also met. A real lady smiles without showing her teeth. Yu Ting looked a bit vulgar like this, so she said sarcastically: "Don't care about those rules. She also knows the rules of women, but you
I also know that she is in charge of all her family's business, so her temperament is inevitably a bit lively..."
"Why are you nervous? I didn't say anything to her." Seeing Fang Yu looking at him, Tian Minrui couldn't help but smile and said: "It's pretty good, not pretentious, and has a generous temperament."
"Do you really think so?" Fang Yu's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he said: "I know you kid, with a family like yours, you need a mistress like Yu Ting to help you run the house, so that you can have nothing."
Don’t worry about anything. Anyway, since you have already achieved national honors and won’t take the exam anymore, and you plan to go to sea next year, I think it’s just her.”
Tian Minrui rolled his eyes and was about to speak when Fang Yu hurriedly said to his cousin Liang Fei: "Xiaofei, go ahead and tell them that we will fight against them. Whoever can't fight against them will have to do it."
The winner will be punished."
Liang Fei was only thirteen or fourteen years old. It was time for fun, and he knew that he was choosing a bride for his cousin's friend, so he agreed and ran over in a hurry. Tian Minrui was too late to stop him.
Naturally, the female relatives responded, so the two parties moved their positions and were separated by a bush of flowers and trees. You came and I went back and forth in opposite directions.
Fang Yu wanted to connect Tian Minrui and Yu Ting, and kept trying to guide them. Yu Ting was not only good at housekeeping business, but also literate. Although her knowledge was not as good as Tian Minrui's, she was not too bad. She got many pairs right.
If I can't get it right, I'll drink a few glasses of fruit wine generously.
Tian Minrui was speechless at Fang Yu's behavior. After participating for a while, he left the garden on the pretext of going to the clean room.
On the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, with the bright moon in the sky, the cool breeze blowing, and the noisy laughter faintly heard in the distance, Tian Minrui walked on the cobblestone path and looked at the various lights hung in Liang Mansion, and his impetuous heart slowly calmed down.
Regarding his life-long event, he has now complied with the emperor's words not to worry about the eunuch, so he was helpless about Fang Yu's arrangement. Now that he met Yu Ting, she was nice, but only he knew that she was not what he was looking for.
that person.
With a wry smile, he turned the corner and suddenly stopped. From a small courtyard in front, there was a burst of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. What made him stop was not because of the sweet-scented osmanthus, but because of the man sitting on the stone, holding his knees and looking up.
The woman of heaven.
Why is she here?
Tian Minrui was a little surprised. From his angle, she looked very beautiful from the side, with a small chin. The faint moonlight swept over her face, giving her a faint brilliance.
He unconsciously took a step forward and stepped on the dead leaves under his feet, which made a crunching sound, startling the man who was quietly watching the moon.
Lin Huijun looked over in surprise, stood up from the stone warily, looked at Tian Minrui, and asked: "Who is there?"
Tian Minrui walked out of the shadows, saw her standing tall, frowned, and said, "Don't stand so high, be careful when you fall."
Lin Huijun was startled when she saw it was a man. She stepped back and stepped on the air, making a sound.
Tian Minrui quickly jumped over, opened his hands and wanted to hug her, but he was just a little short. Lin Huijun's momentum directly overwhelmed him, and the two of them rolled on the grass.
Lin Huijun was in shock and hurriedly got up and said: "You... Mr. Tian?" When she saw the person clearly, she was stunned for a moment.
Tian Minrui pressed his arm with a hiss, sat on the grass, and looked at her: "Are you okay?"
Seeing his actions, Lin Huijun hurriedly turned her face away, stood up, and said with a red face: "It's okay." She paused and asked, "What about you?"
Tian Minrui also stood up and said with a smile: "It's okay, you're not heavy."
They didn't realize it until they said it, and when they saw her surprised eyes again, they both remembered what happened two days ago, couldn't help coughing, and looked away in embarrassment.
"you..."
"How can you...."
The two of them spoke at the same time, and were stunned for a moment, which diluted the embarrassment a bit. However, Lin Huijun asked first: "Why are you here?"
"The owner of this house is my good friend's uncle, and they invited me to come when there is a lantern festival." Tian Minrui smiled and asked, "Where is the girl? Why are you here? By the way, how do you know that my surname is Tian?"
Lin Huijun opened her lips slightly and thought for a moment. She was afraid that the old woman might not have told her what she had said. She couldn't help but smile bitterly, but she had no reason to blame others. She had to be on guard against others.
"Master, do you really not remember me?" Lin Huijun looked at Tian Minrui, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and said, "My name is Lin Huijun."
"Lin Huijun?" Tian Minrui looked at her delicate face with a smile and was slightly startled. He blinked. The name was very familiar. When he looked at her carefully, he suddenly remembered that many years ago, a little girl was in his own house.
At home, I looked at the full moon and stars in the sky like this.
"You are..." He looked her up and down in surprise: "Didn't you go to Kyoto?"
Seeing that he remembered it, Lin Huijun felt very happy. When she heard him ask this question again, a trace of sadness appeared on her face, and she said: "I came to Liaoning four years ago. The wife of the Liang Mansion is my distant cousin's aunt, and she is actually a young master. Why?"
Will he be in Liaoning? Is your wife also in Liaoning? And where are Sister Yan'er and Xiaowu?"
"They live in Kyoto now. Our family moved to Kyoto a few years ago." Tian Minrui replied with a smile.
"That's it, I thought you all moved here too." Lin Huijun showed a hint of surprise.
Tian Minrui was a little happy to meet old friends again. He looked her over again and said, "I almost don't recognize you when you grow up."
Lin Huijun's face was slightly red, her head lowered, her long hair flowing down her shoulders, revealing a section of her fair neck.
When Tian Minrui saw the dazzling fair skin, she felt her mouth became dry. She hurriedly moved her eyes away and said, "Since it's a lantern festival, why aren't you here alone with those ladies?"
Lin Huijun raised her head, glanced at him, a little disappointed, leaned on the stone behind her and said, "They don't like talking to me."
"How is that possible? You are fine." Tian Minrui showed a surprised expression.
His piercing compliments made Lin Huijun a little shy, but thinking about the way people in this house looked at her, she said melancholy: "I'm afraid they think I'm unlucky."
Tian Minrui frowned and turned to look at her. She looked up at the moon again. She looked pretty in profile, but there was an inexplicable sadness about her body.
Remembering that she lost her parents a long time ago, she couldn't help but feel a little pity in her eyes, and advised: "Why do you have to belittle yourself? Everyone living in this world has his own value. As for the ominous saying, it is just that the world is ignorant.
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After hearing this, Lin Huijun looked at him gratefully, her voice choked up, and said, "Thank you."
The two of them didn't speak for a while, looking at the sky, but the atmosphere was so quiet and beautiful.
"Today's moon is so round and beautiful." Lin Huijun said, looking at the full moon.
"Um."
"Madam, are they okay? Where are Sister Yan'er and Xiao Wu?"
"Both mother and father are fine. Yan'er is married and she is the mother of two children." When Tian Minyan was mentioned, Tian Minrui's face was filled with tenderness and he said: "Xiaowu just passed the scholar examination this spring. He is the best in Kyoto."
Young scholar, thirteen years old."
"Really?" Lin Huijun opened her eyes wide and said happily: "He is really capable."
Tian Minrui hummed, with a look of pride on his face. Xiao Wu was indeed the pride of the family, and he was also very smart. Now he was on good terms with the prince. As long as he grasped the situation well, he might not be able to become a powerful minister in the future.
The two of them talked about things that happened when they were young, and then talked about things from childhood to later times. They leaned against each other and looked at the bright moon.
Waves of girlish fragrance blew along the wind, and Tian Minrui only felt that the years were peaceful.
"Are you engaged?" he asked suddenly.
Lin Huijun was very surprised. She looked at him and saw the stars in his eyes. Her face turned red with embarrassment. She nodded but shook her head.
"This is?"
"The engagement was cancelled." She felt a little sad.
Tian Minrui breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I am the eldest son in the family. I am nineteen years old and not yet married. I have the honor of being a civil servant, but I will not take the exam again. Now I am in charge of the family business."
Lin Huijun's face turned red as she listened. She lowered her head and did not dare to say a word. She said like a mosquito: "What are you talking about?"
Seeing her like this, Tian Minrui felt certain in his heart. The smile on his lips widened and he said, "I just want you to listen."
Lin Huijun raised her head, glanced at him, and turned her head away. The exposed profile and the corners of her lips were slightly raised.
Tian Minrui didn't say anything anymore. He looked up at the moon. He must have come to the right place to visit the garden!
