Qingchuan History

Chapter 305 Bright night is coming, the city is full of day brocade ([-])

"It's so touching." Gu Chunfeng was fascinated by hearing it, and became even more excited. "Madam Zhen," he went to look at Duan Xirun and the spool in her hand, "Is there anything special about the magic lamp? Can we also put it in Qi Palace?"

"No." Duan Xirun smiled again, "It's just praying, what's the difference?" Suddenly he remembered something, "As for whether the Qi Palace will work or not, we have to ask your majesty. The magic lamp is to be ignited, and it is lit in the sky at night." Will open flames be prohibited? You don’t have the custom of setting off sky lanterns, do you?”

"Sky lantern?" Gu Chunfeng became more and more excited, his eyes glistening.

"Well. Your Highness can be understood as a relatively large lantern, the kind that can fly into the sky by itself."

"I seem to have heard of it." Chunfeng nodded like a pounding garlic, recalling for a moment, "I have heard of it, sky lanterns, there are." Auntie said, as if mother and concubine also mentioned it in the early years, "What is this? Law?"

"On a clear and windless night, tie a frame with bamboo strips, paste it with paper, and put turpentine at the bottom. After everything is ready, light the turpentine, and the sky lantern will rise by heat and gradually enter the sky. It usually lasts for half to an hour. A sky lantern that burns long enough can rise to the same height as the star, and it is more dazzling than the star when viewed from a distance. It was only put on during the Lantern Festival at first," she paused,
"Later, whenever there were major festivals, sky lanterns would be set off in Yunshui City. Gradually, the whole country followed suit. Sky lanterns are often held throughout the year, and even now they are even more frequent than magic lanterns. Gain kites and Myojin lanterns are more important. Time-consuming and labor-intensive, sky lanterns are much simpler."

The tradition of releasing sky lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in Zhaoguo.Bai Guo is just inheriting and carrying forward its greatness, increasing the number of occasions and increasing the frequency.So she just paused.Ruan Xueyin understood, kept her composure, and changed the subject:
"I've always had a question about the magic lamp."

"Sister, please tell me." Duan Xirun responded, handing the spool in her hand to Manyi, stopped and laughed.

"Sky lanterns and magic lamps are both things that burn open flames in paper or silk. Sky lanterns are okay, because they are released in calm weather, and the risk of light igniting the lamp holder is relatively small. But the magic lamp is tied to a kite. When the wind rises, the kite rises, the wind blows and the fire shakes, isn't it easy to be ignited?"

"Yes." Chunfeng said, agreeing, "Sister-in-law, do you know these magical lanterns?"

Ruan Xueyin nodded lightly, "Have you heard of it?"

"Sister Pei is really well-informed, and she sees things carefully." Duan Xirun responded with a smile, "It's true that the magic lamp is easy to light up in the air. As I said just now, the most common time to put the lanterns is around Qingming, which is clearer than sky lanterns." The function of praying, the magic lamp is actually more inclined to mourn the dead. There is a saying in our side, if the magic lamp floats in the air and remains intact until it goes out, it means that the person who is praying has received a message from the person who put the lamp on the other side. If it burns in the middle stand up,"

Her expression changed slightly, she looked a little solemn,

"Bamboo strips, paper, silk, and even pulling strings are all flammable. Once ignited, everything from lanterns to kites will burn up. Naturally, they will be annihilated in the air. The old man in Yunshui City said, such a scene shows what you want Mourn that person for not receiving your thoughts."

"What do you mean you didn't receive it?" Gu Chunfeng stared, as if hearing a strange story.

"It means I didn't receive it." Duan Xirun replied, quite helplessly. "That's what the old people said. As for why they can't receive it, I think it's as unsolvable as the question of whether praying is useful or not."

Ruan Xueyin agreed, "Some things don't matter whether they are true or false, it's just a matter of believing or not. For things like praying for blessings, it's good to believe. Otherwise, it's meaningless."

Duan Xirun nodded, "What my sister said is absolutely true."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Gu Chunfeng raised his voice, "It's March now, and the Qingming Festival is not far away. Recently, the Manufacturing Office has made a lot of kites, and they always come here to pick them up. I'm afraid it won't be useful. Now Well, it’s better to hit the sun than to choose a day, so let’s make some colorful lanterns during the day, so we can put magic lanterns on tonight?”

Duan Xirun hesitated and glanced at Ruan Xueyin, who didn't respond.I had to turn to Chunfeng to persuade him earnestly: "It's really inappropriate to set off open flames in the sky at night in the palace. If it falls somewhere, it will cause water leakage." No matter where it falls, this is Qi Palace, and it can't fall anywhere." But it’s a big deal. There are many rivers and lakes in Baiguo, and Guangyun Water City is where two rivers meet and it’s adjacent to a big lake. We release magic lamps and sky lanterns, all of which are carried out by the water.”

"We can do it too." Gu Chunfeng waved his hand, "We'll let it go by the Hulan Lake, and we'll just drop it into the lake, and let someone take care of it later."

Where is it so easy to control.The so-called sky fulfills few people's wishes and fails to fulfill many people's wishes. If you want it to fall into the lake, it often doesn't fall into the lake.Duan Xirun sighed softly, and said again:
"Your Highness, please ask for the emperor's will first. Wuzhi," paused, "Xirun dare not rashly participate."

Gu Chunfeng frowned, and continued to wave her slender but imposing arms, "It's easy to say, it's not a matter of what my sister-in-law said." Then she turned to Ruan Xueyin, "Ninth brother is still in Rong Rongxuan at this time, sister-in-law Let's go and say hello, and say that we are going to put magic lamps on the shore of Hulan Lake at night."

This statement is too natural.Even confident.It seemed that Ruan Xueyin didn't ask for an order at all, but just informed her.Should or should not, appropriate or inappropriate, whether you want to agree or not——

Gu Xinglang would agree.

Duan Xirun's smile stiffened.Although I have tried my best to control it.

Ruan Xueyin's complexion was still pale, and she glanced at Chunfeng without a trace.

When Gu Chunfeng received this gouge, it was extremely rare for him to react, so he hurriedly laughed and said, "Among us, my sister-in-law is the best eloquent. If Brother Jiu makes things difficult, the chances of winning are better, right?"

Ruan Xueyin continued to keep her face pale.

Gu Chunfeng blinked, reflected again, reacted again, and finally changed his words, "Sister-in-law Pei, hurry up." Then he made a serious bow, "Thank you."

That night, the always quiet Hulan Lake was bustling with people.The pale yellow that was shuttling back and forth among the crowd was Gu Chunfeng.Ruan Xueyin also arrived, standing nearby, surrounded by busy and noisy, she watched for a while, then raised her eyes to look at the stars in the sky.

The spring is clear all night, and Xinglang Lake is white.From this season onwards, the stars will return gradually, and the Ruoming River will prosper again.

The stars move things for a few autumns.She meditated.Here, it has always been Xia.

The stars move things for a few summers.Suddenly and summer, year after year.

"Why isn't Mrs. Zhen here yet?" Chunfeng jumped up and down anxiously, "We are all inexperienced, and we are all waiting for her to give orders."

Ruan Xueyin didn't have time to remind her to pay attention to the title.

Then the crowd began to disperse to the two sides, and Duan Xirun, who was light-colored, was walking over the grassy path deliberately made up.

Standing side by side is the lotus-colored Shangguan concubine.

Not a few steps behind the two of them, there was another person following, but it was Ji Wanling, who was light emerald.

Gu Chunfeng blinked and blinked again, approached Ruan Xueyin half a step and whispered: "What is this? Small-scale games have become large-scale gatherings?"

Ruan Xueyin didn't care, she was noncommittal.Duan Xirun came up to meet her, a little bit apologetic, "Earlier, Madam Jin and I talked about the customs of the Bai Kingdom. Today, it is rare for the emperor to allow us to light the magic lamp in the palace, so I thought of inviting her to come and watch."

Then Shangguan concubine said: "Run'er invited me, I thought, we are all here, so naturally we should ask Mrs. Yu, so I went to Pishuang Palace to invite me. It's rare that Mrs. Yu is willing to show her face."

At this point, Ji Wanling also came to the front, obviously heard the last two and a half sentences, smiled and said: "I heard my father mention this Baiguo magic lamp when I was young, and I was very fascinated, so I came to join in the fun. Don't bother me .”

Excuse me or not, come here, I said excuse me, can you go back here?Gu Chunfeng put on a stern face. With Shangguan here, even Ji Wanling seemed less annoying than usual, "There are a lot of kites tonight. I went to the Manufacturing Office to get more than a dozen. Let's pick them out. The colorful lanterns are all kites. It’s the same. How to hang it specifically? I also ask Mrs. Zhen for advice.”

Gu Chunfeng pouted and stared, how could Duan Xirun not see it?Embarrassed at the moment, it was as if amnesty was received by these words, and he plunged headlong into the kite pile on the grass with small brisk steps.

"I want that pair of butterflies." Chunfeng reacted suddenly, raised his voice to remind, and hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)