Chapter 40 Guessing Fans

The emperor held a temporary dynasty meeting to meet dozens of generals below Xue Chongxun, but he could not give a reward edict.

The state rewards and punishments are based on merit and rewards. Most people are promoted, but only two people are granted marquis or promoted titles.

The person who was named a marquis was naturally Yin Ci, and he was the one who reported to arrest Li Sanlang. He fulfilled the reward order from the court last year and was appointed as the Marquis of Pingyang.

Then there is the chief general Xue Chongxun. Of course, the greatest contribution to the victory is to the boss. He was promoted from the prince to the prince, and was granted the title of King Jin!

That sentence please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily. If a scholar, Wanhuhou, was not a false statement in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, kings, princes, generals and ministers were promoted the fastest through the war.

However, he, a prince of a different surname, is really not something that ordinary people dare to accept. Only Xue Chongxun's eldest son, the uncrowned king, dared to accept the title happily.

After issuing an edict, the ministers seemed particularly silent today and the court scattered soon after.

Once Li Sanlang died, the central government would not have any external threats, and it seemed to become lifeless.Fortunately, the Lantern Festival is approaching and the city is full of red and lively, which covers up the deadly atmosphere.

Xue Chongxun was also worried that his power would expand too quickly and would lead to the vigilance of most people in power.

However, after returning home from the court, his wife and concubines welcomed him very enthusiastically, and the mansion was busy decorating the festival decorations, which made him lively and harmonious, making him feel as if he had fallen into a hot spring, and temporarily forgot about those worries.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I saw lights and decorative decorations under the eaves of the house. From the master to the servants and maids, they were dressed in bright and decent clothes, and delicious food was placed in the halls and courtyards, and the atmosphere was very intimate.

Xue Chongxun asked casually and found out that these arrangements were all hosted by his mother-in-law Sun. Xindao's family finally had a master, otherwise how could it be so atmosphere?

Although Li Yan'er, her husband is young and has limited abilities, she is also good for her mother-in-law to help.

Moreover, Li Yan'er's parents' family has no close relatives. Under Xue Chongxun's protection, they seemed to have a sense of belonging, which made Xue Chongxun feel warm.

Before the evening was dark, the King of Jin's mansion set up a family banquet, and even the slaves had a banquet and had a lively family banquet.

Later, Prime Minister Zhang Shuo invited his colleagues to go to the lantern festival together, and also invited Xue Chongxun.

Xue Chongxun agreed readily without saying a word, and hurriedly changed his clothes and prepared to go out...

He knew that the prime ministers were preparing to support the emperor and establish a crown prince. These prime ministers used to be part of Princess Taiping. If something happened to Taiping, they were about to fall and scatter. Xue Chongxun wanted to win over some of them. Otherwise, even if he was a prince, he would not have the right to participate in the court's decision-making, which would be very unfavorable.

Since Zhang said that he was quite proud of his face, Xue Chongxun naturally hit it off and rushed to socialize with them.

Several people met at the agreed location. They were all dressed in a commoner and took some servants and followers to join in the fun and fun at the lantern festival.

Except for Zhang, the other officials were not of high status, so when they saw Xue Chongxun, they naturally nodded and flattered.

It just so happened that everyone wanted to guess riddles on a whim. When they gave in to each other, they asked Xue Chongxun to guess...

Xue Chongxun was really not very proficient in those words and hurriedly refused: Xue, a martial artist, just joins in the fun. How could he dare to show off his skills in such an elegant matter?But Xianggong Zhang is a versatile talent in civil and military affairs, so why would he open my eyes?

Zhang said that he was the prime minister and the officials, so naturally some people immediately asked Zhang said that he could show his talent, but some people grabbed Xue Chongxun and said: Xue Lang should not be too humble. Your song "Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky" in the East Capital can be called a masterpiece of eternal song. How many people are so literary and martial arts in ancient and modern times?

Xue Chongxun was very depressed and his face was naturally bad. However, Zhang Shuo was good at observing his words and expressions. Seeing this, he rescued the situation: Poetry is a thing of temperament. Xue Lang can write poems, so he may not have time to watch the riddle-like playful things. Since he has no interest, everyone should not be troubled by Xue Lang, so he can just let him write a poem.

Another poem?

Three black lines appeared on Xue Chongxun’s forehead. Is there any Tang poem that describes the lantern festival?

He really couldn't even think of it...

Even if I think it out, my poetry is becoming more and more famous. The Tang people like to write poetry. If they catch it, they will let them write it. What should I do?

If I could write all three hundred Tang poems, maybe I could barely deal with them for a while, not to mention that there were only a few poems he could recite, but they were nothing but famous poems that were so popular in later generations.

Can't write poems anymore!

Xue Chongxun was anxious and embarrassed to say that it was written by an aide last time, so how embarrassing it was to admit that plagiarism was!

Even if everyone doubts, then doubts. It is not a big evil for a prince to behave himself occasionally; but it would be too shameful to admit it directly.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: I think I'm still guessing.

Everyone just wanted to have fun, so it was not difficult to let Xue Chongxun participate together. He wanted to guess the fans, so he guessed the fans.

Xue Chongxun looked around and saw that this street was near the East City, which belonged to a commercial area. The brightly lit streets were filled with lanterns, but most of them were placed by merchants. They had to pay for guessing, and if they guess correctly, they could choose a lottery.

During the festival, people don’t care about that little money, they can’t afford to have an atmosphere, and businessmen can’t afford to have profits, and they are both willing.

Some merchants are smart and will ask beautiful slaves to set up stalls and give elegant objects such as handkerchiefs, fans, and pendants. They are cheap and interesting, which makes the ignorant young man compete to spend a lot of money and have a very good business.

He chose a random family and asked his entourage to give him copper coins. Then he uncovered a riddle and saw the riddle. The answer was invisible at the back and he had to guess it before showing it.

Everyone came up to take a look and said with a smile: It's a bargain Xue Lang.

Ma Fang Zhang said that he was usually very serious and always held a face. He smiled and said, "This is too simple, the store clearly wants to give something to others."

When everyone shook their heads and said there was no challenge, Xue Chongxun frowned and could not guess it.

He had no interest in this riddle in his previous life and had no contact with it. He was a martial artist in this life. He looked at the riddles very hard and was confused for a moment.

After hearing everyone say it’s too simple, I took the opportunity to say: Then I’ll get one again.

So Xue Chongxun revealed another one without waiting for everyone to answer, and he was stunned when he saw that he didn't even recognize a person in the riddle. So how could he guess?

His face suddenly turned red. Zhang Shuo waited and guessed a little in his mind, then smoothed out the situation, told him the answer, and said: There is nothing to guess about these riddles, let's find a place to drink.

At this moment, Xue Chongxun discovered a familiar figure. It turned out that Sun was walking around the lantern party with a few maids and servants. Xue Chongxun agreed to everyone and squeezed over there, wanting to say hello.

Sun is rarely out to go out for free, and it is probably also a lively night like this.

...At this time, the maid next to Sun also recognized Xue Chongxun and reminded Sun: Madam, look at the husband who is there, are you going to meet him?

Sun wore a red jacket, dressed like a young woman from a rich family, and was unwilling to show her identity.

When she heard the girl talk, she looked over the place she pointed at, and she saw Xue Chongxun walking here in the crowd, and there were Zhang Shuo waiting for a few officials behind her.

She couldn't recognize the other people, but Zhang said that he had been prime minister for many years and would occasionally go to the inner palace to meet Princess Taiping during the Taiping Dynasty. Sun had met several times, but he knew it.

Therefore, you can guess that the other people are also ministers of the court.

The husband and court officials are busy with their affairs, and they don’t even have time to have fun during the Lantern Festival. If you really make things difficult for him, let’s not cause trouble.

After saying that, Sun took his entourage in the opposite direction and then flashed into a shop selling children's playful things.

When Xue Chongxun walked to the place where she was standing just now, how could he see people?

He looked around and disappeared from Sun's figure. After pondering, he knew that she didn't want the court officials to show up, but a trace of loss still flashed in his heart, and he felt inexplicably.

At this time, Zhang Shuo and others caught up and asked Xue Chongxun if he was looking for someone?Xue Chongxun replied casually: I see the lights here are beautiful, let’s see if the riddles are interesting.

Everyone looked at each other, as if they were saying that you still want to guess that the fans can get back their faces?

I just don’t know if there is a riddle that tests one plus one equals one.

Everyone interrupted with a smile: It’s better to be happy to drink, let Xianggong Zhang be the host today.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a colleague beside me saying in surprise: Isn’t this King Song?

When Xue Chongxun heard this, he turned around and saw that it was the emperor's eldest son, Prince Song, Li Chenghong. When the prime ministers were referring to the title of the crown prince recently, everyone naturally paid attention to this prince who had not paid any attention to it before.

I saw that Li Chenghong was in his early twenties and looked like a handsome young man. He was several times better than his father, Brother Fen, because he looked like his biological mother.

Li Chenghong also recognized Xue Chongxun, who was very popular, and seemed very humble at this time. He came up with a courteous and clasped his fists and said: I have met my cousin.

Ha... Xue Chongxun was not familiar with this kid before, and he had basically never met him specifically. He only saw him once or twice in public. At this time, he found that King Song was so mean and called him brother when he met. He felt a little strange in his heart, so he hurriedly replied: It turned out to be King Song's cousin, which is such a coincidence.

Li Chenghong said: The city is so lively and it doesn’t make much sense to stay at home, so I went out to stroll... Are you guessing riddles here?

A colleague said: These riddles are not very innovative, and we are about to leave.

Li Chenghong smiled again and said: My cousin is really admirable. He defeated 100,000 enemies on the battlefield, and he can recite poems, essays, and guesses. This is the case with both civil and military affairs.

Xue Chongxun said with a slight smile: Wherever there is, it’s just a bit too much.

Don’t be too humble, cousin. In less than a month, I heard someone chanting your 'You haven’t seen the Yellow River water coming from the sky' in two places. Not only is it extraordinary and can be easily mentioned, it is worthy of being a peerless poem!