Tang Ning himself did not expect that he would sleep until the next day.

The thirteenth and fourteenth days of the first lunar month, plus the 15th day of the first lunar month, is the most lively day of the year in the capital. There is no curfew in the city these three days, so the people can enjoy the rich nightlife.

They arrived in the capital two days ago and planned to have a good night's stroll, but they didn't expect to sleep in Shangyuan after a night's sleep. I missed tonight and would have to wait for next year.

As the sky became dark, the entire capital gradually became lit up again, and the lights were as bright as day.

In the capital, when it comes to lively and prosperous, it is naturally impossible to compare with the modern metropolises in later generations. However, the swaying lanterns of candlelight hanging on the streets, the lotus lanterns floating in the river, and the pleasure boats floating by are more charming than the colorful neon lights of later generations, and the traffic flow that blocks the streets whenever they encounter festivals.

Xiao Jue followed the old beggar, serving carefully like a servant, without the airs of a young master.

He couldn't do anything after taking the hun medicine, but he only responded to that prescription. The old beggar has become a life-saving straw for him to realize his life-benefit.

Tang Ning and Li Tianlan walked in front and walked to a bridge somewhere. Li Tianlan stopped and looked into the distance.

Tang Ning turned his head and looked at her, noticed a melancholy expression on her face, thought for a while and asked, "I feel bad when I am alone in a foreign land for a stranger. During the Chinese New Year, I am far away from my hometown and my relatives, right?"

Li Tianlan looked down at the lotus lamp floating below, looked at him again, and asked, "Don't you do the same?"

Tang Ning was stunned for a long time, and his eyes looked at the same night as her, and murmured: "It's good if you get used to it..."

Li Tianlan looked at him and comforted him: "The mission will stay in the capital for a long time. You are better than me. After the imperial examination is over, you can return to Lingzhou."

Tang Ning sighed and whispered: "I can't go back..."

Li Tianlan turned to look at him, and fireworks bloomed in the distant night sky, clearly reflecting his side face.

The same melancholy, the same thoughts, the difference is that deep hidden despair.

It seemed as if what he was thinking was a place that he would never go back to.

He just left Lingzhou and came to the capital to take the exam. This feeling of despair should never appear on his face. Li Tianlan stared at him in a daze, his heart full of doubts.

Thinking of another world, Tang Ning was lost for a moment. When he came to his senses, he realized that Li Tianlan was looking at him.

Tang Ning said in surprise: "What do Miss Li look at me?"

"Nothing." Li Tianlan returned to his senses, immediately looked away, and said, "I am familiar with each other. I'd better not call me "Miss Li" in the future..."

Tang Ning also felt that this was a bit strange. After all, everyone is so familiar with him, let alone Li Tianlan is his life savior. What else can he have with his life savior?

He thought for a while and said, "If you don't call Miss Li, why don't you call Sister Lan? If you are younger than me, then call Sister Lan... What do you think of Lan Lan?"

Li Tianlan pondered for a moment, looked at him and said, "You might as well call me Miss Li."

Women are really fickle. They are the ones who say they don’t call "Miss Li" and they are also the ones who say they call "Miss Li". They want to do so for a while, and they take all the principles of the world.

After a while, Xiao Jue and the old beggar and the others didn't know where to go.

Seeing that Li Tianlan had already walked off the bridge, Tang Ning hurriedly followed. The old beggar and Peng Chen had both left. In order to prevent accidents, he had to hold Miss Li's thighs tightly.

Under the bridge is a small stall for guessing lantern riddles. There are several rows of lanterns hanging on a long shelf. You can get close to guess once if you guess it right. If you guess it right, you can get rid of the lanterns. If you don’t guess it right, you won’t get the lanterns back.

In case someone specializes in choosing riddles, the riddles are covered. When Tang Ning walked over, Li Tianlan had already uncovered a riddle.

"The mountains are covered with green onions, and people are among the plants." She glanced at it and said, "It's the word "tea".

The stall owner came over, smiled, took off the sky lantern, and said, "Congratulations, girl, you guessed it right."

A woman next to her pinched her male companion's waist and said angrily: "It's useless. I haven't guessed this, even a woman is worse than a woman."

The young man smiled and said, "It's just a little bit, just a little bit."

Tang Ning took the lantern handed over by the shopkeeper, and Li Tianlan had already unveiled another one.

"Ninety-nine. One missing is a hundred, it is the word "white"."

The smile on the stall owner's face was no longer as bright as before. He took off the lamp and said with a smile: "Miss is so smart..."

Li Tianlan continued to walk forward: "The two mountains are opposite and connected, and there is a dangerous peak in the middle that penetrates the green sky, which is the word "you".

The smile on the stall owner's face began to become reluctant.

"You have him, everyone has it, but I don't have it. It's the word "man".

The stall owner can no longer laugh.

"It's hard to speak, it's a word "ya".

"There are mountains on all sides, and the mountains are connected by one another, which is the word "field".

...

When Li Tianlan guessed for more than a dozen times, Tang Ning couldn't laugh anymore because the lamp on his hand could no longer be taken off. The stall owner walked to him, stuffed a piece of silver into his hand, and whispered: "Young Master, take care of your wife. My small business, the whole family is counting on this business for dinner..."

Tang Ning explained: "She is not my wife."

The stall owner looked at him and said, "Then you might as well leave quickly. If you are seen by an acquaintance, you will be soaked in a pig cage..."

"It's not someone else's wife."

"Miss Stealing dares to be so blatant. If you don't leave, I'll call someone!"

...

Tang Ning only picked two beautiful lamps and pulled Li Tianlan away.

He was not afraid of being soaked in a pig cage or being caught by stealing the lady. It was just that someone was in a small business and if she was disturbed like this, the whole family might go hungry.

Li Tianlan looked at the place where he guessed the riddle and said, "There is no businessman. Just now, he saw that the child was guessing, so he wanted to pay the debt. What business does such a person do? Why do you stop me?"

Of course, I stopped her because if she guessed it, the stall owner would shout "Miss Stealing". Tang Ning was worried that if he shouted out, he would not live next year's Shangyuan.

He shook his head and said, "These are all normal, he bullies that child, and naturally some people bully him."

Tang Ning looked back and saw that the crowd in front of the stall had spread out. A child stood in front of the lamp stand, and the stall owner was beaten up by a strong man on the ground.

"My son dares to bully you, and I can't beat you to death!"

...

I walked around the street with Li Tianlan and met Xiao Jue and the old beggar again.

"Where are you two running? I'm planning to send someone to find you!" Xiao Jue glanced at them suspiciously and said, "I've been shopping for half a night, and I'm tired and hungry. I'll go to Tianranju. I'll treat you to fill my stomach first and then go for a walk."

In order to celebrate his impending becoming a veritable juren, Xiao Jue insisted on treating guests to dinner. Tang Ning shirked his responsibility and did not want to undermine his enthusiasm. He hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Tang Ning originally thought that Tianranju was a restaurant, but when he arrived at the place, he realized that it was actually a garden of considerable size.

In a place like the capital where every inch of land is valuable, if you can buy such a garden as a restaurant, the boss behind Tianranju must have money and power.

Li Tianlan stopped at the entrance of Tianranju and looked at the couplets hanging on both sides of the door.

Although it was night, the surroundings were brightly lit, so I could see this couplet clearly.

"It's just a cool state outside the world that talks about poetry, and even if the lotus dew is freshly cooked, the bamboo spring is just hot."

"Water a piece of my chest and make you feel idle. Why drink wine so that you can chew the cold plums and eat the autumn chrysanthemums."

Li Tianlan looked at the couplet and said, "This couplet is elegant. In addition to this and the next couplet, can you come up with another one?"

Tang Ning knew that her couplets were addicted to her again and urged him: "This couplet is ordinary. What's the point of right? Go in and have dinner first. If you want to match couplets, go back tonight, there is still time to go slowly."

"If you don't know, you won't know. What are the couplets? Since our couplets are ordinary, you should say something unusual!" As soon as Tang Ning finished speaking, a dissatisfied voice came from behind them.

He turned his head and saw a girl dressed in a maid who was on her hips, thrusting her chest, looking at him angrily.

The little girl is also a good person to stand up in front of Miss Li. Who gives her the courage to stand up in front of Miss Li?

Tang Ning didn't plan to argue with the little maid, shook his head and said, "Go in."

The little maid stuck out her tongue at him and said, "I'm afraid of being a big talker. You're still a man..."

Tang Ning took back the steps that had already taken place.
Chapter completed!