Chapter 247 Unexpected Lanterns

Hearing this, Qingqing looked at her master excitedly.

"You guys go and do it, I'll wait for you here." Ye Qingyu said.

"Ah, master, you won't go?" Qingqing suddenly became depressed. If the master didn't go, how could she, as a maid, go?

"Let's do it together, Xiaoye, it's so fun!" Qingyi was very interested.

"You and Qingqing go and do it. Qingfeng and I will wait for you here and see how you are doing." Ye Qingyu said, looking at the wide Yu River.

"Then wait for me. I'll be ready soon and we'll release the lanterns together!" Qing Yi was envious of the many men and women around him who were releasing lanterns like couples. He decided to release lanterns with Xiao Ye.

So, Qingyi and Qingqing went to a stall not far away to make lanterns, while Ye Qingyu and Qingfeng found a place with few people and found a flat stone to sit down.

"I remember that every year on August 15th, Mingyue would make many beautiful lanterns." Ye Qingyu's thoughts suddenly returned to the past.

"Master~" Qingfeng didn't know what to say. Of course he remembered that Mingyue had very skillful hands. While others used bamboo strips, he insisted on using wolf bones to make the lantern frame. He painted the birds and beasts of the Northwest City on the silk, which were lifelike. He always emphasized that only such lanterns were worthy of the warriors of the Great Chu.

"He said that wolf bones are bones and silk souls are souls." Those scenes seemed to appear in front of Ye Qingyu's eyes. He, Mingyue, Qingfeng and a group of guards released the lanterns made by Mingyue in an open place.

"No one makes lanterns better than him." Qingfeng's memory returned to that time, and the corners of his mouth curled up. But ever since that incident, Mingyue's disappearance and death three years ago, he and his master had never set off lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival again. He couldn't do it, and neither could his master. The only person who could do it was no longer around.

"He knows everything, why can't you?" Ye Qingyu looked at his guards.

"I am stupid." Qingfeng said sincerely, but he did not express that he would learn this craft in the future.

"Yes, indeed." Ye Qingyu nodded in agreement.

"..." Qingfeng remained silent.

"I wonder what he will do?" Ye Qingyu turned his head to look at the blue figure not far away.

"I don't know if he did a good job, but it must be something unusual."

"Yeah, he's always unexpected." Ye Qingyu nodded again, agreeing again. Qing Yi's thoughts jumped around and he never acted according to common sense.

"Master, do you still remember Mingyue?" Qingfeng's voice was low, but he felt relieved in his heart. The master did not wipe out all the friendship because of the wrong things Mingyue had done in the past. This was enough. I believe that if Mingyue knew about this in the underworld, she would be satisfied.

"Haven't you forgotten? You brought him to Xibei Wangcheng and went to worship him every year." Ye Qingyu smiled.

"You know?" Qingfeng asked in surprise. Every time he went to worship Mingyue, he did it secretly without telling his master.

"Actually, I've been there too." Ye Qingyu said.

"Master!" Qingfeng was suddenly filled with emotion. He had never thought that his master would actually go to see Mingyue. Shouldn't his master hate Mingyue? His own subordinates actually coveted the master and drugged the master, nearly killing him!

"I don't hate him, I'm just a little sad." Ye Qingyu's voice was filled with loneliness. He couldn't erase the memory of Mingyue because that was also his youth.

"Don't go to see him in the future. It would be bad if Master Qingyi finds out." Qingfeng said. His words went beyond the relationship between master and servant, and were given with the good intentions of an elder brother and a close friend.

"Yeah." Ye Qingyu responded. Yes, he would not go again. Let his younger self be accompanied by the bright moon. Now and for a long time to come, in his life, his memories would include Qing Yi and the breeze, but not the bright moon.

Ye Qingyu and Qingfeng stopped talking and stared into the distance in silence, each with their own thoughts.

"Xiao Ye, look, I'm done." Qing Yi and Qing Qing walked towards them, each holding a lantern in their hands.

Ye Qingyu looked at the lantern made by Qingyi and asked, "What is this painted on?" He pointed to the glittering painting painted with gold powder on the brocade silk.

"Take a good look, isn't it obvious?" Qing Yi held the lantern in front of Ye Qingyu.

Ye Qingyu pretended to study it carefully for a while before saying, "Earthworm?"

"What? Xiaoye, didn't you see it clearly?" Qingyi reluctantly moved the lantern around Ye Qingyu, trying to make Xiaoye see it more clearly.

However, the young prince from the Northwest, who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, still frowned and thought without saying a word.

Seeing this, Qingyi held the lantern in front of Qingfeng and asked, "Qingfeng, look at what this is?"

"Snake?" Qingfeng asked with a slightly questioning tone.

"Is there something wrong with your eyesight? Look at what's painted on Qingqing's lantern?" Qingyi pointed at the lantern in Qingqing's hand.

"A rabbit!" Ye Qingyu and Qingfeng answered at the same time.

"Hahahahaha..." Qingqing couldn't help but laugh at Qingyi loudly. She knew that this boy was painting according to the pattern, but his painting skills were so poor that the master and Qingfeng didn't even realize that the painting was of two koi fish.

"What are you laughing at, little girl!" Qing Yi glared at me. "Didn't he just recognize your drawing? Rabbits are so easy to draw! I really regret not drawing a rabbit."

"I just took a closer look, and it seems to be two fish?" Ye Qingyu had already guessed that Qingyi should be painting a koi picture, and was just teasing him on purpose.

"Ah, yes, Xiaoye is smart! What I drew was a fish, a koi picture, it's somewhat similar, right!" Qingyi was overjoyed that Xiaoye actually saw through it, and his efforts were not in vain.

"Yeah, not bad." Ye Qingyu nodded with amusement.

"Xiao Ye, let's fly together! Next year, we will do it together. I will make the dragon frame and you will paint the brocade, okay?" Qing Yi knew his own painting level, but he just didn't admit it.

"Yeah." Ye Qingyu responded. From now on, he would do the parts that Qingyi couldn't complete. Next year's lanterns should be more beautiful than the previous ones, right?

The two of them held up the lantern and released it, watching it fly over the Yu River, farther and farther away.

After making a wish, Qingqing released her rabbit lantern.

The four of them went to find a restaurant, ate something, and then returned to the inn to rest.

"Xiao Ye, are you worried about something?" Qing Yi asked. Although Xiao Ye didn't show it, he seemed to have noticed it.

"No." Ye Qingyu denied.

"You don't have to believe what Bai Lingfeng said. If you have any questions, you can ask the King of the Northwest directly. There is no need to dwell on that statement." Qing Yi guessed the reason why Xiao Ye might be in a bad mood.

"Yes, I know." Ye Qingyu lay down on the bed.

"Xiao Ye, today is August 15th, which is the time for me to improve my inner strength~"

"Huh? Are you going to practice martial arts?" Ye Qingyu looked at Qing Yi.

Qing Yi had to practice internal energy every fifteenth day of the month to break through the barrier of the Taixuan Tiandun. But they had gone to watch the Moon Worship Ceremony, which had wasted a lot of time. Now it was already late at night, so why did they still have to practice?