Chapter 326 A Sudden Riot

Fu Laiqing's voice was a little loud, and it made Qi Cheng's head buzz. He covered his ears and said, "Why are you making such a loud noise?"

After rubbing his ears vigorously, Qi Cheng said, "We are just discussing it, nothing has been decided yet."

"My mother really likes the girl from the Qian family. She says she has a straightforward personality and good looks. My father also says that Minister Qian is a transparent person and doesn't have too many twists and turns like those people in the court. Marrying his girl won't cause too many troubles."

Qi Cheng didn't notice that Fu Laiqing's expression was not right. He just looked up at the crowd not far away. He was concentrating on watching Qian Qiuyue, a little girl who was competing in needlework next to her. His eyes fell on her face, which was more beautiful than a peony.

They are a family of military generals, and he has been wielding swords and guns since he was a child. If he really marries a delicate little girl, he doesn't know how to get along with her. Instead, it is this girl from the Qian family.

Thinking of the last time he saw this little girl waving a whip and beating a bully running around the alley, with her eyes full of anger as she scolded him, Qi Cheng couldn't help but smile.

She looks a bit like a girl from a military family, and if they really get married, they should get along well with him.

Fu Laiqing, who was standing aside, looked at the expression on his friend's face and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

"Do you like the girl from the Qian family?"

"I can't say I like it, I just think it's suitable."

Fu Laiqing's face suddenly darkened: "What's the point of being suitable or not? Since I'm getting married and want to spend my whole life with her, I naturally have to be happy with her."

Qi Cheng turned around in surprise when he heard this: "For a family like ours, there's no point in talking about whether someone is happy or not. It's already good enough to meet the right person. The Qian family's daughter is beautiful and has a good personality. We are also quite familiar with each other..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Fu Laiqing turned and walked away. Qi Cheng was filled with surprise and quickly caught up with him: "Hey, I haven't finished my words yet, why are you leaving?"

Fu Laiqing slapped off the hand that was on his shoulder and met his friend's puzzled gaze. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say for a long time. He should have been happy that his friend had found a marriage, but he felt heavy and uncomfortable in his heart, as if something was blocking it.

Fu Laiqing pursed his lips slightly and said, "You and Miss Qian haven't gotten engaged yet, so don't mention her carelessly, or you'll ruin her reputation."

Qi Cheng laughed: "I'm only telling you this, you don't tell others..."

Fu Laiqing said sullenly, "That won't do either. A woman's reputation is above everything else. If something gets out, it will damage her reputation."

Qi Cheng felt that his friend was acting strangely tonight. In the past, they had no reservations when talking to each other, and they had only mentioned marriage and hadn't said anything excessive.

But seeing that Fu Laiqing was unhappy, he didn't say anything more and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's not mention it."

There were too many people around Yinghe Lake, and there were many platforms near the lake, which were almost all used for the competitions that are held every year on the Chinese Valentine's Day.

Fu Laiqing could see Qian Qiyue and others in the crowd as soon as he raised his eyes. The one following Tang Ning should be the former concubine's daughter of the Song family. It was said that she changed her name to take her mother's surname.

The little girl was concentrating on threading the needle, while Qian Qiyue and Tang Ning were standing quietly beside her. After a while, Xue Ru was the first to finish threading the needle and thread and put it on the silver plate on the table.

As the gong sounded, the voice of "Xue's daughter wins" was heard, and the crowd immediately applauded.

"Aru, you're awesome!"

Qian Qiyue hugged Xue Ru and laughed and danced. Even through the crowd, one could feel her good mood.

Fu Laiqing's brows softened and he couldn't help but smile as well.

"What are you laughing at?" Qi Cheng was puzzled.

Fu Laiqing straightened his lips immediately: "Nothing..."

He was just about to say that it was getting late and they should go back, but his expression suddenly froze. He then frowned and looked at Qian Qiyue and the others who had walked to the other side of the competition stage.

Several little girls stood in the crowd with great interest, looking inside at the arena where the spider silk competition was taking place. There were a few people in the crowd behind them who seemed to be approaching the arena as well. But if he was not mistaken, he had seen them walking behind Qian Qiyue and the others when he was in the restaurant earlier.

Is it a coincidence?

Fu Laiqing frowned tightly, wondering if he had seen it wrong. After all, most of the people who came out to play tonight would gather by Yinghe Lake. Maybe they just happened to be going the same way.

Just as this thought came to mind, he saw Qian Qiyue pulling Tang Ning towards the other side, and those people also moved. Although there were many people between them and they didn't get close to them, they were still heading in the same direction.

Fu Laiqing's heart suddenly trembled, and he suddenly remembered that Lu Qin had plotted to destroy Tang Ning's carriage and wanted to take her life. He quickly grabbed Qi Cheng beside him and walked quickly towards the lake.

"Hey, Aqing, what are you doing?" Qi Cheng, who was watching the fun, was pulled and staggered.

Fu Laiqing lowered his voice: "Someone wants to harm the Princess of Yiyang County!"

Qi Cheng was stunned. Yi Yang County Princess, Song Tangning?

He suddenly looked at Qian Qiyue who had disappeared in the crowd, and thought of the little girl in gorgeous clothes beside her. His face became solemn, and he hurriedly followed Fu Laiqing and quickly got into the crowd.

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"Aru, you are amazing! I didn't expect you to be able to thread a needle so quickly!"

Qian Qiyue walked backwards, grinning broadly: "Did you see those people's faces? They laughed at me, but ended up getting slapped in the face by Aju. It's so funny just thinking about how they looked!"

Xue Ru blushed when she was praised: "I'm not that great..."

She was just threading a needle. She had too few clothes before and had no spare clothes, so she could only take them off and mend them at night when no one was around.

The lamp oil provided in her yard was too little, and sometimes she was reluctant to use it, so she figured out how to thread the needle without relying on light. She never thought that one day she would be praised for this.

Tang Ning knew that Xue Ru didn't know how to do needlework, and the Song family didn't give her the conditions to learn it. She could probably guess how Xue Ru could thread the needle so quickly and accurately, and touched her forehead with heartache.

"Aru is very powerful. Neither Ajie nor your sister Qian is as good as you."

Xue Ru's face turned even redder, but her eyes sparkled and looked very beautiful.

Hang Li, who was following behind, saw the little girl so happy after being praised. He couldn't help but frowned, and suddenly felt that it was too easy for him to just break the leg of the third son of the Song family.

When someone came towards this side, Tang Ning pulled Qian Qiyue, and Qian Qiyue took Tang Ning's hand.

"Let's go over there later. There's a needle-throwing game to test your luck. You throw a needle into the water and wait for it to float up to the surface to see its reflection. Last year someone threw a rabbit. There are also scissors and flowers. Let's go and see what we can throw..."

"Bang!"

Before Qian Qiyue finished speaking, she heard a loud noise coming from the crowd not far away, like the sound of firecrackers falling to the ground. The sudden burst of fire and sound scared the people around her and made them scream. The originally lively and crowded crowd suddenly became chaotic.

Tang Ning was caught off guard by the sudden chaos, and she and Qian Qiyue were knocked forward. When she reached out to grab Xue Ru, she saw that Xue Ru had been knocked backwards.