After the palace banquet, the imperial relatives, ministers, and their wives all left the palace in their waiting carriages to return to their residences. Hongli and Mingyu, along with the others, returned to the Chonghua Palace.

However, the Fourth Prince changed into casual clothes in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and came to Changchun Palace. Lanqin had just changed out of her formal attire and into casual clothes as well. The two of them were used to the Yuanmingyuan and Huizhou and were somewhat unaccustomed to the grandeur and customs of the palace.

Lanqin, sitting in Changchun Palace, heard the familiar footsteps of the Fourth Prince and quickly got up to go out and greet him. Lanqin had only taken a few steps when she saw the Fourth Prince in his casual clothes. Having spent so many years together, the two had developed a great deal of tacit understanding and naturally knew what the other was thinking.

The two smiled at each other. Fourth Master stepped forward and took Lanqin's hand. Although Lanqin looked happy, it was not hard to see that she was a little tired. Fourth Master asked gently, "Are you tired?"

"No, it's just that I haven't attended a palace banquet in a long time, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it," Lanqin said with a smile to the Fourth Prince. The last birthday banquet was just a family gathering, so there weren't so many formalities. This New Year's banquet, however, required Lanqin to deal with the endless congratulations from the ministers' families, which made her somewhat tired. But looking at the Fourth Prince now, Lanqin felt quite happy and relaxed.

Fourth Master naturally knew Lanqin's thoughts, and put his arm around her, saying, "From now on, the two of us don't need to worry about these things anymore."

Hearing Fourth Master's words, Lanqin was very pleased and looked forward to a future without turmoil or open and covert struggles.

As the two were talking, the sound of fireworks exploding outside was deafening. Lanqin tugged at Fourth Master's sleeve and said, "Why don't we go watch the fireworks together? It's been a long time since we've enjoyed the fireworks in the Forbidden City together."

"Very good." After saying this, the Fourth Prince took Lanqin's arm and walked out of Changchun Palace. The palace servants who were standing nearby wanted to follow and serve them, but the Fourth Prince and Lanqin were used to being alone together, so the Fourth Prince waved his hand, signaling the palace servants who were following behind to step back. "You don't need to follow. Just stay in Changchun Palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Fourth Prince and Lanqin slowly walked through the palace path, looking up at the rising fireworks. With such a beautiful scene and a lovely woman by their side, a warm current flowed through their hearts even in the somewhat chilly Forbidden City.

Lanqin was very excited. Perhaps because she had lived most of her life, she cherished this time even more and was even more reluctant to part with Fourth Master.

Seeing the smile on Lanqin's face, Fourth Master was also very happy. To Fourth Master, Lanqin was everything. Fourth Master held Lanqin's hand and said, "Let's go to the city gate tower over the Meridian Gate."

Upon hearing Fourth Master's words, Lanqin became interested and quickly nodded. Lanqin blinked and looked at Fourth Master, saying, "Why don't we run over there?" Fourth Master's health has improved a lot, and the health care he has been taking during this time has been very effective, so Lanqin is not worried that Fourth Master's body will not be able to handle it.

Seeing the cunning in Lanqin's eyes, Fourth Master took Lanqin's hand and led her all the way to the Meridian Gate, their journey filled with joyful laughter.

The guards at the gate were startled to see that it was the Emperor. Naturally, they did not dare to stop them and hurriedly bowed to the Fourth Prince and Lanqin, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty, Greetings, Empress Dowager."

The Fourth Prince waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then took Lanqin up to the Meridian Gate tower to look at the lights of thousands of homes outside the Forbidden City and the fireworks.