Jiang Youran, reborn at the age of four, decided to marry her mother, Mrs. Su—who died in depression before she was 28 in her previous life—to her cousin, Duke Ping, who had always harbored feeling...
Yun Tiankuang showed her curiosity, "Why?"
"The Big Dipper has seven points. The meaning of 'one star sinking' is that one point is gone, leaving six points. Add a waning moon, and you get the character '沁' (Qin)."
A little girl next to her clapped her hands and said, "Little Youran, you're amazing!"
Xiao Youran looked at the girl in surprise and asked in a soft, cute voice, "Who are you? How do you know my name?"
Yueyue happily took her hand, "You must be Xiaoyouran, right? I'm Yuanbai's cousin, my name is Yueyue."
Xiao Youran was surprised, "You're Senior Brother Da Bai's cousin?!"
"Mmm!" Yueyue gestured happily, "I just saw your performance on stage, it was absolutely amazing! Could you teach me sometime?!"
Xiao Youran chuckled and said, "Okay, okay!"
My senior's cousin, rounded up, is also her cousin!
Just then, Yueyue looked up and saw someone wearing an adorable folded-ear rabbit mask waving at her.
Yueyue had never seen such a mask before. Curious, she took two steps forward.
Xiao Youran's heart tightened when she saw the mask, and she followed Yueyue's lead, taking a few steps over.
Over there, Wen Yuanbai had Nan Zhuo push him forward, watching as Jiang Youchen delivered the Mystery King to the lantern king's stall owner to exchange for a prize.
He was also very curious about what kind of fine jade hairpin the prize was.
Yu Shi, Yun Tiankuang, and others also gathered around with great curiosity.
The stall owner was clearly quite surprised, as the mystery lord usually wouldn't be apprehended until almost midnight, and he had only been open for a short time today...
He pointed to a small lotus lantern at the very top of the lantern, "The prize for the King of Riddles is inside that lotus lantern!"
Although Xiao Youran was standing a bit far away, she still heard what the stall owner said. She looked up and immediately recalled the Lantern Festival of that year, when her husband leaped up to solve the riddle of the King of Riddles, but ultimately lost...
In her past life, that lotus lamp brushed past her.
However, at this moment, a moon-white figure appeared before her eyes, gracefully flying up and taking down the exquisitely similar lotus lantern.
Wen Yuanbai gracefully landed back in his wheelchair, turned around, and held up the lotus lantern with his right hand, stretching it towards Xiao Youran.
Xiao Youran stared in disbelief at the lotus lantern in front of her.
It was as if some regret from a past life had been healed at this moment?
She reached out, wanting to take two steps forward to reach the lotus lantern, when a person rushed sideways from the side, knocking her halfway around.
Han Shuang exclaimed in surprise and jumped aside.
Exclamations of surprise came from the side as well. It turned out that a tree by the roadside, which was covered with lanterns, had suddenly lit up, and fire rained down. The people under the tree hurriedly ran away to avoid it.
At that moment, Xiao Youran saw Yueyue, who had already let go of her hand, quickly squeezing into the crowd.
She instantly forgot about the lotus lantern in her senior brother's hand and strode after Yueyue.
She hadn't walked two steps when she noticed a masked person in front of Yueyue frequently looking back, clearly trying to lure Yueyue to the side of the road.
When Xiao Youran saw the folded-ear rabbit mask, she remembered that year when her husband successfully found Shi Wenxia among ten women wearing the same mask.
That's when she learned what true love was.
So, could the person wearing the mask in front be Shi Wenxia?
Her mind was racing, and she followed Yueyue through the crowd, momentarily stunned.
Just then, someone gently bumped into Xiaoyouran again.
She suddenly woke up with a start and turned around warily, wanting to call out to her brother and Senior Brother Da Bai.
However, at that moment, a chaotic crowd suddenly surged over, sweeping them away and leading them in one direction.
Xiao Youran quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yueyue's hand.
Yueyue also noticed the unusual movement of the crowd and desperately pulled Xiaoyouran aside as they were pushed along by the crowd.
Wen Yuanbai, watching from behind, saw Xiao Youran reach out to take the lotus lantern, but then suddenly turn around and run away, feeling slightly disappointed.
Looking up, he saw sparks falling from the trees above, and the crowd stirred. Nan Zhuo quickly protected him and pushed him toward an open space.
A moment later, he also noticed something was wrong with the crowd and said to Nan Zhuo, "Go and check on Xiao Youran and Yueyue."
"yes!"
Xiao Youran tightly gripped Yueyue's hand and squeezed through a gap in the roadside, managing to reach the entrance of an alleyway with great difficulty, thus avoiding the crowds.
Han Shuang, who had been following behind, was delighted to see this and was about to squeeze through when she suddenly widened her eyes.
Just as Xiaoyou and the other person were about to catch their breath, two hands suddenly reached out and pressed two handkerchiefs between their mouths and noses.
Yueyue and Xiaoyou Ran suddenly blacked out and fainted.
Two people behind them caught the two little girls, quickly picked them up upright, pressed their heads and faces against their chests, and whispered, "Little sister, are you sleepy? If you're sleepy, take a nap..."
Han Shuang shouted, "Put my young lady down! Someone help! Save her!"
Passersby turned to look, but assumed the siblings were just tired from playing and didn't pay much attention.
Han Shuang was in a great hurry when several more villagers came from the side and bumped into her, making her spin around several times. When she looked closely again, she could no longer see the two thieves.
The two men carried the little girl quickly through the dark alley, turned several corners, and shoved her into a carriage. Then they chuckled at the driver who was already waiting for them, "What a haul today! Alright, enough, let's go!"
As the carriage gradually drove away, a figure slowly emerged from the alleyway, staring at the departing carriage with a conflicted and eerie smile on his face.
The maidservant behind her came running up, panting, "Miss, those two...those two are so scary..."
Shi Wenxia put her index finger to her lips and shushed him.
She originally only wanted the two little beggars to wear masks to lure Xiao Youran over, but unexpectedly, she killed two birds with one stone and ended up having both of them kidnapped at the same time.
That saved her a lot of trouble.
It's a pity about that Princess Jining... She originally thought she could take the opportunity to rescue her from the beggars, and also do the Princess a big favor.
So at first she was a little conflicted, whether to save her or not.
But as she followed them through several alleys, she figured it out.
Anyway, it was destined that the little princess would be taken away by the beggars. Since that little bitch was also taken away, that's their fate.
She knew exactly where the flower sellers took her.
In her past life, when this Princess Jining was finally found, she had become the most famous courtesan at the Soft Fragrance Pavilion in Yangzhou City... In the future, she could use this clue to do favors for the Princess, without having to dwell on this matter.
More importantly, that bitch Jiang Youran was also taken to such a place. How will she compete with me in the future?!
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and the more determined she was to not intervene to save the person.