Chapter 53

Before she knew it, it was already evening. Smoke from a few houses could be seen faintly. Jian Xinyi put the extra chapter she had just drawn aside and waited for Lao Lin to come back.

No one knew what Lao Lin was doing outside that delayed him for so long. When he came back, Jian Xinyi finally knew why.

He brought a lot of things in big and small bags, including food and drinks, and even brought a brocade box over like a treasure.

"This one is for you, and this one is for me."

Old Lin was muttering to himself, and the small table in the yard was obviously full.

After one trip to buy goods, Lao Lin really changed his entire outfit, and he also gave Jian Xinyi a bright red brocade round-necked robe.

The two of them worked together to clean up the overloaded table.

Turning around, Lao Lin picked up the box again and began to show off, "Look at this! It's full of red oil water grass agate."

Seeing the unconcealable joy in Lao Lin's eyes, Jian Xinyi also smiled.

"Oh, I almost forgot something important."

Lao Lin took out a wooden box the size of his palm and opened it for Jian Xinyi to see. "Your Aunt Qiao said this is the most fashionable style right now. Take a look."

When Jian Xinyi opened it, she saw it was a light pink rouge.

“It’s really good.”

After all, it was her first box of rouge in ancient times. Jian Xinyi touched it and gently put a dot on the back of her hand. After it spread, it turned a light red.

"Yuanyuan also said she wanted to play with you tonight and meet you under the west bridge." Lao Lin paused after saying this, "It seems that Yuanyuan has grown up too, and is much taller than you."

Jian Xinyi pouted and retorted in a low voice.

"That family is all tall."

Even though the two of them were arguing so much, they didn't forget to cook the meal quickly.

There is no bright moon in the dark night sky, but the lights on the street are as bright as day.

After they finished their meal and packed up, they went out shopping.

The streets were indeed bustling, but a little too busy.

There was no place to step for people coming and going. The streets were so crowded that you couldn't even wave your hands too much for fear of bumping into others.

Lao Lin held Jian Xinyi's hand tightly all the way, afraid that they would get separated. He didn't dare let go until they reached the west bridge. He said, "Go home when you've had enough fun. Don't stay too late."

"I know."

Jian Xinyi ran to find Bai Yuanyuan with a smile. There were many places where lanterns were displayed by the bridge, so she must be not far away.

But I walked around both sides of the bridge for a long time, but I didn't see her.

Maybe she came too early. There were so many people here that Yuanyuan might not have arrived yet.

As a result, when she turned around, she felt someone tapping her shoulder.

"Lin Zhuiyu, I saw you."

Bai Yuanyuan changed into a light orange rabbit fur vest, with a few orange velvet flowers adorning her hair. "Let's go and release the lanterns."

The night sky was reflected in the calm water. Several lotus lanterns floated slowly over, and the faint candlelight flickered, making the shadows even more dim.

Bai Yuanyuan walked to the vendor and bought a lantern with a pale pink lotus inlaid with golden lace and half an orange candle in the middle.

Jian Xinyi looked around and didn't find anything interesting, so she bought a purple lotus lantern.

She slowly squatted down and gently placed the lantern into the water. Ripples immediately appeared on the water, wrinkling the figures of the two people on the shore.

The lanterns gradually drifted away, and no one knew where they went.

"What did you wish for?"

Bai Yuanyuan asked her.

"Um……"

In fact, Jian Xinyi didn't make any wishes, but when she was suddenly asked this question, she started to think seriously about it.

She kind of wanted to go home.

I want to go back to Jian Xinyi's home.

But Jian Xinyi had long since disappeared from that world and could not return.

"I hope my family is safe."

This is the best blessing for them.

Bai Yuanyuan nodded, perhaps not expecting her to be so serious all of a sudden, so she quickly made a joke.

"I hope to find a man who is reliable, has a lot of money and doesn't talk too much, is pleasing to his parents-in-law, and is loyal in his relationship."

"Sure, I support you."

"What can you support me with?"

As they talked, the two began to play around by the river.

After making a lot of noise for a while, they finally got tired and sat down in front of the steps by the river.

Drops of candlelight rippled on the river surface, carrying Jane Xinyi's thoughts away.

Suddenly, Bai Yuanyuan asked, "Do you have tickets for Wanhua Pavilion? Let's go to the closing performance."

"No."

Jian Xinyi shook her head. She thought that the tickets for the Wanhua Pavilion's closing ceremony would be hard to come by, so she didn't ask.

"We really escaped under the boss's desk for nothing. We couldn't even get a ticket."

Bai Yuanyuan shook her head and sighed, then took Jian Xinyi's hand and walked outside. "Forget it, let's go to the West Street Market and have something delicious."

The two of them rushed towards West Street again in a hurry.

As soon as you enter West Street, the aroma of barbecue hits your nose.

“It smells so good.”

Jian Xinyi couldn't help but sigh.

"There are a lot of people here and a lot of food, but we have to go shopping again."

Before she could finish her words, the performer next to her suddenly spit out fire, which scared her.

"well."

There was constant cheering all around.

The two followed the crowd, and just after taking a few steps, the lion dance drum beats sounded.

This time, Jian Xinyi finally learned her lesson and switched positions with Bai Yuanyuan.

As a result, the lion quietly approached Bai Yuanyuan and patted her shoulder.

"ah."

Bai Yuanyuan turned around and found a lion's big head next to her, blinking at her. She was so scared that she hid in Jian Xinyi's arms.

Jian Xinyi giggled and pulled Bai Yuanyuan back.

But unexpectedly, the lion refused to give in and walked around Bai Yuanyuan, even performing a backflip.

"good."

The cheers from the surroundings were overwhelming, forcing Bai Yuanyuan to pull the lion's hair with her hands, "Stop following me."

Only then did she realize that the man was looking at her through the hole in the lion's mouth and winking at her innocently.

Bai Yuanyuan blushed immediately and stopped talking.

The lion was also very human-like. It rolled twice under Bai Yuanyuan and continued to walk forward.

Jian Xinyi had been watching this scene and just found it funny.

"Okay, stop laughing."

Bai Yuanyuan took Jian Xinyi's arm and said, "Let's go back. It's almost midnight."

"Not going shopping anymore?"

Jian Xinyi saw that the surroundings were still very lively and felt that it was not time to leave yet.

Bai Yuanyuan also looked melancholy. "My mother is watching me closely and told me to return at 12:00."

"Okay."

Jian Xinyi nodded and went back with Bai Yuanyuan.

Before I knew it, I had reached the bridge and it was time to say goodbye.

Jian Xinyi watched Bai Yuanyuan walking back along the road, and for a moment she didn't know whether to go back or walk around for a while longer.

She was also somewhat greedy for the prosperity of this world.

Just when she was standing at the bridge, not knowing what to do, there was a sudden "bang", disrupting Jane Xinyi's thoughts.

She suddenly turned around and looked towards the source of the sound. The fireworks had already risen into the sky and bloomed on the horizon. The colorful colors flickered in the sky.

The people around gathered together again, looking at the fireworks in the sky with anticipation.

As Jian Xinyi continued to look up, she accidentally discovered a group of people standing on the city wall, but her figures could not be seen clearly from a distance.

From this height and distance, Jian Xinyi could probably guess that it was the imperial city.

Many fireworks were also launched from this direction.

Especially those that are exquisite, colorful and rich in styles.

Jian Xinyi looked at the stars falling from the sky and couldn't help but have some doubts.

Is the scenery equally beautiful when you stand in different places?

On the city wall, some people in the palace were yawning as they watched a few extremely boring fireworks go up into the sky.

For them, the Reunion Festival is no different from any other day.

So I didn't feel sorry for the scenery in front of me.

The loving queen took the black fox fur cloak from the maid and draped it over the emperor's shoulders.

"Your Majesty, it's cold up there. Let's go back."

The emperor cleared his throat a few times, then followed her lead and turned to walk into the palace.

The remaining people saw that the emperor had already left, and no longer had any intention of staying here. They all turned around and returned to the palace.

After a while, only a few people were left on the city wall, looking at the scenery in front of them and had not yet left.

"Sixth brother, what are you looking at?

King Geng stood in front of the city wall, holding the railing with his hands, with a hint of imperceptible contempt in his eyes, and asked casually.

"view."

It was obvious that Qian Yuan didn't want to have a deep conversation with him.

He slowly raised his head and looked at His Royal Highness Prince Geng, who was known to everyone for his love of calligraphy and painting and his indifference to state affairs, with such cold eyes.

"Otherwise, what is Third Brother looking at?"

"People. I like watching people."

King Geng smiled meaningfully, his eyes becoming as dark as the night. "I love to see all the different ways of the people and the different emotions in the world."

Qian Yuan narrowed his eyes. Although he would not do anything to harm his brothers, his impression of his third brother was extremely bad.

In the recent Spring Examination cheating case, all the officials involved were his staff.

Especially recently, a poverty relief gang has emerged, which uses the guise of robbing the poor to help the rich, and I don’t know how many dirty things they have done behind the scenes.

Now that his father has asked him to conduct a thorough investigation, he must be aware of his brother's ambitions.

He snorted coldly.

"Then you stay here and watch as much as you can."

After Qian Yuan finished speaking, he crossed his arms and gestured for him to make way.

King Geng looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he didn't want to give him face.

The two men were in a stalemate on the city wall.

With a "bang", a bunch of fireworks rose into the sky, causing a burst of exclamations from the people below.

Sparks flew.

"Get out of the way."

King Geng turned around slowly, but stopped him when the two men passed by.

"There's something you need to think clearly about. This investigation isn't about anything above board, it's about the livelihood of the entire Li Dynasty."

"Does running a livelihood involve cheating with money?"

Qian Yuan became even more furious and took a step closer to him, "Do you really think he doesn't know what you did?"

"It doesn't matter if I know how to do it or not, as long as the people in the court don't know."

"madman."

Qian Yuan didn't want to say any more to him and just turned and left.

King Geng looked at Qian Yuan's back, smiled coldly, and looked down from the city wall.

Following the direction Qian Yuan had looked before, he happened to see the man by the bridge.

The net has been set, just waiting for the fish to bite.