Nangong Qing reached out but couldn't find the lantern's handle, and instantly woke up, "My lantern?"
He panicked, startling Nangong Manyu. She turned around and saw that the rabbit lantern was still in Axu's hand, and she was relieved.
"Ah Xu, take the lantern and put it away. Go to Fu Man Lou and don't worry about me."
Seeing her once carefree third brother become like this, Nangong Manyu couldn't bear it.
"Third Brother, how did you become like this? What happened to you?"
Nangong Qing told Axu to go out first. He was very dizzy and held his messy hair in his hands, rubbing it for a long time.
"Manyu, how did you get through those two months?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Manyu understood why Nangong Qing was acting this way; emotions are the most hurtful thing.
Moreover, children of imperial families have no say in their marriages.
"Does Third Brother already have someone he likes among the common people? Even if you marry Princess Qian Ning, you can take her as a concubine in the future. If you truly love each other, I don't think she will mind."
Nangong Manyu was too naive. Nangong Qing didn't want her to know that his sadness stemmed from the fact that Su Luo would give her heart to Nangong Chiyu, which was his greatest pain.
She got married!
These words were more depressing than loss itself, and Nangong Manyu hugged her brother.
"Third Brother, I understand how you feel. It's okay. Time is the best healer. Even if it can't heal the wound, we can pretend to be healed."
"People always have to look forward, don't they? How can you know the colors outside if you hide in your room? Come on, let's go out for a walk and clear our heads."
The book says that to forget someone, you need to meet someone new. She was able to let go of Nangong Chiyu because the Imperial Advisor said that her true love was someone else.
The person destined for Third Brother should be Princess Qian Ning, the one whom the court deems to marry him.
Where are we going?
Nangong Manyu called her maid to help Nangong wash up. After thinking for a moment, she decided to go buy a kite instead.
"Go buy a kite. My mother once said that you should put the kite in the air and then cut the kite string so that your worries can fly away with the kite."
Although they were not born of the same mother, they were the closest among the siblings.
"If only that could be done."
He's too pessimistic right now, he has no interest in anything, and he's always being dragged out by Nangong Manyu.
The two drove the carriage out of the mansion. Nangong Manyu peeked out at Zegan Garden, which was not far away. The princess from the enemy country who was sent to marry a foreign ruler lived there.
"Third brother, I heard that Princess Qian Ning is the most beautiful woman in Bei Liang, even more beautiful than Xie Wanwan back then. Is that true?"
"Beauty is fleeting, lasting only a few years; only wisdom, courage, and boldness endure."
well!
Nangong Manyu wanted him to forget the woman who was already married, which is why she mentioned the princess of Beiliang. But her third brother was not someone who valued appearance.
"Third Brother, Beiliang has sent over the most beautiful woman. If you look at her carefully, you'll definitely like her."
"The princess's affairs are still undecided; it's too early to discuss these matters."
Nangong Manyu lowered the carriage curtain and pouted as she spoke.
"What's there to decide? Right now, you're the only one in the court who doesn't have a principal wife. Are you suggesting that you take her as a concubine instead?"
Nangong Qing was unsure what his father and the Imperial Advisor were thinking. He had originally thought that marrying the Northern Liang princess was a no-brainer for him.
But ever since the person sent by Beiliang was Ye Qianning, his father and the Imperial Advisor summoned him to the palace to have their fortunes told.
He didn't know the specifics, but later his father and the imperial advisor said that whoever was destined to marry the princess of Beiliang would marry her, and that was roughly the idea.
The two bought two kites at the end of South Street, one of an eagle and the other of a butterfly.
Nangong Manyu borrowed a pen from the shop owner and wrote their names on it, along with a message asking the wind to take away their troubles.
Then, accompanied by a group of people, the two of them launched the kite into the sky and helped each other cut the string.
Watching the kite fly freely in the wind, without any tether, I wonder where it will eventually fly to.
"Third Brother, may the kite take away all your worries and troubles, and from now on, may everything go smoothly and may all your wishes come true."
Nangong Qing looked at his younger sister with affection. There were still people in this world who loved him, and he couldn't continue to be so despondent.
"Okay! The kite has flown away, let's go back too, otherwise the kite will bring back our troubles."
Seeing that Nangong Qing seemed to be in a much better mood, Nangong Manyu took her brother's arm.
"Okay! Let's go."
Before getting into the carriage, Nangong Manyu looked at the kite that had long since flown far away and disappeared from sight.
He thought to himself: Let them all go, and never appear around them again.
Upon returning to his residence, he wrote a letter to Su Luo, simply informing her that Nangong Qing was doing well.
As for other matters, they were her third brother's private affairs, and she didn't want to talk about them with outsiders.
She even sent someone to the palace to tell her father that she would be staying at the Third Prince's residence with her third brother for a while.
I won't be returning to the palace anytime soon, so please don't worry.
"Ah Xu, what's that broken lantern for? Third Brother seems to care about it a lot."
Nangong Manyu saw that Axu had brought back the rabbit lantern she had seen that morning.
Ah Xu raised the lantern in his hand, and the bamboo strips inside accidentally punctured a small hole in the paper.
So he took it out and had it repaired by a professional.
"Princess, you may not know this, but this lantern is no ordinary lantern. It was made by a master craftsman over several months."
I won this during a competition on the Lantern Festival while traveling with Your Highness. It holds great significance for you.
"So that's how it is. I thought..."
She thought it was a gift from her third brother's sweetheart, which was why he cared so much about it.
However, Ah Xu said it was the work of a folk master. Don't these strange things often appear in Third Brother's house?
"Since it's Third Brother's favorite thing, then you can take it and put it away."
"Yes, Princess."
Although Ah Xu is now all alone and a free man, he remains Nangong Qing's confidant.
He and Xie Wanwan agreed that after they got married, they would move to the Xie family mansion together.
Nangong Qing can now rest assured and recuperate. After taking her medicine, she can calmly read a book.
As the sun set, Nangong Manyu ate grapes that had been presented as tribute from Beiliang, spitting out the seeds as she ate.
The maid beside him was suddenly terrified and could not speak clearly.
"Princess...the kite...the kite has flown back."
That eagle kite flying in the air, isn't that the one the Third Prince just released today?
The kite carried away the prince's troubles, but now it has flown back to the vicinity. Doesn't that bring the prince's troubles back with it?
This is not a good omen. Could it be a sign from heaven?
Nangong Manyu looked up and saw it too, and immediately flew into a rage. She had finally managed to appease her third brother, and she absolutely couldn't let him see this kite fly back again.
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