Qiqiao Festival
Old Zhao's problem was mostly solved, and everyone's life was back on track.
Lin Yan continued to teach physical education classes at the academy as usual, and Zhang Bai was sent to a famous school in Beijing by Lin Yi. The child was still young and was just the right age to go to school.
But the most noteworthy thing is that Lin Yi and Tang Yuelin finally got married.
Lin Yan had been busy with Lao Zhao's affairs before and had no time to ask about Lin Yi and Tang Yuelin's affairs in Wenzhou.
One day, Lin Yi told Lin Yan that he was going to ask Tang Yuelin for marriage.
"Propose marriage!" Zhong Ningning was also present and was surprised when she heard this.
Lin Yan was not surprised by this. She had noticed that there was a strange atmosphere between them when they were in Wenzhou.
She was even more curious about one thing. "I remember you were in a hurry to find Miss Tang because she went to Wenzhou to find a husband. What happened afterwards?"
Lin Yi didn't want to mention that matter, it was extremely embarrassing.
"Sister, can I not say it?"
"No," Lin Yan said with a cold and ruthless face.
Under the pressure of Lin Yan, Lin Yi told the whole story of the misunderstanding.
After hearing this, Zhong Ningning laughed so hard that she fell over, "Hahahahaha, Brother Lin Yi, you went to someone else's martial arts competition to cause trouble."
Lin Yan held back his laughter and gave Lin Yi a thumbs up: "Great."
"Stop laughing." Lin Yi felt embarrassed again when he thought of the scene at that time.
"But then again, Zhao Qing wants to marry into the Zou family because he is after their huge fortune. You have accidentally ruined Zhao Qing's plan," said Lin Yan.
Since Lin Yi has made up his mind, Lin Yan's task is to prepare the betrothal gifts for him and to accompany Lin Yi to the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion to propose marriage.
On the day they visited, Lin Yi and his partner brought a matchmaker and betrothal gifts to propose marriage, and the Marquis of Zhongyi and his wife warmly received everyone.
The Marquis of Zhongyi and his wife had already heard about this from their daughter, and they knew Lin Yi very well.
The couple felt very sorry about what happened before. They thought that their daughter and Lin Yi were not destined to be husband and wife. Now that they have talked it over and their fate has been renewed, the couple couldn't be happier.
The two families exchanged engagement letters and sat together to discuss their wedding.
After completing the marriage proposal process, the two families finally set the wedding date on the seventh day of September this year.
The Marquis of Zhongyi and his wife originally wanted to set the wedding date for next year, as this year was too rushed, but Tang Yuelin insisted on getting married this year, and everyone followed her lead.
Tang Yuelin doesn't want to get married next year, because next year in her previous life was the end of her relationship with Lin Yi, and she got married then.
Fortunately, she was reborn, and in this life, she and Lin were happy.
Lin Yi and Tang Yuelin's marriage was finalized, and the seventh day of the seventh month arrived in a blink of an eye.
The seventh day of the seventh month is the Qiqiao Festival.
On this day, lovers gather together to spend this beautiful day together.
Lin Yi made an appointment with Tang Yuelin early in the morning to go see the lanterns together.
The academy was closed today, so Zhong Ningning came to the Lin residence early in the morning, and saw Lin Yichun's excited look.
"People who are happy are different. The Qiqiao Festival is so joyful," Zhong Ningning said enviously.
"Your mother has always been worried about your marriage. Hurry up and pick a good husband so that he can spend the Qiqiao Festival with you next year," Lin Yi teased.
Zhong Ningning snorted, "Why do I need a husband of my dreams? I already have a sister to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival with me."
Then she hugged Lin Yan's arm and said coquettishly: "There is a lantern festival tonight, and there will be singing and dancing performances in Mingju Building. Sister, can you accompany me?"
Since there was nothing else to do, Lin Yan agreed without thinking.
Lin Yi listened from the side and handed a sign to Lin Yan:
"Since you want to go to Mingju Building, take this sign. I have a private room there."
"You are useful," said Zhong Ningning.
Lin Yi touched his nose. Mingju Building was opened by Song Yizhou. The sign was given by that guy and had nothing to do with him.
As it was getting dark, the capital was bustling with people coming and going.
Zhong Ningning pulled Lin Yan, with Zhang Bai following beside her. They looked left and right, as if it was their first time here.
Lin Yan also asked in confusion: "You look like this is the first time you see this."
"In previous years, the Qiqiao Festival was only so lively at night, and my mother would not allow me to go out alone," Zhong Ningning said, "But this year my sister is here, and my mother agreed immediately."
Zhong Ningning pointed to the other side and said, "There are lantern riddles over there, let's go and have a look."
Then he pulled Zhang Bai and Lin Yan to the lantern riddle guessing area.
Zhang Bai experienced the Qiqiao Festival in the capital for the first time and was full of curiosity about it.
Zhong Ningning took a fancy to a lantern and took out the note inside. It said "It has a black body, likes to play in the mud, often blows bubbles from its mouth, and can observe the weather." Guess the animal.
"I know this, Loach," said Zhang Bai.
Zhong Ningning looked at Zhang Bai in surprise and praised him, "Smart."
Then Zhong Ningning shouted: "Boss, we guess this is loach."
The boss came over after hearing the noise, took a look at the riddle, took down the lantern and handed it to Zhong Ningning: "Miss, you guessed it right."
Zhong Ningning handed the lantern to Zhang Bai and said, "It's yours."
Zhang Bai waved his hand to refuse: "If you like this, it's for you."
"This one you guessed is yours." Zhong Ningning pointed to another one, "I'll guess that one, I like that one."
Several people guessed several riddles and gained a lot.
Seeing this, the boss came over and said to them with a smile: "I see that you are very good at guessing riddles. Are you interested in guessing the most difficult riddle in our store? The lanterns are also the most beautiful and exquisite."
"Okay," Zhong Ningning said expectantly.
A few people walked up to the lantern and saw that it was of novel style, with carvings all around it and the red candlelight swaying, which was very beautiful.
Zhong Ningning fell in love with the lamp at first sight and said, "I want it."
There were many people gathered around the lantern. Zhong Ningning went forward to look at the lantern. It was written:
"What water has no fish, what fire has no smoke, what tree has no leaves, what flower has no branches,"
Zhong Ningning thought for a while, feeling like crying but unable to cry: "I can't guess", and looked at Zhang Bai and Lin Yan expectantly.
Zhang Bai: "I can't guess either."
Zhong Ningning looked at Lin Yan and blinked.
"Don't look at me, I can't do it either," said Lin Yan.
Seeing that no one around could guess what was going on, Zhong Ningning came up with an idea: "Why not ask the boss to buy it?"
At this time, a handsome young man came, dressed in luxurious clothes, and said loudly: "There are no fish in the well, no smoke in the fireflies, no leaves on the dead trees, and no branches in the snowflakes."
"That's right, this lantern belongs to this young man." The boss took off the lantern and walked over to hand it to the young man.
"Thank you." The boy took the lantern and ran away with a smile on his face.
Zhong Ningning looked at the young man and exclaimed, "He suddenly appeared and I guessed it after just two glances. He's so amazing."
"No, I still want that lantern. I'll go buy it from him."
Zhang Bai stopped Zhong Ningning and said, "Sister Ningning, that young man looks like he has a lot of money, so he may not sell it to you."
"Damn it, if Lin Yi was here, he would definitely guess quickly that the lamp is ours," Zhong Ningning said regretfully.
Lin Yi, who was buying a candy figurine for Tang Yuelin at this moment, sneezed: "Who is scolding me?"
Lin Yan took a few more glances at the person the young man was running towards. The person was wearing a long robe, his hair tied up with a crown, and his back was facing them.
For some reason, there's a strange sense of familiarity.
"Sister, sister!" Zhong Ningning pulled Lin Yan and shouted.
"Hmm~what's wrong?" Lin Yan came back to his senses and asked.
Zhong Ningning pointed to her stomach and said, "It's hungry."
Seeing this, Lin Yan smiled and said, "Let's go to Mingju Building for dinner. Ayi has probably had enough fun with Miss Tang, so we should be able to meet him then."
The young man was none other than the current emperor Song Jing, and the person he was running towards was the regent Song Yizhou.
"Uncle, look at the lantern I won by guessing the riddles." Song Jing happily showed the lantern to Song Yizhou.
"It's an exception that I promised to take Your Majesty out of the palace for a tour today. It's time to return to the palace," said Song Yizhou.
"Uncle, I'm hungry. Let's go eat." Song Jing didn't want to go to the palace so soon. He had finally asked for it.
"There is food in the palace" Song Yizhou said coldly.
"No, I haven't eaten anything outside the palace. My sister wants to eat too, right?" Song Jing winked at Song Xi beside him.
Song Xi understood and quickly gestured to indicate that he wanted to eat.
Song Yizhou couldn't do anything about them, "Only once."
Lin Yan and a few others came to Mingju Building, and Lin Yan showed the sign that Ayi gave her to the shopkeeper.
After reading it, the shopkeeper immediately welcomed them into the private room upstairs and said respectfully, "If you have any needs, please come to me."
After they ordered the dishes, Lin Yan wondered why Lin Yi hadn't arrived at the appointed time, so he left the room to look for him.
After waiting in front of the gate of Mingju Building for a while, Lin Yi still hadn't arrived. "Forget it, I won't wait any longer. He must have been having so much fun that he forgot the time."
Lin Yan walked upstairs and headed towards the box. He bumped into a drunkard head-on and dodged to the side.
The servant next to him hurriedly apologized: "Sorry, miss, he is drunk, we will take him down now."
The servant whispered to the drunkard, "Young master, you have come to the wrong place. Your room is downstairs. Come down with me quickly."
But when a drunkard goes crazy, he won't listen to anyone.
The drunkard shook his body and tried to see Lin Yan clearly, "Oh, what a beauty, are you interested in following me?"
Lin Yan moved away from the drunkard in disgust, not wanting to waste any more words.
But the drunkard refused to give up. He blocked Lin Yan's way and teased him, "Beauty, don't go. Are you shy?"
He was already feeling a little upset tonight, and now he didn't want to hold it back any longer, so he forcefully pried away the drunkard's outstretched hand.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, let go, let go"
After this incident, the drunkard was mostly sober. He looked at Lin Yan and sneered: "Do you know who I am? I am Mo Qi, the second son of the Nanyang Earl's Mansion. Be careful or my father will come to cause trouble for you."
At this time, Mo Qi didn't think that Lin Yan was a young lady from a boudoir. After all, no young lady would use such force.
"Come here, tie this woman up for me. I want to take her back as my concubine."
The guards following Mo Qi looked at each other and moved forward together.
Lin Yan was extremely impatient.
The servant next to him was so upset that he wanted to cry, "This is the nobles' room, please don't disturb them."
The guards rushed forward and Lin Yan dealt with them in a few moves.
"Waste, you bunch of waste, you still have to let me do it" Mo Qi rushed towards Lin Yan.
With a "bang", he was kicked out by Lin Yan.
As luck would have it, I bumped into a side room.
The servant was horrified. The situation was no longer something he could handle, so he ran to call the shopkeeper.
The door of the compartment was kicked open, and people standing outside could just see everything inside.
Lin Yan looked at Mo Qi with murderous intent in his eyes, and suddenly saw a familiar face.
The man was wearing a dark green python robe, with a high nose bridge and delicate face, giving people a feeling of awe without even being angry.
Even though he hadn't seen him for eight years, Lin Yan recognized him at a glance.
Compared to eight years ago, he has matured a lot, his facial features have become more profound, and the pair of eyes that were always smiling now have a hint of coldness.
He was Xie Zhou, the childhood sweetheart of Lin Yan for ten years, who left without a word and disappeared without a trace.
Song Jing, who was standing by, looked at what happened suddenly with a puzzled look on his face. He did not say anything, but looked at the stunned Song Yizhou.
When Song Xi saw Lin Yan, her face was filled with joy. Wasn't this the heroine who saved her?
Zhong Ningning and the other person in the next room heard the noise and hurried out to see what was happening. They saw Lin Yan standing there in a daze.
Zhong Ningning walked closer and wanted to ask what happened, and saw Song Yizhou sitting inside.
"He is not..." Zhong Ningning exclaimed.
Lin Yan took great effort to stop himself from looking at that face. He lowered his head and softened his expression.
He looked up again with a cold expression and said with a bow: "I'm sorry to disturb your pleasure. I will compensate you for everything today."
Coincidentally, Lin Yi arrived at Mingju Building at this time. Looking at the scene in front of him, he felt like the sky was falling.
Seeing Lin Yi coming, Lin Yan stopped acting and just left.
Seeing this, Zhong Ningning initially suspected that she had made a mistake, but now...
She approached Song Yizhou, but was stopped by the guards beside her and was stopped by his eyes.
"Brother Xie Zhou, is that you?" Zhong Ningning asked.
Song Jing and the other person next to them looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Miss, you may have mistaken me for someone else. My brother doesn't have a surname..."
Before Song Jing finished speaking, Song Yizhou said, "Yes."
Zhong Ningning became angry at this time and started to curse: "Xie Zhou, you are still alive. Do you know that my sister has been looking for you for a long time and she has been waiting for you. Do you know how worried my sister is about you? You are still alive all these years, why don't you come back to see her?"
Lin Yi stopped Zhong Ningning and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's leave first."
Except for Lin Yi and the other two people who knew the truth, the others were all in a daze.
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