Chapter 55: You are not allowed to praise other men at the Lantern Festival
Jiang Yueying immediately turned her gaze to Xie Yuting.
Under his gaze, Xie Yuting shrugged. "Okay, I admit it. The frostbite powder I gave you earlier was prepared by my senior brother."
So it wasn't the medicine used in the military camp at all. Xie Yuting had someone specially prepare it for her, just to treat the chilblains on her hands...
She suddenly felt like crying.
Zhou Luan smiled and said: "So you asked for this frostbite medicine on behalf of someone else?" He raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Yueying meaningfully.
Jiang Yueying avoided his gaze, her ears red.
I thought that was the end of it, but Zhou Luan pointed at Jiang Yueying's fallen sword and said, "That little bastard asked me to help forge this sword, too. Turns out he gave it to his wife."
Jiang Yueying quickly bent down to pick up the sword and looked at Xie Yuting in disbelief.
This sword is light and handy, with great toughness, suitable for someone like her who is petite and weak.
At the time, I felt like this sword was tailor-made for her, and it turned out to be true...
How many things is Xie Yuting hiding from her?
There was a quiet meadow in her heart, dotted with countless flower buds. At this moment, those flower buds rushed to bloom, crackling and exploding. In the blink of an eye, the green meadow was suddenly covered with flowers.
"By the way, this sword is called Qingque," Zhou Luan said, seemingly a chatterbox. "You didn't know, but your husband gave it the name. I wanted to name this sword Xiongba Tianxia, but that little bastard actually wrote a letter to scold me. He actually disdained such a prestigious name. As a senior brother, I'm really sad."
Jiang Yueying: "..."
Fortunately, the first name was not used.
"You are so noisy. Go and do your own thing." Xie Yuting couldn't stand it any longer and chased him away with his sword raised.
Zhou Luan didn't care and turned to talk about business: "Just now I saw an official visiting the gate of Du Mansion. It seems that he is the official accompanying you to Jiang State. His surname is Xi."
Among the accompanying officials, there was only a minor official named Xi Ni. How could he go to Liuzhou alone to visit the old tutor?
Xie Yuting gestured for him to continue.
"I made some inquiries and it seems this person admires the old Grand Tutor very much, so he came to Liuzhou under the pretext of persuading the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to return to Kyoto."
Xie Yuting nodded: "You came just in time. I was just worrying about how to pass the news of the assassination of the Grand Tutor back to the capital, and someone came to act as a carrier pigeon."
Zhou Luan frowned. "But Grand Tutor Du was murdered after all. What if this official is afraid of retaliation and doesn't dare to speak frankly to His Majesty?"
Any smart person knows how to protect himself, and this is especially true for those who rise and fall in officialdom. Who would gamble their future and life for an irrelevant person?
The court is not the underworld, no one will be loyal to you.
"Then it depends on whether he has the courage," Xie Yuting said calmly, "Let him meet with Madam Pang, and don't worry about the rest."
"Who are you ordering around? You have no respect for your elders." Zhou Luan slapped him on the forehead.
"Thank you, senior brother." Xie Yuting pushed him out and acted as if to chase him away.
"Forget it, I'm going to go play with Junior Brother Xiaolang." Zhou Luan jumped onto the tree branch and left, stepping on the green grass.
The dark black sleeves fluttered, and the black shadow gradually disappeared.
The gentle sound of pine waves is like the lingering sound of a musical instrument.
Jiang Yueying's white fingers stroked the long sword in her hand, touching every line. She raised her eyes and looked at Xie Yuting, hesitant to speak.
Her eyes and eyebrows are charming and inspiring.
Xie Yuting, who was always thick-skinned, leaned forward and asked, "Why, you were interrupted by your senior brother just now, and you still haven't kissed enough?"
“…” Her face turned red again.
"How about we continue?" Xie Yuting pretended to kiss her.
Jiang Yueying placed her palm against his chest, her pink earlobes swaying as she said helplessly, "Don't interrupt me. I want to ask you something serious..."
"Tell me about it."
Jiang Yueying regained her composure and raised her head: "I've discovered that you've been hiding a lot from me. Why not confess everything today?"
After a moment of silence, Xie Yuting touched his chin and looked at the girl thoughtfully.
Feeling uneasy under the man's gaze, she slightly turned her eyes away to avoid meeting his gaze.
As a result, Xie Yuting remained silent, causing Jiang Yueying's cheeks to become redder and redder. Finally, she became angry and stepped hard on the man.
The long boots left a faint and delicate footprint, but Xie Yuting was not annoyed. He rubbed her skirt with the upper of his shoes like a hooligan.
After a long pause, Xie Yuting said lightly, "There are so many things I've kept from you. How can I tell you so easily? The little princess has to give you something in exchange."
Jiang Yueying looked at him blankly.
Exchange, what to exchange.
"Don't you have anything to hide from me?" Xie Yuting asked suddenly.
Hearing this, Jiang Yueying shuddered instinctively.
When it comes to concealing the truth, she is the one who lies the most, even her identity is fake.
The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she whispered with a guilty conscience: "What can I hide from you..."
Xie Yuting leaned forward: "Really?"
Jiang Yueying pushed the other person's furry head away: "If you say no, then no." She couldn't help but whisper in her heart, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you.
"So the little princess is so honest with me, is this what a love that is stronger than gold is?"
“Don’t flatter yourself.
Didn't you say you were going to practice sword fighting? Hurry up and don't waste time, the sun will set soon."
Jiang Yueying glossed over the question and pulled him to continue practicing sword.
Xie Yuting stared at the girl's nervous profile and smiled gently.
Sword lights were flying, and two figures were dancing with swords.
In the evening glow, the pine forest is bathed in the sunset glow.
In the next few days, except for resting at night, the two of them practiced almost from morning to night.
The Youlong sword technique was also transformed into another set of sword techniques, which was as graceful as flying, light and flexible, and more suitable for Jiang Yueying to practice.
Therefore, she needed to give this unique sword technique a new name.
Xie Yuting kept asking her, and Jiang Yueying couldn't resist him, so she whispered a few words in his ear.
The wind whistled past, and the rustling of fallen leaves covered the sound.
"It's a good name." He smiled with his eyes curved.
…
Liuzhou's Thousand Lantern Festival arrived as scheduled in early spring.
Liuzhou has countless craftsmen with outstanding lantern skills. It has the best lanterns in Liang State and is famous throughout the world. Therefore, in addition to the Lantern Festival, Liuzhou people have their own Thousand Lantern Festival.
The moon was above the willows, and the banks of the Qingting River were filled with stalls of all sizes, with a wide variety of lanterns, illuminating both sides of the river as brightly as day.
There are not only people from Liuzhou here, but also many foreigners who come here just to see the splendor of the Thousand Lantern Festival.
Amidst the bright lights, Jiang Yueying was wearing a light green embroidered dress, like a willow bud in early spring, graceful and unfurled, with small cherry-white flowers adorning her chest, giving her a unique sense of lively and playful charm.
The orange light reflected on the girl's fair cheeks, and the golden osmanthus hairpins in her hair swayed gently, flickering like floating waves.
She had a faint smile on her face and was extremely curious about every stall, her round eyes wide open, looking cute and silly.
Xie Yuting walked outside her, his eyes always following the girl who was running around.
Qingge Puling and Yulang followed behind them at a leisurely pace, admiring the rare lanterns.
"Madam, would you like to buy a river lantern?" a vendor asked enthusiastically, holding up a glowing little duck river lantern in his hand.
Jiang Yueying's eyes lit up. She had thought that river lanterns only came in lotus shapes, but there were actually some in the shape of little ducks. There were soft feathers on both sides of the lanterns, and they glowed from the top, just like real little ducks.
It’s worthy of being Liuzhou, so fresh.
Jiang Yueying was about to pick a little duck river lantern when a pair of big hands stopped her. Xie Yuting squeezed to her side and put his arm around her shoulders.
"You want to buy one too?" She was confused.
Xie Yuting lowered his eyes, pointed to the other side of the stall and said, "Let's buy pairs of river lanterns."
"In pairs?"
Looking in the direction he pointed, what caught my eye was a pair of lifelike mandarin duck river lanterns, with warm orange-yellow light on their backs and the little mandarin ducks' wings pressed together, looking particularly intimate.
They really come in pairs.
Jiang Yueying blushed and asked knowingly, "Why did you buy the mandarin duck one?"
Xie Yuting said: "Don't you think it looks a lot like us?"
"Who wants to be paired with you..." she said in a low voice.
The vendor immediately praised them, saying, "It's clear you two are in love. Buying this mandarin duck lantern is a great idea. In Liuzhou, there's a saying that if you write your names on a river lantern and release it into the Qingting River on the same day, they'll be together forever."
"If you put it directly into the mandarin duck lantern, it will bless the couple to be together forever and have a child soon."
Hearing the words "May you have a son soon," Jiang Yueying blushed. This vendor must have thought they were a newlywed couple. In reality, she and Xie Yuting hadn't even consummated their marriage, so how could they possibly have a son...
By the way, after returning to Kyoto, shouldn't they consummate their marriage? It's not good to keep putting it off...
oops.
Jiang Yueying touched her cheek and found it was indeed burning hot.
Xie Yuting took the mandarin duck lantern with a smile, and Yu Lang behind him immediately paid the bill. Before leaving, he said to the vendor: "Then I'll lend you my auspicious words."
Holding the mandarin duck river lantern in his hands with great interest, Xie Yuting took Jiang Yueying to the bank of the Qingting River. He borrowed a brush, wrote the three words "Jiang Yueying" on a piece of paper, and handed the brush to her.
"Do I have to write too?" Jiang Yueying immediately took the pen and finished it in one go.
The three words "Xie Yuting" appeared on the thin paper.
It happened so fast that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't even have time to speak.
After a moment, Xie Yuting smiled and said, "Of course, we are destined to be together."
Is it fate? Jiang Yueying has always believed in fate. For example, she is not as lucky as her sister, and she is destined not to receive the love of her relatives.
She used to have full faith in her fate, but now she hesitated, because she suddenly felt that her fate was not bad, just because she met a person.
She glanced at Xie Yuting secretly. The colorful lights were reflected on him. He happened to be wearing a snow-white robe today. The colors of all the lanterns dyed his clothes, forming patterns of light and color, which was so handsome that it was natural.
Countless river lanterns are floating on the river, with lotus-shaped ones being the most common. Clusters of them are in full bloom, shining red and yellow, and slowly drifting forward with the current.
Along with the lotus, they released the mandarin duck river lanterns into the water.
The moment it entered the water, the river lanterns seemed to come alive, their soft feathers gently brushing the water surface, and the mandarin ducks, wings holding wings, turned in a circle on the spot, and flew away into the distance under the bright light.
Crash.
The sound of ripples on the water can be heard by my ears.
Jiang Yueying watched the river lanterns leave before looking up reluctantly.
A hand reached up stealthily and intertwined its fingers with hers.
Xie Yuting was delighted and sighed at the beautiful scenery: "Away from the ups and downs of the court, with a beautiful woman by my side, it is really peaceful."
"Oh, so sticky?" A loud voice came from the sky.
Jiang Yueying subconsciously looked for the sound, and a black shadow suddenly appeared, with its black robe fluttering, causing the lights to shake.
Zhou Luan suddenly appeared from nowhere and teased with a smile, "You two are so inseparable, aren't you guys going back to your room to get into bed every day?"
People in the martial arts world speak bluntly. Jiang Yueying was so embarrassed that she hid behind Xie Yuting for the first time, sticking out half of her head.
Seeing this, Zhou Luan restrained his tone slightly and said, "I'm not praising your relationship."
"Zhou Luan, you followed my wife and I to the Lantern Festival. What's your intention?" Xie Yuting glared at him.
"Calling you Senior Brother is disrespectful," Zhou Luan said. "I'm just telling you that Madam Pang has already met with Xi Ni. That guy looks indignant, and I don't know if he's genuinely angry or just pretending."
Xie Yuting nodded: "It doesn't matter. Even if he doesn't tell me, I have other ways to pass the news to Kyoto."
"You must have something else to ask me, after all, I have to go back tomorrow."
Zhou Luan deliberately kept it a secret: "To be honest, my master asked me to tell you a secret."
Hearing the secret, Jiang Yueying also pricked up her ears.
"Repeat it once, Senior Brother Zhou, you are the most handsome man in the world, and I will tell you."
Xie Yuting sneered: "..."
Oh, dreaming.
Zhou Luan grinned: "Oh, since my junior brother is unwilling, let my sister-in-law talk to him." After that, he turned his gaze to Jiang Yueying.
Jiang Yueying, who was ready to watch the show, said: "......?"
Just as she was about to refuse sternly, her mouth just opened a crack, and a big hand suddenly covered her mouth. Xie Yuting hugged her in his arms and threatened: "Don't praise other men."
“…”
Jiang Yueying was speechless. I didn’t intend to praise her!
I didn't realize that Xie Yuting's mind was smaller than a needle.
Zhou Luan was at his leisure.
Xie Yuting smiled wryly, put his hand on Zhou Luan's shoulder, and pressed down hard, gritting his teeth and saying, "Brother Zhou, you are the most handsome man in the world."
Hiss, Zhou Luan's shoulder was almost broken by Xie Yuting's sneaky and powerful attack, and a forced smile appeared on his face.
"Tell me quickly."
Zhou Luan was helpless and slapped his evil hand away: "A few years ago, Master established a sect in Jiangnan and trained many outstanding disciples."
"He just founded a sect. It's not worth making a fuss about." Xie Yuting didn't take it to heart. He hugged Jiang Yueying and went to see the lanterns in front.
"It was established in your name." Zhou Luan said lightly.
Xie Yuting almost tripped himself to death.
"What the hell??"
Zhou Luan curled his lips: "You are the leader."
Xie Yuting: "...I won't be the last person in the sect to know that I am the leader, right?"
"You said it." Zhou Luan laughed.
At this moment, Jiang Yueying suddenly poked her head out, blinked, and asked, "But Xie Yuting is the crown prince. How can we establish a sect in his name?"
How could a prince from the palace secretly establish a martial arts sect?
Zhou Luan said: "Because this little bastard has a nickname in the underworld, and it's very famous, called Han--"
"Cough cough cough!" Xie Yuting suddenly coughed violently, interrupting Zhou Luan's words.
Jiang Yueying turned her head: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay. I just took a breath of air and choked on it."
Seeing that he was truly alright, Jiang Yueying slowly turned her head back: "What kind of title is that?"
Having the opportunity to get to know Xie Yuting better, she showed great curiosity, her eyes shining like stars, staring at Zhou Luan without blinking, waiting for him to speak.
Zhou Luan paused, glanced at Xie Yuting, and said, rarely giving him face: "Call me Han... idiot."
Immediately afterwards, he was hit hard by a certain prince.
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