After comforting Situ Yao, Su Mengyan wanted to quietly leave.
Unexpectedly, Situ Yao followed closely behind her. Su Mengyan asked curiously, "Young Master, are you going too?"
"There's no Flower God Festival in the capital, so it's okay for me to go and take a look." Situ Yao was mainly worried that it would be dangerous for Su Mengyan to run out alone. Heyang City has been a mixed crowd recently, especially when there are so many people like this.
Su Mengyan did not doubt him. When they walked out of the door, they found that the previously quiet street was now filled with many small vendors.
There are a wide variety of goods displayed on it, and without exception, they are all related to flowers.
"Sir, would you like to buy a lantern for your wife?" Seeing that they were well-dressed, the vendor seized the opportunity to start selling.
Lanterns are made into various shapes, and each lantern is painted with a flower, which comes alive under the light of candlelight.
Su Mengyan fell in love with a lantern with a painting of red plum blossoms. It was very simple, with only a few red plum blossoms as embellishments. Compared with other flowers, it looked much more plain.
"Young lady, you like this?" The sharp-eyed vendor noticed Su Mengyan's fixed gaze and spoke eloquently, "Young lady, you have excellent taste. This is the only red plum blossom lantern. The red plum blossoms on it were painted by Luo Wuchen, a famous talent in Heyang City. Young lady, you came early. If you had come later, it would have been bought by someone else."
"How much is this?" Su Mengyan touched her poor purse.
"Miss, you are the first customer to buy a lantern tonight, so you can buy this lantern for only five taels of silver." The vendor gave her a discount, but Su Mengyan still felt it was expensive.
There was not even five taels of silver in her small purse.
"I saw other lanterns were only one tael, why is this one five taels?" Su Mengyan wanted to bargain with him, but the vendor pointed to the red plum blossoms on it and said, "Because it was painted by Young Master Luo Wuchen himself, it should be at least ten taels. I only asked for five taels because I really like it."
In this way, Su Mengyan got a great deal.
"You said that Mr. Luo painted it, so he did? You have no evidence, how can I believe it?" Su Mengyan took out some silver and gave it to him, "Three taels of silver. If you don't sell it, I'll go somewhere else."
Su Mengyan thought, this was her last resort, pretending to leave. There were plenty of lantern vendors tonight anyway, so she could probably find a suitable one somewhere else.
Before they had taken a few steps, the vendor couldn't help himself and called out to them, "Wait a minute, young lady. Three taels is enough. Take it."
Su Mengyan happily bought the red plum lantern.
"I didn't expect Yan'er to have the ability to bargain." Situ Yao praised as he walked beside him.
"Sir, is there anything you want to buy? I can help you bargain." Su Mengyan found pleasure in it, but unfortunately she had no money, so she could only look at other things.
"I want to tell Yan'er something." Situ Yao was mysterious. Su Mengyan asked curiously, "What is it?"
"You seem to have been cheated." He pointed to the place where the lanterns were sold. "You bought this lantern, and he brought out another one."
Su Mengyan looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, she saw another girl buying a red plum lantern. Judging from the vendor's expression, she probably said the same thing.
"Is Luo Wuchen from Lord Luo's family?" Su Mengyan suddenly remembered that the name was very familiar. She had only heard of him but had never seen him.
"A talented man from Luoyang, handsome and elegant, he was born in Luoyang. Although he is young, he is quite talented and famous, but I have never seen him take part in the imperial examination." Situ Yao had heard of Luo Wuchen a long time ago and wanted to recruit him under his command.
However, I heard that Luo Wuchen is as his name suggests, not interested in worldly affairs and not keen on fame and fortune, so he has never participated in the imperial examination.
After listening to Luo Wuchen's story, Su Mengyan was quickly attracted by the excitement in front. Seeing that everyone was gathered together, she nimbly got to the front.
It turned out to be a traveling circus. After watching for a while, Su Mengyan felt bored and pulled Situ Yao away.
When they came out, they hadn't made any attempt to hide their appearance. Even though Situ Yao was serious, his handsome features still attracted many people's attention.
Su Mengyan, who was following him, felt like she was about to be drowned by their envious and jealous eyes. She whispered to Situ Yao, "Sir, how about I walk behind you?"
"Why?" Situ Yao was puzzled and pulled her to his side.
"With me here, they feel embarrassed to give you sachets." Su Mengyan said frankly. Just now, several girls came over with sachets and then left.
"Why do you care about that?" Situ Yao asked with his head down, "And as my concubine, you didn't even give me a sachet. Do you need me to remind you to give it to you?"
It was the first time Su Mengyan had seen someone asking for a sachet, but he was the prince, and she had a close relationship with him, so he had the final say.
"But I don't have a sachet now." Su Mengyan said with a bitter face.
"I don't expect you to be able to make it with your clumsy hands. Let's go buy one in front." Situ Yao took her to the place where sachets were sold in front.
Su Mengyan had just used all her money to buy lanterns, and was now short of money. She walked forward reluctantly and gently pulled Situ Yao's sleeve, "How about I give it to you another day?"
"Did you make it yourself?" Situ Yao asked, suppressing his laughter.
"Yes, I will learn it right away." Su Mengyan nodded heavily. Since she had no money, she had to do it herself.
"Okay, I'll wait for Yan'er..." Situ Yao was interrupted by the sudden crowd when he was halfway through his words.
Su Mengyan was still feeling frustrated, as she could no longer see Situ Yao. She was pushed forward by the crowd, looking around blankly, but couldn't find him.
Su Mengyan wanted to go back, but was blocked by people. When the crowds thinned out a little, she hurried to find Situ Yao.
He bumped into a passerby without paying attention and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry." Su Mengyan said hurriedly and left.
The person she bumped into picked up the lantern and ran after her, "Girl, your lantern."
"Thank you." Su Mengyan took the lantern and was about to leave again.
The man reached out to stop her and asked, "Miss, are you looking for someone?"
Su Mengyan remembered that he had just come from Situ Yao's direction, so she stopped and asked, "Have you seen a handsome man in black clothes?"
Luo Wuchen smiled handsomely because of Su Mengyan's description, and then pointed at the black clothes on his body. "If I hadn't seen you before, I would have thought you were looking for me."
Su Mengyan then realized that the strange young man in front of her was also dressed in black and was also very handsome. She smiled awkwardly, "It seems that you have never seen me before. Then I will take my leave first."
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