Chapter 166 Flower Boat
Compared with her, Duan Mengmeng looks like a lowly little palace maid beside the Empress.
But if she hadn't used such dirty tricks, all of this should have belonged to her.
"Miss Duan San should now call me the Fourth Prince's Consort and then bow respectfully. This is in accordance with the rules and your Duan family's upbringing."
Duan Mengmeng's eyes were almost red with anger. She wanted to slap Shen Anan twice and say all kinds of unpleasant words to her, but Xiao Yuan was standing beside her, so she had to consider her posture.
"Brother..." She looked at Xiao Yuan with tears in her eyes, "I don't believe you would plot against me. Tell me, what is going on with the girl of destiny? Have you been bewitched by Shen Anan?"
They have been childhood sweethearts, how could they not have feelings for each other?
Xiao Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked at the leisurely Shen Anan. As his wife, she was actually watching the show at this moment instead of helping him to get rid of the bad peach blossoms?
Xiao Yuan smiled maliciously, "You are right, I have indeed been bewitched, even my mind has been bewitched."
"..." Both of them looked at Xiao Yuan.
She glared at Xiao Yuan fiercely. She didn't put a knife to his neck when they got married. He did it willingly. But now he said so.
She held his arm with her hand, smiling brightly, and showing some shyness, "Not only am I a seductress, I'm also a vixen, waiting to go back tonight to suck your essence."
Xiao Yuan pretended not to understand her gnashing of teeth and smiled happily.
Duan Mengmeng stared at the two people who were singing in unison, and was speechless for a moment.
Shen Anan let go of Xiao Yuan, leaned closer to Duan Mengmeng and said, "Miss Duan San, you lost."
"As long as I stay in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, you will never have anything to do with Xiao Yuan. In this life, you will never be able to surpass me."
Duan Mengmeng's face turned visibly red with anger. She looked at Xiao Yuan, but the latter seemed to be blind and deaf, and did not react at all.
"My husband has prepared a surprise for me. He wants to take me on a boat trip on Hua'an Street. I won't chat with Miss Duan San. It's not easy to get out for a trip, so I have to cherish it and catch up with my family."
There was mockery in her eyes. She turned around and took Xiao Yuan's arm and went out of the palace.
The gaze behind him was as cold as if it were real, and Shen Anan was so familiar with it.
In the previous life, she would often show off and instigate in front of her, making her, who was already sensitive, suspicious every day and then gradually collapsed.
She was led by Xiao Yuan, and she glanced back at Duan Mengmeng with a sneer on her lips.
It was not easy for her to leave the palace, so they must not let her down. It was worth it for her to dress up beautifully today to stimulate her.
Xiao Yuan never looked back at her from beginning to end. Duan Mengmeng dug her nails into her palms, and the pain made her regain some sanity.
The identity of the prince's consort? It’s not that she can’t get it, she just doesn’t want it. If she wanted it, she would have married Xiao Ze long ago, and it wouldn’t be her turn to show off in front of her! !
Duan Mengmeng knew that it was impossible to place her heart on Xiao Yuan anymore. She couldn't stay in the palace forever. When his identity was revealed one day, it would be her death!
She let out a long sigh, straightened her clothes, and returned to the hall with a smile on her face.
There are many people renting boats on Hua'an Street tonight, and they are all eunuchs and dignitaries. The decorations on the exterior alone are dazzling and extremely luxurious, with big red lanterns hanging high, and it is quite lively.
Shen Anan stood on the river table, a little dazed for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yuan asked softly.
She shook her head slightly, "Nothing, I just suddenly felt that the scene was a little familiar."
But her state of mind was completely different, and now, she could no longer remember the pain she felt at that time, and only a vague memory remained.
Xiao Yuan held her wrist from behind and said in a low and hoarse voice, "However you want to play, I'll let you do it."
Shen Anan smiled and told Mo Xiang to go buy a few lanterns. This was her favorite part when she was boating alone in her previous life, watching the lanterns carrying her wishes floating in the lake and slowly going away.
It's like the confusion and helplessness in my heart has been somewhat comforted.
She said nothing more and obediently followed Xiao Yuan onto the largest boat on the lake.
The past was over, so why make both of them unhappy? She would be leaving in a few days, so it would be better not to create unnecessary trouble and make him unhappy.
If you look at it from the outside, no one would believe that it was chosen by a grown man.
From the boathouse to the inside, it was mostly bright red and purple floral silks, with countless potted plants placed next to them, and even the tablecloths were embroidered with auspicious words. It didn't look like a cruise, but more like someone's wedding night.
Shen Anan stopped in front of the potted plant, bent down and reached out to touch it.
There shouldn't be any flowers in this season. Xiao Yuan didn't know where he got so many of them, but judging from the bright and blooming flowers, they must have been specially cultivated with a lot of thought and effort.
"What are you doing?" She turned and looked at him. It was just an ordinary cruise ship, why was it so grand?
Xiao Yuan stared at her, the darkness of the night spread in his eyes. The bright moon cast a beam of light between the two of them, like the Milky Way.
"Make up for our regrets." He stepped closer and slowly stroked her face. "I said that I will slowly make up for what I owe you in the future. We can come here month after month, year after year."
Create new memories and slowly replace the bad and rotten ones.
He leaned over and held her in his arms, whispering, "There's still a long time to go, we're not in a hurry, when you come back from Jiangnan, we'll go to Xiangjue Temple, pray for marriage stickers, and hang all the marriage trees."
He held her tightly, making Shen Anan unable to breathe.
But facing him like this, Shen Anan had no reason to push him away or refuse. He did so well that made her feel that her selfishness was unbearable.
She had never mentioned those things to him before, how did he remember them in such detail, a dream?
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Nothing." Xiao Yuan shook his head gently. He was just completely frightened by the scene in his dream. The heart-wrenching yet powerless pain was enough to leave him with lingering fears for the rest of his life.
He has been repeating one thing these past two days, which is to try every possible way to save her in her dream, even though he clearly knows that it is just a dream! !
"Am I a crazy woman in your dream? A shrew, jealous and stupid?"
Shen Anan suddenly asked, since he could dream about those things, did he know what happened to the two of them?
Xiao Yuan shook his head and said vaguely, "No, it's not very clear. I just occasionally have some fragments flashing through my mind through your narration."
Shen Anan was a little puzzled. She died of depression in her previous life, so how did he die?
Whenever this topic was brought up, Shen Anan would become silent and depressed. Xiao Yuan took the initiative to end the conversation and ordered people to row the boat to the center of the lake.
Mo Xiang bought a lot of lanterns, and she had a dazzling array of them in her hands. Shen Anan squatted beside the boat table and put the lanterns in her hands into the water one by one.
Then make a wish.
Compared to the past, this is the only thing she is still interested in now. As her mother said, making a wish is not about asking for it to come true, but about placing the hope in her heart that has nowhere to go and getting a little comfort.
From the grandmother, to the Shen family, as well as Shen Changhe, Shen Wen, Madam Shen, and finally even praying for peace and prosperity for the country and the people, no one mentioned Xiao Yuan at all.
He stood behind her with his arms folded, resentment in his eyes, and clenched the cloak tightly in his hands. He thought it would be better not to put it on her and let the cold wind cool her brain.
After these days of getting used to each other, Qing'an had already been able to understand his master's mind. He fetched another lamp from somewhere and presented it to Xiao Yuan.
“…”
Shen Anan was making a wish to the last lantern, and Mo Xiang even joked with a smile, "Girl, you made so many wishes, can the gods remember them all?"
Suddenly, an ugly rabbit lantern was extended in front of Shen Anan. She turned around and met Xiao Yuan's cold face.
"With this lamp, I wish that you and I can live in harmony, grow old together, and be together for the rest of our lives."
“…” Shen Anan looked at the rabbit lantern and didn’t say anything for a long time.
Who would come here to make a wish? Besides, his lantern is so ugly that even gods would surely despise it.
Also, they live in harmony and grow old together. They are already married, so she won’t say anything. They will be together for the rest of their lives?
Do you have a grudge against her? Wasn’t the last life troublesome enough?
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