The moon was like a silver disk, embedded in the dark sky far away. The stars were low, and along with the bright lights on the streets, Yuquan Lake was illuminated like a galaxy, with pulses of light. A gentle breeze blew, and the lake was rippling. A number of gold-painted painted boats were moored in the center, and the sound of stringed instruments and bamboos was heard everywhere.

On New Year's Eve, I looked through the porthole of the boat and gazed at the night before my eyes. I only felt that it was prosperous and luxurious, and it was so beautiful that it was not like the human world. Xiao Du walked over to her and sat down. He picked up a small piece of mooncake from the porcelain plate in front of him and stuffed it into her mouth. Then he followed her gaze and looked out, smiling and saying: "This is the most beautiful moon cake in the capital." On the other hand, you said that you have never spent a festival outside, so I thought I must show you what this Mid-Autumn Festival night full of lanterns looks like."

Yuan Xi chewed and swallowed carefully, and felt that this mooncake was sweeter than any he had ever eaten before, so he turned around and said with a smile: "You have one too."

She wore a red dress specially today and dressed up carefully. Her eyes were rolling, her red lips were slightly parted, and her whole face was bathed in the swaying lights, which made Xiao Du a little infatuated. At first, he only thought she was pretty, until he fell in love with her and fell in love with her. Every frown and smile of her could produce some enchanting beauty.

He then smiled maliciously and said, "Look at you, you're eating my lips again." Before she could react, he had already pressed her against the wall with his arms, and his warm lips were attached to the corner of her mouth, ambiguously rolling away the tiny crumbs at the corner of her mouth, and then moved to her lips and her tongue, and then entangled and indulged, indulging, and insatiably absorbing all the sweetness in her mouth. When the love is deep, you wish that the two of you have been one since birth, even breathing and heartbeating are connected.

At this moment, the door of the room rang at an inopportune moment, and someone outside shouted, "My Lord, my Lady, the crabs are here."

Xiao Du reluctantly let go of her lips, and looked at her lips with satisfaction until they were red and swollen from his kisses, and even her ears were red. Yuan Xi turned her head away shyly, tidied her hair and clothes that were messed up by him, and then called out, "Come in."

Xiaochun came in with several maids and servants. On the tray in her hands was a blue and white porcelain plate with red, plump and delicious crabs piled on it. Two sets of eight tools were placed next to it. On another tray was a bottle of wine and two white jade wine cups. When Xiaochun saw the scene and Xiaodu's unsatisfied face, she quickly asked the others to put down the wine and food, and took them out immediately and closed the door.

Xiao Du picked up a large crab, cracked the crab shell open and placed it next to Yuan Xi. He then poured her a glass of chrysanthemum wine and said with a smile, "The chrysanthemums are yellow, the crabs are plump, and the wine is good. Only when all of them are together can it be considered Mid-Autumn Festival."

Yuan Xi's body trembled slightly, and his hands froze in mid-air, his thoughts drifting away like a kite with a broken string: One Mid-Autumn Festival, someone also held a wine pot, leaned against the rockery of the Imperial College, sipped wine and chanted: "Yellow chrysanthemums, fat crabs and good wine are the best way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Yuan Xi was baring her teeth while dealing with a crab claw. She looked up when she heard him speak. Her face was slightly red, her clothes were a little messy, and her black hair was blown by the wind. Usually, the young master was always elegant and refined, and rarely showed such a wanton and wild attitude. Yuan Xi was a little stunned, and after a while, she pouted and said, "But I don't have any wine."

Luo Yuan glanced at her and said with a smile, "Why would a little girl drink wine?" He then saw her puffed up cheeks as if she was very dissatisfied, so he softened his voice and said, "Don't be impatient. When you reach the age of marriage next year, you can drink wine."

Yuan Xi finally broke the crab meat out of the pliers and put it into her mouth. She found that the crab meat tasted sweeter without tools. She raised her head and smiled expectantly, "Will the young master accompany me then?"

Luo Yuan just smiled at her and didn't answer. Yuan Xi thought, this must be an agreement. At that moment, she never thought that they might be separated one day.

Yuan Xi was breaking the crab meat bit by bit, watching him half lying on the side, sipping wine, feeling peaceful and comfortable. She suddenly thought of something, so she asked him, "I read in a book that every year on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people would release candle boats into the river to make wishes, and the whole river would be filled with small boats with lights on. It must be very interesting, but it's a pity that I don't have the chance to see that scene. Have you seen it, little master?"

Luo Yuan had finished his jug of wine. He stood up with a smile and said, "It's not difficult. If you want to see it, we can do it ourselves." He then jumped off the rock and came back with a few candles in his hands. He broke off some lotus leaves from the lake and made them into the shape of a boat, then placed the lit candles on it.

The water in the pond was rippling slowly, and the candlelight was gleaming in the lotus leaves. Although it was not as dazzling as it looked at night, Yuan Xi was still delighted. He excitedly lay on the edge of the pond and pushed the boat in continuously.

She looked at it with interest for a while, then turned around and asked, "Young Master, what wish do you want to make?" She tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Master, I heard that you will take part in the Spring Examination next year. I guess you must want to pass the exam and become a noble or a prime minister, right?" She thought that most scholars' wishes should be like this.

Luo Yuan found her serious tone a little funny. He turned his eyes away from her face and looked far away, saying, "Of course I want to pass the imperial examination, but I don't want to be a noble or a prime minister. I just hope that after serving as an official in the court, I can be capable and do something useful for the people."

Yuan Xi seemed to understand what he said, so he also closed his eyes and made a wish. Luo Yuan asked curiously, "What is your wish?"

Yuan Xi opened her eyes and smiled, "I hope that Seventh Aunt and Father can live a long life without any illness or disaster. I also hope that you, my young master, can pass the Spring Examination smoothly and fulfill your wish."

Luo Yuan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes softened and he asked, "What about you? Don't you have anything you want?"

Yuan Xi tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said as a matter of course: "These are what I want most."

"Xi'er? Xi'er?" Suddenly a voice called her name. Yuan Xi came out of her memories. The smiling face of the young teacher in front of her turned into Xiao Du's concerned face. She was still in a daze. When she looked down, she found that there was a pile of peeled crab meat on her plate.

She came to her senses and picked up the silver chopsticks, but she couldn't calm down for a long time: the young master said that he wanted to do something useful, what does it have to do with his recommendation to come to the Marquis's Mansion? The young master she knew, if he decided to do something, it must be after a long period of planning and planning, but she remembered what Xiao Zhixuan said: "Big brother was very angry and told the young master not to get close to the Marquis's Mansion." Could it be that in the end, it was because of her that he ruined his wish?

Thinking of this, she felt bitter and could not swallow the delicious food and wine in front of her. Xiao Du saw that she looked depressed and asked more worriedly, "What's wrong? Are you worried about something?"

Yuan Xi looked up at him, hesitating in her heart, could she discuss this with him? But she knew that if she opened her mouth, the rift between them that had been repaired with great difficulty would fall apart again. So she forced a smile, took a sip of the wine cup, and said, "Nothing, maybe it's because of the cold wind just now, so I don't have much appetite now."

Xiao Du took the wine cup from her hand, leaned over, stared at her and said softly: "I said, I don't like to see you frown. I am your husband, you can tell me anything you have on your mind." He saw her eyes looking out the window, the streets on the lakeshore were bustling with people, in contrast, the boat seemed a little deserted. He seemed to understand, and said: "Do you think the boat is too boring? Then I will take you down to have a look."

So Xiao Du stopped the boat at the shore, took her hand and walked to the street. The streets were hung with all kinds of lanterns, illuminating the crowds of tourists and making the streets as colorful as the day. People were hawking all kinds of gadgets on both sides of the street, and there were many interesting tricks. Yuan Xi was dazzled by what she saw, and finally put her worries aside for the time being, revealing an excited look.

Xiao Du also showed a satisfied smile. He wanted Yuan Xi to forget everything about the Marquis' Mansion, so he asked the servants and guards behind him to stay on the boat and not follow. The two of them were like an ordinary couple, holding hands and strolling around the street. Yuan Xi felt that everything in front of her was fresh, and she kept looking around, not wanting to miss any interesting things. At this time, she saw a lifelike white rabbit lantern, and hurriedly pulled Xiao Du forward, looking at it left and right, and was reluctant to leave.

Xiao Du saw what she was thinking, so he asked the stall owner, "How much is this lamp?"

The stall owner was an old man with a white beard. He just raised his eyelids and said, "This lamp is not for sale. It is only a prize. It costs five cents each to put the rings together. If you can put twenty rings together and the pole does not fall, I will give you the lamp as a gift."

Xiao Du frowned, and then he noticed that there were many wooden stakes several inches high on the ground, and a pile of rattan rings were placed next to them. Several children were happily lining up to throw rings. His face turned green. Did he have to compete with these little brats to play with rings? So he raised his eyebrows and said to the stall owner, "I'll pay five taels of silver for your lamp."

The people around him gasped. This amount of silver was almost enough to cover the stall owner's monthly income. But the old man said stubbornly, "This gentleman is very generous, but I cannot break the rules. Otherwise, how can I do business in the future? If you want to buy lamps, you can buy all the lamps on this street for five taels of silver. But if you want my lamp, you must follow my rules and hit twenty wooden stakes. Then I will give you this lamp."

Xiao Du was immediately choked with anger. He turned around and saw Yuan Xi staring at the lamp with a look of longing in his eyes. At this time, a little girl with pigtails next to him said in a hushed voice, "Uncle, do you want to play or not? If not, let us play first."

Xiao Du secretly glared at her, and after a struggle, he finally picked up the rattan ring on the ground and threw one out. He was known as a sharpshooter in the army, and his aim was very good. The rattan ring flew out and landed firmly on the outside of the wooden stake, without even touching the stake. The children around him were stunned and clapped their hands and shouted, "Throw again, throw again!"

Xiao Du turned his head proudly and saw Yuan Xi looking at him with a smile. He then felt that this childish game was not so difficult to accept. He simply picked up three rattan rings in one hand, aimed them and threw them out. The rattan rings raised different arcs in the air, and after falling down one by one, they actually landed on the same wooden stake.

The children watched in amazement and cheered. More and more people gathered around to see the amazing hoop-tossing technique and even pushed Yuan Xi outwards involuntarily.

Yuan Xi looked up and saw Xiao Du standing in the middle of the crowd, looking very energetic, elegant and handsome, which made people unable to take their eyes off him. As the crowd cheered, he quickly filled all 20 traps, raised his chin and said proudly to the stall owner: "Now you can finally give me this lamp, right?"

The stall owner also put on a smile, took down the white rabbit lantern and handed it to him. Xiao Du quickly turned around, picked up the lantern and held it high, but found that Yuan Xi was squeezed out of the crowd and gave him an admiring smile from a distance.

Xiao Du hurriedly tried to separate the crowd and walk towards her, but at this moment someone shouted, "The light boat is about to be launched, go and see it." There was an immediate commotion among the crowd, and they all rushed to the river. Yuan Xi was involuntarily carried away from him by the crowd.

Xiao Du was anxious, but he was still holding a lantern, and there were people all around him, and several children were tugging at his clothes to learn how to play the hoop. He was afraid of hurting these children, so he had to squeeze out while shouting, "Stand by the river and wait for me."

Yuan Xi was dizzy and was led by the crowd to the river. Just as she turned around to take a breath, she suddenly saw a familiar figure standing on the other side of the river. She was as clear as the moon and as bright as a jade tree. She was squatting down and putting a small boat carrying candles into the river.

At that moment she suddenly forgot many things and shouted without caring, "Little Master!"

On the day when the young master left the Imperial College, she happened to have a high fever. In a daze, she begged Seventh Aunt to take her to see the young master off, but Seventh Aunt insisted on keeping her.

This time, at least she had the chance to say goodbye to him.

But her voice was soon drowned out by the noisy voices. Luo Yuan seemed to sense something and looked over here, but all he saw were heads moving. Yuan Xi was anxious and panicked, and hurriedly lifted her skirt to squeeze to the shore, but someone stepped on her shoes and she fell to the ground. All she could see were messy figures, and she could no longer find the person. Yuan Xi sat on the ground, staring blankly at the embroidered shoes that fell to the side, and finally cried in frustration, but she still couldn't even say goodbye.

At this time, she saw the crowd in front of her being separated. Xiao Du, with an anxious look on his face, walked up to her with a lantern. Seeing her like this, he quickly handed the white rabbit lantern to her, squatted down to pick up her shoes, held her ankles and carefully put them on for her, shaking his head and sighing, "Why are you always so careless?"

Yuan Xi stared at him blankly. Some people are like the bright moon in the sky, which once illuminated our hearts so gently, but is ultimately out of reach. Some people, however, can always stand behind you and put on the shoe you dropped.

Yuan Xi helped him stand up by his hand. For the first time, she ignored the looks of the people around her, hugged him, leaned close to his ear, sniffed, and said, "Let's consummate our marriage, okay?"

Xiao Du's hands trembled, he looked at her in shock, and replied blankly: "Now?"

Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing, she hooked her arms around his neck and said softly, "Let's go home."

Under a bright moon, small lantern boats covered the water, making the river as bright as a starry sky. On the other side, someone looked at two figures hugging each other under the lights on the other side and said softly, "Goodbye..."