Chapter 252 Fireworks
Although Pei Yunzhan had not seen Feng Qingsui for several months, news from Feng Qingsui was like the sound of wind chimes on the eaves, always ringing in his ears inadvertently.
First, Ji Changfeng came back to life, and she no longer had to be a widow.
Then, Madam Zong recognized her as her biological granddaughter at the birthday banquet, saying that she was her biological granddaughter.
Not long after, Ji Changfeng announced at the morning court that he was the second son of the Ji family and wanted to change his name to Ji Changqing.
She then moved out of the Ji Mansion and moved into the Zong family. Good news came from the Ji Mansion, saying that they would re-hold the wedding for her and Ji Changqing.
All these things, one by one, told him: the man who came back from the dead and turned the tide in the turmoil in the capital was not Ji Changfeng, but Ji Changqing.
Others may have doubts and are not sure, because they don’t understand why Ji Changqing wants to be resurrected as the eldest brother.
But he knew it very well.
Ji Changqing went through so much trouble just to make her his wife.
He knew that Ji Changqing had been coveting her for a long time, but what about her?
Her uncle turned into her deceased husband. Was she willing or was she controlled by him?
He had been thinking about this question from the moment he saw Feng Qingsui walk into Ruyi Tower.
After the two families went up to the third floor, he looked at Feng Qingsui who was walking towards the private room at the end of the Zong family, and finally couldn't help but walked towards her.
"Mrs. Feng, may I have a moment with you?"
He asked softly.
Feng Qingsui glanced sideways, looking at him in confusion.
"There was a servant in the mansion with a yellow face. Everyone thought he had liver disease, but the doctor said there was nothing wrong."
He made an excuse.
"I want to ask you a question or two."
Feng Qingsui glanced at the end of the corridor and saw a small platform. He smiled and said, "Then let's go to the front and talk."
Pei Yunzhan: "Okay."
The platform is relatively independent but not closed, so there is no suspicion of single men and women being in the same room. It is the perfect place for negotiations.
After the two of them stood on the platform, Feng Qingsui asked Pei Yunzhan in detail about the situation of the servant, and Pei Yunzhan answered truthfully.
——There really was such a servant, and he didn’t make it up.
After listening to this, Feng Qingsui smiled and said, "It's hard to say without seeing him, but you said he likes to eat carrots and pumpkins. It might be due to excessive intake of carotene."
Pei Yunzhan was surprised: "Carotene?"
"This is a common ingredient in pumpkin and carrots. Excessive intake can cause yellowing of the skin, which will disappear naturally if you stop eating it. No treatment is needed."
Feng Qingsui explained.
Pei Yunzhan suddenly understood.
"I see. I didn't expect there were so many things to know about vegetarianism. Madam Feng is truly knowledgeable."
Feng Qingsui just smiled and said nothing.
The person who is truly knowledgeable should be the master.
But in order to avoid arousing suspicion from others, she and her master did not plan to make their master-disciple relationship public for the time being, so she did not explain further.
"boom!"
A huge firework suddenly bloomed in the night sky.
The competition is about to begin.
"Master Pei, do you have anything else to do?" she asked. "If not, I'll take my leave."
The moment the fireworks burst, her face was illuminated, like the Udumbara suddenly appearing before the Buddha, her jade-colored skin glowing, and her eyes shining brightly.
The smile at the corners of her lips was more dazzling than fireworks.
Pei Yunzhan's mind went blank for a moment before he came to his senses. Amidst the pounding of his heart, he blurted out, "Has anyone ever forced you?"
Feng Qingsui: “???”
"What does Master Pei mean?"
Pei Yunzhan lowered his voice: "I know he is not your late husband."
Feng Qingsui suddenly understood and burst out laughing.
"Master Pei, you're joking. Whether it was before or now, I'm marrying the same person."
Pei Yunzhan's eyes suddenly darkened.
"I don't mean anything else, I just thought that if you don't want to marry him, I might be able to -"
"Can what?"
A clear voice sounded.
A slender figure walked down the corridor, and his cold eyes fell on Pei Yunzhan.
Pei Yunzhan's face froze.
"Greetings, Your Highness." He lowered his eyes and said awkwardly, "I was simply asking Madam Feng for advice regarding a servant's illness. I thought perhaps I could follow Madam Feng's advice and have the servant change his diet."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
"I see."
Ji Changqing looked calm.
Pei Yunzhan cupped his hands and said, "The fireworks competition is about to begin. I won't disturb you two any longer."
After saying that, he quickly walked out of the platform, pushed open the door of the private room where the Pei family was staying, and slipped in.
Feng Qingsui looked at the handsome man in front of him, who was wearing a moon-white robe with wide sleeves, like the bright moon in the sky, and exuded a noble aura, and his eyebrows curved.
"Why are you so late, Master?"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Fireworks and firecrackers rang out one after another.
Ji Changqing walked to her side and said indifferently, "It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. If I hadn't come late, how would I know that someone is trying to steal my girl?"
Feng Qingsui: (●′‵●)
"People eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival, but why are you drinking vinegar on the Lantern Festival?"
She curled her lips and smiled.
"Master Pei is just being kind-hearted. He's worried that I'll be robbed by you, so he wants to save me from this misery."
Ji Changqing snorted coldly.
"A clay Buddha, yet he wants to rescue people from the sea of suffering?"
Don't overestimate your abilities.
Feng Qingsui blinked: "Second Master admits that he is Ku Hai?"
Ji Changqing glanced at her and said coldly, "Whether this is a sea of bitterness or a sea of sweetness, you will never be able to swim out in this lifetime."
Feng Qingsui smiled sweetly: "Then you must serve me well, Second Master. I am a very good swimmer. Be careful if a wave hits me and I am swept into another sea."
Ji Changqing: “…”
He treats you like a master, so how else do you expect him to serve you?
Treat it as an ancestor?
He then sent Pei Yunzhan to Hezhou to control desertification.
If you can't cure it, don't come back in this life.
“Boom boom boom!”
A gorgeous phoenix bloomed in the sky.
Feng Qingsui's eyes lit up.
"This is great." She praised, "Our Daxi's fireworks makers are really skilled. Qi Yuzhen should also be participating in this fireworks competition. I wonder which fireworks are hers."
Ji Changqing said calmly, "You'll know if you keep reading."
The two did not enter the private room, but stood on the platform to watch.
Dragons and phoenixes danced in the night sky, and flowers bloomed in clusters. On the ground, people were filled with exclamations and laughter.
Feng Qingsui was so engrossed in watching that he only came to his senses when his fingertips went numb.
I put my hand to my lips and was about to blow on it to warm it when a pair of large hands covered it. The warmth came like a stove and instantly dispelled the coldness.
She narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Thank you, Second Master."
Suddenly, I heard a cry of surprise, louder than before. I looked up and saw dozens of fireworks exploding at the same time, like a waterfall dropping three thousand feet, and forming colorful auspicious clouds.
"This one will definitely take first place."
She sighed and laughed.
Ji Changqing nodded.
"This was made by Qi Yuzhen."
Feng Qingsui raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"
Ji Changqing only replied: "I haven't finished reading it yet."
But after the colorful auspicious clouds faded, dozens of rumbling sounds rang out, and eight large characters suddenly appeared in the night sky.
"The mountains and rivers are safe, and you are well every year."
Feng Qingsui smiled as he finished reading, then turned around and said, "So you asked Qi Yuzhen to make the fireworks."
Ji Changqing smiled slightly.
Hold her hand and interlock your fingers.
-
The eight big words jumped up and lit up in the night sky. Pei Yunzhan stood in front of the window and looked towards the platform.
The slender figure and the exquisite figure snuggled together tightly, like a perfect couple.
The corners of his lips drooped instantly.
Press into a straight line.
A thought flashed through his mind.
I met her first.
If he hadn't had preconceived notions and misjudged her character when he first met her in Xizhou, now...
This thought spread like wildfire, almost burning away his clarity of mind.
"Second brother."
A call came from beside me.
He suddenly came back to his senses, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Pei Minru was startled by his sudden turn of head. After a pause, she said, "The fireworks show is over. We're going shopping. Do you want to join us?"
Pei Yunzhan subconsciously looked back at the platform, and seeing that it was empty, his eyes darkened.
"I have something else to do, so I won't join in the fun."
Pei Minru said goodbye with a smile: "Then we will leave first."
"There are a lot of people on the street, don't get separated."
"good."
In the blink of an eye, he and Songyan were the only ones left in the private room.
The sound of fireworks can still be heard, some far away, some near, as the people in Beijing are celebrating.
Fireworks can be seen outside the window from time to time, but compared with the grandness just now, they seem a little lonely.
Over the past few years, he either stayed at home reading or walked on the road to see the mountains and rivers. Even though he was alone, he was happy and did not know what "loneliness" was.
Now, as I am in the Lantern Festival night when everyone is celebrating, I feel a sense of loneliness.
Is this fate's mockery of him?
He sighed deeply and called Songyan: "Go back home."
Songyan reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the street scene and sighed inwardly.
It's really hard to follow a master who is out of touch with the world.
If Baifu could hear his inner voice, he would probably sigh and say, "This is what they call the same person with different fates."
Because Feng Qingsui mentioned that "the warden was afraid that we would be captured by beggars, so he never let us go out on the Lantern Festival night. I couldn't see at that time, but I always felt infinite yearning when I heard the lively sounds coming from afar", Ji Changqing decided to take her to have a good Lantern Festival.
So people see riddles, guess them and win lanterns.
See the nesting porcelain dolls, the nesting porcelain dolls.
Seeing the master drawing sugar paintings and making clay figures, I also tried to draw and make some.
If you see candied haws, buy two strings.
If I come across barbecued duck, I have to try two pieces.
…
Baifu and Wuhua followed their two masters, so naturally they played with whatever was available, ate whatever was available, and visited all the stalls on the street.
Because he ate too many snacks, Baifu was so full that he could hardly walk.
The five flowers left me wanting more.
"Now that we're done walking around the streets, should we take a walk through the alleys? I can smell roujiamo."
Baifu: “…”
At the same time, Shangguan Mu was also speechless.
He wanted to see Pei Minru during the Lantern Festival, so he went out after dinner and searched for her everywhere.
I finally found someone in front of a restaurant, but I didn't know how to greet him.
After much thought, I decided to follow the custom.
——During the Lantern Festival, women often drop their hairpins and rings in front of the men they like. If the men are interested, they can pick them up and take the opportunity to return them to start a conversation.
He pretended to guess riddles, slowly walked to Pei Minru, quietly pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, and continued walking forward calmly.
He watched Pei Minru's movements from the corner of his eye, and saw that she was about to walk to his jade pendant. Just as he was about to rejoice, the servant Shuangxi said "Huh" and walked over to pick up the jade pendant.
"Sir, your jade pendant fell off."
Shangguan Mu: “…”
He gritted his teeth and took it.
"Thank goodness you're so careful. Remember to collect your reward when you return home."
Shuangxi felt that his prince's tone was not right, but he did not take it to heart. He smiled with narrowed eyes and said, "Thank you, prince!"
Shangguan Mu was extremely upset and tied the jade pendant back to his waist with a stern face.
Such a great opportunity was ruined by Shuangxi, this idiot.
Who is to blame?
We can only blame him for being blind and bringing such a fool out with him.
"Prince Shangguan?"
When he was angry, Pei Minru's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
He suddenly looked up, a hint of surprise on his face: "Miss Pei? What a coincidence, I didn't expect you to be here too."
Pei Minru smiled gently: "I was just guessing lantern riddles."
"Do you want to win that rabbit lantern?" Shangguan Mu said with a smile, "This lantern they made is very well made. It's more exquisite than other rabbit lanterns."
Pei Minru nodded: "My younger sister likes this rabbit lantern."
The two chatted for a few words, and then Pei Minru continued to guess riddles.
Shangguan Mu cheered up and decided that if Pei Minru couldn't guess all the riddles, he would definitely guess them and take the rabbit lantern as a gift to her.
However.
After he looked at ten riddles in a row, his expression gradually became dull.
This riddle...why is it so difficult...
——The more you wash something, the dirtier it becomes.
——What kind of car can’t move?
——What is something that belongs to you, but others use it more than you?
…
He, a man who had won the second place in the imperial examination, actually... couldn't guess the answer.
He turned around and glanced at the restaurant sign, seeing the words "Fubaiju" written on it. He frowned and asked Shuangxi, "Who owns this restaurant? Why don't I seem to have been here before?"
Shuangxi was also confused by the question.
"Please wait a moment, my lord. I will go and ask."
After asking, I found out that this restaurant was newly opened by Zong Hebai.
Shangguan Mu's brows furrowed even more tightly. "Could it be that Zong Si came up with such a tricky riddle?"
There is absolutely no sincerity at all!
It’s so difficult, who can guess it?
Just as I was thinking this, the rabbit lantern was taken down by the shopkeeper and handed to a little girl of about seven or eight years old.
"Congratulations, young lady. You answered all the questions correctly. This lantern is yours."
The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Shangguan Mu: “…”
Seeing Pei Minru also looking stunned, he walked forward and asked, "Can you reveal the answer?"
"Of course," the shopkeeper said with a smile, "since everything has been guessed, I'll make it public."
Then he ground ink, picked up the pen, and wrote down the answers one by one.
Shangguan Mu glanced at the answer and his eyes became dull again.
This... is this a riddle?
The shopkeeper seemed to see his confusion and said with a smile, "This is called a brain teaser, and it was provided by our boss's niece."
Shangguan Mu's mind raced, his eyes suddenly widening. "Are you talking about the person your clan just recognized?"
The shopkeeper nodded.
Shangguan Mu: “…”
If he had known this earlier, he would have tried to get close to Ji Changqing and get the answer out of him!
Ji Changqing, who had also failed here just now, said: "Thank you for the invitation. I only knew about it half an hour earlier than you did. This was passed on to the little fox by the Queen Mother."
The shopkeeper continued, "We have a wine called 'Floating White' in our restaurant. It's as clear as spring water, with a pure aroma and flavor, and is mellow, sweet, and refreshing. Would you like to try it, Prince?"
Shangguan Mu: “…”
As expected of Zong Hebai's shopkeeper, he even recognized him.
He had never seen wine as clear as spring water before, so he asked the shopkeeper to pour him a glass. Seeing that it was indeed crystal clear, he couldn't help but marvel at it: "This wine is really novel. Could it be the idea of your boss's niece?"
I was just joking, but I didn't expect the shopkeeper to actually nod.
"Exactly."
When Feng Qingsui was having New Year's Eve dinner, he took out two bottles of distilled liquor. Zong Hebai was amazed and immediately decided to open a new restaurant specializing in this kind of liquor.
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