"Please wait a moment, the food will be here shortly!"
After the shopkeeper left, Su Wanyan pushed Yu Nanqing onto the balcony. A gust of cold wind blew in, and Su Wanyan shivered. She quickly pulled Yu Nanqing's clothes tighter and asked, "Are you cold?"
As they were talking, Tanaka, with great tact, handed Yu Nanqing his cloak.
Su Wanyan took the cloak from Tanaka's hand while keeping an eye on Yu Nanqing's expression.
He shook his head: "I'm not cold."
But Su Wanyan had already wrapped the cloak around him: "I feel cold, but you don't? Even if you're not cold, wear it. It would be troublesome if you caught a cold."
Is he not cold, given how weak he is?
How could that be!
Su Wanyan felt he was cold.
"..." What could Yu Nanqing say? He could only obediently let her do as she pleased.
Suddenly, a rhythmic drumbeat reached my ears from afar.
The sound of thumping echoed.
Several drums sounded in unison.
The sound of drums seemed to reverberate throughout the entire capital.
Su Wanyan excitedly patted Yu Nanqing on the shoulder and pointed to one end of the street: "Look! They're here! The parade is here!"
Su Wanyan's excited tone made Yu Nanqing feel a sense of anticipation as well. He looked up and saw a long procession that seemed to stretch on forever, with people carrying three sky lanterns as they slowly walked along.
At the very front of the procession, small lights led the way, standing in rows in front of the pedestrians to separate the people from the procession.
Su Wanyan was so happy that she leaned half her body over the railing. Yu Nanqing was startled and quickly reached out to tug at her clothes: "Be careful!"
"Oh, it's okay! I'm holding on!" She hopped away from Yu Nanqing's hand while holding onto the railing.
Yu Nanqing was speechless, no longer in the mood to look at the sky lantern, fearing that she might accidentally jump down.
"We're here! We're here! We're here!" The drumbeats were deafening. Su Wanyan shouted excitedly, "Yu Nanqing, look! Look, look, look!"
As the procession drew closer, Su Wanyan realized that the poles they were carrying were ten meters long, almost as tall as the Fubao Building. She was standing on the third-floor balcony and could clearly see the huge yellow flag hanging below the pole.
The yellow flag, embroidered with solemn and majestic totems, is quite spectacular.
The three sky lanterns atop the yellow flag were as big as an adult!
Three sky lanterns swayed slightly with the parade, one after another passing before her eyes. A gentle breeze lifted the tail of the yellow flag, and against the backdrop of the deafening and rhythmic drumbeats, it was as if a thousand troops were marching past her!
Exquisite, magnificent, breathtaking, and grand!
Su Wanyan couldn't contain her excitement. She turned around and kept asking Yu Nanqing, "Did you see that! Did you see that?"
She couldn't describe the spectacular scene in words, and could only keep urging Yu Nanqing to look.
That overwhelming sense of sharing was as if they were afraid Yu Nanqing would miss it.
“…” Yu Nanqing remained silent.
He saw it.
In Yu Nanqing's eyes, Su Wanshi's excited face was even clearer than the vast sky lantern.
Her clear, bright eyes curved like crescent moons, radiating an alluring light. Her lips, adorned with vermilion, moved excitedly to the sound of thunderous drums, though it was unclear what she was saying.
Yu Nanqing smiled.
As if infected by her, a doting smile appeared on his lips, and even his long eyes brightened.
Su Wanyan was still chattering away, even though her words couldn't be heard at all amidst the loud thunder and drumming. He slowly reached out and suddenly grasped her small hand.
Su Wanyan turned around and raised her small hand that had been grabbed, not to break free, but to ask loudly, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yu Nanqing smiled and shook her head: "No."
His voice was so soft that Su Wanyan couldn't hear it at all.
She leaned closer and asked, "What did you say?"
Yu Nanqing's heart tightened slightly, and he gently pushed her head away.
Seeing this, Su Wanyan stopped worrying and looked up, skipping and jumping, at the sky lanterns floating past her.
Yu Nanqing did not let go of her hand, and Su Wanyan seemed to have forgotten about it, letting him hold it.
Yu Nanqing was in an extremely good mood at this moment, and even the strength with which he held her hand increased.
And this scene, by sheer coincidence, was witnessed by Su Muqing on the other side.
At this moment, Su Muqing was looking at Su Wanyan in the opposite building in disbelief, or more precisely, her gaze was fixed on Yu Nanqing.
That person... was it Prince Gong?
Su Muqing stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what she was seeing.
Is it true that Prince Gong is paralyzed in bed and unable to take care of himself?
She thought that such a useless person was... an incredibly ugly, slovenly, and foul-smelling cripple.
But the Yu Nanqing she saw now was handsome and refined, with a bright and cheerful demeanor. The faint smile on his lips was like the bright moon shining, making people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.
The capital city is vast, and there are many powerful and influential people. Su Muqing admits that she has seen quite a few handsome men.
Yu Nanqing exuded an elegance that seemed untouchable and untouchable, and the white fur cloak he wore further accentuated his extraordinary bearing.
Beneath this refined elegance lies a mysterious aura, an aura that compels one to draw closer and explore its secrets.
how so?
Su Muqing couldn't help but clench her fist in her sleeve. Had she... made a mistake?
Is Su Wanyan with another man...?
"She's really a country bumpkin who's never seen the world. The sky lantern parade only happens once a year, and only someone like her, who doesn't know the rules, is shouting and yelling like that."
Su Muqing booked a private room in the building opposite, which happened to be on the third floor.
She was sitting in the side room, with the balcony doors wide open, and the parade was passing by in front of the building. She just sat there watching.
Besides her, there was also the lovely woman who had made things difficult for Su Wanyan at the Princess's residence that day.
This woman was the eldest daughter of the Censor-in-Chief's family, named Qin Shushen.
She was very cute and petite, and everyone who saw her felt an inexplicable urge to protect her.
The words just spoken came from this woman.
Su Muqing snapped out of her reverie and asked casually, "Do you know who the person next to her is?"
Since returning to the capital, Yu Nanqing has been staying at the Prince's residence. The last time he came out was to attend a banquet at the palace. Not only had Su Muqing never seen him, but probably very few of the powerful and influential families in the capital had ever seen Yu Nanqing before.
Qin Shushen blushed slightly: "She is quite pretty. I wonder what Prince Gong would think if he knew she was having an affair with another man?"
Su Muqing quickly pretended to stop her, saying, "Don't talk nonsense, that might be the prince."
She guessed Yu Nanqing's identity because she noticed that Yu Nanqing was in a wheelchair.
But... she wasn't quite sure.
In her mind, Yu Nanqing was a war hero, a killer, a ruthless man, and a paralyzed man; he couldn't possibly be such a gentle and handsome man.
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