Wandering casually through the bustling streets, my feet feel light and airy. Brilliant sunlight shimmers across the green tiles and red walls that stretch as far as the eye can see. The protruding eaves and the high-flying shop signs all seem bustling with activity.
Today, the capital is even more prosperous than during the reign of the previous emperor. However, countless invisible bones are piled up at the foot of this glorious dynasty.
In these five years, it seems like nothing has changed, yet it seems like everything has changed.
Su Yu looked at the girl holding his hand, as if they were still the same as before, and he could never see through her.
"Does it look good, Su Yu?" Qiao Yu saw that the other party didn't reply, so he waved his hand and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you thinking about? You said you would accompany me to the street, and now you are in a daze again."
It turned out that Qiao Yu had taken a fancy to a hairpin and was trying it on her bun, asking if she liked it. Su Yu subconsciously said, "Sorry, it suits you very well. Please pack it up."
Su Yu took out some silver from his waist pouch and handed it to the shopkeeper, but Qiao Yu didn't like this answer. Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly annoyed.
"Asking you whether it looks good or not, what's the point of saying it's suitable?"
The shopkeeper was afraid that the wooden man would upset the lady and she would not want to buy it, so he quickly tried to smooth things over:
"I've never seen a husband who loves his wife so much. This gentleman is so overwhelmed by his wife's beauty that he doesn't know how to describe it. This is the only appropriate way to describe it."
The shop owner didn't deliberately speak well of Qiao Yu just for the sake of business. Although Qiao Yu was wearing a veil, her noble and elegant temperament was unmatched by many young women in the capital.
Su Yu didn't immediately explain after being mistaken for a couple. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he didn't take the silver dollar handed to him by the shopkeeper.
"No need to look for it." After saying that, Su Yu took Qiao Yu's hand and walked forward, and then said to Qiao Yu: "Let's go, I have ordered your favorite food at Guiyun Pavilion."
The man's voice was a little more joyful than usual. Even at the peak of pleasure, his voice was restrained, but now he became cheerful because of the boss's few words.
Qiao Yu glanced at the purse on Su Yu's waist, which was a little old. She had embroidered it when she was bored and gave it to him. She never expected that he still carried it with him.
"fool."
Although Qiao Yu expressed disgust, her voice became softer and more intimate.
Because Qiao Yu got up late after she was unwell, and the servants took a lot of time to dress her up, it was not early when the two of them went out, and night fell after they finished their meal.
The two of them strolled along the street to digest their food. Without any servants or followers, they looked like an ordinary couple.
"What are so many people looking at up ahead? Let's go take a look."
Qiao Yu has been in the palace for so many years, and she wants to go and see and play with anything strange she sees. Besides, it is the instinct of the Chinese to like to join in the fun.
"If you kowtow with so many people in front..."
Qiao Yu was pulled forward before he could even think of refusing. The upright Prime Minister had no choice but to use his body to separate the crowd to prevent others from bumping into her: "Be careful, go slower."
But the girl almost shook his hand off as if she had let go of a rope.
I squeezed in and found out that it was for guessing lantern riddles. During the Qiqiao Festival, merchants like to use rare and gorgeous lanterns as jackpots to attract customers to stop, and this year's jackpot looks to be quite large.
Qiao Yu had long been tired of the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace, but the lantern suddenly seemed to suit her aesthetic taste, and her almond-shaped eyes were as bright as if the moon had entered them.
But he soon lost interest again and wanted to pull Su Yu away.
Su Yu asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Don't you like that lantern?"
"I'm not good at guessing lantern riddles, so forget it. The lanterns are just to fool the little girl." Although he could ask Su Yu to help him, he was the top scholar and the prime minister after all, and it would be a bit unfair to other competitors for him to participate in the guessing game.
Su Yu frowned and pulled Qiao Yu's hand to stop her: "If you like it, I will get it for you. What's so difficult about it? Besides, aren't you just a little girl?"
The flattering words made Su Yu sound particularly sincere.
Although Qiao Yu is 22 years old this year, which is still as young as a flower in modern times, she is already a mother of several children in this era, so she was very happy when Su Yu said this.
After all, no woman doesn't like to be praised for her youth, so she stood on tiptoe to get closer to him to speak. Seeing that she couldn't reach him, Su Yu automatically bent down. Qiao Yu whispered in his ear with a hint of teasing:
"I never thought that the Prime Minister would compete with the common people for the lanterns for a woman~"
Su Yu didn't know if it was because the woman was so close that he could feel her breath, or because he, as the Prime Minister, had to compete with ordinary people for a lantern. His face was a little unnatural, and he coughed a few times to cover his red earlobes.
"The store only said that you can win a prize by guessing the lantern riddles, and did not restrict officials from participating, so it can't be considered cheating."
Qiao Yu didn't continue to expose him. She tickled Su Yu's palm restlessly, smiling like a cat that had stolen some fish.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Master Su."
Normally, she always likes to tease Su Yu like this when he is handling official business, but this time, Su Yu did not fall for her trick and said solemnly:
"Don't be silly, this is on the street."
As he spoke, he wrapped the woman's hand in his to stop her from making trouble. Qiao Yu had no choice but to give up. She didn't really want to irritate the man, otherwise she would suffer when she returned. She pretended to be well-behaved:
"Yes, my Lord Su."
It doesn't take a lot of knowledge to be able to guess the riddles, but in front of Su Yu, who has learned a lot from ancient and modern times, these questions are not difficult for him.
As expected, the winner of the lantern was naturally Su Yu.
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