After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 37 Encounter

After they went all the way down the mountain, and looked back at the long steps, there were already crowds of people, and the crowded crowd stretched all the way until they entered the corner blocked by the forest, with no end in sight.

As the night fell, the lights became brighter in the darkened sky, as if it could be compared with the stars.

With such a grand scene, it is not an exaggeration to call it a "Little Lantern Festival".

They walked through the crowd with extra effort, Zhao Rong seemed to want Ruan Yuyi not to follow, he held Cheng Xingqiu's hand to push through the crowd, walked faster and faster, and disappeared among the crowd of people in a short time.

Ruan Yuyi didn't intend to follow, so she strolled leisurely with Mu Xiang, and stopped to take a look at some cute gadgets along the street.

For some reason, the crowd behind suddenly began to crowd forward, chattering about something, Ruan Yuyi was also pushed, and was forced to stagger a few steps forward with the flow of people.

She had no choice but to forcefully hold Mu Xiang's hand, lest the two of them be separated from each other.

After walking for a while, I faintly heard the sound of singing in front of me, and realized that not far away, an opera troupe had temporarily set up a stage, and was singing beautiful stories about gifted scholars and beauties loudly.

There are quite a few theater troupes in central Beijing, but such a battle is rare.

She was thinking of going to the corner to avoid it, otherwise she would really worry about being squeezed in the crowd and it would be inconvenient to come out.She clenched the round fan tightly in her hand, lowered her head, and took a small step to the side.

Don't want to be running into a man's back.

She quickly apologized, the young master felt the movement and turned around, and saw a little lady who was only taller than her shoulders, with curved eyebrows and eyes, and said in a gentle voice, "It's okay, if the girl wants to, she can kowtow a few more times."

Ruan Yuyi raised her eyes, but saw that it was the young man in Huayi who was holding the jade fracture fan that day.But because she still half covered her face with the folding fan, the other party didn't recognize her.

She smiled a little as a response, then bowed and planned to leave.Someone behind her stopped her.

The man in black who was walking with him frowned slightly, and said, "Are you alone? Where's the maid beside you?"

Rao Jiang Qi pestered him so badly, Jiang Huaiyang didn't intend to leave the palace at all, so he raised his eyes during the memorial and caught a glimpse of the white rabbit lantern on the side.He suddenly thought that he hadn't been to such a scene for a long time, so he let go and went out with Jiang Qi in plain clothes.

He vaguely realized what he was expecting in his heart.

When I actually met her, I wasn't too surprised.

Today she is wearing a purple silk skirt with emerald patterns, and the butterfly-shaped silver hairpin on her hair is extremely delicate, as the little lady moves around, her butterfly wings are fluttering.Holding an embroidered hibiscus fan in her hand, not to mention her beautiful complexion, which is more than a flower.

In fact, this round fan alone can't hide anything, just meeting this pair of affectionate eyes is enough for him to recognize people.

She was a little surprised to meet Jiang Huaiyang here at first, but it's not surprising that everyone said that the world is romantic and happy.

Then when he heard Mu Xiang mentioned by him, she was startled, and looked around, but she did not see Mu Xiang, probably lost just now.An anxious look appeared on her face, and she tiptoed slightly to look for it, but she couldn't find anyone amidst the crowds.

The fan is hidden in front of him, and when he turns his head like this, his side face is slightly exposed.

Jiang Huaiyang's heart moved, and he turned slightly sideways, just blocking Jiang Qi's sight.

"This is—" Jiang Qi pinched the jade bone fan, his eyes wandered between the two of them for a moment, "Know each other?"

Without waiting for Jiang Huaiyang to speak, he made a look of being stunned, and looked at the figure, wasn't it the woman who was very close to Xiao Huangshu that day.

Jiang Qi saw that he pretended to be casual in front of her, but blocked the girl tightly, chuckled lightly, and walked away consciously.

Once he left, only Jiang Huaiyang and Ruan Yuyi were left behind.

She blessed her body slightly, Xu felt uneasy, still looking around for Mu Xiang's figure, absent-mindedly said, "I have seen Your Highness."

"There are so many people here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find someone for a while, why don't you let me help you." He took her helpless look into his eyes and said in a deep voice.

Her eyes lit up, and she thanked Yingying.

It's not that she has to find Mu Xiang immediately, after all, it's not far from the temple, so she won't be unable to find it no matter what.What made her happy was that Shizi's words in this way probably meant that he was willing to get close to her.

Besides, didn't she wake up in his wing this morning?

I don't know if it was intentional, but Ruan Yuyi kept grabbing his sleeve, which made him feel a slight drop on his shoulders.He looked down, but saw that white jade-like hand was clenched very tightly, as if he was afraid that he might get lost too.

He seemed to be able to see the whitened joints covered by the lights, and the clear but beautiful ringtones under the noisy streets.

Jiang Huaiyang's eyes darkened, and he thought inappropriately that if this hand hurts, it would be the same when he clenched the bedding tightly.Holding it tightly like that, as if grasping the only boat in the vast sea.

"I saw that white rabbit lantern." He said suddenly.

He was reminding her of what happened last night.

Ruan Yuyi couldn't help but see his back lying on his side, and the outer shirt she had dropped on the ground at random, the deep fragrance seemed to linger in his breath, which lasted for a long time.She blushed suddenly.

But with a bright smile on his face, he took down the round fan a little so that he could see his face, "Do you still like it, Your Highness?" But I still like her behavior yesterday.

The surrounding lights reflected her eyes brightly, and he seemed to see his figure in her eyes in a daze, and he heard himself say, "It's not rude to come and go."

Ruan Yuyi didn't know what to think of, her face became hot, and she quickened her pace unconsciously.

"Did you let off the Kongming Lantern in Beijing?"

It took her a while to realize that she was wrong, and this was the "gift" he was talking about.She felt a little embarrassed in her heart, and said softly, "Never."

Jiang Huaiyang casually bought two on one side, not even bothering to look for broken silver, and led her into the slightly darker path on the other side.Crossing the crowd, he grabbed her hand with his backhand so as not to be swept away.

"Your Highness, Mu Xiang still—"

The worry was buried in the clamor, and she thought he wouldn't hear it.While not daring to resist, he looked back at the dimly lit place, it seemed that one of those people was Mu Xiang.

He didn't want to hear it, and his tone was relaxed, as if to comfort him, "Someone has already looked for it." She thought he was going out, and didn't bring a guard by her side.

There are only a few pedestrians in the path. Compared with the market just now, it seems like two worlds.

At the end of the walk, the field of vision suddenly widened, and in front of you was the river passing through the city, with a wide wooden bridge across it.Hidden in the dark, there are boats moored in twos and threes. These boats are generally not used for transporting goods, but for tourists to enjoy.

If it was normal, this place must be a lively place, but today's Shenghe Temple Lantern Festival, people gathered to the side.

It wasn't until Jiang Huaiyang took her to the shore, summoned a wooden boat, and boarded first, her hands were empty, and the cool breeze wiped away the heat from her hands, that she realized that they had held hands for so long.

On the boats floating in the middle of the river, there were occasional tourists holding Kongming lanterns that had not been released. She seemed to realize something and raised her eyes.

I saw the lights all over the sky hanging in the air, because they were too far away to distinguish their shapes, but I saw the Kongming lanterns as dense as a river of stars, half-brightening the sky.

(End of this chapter)