Congratulations on opening the coffin

Chapter 63 The Lantern
Shen Ruo really didn't expect to meet the prince here, so he forgot to answer the question for a while.

Then the stall owner next to him yelled urgently: "The answer to the lantern riddle just now was answered by this gentleman, so you failed the challenge, and the Lantern King can't give it to you!"

The prince came to his senses at this moment, and looked at Xiao Chen in embarrassment: "Seventh brother, did I disturb you?"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "Brother, this is for leisure entertainment, if you lose, you lose, it's no big deal."

However, not used to such forced buying and selling by the stall owner, Shen Ruo refused to accept it and said, "No, I want to do it again."

She touched her waist, only to find that Ruby did not prepare silver for her. At this time, a silver ingot was handed over from the side. She looked over and saw His Highness the Crown Prince in blue. Gu... is my apology."

Shen Ruo couldn't help but glanced at him a few more times, took the money anyway, thanked him, and threw it to the boss: "Puzzle!"

Nowadays, women seldom go to school, that is, officials and officials, and most of them are female virtues and female precepts. Most of them are playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to cultivate sentiment.

Therefore, when the boss saw that she was the one to answer, he was not afraid. Instead, he felt that he was going to earn another fortune and couldn't help but cheer: "Okay, listen."

It's a pity that the boss's wishful thinking was broken by Shen Ruo, and as she answered the answers one by one in a leisurely manner, the boss's face became darker and darker, and finally lost his face in an instant.

"I got all the answers right, give me the lantern."

As he said that, Shen Ruo ignored the eyes of the boss Qi Qi Ai Ai, and directly started to take down the huge lantern. Not to mention, it was quite heavy, so how could you go shopping with it.

After thinking about it, she handed the lantern to the crown prince: "You gave me the money, so the lantern should belong to you too, here it is!"

It was a half-meter-high lantern, and when it was taken down, half of the person was covered, and the prince could only vaguely see Shen Ruo, who had a sincere expression and did not seem to be fake, through the gaps between the petals.

He froze for a moment, and was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Shen Ruo's blunt words: "Too... big brother, don't be polite to me, this lamp is quite tiring."

At this moment, he realized that the lamp was too troublesome, so he threw it to him.

He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and called to the side: "Yiren."

A silent and sassy figure came out of the darkness, took over the heavy lantern, and disappeared into the darkness again.

After getting rid of the lantern, Shen Ruo shook his hand, not caring that his little trick was seen through, and only said softly to the prince, "Thank you."

The crown prince smiled: "Your brother and sister are polite, you should. If you want to come back someday, you can come to Dong... come to my house to pick it up."

Seeing the two people chatting happily, Xiao Chen frowned, feeling a little unpleasant, so he blocked Shen Ruo calmly, and asked, "Why is elder brother here?"

The prince was careful, and immediately noticed his younger brother's behavior of protecting food. He couldn't help but smile deeper and said: "Naturally, I came here to feel the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival. I am also happy to see everyone so happy and lively."

That is to observe the people's sentiments, Shen Ruo listened silently, thinking in his heart.

The two chatted for a while, looking at Shen Ruo who was bored waiting beside him, the prince smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about it later, I'm here, I'm afraid I will disturb your husband and wife, I'm afraid the princess will despise me."

His Royal Highness is gentle and decent, he doesn't put on airs, and makes small jokes from time to time. No one will hate him, and Shen Ruo also said: "Brother, you are serious. Anyway, we are just wandering around. It would be awkward for two of us. Three of us Peers are better."

The prince seemed to have noticed something, and said with a smile: "Would it be embarrassing for you two to be alone now?"

Shen Ruo suddenly understood what he had missed, Xiao Chen hugged her and said in a calm tone, "Brother, you talk too much."

The prince laughed loudly: "Alright, I won't bother you, it seems that the seventh brother thinks I'm in the way."

Saying that, the prince left gracefully and disappeared into the crowd just like when he came.

Shen Ruo looked at the direction he was leaving, and couldn't help sighing: "At the beginning, I thought it was the nanny's absurd praise, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness to live up to his reputation."

Xiao Chen nodded, with a deep tone: "Brother, he will be a good emperor."

"What about you?" Shen Ruo looked at him suddenly, "I haven't asked you all this time, what's on your mind?"

If he wanted that position, she had to think carefully about how to go next.

However, she thought he was just admitting or denying, but she heard him say indifferently: "Me? I won't be a good emperor."

As he said that, he left first, Shen Ruo was stunned for a moment, and caught up.

The two of them came to rest by the river, and there happened to be someone lighting up a river lantern to pray, and sparks floated on the river, like the Milky Way falling into it.

When Shen Ruo saw it, she bought two river lanterns as well, walked back to Xiao Chen with a pearl hairpin on her head, and handed him one.

"What are you going to write?" She held the ink pen, not knowing how to write it for a moment, she turned to Xiao Chen next to her.

He shook his head: "I have nothing to write."

"What about wishes? What about dreams? None?"

She tilted her head to look at him, but he asked her back, "What about you?"

She was also taken aback, as a dying person, her wishes and dreams seemed too far away, she suddenly thought of something and wrote.

Xiao Chen lowered his head and leaned over to take a closer look, and couldn't help but read aloud: "May the seas and rivers be clear in the world, and the world be peaceful."

"you……"

He stared blankly at the back of Shen Ruo who put the river lantern into the river, and he never thought that a woman would have such a broad mind.

He suddenly lowered his head and smiled and said, "If we talk about a wish, I only have one wish, which is to avenge my mother, but looking at it now, compared with you, I seem too narrow."

Shen Ruo squatted by the river, looked back at him, and thousands of lights matched her: "Revenge is never a narrow matter, it is about justice, and justice is the most important thing in the world."

Xiao Chen looked down at her, and met her eyes. After a long time, he said with a low smile: "Shen Ruo, it would be great if I could meet you earlier."

However, Shen Ruo just looked at him and didn't answer in the end.

……

Yesterday's Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival ended in a hurry, and Shen Ruo avoided Xiao Chen's words as if evading.

But she couldn't wait for her to think too much, the next day, a bunch of imperial doctors came to the mansion, all sent by the queen mother.

Surrounded by Xiao Chen from front to back, he checked inside and out, each of them frowned deeper, looking at Xiao Chen with sympathy and silent mourning.

Shen Ruo watched from the side, knowing in her heart that they took the cold disease on Xiao Chen's body as the reason for his "inhumanity", and felt amused for a while.

After the imperial doctors prescribed one prescription after another, they hurried back to the palace to report to the Queen Mother.

"It seems that you will also take medicine with me in the future." Shen Ruo looked at Xiao Chen's dark face, couldn't help it, and gloated.

Xiao Chen glared at her angrily: "I'm like this now, isn't it all because of who?"

(End of this chapter)