Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 25

Su Xi didn't know where Wei Feng came from, she had the answers on her lips, but Wei Feng snatched them away.Su Xi held her breath in her throat, her face turned green and pale, and she wanted to blame Wei Yan, but she felt that he had done nothing wrong, and her name was not written on the lantern.

Su Xi looked helplessly at the Four Seasons lantern in Wei Feng's hand, maybe because she didn't get it, she wanted it so much.She looked up at Wei Yan, and asked tactfully, "Cousin Tingzhou is on the boat, when did you get off? You also like lanterns?"

Holding the lantern, Wei Yan turned around and walked forward, and said slowly, "Well."

Well?
What do you mean?
Su Xi stepped up to follow.Wei Wei is tall and has long legs, so his steps are naturally long. Although Su Xi has grown a lot, it is still very difficult to chase him.While staring at the dangling lantern in Wei Yan's hand, she said in a negotiable tone: "If Cousin Tingzhou likes lanterns, I'll help you win something else. Can you give me this lantern?"

Wei Wei paused, and turned his head to look at the little girl beside him who was also following her steps. Seeing that she looked serious and her eyes were dark, she didn't look like she was joking.Wei Yan suddenly became interested, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "You want to help me win the lantern?"

Su Xi nodded, but she had conditions, "I'll help Cousin Tingzhou win ten lanterns, and I'll exchange this one for you." After finishing speaking, she looked at Wei Yan, worried that he would not agree, and asked uncertainly :"OK?"

Wei Yan bent his lips and said, "Okay."

Su Xi's small face suddenly burst into brilliance, and the shadows of two street lanterns were reflected in her dark eyes, as bright as a starry night sky.Afraid of Wei Feng's backlash, she looked left and right, spotted a few lanterns on the opposite street, pulled her skirt and walked to the opposite side, and began to guess lantern riddles.

The street vendor's lantern riddle is - the new moon hangs on the branches in the middle of the night, type a word.

Su Xi rolled her eyes around and guessed the answer: "The answer to the riddle is Ji."

A few pensive men next to her looked at her, and as soon as their eyes fell on Su Xi's small face, they were stunned.The stall owner took down the hydrangea lantern and handed it to Su Xi, and praised, "Young lady is so smart."

Su Xi took the lantern with a smile. In fact, this lantern riddle was not difficult, and it was much simpler than the twists and turns of "Boundless falling trees".In the middle of the night is Zishi, the new moon is Xuanyue, and the branches are "wood", with a curved Xuanyue hanging on it, isn't it the "season"?

Su Xi carried the lantern and walked back to Wei Feng's side, and held the hydrangea lantern in front of him, with a smile on her face: "The first one." The cheerful little look seemed to be asking for credit.

Wei Wei took the lantern from her hand and took a look at it. The hydrangea lantern was wrapped with bells and strings, and when it was carried around, it made a "jingling, dingling" sound. Most girls like this kind of lantern, and generally It is used by men to please women.There was an indistinct smile on Wei Yan's lips, and before he could speak, he saw that Su Xi was already walking towards the next vendor.

The lantern riddles this time were more interesting than the previous ones. Su Xi stared at the empty riddles under the lantern, without writing anything, how could anyone guess it?

The people next to him probably thought the same way, scratching their heads, puzzled.

Su Xi bent her eyes and asked the stall owner: "The answer to the mystery is Bai Zhi, right?"

The stall owner nodded again and again: "Exactly."

Baizhi is white paper, so it is not difficult, it just tests whether people's thinking is active or not.So Su Xi got another lifelike rabbit lamp with four wheels on it. She said to Wei Wei, "Cousin Tingzhou can pull it around. Look, its ears can move." The rabbit ears are Made of soft cloth, covered with a layer of gray downy fur, it looks like the real thing.

But no matter how real it is, it's still a child's plaything, so Wei Yan won't be disgusted with it, so why don't you trade it with her?
Su Xi took a look at Wei Feng, and seeing that he was not unhappy, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.She handed the lamp to Wei Feng, and said as she walked forward: "There are still eight lamps. Cousin Tingzhou wants to keep his word."

Wei Yan looked to the other side of the street, his eyes were cold, then he looked away, looked at Su Xi's back and smiled, "Naturally."

Next, Su Xi won quite smoothly. Walking down the Lantern Street, there were almost no lantern riddles that could catch her. If there were any, she would skip it and go straight to the next stall.It took less than half an hour to win a full ten lanterns. Naturally, Wei Feng couldn't hold so many lanterns. He handed them over to the two attendants behind him, and he only carried one Four Seasons lantern that Su Xi was thinking of.

Su Xi held the last pagoda lantern in her hand, expressing the meaning of exchanging with Wei Feng, blinking her big eyes again and again, but still couldn't hide the smile in her eyes, she must have had a lot of fun during the process of guessing lantern riddles.She said, "Cousin Tingzhou."

Wei Yan didn't lie to her, and handed the Four Seasons Lantern to her, his expression was not as relaxed as it was at the beginning, and he said, "Go back."

Su Xi got the lantern, and with a faint smile on her lips, she said "um" and walked back behind Wei Yan.

Wei Yan was in the front, even if he took care of Su Xi and slowed down, there was still a gap between the two.Su Xi followed behind, looking down at the lamp, when suddenly someone grabbed her wrist tightly. The other party had a sharp mouth and yellow teeth, and said with a grin, "Little girl..."

Su Xi exclaimed and stepped back, but the man held him tightly, and she couldn't break free.

Wei Yan in the front turned around, his eyes sank, and without opening his mouth, the two attendants behind him temporarily put down the lanterns in their hands, went through the crowd and grabbed the kidnapper's wrist, slammed him away, and kicked him against the wall.

Wei Yan stood in front of Su Xi, his gaze fell on the man's hand lightly, the attendant understood, and with a "click", he broke the kidnapper's hand.

There was only a howl of pain from the crowd, followed by repeated begging for mercy.

Kidnap has taken a fancy to Su Xi for a long time, seeing that she is dressed richly, she is not an ordinary person.Knowing that she is protected by someone, but that face is so beautiful, it is very conspicuous in the crowd, if you sell it, you don't know how much money you can make, so you can't resist the temptation, so you choose a place with the most people to sell it.

Ting Yan and Ting He were squeezed by the crowd. Although they saw the situation here, they couldn't go forward, so they squeezed to the front with all their strength.Ting He held Su Xi's hand and said in panic, "Girl, are you okay..."

If they followed closely, how could those dirty people get close to Su Xi?
Su Xi's wrist hurt a little, she looked down at the light, and it turned red.

Ting He also saw it, and blamed himself: "It's all because the slaves didn't protect the girl well..."

Listening to Yan over there with his head down, he must have realized his mistake.

Su Xi rubbed her wrists, shook her head and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back."

Wei Yan ordered Li Hong to send the kidnapper to the government, and when he turned around and saw Su Xi staring at her feet dumbly, he thought she was frightened, and comforted her, "It's all right now."

Su Xi raised her head, her eyes dimmed, she pointed to the lantern in the corner and said regretfully, "I was hit by someone just now, and the lantern broke."

The Four Seasons lantern was lying on the ground, because the candle inside fell out when it hit the ground, and it was already burned to only half of it.Wei Wei remembered how the little girl was enthusiastically guessing lantern riddles for this lantern, and paused in her steps, and finally said: "Let's go. If you like it, those ten lanterns just now are all yours."

Su Xi said no, and followed Wei Feng in a low voice.All she wanted was the lantern with the pictures of the four seasons painted on it, and she didn't want anything else.

Back to the shore of Xiangshui Lake, there are still melodious singing and dancing on the lake, and the night is fading.Su Xi didn't want to go back to the painting boat in the Princess Mansion, but just wanted to go back to her own boat, thanked Wei Feng, asked Ting Yan to find the boat in Su's Mansion, and left.

As soon as he boarded the bow, he heard someone from behind say: "Ting Zhou, why are you holding so many lanterns? Where did you get them? Didn't you win by guessing lantern riddles?"

Su Xi looked back and saw Wei Feng standing under the willow tree from a distance. Because of the hidden position, he couldn't see his face clearly, nor could he see who was talking to him.Su Xi thought of when she was guessing the lantern riddles just now, her pink lips slightly bent, well, at least she was quite happy then.

The man said again: "This pagoda lamp is unique, it has two floors more than the ones on the market, can you give it to me?"

The boat gradually moved away, and Su Xi couldn't hear what Wei Feng answered.She got into the cabin, she was too tired from walking today, she fell limply on the warm bed, leaning on the makeup pillow, thinking of the lantern she had only carried for less than a quarter of an hour, she lamented again.

By the lakeside, Su Zhen let out an "ah", "Ting Zhou?"

Wei Yan glanced at Su Zhen, hooked the corners of his lips, and said softly, "No."

Su Xi originally just wanted to rest for a while, and waited for her second brother to come back, but she fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

Su Zhi went to the painting boat in the Governor's Mansion, and the banquet was over by now, Su You was quite drunk, so he went to the shore to sober up.Only Su Zhi was still sober, and ordered his servants to send the drunken people back to their respective boats. He rubbed his brows, and looked at Li Yan, whose eyes were closed and motionless on the floor.

The painting boat of the Marquis of Luyang was nearby, and Li Yan didn't take anyone with him when he came, so Su Zhi had to arrange two other people to set him up and send him back in person.

When Su Zhi sent Li Yan back to Huafang, it happened that Li Anyi came back from Mrs. Wanping's place. Seeing Su Zhi, he stared blankly at him for a while and forgot to speak.The two attendants supported Li Yan and didn't know how to settle down. Su Zhi looked at her and said, "Miss Li."

Li Anyi finally came back to her senses, and ordered: "Quick, quickly carry my brother inside." It wasn't until Li Yan was carried into the cabin that she dared to look at Su Zhi again. Fortunately, the sky was dark and the surrounding light was dim I can't see the red glow on her face, "Thank you Mr. Su for sending my brother back..."

Seeing that it was getting late, Su Zhi didn't want Su Xi to wait for a long time, so he said: "It's a little effort, Miss Li, you are welcome." He saluted and said goodbye, and walked to the bow of the boat.

Li Anyi wanted to say something, but she pursed her lips a few times, but she couldn't think of a suitable topic. She watched Su Zhi walk away, boarded another painting boat, and left far away.She was annoyed for a while, and she didn't look back until she could no longer see Su Zhi's figure, turned around and walked to the cabin.

On this side, Su Zhi returned to the painting boat in Su's mansion, and saw Su Xi lying on the bed and falling asleep, with her small face next to the pillow, her thick eyelashes covering her porcelain-white skin, like a delicate fan .He didn't let the servant girl wake up Su Xi, picked her up in his arms, got into the carriage back to the general's mansion, and then returned home.

(End of this chapter)