Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 18: Letting the Wishing Lamp~~Hou Ye Was Snubbed
Ever since she was a child, she had been archery and hunting with Song Lao, and Ye Lingwu had a good idea in her heart.If you want to shoot it down intact, you can only hit the wooden bottom of the wishing lamp. If it is crooked, the paper lantern will be useless.

Ye Lingwu drew the bow and arrow, raised her body again, and aimed the arrow at the wishing lamp on the high platform.

Only then did the people below notice Ye Lingwu who had drawn his bow and arrows on the stage, and the discussion suddenly became louder.

Mrs. Zhao heard the noise coming from here, thinking that the fireworks festival hadn't started anyway, so she suggested to Qin Mingyu to take a look.

When the group came, they happened to see Ye Lingwu weighing the weight of the bow and arrow on the stage. His appearance was so vivid that he had never seen it before, and it made people unable to take their eyes off it.

"Isn't that girl Ling'er, she can also shoot arrows?!" Shen Chongwen's reaction was more pleasantly surprised.

The Marquis of Ningbei is the home of generals, not to mention Shen Zhan, Shen Pan'er and Shen Ci's horseback riding and archery skills are considered top-notch among the juniors in the capital. Although Shen Yue'er is not as good as them, she grew up with swords.

Mrs. Zhao glanced at Qin Mingyu whose eyes were dimmed, then looked towards the high platform and said, "Ling'er's posture of holding the arrow and drawing the bow is quite standard, and she is as vigorous as a man."

Suddenly there was a sneer from the side, and several people looked for the sound, and saw Shen Ci's disdainful expression: "She hasn't ejaculated yet, why is mother praising her so much, if she misses, it's not because of your sentence." High-spirited', just adding some embarrassment?"

Mrs. Zhao shot him a look, and said: "You are unambiguous when you sing against me. If you have the courage to go up and fight, your mother will praise you like that."

A monstrous noise suddenly swept over like a wave.

I saw a long arrow tearing through the night and shooting towards the sky. Everyone focused on the wishing lamp and waited with bated breath.

The men who kept climbing to the high place felt the wind blowing overhead, looked up and saw that the wishing lamp, which was supposed to be stable on the high platform, fell straight to the ground!

--"OK!"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, breaking the silence instantly.

There was thunderous applause.

Ye Lingwu smiled, looked at the shopkeeper innocently like a child, and said, "I hit it!"

The storekeeper looked at the reaction below, picked up the wishing lamp on the ground, handed it to Ye Lingwu with both hands, and said, "Young lady is good at archery, this wishing lamp is yours!"

One side was happy, the other side worked hard, but in the end it was like being teased. The men began to feel unhappy, but they didn't attack, probably because the girl was so beautiful that it was difficult to make things difficult.

Ye Lingwu came down from the stage holding the wishing lamp, and the crowd scattered and left. She was about to step up and follow the crowd, but she didn't want to hear a familiar voice from behind.

"Ling'er!"

Ye Lingwu paused, and looked back, it turned out to be Mrs. Zhao. Of course, besides her, Qin Mingyu, Shen Chongwen, Shen Ci, Shen Yueer, and several other female envoys from the mansion were all there.

—When did they arrive?
With doubts in his heart, Ye Lingwu strolled forward with a wish lamp, saluted and said: "I have met the eldest princess, Second Uncle Shen, Second Aunt Shen."

Qin Mingyu kept a straight face and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

Mrs. Zhao pulled Ye Lingwu close and kindly, and said with a smile: "I didn't see you when I turned around, but you came here instead. You are good at archery. Who taught you?"

Among the favorite elders of Ningbei Hou Mansion, Mrs. Zhao is one of the top three. She speaks elegantly and has an air of blueness. When getting along with her, she never feels the pressure from the elders.

Ye Lingwu smiled lightly and said, "Second Aunt Miao Zan, my grandfather taught me the archery skills. I have only shot pheasants and rabbits before. I never imagined that I could shoot them with one arrow."

There was a "tch" from behind, Shen Ci squinted his fox eyes halfway, and the arc of the corner of his mouth always made people feel like a smirk, "My cousin is really brave, and she is not afraid of making a fool of herself in front of so many people after she misses."

Ye Lingwu glanced at Shen Ci, contemptuously in his heart, but on the surface he replied: "Second Master Shen is wrong, it doesn't matter if you show your ugliness or not, it is important to hope that Deng can get what he wants."

Shen Ci pursed his lips, secretly slandering: naive.

Mrs. Zhao still wanted to have a few words with Ye Lingwu, but Qin Mingyu interrupted: "Okay, it's time for us to go to Huamanlou, and the fireworks show will start after a while."

The more you walked towards Huamanlou, the more styles of lanterns there were. Shen Yue'er and Ye Lingwu walked slowly at first, and they walked side by side at the end of the line, guarded by a servant, and the second-bedroom couple who walked in front felt relieved.

The crowd of people on Xuanwu Long Street slowly moved towards Huamanlou, Yue Yang looked at Shen Zhan who was silent at the side, and asked: "My lord, shall we still go to Suzaku Long Street to make an appointment with the princess?"

Shen Zhan looked at the purple in the crowd, and said, "I won't go."

Yue Yang was confused: "Aren't we going? Then are we going back to the barracks now?"

Shen Zhan gave him a cold look, stepped up and walked down, and said, "Go to Huamanlou."

Huamanlou is the largest viewing platform in Beijing. Every year when the festival comes, fireworks and firecrackers will be set off in the city to end the excitement.

Before the wishing lamp was put out, Ye Lingwu asked the boy to borrow a torch, then found a bridge with few people alone, lit the candles in the wishing lamp, and carefully put the wishing lamp into the river.

Seeing it gradually drifting away, he immediately clasped his hands together.

Sincerely make a wish: I hope that Grandpa and Mrs. Shen will be safe and healthy every year, and I hope that my life in Houfu will be smooth.

Ye Lingwu slowly opened her eyes. At this time, the wishing lamp was drifting along the river and it was almost impossible to see clearly. Seeing the bright light drifting into the distance, she felt inexplicably more at ease.

"...What wish did you make?"

A cold and deep male voice suddenly came from behind, Ye Lingwu turned around quickly, and saw Shen Zhan standing five steps away from her, wearing a black cloak, with mink fur on his shoulders, and his long hair tied up in a golden crown was blown by the cold wind It's random and elegant.

Yue Yang, who was behind him, beckoned to her lightly, and greeted her secretly.

Ye Lingwu was relieved after a while, nodded and said: "Returning to Lord Hou, if the wish is said, it will not come true."

In fact, Shen Zhan wasn't really curious, but just saw Ye Lingwu staring at the river in a daze, so he found a reason to interrupt.

Shen Zhan didn't care about Ye Lingwu's response. What he cared about was that every time the girl in front of him saw him, she was too obvious to be alienated.

Shen Zhan frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "That day when my mother asked you to call me 'big brother', you called me very quickly, why do you call me Lord Hou now?"

Ye Lingwu pursed her lips.

She was terrified of the "big brother" in the dream.

After a long time, she replied: "Master Hou has a noble status, I'm just a little girl from Yuzhou, my status is very different, how can I have the face to call you brother."

Having said that, Ye Lingwu's expression did not show any self-pity for her identity, and one could tell that what she said was just to prevaricate Shen Zhan.

After many years in court, Shen Zhan could see it clearly, but the more he knew it, the more puzzled he became.

He is the eldest son of Ningbeihou's mansion, and now he is the general of the Zhu Kingdom. Many people want to get close to him, but Ye Lingwu only wants to keep a distance from him.

Shen Zhan looked up at the bustling upstairs, then at her lowered head and lowered eyebrows, and said, "The fireworks show is about to start, does Cousin want to go with me?"

Ye Lingwu was silent. If she really wanted to appear with him, she would definitely be told again, so she simply said: "Master Hou, go first, I suddenly want to eat the sesame candy spread over there, and I want to buy some before going over there." .”

The atmosphere was extremely cold, Yue Yang couldn't help shivering, and said with a dry smile: "My lord, the time is coming soon, let's hurry up."

Shen Zhan turned and left without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)