marry the princess

Chapter 54 Lantern Tour

When Mo Niang came back, Su Leyan also had a rest, "We can go back to the Fourteenth Prince's Mansion when we have dinner with our parents."

"Didn't the lord say he came to pick up the lady back to the mansion?" Mo Niang was very surprised when Su Leyan suddenly mentioned that she was going back to the mansion, just like she suddenly wanted to go back to the general's mansion that day, "Today's Lantern Festival, the lord will come to pick up the lady tomorrow House..."

Su Leyan smiled, "If I go back early, the prince will be very pleasantly surprised, right?"

Mo Niang doesn't understand Su Leyan anymore.She is the master and she is a slave, since Su Leyan ordered, no matter how unbelievable, she can only obey the order.

At dinner, Mo Niang was waiting on the sidelines, Su Leyan chatted happily with Yan Zhi and his wife, Yan Zhi and his wife also expressed some incomprehension when she wanted to go back early, but Su Leyan mischievously said that she ran home and did not give Murong Hua Yi said, and he went back early, Murong Huayi would be very surprised and happy, Yan Zhi and his wife also understood the little daughter's thoughts and smiled, scolded her a few mischievous words dotingly, did not try to dissuade her, let her Temper to go.

For young couples, such an "unruly" unexpected move can add a lot of fun.

Su Leyan did this, probably they would all think so.

However, Su Leyan's mind is not here. She and Murong Huayi are not a loving couple, and she doesn't need to spend so much effort to create any fun. The only thing she wants to know is how long Murong Huayi can bear her. Is the tenderness coming to an end soon?

After sending Su Leyan into the carriage, Yan Zhi and his wife told her to be careful, and then the carriage drove away from the General's Mansion.

"Qingyue, it's so lively outside."

When I returned home, the sky was getting dark, and the lantern festival began to show a lively scene. On both sides of the street, stalls or shops, there were all colorful lanterns. The lanterns hadn’t been lit yet, but the bright colors were already dazzling.The flow of people on the street is not yet crowded, but as night falls, there will only be more and more people, and the activities on the market will become more and more lively with the increase of crowds.

Su Leyan lifted the curtain of the car window slightly, and looked out, her eyes filled with envy.

Mo Niang also opened the curtain beside her and looked outside, the lights and crowd outside were all shrouded in joy.

Mo Niang was used to such scenes when she was in the Hualou. The No. [-] Hualou in the imperial city is always extravagant and lively, with gorgeous decorations and people coming and going. She knows the excitement, but never She was overjoyed by the excitement once.

"Miss, do you want to see the lanterns?" Mo Niang recalled Su Leyan's thoughts a few days ago, and when she turned around to ask, she saw Su Leyan's sly smile, "Miss, you?"

"Qingyue, today is the Lantern Festival, ask the coachman to stop by, let's watch the Lantern Festival!"

The moment Mo Niang saw Su Leyan smiling at her, she knew what was going to happen next.

Perhaps, she had planned so early in the morning.

The tradition of the Lantern Festival in Moxuan Country is in November, at the end of autumn, there will be a grand Lantern Festival in the Imperial City, and the people of the city will come out to join in the fun on the day of the Lantern Festival, sending autumn and welcoming winter.

Su Leyan removed all the luxurious jewelry in the carriage, and only brought a plain white jade hairpin. She bought a fancy lotus lantern by herself at a street stall, and tried her best to blend in unobtrusively into the crowd.During the grand festival, everyone is immersed in the joy of the lantern parade, Su Leyan is not afraid that she will attract any attention, but Mo Niang is different, people come and go, she is afraid that Su Leyan will bump into each other accidentally, in case If she was hurt, her crime would be great.

"Qingyue, look over there!"

Su Leyan walked all the way, and after taking two steps, she would look at this side in surprise for a while, and point to the other side in surprise and exclaim for a while.

The lantern market at night is very lively, the wide streets are already full of stalls, in addition to lanterns, there are some other gadgets, attracting a lot of people crowded around, on the ground, in front of the stalls, upstairs, beside the street, everywhere There are all kinds of lights, all kinds, different colors, flickering bright lights, brilliant, arousing people's emotions.

Su Leyan looked around curiously like a child, running to the left and looking to the right, touching all kinds of woodcarved small animals in front of the stall for a while, and going to the stall for a while to look at other paper-cut decals. She never leaves her, but fortunately, Su Leyan always misses her, and after watching for a while, she will be eager to share and call her.

Mo Niang also couldn't see through Su Leyan's sudden thoughts, so she could only follow her all the way, and go back when she had finished playing.

However, Mo Niang felt that Su Leyan seemed to be more self-willed in recent days than before. For three or four days in a row, she was self-willed and self-assessed. She also knew that Murong Huayi would be worried, but she still let herself get up...

After walking a few streets, Su Leyan's footsteps were not as light as before, and she was not very curious about the things on the roadside stalls.

"Miss," Mo Niang asked beside her, "but are you tired?"

"Looking around, those things seem to be the same." Su Leyan glanced at another small stall on the side of the road, "Not fancy jewelry, but woodcuts, windmills, paper-cuts, pottery, sugar figurines, embroidered bags... ..."

Mo Niang smiled lightly, "That's all for the little things."

Su Leyan lifted the lotus lantern in her hand, "I don't know if there is anything interesting..."

Seeing her playful look, Mo Niang hesitated for a while, and then said: "If Miss still wants to play for a while, why not go to the moat."

"moat?"

"There will be flower boats and river lanterns, and the river will be full of lotus flowers in summer..." Mo Niang just said something, and Su Leyan couldn't wait, "Then let's go there quickly!"

"Miss, you should be more careful, then let's agree, I will take you to see the river lantern and then return to the palace." Mo Niang negotiated terms with her.

"With you here, nothing will happen." Su Leyan didn't seem to want to accept her arrangement, but she immediately agreed again, "But after watching the flower boats and river lanterns, it's not much fun, so let's go back."

The two went all the way to the moat, and when they reached the river, Su Leyan stopped in shock. The river was full of lotus lanterns that had been put down, and the entire river was brightly lit. The water waves trembled, and the river lanterns followed As soon as one falls, the scattered light spots are as bright as stars, and there are several flower boats quietly parked on the river, with magnificent decorations, brightly lit hulls, and the faint music of silk and bamboo singing and dancing , even if the flower boat has gorgeous and bright decorations, but with the lanterns all over the river, it feels a bit distant and dusty, like a fairyland on earth.

Most of the flower boats belonged to prominent families in the imperial city, and the beautiful scenery in the distance was full of chaos.

At night, the riverside was slightly cool, just after walking out from the bustling crowd, Su Leyan felt the coolness spread into every inch of her skin along the river wind.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Su Leyan stood by the bridge and looked at the flower boats in the river in a daze. She who was still happy just now gave Mo Niang a sense of coldness and loneliness.

"Qingyue, you can also help me buy some river lanterns."

By the river, there are some young girls holding their sleeves, sending the river lanterns in their hands into the river with happy faces, and blending with the thousands of lanterns in the river.

"This..." Mo Niang was a little worried about leaving her side.

"I'll wait for you here, you go, we can go back to the palace after the river lantern is set off." Su Leyan naturally knew what she was worried about, and smiled at her with a relaxed look.

"Miss, be careful, I'll be right back."

Mo Niang didn't dare to disobey her orders, thinking back that Su Leyan was not only playing for fun, she was a little relieved, but when she came back and there was no shadow of Su Leyan by the bridge, the river lanterns in her hand smashed It's underfoot.

Su Leyan hasn't been alone for a long time. During the days in the palace, she kept pretending, thinking that she was used to pretending, but when she suddenly saw the bustle of the river, she felt inexplicably lonely.

No matter how lively it is, it has nothing to do with her, and the life she lives has nothing to do with her.

Su Leyan, who seems to have died, is now talking and laughing with Murong Huayi in the Fourteenth Prince's Mansion, shy and shy, who is the naughty and naughty person who lives in harmony with Yan Zhi and his wife in the General's Mansion?

Su Leyan deliberately dismissed Mo Niang, she wanted to be alone and quiet without pretending to be quiet.When she couldn't see Mo Niang's figure, Su Leyan walked up the bridge slowly. There were also many people on the bridge, talking and laughing in twos and threes, lively and lively. Looking at them, Su Leyan felt that they were real people.

What should the real Su Leyan be like?
She has been away from her original life for a long time, whether in the General's Mansion or the Fourteenth Prince's Mansion, she has had a very difficult life, but she never misses her former life, because she knows that once she starts to miss her, she will become more Weak.Now, she is full of excitement, and she is alone, caught in endless longing for the past.

"Jiang Xiaozuo..."

The person she has known for more than ten years, her only friend, who cares about her and worries about her accompanying her, the person who blushed and said he would marry her, has been away for nearly eight months, and has not heard from him for so long, I don’t know why so...

Su Leyan has been trying not to think of him all this time, she left too hastily and didn't tell him anything.It's not that she doesn't trust Jiang Xiaozuo, it's just that telling Jiang Xiaozuo about this matter will not change anything, but will make him feel uncomfortable.

If the person who has always wanted to protect her knows that he can't protect her at all...

Su Leyan shouldn't have entrusted herself to him for protection, no one can protect her, and she shouldn't let Jiang Xiaozuo bear the uneasiness and loss of not being able to protect herself.

Su Leyan has been standing in the middle of the bridge, she has no intention of escaping from Mo Niang's sight, standing here, even if she doesn't find herself when she comes back, she will find her soon.She didn't mean to escape, because she couldn't escape at all.It's just that she suddenly missed her former self, and temporarily returned to the real Su Leyan.

(End of this chapter)