Yutai Bi

Chapter 101 The Lantern Festival
Cen Sanniang looked at him vigilantly, curled her lips and said: "Is it okay to have a good impression? You may fall in love with me someday in the future? My lord, to be honest, if you really want Yuan Tiangang's comments, I can promise you, if I I can really help you out of disasters and difficulties, I will do my best. I just want to live a simple and comfortable life. My husband and son are hot on the bed, so I don’t ask for much. Princess or something, can you find another girl? My wedding is scheduled for the next spring. Can you stop torturing the little girl?"

"Why don't you believe that this king is in love with you? Could it be that being my princess is so uncomfortable?"

Seeing his face darken again, Cen Sanniang waved her hands in panic: "That's not what I meant."

King Teng approached her, and Cen Sanniang backed away, sticking to the door, unable to retreat, she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth: "You have too many women!"

"What a joke! Du Yansui won't take concubines in the future? With his status as a general of Qianniuwei, the emperor might put in a few beauties to show his favor. Could it be that you will drive back the emperor's gifts to the palace?" Teng Wang sneered.

Cen Sanniang's hands gradually clenched into fists.She is powerless to change others, nor does she have the ability to change the perception of the world.The only thing she can decide is her own heart: "If I fall in love with him, I will leave. If I don't love him... naturally I won't care."

King Teng was stunned, chewing on Cen Sanniang's words silently, suddenly thought of something, and suddenly turned his head to look outside.

In the north, the majestic palace city stands silently in the dark night.It swallowed all his emotions there.King Teng held that his heart was as cold as a stone, and when he thought of the past, he inadvertently felt sour.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "I hope that in the future you can remember the promise you made today, and obey Yuan Tiangang's order to solve the disaster for this king. Go, if you ask this king, you can The summons came."

Cen Sanniang opened her eyes wide, secretly slandering Prince Teng's moodiness.Now that she was let go, of course she would not stay any longer, she bowed and said: "My lord, take care."

After Cen Sanniang left, King Teng clapped his palms together and patted her a few times.The wall connected with the elegant room next door is separated left and right.Without looking back, he ordered: "Let him go."

The two guards removed the knife from Du Yansui's neck upon hearing this.

Du Yansui stood up.

"It's not the end of Xu, she's still not far downstairs, why don't you go after her?" Teng Wang raised his eyebrows and asked.

Du Yansui walked out without even thinking about it, opened the door and said hesitantly: "My lord, the late emperor had a will, if a martial artist is not willing to stay in Ganye Temple, kill him."

King Teng turned around in shock.

Du Yansui has already left quickly.

King Teng's face was pale, and he murmured, "Why didn't you kill her?"

After a few thoughts in my mind, I knew that the late emperor had passed away, and the former Kong Qing was always thinking about herself.For a moment, his eyes were sour, and he looked at the shadow of the imperial city in the distance and laughed until tears streamed down his face.

Hearing the faint laughter, Du Yansui murmured: "My lord, I don't owe you any more."

Looking around, in the dimly lit place, Cen Sanniang was standing in front of a small lamp stand, looking around with her neck stretched out, waiting for someone from the Li family to come.

The slender figure made Du Yansui's heart slightly warm, and he strode over.

Cen Sanniang was hesitating whether to wait for someone from the Li residence to pick her up, or to hire a sedan chair to go back.She brought the girl Aqiu out with her.She is not well-raised, and with the lessons learned from Baicao and Xu's, she does not want to let Aqiu know that she is meeting King Teng for the time being.Therefore, when Liu Niang led her to the Lantern Market, she gave Ah Qiu a wink.Ah Qiu obediently left with the eldest lady.

It was a strange thing that there was no waiter around.Seeing that she had no intention of keeping Aqiu, the eldest lady might have misunderstood that Sanniang wanted to talk to Liuniang alone, but she didn't stop her.

So much so that Cen Sanniang regretted it only after returning to Yanlou—let alone put the money on Aqiu, if a single woman hires a sedan chair, if she encounters a kidnapper and carries it to Fireworks and Willow Lane to sell, she will be in big trouble.

She stayed helplessly at the stand selling lamps.Li's family was in trouble before coming here, and she was going back to Yan Tower not far behind, so she had to let King Teng solve the problem for her first.

Cen Sanniang looked at each family slowly, then turned back.

There was more than half an hour before the end of Xu, and Cen Sanniang was a little tired after leaving.He stopped and looked up, and unexpectedly saw a golden-red carp swimming in the air.If you look closely, it is a fish lamp hanging on a bamboo pole two feet long.It is five inches in size, tied delicately, and has a row of tassels underneath.When the night wind blows, he shakes his head and wags his tail vividly.She fell in love with it in her heart, and looked up at the little fish swimming gently in the air.

Du Yansui approached her, followed her gaze to look at the fish lamp in the sky, raised his breath, took it off lightly and skillfully, and handed it to her: "Take it."

He counted the money from his purse to the boss, turned around and smiled at Cen Sanniang: "I'll take you home."

Seeing an acquaintance, Cen Sanniang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "What a coincidence. Second uncle Xu Mo sent someone here to pick me up."

Du Yansui looked around, pointed to a small stall selling Yuanxiao a few feet away, and said, "There is still some time before the end of Xu, why don't you just buy a bowl of Yuanxiao and sit and wait."

It was exactly what Cen Sanniang wanted, she smiled and nodded.

The two walked over one after the other.

Du Yansui turned to look at her sideways.She held a thin bamboo pole half a foot long in her hand, her knuckles were like white jade.He didn't ask why she was alone, and she didn't ask why he was here.Du Yansui knew her whereabouts, did she also guess the purpose of his coming here?
At some point, he reached out his hand, and very naturally grabbed her other hand that was covered in the sleeve, and said softly: "There are so many people, don't get separated."

Cen Sanniang looked up at him very naturally, and happened to see his dodging eyes.Look again, Du Yansui turned her head away, and led her forward with her mouth tightly pressed.Looking at it from the side, it is extremely serious.

She dared to bet that Prince Teng held her hand without such shyness.In an instant, she remembered how she was when she first fell in love.Unknowingly, some want to laugh.

Cen Sanniang obediently followed Du Yansui.She thought leisurely, at least what is placed in front of her now is a blank sheet of paper, with a lot of blank space waiting for her to add the color that suits her liking.

She scooped up the snow-white Lantern Festival with a spoon. The skin was thin and the stuffing was thick. When she bit it lightly, the sesame candy filling dripped out.Yuanxiao burns her mouth, she puffs her mouth and eats while blowing.

It was very cold at night, and a bowl of Lantern Festival was very comfortable to warm the stomach.She unknowingly ate up a bowl and licked her mouth, still wanting more.Looking up at Du Yansui, layers of hot steam made his eyebrows and eyes distinct, extremely elegant.She suddenly remembered that year he was ordered by King Teng to come to Cen's house to give away hairpins, dressed like a rich man, and the eldest lady also looked away.King Teng didn't realize that he was different from other attendants?

Du Yansui was a little embarrassed by her look, and asked, "Do you want another bowl?"

Cen Sanniang pursed her lips and laughed, and teased, "Do you want me to keep eating with my head down so that I don't stare at you?"

"No!" Du Yansui didn't dare to look at her again.He blurted out what he had been thinking all the time without thinking, "San Niang, the wedding date is set so early, I've wronged you."

Cen Sanniang didn't feel rushed, she smiled and said, "It's not like you don't know how my grandfather treats me."

Du Yansui shook his head, with a trace of sadness in his eyes: "My grandmother is old and in good health. But my mother..." He paused, "Mother can't last long, three years old. I'm worried Leaving you in the Li family has another accident."

Cen Sanniang was startled.If that's the case, it's hard to say.She blurted out: "It's better to advance!"

As soon as the words came out, her face burned, and she lowered her head embarrassingly.

She has absolutely no intention of rushing to marry him.She just wanted to leave the boudoir life of the Li family and start a new life.

What she said to King Teng rang in Du Yansui's ears again: "Is it okay to have a good impression? Maybe someday I will fall in love with you?"

He is a little lost.In her eyes, what she likes more is that he promised her to be free, right?He carefully hid this thought in his heart.In an instant, he regained his cheerfulness: "Just wait patiently, I will protect you."

This is the promise he can make for her.

Not a love story.

Cen Sanniang nodded.She suddenly felt that she was too utilitarian for Du Yansui, and felt a little embarrassed in her heart.

The hot steam from the Lantern Festival stall floated in the wind, separating them in front of them.Blurring each other's faces, both fell silent.

Fortunately, after not sitting for long, Cen Sanniang saw Li's servants hurrying over in a sedan chair with green curtains.

Sitting in the sedan chair, she always felt that the previous conversation made her feel awkward.Cen Sanniang raised the curtain of the sedan chair and said softly to Du Yansui: "Today, I asked my servant to send a gift to the mansion. I...I did it."

She quickly lowered the curtain.

Du Yansui didn't quite understand what he heard, and only thought of the touching shameful expression on Cen Sanniang's face before she lowered the curtain. She didn't walk quickly to the stable until the sedan chair was far away.He took the horse and galloped back to the house.

Speaking of the Du family, the surname can be traced back to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and is a descendant of Emperor Yao.It is also called the legacy of Du Kang, the god of wine in ancient times.Later, Li Shangyin wrote that the hopeful Emperor Chunxin entrusted the cuckoo.Emperor Wang's name is Du Yu, one of the ancient Shu kings, and Du's family respects him as his ancestor.Du's reputation in Datang is second only to the five surnames and seven families.Especially led by Jingzhao Du.

At this time, Cen Sanniang knew that Du Mu and Du Fu had not yet appeared in the Du family.The Jingzhao Du family rose to fame because of Du Ruhui, and fell into a trough because Du Ruhui's son was involved in the case of the deposed prince Li Chengqian.

Emperor Taizong was grateful for Du Ruhui's achievements, and Cai Guogong's mansion was not removed after his death.However, after the uncle of the Du family and the princess were involved in the conspiracy case, Du Yansui's father was stripped of his inherited dukedom.Cai Guogong's mansion exists in name only.

(End of this chapter)