Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 195 The Lantern Festival
"Have things and people entered the city now?"

The guard's ability to hide his emotions was not high, and Qin Zheng could tell something was wrong at a glance.

But Qin Zheng still asked in person. He didn't mean to avoid Xie Jinhua. Except for some matters related to life and death, Qin Zheng didn't have anything to hide from Xie Jinhua.

"My lord, the things and people are all outside the city now, they have been verified, and they are indeed from Prince Jing's mansion."

Because of the collusion between rape and aliens some time ago, everyone's vigilance is stronger than before.

Ye Yulin's identity was only known to a few people in the upper class, but the identities of the other traitors were made public by the Northwest Army.

All the city guards were tense, worried that some spies would take the opportunity to infiltrate the inner city and do something terrible.

Even if it was someone from Prince Jing's mansion, Qin Zheng had to speak up in person before the city guard would dare to let him go.

"Check and check people and things carefully, and don't let people bring in anything that is not good. It is useless to tarnish Prince Jing's reputation."

Qin Zheng ordered.

The word "good" deliberately emphasized the tone.

Apparently the visitor from Prince Jing's Mansion had to wait outside the city for a long time, as for who the visitor was, Qin Zheng wasn't even interested in asking.

Since he didn't intend to meet, he naturally didn't bother to ask.

The guards ordered to leave.

"Don't look at who is coming? It looks like a character."

Xie Jinhua raised the corners of his lips and said to Qin Zheng.

Even Qin Zheng could notice the bad emotions hidden by the guards, how could Xie Jinhua not be able to notice.

"No matter who it is, it is possible to infiltrate spies from other races. You need to be careful. After a while, wait until you are sure that there are no suspects. I will see you again. This is also for the safety of the Northwest."

Qin Zheng laughed lightly and said.

"Who is he, who am I, he sent someone over, do I want to see him right now?"

The first sentence was still formal, but the second sentence completely exposed his personal likes and dislikes.

In front of others, although he was not close to Prince Jing, he was not able to really tear each other apart, that is, in front of Xie Jin's picture, he did not hide his true emotions at all.

He just hates Prince Jing, and anyone and everything related to Prince Jing.

Xie Jinhua knew Qin Zheng's knot in his heart, so he didn't say much, and he didn't intend to persuade him.

Although Qin Zheng and Prince Jing are father and son blood, but sometimes, there is no fate between blood relatives.

Xie Jinhua would not do such a thing of forcing Qin Zheng to accept King Jing's 'kindness'.

Xie Jinhua shook his hand: "I heard that there is a lantern festival tonight in the east of the city. It is only once a year. It is very lively and bustling. Many ladies and gentlemen like to go there together. To the east, you can occasionally see some strange sights at night, why don't we go over there tonight and have a look, and wait a while after shopping, if you are lucky, you may be able to see the strange sights that others said."

Xie Jinhua invited Qin Zheng without any shyness.

Speaking of the little lady Xiao Langjun likes to go with her, she is very calm.

Qin Zheng couldn't help laughing as he listened: "Okay, I happen to be free tonight."

Even if there is no free time, for the invitation of Xie Jinhua, I have to be free.

"Then I'll go back and pack my things. By the way, remember to put on this dress tonight. It's specially made for you. You look good in it."

The last sentence Xie Jinhua dropped made Qin Zheng's ears burn.

He looked at Xie Jinhua's back, and opened his mouth, he was embarrassed to say that if this is the case, how about you also wear the clothes that match me.

Xie Jinhua walked away, Qin Zheng thought for a while, and asked his subordinates to come over and ask about the Lantern Festival.

Xie Jinhua said that the place where the little lady and the young gentleman met made him quite concerned, and he wanted to know more clearly.

It was clearly not evening yet, but Qin Zheng had already begun to look forward to it.

In the northwestern frontier, the most common place is the yellow sand and cold wind, and the most frequent are military households and soldiers. On the contrary, there are very few young ladies and women, and it is extremely difficult to get along with each other on weekdays.

But the annual Lantern Festival is an exception. Not only are almost all the unmarried girls in Iron City going to find marriage, but also many girls from the surrounding towns and villages come here one after another. The gates of Litie City are closed, and only on this day will the gates be opened to welcome outsiders.

Xu Yanran looked at the door that opened unexpectedly, and looked at the little ladies who were accompanied by their families and looked forward to entering the inner city with some apprehension and joy, with hesitation in their eyes.

"Princess, tonight is a rare opportunity. If you miss tonight and want to see Prince Zheng again, you don't know when it will be."

It was Xu Yanran's attendant, someone sent by King Jing.

During the day, Qin Zheng did not allow them to enter the city, which made the attendant quite anxious. Finally, there was such a good opportunity to enter the city tonight, and he was worried that he would miss it.

Xu Yanran glanced at the other party's urging eyes: "Father asked me to come here on behalf of Prince Jing's mansion. If I just go there like this, it would be a little bad."

Xu Yanran was quite hesitant. Before coming here, if she still had a little bit of confidence that she might be able to do what Prince Jing told her, then after waiting outside the city for half a day, her mind has already been exhausted. Fully awake.

Qin Zheng has never been so easy to control, even if her purpose is not to control him, as long as she can influence him a little.

Xu Yanran wanted to find a way out for herself, but Prince Jing was never her real way out.

"My lord asked the princess to come here mainly to take care of the king's daily life and let the king know that the prince still cares about him. The princess doesn't need to worry about what is there. As long as he can enter the city as soon as possible, he can The sooner the prince's wish is fulfilled, the prince will be happy, the princess won't want the prince to be disappointed, right?"

The attendant smiled and said, but there was a faint threat in his words.

Xu Yanran lowered her eyes: "I really want to fulfill my father's instructions, but there are some things that I don't take for granted. If I really want to not disappoint my father, I need you to do one thing for me."

Xu Yanran's fingertips were caressing the blood jade bracelet on her wrist. She needed to find another reliable amulet for herself besides Prince Jing.

"Since tonight is Tiecheng's annual and rare lantern festival, I don't think Brother Zheng will miss it. I just want you to do one thing. Tonight, find a way to lure the woman beside him away."

Xu Yanran has seen the relationship between Qin Zheng and Xie Jinhua, and the intimacy between the two.

In her mind, the two of them are likely to participate in the lantern festival tonight.

This is her chance.

On a day when Xie Jinhua is here, no matter how hard she tries, Qin Zheng will never look at her more.

Even with the sharp weapon Prince Jing gave her, if Xie Jinhua existed, she still didn't have the confidence to attract Qin Zheng.

Xu Yanran already had a decision in her eyes at this moment: "As long as you give me one night and one night, I can become the person next to Brother Zheng."

At this moment, Xu Yanran called Qin Zheng by the name she gave him when she first met him.

She didn't want to be so embarrassing anymore, the righteous daughter of a prince whose surname is not Yuan, and an embarrassing princess.

Xu Yanran hated the way those noble girls in Licheng looked at her.

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On both sides of the long street, different lights lit up one after another.

It is not as good as the lanterns that Xie Jinhua saw in the capital of Daqing in various styles, not as exquisite as those lanterns, but compared to the ones Xie Jinhua saw in the capital of Daqing, it is much more interesting and casual.

Many young men and women dressed in various clothes walked on the street together, some of them just had a good impression and got closer.

Some of them have already held hands, stopped together in front of a certain lamp, and racked their brains for the riddles in front of them together.

"Which lantern do you fancy?"

Qin Zheng also took Xie Jinhua's hand, because many people on the street crowded shoulder to shoulder, so the two couldn't help but get very close, his shoulder was next to hers, and the other half of his body was Half sideways, helping Xie Jinhua to block the crowd, being careful not to let her be hit by the crowd.

Qin Zheng also wants to win a lantern she likes for Xie Jinhua.

The rules at the Lantern Festival are to win a lantern for the girl you like, and then write the names of the two people on the lantern, put it in the small river, and let it pass by.

After Qin Zheng heard the details of the lantern show that his subordinates inquired about, he kept thinking about winning a lantern for Xie Jinhua himself.

Xie Jinhua glanced at Qin Zheng, the other party's martial arts is naturally excellent, few people can match, but the literary talent
"I look at the light well."

Xie Jinhua smiled and pointed to a small rabbit lamp hanging in the front left.

Lying there, with red eyes and a short tail, it looks very cute.

The riddle on it is: there are eighteen on the left, eighteen on the right, two and four get eight, and one eight gets eight.

A few boys and girls stood in front of the rabbit lamp, racking their brains.

Lantern riddles are not difficult, but in this borderland, there is a strong sense of martial arts, but few people are good at writing, especially most of the people present are young men and women.

Qin Zheng stood in front of the lantern riddle, frowning slightly.

In terms of literary talent, he really isn't that great.

No matter how talented he is, Qin Zheng only knew a few characters in the previous ten years. He devoted most of his thoughts to martial arts. It took too much effort to know the historical facts of the past dynasties, and he was really helpless for the lantern riddles.

It's just that this is the lantern that Xie Jinhua asked for, and Qin Zheng really wanted to win the lantern for her with his own hands, so no matter how bad he was at it, he still insisted on standing in front of the lantern riddles and thinking.

Xie Jinhua's fingertips slid across Qin Zheng's palm.

Qin Zheng didn't pay attention at first, most of his thoughts were on the lantern until the last stroke of Xie Jin's painting fell.

Qin Zheng blurted out the word Fan.

"Congratulations to the young master, the lantern riddle is exactly a fan character, this lantern, now belongs to the young master, no, it belongs to the young lady."

The old man in front of the lantern stand smiled and handed the rabbit lantern to Xie Jinhua.

Xie Jinhua took the lantern with a smile, looked at Qin Zheng with a bit of embarrassment, stood on tiptoe, and leaned into the other's ear: "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. This is what we win together." of."

"Look back, how about I make up for your cultural lessons?"

(End of this chapter)