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The store owner got angry: "What are you talking about, girl? I have to fight a riddle to get my lantern. If you don't fight the riddle, you can leave. I didn't force you to buy my lantern. If you buy it, I won't sell it."

Nanxiu: "..."

These days, those who sell things are more aggressive than those who buy things.

Nanxiu went to pull Liu Baoluo: "Miss, let's go, what kind of person is this?"

Although Liu Baoluo likes those lanterns, it is not necessary. Such troublesome rules do make people shy away, especially now that there is no one around except Nanxiu, but the store does not allow Nanxiu to come and compete with her in riddles, so that's still forget it.

Liu Baoluo hummed, turned around and left.

Just as he turned around, he bumped into someone head-on. Liu Baoluo immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't see anyone behind me."

Just now, Nanxiu was arguing with the store owner, and Liu Baoluo was staring at the lanterns again, and he really didn't notice the person behind him.

After apologizing, Liu Baoluo looked up. When she saw the man's face, she was slightly startled. She shouted, "Xie Jingli?"

Xie Jingli was followed by his attendant Ding Zheng, who smiled and saluted Liu Baoluo.

Xie Jingli reached out to help Liu Baoluo and held her steady. He took a step back and said, "I was looking at the lanterns just now and didn't see you turn around. Otherwise, I would give way and I wouldn't let you hit me."

Liu Baoluo smiled and said, "I'm fine, how about you?"

Xie Jingli said: "I'm fine too."

After speaking, he pointed to the lanterns: "Which one do you want?"

Liu Baoluo turned to look at the lanterns. There were three rows in total. The highest row had a lantern that looked like a weeping willow. It was very beautiful. The appearance of these lanterns was also very novel. It was really strange that there were no customers in front of the lantern shop.

But considering that the store has such strict rules, it seems normal to have no customers.

Liu Baoluo pointed to the weeping willow lantern: "I want that."

Xie Jingli said, "I'll help you."

He looked at the store: "How to get that lantern?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the lantern that Liu Baoluo pointed to and said, "It's a weeping willow lantern. Let's do a weeping willow riddle. One of you will solve the riddle. If you successfully solve the riddle, you can get the lantern."

Xie Jingli nodded, thinking that it wouldn't be difficult.

Xie Jingli asked Liu Baoluo: "Are you going to come up with a riddle or am I going to come up with a riddle?"

Liu Baoluo said: "You come up with the riddle and I will solve it."

Xie Jingli smiled, thinking that Liu Baoluo must be worried that if she came up with a riddle and he couldn't solve it, she would not be able to get the lantern, so he said that he came up with a riddle and she solved it.

Although Guiyang City does not judge talented women, Liu Baoluo is indeed talented. As the granddaughter of Liu Guoxiang, how can he not be very knowledgeable.

Xie Jingli said, "Okay, I'll come up with the puzzle."

Xie Jingli stood there and thought for a while, then said: "There is a little girl with green hair. The rain washes her hair, the wind blows her hair, and she gives her a plant name."

Liu Baoluo's forehead twitched. Isn't this too simple?

She smiled and said, "Willow."

Xie Jingli said: "That's right."

Xie Jingli went to see the store, and the store was very speechless. Would a three-year-old be able to solve such a simple puzzle?

However, the rule is that two people compete in a riddle, and the two people cannot be traveling together. Currently, both of them meet the requirements, and there is no requirement that the riddle must be unsolvable.

The shopkeeper went to get the weeping willow lantern and handed it to Liu Baoluo.

After taking it, Liu Baoluo said happily: "Thank you, store owner."

Then he said to Xie Jingli: "Thank you too."

Xie Jingli smiled and said, "You're welcome, it's just a small effort."

Liu Baoluo hummed, holding the lantern, his whole face filled with happiness.

Xie Jingli looked at her, the light in the lantern was bright, and she was holding the lantern with a beautiful smile, which was far brighter than the lantern.

Xie Jingli suppressed the love in his heart and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to go on the boat?"

Liu Baoluo shook his head: "I'm not going. I just got off the boat. Do you want to go on the boat? We're going different ways. I'll leave first. I plan to go home. I happened to see these lanterns and thought they looked good. I wanted to buy one back. , and that’s why it stopped here.”

Xie Jing saluted. He had just arrived and hadn't gone to the boat yet. But after hearing Liu Baoluo's refusal to go, he naturally didn't go either. He turned his eyes slightly and said, "I just got off the boat and am ready to go back. If you meet him, I will take you back home."

Liu Baoluo said: "No need."

Xie Jingli said: "I have to go back anyway, so along the way."

Liu's Mansion is on North Street, and Xie's Mansion is also on North Street. If you go home, you will indeed go in the same direction.

Liu Baoluo did not refuse and said, "Then let's go together."

A smile appeared on Xie Jingli's face, and he turned around with Liu Baoluo and walked towards the bridge.

Nan Xiu and Ding Zheng followed behind.

It was still early at this time, and there were still quite a lot of people on the street, including many holding lanterns. It was not unusual for Liu Baoluo to appear in the crowd with a lantern, but she was beautiful, and Xie Jingli was handsome. The two of them were walking in the crowd. At the same time, it more or less attracted the envy and scrutiny of many people.

In front of a window on the third floor of Yuxiang Building, Yang Qianyue had just finished her supper and was standing at the window looking at the scenery downstairs. She was caught off guard and saw Liu Baoluo and Xie Jingli.

The man is tall and handsome, and the woman is petite and beautiful. One is wearing a big cloak with a white fur collar, and the other is wearing a big cloak with a black fur collar. The man is walking beside the woman. Because the distance is a bit far away, Yang Qianyue can't see the expression on the man's face clearly, and she can't see clearly. From the expression on the woman's face, one could see that the two of them talked from time to time. Xie Jingli occasionally lowered his head. Even though he couldn't see his expression, Yang Qianyue could guess that it must be very gentle.

Yang Qianyue thought lightly, it seems that Liu Baoluo has also found her right husband.

Yang Qianyue calmly gathered her red cloak, and Huang Yucheng opened the door and came in, saying, "You can go."

Yang Qianyue turned around and looked at Huang Yucheng.

Huang Yucheng is also handsome and tall. In terms of status, he is even more noble than Xie Jingli.

Yang Qianyue hummed and walked towards Huang Yucheng.

Huang Yucheng looked at Yang Qianyue and felt some subtle changes in his heart.

Originally, he had no intention of dating Yang Qianyue tonight, but his mother Bai Shi insisted on letting him come. What Bai Shi meant was: "You and Yang Qianyue have been granted marriage by His Majesty. This is something everyone knows, although it is still We are not officially engaged, but after the New Year, we must be officially engaged. Once we are engaged, we are married, then you are considered an unmarried couple. It is a legitimate thing for you to date her, and no one else can say anything."

"You and Yang Qianyue have no relationship foundation. You must seize every opportunity to cultivate a relationship with her. The Lantern Festival is such a good time. If you don't date her, what do you want to do?"

Although today is only the fourteenth day of the first lunar month and is not the real Lantern Festival, it is still very lively today and young people also want to go out and play.

Huang Yucheng couldn't resist his mother, so he had to call Yang Qianyue.

Yang Qianyue was lucky enough to accept his invitation and accompany him out. Probably because this woman would become his wife, so gradually, some subtle changes occurred in his heart.

After Yang Qianyue came over, Huang Yucheng said: "Let's go to Wuyang River and buy you a lantern. I see many girls carrying lanterns. Do you have any other gifts you want? I'll buy them all for you. .”

Yang Qianyue thought of the lantern that Liu Baoluo had just brought up on the street. Since Xie Jingli had been accompanying Liu Baoluo all the time, Xie Jingli must have bought the lantern as well, right?

Liu Baoluo had people buying lanterns for her, and she also had people buying them.

Although Yang Qianyue didn't like Huang Yucheng, to be honest, Huang Yucheng was a really nice person and he had always been kind to her.

Even if it's just a polite gesture, that's fine.

He would ask her for a date, would want to have supper with her, and buy things for her.

In the past, when she and brother Hengyuan went out, she would always take the initiative. Brother Hengyuan would never take the initiative to buy things for her or take her to eat. He would do it for her only after she asked.

His heart is not in her, so he will not take the initiative to think about her everywhere.

Huang Yucheng was different. Maybe his heart was not in her, but he was ready to be a good husband.

He didn't let her ask for anything, he took the initiative to do it for her.

A trace of warmth slipped through Yang Qianyue's heart, and the hard heart that only throbbed for Qi Hengyuan slowly began to relax.

Yang Qianyue said with a smile: "Let's buy lanterns first. I also saw many girls holding lanterns in their hands. Let's go look for them to see if there are any good-looking lanterns."

Huang Yucheng nodded and took her downstairs.

Rong Wanyin and Xiangqin also walked along South Street and met many people, but because she had just arrived and didn't know anyone, she naturally didn't know who those people were.

The master and the servant walked back and forth, sometimes looking at things, sometimes listening to the conversations of the people around them.

The entire South Street is very big, and there is also a Wuyang River. It was already time to finish shopping in Duhai. By this time, there were very few people on the street.

Rong Wanyin thought that Xiqiu might have gotten some information, so she took Xiangqin back to Xiyingmen Inn.

When Fu Huanghe, Niandie, Yang Xiaoli, and Ning Susu came out after their supper, it was almost Haishi.

Fu Huanghe was about to send Niandie out of the palace, so he said goodbye to Yang Xiaoli and Ning Susu.

The two groups separated.

Fu Huanghe and Niandie walked towards the palace.

Yang Xiaoli and Ning Susu walked in the direction of Ning's house.

Ning Susu murmured in a low voice: "I didn't expect Niandie and Fu Huanghe to come together."

Yang Xiaoli looked down at Ning Susu. He held her hand. It was the first time he held hands with Ning Susu on a date and walked in the crowd in such an upright manner.

After Ning Susu came back, she did not take the initiative to see Yang Xiaoli. That day on East Street, Yang Xiaoli bumped into Ning Susu by chance. The next day, Yang Xiaoli told his parents about him and Ning Susu.

He also hid a little secret. When he talked about what happened between him and Ning Susu, he first went to Yang Jing and told Yang Jing about the matter, and then went to find Cao.

Yang Jing knew about Yang Xiaoli and Ning Susu first, so he naturally had no objection.

Families like the Yang family actually no longer need to marry into powerful families. Being too powerful is not good and will be feared by the king.

Now the king is focused on regaining the lost territory, destroying the Jiang Kingdom, and unifying the world, and has no time to keep an eye on these big families. But if the world is unified one day, there is no guarantee that the king will not weaken these families. It is too ostentatious. , will become the first thorn in the king's side.

Yang Jing didn't want the Yang family to become a thorn in the king's side.

Yang Qianyue's matter was a marriage granted by the king, so there was nothing we could do about it.

But Yang Jing did not intend to interfere too much in the marriage of Yang Xiaoli and Yang Lingxi, allowing them to choose their wives freely.

But Yang Jing never thought that the person Yang Xiaoli liked was actually the Ning family.

Well done to the Ning family.

Since the Ning family is not strong, His Majesty will not take it too seriously after getting married.

Secondly, the Ning family is Yan Ning's ancestral home. The more His Majesty favors Yan Ning, the more he will care for the Ning family.

Although the Ning family is inconspicuous among the many high-profile families in Guiyang City, who makes the Ning family Yan Ning's maternal ancestors? This is destined to be that the Ning family cannot be just an ordinary family.

The most important thing is that as long as Yan Ning is here, nothing will happen to the Ning family.

If nothing happens to the Ning family, nothing will happen to the Yang family who is married to the Ning family.

Yang Jing was really surprised. He didn't expect that the person Yang Xiaoli liked was Ning Susu.

Yang Jing asked Yang Xiaoli: "Are you planning to marry Ning Susu?"

Yang Xiaoli said: "I want to marry her."

Yang Jing said: "Father has no objection, but is Ning Susu also willing to marry you?"

Yang Xiaoli said: "She is willing. If she is not willing, I will not tell my father about it."

Yang Jing nodded: "Father knows. As I said before, father has no objection and will not object to you, but you have to talk to your mother about this matter."

Yang Xiaoli hesitated: "I'm worried about my mother..."

"Are you worried that she won't look down on the Ning family's family background?"

Yang Xiaoli nodded. He was originally worried about this and never told his parents about Ning Susu. As a result, Ning Susu was forced to leave Guiyang City for a year. Although he did not really leave for a year, it was Half a year was enough for Yang Xiaoli to bear.

Yang Jing said: "Just go ahead and say it. No matter how your mother objects, don't argue with her. She will naturally come and tell me about it later. If she agrees, that's great. If she doesn't agree, I'll argue with her, all you need to do is tell her this."

When Yang Xiaoli heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, father!"

Yang Jing looked at his cheerful smile and thought that he might really like that woman named Ning Susu.

Yang Jing smiled and said: "You can marry the girl of your choice, and your father will be happy for you. Well, you can go find your mother."

Yang Jing went to the backyard to find Ms. Cao. Ms. Cao was shocked when she heard that Yang Xiaoli was going to marry Ning Susu. She asked: "Ning Susu? Which Ning Susu? It can't be the Ning Susu from Yan Guifei's maternal ancestor's family, right?" ?”

Yang Xiaoli nodded: "Yes, it is the Ning Susu from Concubine Yan's maternal grandfather's family."

Mrs. Cao's expression changed and she glared at Yang Xiaoli: "You know that your sister has a feud with Concubine Yan, but you still associate with a girl from Concubine Yan's maternal ancestral family. You really don't care at all how your sister will feel."

Yang Xiaoli disagreed with Cao's words: "Mother, Qian Yue has given a marriage to Huang Yucheng. Don't mention the past things again. Besides, Qian Yue and Concubine Yan didn't have any holidays before, so don't talk nonsense. After listening to this, people would think that my sister wanted to do something. Now everyone has their own life to face. What happened before is long gone." (End of this chapter)