Divine Doctor's Daughter: The Imperial Concubine

Chapter 52 The Lantern Festival
Chu Ruoying looked at the warm eyes of the man in front of her, her heart felt warm, she nodded and followed Gu Mingyi towards the mansion.

"It's been hard for Yinger these years." Gu Mingyi looked at Chu Ruoying, who was sensible and courteous, always smiling lightly and not like a child, and sighed softly.

Chu Ruoying paused, her eyes became a little sore, she shook her head repeatedly, but her throat seemed to be choked and she couldn't speak a word.

After a while, Chu Ruoying smiled and said softly, "Cousin, are uncle and aunt okay?"

Gu Mingyi nodded and said with a smile: "Mother misses you every day, so I'm a little worried."

Chu Ruoying was taken aback when she heard the words, then smiled a little, and said with a guilty tone, "I'll let my aunt remember."

As early as when Chu Ruoying entered, Mrs. Gu received the news and ordered the maids in the courtyard to stand still and wait for Chu Ruoying's arrival.

"My servant has seen Miss Biao." Seeing Gu Mingyi walking in side by side with a woman in plain clothes, everyone immediately bowed to Chu Ruoying in a neat way.

Chu Ruoying looked at the people in the courtyard, she was taken aback for a moment, and then a warm feeling slowly rose in her heart. The aunt's move clearly meant that she was very important in her heart. She smiled lightly and said calmly: "Get up." Bar."

"Miss Chu is here? Madam has been talking about it all the time." Nanny Wei came out of the room with a smile on her face. After seeing Chu Ruoying, she couldn't help but see a light of love and appreciation in her eyes, and immediately walked forward. , "This old servant has seen Miss Chu, Madam has been waiting for a long time, please go in quickly, Miss."

Chu Ruoying smiled lightly when she heard the words, "I'm sorry Wei Madam to lead the way."

After several people stepped into the room, they heard a majestic male voice, "But Yinger is here?"

Hearing this, Chu Ruoying immediately quickened her pace, walked quickly in front of Gu Yu, and knelt straight down, "My niece Chu Ruoying pays her respects to my uncle."

Gu Yu also looked at her with relief, seeing that she was seven or eight points similar to his younger sister, she stood up a little excitedly, reached out to support her, and said loudly, "Hurry up, Yinger."

Seeing Chu Ruoying standing still and speaking in a decent manner, a look of admiration flashed across her eyes.

Mrs. Gu also came forward and pulled Chu Ruoying to sit down, and the three sat there talking about the old days, but Gu Yu's face was also a little sentimental when she mentioned Chu Ruoying's mother.

Gu Mingyi stood behind him, looking at everything in front of him with a calm smile.

After a while, both Gu Yu and Gu Mingyi left the inner courtyard, and Madam Gu asked, "Ying'er is not only here to visit my aunt, right?"

Chu Ruoying saw that Mrs. Gu had seen it, and she didn't beat around the bush. She said what she meant in a low voice, then lowered her head and said softly: "Auntie, Ying'er has no one to help you in the house. We can only help you with this matter." I can ask my aunt for help."

In the blink of an eye, it was already the full [-]th month, and Chu Ruoying took the three girls beside her to go out to enjoy the lanterns.

At the Lantern Festival before Changxing, vendors selling lanterns, shops with all kinds of trinkets, and the voices of yelling for various snacks kept coming and going. Men and women on the street were out and about, making the street even busier than before. .

Chu Ruoying wore a cloak made of white foxes, a hat on the outside, and a light blue dress on the inside, which made her stand out from the crowd.

Chu Ruoying walked quietly on the road in Changxing, looking at the different lanterns on the side of the road, and suddenly saw an orchid lantern, she couldn't help being taken aback, and picked up the lantern with a shallow smile.

The man in the private room at the high place looked at the smiling woman below from a distance, and his eyes were unconsciously stained with a touch of softness.

Chu Ruoying was holding the lantern and was about to turn around when a man's gentle and clear voice came from her ear, "Did you choose orchids as in previous years?"

Chu Ruoying smiled and looked up, "Brother."

Xu Nuo nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, and said gently: "After all these years, junior sister, you still haven't changed."

Chu Ruoying also seemed to be remembering the past, and smiled lightly, "Brother, as always, he didn't choose anything."

Xu Nuo smiled softly, and gently raised his hand to wipe off the snowflakes that were accidentally stained on his forehead.

The passers-by around looked at the couple in front of them, couldn't help but stop, and looked at them in admiration.

While the man in Gaochaoya looked at the scene in front of him, the aura around him sank all of a sudden, his complexion was gloomy, with evil spirit leaking out, but there was an unconcealable pain in his dark eyes.

Xu Nuo looked at her tenderly, and said in a gentle voice, "Will Junior Sister accompany me for a visit?"

Chu Ruoying burst out laughing immediately, and nodded lightly. The two turned around and walked forward slowly. Xu Nuo turned around and tightened Chu Ruoying's cloak with his hands before continuing to move forward.

Many people with masks passed by the two of them one after another, Chu Ruoying couldn't help being taken aback, went to the mask stand aside, picked up two masks, handed one to Xu Nuo, and said with a faint smile: "Brother, may I go again ?”

Xu Nuo was stunned, took the mask, lowered his head to take a look, his thoughts drifted away involuntarily.

It was the same at the lantern festival three years ago. Chu Ruoying smiled and handed over a mask, "Brother, we also wear masks. How about looking for someone who is destined?"

I still remember that the moonlight was hazy that day, and Chu Ruoying's smiling face couldn't be seen clearly
"Brother?" Chu Ruoying couldn't help calling softly when she saw Xu Nuo staring blankly at the mask in her hand.

Xu Nuo came back to his senses, looked at Chu Ruoying with a gentle smile, raised his hand and put the mask on his face, "Junior Sister, I won't lose you again this time," Xu Nuo said silently in his heart.

The two continued to walk while talking in a low voice, a faint warmth lingered around the two of them, this scene fell on Mu Ziyuan's eyes, but it was so dazzling.

Suddenly a group of people rushed towards them, Xu Nuo was startled, and was about to grab Chu Ruoying's hand, but when she turned around, Chu Ruoying was pushed out a few steps away, Xu Nuo rushed towards Chu Ruoying in a panic. Yingying walked, but Chu Ruoying reluctantly followed the crowd to a further place.

After reaching the corner, Chu Ruoying finally stopped. Looking at the unfamiliar scenery around her, Chu Ruoying narrowed her eyes slightly. These people seemed to have pushed herself here on purpose.

"Miss Chu, it's not too late for you to realize now?" A familiar voice sounded, Chu Ruoying turned around lightly, raised her hand to take off the mask, and looked at the person in front of her without any surprise, "Eldest Prince. "

Seeing that she wasn't surprised at all, Qi Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Miss Chu knows it's me?"

Chu Ruoying lowered her head slightly, the coldness in her eyes flashed, she smiled lightly and said, "The eldest prince is curious about how I know?"

"I would like to hear the details." Qi Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"When I first met the First Prince, the First Prince was injured in order to save me. When I bandaged the First Prince, I found that although the wound was poisonous, it would not kill me immediately. It must be so, even though I was suspicious at that time, I didn’t express it.” Chu Ruoying smiled suddenly, and continued: “Later, Prince Jin came to rescue me, and I discovered that the short arrow held by Prince Jin was poisonous and heavy. Prince, you don't care about one kind of thing, so I wondered that those people at the beginning should be the third prince's people, but the third prince didn't know that there was someone from the eldest prince in his confidant."

Chu Ruoying slowly took two steps to the side, and said lightly, "This is one of them."

"You started to doubt me at that moment?" Qi Chen's eyes flashed with surprise, and he squinted at Chu Ruoying and said.

Chu Ruoying lowered her eyebrows and smiled faintly, and continued: "Then there is the trick of Princess Yeqi. Since it is a love potion secretly prepared by you in Beiliang, you should have noticed it long ago, Eldest Prince."

"I don't think I have so many flaws." Qi Chen glanced at her appreciatively, and laughed loudly.

Chu Ruoying raised her head slightly, and said with a faint smile, "At first, I just had doubts, but when Prince Jin attacked you the next day, you quickly dodged it. I'm sure you didn't get the love potion!"

Qi Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled heartily, with even more determination in his eyes, "Miss Chu is really smart!"

Chu Ruoying raised her eyebrows slightly, and a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes very quickly, she said lightly: "Thanks to the First Prince's compliment, in terms of strategizing, the courtiers are absolutely inferior to the First Prince!"

Qi Chen looked at her cold eyes, raised his eyebrows slightly, and laughed loudly: "You don't have to mock me, that idiot Qi Xuan, she lost her mind when she saw Prince Jin, it's her honor to be used!"

Chu Ruoying raised her head and glanced at him, then asked quietly: "The eldest prince took so much painstaking efforts to bring me here, what is the reason?"

"I've fallen in love with you!" Qi Chen smiled slightly, staring at her with hot eyes like flames, "You are very suitable to be a queen, I want you to follow me to Beiliang and be my first princess! Help me ascend the throne !"

"Prince, please be respectful!" Chu Ruoying's eyes flashed with annoyance, "My daughter has already been engaged to Prince Jin, and the reputation of a woman is as precious as jade, so please be cautious, First Prince!"

"Your country of Xiao has so many rules. If you meet a girl you like in Beiliang, you just grab it. How can you judge good or bad by reputation alone!" Qi Chen said indifferently.

The smile on the corner of Chu Ruoying's mouth gradually disappeared, and she said coldly: "The customs of your country are really disgusting!"

"You can say whatever you want." Qi Chen smiled, with a look of certainty in his eyes, "One day, you will marry this prince!"

Before the words were finished, a sharp palm wind came across the air, and the air almost froze for a moment, and the palm wind carried a strong evil spirit and pressed towards Qi Chen's chest. Qi Chen was startled, and turned around to go to La Churuo Firefly's hand greeted him with three silver needles glowing with silver light.

Qi Chen narrowly dodged the past, looked at the person who came and said with a smile: "Young Master Jin, come here and be safe!"

A bloodthirsty smile curled up on the corner of Mu Ziyuan's mouth, and he walked slowly to Chu Ruoying's side, wrapped his long arms around her, tightly wrapped her in his arms, and looked at Qi Chen in front of him with cold eyes.

Qi Chen couldn't help but feel his back shiver under Mu Ziyuan's eyes, those eyes seemed to be looking at a dead person!
"I don't know that the eldest prince is so in love with my concubine!" The cold voice sounded slowly, and the fierceness in Mu Ziyuan's eyes flashed.

Seeing that his purpose had been exposed, Qi Chen no longer concealed it, and laughed loudly: "Miss Chu is stunningly beautiful and intelligent, how can I not be tempted by this prince!"

The air pressure around Mu Ziyuan suddenly sank, he gave him a cruel look, and instantly dodged behind Qi Chen, turned his palm into a hook, and slapped his back heavily. Qi Chen was startled first, then alertly Dodge sideways.

Before Qi Chen could stabilize his body, Mu Ziyuan slapped him fiercely again, and kicked him back hard.

Qi Chen fell heavily on the ground, spit out a mouthful of bright red blood, and still looked at Mu Ziyuan with a smile.

Mu Ziyuan glanced cruelly at Qi Chen who was lying on the ground, raised his right hand slightly, and said coldly, "Fire the arrow!"

Qi Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at the crowd in black who stood up not far away, arrows flashing with silver light in the dark night came overwhelmingly, Qi Chen moved and walked away in embarrassment.

Seeing Qi Chen's leaving figure, Chu Ruoying's eyes flashed a coldness very quickly, then turned to look at Mu Ziyuan, and said lightly, "Thank you."

Mu Ziyuan's eyes flashed, and there was a faint injury in his eyes, but he suddenly and forcefully wrapped her in his arms again, buried his head on her neck, and sniffed the fragrance of her hair.

Chu Ruoying frowned slightly, and stretched out her hand to push him away, but a begging voice came from next to her ear, "Let me give you a hug."

Chu Ruoying paused suddenly, feeling that although Mu Ziyuan was strong but cautiously surrounding her, her heart suddenly softened.

Xu Nuo, who came not far away, suddenly stopped in place, looking at the man and woman embracing tightly in front of him, the black cloak and the white cloak cover each other, looking so harmonious from a distance
Xu Nuo's clear eyes dimmed in an instant, turned around with difficulty, and walked towards the back with jerky footsteps, but still tightly held the mask just now in his hand.

At Yuan Ye last year, the flower market lights up like the day.

Willow head on the moon, after dusk.

On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and the lights are still there.

No one from last year, tears wet the sleeves of the spring shirt.

"Brother Xu." The gentle and familiar girl rang in his ears, Xu Nuo suddenly came back to his senses, calmly looked up at Jun Moxi who was in a lavender dress in front of him, and said respectfully: "I have seen the fifth princess! "

When Jun Moxi heard his address, her eyes dimmed, but she still walked forward with a smile, "Brother Xu, didn't you say you don't have to be so polite?"

"Princess is the body of a thousand pieces of gold, I dare not offend you!" Xu Nuo lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice.

Jun Moxi bit her lips slightly and looked at the alienated promise in front of her, a faint sadness flashed in her eyes, "Brother Xu, would you like to accompany me to the Lantern Festival?"

Xu Nuo looked at the look of anticipation in Jun Moxi's eyes in front of him, and finally couldn't bear to refuse, and said: "Wei Chen volunteers to accompany you!"

Hearing the words, Jun Moxi's eyes flashed a light, and she happily followed Xu Nuo and walked into the distance.

(End of this chapter)