The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 71

"Thanks, I feel better."

After a while, Yun Ruochen found that his beating heart had finally calmed down due to sprinting, and his disordered breath had also eased up a lot.

Zhao Xuan smiled and said, "Shall I take you back?"

Several people have no objection.Seeing that Yun Ruochen's face was frighteningly pale just now, and seeing Ye Shenyan staring at him dissatisfiedly, Gu Che already regretted calling Yun Ruochen out to play.Fortunately, this Zhao Xuan brought medicine!

At this time, they were far away from the intersection just now.Shitou lifted the curtain to look, and told Gu Che that they had arrived at Wuqiao Street near the other end of the Tianshui River.It was only three streets away from Prince Jing's mansion, and Yun Ruochen could be sent back soon.

"Ache, it's none of your business tonight, don't be sour."

Seeing Gu Che looking at her guiltily, Yun Ruochen couldn't help laughing.This kid, is everything written on his face?
It was her meddling that caused bad people.Gu Che insisted on taking the responsibility on himself.

"If it wasn't for your wit taking me to run just now, we would have been overtaken by them long ago."

Yun Ruochen generously talked about what happened just now, but the expressions of the boys became unnatural.

Uh, just now Gu Che ran away with Yun Ruochen in his arms...

Well, everyone just forget about it.

They coincidentally said in their hearts.

"I had a great time shopping tonight, and I ate a lot of delicious food." Yun Ruochen comforted Gu Che, then changed the topic and asked Zhao Xuan why he drove out alone.

It turned out that Zhao Xuan was invited to attend the Lantern Festival at Duke Ding's mansion on behalf of his sick father.Song Guogong and Ding Guogong are relatively low-key, and have nothing to do with many recent major events, so Ding Guogong, who is full of life, is still interested in holding a lantern feast.

Yun Ruochen thought to himself, Zhao Xuan's father, Song Guogong, Zhao Qi was seriously ill, and escaped many things, but he didn't know if it was a real illness or a fake illness?It's no wonder that the Duke of Song's mansion has been able to stand upright after several generations, it is indeed very wise.

"Are the lights in Duke Dingguo's mansion nice?"

"Okay." Zhao Xuan answered her lightly: "Duke Dingguo's mansion specially set up three lantern sheds in Aoshan to perform lantern shows, and the lantern banquet in his mansion was also famous in Beijing in previous years."

Speaking of the Aoshan lantern, Yun Ruochen felt guilty again when he thought of the lantern mountain he smashed to get away just now.Tell Ye Shenyan to find out who the owner is later, and give him the money in private.

"Lantern show, I want to hear it too." Yun Ruochen thought fascinatedly: "Those lanterns I saw tonight are also very beautiful, ah, it's a pity that I didn't buy any of them..."

It wasn't impossible to buy it before, but it was not easy to bring it back to the house.Only then did she think of the gadgets that Shi Shi held in her arms—well, as expected, they had long been lost.Shitou even lost one of his shoes.

"is it?"

Zhao Xuan raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and lifted the curtain to look out the window, and suddenly raised his voice to tell the coachman to stop.

"Huh?" Why stop?

"There are also lamp sellers on the street here." Zhao Xuan pointed to the outside and said to Yun Ruochen: "Shall I accompany you to pick one?"

Really considerate.

Yun Ruochen raised the corner of his mouth.

The light outside the car was reflected in her eyes through the window, lighting up the smile on her lips, Zhao Xuan was slightly taken aback.

She is still embarrassed.Her hair was unkempt, her face was stained with grayish-yellow dull oil paint, and she was dressed like a commoner boy... But her smile made the bright lights outside the window lose their color in an instant.

"Brother Zhao has a heart. I can't take it back even if I bought it. No need."

She politely declined his kindness.Zhao Xuan thought for a while and said, "Then do you want to buy a water lamp?"

Krathong?

Yun Ruochen looked at him suspiciously, Zhao Xuan explained: "It's a lantern that can be put in the river. Many people bought it to make wishes. Look."

Several people looked at the Tianshui River outside the window, and they really saw small lanterns floating on the river, all of which were exquisite and lovely.

"Let's go?"

Zhao Xuan asked again, with an encouraging tone.Gu Che also said, "Little Princess, I'll accompany you down to buy."

"That's it... all right."

Yun Ruochen is a girl after all, and she has no resistance to beautiful things by nature.She straightened her hair casually, got out of the car with Ye Shenyan's help, and then set up a lantern at a nearby lantern stand.

The peddler who sold the lamp was very enthusiastic, and Chi Chi Gua Gua introduced Datong.The hibiscus lamp is the most exquisite, the peony lamp is the most beautiful, and the doll lamp is round and very pleasing...

Yun Ruochen touched this, looked at that, and felt that each one was very good and pleasing to the eye.Alas, which one should I choose?
"My eyes are dazzled... Ah, Brother Zhao, why don't you choose one for me?"

"I?"

Zhao Xuan was stunned, looked down at the stall, and picked up a Wenyun Ruochen casually.

"How is this?"

Yun Ruochen took it over and took a look, but it turned out to be a pomegranate lantern with red fruits and green leaves.There are plump pomegranate fruits in the middle of layers of green paper, which is indeed very delicate.

"Pomegranate... Ah, you also gave me a pomegranate that day. Remember?"

Yun Ruochen suddenly remembered the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet half a year ago.

That was the turning point in the luck of Prince Jing's mansion.

She said in front of the emperor that there was auspiciousness in Prince Jing's mansion, but no one believed it.At that time, there were many nobles, but their father and daughter could only stand alone in a corner where the light could not reach, waiting helplessly for the return of the team going to Prince Jing's mansion for investigation.

Then, Zhao Xuan appeared in front of her and handed her a pomegranate.

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to deliver charcoal in the snow.She remembers, remembers the boy who brought her warmth when she was alone and helpless.I remember the sweetness of the pomegranate juice-filled seeds blooming on the tip of the tongue, and I remember his elegant back in white clothes under the canopy of the garden.

"That's it."

She held up the pomegranate lamp and asked the vendor to light it for her.

"Little girl, do you want to make a wish?"

The vendor graciously pointed to the paper, pen and ink on the side.It was only then that they discovered that most of the people who bought lamps also wrote wish slips, and there are still a few people squatting there to write them.

"Be careful, take it for me."

Anyway, I bought lamps, so it would be a pity not to make a wish.She rolled up her sleeves and picked up a pen and paper, wrote a wishing note on the narrow table case, and dried it carefully.

Zhao Xuan kept watching her movements, saw her gently fold the long strip of paper, turned around and came back to take the lamp that Ye Shenyan was holding, and put the wishing paper into the lampshade.

"Is it okay to put it in the river like this?"

She asked the vendor, and the vendor nodded with a cheerful smile and said, "Yes, little girl, you can just take it to the river and put it down. But, you must be sincere, and the wish will come true!"

Sincerely...?

She is very sincere and sincere, but her wish will probably never come true.

Yun Ruochen gently held the pomegranate lantern, followed the other people who put up the lanterns to a wide place by the river bank, and slowly squatted down.

She was not in a hurry to put the lamp on, but put the lamp on the ground in front of her, and prayed silently with her fingers interlocked.

She can memorize all the magic formulas upside down, and clearly remembers the names of many gods and Buddhas, but at this moment she neither recites the formulas nor summons the gods.

She just said softly in her heart, I'm sorry, please forgive me for falling in love with you.

Please forgive me for not controlling my emotions.

My liking is just my own liking. I don't want this feeling to cause you trouble.

and so……

Please believe that I will never lose my composure, never be self-willed again, never again... in my dreams I will struggle to find you.

I only hope that my love for you can slowly drift away along the river like this little lamp...

I'm sorry I can't like you anymore.

Nie Shen.

When she opened her eyes, they were all standing beside her.

"Hold on."

Yun Ruochen smiled, held the edge of the pomegranate lamp with both hands, bent down and put the lamp into the Tianshui River.

The ice-filled river flowed slowly, and soon took her pomegranate lamp away.In the blink of an eye, you can still see it floating on the water several feet away. When you blink again, the light has merged into the stream of light, and it is no longer recognizable.

Like water drops flowing into the sea, like gravel falling on the river bank.

She only wished that her feelings could disappear in the river of time so naturally.
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Half an hour later, Yun Ruochen was escorted into the back door of Prince Jing's mansion by Ye Shenyan, and Zhao Xuan and Gu Che left in peace.After sending Gu Che's master and servant back to the mansion, Zhao Xuan went home to greet his father.He didn't say a word about tonight's little accident.

It's late at night, and the city is still full of firecrackers, fireworks, and music woven from gongs and drums.But these voices could not reach the deep courtyard.Zhao Xuan's room was as clean as ever.

He sat under the lamp, quietly watching the candle flames beating, without much sleepiness.

As early as the first meeting, he knew she was a precocious girl.Few people can match the scheming of calmly flattering the famous and difficult old emperor.

At that time, he warned himself that this girl was too smart and too dangerous, and he had to keep a distance from her.

But still that night, he saw her standing in the corner of the imperial garden with Prince Jing, her thin body standing upright, with a kind of lonely stubbornness.

That stubbornness was arrogant, and he suddenly felt that she was somewhat like him.

She stood in front of everyone and loudly proclaimed the auspiciousness of Prince Jing's Mansion. Whether she was active or passive, she was nothing more than fighting for Prince Jing's Mansion.

At that moment, he suddenly wanted to do something for her, but all he could do was to give her a fruit...

She still remembers it until now.

"When you put the lamp on... what were you thinking?"

Zhao Xuan stretched out his hand to dip some candle wax, watching the soft white wax gradually turn into a hard shell on his fingertips.With a twist of the fingers, the hard shell shattered into powder and fell down with a rustle.

Using this boring game to pass the time, he twisted the candle wax over and over again, and a large amount of powder fell on the table.

The powder was gathered into one place by him again, and pressed into a flat piece with the palm of his hand.

Then, with his fingertips, he drew the word "Jun" on it.

When Yun Ruochen was writing on the wishing paper, he might not have noticed that he was standing not far away, taking a panoramic view of the beautiful small characters.He didn't mean to be peeping, but he was completely attracted by the poem after just a glance.

"I was born before you, but I am old when I gave birth to you."

Zhao Xuan was shocked.

She is still so young, and she already has a person hidden in her heart.

(End of this chapter)