poisonous woman

Chapter 53 The King's Invitation
The streets are brightly lit, and the night is like day. Whether it is aristocrats or common people, red lanterns are hung in front of every house, heralding a prosperous new year.

The lamp wheels, lamp trees, lamp posts, and the fiery trees and silver flowers all over the city reflect the poem, "The east wind puts flowers and thousands of trees at night, and when it blows down, the stars are like rain."

This year's Hungry Ghost Festival is more lively than in previous years, with dragon and lion playing, stilt walking, fireworks and sky lanterns, the wide streets are filled with bustling crowds, and there are endless hawkers.

In the center of the most prosperous street in Changge City, there is a huge lamp wheel, twenty feet high, wrapped with colorful silk brocades, decorated with gold and silver, and [-] lanterns are hung on the lamp wheel, like colorful and radiant flowers. Trees in general.

"Wow, so beautiful." Rong Xi walked in the front, and she couldn't stop praising the huge light wheel.

Rong Yao stayed by Rong Zhao's side and said, "Of course it's beautiful. I heard that it took two months to make it, and it took hundreds of labors alone."

"It must have cost a lot of money. Did the people in Changge City raise funds to make it?" Rong Zhao couldn't help but be attracted by the radiant lamp wheel in front of him. This lamp wheel is very delicate, not to mention the lantern, but the silk and satin And gold and silver will cost a lot of money.

A man in brown clothes next to them heard their conversation, and leaned forward and said, "The owner of a lantern shop paid for it himself, and he specially prepared a series of programs and games tonight, and used this lantern wheel as a The final prize."

The man saw that they were all dressed up richly, and he thought they were young masters and ladies from rich families, so he said: "It's all about poetry, songs and Fu, or lantern riddles and couplets, young masters and ladies can try it." With his hands tucked into his cotton sleeves, "We are all big bastards, we can't even guess a lantern riddle, and it's a waste of money to try."

"Huh? You still have to pay to participate in the game." Rong Xi asked.

"No, one tael of silver per person," said the common people.

Rong Zhao smiled lightly, investing so much human and financial resources, is it for nothing? Of course, he must find a way to earn it back.This businessman is quite smart. On the one hand, he makes a name for himself, and on the other hand, he uses it to make money, killing two birds with one stone.There is also this headlight wheel, where you can win if you want to, the problem is given by the merchant, and the answer is also in their hands. When the time comes to find a few people to cheat, how can this wind wheel fall into the hands of others.

"It's just one tael of silver, it's not enough for me to eat a few cakes." Misses from rich families like Rong Xi Rongzhao don't know the poverty in the world. In their eyes, one tael of silver is just a few cakes and a sip of tea, but in a In the eyes of ordinary people, it may be a few months of food money.

As soon as the man heard this, he confirmed his previous conjecture, "Miss is born rich, so of course I don't care about a tael of silver. But ordinary people like us, let alone a tael of silver, even a penny would like to be broken into ten petals." Come spend it." After he finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed, "Poor people, spending some money is like cutting meat."

"Okay, let's go, I still have important programs waiting for you, don't delay here." Rong Yao was a little impatient, and urged to leave.He has already made an appointment with someone, and the time is coming soon, so don't let people wait.

Leaving the lively crowd, Rong Yao took them to Dongcheng River.

At this time, it was early spring, and the river was boiling. An exquisite painting boat was parked on the riverside. There were various lanterns hanging around the painting boat, and the bridge head was wrapped with colorful silk paper, which stood out among the crowd of painting boats.

But Rong Zhao was a little strange, there were even guards around this painting boat, while the other painting boats were far away, obviously there were important people there.

And the direction that Rong Yao took them was exactly that boat.

At the door, Rong Zhao suddenly stopped, Rong Yao said: "Why stop, let's go."

Suspicion arose in Rong Zhao's heart, "You hired this? Why did you bring me here?" Even if her younger brother was the eldest son, there would be one or two guards following him when he went out, but it seemed that he hadn't made it public yet.

Rong Yao dragged her away, "What's the problem, you'll know if you go in."

When Rong Zhao went in and saw the people inside, he realized that he had been deceived. Why did he take him to a good place? It turned out that he had made an appointment with someone else and tricked her into coming here.

She knew why Rong Yao was so kind, and now it's over, she sold her.

"Cousin?" Rong Xi's face was full of surprise, that kind of joy seemed to fill his entire chest, and he ran to Xiao Jinyu's side in a rush, almost throwing himself into his arms, "Cousin, why are you here?"

After the pleasant surprise, she realized that she was impolite, and she gave Xiao Jinyu a little blessing, her shy face was like a rose, "His Royal Highness, Wanan."

"This is outside the palace. How can there be so many etiquettes? You should call me cousin." Xiao Jinyu smiled gently, patted her head, then looked at Rong Zhao, "Zhao Zhao, come and sit down."

His voice seemed to be bewitched, gurgling like a clear stream, making people unable to help but be addicted.

It's just that Rong Zhao is already immune to this, the bewitching voice sounds like a poppy to her, beautiful but deadly.

There is a round table in the middle of the painting boat, which is set near the window. Rong Yao sits down and drinks tea when he enters.She didn't salute Xiao Jinyu, he himself said that there is no need to be polite outside the palace.She Shi Shiran walked over to sit beside Rong Yao, Rong Yao saw that she was sitting with him, and Rong Xi was sitting on the other side of her, so she wanted to get up to make room for Xiao Jinyu.Rong Zhao's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he grabbed his inner thigh as soon as he went up, the pain was so painful that Rong Yao couldn't stand up.

Rong Yao bared his teeth at Rong Zhao, and was about to speak when Rong Zhao slapped him sternly, and he immediately shut up and shut his mouth.

Xiao Jinyu didn't care that Rong Zhao didn't greet her, her face was still like a spring breeze.He wanted to be on the other side of Rong Zhao just now, but Rong Xi took the first step and sat down next to Rong Zhao.

There was an imperceptible surge between his brows, and after a while, he also sat down.

"Appreciating the lanterns on the river and watching the fire by the window is not interesting." Rong Yao's mouth did not stop for a moment, and his position happened to be facing the window, and he looked out and sighed.

"That's right, this place is quiet, not as noisy as the market, but you can see everything, and I have chosen for a long time." Xiao Jinyu clapped his palms, and a servant penetrated, and served exquisite food one after another.He personally brought some snacks to Rong Zhao, "Does Zhao Zhao like it?"

Rong Zhao never refused anyone who came, picked it up, tasted it, smiled at him, and said, "Very good." It's a very simple word, and I don't know whether it means the scenery or the food.After finishing speaking, she ate her head in suspense, as if she only had food in her eyes.

How to put it this way, this man is like this, he doesn't care if you treat him nicely, but if you treat him as if you are away from him, he will care more about you.

Seeing that Rong Zhao only cared about eating, Xiao Jinyu had a warm smile on his lips, as if every movement of her was cute, even he felt that seeing her eating so deliciously made him hungry.

(End of this chapter)