How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

On New Year’s Eve, the couple met on the Yueyang Tower.

Now New Year's Eve has arrived, but the Yueyang Tower is a bit far from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

On New Year's Eve, carriages were not allowed on the streets, so he had to walk there.

"Uncle Gu, please look after the house."

After saying hello to Uncle Gu who stayed in the mansion, Xu Chengling came to the street.

He couldn't help but sighed softly, and said to the girl who was hugging his arms tightly beside him:

"Qian'er, you don't have to hold me so tightly."

Xu Xiqian was seen hugging Xu Chengling's left arm tightly and walking onto the street with him.

Because today is New Year's Eve, she didn't want to stay alone in the house, so she pestered and followed Xu Chengling out.

Tongxin followed the two of them slowly, like a competent bodyguard.

Originally, Xu Chengling came out to see his wife, but Xu Xiqian followed him, so he had to stay with her for a while.

He shrugged his shoulders and said to the girl who was clinging to him like taffy:

"Qian'er, I have something very important to do today. I can't accompany you all the time. Can you go and play by yourself later?"

"But didn't Brother Cheng Ling always play with Qian'er in the past?"

Xu Xiqian couldn't help but pout, a little confused.

But soon, she seemed to have thought of something, and her little face couldn't help but bury its head, and asked in a low voice:

"Is it because of her?"

"Ah."

Xu Chengling thought about it and nodded slightly.

He thought Qian'er would make a fuss like usual, but this time she was surprisingly quiet.

After a while, Xu Xiqian's hand holding his arm gradually tightened, and she whispered:

"Qian'er understands. I will go there by myself later. But before that, can Qian'er take you to a place first?"

"Okay, let's go for a while then."

Xu Chengling nodded. He glanced at the sky. It was still early and the street vendors had just set up their stalls.

"Brother Cheng Ling, come with me."

Xu Xiqian said, holding Xu Chengling's hand, she walked through the crowd on the street, turned several times, not knowing where to go.

Seeing this, Tongxin couldn't help but mobilize his internal strength, gently pushed away the crowded crowd around him, and followed.

"Qian'er, where are we going?"

Xu Chengling was being dragged around in circles by her, so he couldn't help but ask.

"You'll know when the time comes."

Xu Xiqian replied and then pulled him forward.

This direction is exactly the opposite of the direction of Yueyang Tower and is getting farther and farther away.

After walking for about ten minutes, Xu Xiqian finally stopped, looked ahead and said:

"Here we are."

Xu Chengling looked ahead and saw a temple in front of him. Many vendors had gathered outside the temple, setting up various stalls.

Most of the people who come to the temple fair are young people, most of whom are couples.

At this time, Xu Xiqian turned around, her pretty face blushing, and explained to Xu Chengling:

"Brother Cheng Ling, Qian'er heard that the fortune sticks in this temple are very effective. Let's go and ask for a fortune stick."

"Okay, then go and ask for it."

Xu Chengling nodded. Since Qian'er was so interested, he might as well accompany her to ask for a fortune.

The two of them held hands, or rather Xu Xiqian held his hand, and walked towards the temple.

They came to the place to draw lots. In front of them was a wooden tube with dozens of lots placed inside. They could be divided into five types: best, good, medium, bad, and worst.

However, before they came, someone had already come here to draw lots, and it was a single woman.

"Miss Fox, are you here to draw lots as well?"

Xu Chengling was a little surprised to see the woman who came alone to ask for divination.

The woman who was drawing lots was wearing ordinary clothes and a fox mask with a half-smile on her face, which made her particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

"You are...Mr. Xu, and Miss Xu."

Miss Fox turned around and looked at the two people in front of her. She was a little surprised. She didn't expect to meet them here after they parted last time.

Today is New Year's Eve, and the Astronomical Supervisor doesn't have to work, so she came to participate in the temple fair.

She looked at Xu Chengling and Xu Xiqian and saw that they were holding hands. Most of the people who came here were couples.

It seems that after what happened last time, their relationship has become established.

Miss Fox couldn't help but smile under her mask and congratulated the two of them:

"Mr. Xu, Miss Xu, congratulations on your marriage."

"Ah, that's not the case..."

When Xu Xiqian heard the words "a happy marriage", her pretty face turned red and she couldn't help burying her head in her arms.

Xu Chengling on the side couldn't help but laugh. He had deliberately concealed his identity before, saying that he and Qian'er were in a relationship, but Qian'er actually didn't know about this.

"Miss Fox, what fortune are you asking for here?"

Xu Chengling couldn't help but ask, trying to divert the other party's attention.

"The career sign, the result is quite average, it's a winning sign. What about you, are you here to ask for a marriage sign?"

Miss Fox asked.

"Ah... yes."

Xu Chengling nodded and looked at Xu Xiqian, only to see her raise her hot cheeks and nod slightly.

"Then I'll go first."

Xu Chengling walked forward, picked up the fortune-telling tube and shook it a few times, and a fortune stick fell out of it.

The best fortune: "The one you like, the one you like, then even the heartless flowers and birds will become affectionate, and they will learn to live together on the branches without any knots."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed that he had a good marriage.

"Brother Cheng Ling, what sign are you in?"

Xu Xiqian behind him couldn't help but ask, so Xu Chengling replied calmly:

"A very good fortune."

After he finished drawing lots, it was Xu Xiqian's turn.

I saw her nervously picking up the fortune-telling tube and shaking it a few times, thinking to herself, it must be a very good fortune, it must be a very good fortune!

When she wasn't paying attention, a sign fell out of the wooden tube and fell to the ground.

The sign on the slip says... a very bad sign.

"Have it!"

At this moment, a sign was shaken out and fell on the table. Xu Xiqian hurriedly picked it up to cover it, and then pulled it down little by little, for fear of seeing the word "next".

"This...this is!"

However, what she didn't expect was that her lot was not the best lot, nor the worst lot, nor the middle lot, but the only one, the best lot!

There was only a very short sentence written on the top lot, but it made Xu Xiqian so happy that she almost jumped for joy.

"What a wonderful couple! They are like gods and goddesses. What more could one ask for?"

Chapter 136: Lovers finally get married

Seeing Qian'er so happy, it seems that she drew a good lot.

So Xu Chengling couldn't help but ask her:

"Qian'er, what lot did you draw?"

“It’s the best lot.”

Xu Xiqian said very happily as she looked at the signature carefully.

A perfect couple? A match made in heaven. What more could one ask for?

Although I don’t know what it means, since it is the best fortune, it must be the best marriage.

Seeing that she had drawn the best lot, Xu Chengling was also happy for her, so he said to her:

"Want me to show me what it says?"

"No, no, it won't work if someone sees us. Qian'er needs to go find a master to solve it."

Xu Xiqian shook her head vigorously and covered the best lot in her hand tightly with her hands, as if she was protecting the thing she cherished most and not letting anyone see it.

This was the best fortune she had obtained with great difficulty, and it must come true.

So she took the best lot to the monk inside and asked him to interpret it.

Of course, before that, she had to pay some incense first.

After the monk read her best fortune, he put his hands together and said calmly:

"Amitabha, this is the best fortune for the donor. A perfect couple, a perfect match. No need to look for a good match. This means that the person in your life is far away and close at hand."

"Ah, is this true?"

Xu Xiqian couldn't quite believe it, her heart was already blossoming with joy, if the person in her life was far away or right in front of her, it could only be her brother Cheng Ling.

So that's how it is, her destined marriage has been right before her eyes all along!

"Thank you, Master. I understand!"

After interpreting the fortune sticks, Xu Xiqian was naturally very happy. It turned out that it was right to bring brother Cheng Ling to the temple fair today. She finally got the marriage fortune stick she wanted most.

She walked out of the temple with a smile on her face. With the blessing of the marriage fortune, she is now more confident.

Xu Xiqian thought that as long as she returned from the Imperial College and expressed her feelings to Brother Cheng Ling, they could be together forever.

"Brother Cheng Ling, didn't you also draw a fortune? The marriage fortune here is very effective. You should also go and read the fortune."

She couldn't help but say to Xu Chengling in front of her, suggesting that he also go and interpret the fortune.

"That's okay too."

Xu Chengling thought about it and nodded. Although he didn't really believe in things like marriage fortune telling, since Qian'er was happy, he would play with her for a while longer.

After he left, Xu Xiqian came to the place where the fortune was drawn, picked up the fortune tube, and happily put the best fortune back.

Just as she picked up the stick tube, she suddenly found a wooden stick that had fallen under the table.

Suddenly, the smile on Xu Xiqian's face disappeared, her mood plummeted from the peak to the bottom, and she froze on the spot.

I saw that the wooden stick said "bad luck" and it seemed that this was the wooden stick she shook out at the beginning.

In other words, the best fortune she had obtained before was not the fortune for her marriage, but this worst fortune was.

"Why...how could this happen...does the marriage just now not count?"

Xu Xiqian bit her lower lip tightly, and with trembling hands she picked up the bad fortune stick on the ground. It read:

"To seek what you desire by doing what you do is like trying to catch fish by climbing a tree."

Looking at the words on the wooden stick, Xu Xiqian's petite body stood still. She couldn't help but clench her fists, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

Pearls could not help but slide down her little face. She rubbed her tears with her little hands, but for some reason, the more she rubbed, the more tears came.

Xu Xiqian wiped her tears with her hands, still smiling, but she couldn't stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes. She said: