Chapter 279
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"When can I leave?" Shen Miao asked.
"There are people watching outside and if one were to go out now, it would attract criticism. Moreover if you stay with me, it would be hard to avoid blaming me." Xie Jing Xing's words were still able to anger people to death, "So for my innocence, when the boat docks, I will bring you to the Princess residence. The people from the Princess residence will send you back. "
Shen Miao was slightly startled, "Princess residence?"
"Princess Rong Xin." Xie Jing Xing fiddled with the charcoal, "She will help."
Princess Rong Xin was also born from the Late Emperor's imperial concubine and even though she was not as favoured as Princess Yu Qing, she was deeply loved by the Late Emperor. Among the children of the Late Emperor, Princess Yu Qing and Princess Rong Xin had a deep sisterly relationship. Princess Yu Qing married the Marquis of Lin An and Princess Rong Xin married the current Zhuangyuan Scholar but unfortunately that Zhuangyuan Scholar died of illness a few years later. Princess Rong Xin did not change and moved back to the Princess residence and was a widow for so many years.
With Princess Yu Qing and Princess Rong Xin's friendship, they would help Xie Jing Xing in this matter.
Shen Miao looked up at Xie Jing Xing. He really thought far ahead. If at this moment the Shen family were to come over and see them alone with disheveled clothes, it would be hard to avoid thinking too much. With the relationship between the Shen and Xie family, who knew if it would become more complicated in the future. For Princess Rong Xin to come forward, it was a good idea.
The sound of fireworks came from the top of her head. Shen Miao was originally leaning against the window of the boat and when she heard the sound, she looked out of the window. In the night sky of the Ding capital, there were all sorts of colourful and bright fireworks. Just like what Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang said, the fireworks would not stop tonight. Just now when there was a surge of people, the mood was different from looking at the quiet lake.
"You like to see these?" Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows.
"I do not like." Shen Miao replied.
During the annual banquet of the Ming Qi Imperial family, the Emperor and the concubines would have fun together and there would be countless fireworks in the Imperial Garden. At that time she had just returned from the Qin country and suddenly there was an additional Mei Furen in the Palace. On the night of the banquet, Mei Furen and Fu Xiu Yi were drinking and having fun in the Imperial Garden. She sat in Kun Ning Palace accompanied by Wan Yu and Fu Ming as she watched the fireworks by herself. That was the coldest fireworks that she had ever seen and since then, she did not like these things.
"It's just a fleeting thing. What's there to see? Nice to look at but useless. "There was a hint of anger in her voice, but her eyes seemed a little sad.
Xie Jing Xing looked at her strangely and after thinking for a while, he got up and took something from the cabinet. He walked to Shen Miao's side and handed the thing in his hand to Shen Miao.
"One do not know how long it would take for the boat to reach the shore. Since today is the Jade Rabbit Festival, you should also make a flower lantern." Xie Jing Xing said.
Shen Miao looked at the lantern in her hands. Most likely it was left behind by the people who were playing on the boat as the candles had not been put in and was neatly folded. Looking out of the window, the surface of the Wan Li Lake was surrounded by layers upon layers of lanterns. Their boat shuttled back and forth in a sea of resplendent lights, like a ferry in the beautiful Milky Way.
Not waiting for Shen Miao to answer, Xie Jing Xing made one himself. After he finished making the lantern, he casually placed it into the lake. His actions were also very casual. When Shen Miao saw it, she asked, "Why did you not write a note?"
One had to put a note in the lantern and on the note was the wish of the person who made the lantern, so that the deities would be able to hear the prayers of the person and would bless the person who made the lantern in the coming year.
"I do not believe in deities." Xie Jing Xing said lazily, "It is fine not to write."
Shen Miao thought about it and was really unable to imagine what kind of scene it would be like with Xie Jing Xing's arrogant and unruly temperament to seriously pray for the deities' blessings. She folded the two lanterns but did not write a note and did not put any candles inside. Instead she lit the flower at the top of the lantern and placed it into the lake.
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