When the song ended, Qu Yue Su took back her hand. She elegantly stood and bowed to the three before returning to her seat.
Qu Qing Ju saw that her fingertips were slightly red. Her eyebrows moved slightly and she turned her head to look at the pastries in front of her. She reached out to pick up a piece and started eating.
He Heng watched as the plate of salty pastries became smaller and smaller. He said: "Careful of getting thirsty." Eating this kind of pastries at night, wasn't she afraid of becoming fat?
Lifting the tea to take a sip, Qu Qing Ju didn't eat the pastries anymore. She pointed with emotion at the fireworks outside the window and remarked, "The fireworks last year must have been as beautiful as today. It's a pity that qie was in the fu and could only see the light of the fireworks, but couldn't see how beautiful they were."
Hearing this, Qu Yue Su's heart jumped. Last year, during the Lantern Festival, she and her didi had left the fu to admire the lanterns. Da jie and er jie had been left behind in the fu. In the past, she had felt slightly guilty, but without da jie, she could play more freely. Hearing da jie mention this, she felt strangely uneasy.
"In the future, you will probably get tired of seeing the fireworks every year," He Heng tilted his head to look out the window. The fireworks reflected a red in his eyes and made his vision blur, "The past, don't take it to heart." Finishing, he moved his gaze away and continued to sip his tea.
At the side, He Yuan hadn't spoken much after being choked by Qu Qing Ju. It was clear that he was still suppressing his anger. But for He Heng, He Yuan's anger wasn't anything. What would happen at court tomorrow would only make him angrier.
"En," Qu Qing Ju didn't look out the window. The wind blew her veil, revealing her white neck. Then it was covered by the veil again. She caressed the rim of the cup and commented to the quiet Qu Yue Su, "San mei's skills on the zither are getting better."
"Da jie is too kind," Qu Yue Su forced a smile. She knew that the other didn't think much of her in the other's words but she had to maintain a respectful appearance, "It's just that I usually play more."
Qu Qing Ju nodded, "You have always been much better than me, this jiejie."
"Da jie is a heavenly beauty, meimei can't compare." Qu Yue Su stood and curtsied. She didn't dare to continue, but what she said wasn't right.
Heavenly beauty? Qu Qing Ju felt that she was saying that she only had beauty, but no brains. But she didn't mind. If other people praised her beauty, it was worth her happiness. As to whether she had brains or not, it was enough for her to know. What other people said, what did it mean?
She had never been afraid of being maliciously slandered by others in the world, or being envied by others as being mediocre.
She smiled indifferently, put down the teacup in her hand, and suddenly said, "There are fewer and fewer people on the riverside."
He Yuan looked out and saw that there were fewer people on the riverbank. He lightly said: "It's getting late, let the boat dock." He also couldn't bear to see Lao Er being intimate with his woman.
No matter how beautiful the fireworks were, there would always be a time when they would stop. The number of pedestrians on the riverbank gradually decreased, and the lively scene gradually became bleak.
The pleasure boat gradually neared the shore. Qu Qing Ju looked at the colorful lanterns that were still hanging by the river but no one was admiring them. She thought of the Jade Rabbit Lantern that she had the servant hold.
"Who's looking after that lantern?" Qu Qing Ju was supported down the stairs by He Heng and asked about the whereabouts of the lantern.
"Don't worry, Qian Chang Xin's got someone to hold it," He Heng walked down the last step. Seeing that Qu Qing Ju was reluctant to part with the crudely made Jade Rabbit Lantern, the smile on his face deepened, "There are a lot of lanterns hanging in the fu. When we get back, I'll get someone to pick a few beautiful ones to hang in zhengyuan."
Qu Qing Ju nodded and held He Heng's hand as they walked down the deck. Looking at the surroundings, she found that the sky had started to mist and it was slightly colder.
Qian Chang Xin, who had been waiting at the side, put on the two's cloaks. After helping wang ye put it on, he prepared to serve Qu Qing Ju but was waved away by He Heng to personally act.
The soft Shu brocade cloak was embroidered with faint flower patterns. Under the moonlight, it had a hazy sense of beauty. Qu Qing Ju saw He Heng put on the cloak for her and lowered her head to tie the belt. But He Heng beat her to it.
He Heng's fingers were trimmed very cleanly, the joints clearly visible. It gave people a feeling of strength and reliability. Qu Qing Ju smiled. She raised her chin and allowed He Heng to tie the cloak for her.
Qu Yue Su silently stood in the corner. No one was attentively serving her. Everyone was looking at her. She looked at the scene of Duan Wang bending his head to help jiejie tie the cloak and suddenly felt embarrassed and ironic. Right now, da jie was high up, the Duan Wang Fei that countless people served. But she had to use all her effort to please Rui Wang. Even if she succeeded, she would just be a ce shi.
"Since it's late, er ge and er sao should return early to rest," He Yuan saw He Heng's movements had stopped before speaking, "I should also return to the fu."
The carriages of the two fu had already stopped at the side, waiting to take their masters back to the fu. When He Yuan finished, he walked towards the carriage of his own fu.
Following behind him, Qu Yue Su hesitated. After bowing to He Heng and Qu Qing Ju, she still followed He Yuan's steps onto the carriage of Rui Wang Fu.
Qu Qing Ju watched as the carriage of Rui Wang Fu left, a hint of disdain appearing on the smile on her face, "Rui wang ye is really an emotional person."
Hearing this, He Heng smiled, "He's always been like this since he was young. Because of this, he's gotten into a lot of trouble with da ge. It's just that fuhuang is biased towards him, causing him to become more and more … … individualistic."
To be able to make He Heng say the words biased, it could be seen how biased Qing De Emperor was, and how much He Yuan offended people. Logically, an imperial son who was favored by the Emperor like this, there would be many people supporting him in order to obtain the merit of ascending the throne. But this Rui Wang didn't have many people on his side. It could be seen that he was so arrogant that even the court officials felt that he would one day lose control.
However, maybe Qing De Emperor liked his stubbornness, or at least didn't worry about him?
Feeling that her thoughts were slightly biased, Qu Qing Ju exhaled, "I don't know why san mei is following Rui Wang. This matter is becoming more and more chaotic." It wasn't good for her to talk about the matters of the imperial sons so she could only change the topic to Chang De Gong Fu.
"What they do has nothing to do with you. Don't worry about these people," He Heng understood He Yuan's plans. He didn't like He Yuan's pettiness. He had taken a woman from Chang De Gong Fu, did he really think that he could slap He Heng's face and cause He Heng to vent his anger on Qing Ju?
When He Heng thought about it, he felt it was funny. He wasn't a brat, he wouldn't vent his anger on such a matter. He Yuan's way of thinking of himself to measure others really didn't suit him.
When they returned to the wang fu, it was already late at night. The servants had already hung the flower lanterns in the zhengyuan. Qu Qing Ju and He Heng washed and then slept. But their moods weren't bad and weren't affected by He Yuan at all.
But when He Yuan returned to the fu, he let out a moderate anger. He didn't even acknowledge Qin Bai Lu's request for an audience. He only ordered the servants to send Qu Yue Su back to Chang De Gong Fu.
When Qin Bai Lu heard that wang ye and the san xiaojie of Chang De Gong Fu were admiring the flower lanterns, she was so angry she almost smashed things. But in the end, she suppressed the anger inside. Didn't Chang De Gong Fu already have a wang fei? Why would they send another di daughter to be a ce shi?
Forcefully suppressing the anger inside, Qin Bai Lu thought hatefully. No matter what, if this woman really entered the fu, she wasn't one to be gentle with the fairer sex.
On the morning of the second day of the Lantern Festival, a major event exploded at court. The imperial envoys sent to Jiang Nan hadn't even reached Jiang Nan when they were attacked by assassins. Cheng Wang was stabbed in the arm and had a high fever that didn't subside. The Right Minister Wei Wen Guang was even more seriously wounded and was unconscious.
The entire court was in an uproar. Who had the guts to assassinate an imperial envoy? Did someone want to silence them?
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