It was like a dream, extremely gorgeous and unreal. When she came back to her soul, she had returned to her Pearl and Jade Pavilion.
Seeing her coming back, Ruhua ran up to her excitedly, took her hand and asked, "Miss, Miss, you are back. Is the lantern festival this year beautiful?"
"Yeah." Zhao Pei nodded and stood by the window.
"Then... Miss, have you lit the lanterns?" Ruhua asked again.
"Yeah." Zhao Pei nodded, reached out and pushed open the window, and the quiet night poured in.
"Then, Miss, did you help me and Sister Qingqing carry the lanterns?" Ruhua looked at Zhao Pei expectantly.
"Yeah." Zhao Pei looked up at the moon that was sometimes visible in the thin clouds. The bright moonlight illuminated the vast expanse of green, just like that person's eyes...
"Oh! Miss is so nice! Well, where is the lantern?" Ruhua jumped up happily, but looked around but there was no trace of the lantern.
Ruhua's scream finally called back her wandering soul: "What lanterns are you talking about?"
"The lady brought it to us..."
"Ah? Oh." Zhao Pei smiled awkwardly, "Ruhua, I'm so sorry. I forgot to buy it for you. There are too many people on the street today. Next time, next time for sure!"
Ruhua pouted: "Miss, even if there is nothing, you can't tease me like this. But..." Ruhua seemed to have just noticed that Zhao Pei was absent-minded, and smiled sinisterly: "Miss, there is something wrong with you today... Are you admiring the moon, the lanterns, or the handsome man? That's why you are so absent-minded, maybe your soul is still wandering around others?"
"Huh?" Zhao Pei was stunned, her face flushed, "No, no!" This girl has a pair of sharp eyes.
Ruhua smiled proudly: "Haha, Miss, your face is red! You are hesitant when you speak! Haha, this is so funny, it turns out that our eloquent Miss has also had this day! I guess I was right!"
Seeing her so proud, Zhao Pei felt embarrassed and annoyed and reached out to pinch her face: "No! What are you talking about? I'm not going to... "
Ruhua smiled and dodged, and continued to ask: "Miss, Miss, who is that person? Is it the Sixth Prince or the Seventh Prince? According to Ruhua...it could be the Sixth Prince, um, no, the Seventh Prince could also be..."
Zhao Pei rolled her eyes and continued to pinch her: "How is it possible? If Ruhua likes it, I will go to ask for your hand in marriage tomorrow! Don't make blind guesses here, your lady has high standards!" Ruhua stopped laughing and shrugged and went downstairs to fetch water. Zhao Pei was left alone, leaning against the window lattice and looking at the moon. Who was that person? At that time, she just wanted to ask him, but she heard someone in the crowd calling her name. It only took her time to turn around, and he disappeared... Could it be that he was really an immortal
A few days later.
Zhao Pei was in her brother's study, flipping through the Book of Han. She saw that Emperor Xuan of Han, who had never forgotten his wife who had shared hardships with him, was poisoned to death after being taken to the palace. She didn't know whether he loved her or wanted to harm her. She sighed for a long time. She was absorbed in her thoughts when she heard someone say, "Did you skip etiquette class again?"
Zhao Pei looked up and saw Zhao Jie, who was dressed in green, looking at her with his arms folded and eyebrows raised. He put down the book and walked forward with a smile: "Good brother, please don't sell me out."
Zhao Jie shook his head helplessly: "I can't help you this time, but Dad discovered it himself. I'm just an errand boy, and I'm going to grab you now."
She gathered her beautiful face and shook Zhao Jie's arm: "Good brother, just say you didn't see me, okay? I'll hide somewhere else, but first, lend me your Han Shu."
"It's okay, just stay here." Someone suddenly said.
Zhao Pei was stunned when she heard the voice, and she wanted to run away when she came to her senses, but it was too late. Daddy walked into the room with a gloomy face, and when he saw that she didn't say anything but just looked at him, he suddenly smiled: "Why don't you say anything?"
Zhao Pei smiled sweetly and said, "I'll go to the west room right now." She walked around the table and prepared to leave. After a few steps, she suddenly remembered something and turned around to quickly pick up the "Book of Han" on the table and was about to escape, but Xu Kun grabbed her collar. Zhao Pei's scalp tingled and she begged, "Daddy, put me down. Pei'er knows she was wrong."
"What's wrong?" Xu Kun put her down and asked.
“Wrong... wrong, wrong..." She thought to herself for a long time but didn’t feel that she had done anything wrong, so she turned to seek her brother’s advice. However, he was staring at the ceiling, as if he was studying whether the spider in the corner was male or female, and was completely unaware of her burning murderous gaze.
Xu Kun sighed, "Alright, alright. Stop glaring at your brother. You are just so naughty. Look at your words and actions. How can you behave like a girl? Learn from your third sister when you have time. Although Li'er is young, she is much better at etiquette than you. In a few months, you will be a virgin, and you can't break these rules..."
It started again... Zhao Pei lowered her head, looking ashamed of listening attentively, but she didn't know how many times she had criticized him in her heart. After about an incense stick of time, her father had changed from standing to sitting to scold her, and her brother also found a chair to sit down and flip through the "Book of Han" that she had read halfway, but she still stood, her legs were stiff and her neck was sore.
"Let's stop here today. There will be a dinner in the palace tonight. Although I don't want to bring you there and embarrass me, your family must go, so you should go and get ready." He suddenly said.
"What?" Zhao Pei raised her head in surprise, but heard a "click". Her neck, which had been drooping for a long time, suddenly raised up and her muscles were stuck. (To be continued)