It was night, it was quiet outside, and only the slight wind seemed to tell people the injustices in the world.
Around the tenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon had climbed very high, quietly scattered on the ground, shining on all things, and disapproved of the whispered choking of the wind.
Jin Jiuying rode a horse, stepping on the moonlight, and drove westward all the way.
There is a Lantern Festival Street west of the palace. On that street, there will be lantern festivals throughout the year. Every afternoon, it starts after the hour. As long as you are willing to come, in addition to guessing lantern riddles, you can also sell lantern riddles. Lanterns, buy lanterns.
Of course, there is also a very lively river here, the Wishing River of this imperial city. It is said that wishing here is very spiritual.
Therefore, by this river, a group of men and women gather every night, and there are river lanterns to make a wish.
There are also many people in the lower reaches of the river. They are not here to play, but to salvage the river lantern.
Groups of river lanterns were put down. If they were not picked up, the river would be blocked and the river would no longer be as clear as a mirror.
Although it seemed troublesome and cruel, in order to make people have fun, the sage approved the game himself, and paid for the salvage downstream.
However, this money is not paid by the state, because the river lanterns here are not free, but the cost of a river lantern. Although it is not very expensive, it is enough for them to salvage people.
Jin Jiuying was a frequent visitor here when she was young. At that time, Zhu Yue and her were very close. They would come here with her from time to time, and then guess the lantern riddles to win rewards. Of course, Zhu Yue did the lantern riddle guessing, and Jin Jiuying was responsible for the prizes.
After guessing the riddles, they will all go to the river to place a river lantern.
"Why is he the first place, I guessed three, why not me?"
Just as Jin Jiuying walked to the place where he was guessing the lantern riddles, she heard a girl's brutal and domineering arguing.
"Girl, the first place is obviously five pairs, you only guessed three."
The person in charge of the yard explained to her very politely.
"Didn't he just guessed three correctly, obviously all three, you are partial, did you accept any gift from him behind your back?" The girl just didn't follow it, and cried out that the person was acting for private purposes.
"Why does the girl talk like this? Isn't it just a lantern? I gave it to Lilai to exchange it. It's better to buy it directly. If the girl really likes it, it's okay to give it to the girl. Why is it so awkward?" Sven's voice of a man, and the girl will get in touch with each other.
Jin Jiuying stopped, following the arguing over there, she went to see the excitement. The girl looked at eighteen or ninety-eight, not much younger than her, gave birth to a pretty face with melon seeds, her facial features were good and her complexion was beautiful. White and pink, it looks pretty.
The man looked at him in his twenties, his face was fair and handsome, he looked polite, and he was very bookish.
"Cousin." Xia Jinmo recognized the man at a glance.
It's not someone else, it's really Zhu Yue, but this person really doesn't forget his old profession. As soon as he arrived, he went straight to the place where lantern riddles were guessed.
"Cousin?" As soon as Zhu Yuegang heard Jin Jiuying calling him, he still didn't respond, but he still didn't recover. He stared at her in a daze for a long time.
"It's just this girl...?" After Jin Jiuying happily called Zhu Yue, her eyes were staring at that girl, so familiar.
"Isn't that Ye Xianping?" Jin Jiuying squeezed his chin and muttered to herself thoughtfully.
That's right, it was Ye Xianping, Ye Zhaoyang's younger sister, and the most beloved princess of today.
It's just that this girl didn't like Shen Xin, because she was not born to Shen Xin, and her mother was already dead.
So when Ye Zhaoyang was crowned the prince, she was rarely in the palace before. She came back to preside over the dance with Liu Yang and Jin Jiumei, but she didn't know how to dance.
Moreover, she did not get on stage with heavy makeup, no wonder Zhu Yue didn't know her.
But Jin Jiuying still knew her because she had a marriage contract with Ye Zhaoyang before. At that time, she often went in and out of the harem. When Ye Xianping came back, she would play with her.
"Princess." Jin Jiuying hurriedly called after recalling her identity.
"Ah...?" Ye Xianping was almost the same as Zhu Yue, and she was stunned for a long time before she realized it. "You are a sister-in-law, it's not right, it's Aunt Nine."
Ye Xianping reacted before Zhu Yue, dropped the lantern in her hand and ran towards Jin Jiuying.
"I haven't seen it for a long time, I almost forgot about your look. It's really much more beautiful than before." Ye Xianping came over and took Jin Jiuying to look up and down, and praised her as she looked up.
"Princess, don't make fun of me. The princess has become beautiful. I almost didn't recognize it just now." Jin Jiuying was also very happy. Although there was no result with Ye Zhaoyang, they still had no preconceptions with Ye Xianping.
Ye Xianping is not like Ye Zhaoyang, her personality is a bit more like Ye Qinhao, but she is more straightforward than Ye Qinhao, especially without scheming, so Jin Jiuying likes her very much.
"I really want to die. Okay, why do you want to divorce? Why don't you want to marry my second emperor brother, and marry my second emperor uncle? Is he better than my second emperor brother?" Ye Xianping circled Ye Xianping, Cuddling with her, leaning her head against her, while telling her feelings of miss, he scolded and questioned her about her remarriage.
"No, it's just..." Jin Jiuying lowered her head. She couldn't tell such a girl who had never been in love with this kind of thing, because it was unclear at all.
"Just what's wrong? My second emperor brother married your sister, so you are angry?" Ye Xianping asked.
"I can understand it if I'm angry." Jin Jiuying patted Ye Xianping's back lightly. She didn't want to explain more, so it's not bad to just follow her topic.
"But every man has three wives and four concubines. There is nothing wrong with me. My second emperor brother is the prince and will be the emperor in the future. Of course, he can't be the only one in his life." Ye Xianping replied with incomprehension.
Then, before Jin Jiuying could reply, she said, "Uncle Nine Emperors will not only love you all his life. He is a majestic prince. Even if he is not like the emperor, there will be many ladies in the harem. ."
"Princess, can we talk about something else?" Jin Jiuying pushed Ye Xianping away from her embrace, holding her face in her hand, and said with a smile.
"No, I want you to come back, let me save you as my sister-in-law, you are now married to the Nine Emperor Gods, I am a generation younger than you, I am not equal, I am upset. Uuuuu..." Ye Xianping said, her mouth turned up, and she looked like she was about to cry.
This princess is also really noisy. She thinks that getting married is because she has played with her family. Can she just tell who she wants to marry