Palace Scheming: the Queen In the Cold Palace I

Chapter 11 The first glory of the Lantern Festival (4)

As she said that, while Xuanyuan Moyu was slightly stunned, she took the discarded butterfly lantern from his hand, touched the body of the lamp with loving eyes, and said to herself: "If the lantern has feelings, , the candle is not extinguished. When the candle is extinguished, it seems that this is fate!"

My heart trembled, and it touched more than just one person.

Xuanyuan Ze and Xuanyuan Moyu looked at her silently at the same time, their handsome eyes filled with the brilliance of her being shrouded in lights, misty and distant.

　　Obviously it is only in front of you, but it seems that you can't touch it, leaving a place of sadness.

"Give it to me!" Xuanyuan Ze clenched his fists tightly. At this moment, Xuanyuan Ze really wanted to punch away the imperial brother who had intervened halfway. I really wonder if he really bumped into them by chance, or if he followed them all the way here on purpose.

Step forward and grab the lantern from Yun Qing's hand. Under her extremely cold gaze, her heart actually sank a little.

 “Brother Ze?” Xuanyuan Moyu subconsciously moved towards Yun Qing, fearing that he would hurt Yun Qing.

However, his inappropriate protective action made Xuanyuan Ze's suppressed anger burst out: "Brother Mo Yu, if you want to come with us to put out the lanterns, just leave. It's getting late, and I have to be early." Go back and accompany Wan'er."

 Then, holding the lamp in one hand and holding Yun Qing's wrist with the other, he strode forward past Xuanyuan Moyu.

"Put on the lamp?" Yun Qing didn't react for a moment. Didn't he look like he wanted to eat her just now? Why was he inexplicably depressed now?

However, hearing him mention Concubine Hua's name, he must have wanted to end the time with him early and complete the task of tonight's trip early.

"Of course I want to go. How can such an elegant thing as setting off lanterns be done without me?" The hands in his sleeves were held tightly without being noticed. Xuanyuan Moyu looked at the woman held in Xuanyuan Ze's hand with a sad look. He just flashed past, and then he followed up from behind as if nothing happened.

There are three people in the group, two men and one woman, all of whom are extremely handsome and have excellent temperament.

Along the way, I don’t know how many men and women stopped to look at it with envy.

Gradually we walked away from the street and came to the moat. Although the soft willow branches had not yet sprouted, they were still hanging down. The wind suddenly picked up and blew across a river of ice water.

The riverside is relatively more sparsely populated than the street, but there are already many people carrying lanterns coming to put them out.

It seems that he was also infected by the festive atmosphere. Although Xuanyuan Ze still pulled Yun Qing, the strength in his hands was much lighter.

There are still many people hanging lanterns on the branches by the river, and there are also elegant people sitting under the trees on the embankment. There is a bamboo table in front of them, with paper, pens and paddles made of flour on it to write for everyone free of charge. Wish words.

Of course, there are some people who are still enjoying the guessing game. For example, under a willow tree not far away, a group of people gathered around and said something to the scholar sitting under the lamp.

Yunqing and the other three came closer and heard that someone wanted to buy some lanterns that the scholar had put up himself, but the scholar had posted lantern riddles on the lamps and asked everyone to guess the riddles. Say: If you answer the lantern riddle, you won’t get any money. If you can't do it right, you won't be able to sell a single cup.

 At once, some people were grinding and some were laughing:

“Tsk, a poor scholar still thinks he’s noble. I think it’s better to earn two more dollars so that he can marry a wife early and keep his bed warm in the winter.”

"Yes, haha, a scholar like you who is not as good as the four great talents in Tiancheng and who is not as good as a farmer in the countryside can only make progress with this riddle. At least he can wait until he is a scholar before he comes out to pretend to be noble!"

"Hahaha!"

Yun Qing frowned slightly at the laughter around him, but he saw that the man under the tree looked as usual, neither annoyed nor anxious. He was still looking at the book in his hand with the light on, and seemed not to notice the laughter from the audience.

 “Yo! How dare a poor scholar refuse to buy into this young master’s account?”

 "Pa!" Someone swept down the pen and paper on the table with one palm, and splashed black ink on the scholar's light blue clothes that had been washed white for no reason. He was stunned for a moment, and his expression finally changed.

 “Hahaha! What a scholar stained with ink.” The previous anger of the person who took action disappeared, and then he was replaced by a smile on his face, as if he had seen something extremely funny.

 “Haha!” Some people laughed and echoed around him, while a group of common people who dared not do anything shook their heads and left quietly in resignation.

 This kind of thing is not something they can help with. At first glance, that man was a rich young master. He had seven or eight servants with him. No one dared to provoke him.

At this moment, under the ridicule of everyone, his expression changed, but he didn't care much: "Since ancient times, it is pitiful to be without talent, and shameless and hateful. I am a scholar, and I don't have the same experience as you. You guys should ask others to see it!"

“Hey, Master, did I hear you right?” The man from before swept the servants around him very exaggeratedly, and his laughter was as high-pitched as that of a woman.

Under the roar of everyone's laughter, he stretched out his fat hand forward, grabbed the scholar's collar, and smiled evilly: "Smelly scholar, do you know who I am, young master? How dare you drive me away! You! Are you tired of living? I'll give you a chance to apologize to this young master. If I'm in a good mood, I can let you walk straight back today. Otherwise, your legs... hum!"

As he spoke, he looked at the scholar's thin body evilly and smiled extremely ugly!

Yun Qing's palms tightened. Seeing that such a bully was bullying the people like this, he immediately glanced at Xuanyuan Ze, only to see that his expression was calm, as if he didn't see anything.

"The bark of a tree is alive, and the face of a man is alive. I want a polite person to apologize to an rude person, unless I put the cart before the horse and Confucius and Mencius changed his path." The scholar was proud and would not bend the knee for the evil people. His words were sonorous and loud, which made people around him marvel in admiration. .

 “His grandma, you are so shameless!” The evil young man cursed, loosened his hand, and punched the scholar’s ​​face, followed by another punch, but heard a sharp shout: “Wait a minute.”

Yun Qing glared at Xuanyuan Moyu who was calm beside him, then looked coldly at Xuanyuan Ze who didn't stop him, stepped forward decisively, and stopped the evil young man's actions.

She knew that Xuanyuan Ze didn't care about her, so she didn't expect him to help her if she spoke out rashly.

What she has to do is to drag him along to show up. Even if their true identities are exposed, she will never let him, the king of a country, watch his people being humiliated and remain indifferent.

Whether it was because of his identity or for other reasons, she disagreed.

 At least, he was protected by guards behind him, and those people were just ordinary bullies and scoundrels who would never harm his noble body.

"That one is not long..." The villain, who was dressed in rich clothes but with a greasy and fat face, saw someone stand up and stop him without hesitation. He was about to curse, but when he turned around, he saw a woman as beautiful as a fairy walking towards him.

Immediately, his hands and feet went limp, his eyes narrowed into thin slits, and his mouth watered: "...Wow, which girl is so beautiful? Tsk, this little face is so smooth..."

However, seeing the cold look on Yun Qing's face, the man's body went cold, as if he remembered that Yun Qing had stopped him. He pretended to cough and said in a clear voice: "Ahem, do you know who I am? This man offended me, so I want to punish him. Why are you meddling in my own business? Do you want to follow me because I have money? This young master is going home to live..."

 “Haha…” Several unscrupulous servants started laughing, making the evil boy even more complacent.

"People who bully good people, no wonder they want to rob even if they can't solve a lantern riddle. Oh, it's best not to use your name, otherwise I'm worried for your old father that he will never be able to hold his head up in front of others. Raise a child It would be really embarrassing for a prodigal to be arty and end up hurting others.”

Yun Qing sneered and faced the evil young man's gaze without fear. His beautiful eyes were full of awe-inspiring coldness.

“That’s right, it’s too much! I’ve never seen someone who even grabs a lamp. I have the nerve to say he’s a young master, but he seems to be a stupid young master who hasn’t studied for a few days.”

“Hey, keep your voice down, he is a rich man, he will kill you with so much money, be careful not to be beaten down by his money.”

The crowd who were watching the fun saw that it was a young woman who was taking the lead. Their timidity just now disappeared, and they all puffed up their chests and spoke to help.

Xuanyuan Ze quietly looked at the little woman who had so easily changed the way people around her behaved. Her handsome eyes were so deep that it was hard to tell what he was thinking deeply about.

However, an unexpected change happened over there. Under the siege of the people around him, the evil young man's face became redder and redder, and then turned white, red, and blue, which was even more exciting than flipping through a book.

Finally, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted angrily: "What a sharp-tongued little girl, look at this young master, I don't want to take it easy... Well, oh, who will hit me in the face..."

The man suddenly screamed, half of his face swelled up, he covered his face with one hand, and screamed with stars in his eyes.

"You are the one I'm going to hit!" The moment Xuanyuan Moyu screamed in Yun Qing's heart, he moved and pulled her into his arms as fast as lightning. He raised his hand and threw her into the evil young man's face.

At this moment, he had a slight smile on his face and a lazy voice, and he seemed to be not serious. But the cold eyes without any warmth made people feel as if they were soaked in ice at the first sight.

"You, you, you, you..." The evil young man hesitated for a long time, and finally came up to fight back without saying a word, but Xuanyuan Moyu gently held his arm, and folded it with his backhand. The evil young man screamed "ouch" and his expression changed. The child is extremely pale.

Yun Qing's eyes were filled with surprise. Seeing that the evil young man's arm was frozen in a reverse twist, he knew that Xuanyuan Moyu might have broken the man's arm bone.

"Ouch...Ouch..." The evil young man groaned in pain, looking at Xuanyuan Moyu as if he had seen a ghost, feeling both fear and hatred. Finally, as if he remembered something, he cursed angrily at the frightened servants around him: "Oh... you guys are stupid, why don't you come up quickly! Didn't you see that this young master was being bullied? Hehe..."

"Tsk, it seems that the lesson was not enough!" Xuanyuan Moyu chuckled, looking at the people around him who suddenly woke up and rushed forward, his handsome eyes turned cold, the corners of his lips curled up, and he still hugged Yun Qing with one hand, and his figure had already Moving like shadows.

"Bang bang bang." Yun Qing was dizzy for a while, and heard a wailing sound. Xuanyuan Moyu's body had stopped steadily.

The lazy laughter startled her. When she took a closer look, she saw that the people who had been clamoring to rush forward were already lying on the ground and wailing in pain. However, the evil young man seemed to have seen a ghost, and his face on the other side was also... He was swollen to a tall height, with a pig-headed face and a pair of wide eyes, which looked extremely terrifying.

"You can forgive the evil done by God, but you can't live if you do it yourself. Since ancient times, misfortunes and blessings have depended on each other. I am lucky enough to escape this disaster. I really want to thank this girl." After a burst of applause from the audience, the scholar just murmured, and then He stepped forward, bowed deeply to Yun Qing, and solemnly thanked him.

“Ha, you are so interesting, why don’t you thank me but thank her instead?” Xuanyuan Moyu laughed, seeing how interesting this scholar was.

"Young Master has outstanding martial arts skills. It's easy to help Xiaosheng. However, this girl is weak in body, but her righteousness is beyond our reach. I really admire Xiaosheng! But Xiaosheng only thanks this girl." The scholar said with a serious look on his face. The words are clear and round, without any ambiguity.

Yun Qing smiled, looking at the scholar, he looked cute. First he would rather be humiliated than surrender, and now he is upright. If this person tops the list in high school in the future, he will definitely become a pillar of the country and a good and upright official.

"Evil has prevailed over good since ancient times. I believe, little girl, that even if I didn't say anything today, all the **** people present would definitely help the young master. Haha, can you tell me?" Yun Qing smiled and caught a glimpse of Xuanyuan Ze beside him. His face seemed to change slightly, and his smile seemed to be brighter.

"Yes, the girl is absolutely right. When the road is rough, draw your sword to help. This is what a good man should do."

“Yes, how can we let bullies run rampant and let the world go downhill!”

“That’s right, our people in Tianque have always been simple and honest, how can we let one or two villains disrupt the good atmosphere?”

"A bunch of guys who don't know how to live or die, just wait for me, I will definitely come back..." The crowd's voices made the evil young man, who was already frightened to death, turn red and white, but he couldn't swallow the bad breath in his heart, so he had to put down a harsh word, Desperately, he led everyone to flee in panic.

Yunqing smiled brightly, feeling in a good mood despite someone's increasingly gloomy expression.

She glared at Xuanyuan Moyu, who was still pretending to be a public servant, and when the other party let go of his hand with a smile, she calmly dressed and walked to the bamboo table, squatted down to pick up the papers, pens and inkstones, and asked the scholar with a smile: "Young Master Can I borrow some expensive paper and pen?”

The scholar was stunned for a moment, then replied: "If the girl won't give it up, feel free to use it!"

"Haha, thank you!" Yun Qing nodded and smiled, then walked back to Xuanyuan Ze, ignoring his slightly dark face, and said with a playful smile: "Brother, aren't we here to put out lanterns? We happen to have paper and ink at the moment, Why don’t you just borrow it to make a wish?”

As she spoke, she said softly in a voice that could not be heard by others: "Don't the emperor want to return to the palace early? After putting out the lanterns, the emperor can end his trip."

"Grind the ink." Xuanyuan Ze glanced at her coldly, feeling annoyed by her fearless smile. He stared at her for a long time before uttering two words.

 “Okay.” Yun Qing agreed happily.

Today she made him hate herself even more deeply, and the road ahead will definitely be more difficult. However, she doesn't care.

 If you want to inflict a crime, why bother without words. Since you can’t escape, why not let yourself be more yourself?

 (End of this chapter)