Sis, forget about the wine. What if you get drunk later?”Cyan couldn't help but worry when he saw that his young miss had actually ordered plum wine.
Su Qi took off her scarf and smiled. She did not care about Cyan's worries. However, seeing Cyan's worried face, Su Qing still said something to reassure him. "Don't worry, I'll just have a taste. If it's strong, I'll just drink less. Come, sit with me for a while."
Fortunately, after these two months of training, Cyanosis was no longer a servant. She would occasionally be presumptuous. Otherwise, it would be troublesome for her to sit with me.
In ancient times, people had too many rules.
Su Qi sat quietly by the window and looked at the people coming and going downstairs. It was very lively. Suddenly, she thought of a saying,'The liveliness is theirs, but I don't have anything.' Suddenly, she felt like an outsider. She looked at the world that did not belong to her and silently counted her loneliness.
Cyanose looked at her young miss and suddenly had a feeling that her young miss was about to disappear. Her profile was filled with loneliness.
"Miss, have some pastries."
Unknowingly, the pastries had already been served. Su Qi picked up a plum blossom shaped pastry and took a small bite. The taste of plum blossoms assaulted her taste buds. It was slightly sweet as if plum blossoms should taste like this.
Suddenly, the sound of drums and firecrackers came from downstairs. It was very lively. She looked at the street curiously and saw some soldiers running up. As they ran, they blocked the people in front of them and cleared the street. At this moment, a large group of cavalrymen dressed in silver armor slowly walked over. Su Qi even counted them. There were a total of thirty-six cavalrymen.
Cyanotic walked to her side and said in a slightly infatuated manner," These are the famous silver-armored cavalrymen of Xili. It is said that there are only seventy-two official cavalrymen, but there are thousands of reserve cavalrymen. Every year, new cavalrymen will be selected. Anyone who has served as an official cavalryman can be given the title of Hero. Moreover, these people are all unmarried men, so many young ladies are fascinated by them.”
Su Qi looked at Cyan's infatuated look and could not help but tease,""It seems that our cyanotic girl has also moved her heart. Do you want me to help you matchmake? He just didn't know who had the honor to be favored by the cyanotic girl.”
"Annoying, Young Lady only knows how to bully me. Cyan is just a little servant, how can she be qualified to like them?”Cyanosis bit her red lips and lowered her head shyly as she spoke softly.
However, Su Qi saw her ears that were red from shyness. Su Qi shook her head slightly and said,""If he really likes you, why would he care about these things?”
At this moment, Su Qi saw her father dressed in armor, looking mighty and extraordinary. He rode straight on the whirlwind and slowly walked over. He looked especially energetic. However, beside him was the demon-like man, Xiao Chengzhe.
At this moment, he was wearing a dark blue court dress. Su Qi did not expect him to be able to wear such a decent dress and make it look enchanting. His black hair was tied up high and fluttered in the wind. His phoenix eyes looked around, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. The faint smile on his lips could not help but make people stunned. The women standing around him also lost their usual dignity. They either lowered their heads shyly but still secretly looked at him, or they had completely fallen into a state where they could not extricate themselves. Some even shouted,"I love you, Prime Minister Xiao."
Alright, Su Qi had to admit that Premier Xiao was indeed very charming.
However, when Su Qi saw him again, she could not help but feel pain in her heart again. She admired him, but at the same time, she could not forget the harm he had caused to this body.
Su Qi looked at the devilish man in front of her. She covered her heart and silently said to the soul that remained in her body,""If you really love him so much, I'll give you a chance to see if he's worthy of your love.”
When she came back to her senses, the seductive figure was no longer there, only the ministers following closely behind him. Su Qi retracted her gaze indifferently. Suddenly, she felt a burning gaze on her. She turned around abruptly, but all she saw was a gorgeous sedan chair.
The bright yellow sedan chair was embroidered with all kinds of dragon-shaped patterns. The embroidery threads were faintly flowing under the sun. They were high-profile but not eye-catching. Pearls the size of ping pong balls hung on the four corners of the sedan chair. One could tell at a glance that they were expensive. On the whole, they looked low-key and luxurious, provided that one did not know the value of those accessories.
Perhaps, a single pearl could allow an ordinary person to live a carefree life.
However, when Su Qi looked at the non-transparent curtain, she was not sure if the burning gaze came from the owner of the bridge. If she guessed correctly, the person sitting there should be the master of Xili, Xili Yuan.
"Cyanosis, where are Father and the others going?”Su Qi asked softly as she looked at the group that had left.
" Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year on this day, the Emperor will bring his subjects to the Imperial Mausoleum to pay their respects and pray to the previous emperors to bless the people of the West Li Dynasty to have a happy family and to live in peace and prosperity.”
The Mid-Autumn Festival was a day for family reunions.
Su Qi looked at the bright sky and seemed to see her grandfather's serious expression, her grandmother's kind smile, and her sister Suyao's happy figure. Sorrow and sadness rose in her heart. Her nose was slightly sour, her eyes were slightly wet, and tears kept rolling.
Perhaps at this moment, he was looking at the same sky as you, but he was in a different time and space, breathing a different aura.
Unknowingly, the sun had already set, and the streets began to become lively. There were more hawkers on both sides of the street. All kinds of lanterns, sachets, chrysanthemums, and so on attracted people's attention. The originally spacious streets became even more crowded.
Su Qi stood up, put on her veil, and let Zi Gan put down the silver before bringing her out.
"Miss, where are we going?" Cyanosis looked around curiously as he supported her.
Su Qi looked at the unusually lively surroundings and regretted coming out at this time. The feeling of being crowded was really uncomfortable. However, at this moment, Su Qi suddenly realized that she was surrounded by unfamiliar faces. The cyanosis was unknowingly washed away by the crowd and was separated from her. Su Qi had no choice. She could not go against the flow of people to find the cyanosis, so she could only continue walking forward.
It turned out that everyone had come to the lakeside. The moonlight was reflected on the surface of the lake, and the sparkling appearance was very beautiful. There were still many commoners by the lakeside setting up lanterns. Every time they set up a lantern, they would make a sincere wish to the floating lantern. There were all kinds of lanterns on the lake. The lights flickered and the light was blurry, dazzling Su Qi's eyes.
After looking at the lanterns, Su Qi walked to a relatively quiet corner.
They saw a pair of old men sitting on the stone steps. The old man was making lanterns, and the old woman was selling lanterns. From time to time, she would help the old man wipe his sweat and pass him water. This scene looked so harmonious and enviable.
Holding your hand and growing old with you, that was what it meant.
Su Qi walked forward. She suddenly had the urge to make a lamp and give it to her relatives in the distance, but how could they receive it?
Two different space-time, so close yet so far apart. There was a kind of sadness that could not be reached. The distance between space-time made her stop involuntarily.
"Little girl, do you want a lantern? The lanterns my old man makes are the best.”The old grandma suddenly spoke. She realized that she had been standing in front of their stall for quite a while.
"Can…can I make one myself?”Su Qi suddenly thought that if the water did not flow there, would the wind be able to send her blessings? Perhaps the wind could pass through the boundary of time and space and reach the sky where they were.
The old lady smiled lovingly, her eyes narrowed into a line, and said,""Of course you can. Old man, this little girl wants to make it herself. Give me the tools.”
The old man smiled and said," Alright, come here, little girl. Come here and do it. There aren't many little girls who can make lanterns these days."”
Su Qi walked to the old man and sat down. She thanked him politely and looked at the tools. She recalled the Kongming Lantern her father taught her when she was five years old. He recalled the fragments of that time, recalled the fragmented steps, and then began to make it himself. In fact, the Kongming Lantern was much simpler than the lantern made by the old man. There was no need to paint or color it, and there was no need to make all kinds of patterns.
Soon, she was done. The old man looked at the " four unlike " lantern in her hand and sighed silently in his heart. "Little girl, this can't be used. It can't be put in the water. Here, take this as a gift from this old man.”
She smiled and said to the old man," Old man, I don't want to put this in the water. I'll borrow your pen. Watch it carefully later."”
Early autumn leaves fall, drifting like a guest's heart. I don't want to fly down, but I still remember the old forest.
Su Qi wrote this poem on the Kongming Lantern, giving all her feelings to it. Looking at the four lines of the poem she had written and thinking of those real days, her eyes couldn't help but moisten. Suppressing the urge to cry, Su Qi sniffed and lit up the Kongming Lantern. She let go and let it fly into the deep sky.
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