Was she out of her mind? Even though her Chinese language skills were good, she wouldn’t co up with such strange nas, even if she didn’t use her brain!
In her frustration, Su Qiuge wanted to dismiss all these people. When she expressed her intentions, others looked at her as if she had seen a ghost, even suspecting that she had been traumatized by being rejected by Xie Xinglin.
As the sky outside had already darkened at this hour, Su Qiuge heard that Xie Xinglin seed to have left. She couldn’t quite understand her own feelings, lying on the bed, trying to fall asleep quickly.
She had a strong intuition that if she could fall asleep quickly, she would wake up and beco sober. But sotis, the more she wanted to fall asleep, the harder it beca. She remained awake until her “friend” ca to visit.
At this mont, the sky had already turned dark outside. Su Qiuge heard a familiar voice and felt that sothing was not right. She raised her eyes once again, and damn, it was another acquaintance—Wen Mingming.
The only difference was that she now wore so golden filigree hairpins and ornants on her head, which complented her appearance and made her look like a wealthy and noble lady.
Wen Mingming didn’t notice anything unusual about her and leaned over, saying, “Did that Xie gentleman not appreciate your affections and refused to serve you? What are you thinking?”
Su Qiuge was taken aback for a mont and couldn’t co up with any other reason. She nodded and said, “If he doesn’t want to, I can’t force him, so I let him go.”
Then she saw Wen Mingming looking at her with an affectionate gaze and whispered, “It seems that Xie Xinglin has made you suddenly realize your true feelings. It looks like you have developed genuine emotions this ti.”
苏秋格：“…”
She had a sudden realization of her conscience.
Just how lacking was her conscience in the past??
Seeing her silent, Wen Mingming thought she was even more saddened and patted her shoulder to comfort her, saying, “It’s okay. There happens to be an event tonight at the Yushu Manor and Hongtiao Tower. I heard they have newly arrived beauties from the Western Regions, with masculine n and voluptuous won. I’ll host the event tonight, and let’s go there and have a good ti. Besides, I’m already tired of the male companions in my mansion.”
Su Qiuge: “…”
Judging from Wen Mingming’s tone, it seed like they used to be partners in cri??
She hesitated and said, “Isn’t the palace under lockdown now?”
The one who beca surprised this ti was Wen Mingming. She widened her eyes and said, “No way, haven’t we always gone out during lockdowns before??”
Su Qiuge: “…”
Fine, it seems she was overthinking it.
But just listening to it, this princess seed to be living quite a lively life.
Moreover, she heard that the Emperor’s health was deteriorating, and the Crown Prince’s faction had practically taken over the court. The rules they used to follow might have been stricter before, but now they could be even more lawless…
They even resorted to publicly snatching commoner n…
Damn.
If this wasn’t fake, this princess was really starting to resemble that character from Shan Yin.
So Su Qiuge followed Wen Mingming out of the palace.
Although she was fully aware that she was in a dream now, everything in this dream seed excessively real.
Real to the point where she was currently sitting in a comfortable carriage, feeling the soft white fox fur laid beneath the carriage, seeing the pigeon egg-sized night pearls placed on the sandalwood table in the center of the carriage, glimpsing through the slightly lifted carriage curtains the bustling night market with its sea of people, paper lanterns flashing like fireflies among the crowd, giving off the aroma of candy.
It was beautiful.
The pavilions and towers along the carriage route shimred with splendor, and the fragrance of won’s powder rged into the cool night breeze.
At tis, it felt like an illusion, like a moon in the water, and at tis, it was so real that Su Qiuge could perceive the expressions and actions of every person walking on the street, as if they were living beings and not colors conjured up by her dream.
Her heart suddenly trembled fiercely, and she turned her head to look at Wen Mingming beside her.
The other person was also looking at her, with a smile in her eyes, and then whispered, “You’re probably afraid and still don’t know, today is Qiqiao Festival. It’s very lively at night. Isn’t Yushu Manor right next to the lake? This event happens to be on a large boat rented on the lake. Let tell you, those high-ranking officials who previously looked down on this fireworks place, but tonight, just hearing about it, many of them have co…”
苏秋格’s eyes widened slightly, but before she could respond, the carriage had already arrived at the destination.
They could hear the sound of soone playing the zither upstairs, accompanied by the lodious tunes of an unknown instrunt, and the harmonious music echoed by the lakeside.
The road ahead was congested with luxurious carriages and horses, so Wen Mingming and Su Qiuge had no choice but to get off the carriage.
As they were won, both of them wore veiled hats and long robes, accompanied by Wen family’s maids and guards.
Since Wen Mingming seed to be a frequent visitor to places that served both won and n, as soon as she got off the carriage, soone quickly ca to greet her. Moreover, the manager behind the scenes was well aware of the identity of the woman in the crimson cloak beside Miss Wen, so they were even more attentive in their reception.
Apologizing profusely, they said, “We have too many guests today. I originally planned to make sure Miss Wen’s carriage could enter, but those people ahead have been blocking the way for so ti now…”
Wen Mingming didn’t care about these people. She looked towards the floating lotus lanterns on the lake. There was a winding stone bridge leading to the center of the water, adorned with lotus lanterns. In each section, there was a shadow that, upon closer inspection, turned out to be a pavilion floating on the water. The pavilions were built around the central area of the lakeside on a several-story-high ship.
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