It was getting late, so I couldn't see clearly through the crack in the door. All the prominent people in Beijing were leaning on the door with their buttocks sticking out, listening.

After a long time, Si Nanping said: "They won't just sleep like this, right?"

Qin Ruilan glanced at him and said: "They have been tired all day today, so naturally they have to go to bed early. What are we still doing here? Let's go back."

Chi Xing, the grandson of the Grand Tutor in the capital, smiled and said, "Your Majesty has always been serious since he was a student. I guess he is not familiar with this. If I had known this, I should have taken him for a walk before we got married."

Qin Ruilan and other female family members had dark expressions on their faces. This was the first time they heard such unruly words from a member of the scholarly family. I wonder if Taifu Chi would blow his beard and stare in anger after hearing these words.

Several princes behind him who were familiar with Chi Xing laughed at him and wanted to tell the Taifu that Chi Xing was most afraid of his grandfather. He was busy arguing with the princes that it was for the prince's benefit. For a while, the outside of the bridal chamber was better than the inside.

lively.

After drinking the acacia wine, Qi Jingqin and Liang Huanqing sat on the edge of the bed.

Wedding curtains in the same color as the wedding clothes were hung layer by layer on the bed rails, with countless gems and gems hanging on one side. The bed was replaced with a new quilt cover, on which a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water was woven with gold and silver threads, which was vivid and clever.

The two white jade porcelain pillows are smooth and round, with a child-nurturing talisman from Yunxiao Temple pressed underneath. Longan and red dates are placed at the four corners of the bed, which means giving birth to a child early. When you lift the quilt, you can still see the talisman in the middle of the bed.

A piece of bright yellow fallen red handkerchief.

Liang Huanqing's face turned red when she saw this, and she quickly turned away and stopped looking. It's not that Xi Niang had never taught her before, but she still felt shy when she was about to experience it.

They could hear the noise outside the door clearly in the house. As a good friend of Chi Xing's classmate, Qi Jingqin couldn't help but blush. Liang Huanqing also looked at him subconsciously. When he saw the blush on his cheeks, he couldn't help but smile.

Qi Jingqin rubbed his knees awkwardly with his hands. After a while, he seemed to have thought of something and said to Liang Huanqing: "Are you tired today? Do you want to sleep?"

Because the bride had to go to the palace to pay her respects early tomorrow morning, and Liang Huanqing was still injured, Qi Jingqin was worried that she was not strong enough, so he asked with concern.

Liang Huanqing finally relaxed after being tense for a day. When the prince was drinking wine with the guests in the mansion, she asked Yuebai to watch in Linlang Garden, and she took a nap in the house leaning on the bedrail.

"I don't feel tired yet." She said not knowing what Qi Jingqin was going to do.

After hearing this, Qi Jingqin stood up and put down the bed curtains and Yingluo that were held up by golden hooks on both sides of the bed rail. He stretched out his hand to Liang Huanqing and smiled with two less obvious tiger teeth.

Liang Huanqing didn't know what he was going to do, so she looked at him with confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Would you like to put out lanterns?" Qi Jingqin said with a smile.

He once watched Liang Huanqing put down a lantern on the painting boat on the night of Shangyuan, and the lantern was floating precariously on the lake. He could see the heaviness in her eyes, which was different from the usual lively and naughty young lady. Later, she sent

The man salvaged hundreds of lanterns from the lake, recognized the one written by her hand, and then understood the story on it.

"Lantern?" Liang Huanqing asked.

Before she could ask any more questions, Qi Jingqin pushed open the window, stepped out with one foot, sat on the window rail and stretched out his hand to Liang Huanqing: "Come here, I will help you."

Liang Huanqing was eager to try it out as soon as she heard the lanterns were put on, but she looked outside the door with some concern, seeing that the crowds of people hadn't left yet.

"It's okay. The wedding candles will be burning all night until dawn. They won't notice if the curtains are put down." Qi Jingqin saw her worry and comforted her with a smile, "It's getting late and there is no sound. Even Miss Qin would know it."

I advised them to go back. Don’t worry.”

Liang Huanqing hesitated for a while, then placed her hand firmly on his palm. Their eyes intertwined, and all the rumors in the world could not intrude.

Qi Jingqin led her, bypassing the guards of the palace, running out of Linlang Garden, passing through the gardenia forest, passing by the Light Pavilion, and past the Huatang where today's worship service was held.

There were dozens of wine jars, the firecracker crumbs and the flower petals scattered by the ladies outside the palace were still there, and a large group of servants were cleaning it all night. After dawn, there was the majestic Prince Jing's palace again.

They passed through the noisy crowd and ran out of the palace. The servants cleaning the wedding banquet were immersed in their work and did not notice. The more Liang Huanqing ran, the more free and happy she felt. She laughed like a silver bell. After running for a while, she slowly stopped.

Stopped: "I can't do it, Your Majesty... I'm too tired..."

Qi Jingqin turned back and looked at her for a while, then reached out to remove the phoenix crown, phoenix hairpin and gold hairpin on her head, and took off the bracelet on her hand. When Liang Huanqing saw it, he also took off the jade beads hanging around her neck and smiled.

: "It's much easier this way."

They ran out privately without being noticed by others. The secret guards of the palace were naturally following them all the way. When they saw the prince and princess casually dropping the priceless jewels, they went over to pick them up and put them away with dark faces. If they were caught by someone the next day,

I found out that Concubine Mei was going to give the prince a good scolding.

Qi Jingqin naturally knew that someone was following him, so he was so unscrupulous.

After all the gold, silver and jewelry were taken off, they continued walking towards the lake.

Tonight, the city of Shangjing was quiet and peaceful. The people who had been partying all day had gone home early to rest according to the curfew. Only the patrolling Jingzhao Prefecture officers and soldiers were left walking back and forth on the streets.

When he was approaching the lake, Qi Jingqin took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve and said to Liang Huanqing: "Cover your eyes."

Seeing how skillful he was, it seemed that he was well prepared.

Liang Huanqing didn't know what she meant, but she was willing to listen to Qi Jingqin's arrangement. She tied the cloth with some hesitation and was suddenly plunged into darkness, which made Liang Huanqing a little panicked. She reached out and touched the darkness: "Your Majesty..."

Qi Jingqin smiled, hugged her from behind, held her shoulders, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, I'm here."

Qi Jingqin slowly helped Liang Huanqing walk to the lake. A luxurious painting boat had been parked by the lake for a long time, with countless lamps and potted flowers on it.

He helped Liang Huanqing slowly board the boat. Liang Huanqing felt the ground shaking, and she held Qi Jingqin's hand tightly with some fear: "Your Majesty...I..."

Qi Jingqin smiled and held her hand tightly: "Don't be afraid."

After the two of them sat down in the boat, the boatman who had already arranged it slowly moved the boat to the center of the lake.

There were dozens of small boats parked in the middle of the lake, with warm lanterns on, and a boatman and a businesswoman sitting on each. When they saw Qi Jingqin's big boat coming, they lit the lanterns they had prepared and placed them on the lake as instructed.

superior.

For a time, the dark and undulating lake surface was like the endless night, the lanterns were like stars, and the winding moat started from this lake and flowed into a human Milky Way.

"Your Majesty, can you take it off?" Liang Huanqing seemed to hear some movement and couldn't help but asked.

Qi Jingqin looked at the lake. It was as beautiful as he thought. He personally took off the cloth from Liang Huanqing's eyes and whispered in her ear: "Okay."

Liang Huanqing slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was a lake like a river of stars, with lotus lanterns blooming on the lake, circling gracefully.

Her eyes were attracted by the lotus lanterns, and tears filled her eyes unconsciously. At this time, her beautiful eyes with waves also became dots of stars, competing with the stars in the sky and on the lake.

She looked at Qi Jingqin and covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying, but two lines of hot tears flowed out of her eyes unconsciously. Her voice trembled and she asked in disbelief: "Your Majesty, this..."

"This is for you." Qi Jingqin smiled and wiped away her tears, and took out two exquisite lotus lanterns from the boat, with the words "Hundred Years of Love" written on them. He handed one to Liang Huanqing and said, "Would you like to put one in there?"

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Liang Huanqing sniffed, nodded, and smiled through tears: "Yes."

She took the lotus lantern, held up her skirt and slowly squatted down, placed the lotus lantern in the water, put her hand into the water to block the ripples, and pushed the lotus lantern to float into the distance.

A lotus lantern floated over, and she accidentally saw the inscription on it, wishing my wife Huanqing peace and happiness every year.

She was shocked, and when she looked up at the other lotus lanterns, they saw the same calligraphy written on them. She recognized that it was the prince's handwriting.

There were thousands of lotus lanterns on the lake. Each lotus lantern was inscribed by him personally, and he wrote his wishes into the lotus lanterns with his own hands. She seemed to be able to see that in the middle of the night when there was no one around, he stayed up for several nights and carefully wrote the lotus lanterns.

I wrote this series of blessings on the lotus lantern just to give her a surprise this night.

Liang Huanqing's heart melted instantly, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Chapter completed!