It’s approaching the fifth watch.

On the main thoroughfare, apart from the sparkling lights that are lit until dawn, there is actually not much for fun.

Lively places such as the lantern festival, theaters, and Zhulou have stopped accepting guests and are waiting to see off the last batch of guests.

The stalls on both sides of the street selling candied haws, wooden combs, and paper kites were also closed one after another.

Only bakeries, restaurants and other vendors selling breakfast snacks started to open their doors to warm up the food.

After leaving the theater where the Li family siblings were, Ouyang Rong and Zhao Qingxiu did not return to the quiet courtyard immediately.

Ouyang Rong insisted on taking Zhao Qingxiu to visit this most lively thoroughfare on Lantern Festival.

Previously, when Ouyang Rong passed by Rong Nu Shi and his junior sister, they all passed quickly.

It was almost time for the market to close, so Ouyang Rong walked very slowly with Zhao Qingxiu, who was blindfolded and holding a cane.

The two of them walked and stopped.

There was a loud noise, which attracted Zhao Qingxiu to tilt her head. Ouyang Rong supported her and walked over to stop to look and listen.

If he encounters something that Zhao Qingxiu is interested in but cannot see, Ouyang Rong will describe it softly and tell her the whole story.

That little face with a pair of slightly dim lacquered eyes listened particularly attentively and seriously...

Walking along, they found a place where they could queue up to have fun, so the two of them went to queue quietly.

If the store owner came over with an embarrassed look and told them to leave, saying that they were closed and no longer accepting customers, they would not be annoyed or disappointed after waiting for a long time.

Walk along the street to the next store.

During this period, Ouyang Rong took off the azure ribbon covering Zhao Qingxiu's eyes and temporarily put it into his sleeve.

Therefore, in the eyes of many passers-by, they thought that this pretty girl holding a bamboo stick was just a girl with inconvenient legs and feet, or someone who had just recovered from a serious illness, and followed her lover's family on the street.

The weird and strange vision is much lessened.

Although there wasn't much originally.

For some special reason, both of them happen to have a physique that hides wind and gathers energy. When Ouyang Rong and Zhao Qingxiu walk together, they are like a small transparent combination competing against each other.

However, it seems that she was worried about something from the beginning. Next to Tanlang, Zhao Qingxiu seemed to have silently closed her spiritual energy cultivation, and her perception was weakened. Before today, she was moving covertly in the complex alleys of Chengtian Temple, without any trace.

Trace gesture.

Now he is no different from a blind man, he can only try to use a stick and feel his way around.

Ouyang Rong is almost the same.

Who is the owner of Dielianhua? I’m not familiar with him, he’s just a scholar who is slightly more handsome than others and an idle official...

In addition, there is another point worth noting.

Zhao Qingxiu's hair style is a high bun with hairpins inserted into her hair.

A bun is a knot of hair tied on the top of the head or at the back of the head.

The so-called "leave the boudoir and wear your hair in a bun" means that in the Zhou Dynasty, women would only wear their hair in a bun after marriage.

Unlike the young ladies who have not yet left the palace, they tend to have long and flowing hair.

After a young lady goes out to marry as a wife, she will tie her black hair into a bun and insert a hosta or a hair comb. Only her husband can untie the bun after nightfall to show that love will last forever.

To unite...

Also with a mandarin duck jade hairpin, Zhao Qingxiu's hairstyle is in a bun, which is different from the hairstyle of Xie Lingjiang, Rong Zhen and other young girls who have not left the palace, with their temples parted.

The former can reveal married status at a glance.

Zhao Qingxiu must have been wearing buns for many years since she was a child bride, and she ignored this detail.

But Ouyang Rong had inserted jade hairpins into the hair of several young ladies tonight, so it was impossible not to notice the difference here.

However, he never asked Zhao Qingxiu the question "Why does the embroider girl wear her bun?"

They are still old acquaintances of Longcheng and have a "patients of Beitian Sanatorium" relationship.

In the eyes of other passers-by, they would never have imagined that the relationship between this young couple was so new and complicated.

The two of them just walked to the end of the thoroughfare like an ordinary young couple on the street.

Further ahead, there is the west gate at the top of the city patrolled by soldiers on night duty. Walk forward and you will exit the city.

Ouyang Rong and Zhao Qingxiu stopped.

The good night is too short, it's already five o'clock.

After the tour, Ouyang Rong sent Zhao Qingxiu back to the quiet courtyard by Xingzi Lake.

Ouyang Rong got out of the car and helped her into the yard.

As soon as she entered the house, Zhao Qingxiu groped her way to the main room to light the lamp.

Ouyang Rong waited for her to enter the house and the house lit up, then he said belatedly:

"No need to go to such trouble, Miss Xiu Niang, I'll leave in a moment..."

Zhao Qingxiu returned to the courtyard, placed the oil lamp on the stone table next to him, and drew a few words on the palm of his hand.

[Master, are you hungry again?]

Immediately I went to the kitchen to put on an apron.

Ouyang Rong quickly grabbed her, touched his belly with his other hand and said:

"Wait, I'm not hungry, let's go to bed early and eat again tomorrow."

Zhao Qingxiu: "Yeah."

Finished in one sentence.

The atmosphere between the two became quiet.

Zhao Qingxiu raised her head slightly and faced Ouyang Rong, who was standing there.

As if waiting for him to speak.

Ouyang Rong didn't move, and neither did she.

Ouyang Rong waited for a while and found that he was a little embarrassed.

He looked around, covered his mouth and coughed:

"Then...if there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I really had a good time tonight. Miss Xiu Niang, please rest early..."

After saying that, he moved out slowly.

When the embroiderer heard this, she waved her hand to him: "Ah."

It seems to be asking him to pay attention to his safety.

Ouyang Rong walked to the door and saw the cold night outside. He always felt that something was missing. He couldn't help but stop and turned around and asked:

"What are you going to do now, Miss Xiu Niang?"

Zhao Qingxiu tilted her head.

Ouyang Rong also tilted his head subconsciously.

After a while, Zhao Qingxiu pointed in the direction of the bathroom not far away.

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"Then you need to boil hot water. Come on, let me help you. It's already so late anyway, and my aunt has gone to bed early. If I go back and wake her up now, I will be punished. If I go back later, I can let her sleep a little longer...

…”

What he said was reasonable.

Zhao Qingxiu stood there with the jade staff between her elbows. When she heard this, she held it with both hands and put it in front of her, lowering her head as if she was shy.

"Okay, just wait."

Seeing that she didn't refuse, Ouyang Rong ran to the kitchen to heat hot water.

I could only hear the sound of "Long Ling Long Ling" coming from the kitchen as he ran to burn firewood.

Zhao Qingxiu opened her mouth slightly, and after a while, she silently went to the master bedroom to get clean clothes...

Not long after, in the bathroom.

Wow——!

The boiled hot water rolled into the wooden barrel, and white mist filled the air.

Ouyang Rong saw at a glance that there was no screen in the bathroom.

He walked to the door and said to the pretty girl holding the door frame:

"Miss Xiu Niang, the hot water has been poured in, and there is still a bucket of hot water burning. If it is not enough, you can call me later...

"Well, I'll wait until you finish washing before leaving. You should be careful when bathing. Don't fall. Pay attention to safety.

"Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you in the yard."
To be continued...