As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face, not to mention that the person has always been very polite and polite. In this situation, Wei Changtian couldn't forcefully pretend to be cool, so he had no choice but to spit out two words.
"It doesn't matter."
"Thank you for your forgiveness, brother. Then I won't disturb you two."
The young master cupped his hand again, then turned around and walked away, completely cutting off Wei Changtian's chance to show his dignity in front of others.
If it were Xiao Feng, he would probably have finished pretending by now.
Wei Changtian sighed lightly and asked Ning Yuke casually: "Are you okay?"
"It's fine."
Ning Yuke shook his head, and then asked with a smile: "Mr. Wei, how many lantern riddles have you guessed?"
"I didn't guess a single one."
"Keke, I'm afraid you didn't guess at all, sir."
Ning Yuke stretched out her jade finger and pointed at the lantern riddle in front of her, and said softly: "I've been thinking about this for a long time and haven't guessed it yet. Sir, why don't you take a look?"
"..."
Even if you don’t let me show off, you still have to slap me in the face, right?!
Wei Changtian was speechless for a while. He raised his eyes and looked at the note, thinking that he might have seen it in his previous life.
For example, he knew a little about riddles like "There is no bed on the wedding night."
It is a pity that such vulgar lantern riddles will not appear in the current situation. What is written on the small note is——
[Surrounded by mountain streams and shrimps playing in the water]
"hiss......"
Obviously, how could Wei Changtian know the answer to a lantern riddle that even Ning Yuke hadn't guessed? He dragged his chin to think, preparing to show off a little.
However, just after he finished "hissing", Ning Yuke suddenly clapped her little hands and said in a soft voice with sudden realization:
"Yes! It's the word 'thinking'!"
"???"
Wei Changtian was stunned, and then he heard Ning Yuke analyzing by himself:
"Surrounded by mountains and streams...the four characters for '山' are combined into one character for '田', the shape of 'shrimp' is a lying hook, and 'playing water' is a few points of water around the lying hook...
Together they form the word 'thinking'!"
"Young master solved this riddle in one breath and said that he couldn't guess any of it!"
Ning Yuke looked over with a smile in her eyes, but Wei Changtian was dumbfounded.
This damn thing can be bumped into???
After being embarrassed for a long time, he touched his nose and said with a guilty conscience:
"Haha, just good luck."
...
The new moon is like a hook, and the stars are brilliant.
The small river, neither wide nor narrow, flows slowly, with several small boats hanging with red lanterns floating on it, and people on the boats are drinking and singing.
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian and Ning Yuke were sitting in the private room on the second floor of the teahouse, looking at the lively scene through the window, with a small wooden box not too delicate in hand.
This was their reward for answering all twenty lantern riddles, a wooden comb with a silver handle worth about one tael of silver.
Ning Yuke seems to like this comb very much.
"Master Wei, can you give me this comb?"
"certainly."
Wei Changtian nodded, his mind was not on this at all.
Besides, Ning Yuke originally answered nineteen of the twenty riddles, but the only one he guessed was by chance...
"Princess, after drinking this pot of tea, I will take you back to the palace."
Reaching out to pour a cup of tea for Ning Yuke, Wei Changtian said softly.
Upon hearing this, the smile in Ning Yuke's eyes slowly turned into disappointment.
She whispered almost subconsciously.
"It would be better if it lasts longer..."
"..."
Wei Changtian didn't answer. He was silent for a moment and then said calmly: "Princess, I will personally come to your door in five days to remove the scars on your face."
"As for the thing you promised me, I will find someone to inform you secretly after I arrange it."
Although Wei Changtian could actually help Ning Yuke remove the scar now, he was still prepared to wait a few more days.
Otherwise, it will appear that the matter is too simple and may easily arouse others' suspicion.
"Well, just follow what the young master said."
Ning Yuke took off her veil, gently picked up the tea cup and was about to drink tea, but Wei Changtian seemed to have remembered something and suddenly reached out to hold her tea cup down.
"Princess, wait a moment."
He poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and felt the temperature was moderate. Wei Changtian let go of his hand and nodded.
"That's it."
"..."
Ning Yuke was stunned for a moment, then smiled and lowered his head to drink tea slowly.
She drank very slowly, as if she was reluctant to finish the tea.
The sound of drunken laughter came from the boat outside the window. Amidst the laughter, Ning Yuke suddenly raised his head and asked:
"Sir, if I really die while taking that thing...will it get you into trouble?"
"Won't."
Wei Changtian shook his head and said almost ruthlessly: "Go get this by yourself, I will send someone to wait around."
"If you get it, just give it to the person who responds."
"And if you unfortunately die in it, then it will be just an accident, and no one will know that it has anything to do with me."
"..."
Wei Changtian's answer could be said to be cold-blooded, but Ning Yuke just nodded calmly after hearing this.
"Don't worry, sir, I won't tell anyone else about this."
"..."
This time it was Wei Changtian's turn to be silent.
He looked at Ning Yuke, who was as gentle as water, and after hesitating for a while, he suddenly said:
"Princess, this matter...why don't you think about it again."
"No need...if the young master hadn't come to the rescue that day, I would have died by the assassin's knife."
"Since that thing is very important to the young master, I should help him with this favor."
"What's more, the young master also said that I only have a 10% chance of dying... I don't think I will be so unlucky."
Ning Yuke smiled, her expression very sincere.
She turned her head enviously and glanced at the rough men who were drinking heavily on the boat, and finally asked in a low voice:
"Master, can you grant me one more wish?"
"Princess, please speak."
"Can you... have some wine with me?"
"..."
Wei Changtian paused for a moment, then shouted loudly outside the house:
"Waiter, get the wine!"
...
Half an hour later.
Although there is wine in an ordinary teahouse, it is not good.
Ning Yuke rarely drank alcohol, and at most only tasted it briefly. He had never let go of all the burdens and drank as much as he did today.
Perhaps she was happy that her appearance would be restored in five days, or perhaps she was free and easy in the fact that her life might be numbered. She drank several bottles of bad wine without realizing it, and two red clouds had already appeared on her face.
Although Wei Changtian only drank a lot more than Ning Yuke, he was a practitioner after all, and it was still difficult for him to get drunk if he didn't want to.
"Princess, it's almost done."
After giving Ning Yuke the last small glass of wine, Wei Changtian finally spoke out to persuade him: "You are already drunk."
"I'm not drunk!"
Like all drunk people, Ning Yuke muttered and drank all the liquid in the wine cup, and then made a gesture to get the wine pot again.
"Snapped!"
His slender hand was grasped by a strong palm. Wei Changtian shook his head and said helplessly: "Princess, forget it."
"Hmm~"
Ning Yuke twisted twice and suddenly said coquettishly like a child: "I still want to drink~"
"No more drinking!"
Wei Changtian yelled sharply, which finally scared Ning Yuke.
"If you don't want to drink, then don't drink. What's wrong..."
She lay on the table aggrievedly, looking at Wei Changtian with a pair of big eyes, and after looking for a while, she suddenly smiled again.
"Son, do you like me?"
Normally, Ning Yuke would not ask such a question even if he was beaten to death. It can be seen that he is indeed very drunk now.
Of course Wei Changtian would not be serious with a drunk person, so he casually said: "I like it."
"Then... do you like me more, or Yuzhu?"
"you."
"Master, please don't lie to me!"
"Do not lie to you."
Wei Changtian glanced at Princess Rou'an, whose mental age had regressed by at least fifteen years, and sighed: "Princess, let's go."
"Where are you going?"
"Send you home."
"oh......"
Ning Yuke shook his head and just half raised his body when he suddenly leaned back on the table and shouted:
"I won't leave! I still want to listen to the young master's poetry!"
"Writing poetry?"
Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was writing a poem about Mao at this time.
You're so drunk, I'm pretending to be cool and there's not even an audience. Isn't this just a waste of Jin Yi's night work?
"Let's do it next time."
"No, we have to do it now!"
Ning Yuke refused to give up, thrashing her long legs and saying dissatisfiedly: "Young Master is willing to write poems for Oiran, willing to write poems for General Liang, and willing to write poems for Yuzhu, why don't you want to write poems for me!"
"Besides, I, I'm afraid there will be no next time..."
"..."
After hearing the last sentence, Wei Changtian's breathing seemed to have stopped for a beat, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
He sighed deeply, carried the wine bottle and walked to the window, looking at the night scene outside the window without saying a word for a long time.
The riverside is brightly lit and the water is calm, reflecting the countless lanterns on the shore.
But under this festive and joyful river, there are shadows and shadows that are unfathomable, always seeming to hide another side of the world that is unknown to everyone.
The drunkards on the boat shouted louder, and what they said was nothing more than bragging.
These are farmers who go to the city to sell grain. They live a leisurely life tonight and will return to the ordinary lives of ordinary people tomorrow.
And just like them, after tonight, after sobering up, Ning Yuke will become the well-educated Princess Rou'an again.
"Son..."
At some point, a drunken little face suddenly appeared next to me.
Ning Yuke held the window edge with both hands, her body swaying, her long hair and white skirt blown by the night wind, causing small ripples in the air.
She raised her head to look at the starry night sky, then looked at Wei Changtian who was carrying a wine bottle, and asked in a low voice:
"Sir, where are the poems?"
"..."
Wei Changtian paused, then raised the wine bottle to drink.
But the wine in the pot was empty, and only two or three drops went into the throat.
"Plop~"
Throwing the jug into the river, looking at the fleeting waves, Wei Changtian finally slowly spoke a line of poetry that he felt was the most romantic.
He originally wanted to memorize this poem to Xu Qingwan, but...
Just think of it as giving Ning Yuke this "unforgettable night" and leave an unforgettable ending.
Small boat, big dream, stars...
The sky and the water are indistinguishable and merge into one in the vast night. I wonder if the drunken guests on the boat forgot that the stars in the water are just reflections and thought they were wandering in the Milky Way.
"When you're drunk, you don't know what the sky is like..."
"A boat full of clear dreams fills the galaxy..."
"..."
"Pap~"
Big teardrops fell gently on the window edge, then fell apart and disappeared.
"When you're drunk, you don't know that the sky is in the water. A boat full of clear dreams overwhelms the stars..."
Ning Yuke murmured and repeated it over and over again, with tears in her eyes.
"Master Wei."
"Princess."
Suddenly, the two called each other out at the same time. They were stunned for a moment and then finished their words at the same time.
From a certain perspective, Wei Changtian and Ning Yuke do have an inexplicable tacit understanding.
It's just that the meaning of the second half of their sentences is completely different.
"How about staying a little longer?"
"We should go."
...
...
Half an hour later, a carriage slowly stopped at the door of Prince Shun's Mansion.
Wei Changtian handed Ning Yuke, who had fallen asleep, into the hands of the stunned doorman, then got in the car and left.
In less than a stick of incense, Ning Yuke was already lying on her bed, and next to her sat Ning Yuzhu, who had mixed emotions.
It is "happy" that the eldest sister did not spend the night outside, and "worry" when the eldest sister is drunk.
"How is my sister?"
Seeing the doctor remove his fingers from Ning Yuke's wrist, Ning Yuzhu asked hurriedly: "Is your body okay?"
Because Ning Yuke's "painless constitution" would cause her to be sick without knowing it, there was a resident doctor at Shunwang Mansion who would give Ning Yuke a "physical examination" every two or three days.
"Judging from the pulse, there is nothing serious."
The doctor with a long beard nodded gently: "My heartbeat is just a little fast. I'll prepare some sobering soup. You can drink it after the princess wakes up."
"knew."
Ning Yuzhu responded and watched the doctor leave, then turned her eyes back to Ning Yuke.
At this time, several maids were helping the latter change his clothes. After taking off his outer skirt, a small wooden box suddenly slipped to the ground.
"Huh?"
A maid picked up the wooden box and looked up at Ning Yuzhu: "Princess, this..."
"give it to me."
Ning Yuzhu reached out and took the wooden box, opened it and took a look.
Inside is a small comb with a silver handle.
The workmanship is quite good. Although it is not as good as the items in the palace, it is still considered to be top quality.
But there is something strange about this comb.
Because it's missing a tooth.
...
At the same time, Wei Zhai.
As soon as Wei Changtian entered the hospital, he saw Liang Qin who looked nervous and looking around.
"Brother Changtian, didn't Princess Rou'an come back with you?"
"I'm not homeless, so why should I come back with you?"
Wei Changtian smiled and said: "After we finished watching the lanterns, I sent her back."
"oh......"
Liang Qin breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned again.
"Brother Changtian, why do you smell so alcoholic? Have you drank?"
"Well, the princess wanted to drink, so I drank a few cups with her."
"Just, just drinking? Nothing else?"
"Qin'er..."
Wei Changtian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I find that you have become more and more like a person recently."
Liang Qin had just heard these words at dinner, so he immediately knew who Wei Changtian was referring to.
"Brother Changtian is talking about my sister-in-law, right?"
"Huh? How do you know?"
"Hmph! Yuan'er is laughing at me! Brother Changtian, you are laughing at me too!"
Liang Qin stamped his feet and ran away quickly: "I'm going to practice swordsmanship!"
"..."
Watching Liang Qin's back disappear into the backyard, Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead and finally returned to his room.
Yuan'er has already prepared the bath water and is holding the small wooden stool to change herself.
The water vapor in the house was thick and hazy.
The night outside is as usual, and the stars are shining.
"Sir, what is this?"
After shaking her loose robe, Yuan'er picked up a finger-long stick from the ground with some confusion.
Wei Changtian turned his head and glanced, his expression equally puzzled.
"I don't know, it's probably a tree branch stuck to my clothes or something."