Su Lian pointed at the lanterns, her voice a little excited.
"Children's stuff."
He Muyan curled his lips without moving his eyes.
Su Lian put her hands on her hips, her face full of dissatisfaction:
"Hmph, you have to guess the lantern riddles correctly. I will go to the lantern shop to guess the lantern riddles now."
After saying that, Su Lian quickly disappeared.
He Muyan wanted to follow, but stopped awkwardly.
He doesn't want to join in the fun of children's things.
"Eunuch Zhou, take me to the Star Observation Tower."
The Star Observation Tower was specially built by He Muyan for Su Lian. It is a tall building where you can enjoy the bustling streets and people of the capital.
From such a tall building, you should be able to see what Su Lian is doing on the street.
He Muyan stood firm on the platform of the Star Observation Tower and was about to look down when he noticed a commotion at the bottom of the building.
"The water has gone, the water has gone!"
Not far away, the fire followed the fireworks and spread quickly to the center of the street at an extremely fast speed, as if deliberately.
The crowd fled in all directions, and He Muyan's heart skipped a beat.
But before he could think about this terrifying guess, a guard immediately ran upstairs and knelt down beside him:
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. The lantern shop that Concubine Su went to just now is in the center of the fire circle. I'm afraid..."
"What's up with her!"
He Muyan was startled and grabbed his collar, with a ferocious look on his face.
"Back to Your Majesty, when my subordinates rushed over, they only found... this."
The captain of the guard took out a piece of torn cloth, which seemed to have burn marks and was glowing with a burnt yellow color.
"Your Majesty, my condolences, the noble concubine may have... died."
died?
The fabric held in his hands was light and fluttery, and he seemed to be able to see the burning pain in her beautiful eyes.
He Muyan froze on the spot, his chapped and white lips opened, and he let out a silent murmur.
He just understood what love is, and she left like this?
How could she just leave like this?
Zhou Ninghai saw that his Majesty had nothing unusual except that his face was pale, but for some reason he felt panicked for no reason.
"Your Majesty, Feng Liang, go back."
He Muyan's tall body was as stooped as a child's. He coughed twice in the wind, then raised his eyes and said expressionlessly:
"Let's go."
The firelight was still looming behind him, as if everything was intertwined with the night, weaving into a gorgeous cloud of fire, and there was no sound of wind.
Fireworks filled the sky, but a petite figure was walking through the hustle and bustle of the crowd.
Su Lian changed into light clothes, jumped onto the horse, and clamped the horse's belly tightly with her slender legs. The hem of her snow-white clothes was slightly curled by the tongues of fire behind her.
Gritting his teeth, Su Lian kept speeding up.
She seemed to be put on the edge of the fire ring by that old fox He Muyue. If she didn't wake up in time, she would probably be the one burned in the fire.
Looking at He Muyue, who was leisurely leaning against the city wall gate and waving to her not far away, Su Lian's lips raised a cold arc.
Lifting the reins in his hand, Su Lian yanked hard, and the sweaty horse under him raised its hooves, and was about to step on that handsome face.
It was the first time Su Lian saw He Muyue, who had always been indifferent to everything and had no change in expression, her face instantly stiffened, and she couldn't help but smile in a good mood.
The horse's hooves were misaligned and stepped on the ground aside, raising a cloud of dust.
He Muyue covered her nose and coughed twice, her thin body seemed to be frightened and took a few steps back.
Su Lian got off his horse and raised his eyebrows:
"Deserved it."
"The evil will be repaid."
He Muyue unfolded her fan with a "swish" sound, shook her head and said.
Seeing Su Lian still leaning on the horse with an unconvinced look on his face, He Muyan teased:
"Concubine Su, what are you doing?"
"Do you really hate Yue so much? I tried so hard to get you to fake your death and elope with your little lover."
Su Lian casually pointed behind him, looking at Jiang Pingzhi who was looking happy, and shook his head helplessly.
These two people are really bold, daring to appear here so openly. This place is only about three to four hundred meters away from the observation deck just now. If He Muyan is willing to look down, he will probably find these two familiar faces.
"Lian'er, you're here."
Jiang Pingshang took a step forward and naturally took her hand, a look of joy appearing on his handsome face.
When they were childhood sweethearts, they joined hands like this and made a promise.
Su Lian could only pretend to be sincere:
"Brother Pingzhi, let's go quickly."
What she didn't say was that if she didn't leave quickly, with He Muyan's IQ, he would react sooner or later, and then it would be too late to leave.
He Muyue looked at her, suddenly curious and said:
"Isn't the imperial brother treating you badly? You have to pay such a high price to leave him."
He had never seen his cold-blooded and ruthless imperial brother treat a person like this.
"No, His Majesty treats me very well, but..."
Su Lian didn't say the reason, but just pursed her lips, with a guilty look that was particularly endearing.
In fact, there is no special reason. If there is no mission, she would rather stay in the palace. Anyway, there is good food and drink, and there are people to serve her.
But she had to take Jiang Pingzhi away from the capital.
Jiang Pingzhi's ideas are simple, but he is extremely emotional.
Whether he stayed in the palace as an imperial doctor or helped He Muyue do things, it would not be a good choice.
With his scheming, he will only become a convenient chess piece in the hands of the unfathomable He Muyue. Regardless of whether He Muyue's final goal is achieved, he will become a useless chess piece.
Although the current exchange between Jiang Pingzhi and He Muyue is to allow them to elope smoothly, once Jiang Pingzhi finds a place to stay, he will immediately come back to be loyal to He Muyue and surrender all the Jiang family's troops.
And with Jiang Pingzhi's gentlemanly style of attaching importance to love and righteousness, he will definitely keep his promise and come back.
But she, Su Lian, is not a gentleman. Since she ran away, she has no intention of coming back.
With his back to He Muyue, Su Lian showed a smile that was sure to win.
"But there is still a problem. Because there are too many people during the Moon Festival, the capital will close its gates every day on this day."
He Muyue pointed to the city gate not far away, where four strong men who looked like guards were guarding the door.
"It's a small thing."
Su Lian took out a glittering golden token and waved it between his fingers, almost blinding He Muyue.
The royal brother actually gave this to her?
He Muyue was completely shocked. This was a symbol of the emperor's supreme status. Although it was not true that you could become the emperor just by getting the token, it also symbolized supreme power.
The imperial brother seems to like this noble concubine more than he thought...
He waved his fan thoughtfully, his eyes scanning Su Lian back and forth.
Ignoring He Muyue's gaze, Su Lian put on a mask and pulled Jiang Pingzhi onto the horse: