Chapter 22: The Lively Night Market
After allocating the big candied haws, I would like to hold Yan Huai while nibbling the candied haws, but Yan Huai will protect her side to prevent her from being hit by the passing crowd.
After looking at the items sold at the stalls on both sides, there were those selling puppets, rouge and gouache, lanterns, and sesame seed cakes. I was not interested in any of these, but further on I saw a small stall where you can fish for goldfish.
The price is clearly marked in front of the stall, and you can get it ten times for five qian, which means you can get it ten times for half a tael of silver.
Zhui Feng saw the stall owner smiling like a flower and asking for money. Yes, their little ancestor asked for it twenty times with a wave of his hand.
His Highness would not stop him at all, and just glanced at him and motioned for him to pay.
Yuan Yuan took the small spoon given by the stall owner and started to fish the little goldfish into the tank, five times in a row. The small spoon seemed to have a mind of its own. It would slip as soon as it touched the small gold fish. Whenever Yuan Yuan thought that he was
When it was time to pick up the little goldfish, the little goldfish slipped away from the small spoon.
She spent ten times in one go. Yuan Yuan was so anxious that she tried hard and wasted another raw rice paper to catch the little goldfish. Now there were only nine times left, but she didn't catch half of the goldfish. What a loss!
Yuan Yuan turned to look at Yan Huai, who was watching on the sidelines, and asked pitifully for help, "Yan Shenzhi... I want a little goldfish..."
Yan Huai took the small spoon in her hand and reached out to fish it into the tank. Fishing for goldfish was not difficult for Yan Huai. He just needed to find a good angle, be patient, and find the right time to fish it out.
So the stall owner watched Yan Huai pick up the little goldfish from the tank one by one. His face was full of pain, but he couldn't stop him. After all, he spent money.
"Wow! Yan Shenzhi, you are so awesome! Great! I can raise little goldfish! I want to feed them every day!"
Yuan Yuan danced and watched Zhui Feng buy a small fish tank at a stall, put the nine-tailed goldfish that Yan Huai had picked up into it, then picked it up and walked forward with them.
After playing for a long time, I wanted to start clamoring for roasted suckling pig, but Yanhuai refused. Although the roasted suckling pig was delicious, eating too much would easily lead to anger, but the little girl was clamoring as if she had made a mistake.
Want to eat.
Yan Huai was so quarreled by her that he had no choice but to send Qing Yi to buy a small portion for her. He also reminded Yuan Yuan that it was time to go back, "Xin Xin, it's getting late. If there's no place we want to go, we'll go back to the palace.
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As soon as she heard that she was going back to the palace, I wanted to feel bad all over, with a bitter look on her face, but it was already very difficult to get Yan Huai to take her out, so she could only tell her last destination with a pout.
"We haven't gone to the river to make wishes and put out lanterns yet!"
"Let's go." Yan Huai didn't give her another chance to bargain, and led her to the stall selling lanterns.
"Cousin Prince? Why are you here?" A tender voice sounded from the stall selling lanterns next to them.
I wanted to follow the sound and look. The woman looked about the same age as Yan Shenzhi. She was accompanied by a maid. Why did she look like she was going to eat her?
So, who is this? Why is he called Yan Shenzhi's cousin?
Yuan Yuan muttered a few words in his heart, but saw the woman walking towards them with small steps, tugging on Yan Huai's sleeve and looking at him doubtfully, but Yan Huai obviously had no impression of this person either.
"My maid has met the prince's cousin." Fu Shiya and her maids bowed slightly to Yan Huai.
"No gift." Yan Huai glanced at her and continued to accompany Yuan Yuan to carry lanterns, without any intention of talking to anyone.
Seeing this, Fu Shiya wanted to step forward to talk to Yan Huai, but Zhui Feng strode forward to block the master and servant's path, and said with a cold face, "Please stay here, tonight is His Highness's private trip, please don't make any noise.
Excuse me, Your Highness."
There was no politeness at all, and she did not take the two of them seriously in her words. The maid was so angry that she choked with Zhui Feng, "How brave! Do you know who my lady is? No matter what status you have, you are worthy of being like my lady."
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"I don't care what your young lady's status is. My Highness has said that no unrelated people are allowed to approach." Zhui Feng said without changing his expression, as if he was a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
"You!" The maid was so angry that she couldn't find any words to refute.
Fu Shiya didn't want to ruin her image in the heart of His Majesty the Crown Prince, so she could only hold the maid's sleeve to stop her from arguing with Zhui Feng.
"Zhui Feng is leaving." Qing Yi took the two lanterns picked by Yuan Yuan and Yan Huai, and warned Zhui Feng to leave, while she followed her masters who were already walking in front.
Zhui Feng turned around and strode to follow Qing Yi, took the lantern in her hand, and followed Yuan Yuan and Yan Huai to the left and right.
Looking at the four people walking away, the maid looked at Fu Shiya hesitantly, "Miss, should we follow His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Fu Shiya looked at the objects in Zhui Feng's hand and figured out that she finally met the Crown Prince by chance, so she had to let the Crown Prince know who she was.
"Here, look, they bought lanterns. They are probably going to the river to make wishes and put out lanterns. You go buy one and we will go too."
Yan Huai took Yuan Yuan to the river. There were already a lot of people there. In order to prevent the little girl from being washed away, Yan Huai did not let go of the little girl's hand the whole time.
"Yan Shenzhi, let go, I'm going to put out the lanterns!" Yuan Yuan shook the big hand that was holding her tightly and pointed at the lanterns in the river.
Qing Yi unfolded the two closed lanterns, Zhui Feng then took out the fire stick and lit the wicks, and then handed the lanterns to Yuan Yuan and Yan Huai.
Yuan Yuan put the lantern at his feet, clasped his hands, made a wish to the river god with his face devoutly, opened and closed his little mouth without knowing what he was thinking, and then opened his eyes.
When Yan Huai saw that she had made a wish, he put the lantern in his hand into the river together with hers.
Yuan Wan reluctantly watched the lanterns drifting further and further away along the river, until the figures of the two lanterns leaning against each other were no longer visible.
Yan Huai held her little hand in his and led her back to where the carriage stopped. Fu Shiya, who had been following not far away, could only watch them leave.
Zhuiyun had been watching the movements of Fu Shiya and his servant since they were following the masters. As soon as the masters finished setting off the lanterns, they tried to get in front of them. Zhuiyun immediately stopped them with a cold face.
"If you dare to follow them again, don't blame me for having no eyes." After warning in a cold voice, Zhuiyun strode after them and escorted them back to the palace.
When the maid saw that her young lady was being insulted and threatened one after another, she was so angry that she wanted to go back to the house and complain to the master and his wife. How could the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Palace be so ignored!
"Miss, they have gone too far! How dare they treat you like this! Even though His Highness the Crown Prince didn't say anything, they are so rude to you! It must have been the instigation of that little girl! Humph, look at her being like this at such a young age
The vicious thoughts are not worthy of His Majesty the Crown Prince, who is so gentle and gentle!" The maid angrily complained for her young lady.
"That's enough, stop talking. It's getting late, let's go back home first." Fu Shiya left the river with a gloomy expression, and the maid could only keep silent and follow.
Chapter completed!