I wish you two lifetimes

In 463 A.D., the seventh year of Song and Ming Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month—the Shangyuan Festival.

There are many lights and shadows, and people on the road are bustling. Some linger in front of the lanterns, a few people whisper in their ears, and some people stop in front of the small stalls beside the road to choose various small accessories.

Accompanied by young men, several women set off river lanterns on the bank of the river one after another.

The woman standing at the other river bank was the most abrupt. The others were either in small groups or in pairs, but she stood alone at the river bank, looking at the people on the street from time to time.

She was wearing an ink peony brocade skirt, and a white brocade cloak. The hairpin on the hanging cloud bun swayed slightly as she turned her head. Her face was faintly visible behind the veil like green smoke, and only the brilliance could be seen clearly. eyes.

There was some anxiety in her eyebrows and eyes, and she paced uneasily in place.

Fewer and fewer people came around to set off river lanterns, and everyone rushed to watch the lantern festival.

At this time, a figure came running from a distance, the woman stood on tiptoe and looked, it was indeed her maid, Xiang Nu.

Shannu ran over panting, and stood beside her gasping for breath, not recovering for a long time.

Seeing that her hands were empty, she knew that this matter must not be done.

"Grand-princess." Shanu finally caught her breath. She lowered her head and looked up at the woman in front of her. She didn't dare to shout too loudly, after all, they sneaked out.

"Didn't buy it?" The woman in front of her looked at her dissatisfied.

Shan Nu nodded, "I've been all over the place, and all the vendors said that the river lanterns are in short supply today, and they were all sold out half an hour ago." Like a child who has done something wrong, she rubbed her hands involuntarily, The voice lowered, "There is none."

"In the huge Jiankang City, there are so many vendors today, you told me that a lamp is gone, Anu, who are you bluffing!" Liu Chupei bent down to pick up the stones under his feet, and threw them viciously into the river.

Seeing that her princess was unhappy, Shanu tugged at her sleeve, and said weakly: "Princess, why don't we go back to the palace and let the artist in the palace make a lamp, and we can put it in the palace as well."

"Going back to the palace? I managed to sneak out today. I didn't do anything, so I just went back? I don't like it!" She simply raised her skirt and sat on the bank of the river, dragging her chin with her hands and looking at it. Laughing crowds coming and going.

She picked up the stones at her feet and threw them one by one into the river. The sound of the stones falling into the water was drowned out by the laughter of the crowd.

"It's okay if no one is with you, even if you want to set up a river lantern." She looked at the smiling faces of all the women passing by on the road, and felt a little angry, "I only allow you to be happy, hmph."

The sound of stones falling into the water was heard again in the river.

Shan Nu had no choice but to stand silently watching her sulking, not daring to go forward.

Suddenly, there were footsteps coming from behind. You don't need to look at it to know that it must be some kind of lover who wants to come here to release the river lantern.

"Don't let it go, it's forbidden to put river lanterns here." She threw another stone.I muttered in my heart, if she can't let it go, others can't let it go here either.

But the people behind didn't say anything, they kept standing behind her.

She turned her head suspiciously and saw two men standing behind her.

The person standing in front was dressed in red sandalwood and rattan pattern soft satin, with a white jade sash around his waist, but the light was dim, and she was sitting on the shore, so she couldn't see what he looked like at all.

The man behind him was his servant at first glance.

"Girl, you set the rules?" I saw the man chuckled lowly, without any malice.

She was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer him.

"See, you've been depressed here for a long time, but you haven't bought a river lamp? I have two lamps here, so I'll give them to you." The man motioned to the servant, and the servant stepped forward and handed over the two lamps. Lamp for Shannon.

Xiang Nu was a little at a loss, not knowing whether to accept it or not, so he glanced at Liu Chupei.

Looking at the two river lanterns in the boy's hands, it would be a lie to say that he is not tempted, but it is not good to accept things from a strange man like this. After thinking about it, she asked the man in front of her: "Give it to me like this." Is it really all right?"

"I'm afraid the person I'm waiting for won't come today, the left and right are just two lights, so don't feel sorry for the girl."

Liu Chupei stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, looked up at him, and then saw his face clearly.

His long eyebrows are like willows, his face is like the moon of Mid-Autumn Festival, his temples are like knives, his whole body is cold and arrogant, but he is arrogant and aggressive.

Liu Chupei took a tight breath, and remembered a sentence that Ajie often said in her mind:
There is a gentleman like gold like tin, jade like jade.

She was slightly stunned, except for her brother-in-law He Ji and uncle Chu Yuan, she had never seen such a good-looking person. They all said that her brother-in-law and uncle were beautiful men in Jiankang City, but at this moment she felt that he was not at all in front of her. Lose two people.

But why didn't she know that there was such a person in Jiankang City?
When she came back to her senses, seeing him looking at her all the time, her face immediately became hot, and she must have been spotted by him just now when she stared at him.

She touched her face, touched the veil on her face, and then remembered that he couldn't see her at all, and then she was relieved.

"Then...then thank you, young master." She lowered her head shyly and let Xiang Nu take over the river lantern.

She glanced at the man in front of her, and took a lamp from Xiang Nu.

Shan Nu took out a fire folder from his sleeve and handed it to her, she lit the river lantern, held it in her hand and smiled softly, as expected, she got her wish, after waiting for so long to go out of the palace, she finally let her set off the river lantern again.

She squatted down, put the river lantern on the river, gently paddled the river water with her hands, and guided the river lantern to float forward.

She closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, meditated in her heart, and made a wish.

Seeing Liu Chupei stand up, Xiang Nu passed the other lamp in his hand.

She took the river lamp, held it in her arms, and glanced at him. She was a little bit reluctant to part with this lamp, and she wanted to keep it.

"This one, I'll put it back later." She was afraid that he would know what she was thinking, so she hurriedly made an excuse.

The man in front of him smiled slightly, but did not speak.

"Thank you for today, my lord. It's getting late, and I should go back earlier." The two stood on the shore, she was in a state of confusion, she didn't know what to say, the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and she just wanted to escape quickly.

"Okay, girl, be careful on the way." He nodded and smiled, and turned sideways to let Liu Chupei pass by.

Liu Chupei thanked her in a low voice and left quickly.

Seeing her gradually disappearing into the crowd with flustered steps, he put away his smile and his eyes darkened.

"Young master." The servant next to him called him in a low voice.

"We should go too." He walked in the opposite direction to Liu Chupei.

The river bank suddenly became quiet, as if nothing had happened there, but there, one person messed up another person's heart.

How did Liu Chupei know at this time that there are no such many coincidences in the world, and all the coincidences are nothing more than one person's long-planned plan...