Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 127 Like

  Like the Qixi Festival, the annual Shangyuan Festival is also a day that girls look forward to especially. When that day comes, it is a rare opportunity to have fun with friends and enjoy the lanterns, or have a date with the person you love under the moon.

   "I should go out to play with my sister or friends." Lin Hao asked Qi Shuo, "Where's the prince?"

   "Maybe with the second brother and the others." Qi Shuo looked at the girl's delicate profile, but did not say the invitation.

   He regrets it.

   Regrets his cowardice, never told the mute girl that he always wanted to see her.

   Seeing her sitting on a tree occasionally in a daze, watching her listen to people's jokes in silence, watching her staring at people thoughtfully.

   She seems to have many secrets, which are hidden in her heart because she cannot speak.

  When she was gone, he realized that the mood he wanted to see was love.

   He was delighted with the girl next door across the wall.

   There is no one more stupid than him.

   Fortunately, they met again.

At the moment when the    long sword penetrated his heart, he embraced her with only joy.

   He is so lucky to have his revenge and to be with his beloved girl forever.

   I didn’t expect more luck.

   When he opened his eyes, he saw her bright face emerging from the wall, and fell down in panic.

   Those pains and blood seem to be just a long nightmare, he and she are still living at their best age.

   This time, he didn't turn a blind eye and walk away for her reputation.

   He caught her.

   Unfortunately, when he summoned the courage to persuade his concubine to go to Wen's house to propose marriage, he was still rejected.

   He was too impatient.

   Even if in the eyes of the world he was born with good looks, if she didn't like it, she wouldn't agree.

   He can only let her get to know him a little bit without a trace, understand him, and then express his feelings when he is sure.

   "What is the prince thinking?"

  Qi Shuo came back to his senses, his eyes were a little dazed: "I suddenly thought of last year's Shangyuan Festival, the Dengshan riddle attracted many people to participate, but no one got the glass lantern."

   "Did no one guess it?"

  There is a tradition on the Shangyuan Festival in the capital. Officials will build a nine-story lantern mountain, and hang a lamp at the four corners of each floor. Until the center of the ninth floor, there will be a most beautiful colored glass lamp.

   The difficulty of the puzzles increases with the height of the Lantern Mountain. Those who participate in the guessing only have one chance to challenge the riddles on any floor. If you guess correctly, you will get the lantern.

   The glazed lantern on the top is a palace lantern. According to unwritten rules, only unmarried men can challenge this puzzle. If they guess correctly, they must give the lantern to a woman.

   There is no need to say that there is another half, if not, it is also a good opportunity to express your intentions implicitly. Palace lanterns that represent joy and good fortune, women will accept them even if they don't intend to, and they won't cause gossip even if they reject men later.

On days like   Shangyuan, people are much more tolerant towards young men and women who are just beginning to love each other.

  The men who can guess the most difficult lantern riddle are all talented people. From this tradition to the present, the men who gave the lanterns have all won the beauties, which can be regarded as adding a lot of good stories to the Shangyuan Festival.

  Lin Hao quite likes watching this game, but because General Lin passed away from illness, he didn't go out to play last year or the previous year on the New Year's Day, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

   "Until the lantern festival dissipated, no one guessed." Qi Shuo was talking about an interesting story about last year's New Year's Day, and he was coming home soon.

   "Sir, let's separate here first." Lin Hao suggested.

  I was a neighbor, and it was okay to go back together when I happened to meet him. It was easy for people to wonder if they were doing bad things when they dressed up and walked together.

   "Then Miss Lin, let's go first."

   Lin Hao nodded slightly and walked towards the general's mansion.

   Qi Shuo stood there and watched the figure disappear around the corner, and began to look forward to the arrival of the Shangyuan Festival.

   "Brother, why are you standing here still?" Qi Huan came over, looked at Qi Shuo in confusion, and suddenly turned pale with fright, "Brother, don't you have a heart attack?"

   Heart disease?

   Qi Shuo's mouth twitched.

   almost forgot that he had a "heart disease".

   "Don't think about it, I just saw that the scenery here is good, so I stopped to take a look."

   "Scenery?" Qi Huan looked left and right, confused, "It's all bare walls, no scenery."

   "Where are you from?" Qi Shuo changed the subject.

   Qi Huan said as he walked, "I have an appointment with a friend to eat the mutton pot recommended by my eldest brother."

   Speaking of this, Qi Huan was a little angry: "I made an appointment with my little sister that day, but she went to eat with friends and asked me to change places."

   Big brother eats with friends, younger sister eats with friends, what kind of friends are more important than him?

   He also went to eat with friends!

  Qi Shuo smiled: "It's more lively to eat pot with friends."

  Qi Huan thought about the scene of eating hot pot with a few friends, and couldn't help but nodded: "Yes. Hey, what is the brother holding in his hand?"

   Qi Shuo lowered his eyes and looked at the small brown jar he was carrying: "Pickles from a friend."

   Qi Huan's eyes lit up: "Is it delicious? Is it delicious?"

   "Pickled garlic, do you eat it?"

   Qi Huan lost interest after hearing this: "Pickled garlic? Forget it, it tastes good. Brother, why do you like this?"

  His cold, quiet, sick elder brother actually likes to eat garlic?

   Qi Huan looked at his brother's eyes with inquiry.

   Shouldn't he be influenced by any friend?

   "I've always liked it." Qi Shuo said lightly.

   Soon the Shangyuan Festival was approaching, and Lin Hao received two posts, one was from Qi Qiong, the little princess, and the other was from Chen Yi, the eldest girl from Huai'anbo Mansion, both of which invited her to play on the Shangyuan Festival.

  Lin Hao asked Lin Chan to discuss: "How many posts did eldest sister receive?"

  Lin Chan said with a smile: "I just received it from the county master, and it's still with my sister's light."

   Betrothed men and women can meet upright on the New Year's Day, and friends will no longer be invited. And the little princess is a common friend of the Lin Hao sisters. Of course, it's not good to ask Lin Hao.

   "Then let's go with the county master."

  Lin Chan shook her head and refused: "I won't go. The county owner and the eldest girl Chen are both good-natured people. It's better for the second sister to invite them to go with them."

   It is true that a married man and a woman can go on a date, but the identity of the King of Wei is different, and it is not for the sake of mutual affection, so dating is naturally not possible.

   "Big sister, go, you haven't been there for the past two years." Lin Hao advised.

"I don't like to be lively at first, and after all, I'm marrying the Tian family, so I don't go to crowded places." Lin Chan looked at her sister and blinked, "Second sister has a good time with her friends, and I'll go with you next year. Maybe it's not the handkerchief."

   Lin Hao was seventeen years old this year, and the marriage was almost decided.

   "Eldest sister won't go if she doesn't go, and she will make fun of me."

The    sisters laughed together.

   To Lin's surprise, Qi Qiong came to her before she could invite Qi Qiong and Chen Yi together.

   "Well, I'm so sorry, I can't be with you on the Lantern Festival. A word came from the palace, telling me to go to Xuande Tower to admire the lanterns that day."

   (end of this chapter)