Lantern Festival.

After night falls, the streets and alleys are decorated with all kinds of exquisite lanterns, and the whole city seems to be illuminated by millions of lights.

Anyone who sees it will exclaim: What a prosperous Kyoto!

People flocked to the streets, shoulder to shoulder, with laughter and joy rising one after another.

Everyone in the Sheng family had dinner early, and except Sheng Mingyi, everyone went out to enjoy the lanterns with excitement and anticipation on their faces.

There were many people on the street, and although they brought many maids, servants and boys with them, they were quickly dispersed.

Sheng Yong is missing.

Sheng Mingjian and Sheng Mingbo protected Sheng Mingzhu and no one knew where they went.

Sheng Minmin brought Huang Yaning, Huang Xianjing, Sheng Mingli and Sheng Mingshu together.

Sheng Minmin had never seen such a beautiful scenery in her previous life, because every major festival, she was either forgotten or was designed by Sheng Mingzhu to "make a mistake" and be punished...

Even the lightest punishment - kneeling in the ancestral hall, your knees will be sore for ten days or half a month after kneeling for a night.

Huang Yaning thought of her invitation to a family dinner or to go out to see the lanterns together, but she was unable to participate due to her injury...

In the past few years since she traveled through time, she has only been thinking about revenge and has no mood to appreciate the scenery.

Now that revenge is imminent, Sheng Minmin can't help but want to relax a little.

She looked at everything around her and felt a little happy.

But soon, this joy turned into intense resentment and hatred.

Because everything she saw and heard reminded her of how much she had been deprived of in her previous life...

And her tragically dead child...

"It's so lively here, you guys go have fun. I'm old and I don't have as much physical strength as you. Let's go to the teahouse in front and take a rest..."

Sheng Minmin calmly told Xianjie and the others to go and play by themselves.

Huang Yaning expressed his desire to accompany her, but she waved her hand to dismiss a few people.

She asked the servants to go with her, and Sheng Minmin only left Qingying and Qingchi.

Sitting in a private room of the teahouse, Sheng Minmin looked at the bustling scene downstairs with a dark look in her eyes.

"Madam, our people saw the master go over there..." Qingying said softly.

Qingying had learned from her wife that Sheng Yong might have planned and murdered the Huang family, so she understood why her wife had rejected Sheng Yong and treated her biological children coldly over the years...

Qingying felt that the lady seemed to have already started her revenge.

However, there were some things that the lady did not tell her, and Qingying did not ask.

When Sheng Minmin heard the news, she laughed.

It’s great that Sheng Yong is completely bewitched by Qing Xin!

Although Sheng Yong has been practicing martial arts for many years and has a good physique, and he also takes proper daily supplements, but at this rate, his health will probably deteriorate rapidly in three years.

As long as Sheng Yong falls, the other members of the Sheng family will be fish on her chopping board.

Sheng Minmin couldn't wait any longer...

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On the other side, Huang Yaning and others stopped in front of a large stall.

The lanterns on this stall have lifelike animal shapes and traditional patterns with auspicious meanings...

Various shapes, gorgeous and eye-catching.

Three beautiful rabbit lanterns were hung in the most conspicuous position, and the three rabbit lanterns were loved by many girls.

The boss threatened that they would not sell them and that one had to guess the riddles of all three lanterns at the same time before one could take the lanterns away.

But the answer is hard to guess, and many people have tried but failed.

Huang Yaning and Huang Xianjing wrote down two answers on paper, and there was still one answer they couldn't guess, so they looked at Sheng Mingli and Sheng Mingshu for help.

Sheng Mingli also looked at Sheng Mingshu. Sheng Mingshu thought about it and wrote the answer in the blank space.

The boss took it, looked at it, smiled heartily and said, "You guessed it all!"

Then the correct answer was announced loudly, and there was some applause from the surrounding area.

The girls looked at the lanterns in Huang Yaning and Huang Xianjing's hands with great envy...making them all feel a little embarrassed.

At this moment, Prince Duanmu Hui and Princess Duanmu Rui arrived.

"What a coincidence, you are here too." Duanmu Rui was the first to greet with a smile.

Huang Yaning and others hurriedly saluted.

"No need to be polite--

"This lantern is so beautiful! You have such good taste!"

Duanmu Rui praised, and felt his face getting hot after he finished praising.

Just now, when she and her eldest brother passed by, she found Xiaoqi and Xiaoxianxian. If it were normal times, she would have run over long ago. The reason she didn't come over immediately was because she also saw Sheng Mingshu.

For some reason, the moment he saw Sheng Mingshu, Duanmu Rui's heart stopped for a moment, and then started beating wildly.

Then, her eyes couldn't help but follow Sheng Mingshu closely.

In order to hide in the crowd and take a closer look at Sheng Mingshu, she came out only after Sheng Mingshu won the lantern.

She wanted Sheng Mingshu...the lantern in his hand...

A breeze blew by, and it felt cool to the touch, but Duanmu Rui felt his palms sweating.

She mustered up her courage, looked at Sheng Mingshu and spoke.

"Master Sheng, I like the lantern in your hand. Can you give it to me?"

Sheng Mingshu was stunned and said.

"A lantern is not worth much. If the princess doesn't mind, I will give it to her..."

"...Thank you very much..."

Duanmu Rui took the rabbit lantern calmly, but he was actually nervous, shy, and had a sweet feeling...

Duanmu Rui thought he had hidden himself well, but Huang Yaning next to him saw it clearly.

Huang Yaning had previously felt that the princess seemed to have some special feelings for Sheng Mingshu, and now she had confirmed it.

The princess likes Sheng Mingshu.

Huang Yaning felt very complicated.

In his previous life, Sheng Mingjian passed the imperial examination and won the third place in the imperial examination, and Sheng Yong held a higher official position than in this life, but Sheng Mingjian only married the county lady Murong Yan in the end.

In this life, Sheng Yong is stuck at the fifth rank, and Sheng Mingshu is not even a juren, yet he can win the favor of the princess...

This not only shows that Sheng Mingshu is excellent, but also shows that Sheng Mingshu has excellent luck.

But given the current status of the Sheng family and Sheng Mingshu's situation, it is absolutely impossible for Sheng Mingshu to marry the princess.

If Sheng Mingshu can rank among the top three in the next imperial examination, there may still be a glimmer of hope.

But can the princess wait that long?

I heard that the eldest princess has already started choosing a husband for the princess...

I don't know if the princess has noticed anything, but I should talk to Minmin about it...

A group of people were walking on the street, each with different thoughts.

Today, not only Duanmu Rui had something on his mind, but Duanmu Hui's eyes also fell on Huang Xianjing.

Ever since Duanmu Hui saw Huang Xianjing risking her life to save Miss Sheng Qi in Sheng Mansion that day, and almost died at the hands of the criminals...

Huang Xianjing's figure was engraved in Duanmu Hui's heart.

Duanmu Hui never thought that a weak young lady could be so brave, resolute and tenacious...

It can burst out with extremely powerful force at the critical moment!

Huang Xianjing was different from any other lady he had ever met.

Moreover, Huang Xianjing's parents died early, and she has been living under the care of others in the Sheng Mansion for many years.

Although most of the Sheng family members were very caring towards Huang Xianjing, she was an orphan after all, and she must have suffered a lot of grievances during her growth...

But Huang Xianjing possesses such beautiful qualities, like a flower blooming on a cliff.

Whenever he thought of Huang Xianjing, Duanmu Hui felt admiration and surprise, and a feeling of pity arose spontaneously.

Duanmu Hui wants to protect Huang Xianjing.

Apart from his relatives, Huang Xianjing was the first person he felt a sense of love for.

But after calming down, Duanmu Hui also realized the disparity in their status.

Not to mention that he wanted to marry Huang Xianjing, even if he wanted to take a concubine, his parents and his uncle the emperor might not agree.

Duanmu Hui didn't want to wrong Huang Xianjing. Of course, his feelings for Huang Xianjing weren't deep enough to go against his parents and elders...

Therefore, Duanmu Hui did not want to cause trouble for Huang Xianjing and hid his thoughts very well.

Huang Yaning didn't even notice.

This scene downstairs was seen by the county lady Murong Yan in the attic next door.

Murong Yan's attention was all on Duanmu Rui. When Murong Yan discovered that Duanmu Rui had been staring at a bastard of the Sheng family, she was almost overjoyed.

This led to Murong Yan planning a huge conspiracy against Duanmu Rui and Sheng Mingshu in the future...

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