Give you a spring

After finishing the banquet, it was already [-]:[-] PM when we returned to the other courtyard. As soon as we got off the carriage, we went straight to the kitchen—at noon, he said that he wanted to eat mutton noodles for supper. He remembered this, and so did He Zhou.

The latter is now fighting over a bowl of noodles in the kitchen, with Uncle Xu standing beside him.

He Zhou didn't go to the moon-watching platform with Pingwei. First, he couldn't get in. Second, he was afraid of attracting people's attention. After all, after tonight, many people began to pay attention to his Pingwei.

Let's not get out of hand.

Prepared mutton and noodles, vegetables, ginger and other condiments, He Zhou knew his level, invited Xu Bo to the kitchen, and asked him to give advice.

Seeing that guard He was so serious, Xu Bo agreed, and vowed that it would not be too difficult to make bowl noodles.

unexpectedly.....

Failed.

When Guard He came to the kitchen, he was like an invisible disaster maker, making a mess around him, like chickens flying around.

The two of them have been busy until now, but they only cooked the mutton and boiled the soup.

But soon!Uncle Xu comforted, "Just put the noodles and vegetables in boiling water and cook them later."

With his back turned to him, He Zhou was staring at the pot of soup, and answered irrelevantly, "Ping Wei will be back soon."

"What?" Uncle Xu looked up at the dark sky outside without missing a word in the kitchen, and was about to go out to see what time it was, when he unexpectedly saw the figure of his highness.

Ping Wei took off his heavy robe, walked into the kitchen, glanced at the messy surroundings, and asked calmly, "What step have you reached?"

He looked at He Zhou who had his back to him - the other party quickly turned around, walked in front of him and hugged him, lying on Ping Wei's shoulders as if he was extremely tired, and said in a muffled voice, "The soup base has just been cooked."

"I thought you just cut the ingredients," Ping Wei and He Zhou have lived together for many years, and he is very clear about the other party's cooking skills. He just made a casual joke at noon, and he didn't expect him to be so attentive.

"Cutting things is very easy for me," He Zhou is good at using knives, no matter whether he kills people or cuts meat, he always uses the same technique.

Ping smiled and patted him on the back, "Okay, I want to go out for a walk, do you want to go together?"

"Okay, but what about my face?"

"It's okay to come back and do it again."

Ping Wei pulled him out of the kitchen, then stopped suddenly, He Zhou asked, "Want to go back to the room and change clothes?"

"Well, this dress is too much of a hindrance." Ping Wei turned around and went to the room with him, and He Zhou found him a dress that was also red.

"This good-looking."

Ping raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes fell on the opponent's dark blue clothes.

"It matches me very well," He Zhou added leisurely.

Ping put on his clothes with a smile. Red suits him very well, and his appearance looks even more gorgeous after wearing it.He Zhou couldn't move his eyes away, and after hugging and kissing the person several times, he said regretfully, "I knew I would have asked you to wear black." This way, no one would notice.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it's not all yours," Ping Wei comforted him with a word, and walked out of the yard with him.

It's late at night now, the street is not as lively as before, and the number of people has decreased a lot. The two blatantly walked down the street holding hands, not afraid of attracting strange eyes.Lanterns are hung on both sides of the street, on which are written the wishes of each household. Some said they hoped to be the number one in high school in the next literary examination, some said they hoped that their wife would give birth to a lovely daughter this year, and some said they hoped to win money in gambling shops. .

Ping slightly shook his head and smiled.

"Is the banquet going well tonight?" He Zhou asked with his head turned.

"It went well, the food was delicious, and I saw the two princes."

"How are they?"

"Unexpectedly frightened," Ping Wei looked at him with a deep smile in his eyes, "But His Majesty doesn't seem to like seeing the First Prince very much, presumably because of the killing of the official daughter last year."

Before the two returned to Beijing, they had investigated everyone in the court, and He Zhou nodded, "He should be more anxious than Xie Lianzheng now, and his relationship with His Majesty is at a stalemate. It is inevitable that there will be an extra fifth prince... . " How do you say that sentence, "The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry?"

Pingwei was amused by him, "Why are you talking?"

He Zhou also smiled, and asked warmly, "Are you hungry? Didn't you have enough to eat over there?"

"Fortunately," Ping Wei said, "are all the food stalls closed now?"

He Zhou glanced at the distance, and there was indeed no stall, "Then let's go back? Or I can go to the next street to have a look."

"It doesn't matter," Ping Wei said, "It's rare to go out to hang out at night, and the days like this may be less in the future. I'm not very hungry."

He Zhou nodded and didn't say anything, but he had already decided in his heart to keep an eye on whether there were any open restaurants on the street.At this time, a couple of men and women were holding two lanterns by the side of the road, as if they were going to hang them up.He Zhou's heart moved, and he asked, "Do you want to buy a lantern?"

"Okay," Ping Wei responded.

He Zhou bought two lanterns from a stall not far away.

Pingwei was waiting for him at the corner of the street, where there was a table for people to write down their wishes.

"Can I only make one wish?" He stood in front of the table and looked at the lantern in his hand, on which a few plum blossoms had been thoughtfully drawn, he said tangledly, "I seem to have a lot of wishes."

He Zhou was already writing with his head down, without raising his head, he said, "I only have one."

"What is it?"

He Zhou didn't answer. After he finished writing, Ping Wei went over to look at it. What he wrote was that he hoped that Ping Wei would live a long and happy life and grow old with me.

"You have three wishes," Ping Wei raised the corners of his mouth, and there seemed to be starlight in his eyes.

"It's only about one person, so how do you count three," He Zhou said, "Are you going to buy some more lanterns?"

"No need," Ping Wei thought for a while, and wrote down the words "Min'an Junle" with a wave.

——I hope that in the future, the common people will live and work in peace and contentment, the borders will no longer be frequently invaded by enemy countries, and people in the officialdom will be less selfish, so that the emperor who sits at the highest position can also feel more comfortable.

He Zhou frowned, "I thought you would mention me."

Ping Wei tilted his head and kissed him, "Didn't you promise everything?"

"..." He Zhou lit candles in their lanterns and hung them on the street.

Looking up at them slightly, Ping felt soft in his heart.

He Zhou looked at his side face, the flames reflected the beauties.Just as he was fascinated, suddenly a child came out of the side alley in a panic and bumped into Ping Wei.

He Zhou's eyes froze, and after pulling the child away to see her face clearly, he realized it was a girl.

"What's wrong?" Ping Wei squatted down and looked at her. The girl lowered her head, her hair was messy, and she hesitated to say a word. Her clothes were very tattered. She didn't look like a girl from a good family, and she wouldn't be very popular. Pet.

So it's not that he was separated from his family. It's so late, maybe he was frightened by seeing something.

Ping Wei raised his head and glanced at He Zhou, who immediately walked towards the alley where the girl just ran.

Half a quarter of an hour later, when he returned to Pingwei, the prints of his shoes on the stone floor were stained with blood.

"Someone died in the alley."

he said.

The evening wind blows gently, driving the lanterns on the street.

Probably because it was not hung properly, the lantern with the words "Min'an Junle" fell to the ground with a "click", and the candle inside was knocked over.

—was completely burned.