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After nightfall, Hua Qianshu took the twins to the night market as promised, and before going out, he even brought his younger brother Hua Qianyu to accompany him on the tour.

At the beginning of the night tour, I don’t know if it’s because there are more Hua Qianyu among the companions, or because those who want to eat and play have already played it all yesterday, or it’s just because the constant flow of pedestrians makes people feel cautious, compared with yesterday’s happy Take off, the twins are much quieter tonight.The Kongming lanterns rising in the distance are particularly eye-catching under the siege of night. The discoverers of the beautiful scenery call for friends and draw the eyes of the people around them to the horizon.The two young children swayed left and right, trying to enjoy the applauded scenery through the gap of the crowd, but just as they walked away from an adult, there was always a new adult standing in front of them. Fortunately, the father and The little uncle didn't keep them in a hurry, he picked them up and sat them on his shoulders.

Hua Xinghe sat on Hua Qianyu's shoulders, a pair of small hands were held by Hua Qianyu, a little embarrassed.He was hesitating whether to thank him, Hua Feiyue called him to look at the night, Hua Xinghe raised his head, and together with Hua Feiyue exclaimed "wow".

In the night sky, there were more Kongming lanterns. Some floated into the distance and turned into smaller ones. Some swam past their heads, as big as they were about to fall.They saw someone on the stone bridge in the distance release the huge lantern, and the full lantern was successfully lifted into the air, accompanied by other bright lights.

Hua Xinghe pulled Hua Qianyu's hand and said, "Xinghe wants to play too."

The nephew's cute voice made Hua Qianyu raise his mouth: "Okay, uncle will take you there."

The road ahead was open and pedestrians were scattered everywhere. Suddenly, Hua Qianyu heard someone calling, so he stopped and turned to look at the source of the sound.

The source of the voice was Wei Yan, and the person walking with him was a not-so-unfamiliar man—this man once bullied An Mingxi in the street, Hua Qianyu would never forget it, and had investigated him before, and found out that he was Shang Shuling Wei Zhongliang's youngest son, Wei Kan, is Wei Shang's uncle, so it's no wonder that he will stand side by side with Wei Shang.

Hua Qianyu hugged Hua Xinghe from his shoulders, and when Hua Xinghe's feet landed on the ground, he squatted down, looked at Hua Xinghe at the same level, and said: "Xiao Xinghe will go to Dad's place with Sister Xixi first, please? Uncle will be there soon Not far away, Hua Qianshu soon realized that his younger brother and son hadn't followed, he turned his head to see this scene, and stopped in place to wait.

Hua Xinghe nodded, and replied: "Okay." Then he took Xi'an's hand and walked to Hua Qianshu's side.

Hua Qianyu got up, chatted with Wei Shang for a few words, then pretended to have just discovered Wei Kan, and was a little surprised: "It's you?"

Wei Kan simply pretended to be confused: "This young man is..."

"It's the third son of Huafu." Wei Shang introduced.

"It turned out to be Playboy, who has been admiring me for a long time," Wei Kan bent slightly, "Does Playboy recognize me?"

Hua Qianyu also pretended to be confused: "This is again..."

Wei Shang replied, "Uncle Shang."

Wei Kan added his first and last name: "Wei Kan." The polite appearance at this meeting is not like the bully back then.

He seemed to have forgotten Hua Qianyu, but Hua Qianyu wanted him to remember: "It turns out that he is Lord Shangshu's son, no wonder he is so domineering that even His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince dares to tease him." The word "teasing" was used in that matter too light.

"This is..." Wei Shang, who was out of the situation, looked at the two suspiciously.Wei Kan knocked on his head, as if recalling a flash, he was surprised: "It's you?"

"It seems that Mr. Wei has remembered."

Wei Kan was astonished: "So, that day... that person was the fourth prince?" He hurriedly apologized to Hua Qianyu.

Hua Qianyu said with a smile: "I was not the one who was hurt, so why apologize to me? Speaking of which, Qianyu had to apologize to Mr. Wei--that day, he just thought it was a rogue from a wealthy businessman. I hope you will forgive me." After saying that, Hua Qianshu bowed thoughtfully.

Knowing that Hua Qianyu was scolding him, Wei Kan didn't want to get angry, so he pretended to be magnanimous and said: "What do you say to forgive me? The dude taught you a very good lesson that day, alas... that day Kan was also dizzy, and fell in love with the beauty. , repeated flattery, but the other party was a man... a moment of embarrassment turned into anger, and this caused a catastrophe. I am a common man, and I have no chance to meet the fourth prince, so I have to ask Hua Gongzi to convey my apology." Wei Kan also apologized to Hua after finishing speaking. Qianyu saluted.

"Yu remembered."

After Hua Qianyu finished replying, he said to Wei Shang: "Brother Wei, there are still people waiting for Yu on the road ahead, we will meet again next time when we have time."

Wei Shang nodded: "Farewell."

"Farewell." After saying that, Hua Qianyu turned around and left—he still admired Wei Shang, so forget about Wei Kan.

……

There are constant crowds on the river bank, some fly lanterns to light up the night sky; some put down water lilies to add color to the river.Beside the stone bridge, hawkers selling lanterns yelled loudly, calling for passers-by, and vowed to use sky lanterns to carry their wishes to pray to the sky that they would come true, and they did not want to miss every customer who might spend money.

Hua Qianyu has long lost interest in the games he was used to playing as a child, but he still bought a Kongming lantern, just thinking that An Mingxi would like the scenery.In this bustling night scene, Hua Qianyu regrets that An Mingxi is not by her side, and regrets that she never wrote a letter to invite An Mingxi to go out tonight.Even if he rushes to the palace to invite, by the time An Mingxi leaves the palace, the lotus lantern has already submerged in the water, and the Kongming lantern has already flown elsewhere... If it flies to the palace, maybe An Mingxi in Chonghua Palace can still see it. one two.

Today is the death day of General Yue, the hero who put down the chaos, Hua Qianyu almost forgot.He had just found a space to put the sky lanterns, and saw a man and a woman in front of Hua Qianshu with a young child. He walked closer and watched from the sidelines while setting up the lanterns.

"Daddy, is she..." Hua Feiyue asked warily.

Zhuge Yaya tried to slap Hua Qianshu, but Zhuge Xingyun grabbed her wrist, she could only shake her hand, and said angrily: "I already have a family——"

"Yaya." Zhuge Xingyun interrupted her, but Zhuge Yaya wanted to continue: "Why do you still provoke my brother..." Under the eyes of the two poor children, her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally Hua Feiyue's tears fell silent.

Hua Feiyue burst into tears, Hua Xinghe didn't know why her sister was crying, her first reaction was to walk up to her, hug her in her arms and pat her on the back like she used to comfort him.Unlike his sister, he had no words of comfort.

Xifeng and Xie had long been used to the young master being sought out by women, but they were not used to the grandchildren being hurt, so they glared at Zhuge Yaya fiercely, trying to make Zhuge Yaya leave consciously.

Hua Qianshu looked at Zhuge Yaya, wiped the red face with the back of his hand, and gently patted Hua Feiyue's head with the back of his hand. He lowered his head and said to the children, "Let's go."

Hua Feiyue rubbed her eyes, stopped crying, came out from her younger brother's arms, looked up at her father, opened her arms to her father, and hugged her.Hua Qianshu picked her up, and before turning around, Hua Feiyue said: "I don't want her to be my mother." She didn't understand the situation, but subconsciously felt that Zhuge Yaya was going to take away what belonged to her. mother's position.

Hua Qianshu patted him on the back, and replied: "Okay, I'll listen to you." Then, as if the Zhuge brothers and sisters had never existed, she leisurely walked past them and took away a pair of children.

Zhuge Xingyun watched Hua Qianshu Xingyuan quietly, and kept silent.

Zhuge Yaya looked at her lonely brother, felt wronged for him, lowered her head, and sobbed softly.Zhuge Xingyun stood in front of her, using his body to shield her from other people's sight, he put his hand between the sleeve and the skirt, but couldn't find the handkerchief, remembering that he gave the handkerchief to Hua Qianshu yesterday, he was about to use his sleeve to wipe it off for his sister Tears, someone beside me suddenly handed over a handkerchief—it was Hua Qianyu.Zhuge Xingyun took it, thanked him, Zhuge Yaya raised his head, Hua Qianyu slightly bent over her, lowered his head, and then walked towards the direction Hua Qianshu left.

Zhuge Yaya took the handkerchief, wiped away her tears, looked at Hua Qianyu's back, and asked, "Is he also a child of Shuxingqiao?"

"Huh?" Zhuge Xingyun didn't know what she meant.

"It looks so similar..." She pursed her mouth, holding back the tears—she obviously didn't want to cry anymore, but her lacrimal glands were not very obedient.

"Like...?" Zhuge Xingyun also looked at Hua Qianyu.

Zhuge Yaya is not surprised that her elder brother didn't notice it, after all, in her elder brother's eyes, only Shu Xingqiao's appearance is special.Except for Shuxingqiao, although the elder brother can still recognize people when he sees a face, but when he closes his eyes and recalls the other person's face, the other person is just two eyes, one nose and one mouth to him.

Only the Tree Star Bridge can make Zhuge Xingyun remember for ten years.

"Who is he?" Zhuge Yaya asked.

"Colleagues."

"What about family history?"

"Prime Minister Hua's young master."

"Prime Minister?" Zhuge Yaya looked up, "Silly brother, haven't you always wanted to know who Shuxingqiao is? Maybe Shuxingqiao is the prime minister's illegitimate son?"

……

In the afternoon, someone from the palace delivered an order to let Hua Qianyu enter the palace to have an audience.

After Hua Qianyu saluted, An Qingxuan put down the notebook in his hand, got up and walked out from behind the desk, and asked him what he thought of An Mingxi, Hua Qianyu replied: "Benevolent in nature, with extraordinary wisdom."

After receiving this reply, An Qingxuan asked again: "What about being an emperor?"

Hua Qianyu bowed his head and bowed: "Please forgive me for speaking bluntly."

"It's okay to be blunt."

"The Fourth Highness is too benevolent."

No need to explain too much, An Qingxuan also understood what he meant: "Xi'er is not yet seventeen, he can still grow up, if he ascends to the throne, and has the Hua family as his assistant, how can he reject him with kindness?"

Can still grow?Hua Qianyu just didn't want An Mingxi to grow up, he didn't want An Mingxi to lose his kindness and compassion, and become a decisive emperor with wives and concubines.

Hua Qianyu retorted inwardly, but on the face he bent down even lower, and said: "Your Majesty's words are absolutely true."

An Qingxuan put his hands behind his back, and said: "My princes are still young and have yet to be baptized. Who is more suitable to inherit my position? When the time comes, I will make my own decision."

"Yes."

"Jiangnan is back, I haven't asked you what kind of reward you want, just tell me, I will satisfy you."

Hua Qianyu straightened her waist and put down her hands: "Your Majesty, please allow Yu to resign from the post on his shoulders."

"Why? Do you think this official is too young?"

Hua Qianyu shook his head: "When I was young, I heard storytellers talk about General Yue Yang. Since then, Yu's dreams have been full of gold and iron horses."

"You want to join the army?"

Hua Qianyu nodded: "Yes."

"Okay, I promise you."