His Royal Highness the First Prince of Daliang

On the night of Qiqiao on July [-]th, all the people in Beijing left their homes and came to Qiqiao City for recreation, starting from Cuiyingji, extending eastward to Tongxiangmen in Nancheng, and westward to the mouth of Datong River.

The Qiqiao Festival in Daliang has always been the most lively festival except for the Spring Festival and the Outing Festival. For three days and nights, tourists from surrounding towns rush to the capital. The sound of hawking and laughing is endless.And on the night of the seventh day, even the nobles in the palace would come out to join in the excitement of the common people.On the night of Qiqiao last year, the little highness in the palace appeared on the street wearing a moon-white shirt, and has since become a figure that half of the capital dreams of.

And this year's Qiqiao night, it was rare for Kang Ning to gather a group of people to swim together in the brightly lit night market in central Beijing. Not only did the royal brothers and sisters who accompanied him last year come, but this year there are even more people. Yan Gui and Meng Baifan who were busy studying acupuncture methods last Qiqiao Festival.

This group of people is outstanding in appearance, which is too much to attract attention. Among them is Kang Ning, a young highness who is extremely popular in the capital.Less than half an hour after they came out, there were already young ladies and gentlemen whom they met in twos and threes came to visit, and there were also some young men and women who were wandering in the street. , with a grin on the back.

These people didn't come forward to talk to them, they just followed them at a distance, whispering coyly about every move of Kang Ning and the others from time to time.

Before he had walked half a street, Yan Gui couldn't help but stop, took a mask with a tiger's fangs from a street stall, and put it on Kang Ning's face.

"This is a good idea." Meng Baifan was also a little annoyed by the look.Although those fiery gazes were not directed at her, but she prefers to be quieter by nature, and doesn't like such attention.She also randomly took the mask closest to her from a booth and put it on her face, which was the only remaining tiger mask in the booth.

Yan Gui frowned slightly, and cast a vague look at Meng Baifan, but didn't say anything.

Zhaoyang and the others followed suit one after another, and soon each chose their favorite copper mask to wear.The stall owner also considered it a small business, and he smiled and wiped off the change for them when they checked out.At this point, Yan Gui felt that no disturbing mosquitoes could linger.

I thought that no one would come forward to talk to me in the second half, but before the group of people reached the corner, another brash young man bumped into him with his servants excitedly.Fortunately, he was not aiming at Yan Gui or Kang Ning, but walked up to Zhao Yang, who was wearing a butterfly mask tightly. His face was a little childish, but his eyes were shining brightly:

"Greetings, miss benefactor!" The beautiful young man clasped his hands together and bowed in surprise, his tone was soft and quick, "that day Enruo was picked up by his family, and he went back to search after the wound was wrapped up, but he couldn't find it. There is news about Miss. The parents at home are asking people, but after several months, they still can’t know Miss’s whereabouts. Enruo only wishes to thank Miss for saving her life in person. I don’t want to be lucky today, but I bumped into her on the street.”

"It's you!" At this moment, the second princess remembered that she took her younger brother out of the palace to play a few months ago, and on the way back, she even saved an unlucky guy who was overwhelmed.It's just that that young master's face was smeared with blood that day, it was really hard to realize that he had such a delicate and good-looking appearance. "Why have I never seen you before?" Seeing that the young man's clothes are not like those of others, "Which family are you from?"

"Our young master is Wei Enruo, the youngest son of Duke Wei's mansion!" Before Mr. Wei could speak, a young servant who followed beside him answered with a smile, "I don't know how convenient it is for Miss." Mutual families—this kind of life-saving grace, our son must repay it well!"

The one following Mr. Wei today is the smartest kid in his room.It's really that the Duke's wife hated the stupid servant who watched her son get beaten last time, so she ordered Wei Enruo to ask this servant to follow her whenever she wanted to go out again.

And this young man—Mr. Wei thought he was too clever.

But Zhaoyang didn't mind at all, on the contrary, he found it fresh and interesting: "Young Master Wei, you don't think you go out often, and you don't go to the palace too often." The girl lifted half of the mask and pinched it in her palm, "Mr. Now that I have already given my name, how can I lose my etiquette. It’s just that I’m curious about one thing, after I say my name, can Mr. Wei give me an answer?”

"My name—" The second princess pulled back the butterfly mask little by little, revealing the bright and beautiful face with a bright smile under the copper plate, "It's called Li Zhaoyang."

Wei Enruo stared blankly at the second princess in a daze, still reminiscing about the word "Zhaoyang".But the young man beside him had already reacted, and his feet were so soft that he flopped and sat down on the ground.

"Master, this is Princess Zhaoyang—the second princess!" The attendant looked at his master in a daze, dumbfounded, and reminded Wei Enruo by the corner of his clothes.

"Ah, um...princess!" Young Master Wei came to his senses at this moment, and hurriedly turned to meet him.

"What are you doing?" Zhaoyang smiled and supported him, then pointed his chin at the young man, "I told you to get up too." She put the butterfly mask back on her face, and put Young Master Wei alone. Qiao Jiner dragged him to his side, and then arranged Wei Enruo's next itinerary very naturally, "Since we met, why don't you go shopping with us? I still have something to ask you. You shouldn't have anything to worry about." Arrange it?"

Wei Enruo didn't know why at this time, his delicate face was already flushed, he just shook his head hesitantly, even the second prince was worried for him when he saw it.

"I seem to have seen a ladybug fall into the web of a female spider." Li Chengyu looked around, then covered his mouth and quietly laughed in Meng Baifan's ear.

In fact, only Meng Baifan was walking beside the second prince at this time, so he happened to be caught.But these two people had never had much interaction before, at this moment Li Chengyu suddenly spoke in his ear so familiarly, only Meng Baifan turned his head and gave him a strange look.

Li Chengyu couldn't feel the smell at all, and laughed: "Look at the two of them, they just walked aside."

Meng Baifan couldn't appreciate the second prince's smile, and was really embarrassed by the familiarity of the words in his ear. He found a gap and walked around Li Chengyu's side, and inadvertently inserted himself into the middle row. Between Kang Ning and Yan Gui.Meng Baifan only felt that his ears were cleared, but he didn't notice Yan Gui's cold glance for the second time tonight.

At this point, Yan Gui began to dislike this Meng doctor girl.However, the relationship between Meng Baifan and Kang Ning has grown closer after getting along for the past two years, especially since Kang Ning knew that since Meng Baifan returned to the capital, he has been devoting himself to learning the medical skills of the Imperial Physician system in the same palace who specializes in various disciplines, let alone join in some exciting event , he seldom even came out to play, and Meng Baifan grew up in Yu County, and he didn't understand the customs of Beijing and China, so he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable at the Qiqiao event.So as soon as Meng Baifan ran into his line of sight, he thought of Sister Meng, so he temporarily threw Brother Yan aside, and only paid special attention to taking care of Meng Baifan for a while.

Yan Gui already knew that in the past two years in the capital, there was a Meng doctor girl who was especially loved by the little prince.With Yan Gui's temperament, of course, it is impossible to be sensible and magnanimous when he comes to Meng Baifan - it's just that Meng Baifan did save Kang Ning's life.Even though it's a bit tasteful, Yan Gui will not put bad words on his friend's savior.He was also grateful to Meng Baifan in his heart, even though he couldn't like this taciturn woman who couldn't wink at all.

He had no choice but to grab the little prince's skirt through Meng Baifan, drag him forward a few steps, and walk in front of the third prince, and moved ahead of schedule what he originally wanted to say to Kang Ning until late at night.

"I have something important to say to you alone." Facing the little prince's questioning eyes, Yan Gui rarely felt a subtle guilt.But he has been in the capital for a long time, and tonight is the time to say goodbye that he has long thought of:

"The unsolved case of the Chen family came to light a month ago. And I have been staying in the capital," just because he was reluctant to part with the little prince who lives in the palace, and feared that he would never have the chance to meet again in this life: "But I can't stay any longer. , If I continue to delay, I will miss the opportunity I have been waiting for for a long time——I will be leaving from the capital in two days."

"I will follow a group of monks traveling westward across the desert to search for a western country farther than Western Qin. No one in this dynasty has ever done such a thing. Those legendary and mysterious ethnic groups in the desert to the west have always existed only in In the travel notes of missionaries more than 200 years ago, I have long wanted to experience it myself.”

"So telling His Highness tonight will count as saying goodbye to you—"

"I don't know if there is still life to come back from this trip."

All the hustle and bustle faded away like a tide at this moment, under this sudden farewell like a fantasy.

Kang Ning has always known that Yan Gui is a free-spirited and free-spirited person, and in the past two years, he especially prefers to go to strange and sinister places, chasing absurd and strange legends.Even Yan Lai gradually lost track of his whereabouts.

But now, he has made such an absurd and risky decision by himself, and such an almost farewell gesture seems normal to him, without discussing with anyone, without letting anyone know, or even just asking Before leaving, he casually notified himself.

Kang Ning has never been angry with others, and he is especially tolerant of friends.But at this moment, he was very angry, and for a while, he didn't want to say a word to Yan Gui anymore.

Yan Gui had expected this kind of scene, but at this moment he was still quite resentful: "Your Highness is angry? I'm leaving, why is Your Highness still angry with me?"

Kang Ning has never asked anyone in such a cold voice: "Since Agui has made a decision, and I can't stop you, why are you telling me these things? Is it just to make me sad?"

Yan Gui was silent.After a while, he opened his mouth in a muffled voice, almost like muttering to himself, but was blown into the ears of the little prince by the evening wind in July: "I can also disappear silently. But after getting to know Your Highness, I Only then will I think that there must be someone in this world who knows my whereabouts."

"Besides—if I really die, I hope His Highness will be sad for me."