after marrying the prince

A group of people crossed the Jade Bridge and passed a sugar blower's stand.

The stall owner of the sugar blower wore a red smiley mask, and the handicraft was light. There were many people around. Lan Xunyu squeezed in among the children and bought a round big white rabbit.

Rong Yue clasped her hands together, with a look of disdain, and said: "How old is a person who still eats sugar, shame on him!"

Through the mask, Lan Xunyu blinked, smiled and shook the sugar figure in front of Rong Yue, saying: "Brother bought it for you."

Rong Yue was startled.

"I heard from General Lang that you are a rabbit. You see how cute this rabbit is. Do you like it?"

Rong Yue didn't speak.

Lan Xunyu asked softly, "Don't you like it?"

"That's it."

Lan Xunyu brought the sugar figure to her mouth, and when she was about to eat it, Rong Yue suddenly snatched the sugar figure away viciously, and said arrogantly, "Smelly rascal, if it weren't for the sake of begging me so much, This young master will not want your sugar man."

"Oh, what a tsundere little cock"

After crossing the Jade Bridge and walking further, you will arrive at the second bridge over the Meng River in Wangchuan, Naihe Bridge. The bridge is made of black and blue bricks, with green dragons and beasts carved on the stone pillars, and black damask flowers hanging there, used to pay homage to the souls of the dead.

On the other side of the Naihe Bridge is a Buddhist hall collectively built by famous families in Xunyang City.

A half-person-high shrine without characters stands beside the bridge, and there are many pieces of silver on the shrine.

Xi Zi'an took out eight broken pieces of silver from his purse and put them on the shrine. The shrine keeper bowed to him and Xi Zi'an returned the salute.

On the bridge, there is only one stall with exquisite white lotus lanterns in front of it.

The crowd held a white lotus lantern, clasped their hands together, faced the Buddhist hall, and knelt on the bridge.

The lantern sender next to him holds a high pole and puts the guest's lantern in the water. The lantern goes downstream, and someone on the other side picks up the lantern and enshrines it in front of the Buddha.

After Li Ruiyuan finished placing one, he bowed his hands to the stall owner who sold the white lotus lantern and said, "Shopkeeper, can you sell me another white lotus lantern?"

As soon as Li Ruiyuan opened his mouth, the people around him looked at him strangely.

The stall owner was dressed in white, with a white scarf on his head, and said embarrassingly: "My lord, you should know the rules of our Wangchuanmenghe sacrifice lanterns, one person can only buy one lantern, I... can't sell you..."

Lan Xunyu wondered: "What kind of rule is this? Could it be that you are afraid that we won't pay you?"

The stall owner shook his head, cupped his hands, and said: "I heard that the young master's accent is Wusu soft language, so he should be from the capital. Although our Xunyang City is not far from the capital, the wind is different for ten miles, and the customs are different for a hundred miles. The white lotus lantern represents a sacrifice. Nobility, so one person cannot buy two white lotus lanterns."

Lan Xunyu was even more surprised, and said: "According to this, Mr. Li has paid homage to him just now, why are you selling lanterns now?"

Li Ruiyuan said softly: "I want to pay homage to an old man and his family."

There was endless sadness in his speech, which was completely different from his usual warm and gentle tone.

The stall owner said nothing.

Li Ruiyuan insisted on begging the stall owner.

Lan Xunyu was very surprised, and thought: I have never seen this person like this.

I don't know who he wants to pay homage to.

The stall owner couldn't stand it anymore, and said: "Young master is so persistent, you might as well say that if the situation is merciful, it's okay to make an exception."

Li Ruiyuan said: "Thanks to the store. When I was young, I had two brothers who were sworn brothers from Jinlan. They worshiped me as the elder brother. Then they were shocked. The second brother's family was destroyed, and the second brother... died tragically. As the elder brother, I... ..."

His voice was choked up, and he couldn't speak any more.

Only then did Lan Xunyu remember that Li Ruiyuan had befriended Jinlan with Lang Hantian and Xie Jinghong when they were in Taixue.

Li Ruiyuan is the leader, Xie Jinghong is the second, and Lang Hantian is the third.