Author: pear wine

On the tall building where the palace lanterns were hung, a woman with extraordinary beauty looked out through the window screen as thin as cicada wings, and asked casually

"Why is it so noisy in there?"

This kind of noise was full of anger and panic, which was different from the excitement of today's lantern festival.

When the man playing chess with him heard this, he slightly raised his chin towards the attendant and continued to be immersed in the chess game without raising his head.

The attendant bowed his head and quietly exited the room. He didn't know what he said to the people outside. After a few breaths, the attendant whispered something into his ear.

The attendant nodded and returned to the room, but did not immediately tell the inquiring information to the tight-knit men and women in the room.

"What's wrong? Just let me finish this game." The man Zhan Heng looked at the woman in his arms amused.

"Did you come out just to play chess with yourself?"

Nan Jin flicked the handkerchief boringly, which happened to disrupt the positions of the chess pieces on the chessboard. She felt a little guilty, but she became more and more confident.

"Your preference is really strange. Why do you prefer to play chess with yourself? It's not you who decides whether to play chess with you or not. It's not you who has the final say on which side you want to win?"

Zhan Heng glanced at the disrupted chessboard and held his forehead helplessly. Now he couldn't continue even if he wanted to.

Since this was the case, he no longer struggled.

"There has just been a commotion outside, are there any people injured?"

"When I replied to the master, he said that someone encountered a thief and caused some commotion. Fortunately, no one was harmed."

Zhan Heng nodded and waved him away.

Nan Jin laughed at him: "Have you not assigned a group of forbidden troops to go to the governor's office to help? Why are you worried?"

Zhan Heng caught her little hand that was messing around on his face, and explained to her: "It's better to wait for the good days, so that the people can enjoy the festival in peace, so as not to disturb our interest."

The king in front of her cared about the people. Nan Jin felt gentle in her heart, but raised her eyebrows and said, "You are the emperor anyway, so everything you say is right."

Zhan Heng understood her tough-tongued temperament, so he stopped talking about this topic and asked instead: "Are you bored staying in this room?"

Nan Jin lazily leaned against him and asked, "What, do you have any novel ideas?"

Zhan Heng smiled but said nothing.

Nan Jin looked at him angrily: "Mysterious."

Lan Xi, who chased her out, was pretty lucky. Under the influence of her shouting while chasing, some enthusiastic people finally covered the boy's head with a basket, causing him to fall down and follow closely.

The guards behind him immediately swooped forward and subdued him.

The guards tied the man tightly with a hemp rope from a roadside stall, and deliberately strangled him hard until he could barely breathe. Only then did he tie the knot with satisfaction.

Until then, Lan Xi, who was out of breath, arrived belatedly.

"Oh my God, I'm so exhausted. How can he run away like this?"

Lan Xi thought that she was already a relatively strong child, but she didn't expect that she couldn't outrun Third Brother and Huanhuan, and that she couldn't even run away from a random thief she met on the road.

Lan Xi put her hands on her hips and gasped for air. After getting over the energy, she slowly walked into them. Before she could make a speech, a familiar voice came from beside her.

"...Fourth Miss?"

Lan Xi looked back and saw that it was the young girl who looked hesitant. There was a stall beside her, and Liangzi was standing in front of the stall guarding the goods.

Are they... taking advantage of the Lantern Festival to set up a stall?

"Young lady, Liangzi, what a coincidence?"

Lan Xi didn't feel tired anymore and happily walked to their stall.

"You are setting up a stall, right? What are you selling?"

The young lady squinted her eyes and smiled, and asked Liangzi to scoop up a bamboo tube of sugar water for Lanxi.

"It's sugar water. I think there must be a lot of people coming to see the lights today. They might be thirsty on the way. There are so many people in the capital, so there might be a few who are willing to spend two cents to grab a bowl to quench their thirst."

Lan Xi was suddenly a little surprised.

When they were in Fujiazhuang, they didn't even know how to convert currencies, but soon they started talking to a restaurant through her recipe. Although they were almost cheated, this was enough to prove their progress.

But now, only a short while later, they thought of making money again by taking advantage of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival. The most important thing is that this time it was entirely their own idea, without any help from others.

"It just happened. I have to take care of your business. I..." Lan Xi was about to take out the money to ask the young lady not to refuse her kindness, but suddenly she remembered that all her money had gone away.

snort!

Lan Xi turned her head angrily and snatched her purse from the boy lying on the ground.

"You've been caught. If you dare to steal anything, let's see where you run!"

This time it was Lan Xi's turn to make a face at him with great pride.

Although this kind of behavior is quite childish, it feels really good! Lan Xi smiled secretly in her heart.

"Fourth Miss, I didn't expect it was you who was calling for the thief just now!" Liangzi was surprised.

He recalled the memory just now. In fact, he did feel that he vaguely heard the fourth lady's voice, so he got enthusiastic and threw the empty basket they brought with sugar water on the little thief's head. Unexpectedly, he really helped.

Got busy.

"What you mean is... could it be that you helped me stop the thief? My dear, Liangzi, thank you so much!"

This is such a coincidence, they are really destined to each other.

The young lady has become more and more cheerful recently. She held the sugar water and joked with her with a smile: "It would be great if I can help the fourth lady. But fourth lady, do you still want to drink this sugar water?"

Lan Xi is very happy to see the growth of the Fu brothers and sisters, which makes her feel that her existence is helpful and meaningful to others.

"I won't say much else. I've covered all your sugar drinks tonight. Everyone here will have a share, while supplies last!"

As she said this, she took out a piece of silver from her purse and gave it to the young mother.

"Old rules, you can return the excess to me after you settle the account."

Finally, she took out another one and gave it to Liangzi, and explained to them with a smile: "This one is as a reward for your help in subduing the little thief!"

Liangzi frowned and was about to refuse, but Lan Xi waved his hand and continued: "This is not because I am the one who helped you. I hope that in the future you can continue to work hard while ensuring your own safety, and always be helpful to others.

happy!"

"Besides, good people should be rewarded!"

"It's sugar water. I think there must be a lot of people coming to see the lights today. They might be thirsty on the way. There are so many people in the capital, so there might be a few who are willing to spend two cents to grab a bowl to quench their thirst."

Lan Xi was suddenly a little surprised.
Chapter completed!