Liu Mingzhi packed up his mood and left the study, walking all the way towards Ying'er's room.
Looking at the dim candlelight in Ying'er's room, Liu Mingzhi knew that Ying'er had not gone to bed yet, so he opened the door and walked in. Liu Mingzhi directly saw Ying'er sitting on the chair, holding her cheeks and slapping her cheeks non-stop.
Sleepy.
"Ying'er!"
"Um?"
Ying'er murmured instinctively, then immediately sat up and stood up, looking at the young master standing in front of her with a gentle smile on her face.
"Master, you're done!"
"You're done. Didn't I tell you not to wait around? If you feel sleepy, go and rest."
Ying'er pursed her lips and smiled, shook her head slightly, turned around and took a food box from the table behind her and handed it to Young Master Liu.
"The pastries, wine and vegetables in the food box have been reheated three times. If they are reheated, they can only eat the leftovers."
Liu Mingzhi sighed and looked at Ying'er's sweet smile, and pulled Ying'er towards the bed.
"The young master can't rest here today, so don't wait for the young master. Rest first. Staying up late will make you look ugly. Where is Yunxin?"
"He's in bed, I'm afraid he's already asleep!"
Liu Mingzhi looked towards the bed, and sure enough, his daughter Liu Yunxin had fallen into a deep sleep. Compared with several lively sisters, this daughter's personality was more like her mother Ying'er.
She is usually shy, but when she saw her, she would huddle behind her mother and smile sweetly at her, but she didn't dare to get too close to her.
He picked her up by force, neither crying nor fussing. He just curled up in his arms and twirled his fingers, speaking very little.
Liu Mingzhi bent down and kissed his daughter's forehead gently, covering her with a thin quilt. Liu Mingzhi pressed Ying'er on the bed and patted her forehead.
"Go to rest early, the young master will leave first!"
"Yeah! Master, go get busy first!"
Liu Mingzhi carried the food box and walked towards Qi Yun's room.
Before entering the door, I heard faint voices coming from the room. Thinking of Qi Yun, the two queens had not rested and were having a long conversation!
Pushing the door open and walking in, the two women had indeed not rested. They had not even taken off their clothes. They were sitting on their knees in front of a low table, playing chess.
"Husband, you are back!"
The Queen didn't say anything, she nodded slightly to Young Master Liu, gently dropped the chess piece in her hand and stood up.
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly to Qi Yun: "Yun'er, go and rest first. My husband has something to talk to Wanyan!"
Qi Yun noticed that the atmosphere between her husband and the Queen was a bit strange, so she nodded obediently, gave the Queen an apologetic smile and walked towards the back of the screen.
Liu Mingzhi held the food box in his hand and waved to the Queen.
"How about going out for a drink?"
"Honored!"
"please!"
The two of them left the room, Liu Mingzhi flicked his finger, and the candles in the room were extinguished, leaving only the bright moonlight in the courtyard illuminating the scenery in the courtyard.
Liu Mingzhi took the Queen's wrist and jumped towards the roof, pointing directly outside the mansion.
The Queen tilted her head slightly, looking at Young Master Liu in astonishment and facing the moonlight, her expression clearly visible: "Where are you going?"
“Thousand Miles Scenery Restaurant!”
"good!"
After half a stick of incense, the Queen looked at the dim restaurant in front of her and shrugged slightly at Young Master Liu.
"It seems that I may not be able to get what I want today! It's better to go back to your palace obediently! Drinking is not necessarily more enjoyable when you are high!"
Liu Mingzhi quietly looked at the restaurant in front of him.
"The owner of the restaurant closed the restaurant before the war. The people stayed behind closed doors and there was no business in the restaurant. The owner would have gone elsewhere to avoid the war!"
"Since there is no one in the palace, we, the kings of this country and the vassal kings of the same place, might as well be gentlemen on the throne for once!"
The Queen exclaimed in surprise, and Young Master Liu already held her hands around her smooth Liu waist and jumped along the eaves of the restaurant towards the top floor of the Thousand Miles Scenery.
After a few ups and downs, the two of them had appeared on the top floor of the restaurant.
Under the strange gaze of the Queen, Mr. Liu skillfully opened the window and left.
He let go of the Queen's waist and placed the food box on the table. Liu Mingzhi consciously opened all the windows on the attic. Looking at the candlestick on the table, Liu Mingzhi took out the candlestick and prepared to light it. However, he had been fighting outside, and the firestick in his hand
It is no longer usable.
When the Queen saw this, she couldn't help but laugh.
With Young Master Liu's embarrassed look on her face, the Queen lowered her head and rummaged through the purse at her waist.
After a moment, a crystal night pearl that exuded a faint brilliance was held in the palm of the queen's hand.
"Use this lighting!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the luminous pearl in the Queen's hand in amazement: "It's grand! This thing is really a diluted treasure. I have only heard of it. This is the first time I have seen this kind of thing today. I originally thought it was just an exaggeration passed down by the people.
Zhiyan. Only today did I realize that it was me who was sitting in a well looking at the sky!"
The Queen looked at Young Master Liu leaning forward to look at Ye Mingzhu with an expression of admiration, and gently moved his jade hand forward.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you."
"Wanyan is not very interested in these things, so I only bring them with me for emergencies. The fire folds need to be replaced every few days. If I forget them, I can only leave them in the dark. For me, this thing is not
It’s not of much use, if you like I can just give it to you!”
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly shook his head and pushed the queen's hand back.
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I am a little prince who dare not sit on such diluted treasures!”
"As the saying goes, it's a crime to have a jade in your arms. Liu Mingzhi doesn't have that blessing. I appreciate your kindness and let's forget about this Pearl of the Night!"
The Queen understood Liu Mingzhi's character and did not give in again. She removed the candles on the candlestick and placed the night pearl on the candlestick.
When we climbed up, the dim attic was filled with a faint light, clear and flawless, reflecting the room just right.
Looking towards the Qianli Scenery Restaurant from a distance, uninformed people might have thought that the gods had captured a ray of moonlight and sealed it in the top floor of the restaurant.
Liu Mingzhi opened the food box, tidied the dusty table, took out the items in the food box one by one and placed them on the table.
There were four exquisite side dishes, two plates of pastries, and a jar of wine. It was obvious that Ying'er had put a lot of thought into it.
The wine was Liu Mingzhi's favorite peach blossom wine. Opening the seal on the wine jar, Liu Mingzhi gently sniffed the wine that smelled of peach blossoms. He couldn't help but recall the first time he and Qi Ya drank peach blossom wine.
That night.
With a smile on his lips, Liu Mingzhi filled two glasses of wine, handed one to the Queen and walked towards the window sill.
Taking a sip of his drink, Liu Mingzhi glanced at the frowning empress who was following him.
"Looking at the brightly lit Jin Army camp outside the city, and then looking at the guards with torches on the city wall, it must be said that it is a pleasing sight!"
Liu Mingzhi drank all the wine in his glass, filled it up again, and glanced at the unlit private houses in the city with complex eyes.
"Pity!"
The Queen quietly looked at Liu Mingzhi's increasingly resolute profile. She seemed to understand what Liu Mingzhi meant by saying "It's a pity" and she gently leaned against him while holding the wine glass.
"Yeah, what a pity!"
"No matter how pleasant the bonfires are, they can't compare to the lights and laughter of thousands of people."
"If there had not been this national war, there would be no curfew in Yingzhou now, and it would be the most beautiful time for the lanterns!"
"So here comes the polite words!"
"Wanyan wants an answer to what the letter you left me meant!"
"Actually, you should already have the answer in your mind, right?"
"Wanyan wants to hear you say it with my own ears!"