In fact, if Zhou Qi doesn't speak, Xu Roujia wants to stay by her grandmother's side tonight, but Zhou Qi rarely shows goodwill, so Xu Roujia certainly needs to cherish the opportunity.

The dinner is about to end, and the next step is to enjoy the lanterns.

Xu Roujia approached his grandmother and whispered: "Grandma, I can't accompany you tonight. My fourth cousin asked me to come to find him."

Concubine Hui glanced at the direction of her grandchildren and asked strangely: "Why did he call you?"

Xu Roujia chuckled: "I have a lot of ease with my fourth cousin recently. He is probably worried that I have nowhere to go, so he kindly takes me around."

Xu Roujia truthfully told her that she wanted to tell her grandmother that she had not been in vain for the past six months and had been working hard to complete the task.

Concubine Hui looked at her granddaughter who was more beautiful in front of her, but her mind was drifting away.

"Go, have a good holiday tonight, don't think too much." Hui Fei instructed with a smile.

Xu Roujia nodded obediently.

After the banquet was dispersed, a group of royal relatives began to visit the garden to enjoy the lanterns.

The elders were all stayed by the emperor and the empress, while the young girls of the same generation scattered.

Zhou Qi was happy and led Xu Roujia to a pavilion by the lake.

"Sit." Zhou Qi sat on the stone chair in the middle, then pointed at the beauty diagonally opposite, signaling Xu Roujia to sit down.

The pavilion is wide on all sides, and even if someone comes to see it, he will not misunderstand what is between the cousins. Moreover, Agui and Yu Ping are guarding the pavilion.

The laughter and joy in the distance made the place more quiet. Xu Roujia looked around and couldn't help but turn his eyes to Zhou Qi. He saw him looking at the lake indifferently, his phoenix eyes hidden in the dim light, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It’s really better to stay by my grandmother’s side if you appreciate the lanterns like this!

After thinking about it, Xu Roujia tried to chat with Zhou Qi: "Fourth Cousin, are we sitting here tonight?"

Zhou Qi finally looked over and asked her calmly: "Where do you want to go?"

Xu Roujia thought to herself that even walking around casually is better than sitting.

"I want to go for a walk on the bridge." Xu Roujia said, pointing to a cross bridge in the center of the lake.

Xu Roujia grew up in the palace in her previous life. Her favorite was the bridge in the Imperial Garden. Tonight, lanterns were hung on both sides of the bridge. The lights danced with the wind and the shadows fluctuated. This was probably the legendary immortal palace.

Xu Roujia looked at the Hengqiao, and her almond eyes reflected the lights, as bright as stars.

Zhou Qi withdrew his gaze and stood up and said, "Let's go."

Xu Roujia followed with a smile.

There were also many lanterns on the road. Zhou Qi was a dull gourd, and Xu Roujia had fun by herself. When she passed by a lantern, she stopped and looked up to guess riddles. It was boring to guess alone, but she even called Agui and Yu Ping.

"A riddle costs ten cents, whoever guesses it first, and each person will pay ten cents for the remaining two. Let's keep the accounts first, and then calculate them together after guessing all riddles." Xu Roujia said in a rule.

Agui couldn't help but protest: "The princess read more than us and paid more money, so why bother to cheat us of our savings?"

Jade bottle smirked.

Xu Roujia snorted: "Then don't gamble, bet..."

Xu Roujia couldn't think of other lottery tickets. She had only played gambling or other treasure lottery tickets.

"What did you say you bet?" Seeing Agui smile, Xu Roujia simply gave up.

Agui looked at his master secretly.

Zhou Qi stood on Xu Roujia's side indifferently, and didn't seem to mind their play.

Agui then touched his head and said, "We lose whatever bets are. If the princess really wants to bet, it is better to compete with the Fourth Master. In this way, you will win the glory if you win."

Xu Roujia:...

She looked at Zhou Qi inquiringly.

Zhou Qi looked cold and was about to speak when footsteps suddenly came from behind him.

Xu Roujia turned around at the same time as him.

It was Xie Jin, who was surrounded by the second master Zhou Jun, the third master Zhou Yu and Zhou Xuan.

Xie Jin stared at Xu Roujia coldly.

Xu Roujia glared back and said bluntly: "Why are the prince Xie dissatisfied with me? You can just say it directly, there is no need to look at people coldly."

Xie Jin choked.

Zhou Jun laughed and explained "kindly": "Atao doesn't know anything. The prince and Princess Roujia are childhood sweethearts. You look so much like Princess Roujia, but now you follow your fourth cousin in an endless step. Of course, the prince is unhappy."

After he said this, Xie Jin and Zhou Xuan's faces looked ugly.

"Second brother, be careful of your words." Zhou Xuan whispered.

Zhou Jun disdained and glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone knows this, why hide it and hide it, so that A Tao misunderstood that the prince has a grudge against her? A Tao, do you think so?"

Xu Roujia was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked Xie Jin directly: "So, does the prince mind my face?"

She spoke frankly, and Xie Jinruo made excuses to lose the situation instead.

"So what?" Xie Jin stared at Xu Roujia and asked.

Xu Roujia smiled and hid behind Zhou Qi halfway and said, "What can I do? My face is born, and I can't be disfigured just because the prince's mind. Therefore, for the prince's mood, please avoid me in advance when you see me in the future. In this way, if we can't meet, you don't have to be upset."

Xie Jin sneered: "Why didn't you avoid me?"

Xu Roujia made a sudden realization: "Yes, why didn't I expect it?"

After saying that, she smiled and said to Zhou Qi: "Fourth Cousin, let's go first, so as not to ruin their elegant atmosphere."

Her smile was bright, as if she had avoided the plague god, Zhou Qi nodded slightly.

The slender and tall boy walked side by side with the petite and slender girl, and the picture deeply stimulated Xie Jin's eyes.

For some reason, even though he knew that it was just a humble untouchable, and even though he knew that it was not worth it because of her anger, Xie Jin still felt angry, which made him want to grab her in his hand, and...

Thinking of this, Xie Jin was suddenly stunned.

What can he do if he catches A Tao? Punish her? How can he do it if she has such a face?

Then why do you want to catch her again?

Just as Xie Jin tried to clarify why he had such an idea, the little girl in front suddenly stopped and looked back at him.

The bright moon was bright, her almond eyes and plum cheeks were filled with a smirk on her pink lips.

Xie Jin was stunned. Isn’t this really Roujia’s cousin?

He couldn't help but step forward.

However, before he acted, Xu Roujia smiled and said, "By the way, Prince, my fourth cousin and I are going to the bridge to enjoy the lanterns. I will say hello to you first, so that you will not go to the bridge later, and when you see me, you will think I am annoyed."

Xie Jin:...

After reminding me, Xu Roujia said nothing else, and the bird followed Zhou Qi with his side.

Xie Jin clenched his hands secretly.

"The prince really doesn't plan to go to the bridge?" Zhou Jun asked leisurely, they were all men. Of course, he could see what Xie Jin meant to A Tao. No matter how cold or arrogant it was, it was fake. He wanted to replace the fourth brother and A Tao.

Xie Jin said nothing, turned around and walked in the opposite direction without any nostalgia.

Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

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Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi soon arrived on the Hengqiao.

Looking at the entire imperial garden from the bridge, the night becomes more and more intoxicating.

Xu Roujia lay on the railing and looked down at the reflection in the water.

But what she saw was her previous life.

Childhood sweethearts, couples for five years, and they met Xie Jin again when they visited the old place, but she did not show such open-mindedness.

"What are you thinking?"

Zhou Qi's cold voice came from above her head, and Xu Roujia looked at the water surface, where there was a figure beside her.

The water was rippling, and her and Zhou Qi's faces were blurred.

Xu Roujia suddenly thought of a question and asked in a low voice: "Fourth Cousin, the Empress and the Prince both pity me because of Princess Roujia, while Prince Xie targeted me everywhere because he felt that I was not worthy of this face. What about you, are you so cold to me? Is it because I am not your cousin, or are you having a grudge with Princess Roujia that you vent your anger on me?"

All the fronts were guises, so Xu Roujia was curious about Zhou Qi's attitude towards her.

Zhou Qi glanced at the little girl's fair side face and said lightly: "I have no grudges with Princess Roujia."

Xu Roujia understood that Zhou Qi bullied her in her previous life just because of her Xie Jin's wife.

"I have never been cold to you."

Just as Xu Roujia was immersed in the complex thoughts brought by memories, the boy next to him suddenly said another sentence.

But what he said made Xu Roujia a little doubt his ears.

She turned her head and looked at Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi looked ahead, but he knew the little girl was looking at him.

He said with a tense face: "In my opinion, you and Yilan are both my cousins, and I have never favored each other."

Xu Roujia recalled, OK, Zhou Qi is indeed not favoring one or the other, he treats her the same as Lu Yilan... cold.

She smiled perfunctorily: "That's it, thank you, my fourth cousin didn't treat me as an outsider."

Zhou Qi pursed his lips.

He was willing to accompany her to enjoy the lanterns, but she just felt that he didn't treat her as an outsider?
Chapter completed!