I said, "I just arrived here at that time and saw you by the river. Did you put a river lantern?"

He was stunned for a moment.

I didn't seem to have thought that I would mention this matter. I blinked my eyes and looked at the river slowly flowing into the distance. After a while, I said, "Well, you still remember this matter."

I smiled.

I remember everything about you.

I asked, "What wish did you make when you put the river lantern?"

“…”

"I asked you at that time, you refused to say it."

“…”

"It's not about me, is it?"

He also laughed. Although he was already the leader of the country and could face many things calmly, when talking about these things, he still showed a little shy expression, and even his ears were a little red. After a while, he said softly: "It's about us."

"us?"

He slowly turned around and walked to the river bank. I followed him and heard him say, "At that time, I was actually very confused. I just arrived in Xichuan and received a gift from your cousin. Suddenly, I seemed to have everything, but I seemed to have nothing."

"Then what wish did you make? About us?"

He was silent for a while before turning back to look at me and said, "I hope both of us can keep our original intentions in mind."

“…”

"I hope that no matter what the future holds, we can be happy and healthy."

“…”

“That’s all.”

“…”

When I heard his plain words, I had a slight stuttering on my throat for some reason. After a while, I said, "You have never asked God for help. Can we be together?"

He was quiet for a moment before laughing bitterly: "When I went to Hongye Temple, I asked the Buddha for asking."

“…”

"But later you also found out that even if the Buddha can get together, he will not care whether he can stay together."

“…”

"So, I still don't ask for it."

"So, do you want happiness and well-being?"

"Yes, as long as you are happy, I can rest assured; if I am healthy, you can rest assured. What else is better than this?"

Instead of speaking, I slowly turned around and looked at the rippling waves on the river surface under the moonlight. The river water flowed slowly, and the sound was light and soft. I didn't know how far it had flowed.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and I wrapped my clothes tightly, and I still felt a chill and shivered.

Qinghan immediately reached out and held my hand: "What's wrong? Is it cold? Are you wearing less clothes?"

I looked up at his anxious look, remained silent for a moment before saying, "It's okay, it's just that the wind is strong by the river."

"Then don't stand here, go."

"Um."

He held my hand and turned away. As I stepped onto the steps, I couldn't help but look back and glanced at the quiet river under the night.

If, I remember correctly.

That river lantern back then...

He led some back to the street. It was more lively than before. There were a lot of people in front of me, and they looked like children. There were also some big girls and wives standing around. Their faces were flushed by the cold wind, but their eyes were particularly bright. Looking at the person in the middle. The folk customs of Xichuan are open, and women will not be forbidden in the high pavilion, but can go to the streets to play and even play in the suburbs during festivals. So when the night market is opened tonight, there are many people coming out.

It was also at this time that I really realized that there were too many women in Xichuan.

No wonder when Qinghan first entered Xichuan, he sighed that this was a daughter country. At that time, I was just trying to make fun of him, but I really didn’t think about the deep meaning. But now I look beyond that thinking and found that nearly 70% of the people on this street were women.

Isn't it just a country of daughters?

But, what are they looking at?

Qinghan and I looked at each other, walked over and found that these people were surrounded by one person, which turned out to be Pei Yuanhao.

He stood in front of the peddler and asked a little girl beside him. The girl was only seven or eight years old, and she was wearing a pair of buns. She was very cute. She blushed and nodded slightly. Pei Yuanhao took a small thing from the peddler and handed it to her.

The little girl turned around and ran away shyly, ran for a while, and looked back at him.

What is this doing?

We walked over and saw more clearly that the children were holding things, either dough men, silk flowers, and sugar cakes. Everyone was happy, especially some older children, who didn't know whether they were so happy because of the things in their hands or because they received gifts from such an outstanding person.

Finally, everything in the peddler's burden was wiped out. Pei Yuanhao paid him a piece of silver. The peddler probably didn't expect that he could do such a big business. He couldn't stop smiling, and left with an empty burden, and the children also dispersed.

We walked in front of him, and Pei Yuanhao had a little smile on the corner of his mouth. Seeing that we were walking back, we didn't have time to take it back.

Qinghan looked around and smiled and said, "Your Majesty is this--"

Pei Yuanhao smiled: "It's rare to see so many children, and they like those gadgets so much."

“…”

"Are those gadgets that really that fun?"

Qinghan and I couldn't help laughing.

Pei Yuanhao spent most of his life in the palace walls. Although he went south several times and even went out of the sea, the places he walked were covered with blankets and the places he lived in were all official palaces. He had no chance to get in touch with such soberness. The children he knew were just the princes and princesses in the harem, and these children were spoiled. Even if Miaoyan had been away from childhood, he had never suffered any hardships. Naturally, he would not be like these children, who could only change into a new dress during the New Year and the Festival. Those novel little things were even more amazing.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! I smiled and said, "Your Majesty has come here, but their dreams have come true."

He said, "Oh?"

Qinghan also smiled and said, "Yes, ordinary people are all self-sufficient in men and women. The peddler's things are brought here, but the children like to see them, but they can't sell them much. Today, His Majesty's generous donation has indeed made their dream come true. Maybe many years later, when they think back to today, they will think that His Majesty is a god and will meet all their requests."

"Is this how?"

He smiled happily, as if he was very happy. I turned to Qinghan and smiled, "You Land Lord, are too dereliction of duty."

Qinghan laughed himself.

Speaking of which, a smile is really a strange thing. It is obviously very empty, but a smile can give people a great sense of satisfaction. I was still feeling heavy for the river lantern before. Now when I hear everyone's laughter, I see the red smiling faces of the children on the street, and I seem to be comforted.

Maybe, not as severe as I thought.

It's just a river lantern. So many people in the world use that thing to make wishes, seeking prosperity and prosperity. How many people really realize their wishes with the river lantern?

However, it is just a spiritual sustenance.

Yes, maybe, it's really not as serious as I thought.

After staying here for a while, the three of us continued to move forward. This time the night market was indeed more lively than the one I had before. Obviously, because of the rain, everyone was almost moldy at home, and it was rare to move their muscles. The vendors shouted hard, the children ran around and played, and the stall owners also showed their all their skills at the food stalls on the street, and the smell of sour, sour, sweet and sweet came to their faces.

I had a meal at home, but the three of them couldn't walk when they walked there.

So, each of them sat down and ordered a bowl of steaming wontons. It was the one we had eaten at the beginning. Pei Yuanhao's mood was a little more relaxed than before. When the thing was served, he couldn't wait to pull out the chopsticks from the bamboo tube and want to eat it, but a servant he sent to follow secretly came up to stop him and said that the thing was not clean. Pei Yuanhao waved his hand impatiently and asked him to go down and started eating it himself.

Qinghan smiled and said, "How does it taste?"

Pei Yuanhao ate a whole wonton in one bite and sighed: "Why is this thing so delicious?"

“…”

"Why can't I make it in the imperial kitchen?"

Qinghan and I looked at each other again.

In fact, Pei Yuanhao is not a closed emperor. He went south when he was a prince. After ascending the throne, he was not only locked up in the imperial city. But after all, he was an emperor. His way of thinking and the source of information were different from ordinary people, so many things that ordinary people could understand, but he might not be able to understand.

Qinghan said with a smile: "If the palace servants in the imperial kitchen want to enter the imperial kitchen to work, they need to thoroughly check their family background and have their family background clear. There must be no record of crimes within three generations. Someone also needs to recommend them. After entering the imperial kitchen, the first thing they should pay attention to is not the deliciousness of the dishes, but the safety of His Majesty. Secondly, the exquisite dishes are not the beauty of the royal family. Moreover, the dishes must be inspected and selected layer by layer after they are confirmed to be harmless before they can get in front of His Majesty. How delicious can such dishes be?"

Pei Yuanhao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The water is clear and there are no fish. Although Your Majesty's safety is very important, and the tradition of the imperial kitchen is not convenient to change, in the court, your Majesty's employment can be considered again."

I'm afraid these words were probably what he thought about when he was an official in the court many times but could not say them, so he said so skillfully at this time. When Pei Yuanhao heard this, his face became so serious.

In fact, now, he has also tasted the bitter fruit.
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