"Thank you for your kindness, slaves don't like lanterns." Gu Qiqiao said this, but stretched out his hand towards Lin Shangshu. "Instead of rewarding the slave and maid lanterns, it is better to directly turn the lanterns into silver and give them to the slaves and maids."

Lin Shangshu was slightly stunned, then smiled and handed the silver in his hand to Gu Qiqiao. "Oh, little money fan."

"Thank you, Young Master!" Gu Qiqiao took the silver with both hands, directly put it into the purse around his waist, and patted it a few times at the end to express his satisfaction.

Seeing this scene, Gu Yanran, Gu Haoran, and Lin Shangshu couldn't help but laugh.

At this moment, a man's voice came from the front. "Yo, isn't this Brother Gu and Brother Lin?"

Gu Yanran followed the prestige, but saw two handsome men walking towards him, the man on the right was wearing a fancy dress, and the man on the left was ...... It should be an entourage.

Lin Shangshu immediately recognized the man and couldn't help but be surprised. "Brother Shen? How did you end up here? ”

"Shen ......" Gu Haoran also recognized the man. Shen Shaoyi? ”

Shen Shao also smiled at Gu Haoran easily. "Brother Gu, since we parted in the past, we haven't seen each other for five years, right?"

"yes, it's been five years, and time flies." Gu Haoran sighed that time had flown by.

Lin Shangshu asked again. "When you come back this time, you won't leave, right?"

"Well, don't go, I'm coming back this time to serve as the capital of the Imperial City, and I'll never have a chance to leave the Imperial City again."

"What ?!!" Lin Shangshu exclaimed with wide eyes. "The capital lord who has not yet taken office is you?!!"

Gu Haoran was also shocked. "You're only twenty or three, and you're actually qualified for the second-rank official rank? It's really a young achievement! ”

"Don't say that, I'm almost embarrassed." Shen Shao also smiled shyly, and when he saw the woman standing behind Gu Haoran, he was immediately amazed. "...... this girl?"

Lin Shangshu patted his head, and then introduced Gu Yanran. "I forgot to introduce, this is Hao Ran's sister, the daughter of the Protector Mansion, Yanran."

"It turned out to be the third girl of the Gu family." Shen Shao immediately nodded and smiled at Gu Yanran. "Miss Gu, when we meet for the first time, my name is Shen Shaoyi, and I am the sister-in-law of Shen He, the secretary of the ministry."

Gu Yanran also smiled back at Shen Shaoyi. "I've seen Shen Gongzi, the little woman is so polite."

"Ah, yes." Lin Shangshu walked up to Shen Shaoyi and hooked his neck. "Since you are the incoming capital lord, cover me well in the officialdom, she can be regarded as your colleague."

"Colleague?" Shen Shaoyi was slightly taken aback, and his eyes were fixed on Gu Yanran, who was smiling and smiling opposite.

Gu Haoran explained. "It's not really a colleague, the sister is just hanging the official rank of the fifth grade, today she became the gentleman of Shangheng Academy, and three days later began to teach four lessons of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting."

"Mr. Shangheng Academy? Do you also teach the four arts? Shen Shao couldn't help but express his admiration to Gu Yanran. Miss Gu has both talent and learning, and she is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go. ”

"Shen Gongzi has a good reputation, and the little woman is ashamed." Gu Yanran bent her knees and saluted Shen Shaoyifu in return, thinking that she would not touch her feet, but her feet still hurt. "Hiss......"

Seeing this, Gu Qiqiao hurriedly helped Gu Yanran. "Miss Yan, are you okay?"

Shen Shao also saw that Gu Yanran seemed to be unwell, and said with concern. "Miss Gu is unwell? Why don't we find a place to sit and rest? ”

"yes, let's find a place to sit first." Lin Shangshu nodded in agreement. "It's not just my cousin who can't stand for a long time, but ...... It's too conspicuous for so many people to stand here and gossip. ”

Gu Haoran grabbed Gu Yanran's waist and lowered his head to ask. "What do you think? If you don't want to, then I'll send you home first. ”

"If I don't go home, I still want to continue shopping for lanterns!" Gu Yanran hadn't seen enough of the lanterns, so she pushed Gu Haoran's chest with her backhand. "Brother.

I haven't seen you for a long time, so I should find a place to have a good chat, my foot injury doesn't matter, it's out of the way.

Why don't you just find a place to sit around here, Qiqiao will accompany me to visit the lanterns, and when I don't want to go shopping, I'll go to you, and then go back to the house together, how about it? ”

"But......" Gu Haoran was still relieved of Gu Yanran's injury.

"Brother, you have to think about my sister's reputation." Gu Yanran made a killer move. "Find a place to sit with a few of you big men, what if you misunderstand again?

Have you forgotten what people gossip about me in the afternoon? ”

As soon as Gu Yanran said this, Gu Haoran couldn't continue to be stubborn.

"Then you have to promise me not to pay attention to strangers, not to wander around for a long time, and not to get into crowded places, so as not to be pushed and injured by mistake...... Also, you are not allowed to go to places where there are few people, so it is not good if you run into bad people. ”

"Good, good, I promise!" Gu Yanran assured.

Gu Haoran immediately looked at Gu Qiqiao. "Qiqiao, take care of Yan'er."

"Young Master Chang, don't worry."

……

……

Without Gu Haoran's housekeeper and Lin Shangshu's long-tongued woman, Gu Yanran's mood suddenly relaxed a lot.

"Whew...... Finally free. Gu Yanran breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at Gu Qiqiao beside her. Let's go, Qiqiao, let's have a good visit to this lantern festival today. ”

"Yes, girl." Gu Qiqiao stabilized Gu Yanran and slowly moved forward.

Gu Yanran's eyes wandered on the lanterns, happy like a child. "Hahaha, there are so many beautiful lanterns."

"yes." Gu Qiqiao nodded in response, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a small glass lantern not far away, but emitting colorful light. "Ah, Miss Yan, look at that lantern, the light looks like a rainbow!"

Gu Yanran looked in the direction of Gu Qiqiao's fingertips, and when her eyes touched the glass lantern, her heart froze.

Is that......

She remembered, really remembered, the first meeting with Nangong Xuanyi was at the Lantern Festival.

But it's not this year's Lantern Festival, it's the Lantern Festival this time next year.

At that time, she and Nangong Xuanyi fell in love with such a colorful glass lantern at the same time, but it was a pity that she forgot to carry the silver money on her and had no way to buy it.

In desperation, she could only watch the lantern being bought by Nangong Xuanyi, but she didn't expect him to give her the glass lantern instead.

Thinking of her first acquaintance with Nangong Xuanyi, Gu Yanran couldn't help moistening her eyes.

Gu Qiqiao happened to look back at Gu Yanran at this time, and suddenly panicked. "Ah, girl, why are you crying? Could it be that the wound on the foot hurts? ”

"No, it's not." Gu Yanran wiped the tears that slipped from the corners of her eyes and instructed Gu Qiqiao. "Qiqiao, I want that lantern, you go buy it."

"Yes, girl." Gu Qiqiao turned around and was about to buy lanterns, but before he could step out, he was grabbed by Gu Yanran. “？？？”

Gu Yanran took out a hundred taels of silver ticket from her arms and handed it to Gu Qiqiao. "That colorful glass lantern costs a hundred taels of silver, I'm worried that you don't have enough money, take it."