An Empire as a Betrothal Gift

After Wei Lian made his wish, he opened his eyes and turned his head to look, only to see a man wearing a green ghost mask staring at him without blinking.

"Is there something on my face?"

Ji Yue blinked, then turned his head: "No."

The lotus lantern trembled, gradually drifting away with the current.People suddenly exclaimed: "Look at the sky!"

Wei Lian raised his head and saw golden Kongming lanterns released from the sky at unknown times, flying leisurely towards the sky.

It is a unique custom of Qin and Chu to release sky lanterns on the Shangyuan Festival.In today's Seven Kingdoms, Qin and Chu are the Central Plains, and the preserved traditional festivals are closest to those of the Qi Dynasty.It is said that the founding fathers of the two countries were half-brothers of the same father, but one took his mother's surname.If you insist on establishing a relationship, Ji Yue is still Wei Lian's cousin after several generations.

...In this way, Wei Lian's call "brother" was not wronged.

However, 200 years have passed, and after a few generations, this relationship has long been irrelevant.

The customs of the remaining five countries are even more different.At that time, the Qi royal family enshrined the princes, and the ancestors of the five princes were originally a small country.They are Donghai, Nanjiang, Beimo, Xiliang, and the weaker Lingxia.

It was only when the five kingdoms were all subdued by Emperor Qi Xuan that the monarch changed from a king to a lord.

The descendants of the five princes never stopped their desire to restore the country, and when the Qi royal family collapsed, they immediately rose up.

So there are today's Yan, Liang, Lu, Chen, and Xia.

As for the two kingdoms of Qin and Chu, the founding kings were originally the nobles of the Central Plains, and they are considered to be the closest bloodlines among the seven kingdoms today.

Three thousand bright lights are rising slowly, as bright as stars.

The galaxy is vast, the moon is bright, and the flower market lights are like daytime.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" A child tugged at his mother's clothes and pointed to the sky excitedly.

Wei Lian slowly got up and stood shoulder to shoulder with Ji Yue.

"It's beautiful." Wei Lian smiled slightly, "I've never seen such a night scene before."

Ji Yue looked up and said, "It's my first time too."

Wei Lian looked at him: "Have you never seen such a grand occasion? The battle in the palace is bigger than this folk lantern festival."

"I've seen it many times." Ji Yue said, "But it's the first time I feel beautiful."

Wei Lian smiled: "What? Your eyes were suddenly opened?"

Ji Yue looked at him sideways, then turned back after a while, his ears blushing slightly.

"No, I suddenly saw the light."

Wei Lian's eyes moved slightly, but before he could think about the meaning of these words, a boatman saw the two standing on the shore for a long time, paddled over with his oars and asked, "You two gentlemen, do you want to swim on the lake? You can ride to the center of the lake with a penny and enjoy the scenery on the water.”

It's really elegant to go boating on the lake before the flowers and the moon.There are three layers of painted boats on the water, and there is also a flat boat. The prices offered are different, and the treatment they get is naturally different.

The boatman's boat is a small wooden boat, and it looks extremely shabby among all the splendid boats.Wei Lian originally thought that Ji Yue would be picky, but he didn't want the young man in red to take a big step, board the boat in an instant, then turned around and extended a hand to him.

Wei Lian lowered his eyes, put his hand on the boat.

The ship is narrow and cramped.The two sat on the bow and stern of the boat, and the space in the middle could only accommodate one pair of legs, and their shoes touched each other.

The boatman yelled "Let's go!", swiped the oars, and the small wooden boat turned around and sailed towards the center of the lake.

The oars entered the water, making the sound of water.The scenery on both sides of the strait moved back slowly. Wei Lian looked at the lights and shadows on the bank from a distance, and wrote a poem from his mouth: "The king and grandson were born in the world, and Jing Nu sold flowers for five yuan. Wherever the sound of oars and lights and shadows linger, the fire trees and silver flowers never go night. "

Ji Yue smiled: "Good poetry."

Wei Lian raised his lips: "Would you like to say a few words?"

"What's so difficult about it?" Ji Yue said without hesitation, "The moon in the water is the moon in the sky, and the person in front of me is..." He stopped abruptly.

Wei Lian asked: "What is the person in front of you?"

Ji Yue paused, and continued: "The person in front of me is a little fox."

Wei Lian laughed so hard that he almost fell into the water.

"What kind of poetry is this?" Wei Lian pressed the back of his hand to his lips, the smile still couldn't stop leaking from his eyes.

Seeing that he couldn't help laughing, Ji Yue lowered his eyebrows.The eyes, which were always thin and cool, were slightly soft, like water and moonlight, with boundless spring colors.

He meditated in his heart.

The person in front of you is the person in your heart.

After swimming in the lake, stop the boat and dock.Wei Lian glanced at the darkening night: "We should go back."

I have to go back to the palace at Haishi, and now it is nearly three quarters of Xushi.

Happy times are always short.

"Are you hungry after walking around for so long?" Ji Yue walked over, "Go and eat something."

Wei Lian said yes.

The two walked back slowly along the way they came, because they were going against the crowd, and the surrounding people gradually became less crowded.

Speechless all the way.

They saw the shop selling glutinous rice balls at the beginning again.There were still a few diners sitting in the shed, and a couple was busy guarding the cauldron.

When the proprietress saw the two young men, she immediately stopped what she was doing and came up to greet them: "The two guests are welcome."

Ji Yue and Wei Lian randomly picked a square table and sat down on the long bench.

"What kind of glutinous rice balls do you want?" The proprietress asked standing by the table, "We have colorful glutinous rice balls, double-color glutinous rice balls, five-kernel glutinous rice balls, red bean paste glutinous rice balls..."

"I want sesame stuffing." Ji Yue took out ten coins from his purse, "I want two bowls."

"Hey, okay, daddy, serve two bowls of sesame glutinous rice balls!"

"The glutinous rice balls are here!"

The steaming glutinous rice balls were quickly brought to the table, and the proprietress put down the bowl and said, "After eating the glutinous rice balls, it's a happy reunion. Two guests, please use it slowly."

get together.

It's a good word.

There are plenty of them in the store, and there are ten of them in a bowl, which are big and round.Wei Lian scooped up one with a spoon, and was about to eat it when Ji Yue reminded: "Be careful of burning."

Wei held back his hands for a moment, put it to his mouth and blew before sending it into his mouth.

The taste is soft and glutinous, and the sesame is sweet.

It is not only the exquisite palace dishes that are delicious, but the folk snacks are also memorable, and even more human.

Ji Yue asked, "Is it delicious?"

Wei Lian nodded and said, "It's delicious."

"Compared with those in the palace?"

Wei Lian thought for a while, but said firmly, "The food here is delicious."

Ji Yue didn't believe it: "I'd like to taste it to see what kind of delicacy it is in the world, it's more attractive to you than the imperial food in the palace."

As he spoke, he swallowed a glutinous rice ball in one gulp.

Then--

Hot hot hot hot hot hot! ! !

"Hiss..." Ji Yue gasped.

Wei Lian almost went crazy laughing again.

This person reminded him to be careful not to scald his mouth, and he was scalded in the blink of an eye.

How can there be such a dull person.

He poured a glass of water and handed it to Ji Yue: "Slow down."

Ji Yue took the cup and drank it down in one gulp, only then did he come back to life.

"Let me slow down, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

"A momentary negligence." Ji Yue refused to admit that he was too second, "I'll try another one later."

This time he learned his lesson, let the glutinous rice balls cool down before eating them, savored them carefully for a while: "It is indeed better than the ones in the palace."

Wei Lian asked with a smile: "Really?"

Just as Ji Yue wanted to say that nature was true, when he raised his eyes, he saw the young man in green shirt with his head on one hand, looking at him quietly.

He suddenly fell silent.

In fact, how can it compare to the royal chef?

It's just the taste of this reunion, which is so good that it makes people feel sour.

"I thought." After a long time, Wei Lian opened his lips, "The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit."

"But it turns out that it can also be simple and happy."

The young man wearing a white fox mask smiled and said, "Thank you. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have known such a wonderful world."

Ji Yue was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and took another mouthful of glutinous rice balls: "What can I thank you for? Isn't it just to take you out to play, as for these things... Do you really think that you are out of this world?"

Wei Lian smiled but said nothing.

The two quietly finished the remaining glutinous rice balls, and tacitly stopped talking.

When the festivals and songs are gone and the tourists go away, the moonlight is bright and the lights are thin, the shops are closed, and everything is silent.

They went back to the alley.Under the tall silver fir tree, the carriage has not yet arrived.

There was a slight buzzing of insects.

There was a moment of silence in the alley.

When they return to the palace, they will become the aloof king of Qin and the young master who takes every step of the way.

All kinds of things tonight, such as fireworks, such as gorgeous dreams.

Fleeting, nowhere to be found.

Some are reluctant.

Ji Yue suddenly said: "Gu heard it."

Wei Lian paused: "What did you hear?"

Ji Yue put on a grimace, looking expressionless.

No one knows what looks like under his mask.

He hesitated for a moment, then said——

"You told that woman that you like loneliness."

"...Gu heard it."

Wei Lian frowned.

Not surprising.

Martial arts practitioners have sharp eyes and ears, let alone a master like Ji Yue.

It is not uncommon to be able to hear.

What's strange is that Ji Yue can bear it until now.

Wei Lian leaned against the tree and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty is very cute. Of course I like you."

When Ji Yue changed his name, he also changed his respectful name in a good manner.

The tone is lazy, careless, like a joke.

It seems that the word liking is just casual, and it can't be taken seriously at all.

Ji Yue couldn't see any real emotion from these eyes.

"Wei Lian." Ji Yue said after a while, "Gu never made a wish tonight."

Wei Lian raised his tone slightly: "Oh?"

"Gu doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and his heart is not sincere, so it won't work if he thinks about it." Ji Yue said slowly, "At that time, Gu only noticed that there were two river lanterns colliding with each other on the water. After traveling for a long distance, it looked like a juxtaposed lotus. Gu I found it interesting and wanted to share it with you."

When he saw the two lotus lanterns next to each other, he found it interesting, and turned his head to tell Wei Lian, but he saw Wei Lian closing his eyes and making a wish, looking devout and peaceful.

Ji Yue was stunned for a moment, and at the moment his heart was throbbing, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He remembered a sentence in the storybook.

——When you meet an interesting thing and want to share it with someone right away.

That's over, you're in love with him.

After hearing this, Wei Lian nodded lightly, "I understand."

His reaction was flat.

Ji Yue pursed her lips.

It's just that two lotus lanterns collided. This is really a trivial matter, and it's very boring to think about it.

He himself felt very boring.

Just as Ji Yue was about to add "it's not a big deal", Wei Lian suddenly sighed: "You are really..."

He leaned over and kissed the ghost-faced man's lips without hesitation.

Ji Yue froze.

Wei Lian paused for a few breaths this time, which was a little longer than the last time.

He shook his head, hating iron for being weak: "You are really a rotten tree."

Ji Yue: "..."

He is indeed a rotten tree.

Born in the silt, rooted in rotten soil, frozen in ice and snow, the heart is like a dead tree.

May there be moonlight to illuminate the snowy night, and the spring breeze to break through the frozen soil.There is a Zhilanyu tree, willing to carve dead wood.

Ji Yue's Adam's apple twitched, and he reached out to take off the mask on his face, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

She is also a beauty in red with peerless elegance and beauty.

"Wei Lian." He called out.

"Ok?"

Ji Yue said again: "Wei Xiaolian."

Wei Lian wanted to laugh: "Why mother-in-law, you have something to say—hmm."

He was pushed against the tree by Ji Yue without warning.

A kiss fell.

Ji Yue regained the initiative more ruthlessly, pinched the back of Wei Lian's head, and attacked the city with his soft lips and tongue.

"Hmm..." Wei Lian's pupils opened slightly, and then he quickly closed them again, his long eyelashes half trembling.

Under a full moon, the two young men in the alley kissed each other with ecstasy.

The fox mask quietly fell to the ground.Wei Lian raised his head, opened those intoxicating eyes, the mist was blurred, and there was a little bit of water.

Not tears.

It's just that the snow on thousands of mountains has turned into a pool of spring water.

"The rotten wood is blooming." Ji Yue pointed at his heart and said with a smile, "Little fox, do you want to pick it?"

Volume [-] Yutangchun