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Chapter 101 How can I be in the morning and evening?
Lantern Festival.

As night falls, the streets are already ablaze with colorful lights.

With the Prince of Wei's mansion as the center, lights and decorations radiate outward, and a festive atmosphere hangs over Weizhou City.

If we didn't know that we were living in the chaotic Five Dynasties period, we would probably mistakenly think that this was a prosperous scene.

During this festival, King Wei's younger brother Fu Yanneng also came with his two sons. During the dinner, Fu Yanqing personally introduced them to Li Yi one by one.

Fu Yanneng is now serving as the Defense Commissioner of Chuzhou, and his rank is the same as Li Yi, but in terms of actual power, he is naturally far inferior to Li Yi.

However, the other party is the younger brother of King Wei, so Li Yi must give him enough respect.

Fu Yanneng was not arrogant. He was quite polite in his words and kept praising his brother for finding a good son-in-law.

All in all, the atmosphere of the entire dinner was quite harmonious. The Fu family treated Li Yi very cordially, and both the host and the guests had a great time toasting each other.

The only thing that made Li Yi feel regretful was that he didn’t see Fu Er Niang at the dinner party...even Fu Liu Mei didn’t show up.

Only a group of young and old men from the Fu family accompanied Li Yi to drink and chat.

After the dinner.

Fu Yanqing was too old to stay up late, so he asked his eldest son Fu Zhaoxin to accompany Li Yi to watch the lantern festival.

But for some reason, when Fu Er Niang didn't show up, Li Yi suddenly felt that the lively lantern festival was meaningless.

After wandering around absentmindedly for a while, he used the excuse of feeling drunk and went back to the palace to rest.

The next morning.

Li Yi bid farewell to Wei Wang Fu Yanqing and prepared to return to Tokyo to prepare for the wedding.

Although the matter has been settled, the necessary procedures must be followed. The six rituals of accepting the bride's proposal, asking for the bride's name, accepting the marriage proposal, accepting the betrothal gifts, asking for the date, and finally welcoming the bride will take at least several months.

Li Yi and his group rode horses along the street in front of the Prince of Wei's Mansion and headed towards the city gate.

But just as he turned the corner, he was stopped by a figure.

"General Li, my second wife has something to tell you."

The person who blocked the way was the maid who led Li Yi and Ma Renyu into the Prince of Wei's Mansion through the back door the last time Li Yi came... Her name seemed to be Xian'er?
Li Yi immediately dismounted and asked, "Where is the Second Lady? I'll be right there."

Ever since he met Fu Er Niang yesterday morning and kissed her, Li Yi inexplicably began to miss her in his heart... Whether it was lust or being fickle, he did have this feeling anyway.

Now that he heard that Fu Er Niang wanted to see him, Li Yi naturally wanted it more than ever... At least he could say a few goodbye words to her in person.

Li Yi asked Li Hanchao to wait here with his personal soldiers, and then he went to see Fu Erniang with his maid Xian'er.

Like last time, Li Yi was taken directly into the back door of Prince Wei's Mansion.

It’s funny to think about it. He just said goodbye at the main gate of King Wei’s house, walked around and came in through the back door, and even went to meet someone’s precious daughter.

If Prince Wei Fu Yanqing knew about this, I wonder how he would react...

"General Li, um, I..."

It was clearly Fu Er Niang who asked someone to call Li Yi over, but after meeting her, she started to hesitate.

"Second mother."

Li Yi was quite shameless. He quickly walked up to Fu Erniang and said, "I didn't see Erniang at the Lantern Festival last night. I thought you were upset about what happened yesterday and didn't want to see me."

He was bringing up something that was completely irrelevant. Fu Erniang had finally mustered up the courage to ask someone to call him over, but when she heard this, she immediately remembered the ambiguity between the two of them yesterday.

Fu Erniang's face flushed instantly, and she stammered, "I, I wasn't mad at you... Yesterday, yesterday... Oh, you're so irritating..."

She didn't know why she suddenly became so tongue-tied. She was never like this normally... Feeling embarrassed and annoyed, she stomped her feet, turned around and ran into the pavilion next to her.

Li Yi quickly chased after them. When both of them entered the pavilion, he took the opportunity to hold Fu Erniang's hand and said sincerely:

"Second Mother, you know, the woman I dreamed of on the Lantern Festival that year, I originally thought was someone from outer space. I never had the chance to see her in this world, and I'm quite regretful about that."

"But after seeing you again yesterday, I suddenly realized that the fairy in my dream was far away in the sky, but now she is right before my eyes... God has been very kind to me!"

With her hand held by Li Yi, Fu Erniang subconsciously wanted to struggle, but the words that followed made her heart tremble, and she suddenly had no strength to resist.

Li Yi continued to speak sweetly, "Perhaps there really is such a thing as fate in this world. We met in such a vast sea of ​​people. If we had missed each other, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life." "Fortunately, God has blessed me and brought me together with Er Niang. What else could I be dissatisfied with?"

The words he said were straightforward and corny, and in later generations they would definitely be considered cheesy love words, and might even be described as "greasy".

But in this era, things are different. How could Fu Erniang, a noble lady raised in seclusion, have ever seen such tactics?
She was immediately held tightly in the grip, her whole body felt soft and hot, her heart was beating wildly, and she felt that she had lived in vain all these years, and had never imagined that the taste of love could be so wonderful.

I saw that there was a hint of water in Fu Erniang's eyes.

It's obvious that he no longer has much thinking ability.

Li Yi immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"ah!"

Fu Erniang immediately exclaimed.

Beautiful woman in my arms——

Li Yi lowered his head and leaned close to her ear, whispering, "After we part today, I'm afraid we'll have to wait a few months before we meet again."

Hearing this, Fu Erniang paused, and her movements, which were already small to begin with, gradually stopped.

After a while...

Fu Erniang buried her head in Li Yi's arms, feeling the sound of his strong heartbeat. She suddenly said in a muffled voice, "Li, Li Lang, when you return to Tokyo, you must find a matchmaker to propose marriage as soon as possible. Otherwise, I won't marry you..."

Unconsciously, the way she addressed Li Yi had changed, but since they were so close, it would be hypocritical to be shy any longer.

Hearing these seemingly angry words, Li Yi felt amused. Even if Fu Erniang didn't urge him, he wouldn't have delayed it.

But he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll send someone to propose marriage as soon as I get back."

After saying that, Li Yi pushed Fu Erniang's shoulder away a little, and under her puzzled gaze, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.

Li Yi chuckled and said, "Second Mother, open it and take a look."

Fu Erniang unfolded the paper with a hint of curiosity, and her eyes suddenly froze——

There were only two human figures outlined with black lines on the paper. They looked lifelike at first glance, but upon closer inspection...wasn't it the scene of Li Yi secretly holding Fu Er Niang's hand in the villa yesterday?
In addition, there is a poem written next to the picture.

Fu Erniang couldn't help but whispered:

"The thin clouds make tricks, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is far away in darkness. When gold, wind, jade and dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world."

"Tender love is like water, good times are like dreams, and we can't bear to look at the Magpie Bridge on our way home. If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?"

As she finished reading, her voice gradually became lower.

This poem... is so well written.

"I didn't see Er Niang at the Lantern Festival last night. I couldn't sleep when I got back to my room, so I drew this sketch based on my memory."

After Li Yi finished speaking, he saw Fu Erniang still staring at the picture in a daze, as if she had not yet come to her senses.

Seeing the other person's charming appearance, he suddenly lowered his head and moved it closer, and immediately felt a soft and wet touch... and they separated at the first touch.

"ah--"

Fu Er Niang only reacted at this time, let out a light cry, and subconsciously covered her lips.

"Second mother, just wait for me to marry you!"

Li Yi chuckled, then turned around and strode away, leaving Fu Er Niang with a majestic back.

"If love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night..."

Fu Erniang held the picture tightly to her chest.

She suddenly felt.

The next few months may be very difficult for me... Waiting is the most painful longing.

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(End of this chapter)