The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Nan Wangyu brought Lu Lingxi to a noodle stall that looked relatively clean and tidy. There were four or five tables in front of the stall. The stall owner was busy kneading dough, making noodles, and boiling noodles. The boss's wife was greeting customers and making some wontons in her spare time. She was very skilled. Where the boss was busy, there was a flag with "Jiang's Noodle House" written on it.

Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi went out shopping, and for convenience and inconspicuousness, they both wore ordinary clothes. Now that it was getting dark, they looked even more ordinary, and there was no sense of disobedience with this roadside stall.

The two found an empty seat and sat down. The proprietress immediately came forward with a smile and greeted them: "What would you like to eat?"

Lu Lingxi: "What do you have here?"

The proprietress turned around and pointed the flag at Lu Lingxi, saying, "Miss, please look, it says on the sign that we have noodles and wontons."

Following the instructions of the lady boss, Lu Lingxi turned around and looked at the sign. Sure enough, under the words "Jiang's Noodle House", there were four smaller words that said "noodles, wontons" but no price was marked. So he asked again, "Oh, how much is it?"

The proprietress smiled and patiently explained, "Noodles are five cents for vegetarians and ten cents for beef. The same goes for wontons, five cents for vegetarians and ten cents for meat."

After hearing the price, Lu Lingxi felt that he was living in the real world. Five or ten yuan for a bowl of noodles or wontons was normal. Spending ten million yuan a day was simply too dreamy. So he said happily and generously: "I'll have a bowl of meat wontons."

"What about you?" He then turned and asked Nan Wangyu beside him.

When Nan Wangyu heard the lady boss call Lu Lingxi "Miss" before, he knew that she had misunderstood the relationship between Lu Lingxi and himself, thinking that Lu Lingxi was still unmarried, so he specifically replied: "Of course it's the same as you, my lady."

The proprietress was also a smart person. When she heard Nan Wangyu's answer, she immediately smiled and said, "Young Master, Madam, please wait a moment. The wontons will be ready in a while."

Lu Lingxi was completely unaware of the change in the way the lady boss addressed her, but Nan Wangyu nodded in satisfaction, taking a little more initiative than before, and nodded with a friendly smile, "Okay."

After they finished eating the wontons, Nan Wangyu put twenty copper coins on the table and shouted to the proprietress, "Madam, the money is on the table." Then he took Lu Lingxi's hand and left. Lu Lingxi was full and in a good mood. He turned around and gave a thumbs up, praising generously, "It tastes really good!"

The lady boss also responded enthusiastically: "It's delicious. Come again next time."

After arriving at the night market, Lu Lingxi saw that it was indeed more lively than the daytime market. At night, there were more people selling lanterns and masks. People coming and going, some wearing various masks, some wearing veils that matched the color of their clothes, and the costumes were also bolder than during the day. The whole thing was like a unique masquerade.

As we walked forward, we would see people gathering together to watch the acrobatics from time to time. Some of the acrobatics required the cooperation of firelight, and they could only be felt at night. We might not be able to see the firelight clearly during the day, so naturally the effect would not be as good as at night.

Lu Lingxi looked around and had a lot of fun along the way. Suddenly, he remembered that there were usually lantern riddles at such night markets, so he asked Nan Wangyu beside him: "Is there any lantern riddle guessing at this night market?"

Nan Wangyu: "A few days ago, which was the day we got married, it was the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. All major hotels, shops, and lantern vendors will have lantern riddle guessing activities. There are no activities today, probably nothing."

"Ah? Then when will there be another lantern riddle guessing activity? We won't have to wait another year, will we?" Seeing that there were no lantern riddles to guess, Lu Lingxi felt a little disappointed.

"Indeed, if we want to guess lantern riddles next time, we have to wait until the Lantern Festival next year. However, if you really want to guess, I can also give you a few riddles. If you guess correctly, there will also be rewards. How about it?" Nan Wangyu suggested, unable to bear to see Lu Lingxi so disappointed.

"It would be boring for just the two of us to guess. Lantern Riddles require many people to guess together, and everyone should rush to say their answers, so that there will be a lively atmosphere."

Nan Wangyu: "You are right. There is nothing we can do. We can only wait until the Lantern Festival next year. I will come with you again."

"You can come next year. There's no rush anyway. Let's make a deal. You'll come with me to the night market and guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival next year."

After saying that, Lu Lingxi stretched out his little finger and hooked it, indicating Nan Wangyu to stretch out his little finger as well.

Nan Wangyu didn't understand, but he still slowly stretched out his little finger like Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi immediately hooked his little finger and muttered: "Pin, hang yourself, and don't change for a hundred years."

After Lu Lingxi finished talking, he loosened his little finger and explained, "We have an agreement, don't cheat."

Lu Lingxi didn't notice that her physical contact with Nan Wangyu was becoming more and more natural and frequent. But Nan Wangyu noticed it and was secretly happy in his heart. He followed her words and replied: "Okay, we have an appointment. Don't worry, I will definitely not break the appointment."

The two of them wandered around the night market for a long time. When they saw good performers, they gave them a few coins. They also bought masks and lanterns, and some snacks. They didn't buy anything else. The total cost was less than one or two taels of silver. Lu Lingxi thought that wandering around the night market was much more interesting than the daytime market, and it saved money.

On the way back in the carriage, Lu Lingxi looked at the lanterns and masks in her hands, and then took out some snacks to eat, and couldn't let go of these little things. In her eyes, these things were much more interesting than those gold, silver and jade objects.

The carriage had traveled for quite a distance when Lu Lingxi suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! Didn't we agree to buy storybooks? We didn't even think of going to the bookstore today. Let's go back and have a look."

Nan Wangyu, who was already a little drowsy at this time, resisted the urge to sleep, opened his eyes a little, looked at Lu Lingxi and said, "Lingxi, it's almost midnight. If we go back now, the bookstore will not be open. Most of the books sold in the night market are not genuine, and there are also some improper books that are not suitable for you to read. Let's not go, shall we?"

But when Lu Lingxi heard Nan Wangyu mention that there were some improper books, he suddenly became interested and said with a malicious smile: "Oh? Improper books? What improper books? How do you know? Have you read them?"

Nan Wangyu saw Lu Lingxi's malicious smile from the slit of his eyes, and he also wanted to tease him, although he still couldn't open his eyes. He also smiled maliciously and said, "It's similar to the book you kept at the bottom of your box when you got married. Do you want to read it? Let's study it together someday."

"Huh? The book that's been hidden in the bottom of the box? Or the book that's been hidden in the bottom of my dowry? What book? How come I don't know?" Lu Lingxi asked puzzledly.

Nan Wangyu smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know when you go back and look through it yourself."

Lu Lingxi was about to ask more questions, but saw that Nan Wangyu had closed his eyes. Remembering that he did not sleep well last night, he stopped talking.

I'd better go back and look through it myself. Strange! There's no mention of any books on the dowry gift list.