Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

As Chu Shiyu said, this paid lantern festival is attended by many children of the powerful and wealthy.

They had just walked in a few steps when some young men and women exclaimed, "Your Highness Prince Duan! Why are you here?"

Chu Shiyu just glanced over coldly, and then the young men fell silent. The powerful and wealthy are also divided into levels. The gap between the descendants of a minor official and a prince is even greater than the gap between a county magistrate and common people.

"You can take a look at the lanterns in here. They are more exquisite than those outside. And you don't have to pay. You can take them away if you guess correctly." To this day, Chu Shiyu can still grasp Liu Rusi's thoughts to some extent.

As he expected, Liu Rusi's expression relaxed a little, and her eyes, which were shining with light, had a selective look.

"Your Highness Prince Duan, I didn't expect you to really come!" came the girl's surprised voice.

Chu Shiyu's gaze became cold after he left Liu Rusi, but not everyone was afraid of his eyes, at least Fang Qiu was not afraid.

The girl in orange tights trotted over. Although she looked about sixteen years old, she was very tall. When she got in front of the two of them, Liu Rusi estimated that she was at least 1.7 meters tall, half a head taller than herself, and about the height of Chu Shiyu's lips.

Liu Rusi exerted some strength and pulled her hand out while Chu Shiyu was not paying attention.

"Go play your own game and don't come near me!" Chu Shiyu suddenly felt terrible.

"How can that be possible? I came here specially because I learned that Your Highness had reserved a seat in the Ladies' Pavilion." Fang Qiu said frankly, lowering his head slightly to look at Liu Rusi beside him, and chuckled, "Your Highness is going to bring Madam Liu with him, right?"

"If you know, don't disturb us." Chu Shiyu said as he reached out to hold Liu Rusi again.

But she, who had been obedient all day, seemed to have a rebellious heart again. She quickly raised her hand that was close to him and put it on her chin, as if she was thinking, and said, "The lanterns over there seem to be more interesting. I'll go take a look."

Then Liu Rusi walked towards the place with the brightest lights as if no one was around.

He was angry and happy at the same time. It was a good thing to have a reaction. She wouldn't be like a person in a mirror in the water, floating away and out of his reach.

"Your Highness, Madam Liu doesn't seem to like you?" Fang Qiu also quickly followed to the other side.

Chu Shiyu's face darkened as his pain point was touched. He shouted coldly, "What does it have to do with you? Stay away!"

Fang Qiu was unmoved and laughed heartily: "How can it have nothing to do with me? I feel the same way towards Your Highness. The only difference is that I cannot keep Your Highness by my side, so I can only find an opportunity to catch up with him myself."

Chu Shiyu turned his head with a dark face and chose to ignore him. Fang Qiu was the legitimate daughter of General Fang Kui of Zhenyuan. He couldn't touch her without touching her bottom line. This was also the reason why she dared to pester him.

"Sister Shen has taken a fancy to this lantern. Do you know who we are? Don't you have such good eyesight?" A woman's scolding voice came from the front.

"It's more than just lack of eyesight. Look, she's also wearing a green dress. From a distance, she looks like that. But when you look closer, oh my, she's a pockmarked girl! Hahaha!"

"Only a talented lady like Sister Shen, who has a beautiful figure and a graceful body, can look good in a green dress! Some people are well-informed, but they only care about catching the limelight, without considering whether they are worthy of it? This is what Dong Shi Xiou Pin means, right?"

The woman surrounded by several noble ladies seemed a little embarrassed, and hesitated whether to put the lantern in her hand back to its original place.

At this time, a tall and handsome scholar ran over from a distance, handed the sweet cake in his hand to the woman, frowned at the ladies and said, "What misunderstanding do you have with my wife?"

The cold voice matched the elegant temperament, and the arrogance of several noble ladies subsided. Even Shen Yuqin glanced at it and raised her hand to touch the loose hair at her temples in a gentle manner.

"It's just a small misunderstanding. I just liked this lantern and solved the riddle and put it here temporarily. This person... came over to take it away. Some friends felt bad and said a few words on my behalf. But it doesn't matter. Since your ladyship wants it, give it to her."

"Husband, I won it by solving the puzzle myself, I didn't just take it away," the woman argued softly.

But the ladies were no longer attracted by the handsomeness of the man, and one of them shouted, "This lantern is the most difficult riddle besides the lantern array. Can you guess it?"

"It's just a lamp, is it necessary to lie?" The voice was full of contempt.

"Husband, it's really me." The woman said seriously.

The man also nodded and said, "I believe you."

Several noble ladies were immediately unhappy and scolded the man, "You are going to listen to a pockmarked face? If you don't believe me, ask the person in charge of the lanterns next to you, who guessed the lantern riddle?"

The person in charge of management immediately stepped back. He didn't want to get involved in these disputes among the wealthy families! If he wasn't careful, he would be affected!

"Ms. Shen, why don't you tell me the answer to the puzzle again? If you have guessed it before, you should know the answer, right?" a gentle voice suddenly said.

Several noble ladies turned around and saw a group of people walking out from the lights behind them. Two of them were well-known among the upper class of the capital!

"Your Highness Prince Duan! Miss Fang!"

Several noble ladies bowed one after another. Shen Yuqin saw the face that looked even more delicate and handsome under the light, and suddenly she could not think of anything else. With such appearance and noble status, he was the man she would marry!

But Chu Shiyu's face was completely cold. He was very unhappy that Liu Rusi was excluded and put together with Fang Qiu.

Several noble ladies turned around awkwardly to look at Shen Yuqin's expression, and seeing that she didn't say anything, they also didn't say anything to add.

Liu Rusi spoke first: "Weren't we arguing about who would guess the riddle first just now? Miss Shen, why don't you guess again and decide?"

"I have already given the lantern to you. There is no need to argue anymore." Shen Yuqin looked gentle and humble.

The handsome man refused to give in and said, "The lantern is a small matter, but you said my wife took the lantern that had been solved. This is tantamount to accusing someone of stealing. To prove your innocence, please guess again. Otherwise, what you just said is slander."

Shen Yuqin frowned and glared at him, and the good lady next to her chimed in, "Who are you? You look decent, why are you so arrogant?"

"Guess again, otherwise I will help spread the news that Shen Yuqin is a fake talent throughout the capital~"

Fang Qiu looked at Shen Yuqin with eyes full of malice. Love rivals are divided into different categories. Changning and she are equally matched, and Madam Liu has no right to choose at all. And this Shen Yuqin is weaker than her but competitive, and happens to be the kind of pretentious and hypocritical person she hates the most!

"You?!" Shen Yuqin's heart stagnated. How could she be so unlucky? ! She just saw that this difficult-to-guess lantern was guessed by an unknown woman, so she wanted to take advantage of the situation and take the lantern. If others saw it, they would think she was talented...

But Fang Qiu would do what she said, and she really had the ability to do it! She stretched out her hand to the woman with an unpleasant look on her face and said, "I have guessed many lantern riddles, and I forgot what this riddle is. Let me see the title."

The woman looked at her husband. The handsome man reached out and took the lantern and said, "The answer is above but it's inconvenient to show you. I'll read it to you, young lady."

"There is one more day until spring, and people will come and go. Women's days are half as short as they can hear someone coming to see them."

Shen Yuqin didn't expect to be able to guess it, and she thought quickly, "It's a misunderstanding! The lamp I deposited is not the puzzle, maybe there is a similar lamp, and my sister helped me out in a hurry, and I didn't distinguish carefully."

"I'd like to apologize to this lady now." Shen Yuqin bowed and then turned around and left in a hurry, not caring about the expressions of the people behind her. The noble ladies also lowered their heads and hurriedly followed. Their fathers or brothers were other officials of the Ministry of Rites, and in order to maintain good relations, they had to obey their orders.

Seeing Shen Yuqin and her group walking away, Chu Shiyu turned to Liu Rusi and asked, "Can you guess the answer? If you answer correctly, I will go to the Imperial Observatory tomorrow."

Liu Rusi frowned and asked, "Didn't you say you would go?"

"I can also go again next year." Chu Shiyu said shamelessly.

With a helpless sigh, Liu Rusi said lightly: "The husband sings and the wife follows."

Chu Shiyu nodded with satisfaction. He just wanted to hear her say these few words and prove that Liu Rusi was more talented than Shen Yuqin.

Fang Qiu frowned and wondered why the answer was "husband sings and wife follows". She liked to wield swords and guns, but Prince Duan liked both. She was also trying to improve her literary talent, but unfortunately her talent was not as good as that of swords, so she did not make much progress...

"Mrs. Liu said in her letter that she was ignorant, and I thought she was being modest. Today I see that it is indeed true." The handsome scholar suddenly spoke.

Liu Rusi was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Are you Mr. Yue's..."

"My name is Yue Ziqian, and this is my wife Lin Qingzhi. Madam Liu has been very kind to me by saving my family of three, and today she has rescued us again. I am very grateful!" Yue Ziqian pulled Lin Qingzhi, knelt down solemnly, and was about to perform the great kowtow!

"Don't kneel!" Liu Rusi hurried forward to stop him.

But a big hand quickly stopped him! This Yue Ziqian inexplicably made Chu Shiyu feel a sense of crisis! It's not that he can't explain it. He is young, handsome and elegant, and he was also saved by Liu Rusi. If he didn't have a wife standing next to him, he would have considered sending someone to prevent it!

Liu Rusi was unable to stop him, and watched Yue Ziqian and his wife kowtow three times. She looked at Chu Shiyu helplessly. This was not the first time that he had gone crazy, so she could only hope that he would be cured soon...

"Madam Liu, do you only choose handsome men to save?" Fang Qiu asked. Madam Liu's love rival is passive, but a love rival is a love rival, and she will not be polite when she can deal with it!

"Miss, with your intelligence, you should be able to see that Madam Liu does not know me. Today, my wife and I are meeting Madam Liu for the first time." Yue Ziqian's voice was cold and neither humble nor arrogant.

Fang Qiu paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "I've never seen you before, how could I save you?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Chu Shiyu said coldly, pulled the little hand that he had grabbed again and turned away. No matter where the sense of crisis came from, he just didn't want to let her meet Yue Ziqian.

Liu Rusi couldn't pull him apart, so she could only half turn around and say apologetically, "Mr. Yue, you guys go have fun. I'll meet you two for tea and a chat someday."

Chu Shiyu pulled her to walk faster, and said softly to Liu Rusi as they walked, "There's a lantern array over there. You have to solve all the puzzles to get the innermost lantern. If you give up halfway, you can still get any lantern in front. Let's go and have some fun?"

Can we not play? Liu Rusi smiled and nodded.

Amusement rides have their own rules, and if you don’t follow the rules, the fun of the ride will be greatly reduced.

But Chu Shiyu was trying to interpret the rules. There were eight paths leading to the center of the light array, but only one person could enter at a time. The problem was that he wanted to bring Liu Rusi in with him, but was nitpicked by the wording that he had to enter "alone"!

The one guarding the lantern array is currently the most conservative Censor Zhao of Daxia. He firmly believes in something and would not change his mind even if a knife was placed on his neck!

"Just guess. I'm tired from walking too. Let's sit outside for a while." Liu Rusi advised.

Chu Shiyu asked her to sit on the chair outside the lantern array. He glanced coldly at the men and women who were gathering more and more, and told the maids in a cold voice: "Take good care of the lady."

"Yes!" The maids responded in unison and stood beside Liu Rusi.

Chu Shiyu walked towards the array of lights, and snorted at the censor who was guarding the array, saying, "You'd better treat everyone equally throughout the night! If I find anything special, I'll bet on how long your reputation as a censor can last!"

"Don't worry, Third Brother. Because of Censor Zhao, there are fewer people visiting the lantern array today." A group of noble young men came over, and the leader was dressed in golden and red clothes, which was the attire only princes could have.

Chu Shiyu took a quick look and saw that except for Old Five, no one else needed his attention. He nodded casually and went straight towards the light array.

He had just walked a distance when Fang Qiu came close to Liu Rusi. Regardless of the frightened looks of the maids, he whispered in Liu Rusi's ear: "Do you want to leave Prince Duan? I can help you~"

Liu Rusi smiled softly and said, "I have children, relatives and friends. I can't just leave alone."

"Hmph." Fang Qiu looked at her with contempt, being indecisive.

"Moreover, if Miss Fang wants to win the favor of Prince Duan, this should not be done by you. It will make him resentful and put the cart before the horse." Liu Rusi whispered.

Fang Qiu blinked at her suspiciously.

"Fang Qiu! Where is brother Duan Wang?"

A red shadow ran over, and Fang Qiu was seen leaning over to speak to Liu's ear with his hands on the back of the chair. Liu was sitting on the chair, looking like she was being intimidated? !

Chang Ning thought of what his mother said about the strategy of vertical and horizontal operations, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted, "Where are you, brother Duan Wang? Fang Qiu is bullying Madam Liu!"

Fang Qiu stood up anxiously and looked into the light array. Fortunately, the tall figure was some distance away and should not have heard it. He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Which eye of the princess saw me bullying her?!"

"Which one?"

Chang Ning was amused when she saw Fang Qiu's anxious look. She rarely had the upper hand, so she shook her head proudly, pointed at her eyes with two fingers and said, "I saw both of them. Brother, don't you think so?"

Standing next to Changning was a handsome young man in bright clothes. Chu Shiyu said that day that Qin Tao was half a head shorter than him. In fact, the young man was quite tall, over 1.8 meters, and full of vigor like a rising star... Although they had similar faces, there was less sadness in his eyes than in Qin Lie's.

"Where are you going, Madam Liu?" Fang Qiu stopped Liu Rusi from walking forward. If she left at this moment, Changning would blame her for being angry with her and she would have no way to explain herself!

"I... go guess lantern riddles." She just subconsciously wanted to leave. In front of her was a lantern array that only one person could enter, which seemed to be the best place to go.

Fang Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. The lights in the lantern array were bright, and figures could be seen outside. She put down her arms and asked curiously, "Didn't His Highness help you guess?"

"Is there no rule that prohibits women from guessing for themselves?" Liu Rusi asked with a smile the guarding Censor Zhao.

"Not really, but some people are guessing about this route. Choose another route." Censor Zhao said seriously. He was the lantern keeper sent to preside over the lantern festival tonight and he only cared about his job.

When Madam Liu entered the light array, several maids suddenly became panicked. Did this count as poor care?

Fang Qiu looked at the group of people outside who had nothing to do with her, and simply chose a path to guess riddles. Chang Ning inexplicably felt that this was like a competition, and not wanting to be outdone, he also went in.

The lantern array, which had originally been ignored, was quickly filled up.