Both worlds are like dreams

Xue Huang leaned on his shoulder and sat with him on the bow, looking at the bustling lights on the river bank. "Actually, I don't know when I fell in love with you. I just remember that when I found out, I already liked you very much."

Gu Qinglan's ears turned slightly red. For such a long time, he had tried very hard to be more natural when facing her, but unfortunately Xue Huang was getting better and better at teasing him.

Fortunately, Xue Huang didn't notice, otherwise he would have been even more uncomfortable.

The two people drifted in a circle on the boat. Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the shore, Xue Huang quickly changed the direction of the boat and drifted back.

Gu Qinglan also prepared river lanterns, and Xuehuang lit them with him and placed them on the water.

"Actually, I have prepared a gift for you today."

Xue Huang looked at him curiously, "What is it?"

Gu Qinglan paddled the water and the boat drifted towards the shore.

They soon returned to the vicinity of Linjiangtai, and many people on the shore recognized them.

Among them were Princess Kangyang, Kang Minmin, and Du Mengyao. Mo Xingyue was also there. Her good brother, who always said that he had no one he liked, ultimately valued women over his daughter. After handing her over to Zhao Manqing, whom he met by chance, he hurried off to look for someone else.

So Mo Xingyue and Zhao Manqing also came to Linjiangtai, during which time they bullied Kang Minmin and Du Mengyao a lot.

Du Mengyao and Shen Shaohui are engaged, and they were supposed to go to the lantern festival together today, but Shen Shaohui ran to Mo Xingyue and showed his courtesy.

Du Mengyao was naturally unhappy and acted sarcastic.

Mo Xingyue didn't pamper her. After all, she was a princess. How could she let her ride on her head? So she and Zhao Manqing squeezed her speechlessly.

As for Kang Minmin, she was still thinking about Gu Qinglan, so Mo Xingyue brought them here on purpose. She wanted her to see with her own eyes that Xue Huang and Gu Qinglan were in love with each other so that she would give up.

The Third Prince was naturally there too. He was thinking about Xue Huang, so it was a good opportunity for him to give up on her as well.

On the clear lake, a painted boat slowly floated by. The fairy-like couple leaned against each other at the bow, looking at the bustling lights.

The eyes of that gentle, elegant and noble young man finally accommodated the worldly world, and the unreachable goddess on the top of the sacred mountain also came down to the mortal world. It was a pity that they only had each other in their eyes, and it was difficult for others to get in the slightest.

The people on the shore had different expressions, some were envious, some were jealous, some were unwilling and resentful, but they could only suppress them.

"What gift do you want to give me?" Xue Huang asked with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were loud explosions in the sky and countless brilliant fireworks rose into the sky.

Gu Qinglan stood up with Xue Huang on his arm and looked at the fireworks all over the city. "Do you like it?"

Brilliant fireworks burned all over the entire Shangyang City. The colorful fireworks lit up the sky like a dream of a prosperous age, and the people in the city stopped to watch.

Because there have been very few such grand fireworks in Shangyang City over the years.

Xue Huang was very surprised, "Did you prepare this?"

Gu Qinglan nodded and held her hand, "Holding your hand, we will go to the prosperous times together."

"I will grow old with you, and never abandon you, no matter life or death." Xue Huang said with a smile.

Zhao Manqing on the shore was still surprised, "Why are there so many fireworks?"

Mo Xingyue smiled smugly, deliberately leaning close to Kang Minmin and said loudly: "You don't know this, right? This is specially prepared by Brother Lan for Xue Huang."

"I heard that when Prince Gu's father was proposing marriage, he also set off fireworks all over the city. Could it be that Prince Gu and the princess have decided to spend their lives together today?" Zhao Manqing asked with a particularly tacit understanding.

"Of course." Mo Xingyue smiled. "They have been in love with each other for three years. They have been through life and death and hardships along the way. Their love is stronger than gold. How can others separate them?"

"The princess and the prince are indeed a match made in heaven." Zhao Manqing said sincerely.

Kang Minmin's dignified and virtuous face could no longer be maintained, and her face turned green with anger. She didn't want to look any further and turned away. Du Mengyao glanced at Shen Shaohui, who didn't care about her at all. She couldn't say she was sad, but she still felt sour in her heart. After all, he was engaged to her, but he never cared about her, let alone gave her any gifts.

Seeing Kang Minmin leave angrily, she also left depressed.

Mo Xingyue glanced at Mo Yiming, "Brother, are you still not leaving?"

"I didn't expect that a man like Gu Qinglan, who looked like a banished immortal, would actually spend all his money just to make a beautiful woman smile." Mo Yiming said meaningfully. "Sure enough, he is just like General Gu back then, a love-sick man."

"Third brother is also a love-crazy man," Mo Xingyue raised an eyebrow, "but he is not just love-crazy to one person."

Mo Yiming's face was embarrassed, "Royal sister, you are really good at talking."

Mo Xingyue ignored him and walked away with Zhao Manqing.

Stargazing Building

Mo Ruilin was waving a folding fan and looking at the fireworks all over the city, with Xiao Ling'er, who was dressed in black, beside him.

"I didn't expect to see such a scene today." She looked unsure.

"What do you think?" asked Murilan.

Xiao Linger was silent for a moment. "No matter how beautiful the fireworks are, they only bloom for a moment and eventually fall into the dust."

“But that moment is sometimes eternity.”

"If she knew the truth one day, would you regret it?"

"Wouldn't it be better to just let her live happily like this? We can take care of the rest."

Xiao Ling'er smiled slightly, "I really don't know whether to say you are smart and courageous, or to say you are stupid." Xiao Ling'er was a little helpless.

Mo Ruilin smiled and suddenly moved closer to her, "You can say whatever you want."

Xiao Linger's lips curled up into a gentle smile. Facing Mo Ruilin's approach, she was not nervous at all. Instead, she came directly in front of him, her clear eyes full of charm, and her voice fell faintly into his ear, "Really?"

Now it was Mo Ruilin's turn to be nervous. Looking at the face so close, he seemed to be able to count her eyelashes. He coughed lightly and took a step back, looking a little unnatural. "Of course, whatever you want."

Xiao Ling'er looked at his profile and sighed silently. She knew that if she got involved with them, she might one day be doomed to failure, but she still jumped in foolishly. What a fool she was.

She turned her head to look at the gorgeous fireworks, which were so dazzling. Perhaps it was because they could only bloom for a moment that made people cherish them even more.

……

This grand fireworks display lasted for about an incense stick of time, and within such a short time, everyone in Shangyang City knew that it was set off by Gu Qinglan for his beloved.

When the fireworks ended, countless sky lanterns floated in the sky again in the city.

This is also a custom of the Qiqiao Festival, but this year there are especially many Kongming lanterns. The sky is full of floating lights, and the whole Shangyang City seems like a city that never sleeps.

"It's a Kongming lantern." Xuehuang shouted happily, pointing at the Kongming lantern flying in the sky.

"Do you want to let it go?"

Xue Huang turned around and looked at him. In his hand was a Kongming lantern that he had taken out from nowhere, and he was looking at her with a smile in his eyes.

"Yes," she said immediately. "Let's do it together." She took the pen and wrote a line on it, "Grow old together with you, never abandon you, even in death or life."

Gu Qinglan also wrote a line of words, "Holding your hand, we will go to the prosperous era together."

Then they held up the Kongming lantern together and released it into the air. The Kongming lantern slowly flew away, with warm flames flickering like the red sun in the early morning sky.

She held his hand and stood side by side with him, watching the light fly higher and higher.

Xue Huang silently prayed in her heart, hoping that they could stay together forever for the rest of their lives. No matter what kind of difficulties they would encounter in the future, even if it cost her her life, she would protect the people she cared about.

Gu Qinglan held her hand again, interlocking their fingers, and would never let go again in this life.

The Kongming lanterns rose higher and higher, as if they knew what they wanted, so they tried very hard to fly towards the sky, wanting to convey their wishes to heaven.

But suddenly, an arrow flew towards us and shot down the Kongming lantern.

Xue Huang frowned slightly, and her eyes followed the lamp down, as if she saw the marriage card that fell under the marriage tree that day.

The broken Kongming lantern fell on the water and was instantly frozen by the spreading frost.

In almost an instant, a layer of frost formed on the river surface around their boat, and the boat could no longer move forward.

When the people around saw the scene, they all started to talk in low voices, but when they saw the row of black-armored soldiers walking towards them on the bridge, they all fled.

Xue Huang's gaze also fell on the stone bridge in front of her. She looked at the figure with an aura as cold as ice. In the brilliant lights, the red dress was still so dazzling.

He stood there on his horse, looking at them coldly.

Xue Huang met his gaze and found that his eyes were colder than ever.

The arrow just now was shot by him.

She frowned, not understanding what was wrong with him. However, his appearance was such a downer that the people left the place in no time.

None of them spoke, only the cold air continued to condense in the palm of the Snow Phoenix's hand, and an almost transparent frost arrow slowly condensed out.

Afterwards, she greeted Mo Yunchen without any courtesy. She could have ignored him, but she usually liked to take revenge on the spot.

So she chose to return the arrow directly to him.

The ice arrow flew straight towards Mo Yunchen's face. Just when it was about to reach his forehead, Mo Yunchen grabbed it and then crushed it into two pieces, which fell to the ground.

But he didn't seem to have any intention to continue, and waved his hand, signaling the soldiers behind him to leave. He himself stood alone on his horse.

Xue Huang found him inexplicable, and since he didn't want to fight, she was too lazy to pay attention to him.

He and Gu Qinglan jumped back to the riverside platform.

"My Kongming lantern." Xue Huang stared at the sky unhappily, "It's all his fault. Let's go release another one."

"Any amount is fine." There was a hint of doting in Gu Qinglan's eyes.

Xue Huang wiped away the depression on her face and followed him away from the shore.

The red-dressed figure on the bridge looked at the bustling night scene for a long time. His back, which kept strangers away, looked a little lonely. But his eyes were extremely cold. No matter how colorful the lights in this world were, they could not bring a bit of warmth to his eyes.