Вдовствующая императрица Сяосюань

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The Lantern Festival is a night of renewal and spring. The bright moon hangs high in the sky, and thousands of colorful lanterns adorn the ground. People watch the lanterns, solve riddles, eat glutinous rice balls, or go for a walk with their families. It is a joyful occasion, like the Ru Feng family.

At first, everyone walked together. Ru Feng had a happy smile on her face, watching the various street performances with great interest. Yu Jue walked up to Ru Feng, hesitating to speak.

Ru Feng asked casually, "Brother Jue, what do you want to tell me?"

Yu Jue sighed: "Ru Feng, I don't know if you're really smart or just pretending, but don't you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Ru Feng looked up at Yu Jue in surprise and said softly, "Brother Jue, just say what you want to say. I can't guess."

Yu Jue thought for a while, and seeing Ru Feng staring at him, he said, "Ru Feng, I don't really like the people in my family, but I have no choice but to accept them. If there is someone I truly love in this life, I think I will only have her."

"Really?" Ru Feng glanced at Ru Xue and winked at her.

Ru Xue looked at Ru Feng with confusion, but still walked over and stood on the other side of Ru Feng.

Ru Feng, with her sharp eyes, noticed Yu Xuan buying a windmill on the street and said, "I'll go see what Yu Xuan is doing." She then slipped over. Yu Jue wanted to call her back, but didn't know how to express his feelings. His mind was a jumbled mess. Sigh, why isn't Ru Feng a girl? Otherwise, he wouldn't have so many troubles today.

Ru Xue was secretly grateful for Ru Feng's kindness. She thought that her younger brother had seen her behavior these past few days. Originally, she would never have taken the initiative to approach a man, but she thought that she was almost twenty years old. If she didn't seize the opportunity, she would have to marry any man in the future, so it would be better not to get married at all.

Ru Feng walked up to Yu Xuan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yu Xuan, what do you think of your brother and my sister? Are they a good match?" His tone revealed a hint of smugness.

Yu Xuan picked up the windmill a child was playing with, flicked it with his hand, and glanced at the two people who seemed to be chatting happily not far away. He rarely agreed, saying, "A perfect match, indeed!" But he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Ru Feng couldn't see that her brother had feelings for him, and instead pushed her sister to her brother. He figured that her brother's hopes should be dashed, which was exactly the ending he wanted. So he became especially affectionate towards Ru Feng.

So, through the deliberate arrangement of Yuxuan and Rufeng, Yujue and Ruxue got together, while Rufeng went off to play with Yuxuan.

Ru Feng, being a lively person, always went to crowded places, and Yu Xuan was similar. So the two of them had a great time and ignored the shy and timid behavior of the girls on the street.

Ru Feng looked at Yu Xuan several times before finally asking, "Brother Xuan, how much do you know about the Headmaster?" In Ru Feng's memory, Yu Xuan seemed to know the Headmaster quite well, which was why she asked this question.

Yu Xuan stopped clapping and frowned at Ru Feng: "Why are you asking this?"

Ru Feng thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you know where he is now? I think I just saw his back."

Yu Xuan shook his head: "How could I possibly know where the headmaster is? But he can't be in Yuezhou City anyway. You're seeing things." With that, he ignored Ru Feng and became extremely enthusiastic about the fire-eating acrobatics performance.

Ru Feng pouted. "What's so interesting about this acrobatic act? I'd better go watch something else." With that thought, she pushed through the crowd and walked away alone, looking dejected.

Just now, Ru Feng did see a figure that looked very similar to Mu Wenchen from behind, but just as Ru Feng was about to call out, she realized that the person was not Mu Wenchen.

Remembering that night when Mu Wenchen said he would stay in Yuezhou City, but didn't say how many days, and that ever since Ru Feng met Mu Wenchen, he had been waiting for Mu Wenchen to come find him, but even after he recovered from his injuries, Mu Wenchen still hadn't appeared, so Ru Feng had been very depressed these past few days, constantly regretting that he shouldn't have said so much that night. It was all his fault for being so blunt and making Mu Wenchen angry and run away. He wondered where Mu Wenchen was now, and whether he had already returned to Fengxian Academy.

Thinking of this, Ru Feng lost interest in watching the Lantern Festival program and decided to go back and get a good night's sleep before slowly considering what to do next. Also, she wondered what to say when she saw Mu Wenchen. She figured if she apologized, he shouldn't mind, and then they could return to their previous way of getting along.

Thinking this way, Ru Feng felt a little better. She looked up to find her way home, but inadvertently spotted a familiar figure in white in the crowd.

Startled, Ru Feng felt a surge of joy and quickly pushed through the crowd towards the figure.

But there were just too many people on the street, and Ru Feng was anxious. She kept looking ahead, ignoring what the people around her thought. When the figure was about to disappear, Ru Feng panicked and couldn't care less. She used her lightness skill to step on people's shoulders. Soon, she finally saw the white figure and reached out to grab the figure's shoulder.

"Wen Chen!" Ru Feng called out.

The man turned around, glared at Ru Feng, and said angrily, "Young master, you've mistaken me for someone else!"

Startled, Ru Feng quickly released the other person's shoulder and laughed, "Sorry, I mistook you for someone else."

The man snorted and turned to leave.

Ru Feng hurriedly searched through the crowd again, grabbing the shoulders of several people dressed in white, but unfortunately, none of them were the person he wanted to see.

Ru Feng looked back at the still crowded people behind her, feeling lost and confused, with a bitter taste in her mouth. This feeling was unbearable, almost causing her panic, as if her heart was hanging in mid-air, neither rising nor falling, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Ru Feng walked listlessly toward home. As she reached a quiet, secluded spot, she heard a familiar voice calling from behind: "Ru Feng!"

Ru Feng suddenly turned around and saw Mu Wenchen, dressed in white, standing under a tree with lamps, looking at him with deep, unblinking eyes.

Ru Feng's heart felt as if it had been suddenly and violently struck without warning. "I searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, then suddenly turning around, I found him where the lights were dim." Seeing his face now, a wave of grievance washed over Ru Feng.

Ru Feng rushed over, looking at Mu Wenchen with a wronged expression: "Why didn't you come to find me? I've been looking for you for so long."

Mu Tong, who was automatically filtered out by Ru Feng, coughed heavily at this moment. Upon hearing this, Ru Feng quickly greeted him, "Mu Tong, so you're here too."

Mu Tong's lips twitched. He had been standing right next to his master the whole time. Under such bright lights, how could he not see him, such a big person, standing there?

Mu Wenchen glanced at Rufeng, whose hand had automatically clung to his arm, and then indifferently looked at Mu Tong beside him, saying, "Go ahead."

"Master!" Mu Tong exclaimed in surprise, but seeing the sharp glint in Mu Wenchen's eyes, she had no choice but to leave in grievance.

Ru Feng cheered, "Haha, it's good that Mu Tong is gone. Now it's just the two of us left. That's great!"

Looking at Ru Feng's smiling face, Mu Wenchen reached out and pinched her flushed cheek, asking, "Are you cold?"

Ru Feng shook his head: "I have internal energy, so I'm not cold. But you, aren't you cold wearing such thin clothes?"

Mu Wenchen shook his head: "I'm not cold either."

Ru Feng saw a hat for sale nearby, so he bought a felt hat to cover the red mole on his forehead. Then, he deliberately put his arm around Mu Wenchen's strong arm and wandered around.

"Wenchen, you haven't come to see me for so long, are you angry with me?" After the joy faded, Rufeng began to settle scores.

Mu Wenchen shook his head: "No, when I went to find you again, I heard that you were practicing martial arts, so I didn't go to see you."

"Oh, right." Ru Feng touched the hat on his head and smiled sheepishly. "I was practicing my internal energy in seclusion back then, but I'm all better now, and I've even improved a lot compared to before."

“I saw you. I’ll teach you another martial art when we get back to Fengxian Academy,” Mu Wenchen said before Rufeng could even ask for clarification. “Were you looking for me in the crowd just now?”

Thinking of this, Ru Feng felt wronged again: "Yeah, I thought it was you, so I kept looking and looking. Were you following me around watching me make a fool of myself?"

Mu Wenchen smiled slightly and changed the subject, saying, "Let's go eat tangyuan (sweet rice balls)." He then pointed to a restaurant next door.