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Of course, Sheng Yan couldn't admit defeat. After all, this was a battle between her and the Xuanyuan Li.

Sheng Yi Qiu sneered from behind, saying that Sheng Yan was overestimating herself, but Sheng Yan was still happy. Although she was not forced into a difficult situation, her own intelligence could still be considered to have been developed a little.

His eyes quickly scanned through all the lamp riddles, looking for something easy to answer, his gaze soon locked onto a short lamp riddle.

"New Year's Eve is to see you out."

Sheng Yan excitedly found something she was familiar with. Of course, the current situation was that she had a 2v2 draw with the Xuanyuan Li.

"Not bad, looks like I've underestimated you."

"Continue."

The Xuanyuan Li was also more serious. Actually, she already knew in her heart that she would not hurt the Miss's pride by letting Sheng Yan answer the two that she did not know about, and she knew the rest. However, if she was too anxious, it would hurt her pride.

Of course, Sheng Yan was not willing to admit defeat, in the end, she was still the first to be beaten by the Xuanyuan Li, and said the other three, but thinking about those three riddles, it was pretty easy, it was just that she did not have the time to react.

"Paper tigers (hit an idiom) are strong on the outside but weak on the inside. While beating a drum (hit an idiom) is a side attack, laughing at people (hit an idiom) is extremely sad."

Hearing that the Xuanyuan Li was trying to gain the upper hand, Sheng Yan was helpless. Who knew that this would be so difficult, if she knew earlier, she would just need to study hard in order to improve herself in the Humanities. It seems like, surviving in the ancient times, it's not good to just watch TV shows, you still have to learn about history.

However, it was too late to say anything now. The other party was already here. There was no longer any need to learn from the books.

Looking at the proud look on the Xuanyuan Li's face, Sheng Yan didn't think too much about it.

The boss laughed and said: "I didn't expect the two young masters and Miss to be so talented, there are already eight of the ten of you, so please take this lantern."

The Xuanyuan Li took the lantern and thanked the boss.

Just like that, the group of people walked towards the Imperial Palace and the Sheng Jia.

Sheng Yi Qiu really wanted to know what Sheng Yan was feeling right now.

"Fifth sister, isn't it a bit disappointing that we didn't get the lantern?"

"Why are you so disappointed? It's normal for your skills to be inferior to others."

"Really? You admit that you're inferior to the Prince Li? "Haha."

"Looks like Grand Imperial Consort has also gained nothing. I don't know if First Prince is so stingy or not, even the imperial concubine of the fast moving nation is so stingy that she wouldn't even buy a cheap paper lantern."

"You!"

Sheng Yi Qiu did not expect Sheng Yan to talk about this.

"Hmph, and you're still talking about me? Prince Li didn't even give you the lantern in the end."

"My Prince Li Li is only talking nonsense about the Empress's marriage, and it didn't turn out to be the truth. Why did Prince Li give me the lantern?"

After all, they had already agreed on a meeting place for themselves with the First Prince. Even though he was sure that he was the lateral consort, his future prospects would definitely be better than Sheng Yi Qiu's, because the First Prince hated women who could not even keep their mouths open the most.

A few of them separated at the back garden area, but they were all gathered together again by Lan Qin's loud shout.

Sheng Yan's face was filled with hidden bitterness, "What, what's your name, did you see a ghost?"

"Miss, it's not a ghost. Look, it's our courtyard."

At this moment, everyone's gazes followed the direction where Lan Qin's finger was pointing towards. Sure enough, Sheng Yan's courtyard seemed to be lit up by light, and it was a very warm light.

"Damn, could it be that he went astray?"

The group of people hastily ran over and pushed open the courtyard door. They saw a huge, heart-shaped lantern placed in the middle of the courtyard.

"Isn't that the lantern Prince Li just took?"

This time, the surprise came from Sheng Si En, since Sheng Si En could not bear to see Sheng Yi Qiu act so arrogantly. It was just a direct daughter, not just a little higher status, what was so special about it.

A few of them began to whisper to each other, because no one had seen the Prince come here before.

"Look, Fifth Sister, there seems to be a note on it."

Sheng Si En walked over, opened the note and read it out loud, "This is for you, remember to read more often."

The corner of Sheng Yan's mouth twitched. She would probably be grateful to him if she only wrote the first three words, but to write the following five words for something was simply looking down on her intelligence.

"Fifth sister, you've gained a lot today. It seems that Prince Li values you a lot."

Sheng Si En was practically adding oil to the fire, and it was obvious that he was about to spew fire from both of Sheng Yi Qiu's eyes.

"Prince Li only did this because he felt it was inappropriate to do so after defeating a little girl like me. Don't think too much."

"Really?"

Sheng Si En laughed strangely, and patted Sheng Yan's shoulders, "It's easy to guess a man's heart, he just wants to treat you well."

Sheng Yan was startled for a moment. Really, didn't he care about the Small Five, since when did she care about herself?

Forget it, this is not a big deal. There will be a lot of time in the future.

Everyone looked enviously at Sheng Yan and the lantern behind her. After the crowd dispersed, the courtyard became much more deserted, but after seeing the lantern, it became beautiful again.

Sheng Yan squatted on the ground and stared deadly at the lantern, as if a Xuanyuan Li could come out from it.

After sitting there for a while, he realized that he had fallen asleep, but he didn't even know what had happened. He only felt as if his body had been lifted up by someone, but he just didn't want to open his eyes.

When he woke up the next day, as expected, he hadn't even changed clothes while lying in his comfortable little nest.

"Miss, what's wrong?" Coincidentally, Lan Qin had just finished fetching water and entered the room, when she heard Sheng Yan's shouts.

"I... "Why did you come back to sleep yesterday?"

"I don't know. Yesterday, I saw you looking at the lanterns with extreme excitement. I didn't dare to disturb you, so I went back to sleep."

Sheng Yan's face was slightly red. Yesterday, she seemed to have been carried in by the princess and it was possible that the Xuanyuan Li came out from there.

It was very possible.

But after thinking about it, he was also horrified. If it was that Xuanyuan Jue, then wouldn't he be destroyed?

With this comparison, he felt that the Xuanyuan Li was very reliable.

It's just that the first time was a little … The atmosphere was not harmonious.

Qing Qian was busy with her big wedding and had come early in the morning to see how Sheng Yan was doing.

"Aiyo, where did these lanterns come from? They're so beautiful!"

"Eldest Sister-in-Law, why are you here so early?"

"It's still not your good idea. The dowry issue has already been settled, and I already reported it to father yesterday. Sure enough, Madame didn't make a sound."

Sheng Yan nodded her head, "But I got a hard injury while counting. One thing to be careful about, don't make any mistakes."

"Understood, sister is more meticulous."

After Qing Qian finished speaking, he turned around to look at the lanterns that were still floating in the courtyard.

"Who sent it?"

Sheng Yan laughed helplessly, "My Prince Li Li won it all together."

Qing Qian glanced at the lantern, and smiled deeply at Sheng Yan.