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Qing You was more free than Zhuang Li, and was even more at ease. Usually, after helping the palace eunuchs clean the courtyard and look after Zhuang Li, she was still busy, so she didn't need to attend to him, so she went to visit the nearby palace and naturally became the first person to learn the information from him. With regards to the other palace maids being busy making river lamp s, she had already started to imitate the actions of the other palace maids since the beginning of the month.

Using a piece of bright yellow paper to paste the whole thing together, adding up several layers, and then going through design, cutting it into pieces and fixing it inside with a thin bamboo stick, dyed with the color and made it into a river lamp. It sounded simple, but doing it was especially troublesome. Zhuang Li watched the whole time as Qing You stuck to the river lamp but it never had a shape. She wondered if it could make it in time to release the river lamp.

Qing You, on the other hand, had always been full of confidence.

"Miss, just go. I'll go with you. We'll go watch the show tonight. Nothing will happen."

She naturally knew that Zhuang Li was afraid of encountering Imperial Noble Consort again, but she was also afraid that Zhuang Li, who only lived in the Imperial Study all day, would hold her breath and cause some problems.

Zhuang Li, on the other hand, only wanted to quietly be an otaku, and retorted, "During the year we stayed in the Plum Court, we didn't hold anything back, did we?"

"Miss, just treat it as accompanying me!" Since she was acting like a spoiled child, Zhuang Li naturally had no choice but to agree. She said that if the emperor didn't come to the Imperial Study that day, she would go with Qing You to watch the show.

Qing You was naturally happy, she had long heard of her name. Every year, the Heavenly Emperor would routinely release river lamp s for relatives such as the empress dowager and the late emperor. He definitely wouldn't come to the Imperial Study.

And on that day, there was actually someone who had already been waiting at the Imperial Study entrance. That person was Li Liangxiao, and beside him stood Whitey with a serious face. That child was scurrying away from him. Compared to the time he first saw him a year ago, he already grew a head taller, taller than Qing You by half a head. He was already a somewhat beautiful youth. Qing You was a few years older than Little White, so he was normally a little naughty so naturally he would bully Little White. At this meeting, he was naturally very happy to see Little White here, and furthermore, when he saw that Li Liangxiao was present and had someone to accompany him, he was even more happy.

"I'm here to pick up my sister as well." Li Liangxiao smiled kindheartedly. He was already so old, yet he was still like a child.

Zhuang Li was helpless. Seeing this big child, she also felt happy in her heart, so she quickly changed her clothes and went out. Although she was wearing an extremely low-key old outfit. However, the rate of return was extremely high. It was all thanks to Li Liangxiao, who had an extremely tall and big figure with an exquisite appearance. Wherever he went, palace maids shyly lowered their heads. or gave Zhuang Li a jealous look.

Although the four of them went out of the door together, Qing You and Whitey soon disappeared in front of them. Li Liangxiao even talked about Whitey's excellent lightness skills, and gave him the job of a little guard in the palace in two years.

It was brought in from outside the city while digging a canal, and was also used as a water source by the palace's few shopkeepers. Since Zhuang Li entered the palace, she had always stayed at the Plum Court and its waters, and had not been there. After following Li Liangxiao through each and every palace, she felt like he was in a dream. She knew that the palace was very big, but she had never thought about how big it was.

On the way, Li Liangxiao chatted with Zhuang Li about family matters.

"Let's go to the lower part of the Minsi River, the German Gate, where there are fewer people, and where the Emperor and many of the palace's lamplighters are upstream."

He said that as he handed over a small bundle to Zhuang Li, it was wrapped very lightly. When he held it in his hand, he already felt that the items inside must have been extremely fragile. Opening it, he found that it was a river lamp. It was done without any fancy tricks, but it was done in great detail.

"Where did it come from? Did you buy it from outside? " He was still thinking that although it was done pretty well, it was just that he was a little lacking in colour … If it was sold outside on the street, it would be because the worker was not diligent but the color was gaudy. This was the only way to attract the attention of the buyer.

Li Liangxiao gave Zhuang Li a smile.

"Huh?" This surprised Zhuang Li. Uncle Zheng actually knew how to make river lamp, and with the skills of an old coachman, this was already considered not bad.

"Uncle Zheng has specially made it for you. He said that every year, when the moon is full and the year is about to end, you will definitely think of your mother. Light her a lamp and talk. In the previous year, he would also become a river lamp and leave one for you. He said it was for you, for your mother. "

This truly surprised Zhuang Li. Zhao Ci's mother, the one with the smallest Zhao Mansion, probably even the Lord Zhao wouldn't necessarily remember him marrying such a wife.

Zhuang Li was moved for a moment and his heart was filled with complex emotions. There was this Zhao Ci, and there was also herself. She still suppressed it with all her might, so that Li Liangxiao wouldn't find out. She cleared her throat and told Li Liangxiao.

"Please thank Uncle Zheng for me …"

She took the river lamp and held it in her hands, afraid that it would be broken. He instantly felt that the item in his hand was incomparably precious, and it had an extremely important meaning and feeling.

There were very few people from the De Clan, and usually there were not many people who came here. The servants were all serving the masters in the palace, and wherever the masters were, the servants would come from, and there was nothing that had to be done, unless the masters were taking a stroll, they would slowly pass by, but there was only one male master in the palace, and he did not have the mood to come here. The female masters did have two, but the empress and Hanqin were very pampered and expensive all day, so she was naturally not in the mood to come here.

Zhuang Li looked around. There were a few pavilions and a bridge. It could be said that they were afraid that this place would be too lonely, so they built it. Other than cleaning and cleaning, there were no other two people. A few old nanny s had already finished preparing by the shore and were starting to release the river lamp.

Li Liangxiao said that these were all the old nanny s of the palace. For some reason, when they reached the age to leave the palace, they did not leave it, and now that they were old, they could no longer adapt to life outside the palace. They lived in the most remote corner of the palace, and it was likely that they no longer had any relatives outside. It was either a memorial to his deceased master or to his long-dead family and friends.

The older they were, the fewer friends they would have. It wasn't that they were already hostile, but more likely that some of them had already passed away.

Zhuang Li took a closer look at them, those old nanny s had once followed their master in enjoying the scenery as well. Now that they were old, they could already see through the desolation of the bustling past, their clothes were plain, their hair was white, and they were meticulously combed as usual. The river lamp s that they put down were just a simple layer of lotus flower, without any unnecessary modifications, and even their color had never been dyed.

The little river lamp spun far away the moment they entered the water, drifting further and further away until they couldn't see anymore. They didn't even stop, and didn't even look at the distant river lamp anymore. They left without saying anything else.

Zhuang Li thought of the old nanny in her Dew Palace. She reckoned that she would be like these old nanny, guarding the palaces that changed every day, the Empress Dowager who passed away a long time ago.

It was unknown what sort of state of mind it was.

Zhuang Li and Li Liangxiao walked along the stairs until they left the place and arrived at the water's edge. Although there was a lantern on the bridge and the light was weak, when reflected on the water, it only left a dark yellow light spot on the dark surface of the water, trembling with the waves of the water. Although it was a canal and the speed of the water flow was not fast, it still brought about a slight breeze, causing people to feel rather cool.

Li Liangxiao took out a fire piston and a length of candle from his bosom. After igniting it and handing it to Zhuang Li, Zhuang Li carefully placed the river lamp into the water. Looking at the small river lamp, it floated away like the light of a firefly.

Even if it were given to Zhao Ci's mother, she did not know if she would be able to rest in peace if her daughter, Zhao Ci, was used temporarily by her, the person who had transmigrated over. God knows where Zhao Ci's soul is, if it has already found a mother who loves him, right?

If both of them were not here, then this river lamp could be considered as a gift to the person who once lived in this modern world.

Because she was now …

Want to stay...

These days, she was becoming more and more aware of the person she was living in. The man was so noble that she could only pronounce his name in her heart.

Wang Su...

She didn't know what would happen in the future, and she didn't know how long it would last. She just wanted to stand quietly in the tea room for him.

For this, she suddenly didn't want to return to the modern era.

I wonder how my own mother is...

When she closed her eyes, tears were still running down her cheeks.

"Elder sister." Li Liangxiao thought that she was thinking of the deceased Madam Du Yueyao. Seeing Zhuang Li crying, her heart also started to feel uncomfortable. He reached out and grabbed Zhuang Li's hand. The cold palm under the river felt incomparably safe in that warm palm.

However, his own fate never seemed to be in his own hands. She knew too well, that she, Zhuang Li, had always been someone who submitted …

What if, one day, fate suddenly brought her back to modern times?

"If there comes a day when elder sister wants to leave, don't be sad. From now on, you can marry a wife or any number of wives. How about you let elder sister hug your nephew and niece?"

Li Liangxiao was stunned for a moment, but no matter how low his EQ he had, he had long realized that Zhuang Li had never had feelings for him, for a man and a woman. The child was a little disappointed, but he quickly recovered his pretty smile and his bright eyes.

"If Big Sister doesn't want Li Liangxiao to be there, I will be. Then we will still be the same as before, wherever Big Sister is, Li Liangxiao will be there. Li Liangxiao's home will forever be elder sister's. "

That young beggar who had wandered onto the street was extremely thin and weak. He could not eat all day and was driven away by the protection of the restaurant. He did not know why he was still alive and why his parents brought him to this world.

He knew that Zhuang Li had pulled him into the creaky old carriage and gave him a bath, even changing into clean clothes.

He suddenly felt the true meaning of those who had families. In this world, there was such a thing. You would do anything for it and beg along the streets. Or gritting his teeth when he was in trouble. Wipe away the tears that had fallen.

You think of that kind of person, in the battlefield where blood and flesh flew everywhere, you think of having to survive.

He wanted to find her in the city with the vast West Cold.

Wherever she was, her home was …

He wanted to find the man and give him a home. He took her in his arms as she had held his hand.

The rain and wind outside were all blocked by his arms. That was why he kept asking himself to become stronger …

It wasn't until later that he realized that apart from his family, there was also love.

Later on, he realized that if he could see her smile, he would be even happier.

If her elder sister didn't like her, then she would wait. With a home by her side, it was the best gift she could hold in her hand.