That night, Duan Yunfei sat very late at the river bank, placing all the lanterns onto the moat before turning around and returning.
The brightly colored, unblemished lanterns looked beautiful in the moonlight, as if they were blooming in a river.
"Little Thirteen, why didn't you write your wish on the lantern?" Mu Chuyang was puzzled as he followed Duan Yunfei.
Hearing Mu Chuyang's question, Duan Yunfei could not help but let out a bitter laugh. She shook her head and said to Mu Chuyang: "My heart is not sincere, even if river god saw it, she would not be willing to help me fulfill my wish. Rather than that, it would be better to not trouble the river god anymore. Let the river god help the pellet realize her wish quickly. "
Duan Yunfei said to Mu Chuyang as she walked in the direction of the palace.
Duan Yunfei was standing in the hallway.
Xiao Yang walked in from outside and quickly greeted Duan Yunfei. Princess, why have you woken up so early today? "
Duan Yunfei smiled at her. Today, Xiao Yang was dressed in cotton clothes that made him look cute and petite. She quickly tidied up the things in the courtyard and instantly had the feeling of a new year.
"Xiao Yang, good morning!" Duan Yunfei extended her hand out to greet Xiao Yang, and stood at the bottom of the corridor to look at everyone's busy figures.
Xiao Yang took the cape from the house and quickly put it on Duan Yunfei's shoulders. He then tugged on her sleeve and said, "Princess, the weather is so cold, I don't know how to add on another set of clothes. It's the new year, what if it gets cold?"
Duan Yunfei, for once, did not refute her words and kindly nodded to Xiao Yang.
As the two of them were talking, the palace maid outside suddenly came in and reported, "Thirteenth Princess, the Seventh Prince is coming in the direction of the Red Luan Courtyard."
Hearing palace maid's words, Xiao Yang couldn't help but become nervous. She looked at Duan Yunfei with vigilance, furrowed his brows, and said: "The Seventh Prince usually doesn't have any relationship with the Red Luan Courtyard, why did he suddenly pay a visit for such a good reason?"
Seeing Xiao Yang's nervous expression, Duan Yunfei couldn't help but laugh, and then, he reached out his hand and patted her shoulder. You don't need to worry so much. This year's New Year's Sacrifice and various matters are handled by the Seventh Prince. I presume he's here to ask if he has any needs? "
"So that's how it is!" Hearing Duan Yunfei's words, Xiao Yang finally relaxed a little and nodded towards him.
While the two of them were talking, the Seventh Prince walked through the main gate of the Red Luan Courtyard.
"Yunfei." The Seventh Prince's gaze was extremely good, and the moment he entered, he saw Duan Yunfei standing at the corridor, waving to her before he walked straight towards Duan Yunfei.
Although they both grew up in the palace, the princes and princesses had their own residences. If it wasn't something important, they wouldn't see each other much a year. Duan Yunfei stood on the porch and sized up the Seventh Prince. After a while, he seemed to have grown a little taller, and she looked a lot more steady. She was already acting like a prince.
"So it's seventh brother. Please come in." Duan Yunfei walked out from the corridor and waved towards the Seventh Prince with a smile, gesturing for him to go inside the house.
Xiao Yang was the first to go in and pour them some tea.
"It's cold outside. Seventh brother should drink a cup of hot tea to warm his body first. " Duan Yunfei smiled as she handed the tea over to the Seventh Prince, and spoke to him politely.
There were many princes and princesses in the palace, so their relationship wasn't that close. If he saw the prince beside her, he would probably call her Thirteenth Princess. However, the moment the Seventh Prince entered the door, he called out to Yun Fei with a smile. It was enough to see the sincerity in his words.
"What's the matter with Seventh Brother suddenly visiting me today?" Seventh Prince drank a cup of hot tea and Duan Yunfei asked Seventh Prince with a smile on his face.
"Why, can't I come to Red Luan Courtyard like you if there's nothing urgent?" The Seventh Prince laughed and sized up the furnishings in the room, then turned and spoke to Duan Yunfei: "Although we siblings live in the palace city, it's a pity that the palace city is too big, and we don't even have the chance to see each other once in a while, it wasn't easy for us to get an opportunity today to pay a visit to your Red Luan Courtyard."
Hearing the Seventh Prince's words, Duan Yunfei hurriedly cupped her hands and said to the Seventh Prince: "Seventh Brother, you've truly killed me by saying these words. You're my elder brother, so naturally, you should come often."
Hearing Duan Yunfei's words, the seventh prince nodded his head and put down the cup in his hand, then sat opposite of Duan Yunfei and spoke to her. However, there is indeed something that I have come to find you for. "
After the two of them exchanged pleasantries, they finally got down to business.
"Yun Fei, today's New Year's Eve. This year, I am indebted to royal father's trust, so I will take care of all the matters concerning the New Year's Sacrifice. And according to the rules, royal father would distribute orders to each palace, bestowing them with dishes for the New Year's Eve. " The Seventh Prince said to Duan Yunfei with a smile on her face from start to finish. royal father dotes on you the most, so every year, he bestows you with two portions of dishes, and you personally select the dishes. "Thus, I have come here today specifically to ask you what kind of dishes you would like to order this year. I will have the people from the royal kitchen prepare them."
Duan Yunfei thought that there was some important matter, she did not expect it to be for this small matter.
She walked down the steps and bowed to the Seventh Prince.
Before she had even finished bowing, the Seventh Prince had already rushed down to help Duan Yunfei up, and he kept asking her, "Little Thirteen, what are you doing now? Hurry, hurry up and get up. It really is brother Qu Sha. "
Only then did Duan Yunfei slowly stand up and return to her seat in the Side of table. She then said to the Seventh Prince with a smile: "For such a small matter, I will have to trouble brother to come over personally. Yun Fei truly cannot bear it any longer, so it is only right for him to pay her respects to brother."
"Yun Fei is being too courteous." The Seventh Prince waved his hands at her, "It's just that on New Year's Eve, there's nothing important to do, so I came to Red Luan Courtyard to get some tea. If you continue acting this way, I really won't dare to come back in the future."
Hearing what the Seventh Prince said, Duan Yunfei hurriedly waved his hand at him. "My brother will come visit me often in the future. Although he doesn't have anything good, he does have enough control over the tea."
"If Yun Fei were to say this, then it is truly too modest. Amongst us siblings, you are the one that royal father loves the most. If we were to say that you don't have any good stuff here, then all of us are even worse off. "
The two of them chatted in the room, and from time to time, candid laughter could be heard.