New Return of the Pearl: A Different Qing Er

Chapter 145: Same dog lamp, let’s be honest.

After the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival is approaching.

Song Qing and her group got the emperor's permission to go out to the lantern festival on the Lantern Festival. This was also the last time Xiaoyanzi and Yongqi could leave the palace before their marriage.

Song Qing looked at the lanterns on the street. The ten-mile-long street was brightly lit and bustling with people.

Ertai followed Song Qing and looked at the bustling streets together.

Wandering in this world of lights, taking a closer look, you will see lifelike goldfish lanterns, realistic lotus lanterns, simple and elegant official lanterns - all kinds of lanterns are beautifully shaped, exquisitely decorated, and finely crafted, which are truly dazzling and beautiful.

Suddenly, Song Qing saw a lantern in the shape of a puppy on a stall.

Ertai followed Song Qing's gaze and understood.

"How much is this lamp?" Ertai walked up to the stall and asked.

"Sir, this lantern costs twenty cents." The vendor said as he handed the lantern to Ertai with a smile.

Ertai took the lantern and handed twenty coins to the vendor.

Song Qing looked at Ertai who came back with a puppy lamp and said with a smile: "Why did you buy a puppy lamp?"

Seeing that Song Qing was asking knowingly, Ertai took the lamp in his hand and played with it, saying: "I don't know either, I just thought this puppy lamp looked a bit like the one at home, so I couldn't help but buy it."

Song Qing wanted to laugh when she heard him say that, but she quickly suppressed her laughter and said with a surprised expression: "Hey! What! You already have a dog at home, but you still want another dog?"

"Little drama queen!" Ertai stepped forward and tapped Song Qing's forehead, then said, "You gave me a dog lamp before, and I kept it in my room. Just now, I saw you staring at it, so I bought it back. Although it's not made by me, I hope you can accept it."

After saying that, Ertai handed the lamp in his hand to Song Qing.

Song Qing looked at the puppy lamp handed to her and took it. "I did remember the puppy lamp. Time flies! In the blink of an eye, we are almost getting married!"

Ertai put his arm around Song Qing's shoulders and pulled her into his arms: "I feel like time is passing so slowly. It will take a long time before I can marry you home."

Song Qing smiled and did not deny Ertai's words.

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After the Lantern Festival, Beijing returned to normal.

Song Qing and everyone else also unanimously decided to tell the emperor everything about Hanxiang and Meldan.

Huang Shan looked at Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, as well as Song Qing and Xu Tian, ​​standing in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Xiaoyanzi, why didn't you practice etiquette in Shufangzhai today? Why did you come to my imperial study?"

Xiaoyanzi turned to look at Ziwei and Song Qing. She had been warned many times today not to speak carelessly and to act according to the instructions.

When the emperor saw Xiaoyanzi like this, he was a little curious. What happened to these girls?

"Qing'er, you said, Xiaoyanzi is dithering." Seeing that Xiaoyanzi had been silent for a long time, the emperor turned the topic to Song Qing.

"Your Majesty, today, we are here for Concubine Xiang." Song Qing's words surprised the emperor. He hadn't seen Hanxiang for a long time. The last time they met was at a banquet on New Year's Eve. They didn't talk at all. Why did these girls mention Hanxiang today?

"Tell me, what is the matter that brought you here for, Xiang Fei?"

"Your Majesty, we met an old acquaintance of Concubine Xiang outside the palace. His name is Maierdan, and he is the one who tried to kidnap Concubine Xiang a few months ago." Song Qing said while observing the emperor's expression.

The emperor's expression didn't change at first, but he did react when he heard about Meldan's carjacking.

Song Qing continued, "Maierdan told us about his and Xiang Fei's stories and experiences in Han tribe. When we learned about this, our first reaction was to feel sorry for them. But after getting to know them better and getting to know them better, we found that there were too many things that were hard to let go of between them."

"So after much consideration, we decided to come and confess to you today." After saying that, Song Qing did not continue speaking.

She did not directly point out that Meidan and Hanxiang were having an affair, but the emperor could understand it anyway.

Looking at the four girls standing in a row, the emperor said, "So, you came here today hoping that I would release Hanxiang?"

The voice was calm, and Song Qing and the others could not tell whether the emperor was happy or angry.

"Father Emperor, although this is really unfair to you, we just don't want to see Concubine Xiang and Merdan separated like this, unable to see each other." Ziwei replied softly.

"You yourself said it was Concubine Xiang, not Hanxiang. Do you want me to give up my concubine to someone else?" The emperor's voice became increasingly low, and the pressure in the imperial study became increasingly low.

The emperor's words left Ziwei speechless. She knew that her current request was unreasonable, and she was powerless to refute it.

"Your Majesty, we actually already knew the story of Xiang Fei and Meldan a long time ago, but in our hearts we are more on your side, so we did not choose to help Meldan. The reason we are willing to help them is not only because Xiang Fei and his relationship really touched us." Xiaoyanzi couldn't help but explain.

"The important thing is, the last time I went to ask Concubine Xiang for the Huixiang Pill, I had no idea how precious this medicine was. It was not until we learned from Merdan that this Huixiang Pill was also very precious to Concubine Xiang, so I have always felt very sorry for it, and that's why we want to help her." Xiaoyanzi lied, but this was a countermeasure they had thought of before, and no one else's words were convincing except Xiaoyanzi's.

Sure enough, when the emperor heard that Xiaoyanzi helped Hanxiang because she felt guilty, his expression was no longer depressed.

"In that case, why don't you let me give Hanxiang more rewards?" Even though Xiaoyanzi's words made the emperor feel a little relieved, he still asked back.

"Father Emperor, no matter how much the reward is, how can it be better than the magic medicine that can save a life?" Ziwei said. "Therefore, we hope to repay Hanxiang in another way, so we want to help her and Maierdan."

Xu Tian didn't say anything, so the emperor turned his gaze to her.