leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 16

Chapter No.16

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also approaching.

The imperial city is full of joy, every house is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the Xiangju Building is also very lively.

Ye Ying came to help early in the morning, because Xiangjulou launched special dishes and mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many people wanted to try something new.It was not yet daylight, and the entrance of Xiangju Building was crowded with people.

Ye Ying personally made Yuanyuan's favorite small fish mooncake, and Yuanyuan has been fighting with that mooncake all morning.

When Ye Ying brought out the freshly made mooncakes, they were sold out immediately.Ye Ying wanted to keep a few for his family to eat, but he couldn't.

Li Ranhan was on the side helping to make mooncakes, changing money from time to time, and Zhou Chang was busy greeting guests who wanted to eat in the building.

I have been busy all morning, and finally I am free. In the evening, it is the time for my family to reunite, and the Xiangju building will be closed at the end of the day.

Ye Ying got together with everyone in the building first, and everyone had an early dinner together, and Ye Ying hurried back.

When Ye Ying came home, seeing Ye Xi walking towards the door, Ye Ying asked, "Xiao Xi, it's time for dinner, where are you going?"

"Second Brother, Mother saw that Daddy hadn't come back yet, so she ordered me to go out to have a look. Second Brother, you've been busy all day, go in and have a rest."

"I'll wait here with you, too." Ye Hongxin came back in a sedan chair after a while.

The three entered the door together, Mother Ye hurriedly let the three of them pass.

The family was happy and happy, saying blessings.Ye Ying asked his servants to take out the mooncakes they brought back from Xiangjulou. Ye's mother saw the mooncakes and asked Ye Ying, "Zian, did you make this?"

Ye Ying scratched her head in embarrassment, "Mother, I didn't do it. Sister Han did it."

"Oh, it's the shopkeeper in your building? I've seen her before. She's a nice girl."

Ye Ying heard the meaning of Ye Mu's words, and quickly interrupted: "Mother, don't bother to talk about it, just try it." Ye Ying gave one to Ye Mu.

"Well, it's quite delicious. Why haven't I eaten it before?"

"Sister Han didn't know how to do it before, but this year, sister Han specially went to learn."

"specially?"

"Hmm... no, mother, don't think about it too much. Sister Han already has someone she likes, and this year, Sister Han is for her sweetheart." Ye Ying lied without changing his expression.

Li Ranhan suddenly sneezed and wrapped his clothes around his body.I wondered why it was so cold so early this year, I must put on more clothes.

"Oh, then you have to find one quickly, did you hear that? If you haven't brought me one back for the Chinese New Year this year, don't come back for the Chinese New Year this year."

"Mother... where do you want me to find you a ready-made daughter-in-law!"

"Then I don't care, anyway, you have to bring me one back."

Ye Ying knew that it was impossible for Ye Mu to change her mind.Now I just have to think about how to fool Mother Ye during the Chinese New Year.

After dinner, Ye Yi took Mo Shuyi, his two sons and two daughters, Ye Ying and Ye Xi to the street to watch the excitement.

During the festive season, the streets and alleys are very lively.Every house is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the streets are full of people and traffic.

During the day, the emperor held a banquet in the palace, and the monarch and his ministers drank together.In the evening, all the officials returned to their homes to spend time with their own family members, while the emperor spent time with all the concubines in the harem.

Ye Ying can only look for He Linyuan at night.He Linyuan drank a lot of wine during the day, but he looked like a normal person.Ye Ying had long known that He Linyuan could drink well, but when Ye Hongxin was helped back by the guards in the palace, he really realized that He Linyuan could not drink so well.

From this point of view, the idea that had been in Ye Ying's mind for a long time was wasted.what idea?Of course, he got He Linyuan drunk, and then what happened after drinking.

The two stopped at a hawker selling river lanterns.

"Two gentlemen, come and see. The river lantern in my house is very effective. It has been turned on to ask the gods." The peddler saw that the two were dressed in extraordinary clothes, and he could see that they were rich, so he praised his river lantern with all his strength. lamp.

"?" Ye Ying looked at the peddler suspiciously.

"My family's river lantern is good for marriage. You only need to write the name of the person you like on this river lantern, put it in the water, and keep your hearts connected, and you will have a good marriage for a hundred years." The peddler said holding a lotus lantern.

Ye Ying blushed again when she heard it, but it was not very obvious with the reflection of the surrounding colorful lanterns.He wanted to drag He Linyuan away.

He Linyuan smiled slightly, "Then give me those two." He Linyuan took the two bright red lotus lanterns.

"Why don't river lanterns be released during the festive season?" He Linyuan held up the lantern to look at Ye Ying.

"I'll give you one, can I borrow a pen?" He Linyuan reached out and handed Ye Ying one, and asked the peddler for another pen.

"Okay, I'll get it for you." The peddler cheerfully handed the pen to He Linyuan.

The two came to the river, "Will you write first or should I come first?" He Linyuan looked complicated when he saw Ye Ying holding the river lantern as if he was holding a hot potato.

"Well... oh, you... you write first." Hearing He Linyuan ask herself, Ye Ying couldn't speak nervously.

He Linyuan turned sideways and wrote on the lamp for a while.Ye Ying wanted to look over her head to see what He Linyuan had written on the lamp, but it didn't feel good thinking about it.He looked at He Linyuan's hand for a while.Ye Ying lowered her head and thought about what she should write on the lamp.

After He Linyuan finished writing, he handed the pen to Ye Ying.Ye Ying took the pen and walked three steps to the left.He Linyuan stood on the spot and looked at him with a tenderness that was not easily revealed in his eyes.

After Ye Ying finished writing, she turned around and said to He Linyuan, "I'll just stand here and release it."

"Okay." He Linyuan said.

Ye Ying and He Linyuan put their own river lanterns in the water together, watching the river lanterns drift away with the current.Two river lanterns met and collided not far away.

Ye Ying returned to He Linyuan and asked, "Whose name did you write?"

"Not the name."

Ah, not the name. "What is that?" Ye Ying asked curiously

"A poem." He Linyuan stood up and looked at Ye Ying.

"Poetry! This is also possible!" Ye Ying was shocked.

"What about you?" He Linyuan asked with a serious expression.

"I didn't write any poems." Ye Ying wanted to get away with it, but seeing He Linyuan's expression, she couldn't help but said seriously, "I wrote the name of the person."

He Linyuan didn't ask Ye Ying who that person was either.

There was a long silence.The two looked at each other.There were people passing by in a hurry, and the light in the distance reflected on the faces of the two.

"Let's go." Finally, He Linyuan broke the silence.The two of them walked quietly without speaking.

Today might be the most boring Mid-Autumn Festival with He Linyuan, Ye Ying thought in her heart.

Most of the girls on the street came out to play, seeing He Linyuan and Ye Ying walking together, squeezing next to He Linyuan and Ye Ying frequently, and throwing handkerchiefs and flowers on the two.

The two of them turned a blind eye at first, but there were more and more people, getting more and more crowded.Ye Ying was almost knocked down by the girls, but fortunately He Linyuan helped her up.

The two had no choice but to quicken their pace and leave quickly.After arriving at Ye Mansion, He Linyuan said goodbye to Ye Ying.

Ye Ying was not in a good mood, and called Ye Chen to prepare two jars of wine for him.

Ye Ying was sitting under the locust tree in the yard, drinking wine in sips.Yuanyuan also seemed to sense that Ye Ying was in a bad mood, so she didn't ask Ye Ying for dried fish.He just jumped on the table and watched Ye Ying drink.

Ye Chen was quite puzzled, didn't he go out with Mr. He, why did he not feel happy at all when he came back, and used wine to relieve his worries.Could it be... Could it be that the second young master took advantage of the festive season to express his feelings to Mr. He, and then Mr. He rejected him.

Ye Ying drank in a daze, how could he know the picture in Ye Chen's mind.

"Yuanyuan, tell me, does He Linyuan dislike me? I hinted so clearly. Do you know? He actually wrote poems on the lamp, poems! Do you know what I wrote? Huh? I put The three words He Linyuan are written on it. Can't he write my name?" As he spoke, tears couldn't stop flowing.

Yuanyuan couldn't understand what Ye Ying said, she just meowed.

Seeing that Ye Ying was already drunk, Ye Chen helped Ye Ying back to the room, covered Ye Ying with a quilt, and placed Yuanyuan on Ye Ying's bed by the way.

Ye Ying had a dream.In the dream, He Linyuan was about to get married, he walked up to Ye Ying and said, "I'm married."

Ye Ying woke up with a start, her face was icy cold when she touched her face.Ye Ying burst into tears.

Of course He Linyuan who returned to the mansion didn't know about these things.He Linyuan also walked under the peach tree in the yard, and remembered that Ye Ying was standing under the tree, the sun shining on Ye Ying's face through the leaves, the years were quiet and time flies.

He Linyuan sighed, thinking about whether it was right for him to do so.He understood Ye Ying's intentions, but unlike him, Ye Ying was alone without parents or brothers.He Linyuan didn't want to see Ye Ying turn his face one day because of his rebellion with his parents.That price is too great, too heavy.Ye Ying couldn't pick it up.

Originally, He Linyuan's love for Ye Ying was buried in his heart, and he didn't want anyone to know about it.I bear this endless feeling by myself.But when you know that you are not alone in this relationship.He Linyuan could only be the sober person and push Ye Ying out of this pit of fire.

He Linyuan deceived himself again and again, hiding this feeling even deeper.

He Linyuan recalled what Xu Che said when he expressed his feelings to Xu Che and others: "Do you want to just watch silently for the rest of your life?"

"I didn't say that, I think you are delaying him. From my point of view, the Ye family boy has a deep affection for you, and you two love each other. This is already a fate that no one else can ask for." Xu Che went on to say, "If I want you to stay with him generously. Besides, you both ask the emperor for an imperial decree to bestow marriage. Can Ye Hongxin resist the decree?" Xu Che said earnestly.

He Linyuan was still thinking about Xu Che's words, rubbing the edge of the teacup with his hand.

"It's really impossible, you snatch him, and then you hide away. It's not that there is no one in the Ye family to inherit the incense, his elder brother has two sons." Bai Dian also interjected.

The two gave He Linyuan many ways, but He Linyuan kept silent.

He Linyuan sat in the yard for a while and saw that the wine had bottomed out, so he asked his servants to clean up the table and went back to his room. He had to go to bed early tomorrow.