Donghua, who had believed Rong Yi's words, nodded. "You don't need to be so cautious. The lady knows what she's doing."
Seeing that Donghua had believed them, Rong Yi nodded with a smile. Then the group walked towards Dongfang Yi.
There were three guards arranged beside this giant potted plant to keep the flower - viewers at a distance, lest someone should destroy others' painstaking efforts.
"This is so spectacular!" Dongfang Yi tilted her head back, looking at the potted plant in front of her, and kept praising it.
Rong Yi beside her gave a signal to the three of his own men. Seeing them signal that they hadn't encountered any suspicious people, he was a bit confused. Why hadn't the person shown up yet?
As the inner - going route was almost over and it had been peaceful all the way, Su Luo's hanging heart finally settled down. She thought the killer probably wouldn't come. Thinking that the sightseeing route would lead them to the liveliest part of Sui Xin Lake, she said, "Let's go to Sui Xin Lake. We can release floating lanterns there."
The group followed the route to the liveliest and most crowded part of Sui Xin Lake.
"Come and guess riddles! Come and guess riddles!" A small - stall vendor in front who was selling riddles kept shouting, which caught Dongfang Yi's attention.
"Shall we go and guess riddles?" Dongfang Yi pointed at the stall in front.
Seeing that everyone agreed, they walked up to the small - stall vendor.
"Do the three young ladies want to guess riddles?" The small - stall vendor held up a lantern and said to Dongfang Yi and the others with a smile.
Dongfang Yi nodded happily. Then she saw the small - stall vendor hand the lantern to her.
Dongfang Yi was a bit confused. She hadn't started guessing yet. Why was she given a lantern?
Noticing Dongfang Yi's puzzled look, the small - stall vendor explained, "You have to solve the riddle on the lantern in your hand first before you can guess the riddles on the lanterns on the wall."
Understanding what he meant, Dongfang Yi held up the lantern in her hand and said, "Eat all the hardships for thirty days. (Guess a Chinese character.)"
After hearing Dongfang Yi's words, everyone fell into deep thought. Rong Yi just stood there smiling, neither stepping forward nor backward. It was Helian Qi who walked up to Dongfang Yi, took a look at the lantern in her hand, and whispered, "The character 'Hu'."
Hearing this, Dongfang Yi immediately answered the small - stall vendor with a smile. The small - stall vendor then took the lantern from Dongfang Yi's hand and put it on the wall. He picked up another lantern and said, "You can answer all the riddles except the one you've already answered."
"All can be answered? Then I choose this one." Dongfang Yi pointed at a lantern on the wall and said, "The character 'Zhu'. Guess an idiom."
"Just one character to answer with a four - character idiom?" Lian Cheng looked at the lantern Dongfang Yi was pointing at in surprise.
Helian Qi, who already knew the answer, waited for Dongfang Yi. Dongfang Yi tilted her head, trying to think of the answer. "What idiom could 'Zhu' be related to?"
Just as Helian Qi was about to give a hint, Dongfang Yi suddenly pointed at the lantern with a smile and said, "I know. It's 'going forward without hesitation'."
The small - stall vendor quickly nodded and took down the lantern Dongfang Yi had chosen and handed it to her. "You're right. This lantern is yours, young lady."
Dongfang Yi took the lantern and then turned around to play with something else. Lian Cheng stepped forward to pay the silver and then quickly followed.
"Why does this flower - viewing festival seem like a regular festival?" Dongfang Yi looked at the lantern in her hand and asked puzzledly.
"It's a flower - viewing festival. If we just looked at the flowers, it would be so boring for people like us who don't really understand them. So they've arranged these things related to the character 'flower'," Su Luo pointed at the lantern in Dongfang Yi's hand and explained.
There were so many fun things that Dongfang Yi and the others were dazzled and stayed there for a long time.
In Concubine Dong's palace.
Concubine Dong looked nervously at Concubine Chu beside her, who was smiling. She said, "Your Ladyship, may I be so bold as to ask if you could allow my father and me to retire to the countryside after the matter is done?"
"Retire to the countryside?" Concubine Chu glanced at Concubine Dong. Seeing that Concubine Dong's expression was very serious, she knew she wasn't joking. "Why give up the glory and wealth and want to retire to the countryside?"
"Yes," Concubine Dong lowered her head and said. "My father is getting old. He's becoming more and more powerless in court affairs. As his daughter, I feel so heart - broken. I hope Your Ladyship can grant my wish."
Concubine Chu waved her hand. Seeing that Concubine Dong was so spineless, she said with a bit of disdain, "Fine."
"Thank you, Your Ladyship. Thank you, Your Ladyship." Concubine Dong quickly got up and knelt in front of Concubine Chu to pay her respects.
"Get up. As long as you do the job well, everything can be negotiated," Concubine Chu said with a smile, looking at Concubine Dong.
Concubine Dong had told the other person to leave the target alive and not harm the innocent, while Concubine Chu meant to kill them all. Concubine Dong was a bit worried about this, but still nodded with a smile to show her loyalty.
The group at Sui Xin Lake walked to the place where people released river lanterns.
Dongfang Yi looked at the marriage tree across the lake and quietly said to Donghua and Su Luo on both sides, "Let's go over there and write something on the tree later."
Following Dongfang Yi's gaze to the marriage tree across the lake, Donghua shyly lowered her head. Su Luo just nodded indifferently. It was okay to pray for her family's safety even if she had no marriage luck.
Lian Cheng bought the river lanterns and pointed at the paper and pen on the table beside. "The vendor said we can write our wishes here and put them into the river lanterns."
Among the group, the three young ladies were the ones most enthusiastic about this. The three young gentlemen had to just follow behind.
After Su Luo wrote "May my family be safe", she didn't know what else to write. She looked up and nudged the other two. They had written so much that there was no empty space left. Having nothing more to write, Su Luo turned to Rong Yi and said, "Do you have anything you want to write? I've only written a little."
Rong Yi wasn't polite at all. He stepped forward, picked up a piece of paper, and started writing. He even didn't let Su Luo see. After writing, he folded it and put it into the lantern.
Su Luo was a bit curious about what he had written, but since Rong Yi was right beside her, she couldn't peek. So she just folded what she had written and put it into the river lantern.
Just then, Dongfang Yi and Donghua also finished writing, folded their papers, and put them into the river lanterns. The three young ladies then carried their river lanterns to the lakeside and released them.
Watching her river lantern floating farther and farther away, Dongfang Yi smiled, put her hands together, and silently repeated her wish in her heart.
"What did you write?" Helian Qi walked up and asked.
There were basically no secrets between Helian Qi and Dongfang Yi. Just as she was about to say what she had written, Su Luo stopped her.
"You can't say. If you say it, it won't come true," Su Luo said seriously. Dongfang Yi also got playful and didn't tell Helian Qi.
Helian Qi didn't ask anymore. He just stood there smiling, waiting for the three young ladies to have enough fun. After watching the river lanterns disappear from sight, Dongfang Yi thought they had had enough fun. The group was about to follow the escape route.
There had been no ambush on the sightseeing route, so they had to be extra careful on the escape route. Helian Qi, Rong Yi, and Lian Cheng all looked around more warily.
Seeing the three of them so cautious, Su Luo also tightened her small bag. If there was any situation, she would just scatter the things in it.
Only Dongfang Yi and Donghua were still immersed in the fun of the trip.