Reborn to Be A Noble Wife - Chapter 332

Chapter 332 The Sea of Lanterns

This person grabbed Young Master Wang’s hand and said intimately, “Man, your clothes are wet. Go change first. Let’s go. I’ll bring you over to change!”

As he spoke, he pulled Young Master Wang over.

Young Master Wang wanted to say something, but he felt something sharp pricking at his waist. He didn’t dare to struggle and obediently followed him.

Everyone’s attention was on the leaving boat. No one paid attention to the insignificant Young Master Wang, so they didn’t notice that he was missing.

At this time, Young Master Wang’s lad servant was still waiting for Young Master Wang on the boat. He didn’t notice that Young Master Wang, who planned to turn around the flower terrace, had disappeared!

Ji Hai walked out of the cabin with a smile and bowed deeply to Qu Moying. “Fourth Lady Qu, our master invites you in.”

Qu Moying nodded. She ignored Xiao Hanyuan, turned around, and followed Ji Hai inside.

Xiao Hanyuan glanced coldly at Qu Moying and snorted. “I’ve long known that Qu Moying is frivolous. She has just boarded the boat. But after hearing the man’s invitation, she didn’t hesitate to follow him. Does she know who she is going to meet?”

“Whatever, I will not stop her! I would like to see what will happen to her!”

“A frivolous woman will come to no good end!”

In the main cabin of the ship, Pei Yuanjun was leaning against a couch. He lazily picked up the teacup beside him and played with it. He was dressed in a light purple brocade robe embroidered with some enchanting iris flowers, and the patterns extended to the sleeves, making the robe look gorgeous.

He wore a light purple jade crown and a pair of light-colored earrings, which reflected the light outside the window.

Hearing the sound from the door, he raised his long and narrow eyes and waved at Qu Moying.

Ji Hai stood outside the door. Yu Dong looked at Qu Moying and wanted to follow her in. However, Qu Moying waved her hand and signaled him to stop. Ji Hai did not come in. It could be seen that Pei Yuanjun was not willing to let anyone in.

Therefore, Yu Dong also stopped and stood still.

Qu Moying slowly stepped forward and greeted Pei Yuanjun, who was on the couch, with a deep bow. “Greetings, Your Highness.”

“Don’t be so courteous. Sit down!” Pei Yuanjun pointed in front of him.

Qu Moying looked at the couch speechlessly. There was only one couch here, and Pei Yuanjun occupied more than half of it. The place he pointed at wasn’t occupied, but he was stretching out his long legs.

Qu Moying thought for a moment and then walked to the farthest place from him and slowly sat down. Since she was here, she naturally had to sit. On her way back, she did not want to see Xiao Hanyuan’s mocking face outside.

Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked in a good mood, “What happened? Were you bullied?”

Qu Moying was speechless. She was sure that he must have seen the previous farce and deliberately hit Young Master Wang’s boat. But now, he acted like he didn’t know anything. She really didn’t know what to say.

“Who schemed against you?” Seeing that Qu Moying was silent, Pei Yuanjun asked again. The lights in the cabin were very bright, and a trace of eerie coldness could be seen in his eyes.

Qu Moying thought about it and knew that she couldn’t hide it from him, so she said it directly, “County Lady Jingyu and my Eldest Sister!”

“Doesn’t Liu Jingyu want to be Crown Princess? Why did she deal with you, a mere nobody?” A hint of cruelty appeared in his dark eyes, which was unfathomable.

“I… I don’t know…” Qu Moying shook her head. She didn’t know why Liu Jingyu wanted to kill her.

“Why didn’t you fight back?” Pei Yuanjun asked again, with no emotion in his words.

After being stunned for a moment, Qu Moying knew he meant that she didn’t resist Qu Xuexin directly just now.

She smiled and shook her head as she said, “I will naturally fight back. Even if you didn’t knock her into the water, she would definitely fall into the water in the end.”

After rebirth, she would not blindly be kind anymore.

Now, she would fight back with an eye for an eye.

With Qu Xuexin’s personality, she would definitely come up with another plan if her first plan failed. She would still do something to Qu Moying. Even though she pushed Qu Moying into the water, she might not be blamed because people crowded together, and it was hard to tell who made Qu Moying fall into the water. However, Qu Moying thought the same way. She could do the same thing to Qu Xuexin, and Qu Xuexin would be the one who fell into the water.

At least Qu Moying had Yu Dong with her.

Qu Moying stood up to formally express her thanks to Pei Yuanjun, “Thank you for your help, Your Highness.”

“You don’t have to thank me. This was what I should do.” Pei Yuanjun said indifferently and waved at her. Qu Moying hesitated for a moment but still leaned over.

He parted his thin lips and said in a lazy but fierce voice, “Since you are my woman, I won’t let others bully you. If someone bullies you again in the future, just fight back. I have made the matter between you and me clear to your father and grandmother.”

He only needed the imperial edict now. But he did not want the emperor to issue the imperial edict too quickly.

Everyone knew there was something between him and Qu Moying now, but there was no official announcement. He thought this was the best state.

Qu Moying bit her lips. She knew she would be tied to Pei Yuanjun in the future, so she was not surprised by his words.

A person like him would never let his own woman be hurt by others.

Qu Moying believed that despite being his “woman”, she was perhaps just given a position like that of Ji Hai in Pei Yuanjun’s heart, or maybe not so important as Ji Hai. After all, Ji Hai was the one Pei Yuanjun trusted the most.

Her tender hand was held by his cold and big hand. He pulled her to sit down by the couch. Qu Moying looked up at Pei Yuanjun calmly.

She knew who she was.

“Let me take you to see the Sea of Lanterns.” Pei Yuanjun said lazily with a smile. He suddenly felt inexplicably pleased.

Qu Moying raised her eyes slightly. She was surprised that Pei Yuanjun wanted to take her to see the Sea of Lanterns. She grew up in the capital in her previous life, so she naturally knew what the Sea of Lanterns meant. But now she was going to see it with him.

She felt weird.

The most famous view in the capital on the Qixi Festival was the Sea of Lanterns. It was set in front of a big gate opposite the Chaoyang Gate. There would be many lanterns, and even the palace would send out a few of the most beautiful lanterns to hang over there. It was a magnificent scene in the capital.

Some shops would also hang their own special lanterns there. Although they were not as eye-catching and luxurious as the lanterns from the palace, they were also beautiful and well-designed.

However, the most eye-catching lanterns were the small ones. Those small lanterns were hung by the couples in the capital. It was said that as long as a couple hung a pair of lanterns over there, they would live happily ever after together.

Therefore, these lanterns were also called “Love Lanterns”!

Of course, it was just a kind of saying, and Qu Moying did not believe it.

In her previous life, Pei Luo’an had once told her about the Sea of Lanterns and asked her to hang small lanterns with him secretly.

However, Ji Hanyue did not believe in such a saying and just smiled, but Pei Luo’an felt regretful and said that if there was a chance, he would definitely want to hang a lantern with her.

He kept asking Ji Hanyue to do it with him. Ji Hanyue finally gave in and said that she would hang a lantern with him after she entered Eastern Palace.

However, the Sea of Lanterns was still there, but they had changed. Their words had gone like flowing water.

Pei Luo’an seemed to be affectionate, but he was just putting on a show. Even if Qu Moying had hung a lantern with Pei Luo’an back then, they would still have come to this point.

Pei Luo’an and Ji Youran killed her entire family. Whether she hung a lantern with Pei Luo’an or not wouldn’t change this fact.

Qu Moying curled her thin lips in ridicule and sighed with a bit of coldness, “This world is full of crazy couples, and that’s why there is such a Sea of Lanterns!”

Her words were emotional, not like what an inexperienced lady like her would say. Pei Yuanjun looked over at her with a bit of scrutiny.

His cold gaze made Qu Moying’s heart skip a beat. She immediately suppressed her emotions and looked up at Pei Yuanjun calmly. “Your Highness, do you think I said something wrong?”

Pei Yuanjun laughed and said slowly, “Of course there is something wrong.”

Qu Moying asked calmly, “What is wrong? Please enlighten me.”

Pei Yuanjun laughed again, perhaps because he found her calmness and indifference interesting. He put down her soft fingers.

“Since you haven’t hung one, how do you know it is not credible?”

Qu Moying pondered over his words and suddenly smiled bitterly. It was indeed true. After all, she had not hung a Love Lantern with Pei Luo’an in her previous life.

“Your Highness, do you want to give it a try?” Putting aside her previous thoughts, Qu Moying looked up at Pei Yuanjun and asked curiously, “If you want to have a try, I will do it with you!”

She was indeed curious. She didn’t think Pei Yuanjun was someone who would do such a romantic thing. Was he going to show it to anyone again?

In that case, she just needed to cooperate!

“Alright, let’s give it a try!” Pei Yuanjun looked at Qu Moying and suddenly laughed. He reached out and grabbed her hand again. Under the light, his calm eyes carried a bit of rare tenderness, and his face looked even more gorgeous, but there was a hint of demonic charm that made Qu Moying uneasy.

Her heart skipped a beat and she lowered her head.

She was extremely calm even when he held her hand just now, but seeing his smile, she actually felt uneasy, as if something was growing in her heart.

She had never felt this way before.

Qu Moying wanted to withdraw her hand, but she felt that it was a little too pretentious. However, being held by his hand, she felt weird. Her cold hand began to get warm, and she felt very uneasy.

She did not like this feeling!

A loud noise suddenly came from outside the door. It seemed that there was a quarrel. Pei Yuanjun’s eyes turned cold, and he raised his eyes to look at the door.

Ji Hai knew what to do and ran out in a hurry, only to see that the guard outside had stopped Qu Xuexin.

The one who stood next to her was Xiao Hanyuan!

Neither of them was a good guy…