A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 192: Full Moon

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon conveys love, and the city of Xuan'an is filled with lights and laughter. Every household picks laurels and drinks chrysanthemum wine, gazes at the moon, prays for blessings, and eats reunion cakes together.

In the inner courtyard of the Imperial Palace, the Empress and concubines should have been accompanying the Emperor to admire the moon, but because of the disruption of the banquet by Prince Han during the day, Ning Xi was in no mood to do so. She simply locked herself in the Imperial study and refused to see anyone. Even her beloved Concubine Xue, who came to ask for a meeting, was rejected.

Ning Xi was drinking alone in the imperial study to drown his sorrows. He also began to reflect on why the once powerful Lang State had become so unbearable now? Even a small King Han dared to challenge him? Was all this because of his own fault? One wrong step led to another, and finally led Lang State to such a situation.

"Princess, it's getting dark. Don't you still have to go to the Prince's Mansion to keep an appointment with Master Shangguan?" As dusk was approaching, Luoying was about to go to the cold palace with her newly made osmanthus mooncakes. Seeing this, her personal maid Liuli hurried forward to stop her.

"No rush, let's meet after dusk. I'll still have time to go after I deliver all the mooncakes." Luoying looked up at the sunset in the west. The sunset glow shining on her beautiful face added a bit of tenderness.

"How about I help you deliver it? Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the cold palace is an unlucky place..."

"Liuli, why are you saying that again?" Without waiting for Liuli to finish, Luoying immediately pouted angrily, glanced at her, then turned around and ran out of the princess's mansion.

“Princess…wait for me…” Being scolded by the princess, Liuli hurriedly lowered her head. After a while, she realized that the princess had already run far away, so she hurriedly chased after her.

"Mid-Autumn Festival auspiciousness, little guard."

After Luoying distributed the mooncakes to everyone in the cold palace, she still handed the remaining two pieces in the box to the little guard standing by.

"Thank you, Your Highness, and I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival." The little guard still took the mooncake carefully, and a rich sweet osmanthus fragrance filled his nose.

"Just now I saw you staring at the moonlight in a daze. Are you missing your family?"

"My parents died of illness two years ago. Now, I have no family to think about." When asked suddenly by the princess, the young guard's expression darkened and he replied with his head down.

"No wonder you are still serving in this desolate cold palace at such a young age." Seeing the pitiful life of the little guard, Luoying's eyes were filled with tears. Although she, like the little guard, had passed away from her parents at an early age, at least she was a princess, had no worries about food and clothing, and was surrounded by so many people who loved her, and had two royal brothers to protect her...

But when she thought that her two royal brothers had become enemies, Luoying couldn't help but shed tears.

“Princess, you…why are you crying?” The little guard thought he had made the princess cry, so he knelt in front of Luoying and blamed himself: “It’s all my fault for being too talkative. I shouldn’t have said these things to Her Highness the Princess.”

"The princess doesn't blame you, why do you blame yourself? Get up." Luoying raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and muttered helplessly.

"Yes, Your Highness." The little guard didn't dare to say anything more. After standing up, he just lowered his head nervously.

"Princess, it's almost time, we should go back." At this time, Liuli, who had been waiting outside, walked in and reminded Luoying.

When Luoying saw the full moon above the treetops, she remembered her appointment with Jiuyi and hurried out of the cold palace.

The little guard who followed out looked at the receding pink figure from afar and smiled warmly.

Shangguan Jiuyi arrived at the Prince's Mansion at dusk. As night fell and the moon was bright in the sky, he sat on the swing outside the pavilion and looked at the Mid-Autumn moon quietly. At this moment, he didn't want to think about anything but waiting for his beloved to come. However, after a long time, Luoying didn't show up and he fell asleep unconsciously.

The Prince's Mansion was decorated with lights and looked hazy and romantic. Luoying ran in carrying a lunch box. She saw from afar the handsome young man in snow-white clothes sitting on the swing and she smiled sweetly.

It was already a bit chilly on the Mid-Autumn night in the north. Luoying saw Shangguan Jiuyi sleeping, so she quickly took off her cloak and put it on him.

"Luoying, you're here." As soon as the cloak touched Shangguan Jiuyi's shoulders, he woke up in shock, grabbed the soft and delicate hands on his shoulders, and continued to smile softly with his eyes narrowed.

"I'm sorry Jiuyi, I'm late." Luoying, who was standing behind Jiuyi, lay on his shoulder, smiling and acting coquettishly.

Her warm breath sprayed on his ears, making his heart beat faster and the feelings in his heart gradually rise, but he quickly suppressed them. They were not married yet and could not cross the line.

"It's cold, put it on quickly." Jiuyi stood up and pulled Luoying to his side, then put the cloak back on her.

"Where is Yingyan?" Luoying asked hurriedly when she saw that there were only the two of them around.

"Your Majesty did not stay in the harem, so the Crown Prince went to celebrate the festival with the Queen." Jiuyi smiled gently.

"The eldest royal brother is not in the harem? Where did he go? Did something happen again?" Luoying asked worriedly. In previous years, the royal brother always spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with the royal sister-in-law.

"It's okay. His Majesty is in the imperial study. Perhaps there are some government affairs that have not been dealt with." Jiuyi pulled Luoying back to sit on the swing. He naturally knew that His Majesty was still upset about the arrogance of King Han at the banquet, but he didn't want Luoying to worry too much.

"Guess what I brought you?" Luoying didn't think much about it. She picked up the food box beside her and winked at Jiuyi.

"The sweet-scented osmanthus mooncakes you made yourself."

"how do you know?"

"Your hands still have the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus butter. Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you always love making snacks, so I guessed based on these."

Luoying hurriedly smelled her hand, and sure enough, there was still some residual fragrance. Then she sighed in disappointment, "Hey, Jiuyi, you are so smart, there is no surprise at all."

"Okay, next time you let me guess, I won't use my brain." Jiuyi smiled and coaxed.

"What do you mean? Are you laughing at me for being brainless?" But Luoying frowned and said angrily.

"Jiuyi wouldn't dare. Besides, Luoying is so smart, how could she be brainless?" Jiuyi paused nervously, then quickly changed his tone and smiled.

"Let's eat mooncakes!" Luoying was satisfied and happily opened the food box. The sweet scent of osmanthus instantly filled her nose. She picked up a piece of mooncake that was still warm and stuffed it into Jiuyi's mouth, continuing to smile, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, I..."

"Is it delicious?" Luoying asked impatiently before listening to Jiuyi's words.

"Yeah, Luoying's cooking is always the best."

"Then these are all for you."

"it is good."

In the northern border of Xiyue Country, Yan Zong stood outside the tent and looked at the full moon in the sky, and he felt the pain of missing her again. Xiaolu wrote to him once every half a month to report news about her, but what made him disappointed was that she never mentioned him. He even gave her the most precious thing, but she still didn't understand?

"Your Highness, are you also looking at the moon and thinking about someone?"

At this time, Arnold came to Yan Zong with a mooncake and asked.

"You've eaten a lot of mooncakes today. If you have a stomachache and miss your morning exercise tomorrow, I will punish you." Yan Zong's thoughts were brought back by Arnold's voice, but he ignored it and just glanced at the mooncake in the other's hand and warned in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Arnold didn't dare to eat any more mooncakes. He had to carefully wrap the remaining mooncakes in oil paper and put them back in his arms, waiting to eat them tomorrow.

"Who is your Highness thinking about?" Arnold continued to ask curiously.

Yan Zong remained silent.

"I'm thinking about Sister Yao." Seeing that His Highness ignored him, Arnold had to ask and answer himself.

"The weather is getting cold again, and the medicine Sister Yao gave me is almost gone." Arnold took out the purse given by Si Yao from his arms and muttered.

Looking at the purse, Yan Zong's face instantly darkened, and the fire of jealousy ignited in his eyes again.

Ever since this kid got the purse given by Si Yao, he has taken it out to show off from time to time. If Yan Zong hadn't been young, he would have suspected that he was coveting his woman.