Blessing of The Unwanted Affair Chapter 4

In order to calm her mother down, Lila put on a smile, but she was actually furious inside.

She never imagined that a marquis' wife would actually cheat on her child.

Maybe he was afraid that if he didn't agree to her request, she would think of other ways, and the matter would get out of hand, and he would have to take her with him. So he pretended to agree to her request to keep her calm, and then changed his mind at the last minute, leaving her no time to think of a solution. It was really too insidious.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She called Serena, and each of them wrapped themselves in an indigo summer cloth oil-covered cloak and walked out.

But as soon as I walked out of the hospital, I heard someone calling me from behind.

She looked back and saw a girl with a big forehead chasing after her.

This girl's name is Xiangluo, and she is one of the three maids given to her by Wang Mama. It is said that she was originally the top maid in the fourth girl's room.

Xiangluo caught up with her and said anxiously with a red face, "Didn't the Madam forbid the girl to go?"

Serena was about to reply, but Lila asked first: "Who said that?"

Xiang Luo was stunned for a moment and said, "Just now...Xiao Wuer in the Madam's yard said that!"

Lila smiled coldly at the sky: "She clearly urged me to go quickly, saying that she was afraid of delaying everyone."

Who doesn't know how to cheat?

Xiangluo opened her mouth halfway, like a fool, unable to utter a word.

Lila was too lazy to pay attention to her and turned away with Serena.

This place is far from Madam Xu's yard. After half an hour of going back and forth, Xiangluo ran to ask for confirmation and call for help, but the daylily was cold.

But Xiangluo caught up with him again and said, "Then I will go with you, young lady."

Lila didn't even look at her, but nodded with a sneer.

Madam Xu was on guard against her like a thief. But today, even if Xiangluo was knocked unconscious, she would still leave this door.

They also need to know that she is not someone who can be easily fooled.

*

When they arrived at the second gate, the gatekeeper did not recognize Lila and Serena, but recognized Xiangluo.

I know that she is a capable maidservant of the Fourth Young Lady.

Seeing that she was accompanied by two unfamiliar-looking women wrapped in cloaks, he thought they were maids from some room, following them out to release river lanterns. He did not dare to make things difficult for them at all, and without asking any further questions, he politely let the three of them leave.

But when they arrived at the front yard, everyone in the mansion had already set out.

The stables were empty, not even a maid was left there.

The brocade fish was so angry that it almost laughed.

Hazel had arranged this trip herself. Unexpectedly, she even told them the departure time two minutes late on purpose.

Xiangluo let out a long sigh and said with some gloating: "Miss, please go back. We are a step late after all."

Lila looked at her with cold eyes and said, "We agreed to pray for the old lady. If I don't go, and the old lady finds out, wouldn't that be a great disrespect to my parents? Serena, tell the servant to go to the street to find a sedan chair. Tell him that it was the Madam who asked Xiaowuer to inform us and told us to catch up quickly."

Serena hurriedly ran towards the small corner door in the southwest.

Xiangluo looked around and kept begging her to go back.

Lila just sneered and said, "You'd better go around and tell everyone that Madam is unfaithful and treats her daughter harshly. If you ruin Madam's reputation, she will skin you alive."

Mrs. Xu had done something very dishonorable, and she certainly hadn't expected her to be so bold. Why would she have told the gatekeeper not to let her out? Otherwise, she would have been stopped at the second gate.

Xiang Luo was so anxious that she turned around in circles, but she didn't dare to really shout.

After a while, Serena came with servants and old women carrying a sedan chair.

Lila got into the sedan chair with confidence, and Serena followed on foot.

Xiang Luo had no choice but to follow with a sad face.

*

This was the first time Lila had gone out since returning home. She couldn't help but lift the curtain of the sedan chair and look out. She saw a stream of people on the street, old and young, men and women, every family, all going out to light lanterns and watch fireworks.

After wandering for half an hour, they arrived at the Wuzhang River Ferry.

In addition to the people who come here to take a boat ride and release lanterns, there are also all kinds of people rushing to do small businesses, making the place extremely crowded.

At this time, the elegance of the brocade fish and bean green wearing the oil-faced cloak is revealed.

Wrapped in a cloak, with only his eyes showing, he is not afraid of rubbing shoulders with people around him.

Xiang Luo felt much more embarrassed and had to follow the two men, protecting her head and face as she moved forward.

Finally we arrived at the ferry terminal, where we saw seven or eight boats moored, including pleasure boats, small boats, and a large melon basket.

Lila saw a boat at a glance. It had two pointed ends and a big sail on the hull, like a watermelon cut in half.

The white sails were furled, and lights were shining through the bamboo tent. On the bow hung a green cloth banner with a bunch of three white peonies embroidered on it, which was the symbol of Luoyang Manor. She knew it was the watermelon bun that Aunt Mei had found for her.

She quietly pulled Serena. Serena blinked and shouted, "Xiangluo, where is our boat?"

Xiangluo stood on tiptoe and looked around, almost crying, saying, "It must have left long ago! Let's go back, young lady. If the lady knew that we left the house without permission, you and I would be dead."

Lila was too lazy to pay attention to her and said, "Let's go, get on the boat and chase them."

He pulled Serena like a loach and in the blink of an eye he slid into the crowd and moved forward.

Xiang Luo was shocked, frightened and regretful, so she had to chase after him desperately.

*

Soon the watermelon boat was served, which contained tea, snacks and other delicacies. Several strong women who were working on the boat were doing their respective duties and were very considerate.

Xiang Luo couldn't help thinking that although this boat was not as luxurious as the Marquis' Mansion, it was such a big boat with only three of them, so it was a hundred times more comfortable than the Marquis' Mansion boat where they were so crowded that they couldn't move around.

But no matter how comfortable it was, she was in no mood to enjoy it. She was angry and scared, sitting at the window of the boat awning, wiping away tears. The lady sent her to keep an eye on the fifth lady, how could she explain to the lady? She didn't know how she would be punished when she returned. But then she thought, this couldn't be her fault. The fifth lady had been very well behaved these days since she returned to the mansion, and she didn't dare to say a word in front of the lady and the fourth lady. Who could have thought that she would be so bold? How could a little girl be blamed for something that even the lady and the lady couldn't think of?

Lila naturally had no idea what she was thinking. After the boat sailed for quite a while, seeing that she was still crying, he smiled and personally handed her a plate of crystal winter melon candy.

"Xiangluo, it's too late for you to cry to death. I just asked Serena, and she said she told the doorman that some little girls were going out to play, but she didn't make any noise. Let's do it quietly so that the lady won't find out!"

Then he called Serena: "Go and find out what kind of lights have been prepared for us?"

Soon two maids came in carrying a large basket.

There are all kinds of lights inside.

Lotus lanterns, colorful boat lanterns, wine glass lanterns, mandarin duck lanterns, peony lanterns, rabbit lanterns...

She then picked up the white peony lantern.

Serena chose the mandarin duck lantern.

They both picked up their pens and wrote on the lamp. What she wrote was: "Mother has escaped poverty and returned to Luo Garden to be the mistress." The writing was in small regular script with a hairpin flower, beautiful and exquisite.

Serena can also write, but his strokes are thick and thin, of varying lengths, like a dog's crawling. There are only four words: "Ruyi Langjun."

Lila couldn't help but laugh.

Serena wrinkled his little garlic nose and said angrily: "I was only thinking about the girl, but she made fun of me. She really doesn't know how to appreciate a good person!"

Lila laughed and said, "You asked for it for yourself, but you blamed it on me!"

The two of them chattered and bickered with each other, lit the river lanterns, and went out of the boat together.

At this time, the boat has reached the middle of the river.

A bright moon like a round jade plate hangs high in the blue sky, as if it has opened a bright path to the Peach Blossom Spring. Walking through it, you will find yourself in a fairyland in heaven.

The boat moved, the clouds floated, and the moon moved too. For a moment I couldn't tell whether it was the clouds moving, the boat moving, the moon moving, or them moving.

There were already large and small river lanterns floating on the river, shining brightly, swaying like a river in the sky.

An old woman came with a long bamboo pole and asked them to hold the lantern on it, then lower it down and place it on the river.

The two lanterns swayed on the river and merged into the sea of   lights along with the current.

Lila was watching intently when he heard Serena scream "Ah".

She raised her eyes and saw Serena's arms stretched out, pointing forward.

She looked in the direction of Serena's finger and saw a short-oared boat in front with no sail. There was only one boatman rowing at the back, and there were four or five people on the boat.

One of them was wearing a particularly dazzling silver-white brocade robe. He was looking down and reaching out to pick up a colorful lantern in the river to admire it.

She couldn't help but frown.

Everyone who puts down a river lantern has beautiful emotions and wishes in their heart, and may not want others to see them.

This man is dressed gorgeously. He could have taken a tall boat or a large barge, but he chose to sit on this short oar. I guess he did this to catch other people's river lanterns and read other people's thoughts.

Boring and abominable.

It was far away and dark, so I couldn't see clearly what they looked like.

She was about to turn around and go back to the tent, but Serena didn't move, saying, "They... they seem to be... that..."

At this moment, I heard a scream behind me.

Lila looked back and saw that Xiangluo had come out of the boat awning at some point and was staring straight ahead.

She couldn't help being surprised.

Looking back again, I saw the man on the boat who was fishing for river lanterns raised his head and looked over here with his chin held high, looking very arrogant.

Lila felt that this scene was very familiar, but he couldn't remember when he had seen it before.

"You...you know the young master?" Xiang Luo was surprised.

Serena clapped his hands and said, "I knew it was him! It was indeed him. Hey, do you recognize him too?"

Lila didn't want to meet the strange men and was too lazy to listen to their gossip, so she turned and went into the boat awning.

But outside, Serena shouted, "Oh my, they seem to be paddling towards us!"

Lila was startled, thought for a moment, took out a piece of silk, covered her face, tied a knot behind her head, and walked out again.

Then they saw that the small boat was indeed heading towards them.

When the young man in brocade clothes in the oar saw her coming out, he actually stood up on the short oar. He was tall and had an arrogant attitude.

When he stopped, Lila finally remembered. Wasn't this the young master from the Duke's Mansion who wanted to meet her at Luoyang Manor?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel moved and looked over there intently.

As expected, there was a thin figure sitting on the tail of the oar. The river breeze lifted the ribbon that tied his hair. He didn't look over here, but just turned his head to stare at the lights in the river. The swaying waves reflected on his snow-white face, which was charming and inspiring.

Lila was so fascinated by the sight that when he came to his senses, he heard someone on the paddle say, "Sir, sit down quickly. Be careful not to fall into the water."

Looking at the young man in silver clothes again, he was standing with his hands behind his back, letting the river breeze blow his sleeves. The short oar was already close enough that he could see his face clearly.

Lila suddenly realized that the young man in silver clothes was really coming for them.

She had no time to take a closer look at the handsome young man's appearance, and hurriedly ordered the maid on the boat, "Why don't you pull up the sail quickly? Are you going to let this frivolous playboy catch up with us?"

The boatwomen began to shout in a panic.

The white sails were raised, the oars were fired, the ship was swung by the wind, and the waves rolled.

Suddenly, a huge wave came from somewhere and they were all shaken.

Serena was in a panic, grabbing the sail rope with one hand and her with the other.

She slipped and nearly fell, grabbing the edge of the boat and shouting, "Everyone go back..."

Before he could finish his words, a silver figure was seen on the oar, and with a cry of "Aiya", he fell into the water with a splash.

The small oar swayed left and right a few times and then turned over.

I saw the waves rolling up the river lanterns, running up and down, and between the light and shadow, there were splashes of water everywhere, and I didn't know how many people fell into the water.

Lila knelt on the deck, holding onto the edge of the boat tightly with both hands, trembling with fear.