Chapter 351: Thousands of Flowers Blooming at Night (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing that the empress dowager became energetic, Dongfang Liren didn’t know if she should praise Ye Jingtang for knowing how to coax girls or say that he actually dared to coax the empress dowager.

Seeing that Ye Jingtang had prepared another lantern and handed it to her, she stood a little straighter and gestured at her attire. “This is something that women play with. How can I take it?”

Hearing this, Ye Jingtang handed the lantern to Miss Xuanji, who was watching at the side.

Daoist Xuanji took the lantern and even showed off a technique. She flipped her fair hand lightly, swept across the candle, and lit it. The surrounding people looked surprised.

“Fairy Lu, how did you do this?”

“This is a Daoist immortal technique. If you want to learn it, you must become my disciple first.”

“Master, you didn’t teach me this!”

“I’ll teach you when we get back, in case someone secretly learns it.”

Daoist Xuanji held the lantern and spun around on the bridge. Coupled with her light gauze dress, her appearance and temperament were stunning.

The empress dowager also spun, but without the extraordinary lightness skills, her spinning was a little rough. But she had a special elegance and nobility and a different kind of charm.

It wasn’t good for Ye Jingtang to stare at the two women he shouldn’t be looking at. He shook his head and chuckled. After taking out two more lanterns, he opened the other box.

The box was full of fun goods. There were firecrackers as thick as water buckets, fireworks that would fill the sky with stars, and so on.

Dongfang Liren had seen many fireworks, but for safety reasons, she had never been allowed to light them personally. Seeing this, she became energetic. She squatted down and took out the largest one, wanting to light it.

“Hey!” Ye Jingtang hurriedly held Dumdum’s hand and gestured to the side. “This is a wooden bridge. You’ll burn the bridge here. Go over there.”

While speaking, he picked up a few large fireworks and arrived at the relatively empty riverbank by the street.

Dongfang Liren followed him to the river and held an umbrella for Ye Jingtang. She asked, “Will it be loud?”

“I’m not sure. We’ll know once we light them.”

After Ye Jingtang set up the fireworks, he handed a flame stick to Dumdum. “Here.”

Dongfang Liren held the flame stick in her hand. She wanted to light the fireworks, but when she saw one of the fireworks was thicker than her waist, she felt a little timid. After glancing at the man waiting and watching, she carefully moved closer to the fuse to light it.

Seeing this scene, the few of them shook their heads secretly. But no one dared to laugh at Dongfang for being timid.

The empress dowager, who relied on her domineering body where she couldn’t be killed as long as she wasn’t killed on the spot, wasn’t timid. She covered her ears and waited for a long time. Seeing that Liren was useless, she held her skirt and ran over. “It’s just fireworks. What’s there to be afraid of? Let me do it.”

Hearing this, Dongfang Liren didn’t stubbornly force herself. She retreated, hid behind Ye Jingtang, and covered her ears.

When Dongfang Liren realized that Ye Jingtang was looking back at her with a strange look in his eyes, her expression turned cold again. She stood up straight and snatched the umbrella over, pretending to be as steady as a mountain. “Go stand at the back. Why are you standing here?”

“Your Highness isn’t afraid?”

“What am 1 afraid of? It’s just fireworks. With Master around, can anything happen?”

Ye Jingtang saw Daoist Xuanji standing behind the empress dowager and watching, and she even shouted to scare the empress dowager. He didn’t say anything else and went to the eaves of the street to stand with Third Lady.

Hongyu was standing behind the empress dowager, holding an umbrella. She was a little worried and muttered softly, “Your Majesty, be careful. Once Your Majesty lights it, retreat immediately. This looks scary.”

“I know. Don’t disturb me.” The empress dowager held the lantern in one hand and carefully squatted down to place the flame stick at a fuse.

Sizzle-

The moment the flames touched it, sparks flew from the firework.

The empress dowager was so shocked that her shoulders trembled slightly, and she threw the flame stick to the ground. She quickly held up her skirt, stood up, hugged Daoist Xuanji’s arm, and looked at it intently.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle-

Swish!

Bam!

Under the rain, a flame shot into the sky and flew hundreds of feet into the sky. Then it exploded, scattering flames and sparks all over the sky.

“Wow!”

“Look, look…”

As soon as the commotion occurred, the clamor of women, children, old, and young immediately sounded on both sides of the river.

The empress dowager’s eyes also lit up. She looked up with Hongyu and let out a soft cry of surprise.

Swish!

Bam! Bam!

The light from the fireworks illuminated the streets, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

Ye Jingtang stood under the eaves and looked out. When he saw that the women were all looking up at the sky, his heart stirred, and he turned to look at his side.

Pei Xiangjun had grown up in the capital, so she had seen many fireworks and was not as excited as the empress dowager. She only admired the beautiful scenery with a gentle and elegant expression.

Seeing Ye Jingtang looking over, Pei Xiangjun blinked in confusion. “Hmm?”

Ye Jingtang smiled, raised his hand, hugged Third Lady quietly, and lowered his head slightly to her face.

?!

Pei Xiangjun’s expression froze. Seeing that Jingtang was so bold that he actually wanted to kiss her on the streets, and there were even people around them, she was a little stunned. But before she could come back to her senses, warmth came to her red lips.

“Woo-” Pei Xiangjun’s heart was in her throat. She curled her hands on his chest and carefully observed the women watching the fireworks from the corner of her eye.. Slowly, she opened her red lips…