Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 291 Lantern

Shiyi immediately lifted the carriage curtain, poked his head out of the window, and instructed the coachman outside: "We need to go to the best place in Wangjing City to see the lanterns."

The coachman laughed upon hearing this: "The best place to see the lanterns in Wangjing is Xingyue Lake. Moreover, it's not only the best place to see the lanterns, but also the best place to admire the moon and stars. I'll take you there now. Young Master Eleven, please sit tight..."

Shiyi quickly pulled his head back and sat up properly.

"Mother, Uncle Xu, the driver said that Xingyue Lake is the best place to admire the moon and stars, so he's taking us there."

"Row."

The carriage started moving, and soon, it left Zhuque Street, where the Ye Mansion was located, and the outside gradually became lively.

Even sitting in the carriage, one could hear the bustling noise outside.

"Candied hawthorn, sweet and delicious candied hawthorn!"

"Let's draw sugar figurines, whatever it lands on, we'll draw."

"Young master, I have the most beautiful lanterns here. Come and buy one. Not only lanterns, but also rabbit lanterns and tiger lanterns that children love. It would be perfect for your young master."

……

The cries of vendors outside were incessant, and Eleven's eyes grew brighter as he stared intently at Ye Qing'an.

Seeing this, Ye Qing'an couldn't help but laugh: "You can lift the curtain to take a look, but you can't stick your head out. We'll buy you candied hawthorns, sugar figurines, rabbit lanterns, and the like later, but we'll buy them when we get there."

"The coachman said that the area over there is the most lively, and perhaps the food and toys there are more varied, and the lanterns are more exquisite."

When Shiyi heard what Ye Qing'an said, his eyes lit up even more.

He simply turned around, lifted the carriage curtain again, and stared intently outside.

The streets were newly decorated, completely different from usual. All kinds of lanterns were hung everywhere, and there were small vendors on both sides of the road. Except for the space reserved for horse-drawn carriages, there were people everywhere, shoulder to shoulder, making it very lively.

Eleven was looking outside, but Ye Qing'an and Yi Moxu were both looking at Eleven.

Ye Qing'an was a reborn person, and due to her status and position in her previous life, she didn't feel much about the magnificent scene before her. However, Eleven was different from her.

Eleven is a native of Siyou Kingdom, and...

"I grew up in the village and have never participated in the Lantern Festival before."

"Lanterns too..."

Suddenly, Eleven turned around and said, "I've seen lanterns before, Mother. I've seen them."

Have you seen it before?

Ye Qing'an thought carefully for a moment and dug out a slightly vague memory from the depths of her mind: "I did see it. That time, Eleven was sick and developed a high fever in the middle of the night. The barefoot doctor in the village happened to be away. There was no other way but to carry Eleven on his back in the middle of the night and walk several miles to the town to seek medical treatment."

"Back then, we had no land or income on the estate. We relied on the occasional needlework I did or letters I wrote to earn some food and coins."

"After taking Shiyi to the doctor, I didn't have a single copper coin left. I don't know what festival it was that day, maybe it was Qixi Festival or something, but there were people selling lanterns on the street early in the morning. Shiyi took a fancy to a tiger lantern and kept crying for it. I had no choice but to pawn the last piece of jewelry I had left to buy Shiyi a lantern, and later I also bought some food."

Those things weren't actually experienced by Ye Qing'an herself, but thinking about them still brought a touch of sadness to her heart, as if her heart was being torn apart with pain.

“That piece of jewelry is a jade pendant, which my mother left me. In the past few years, although life was difficult in the Ye family, we pawned some gold and silver jewelry, and that jade pendant is one of the few things that survived.”

The eleventh day had passed, and he no longer looked at the bustling crowds outside: "I was so naive back then..."

Ye Qing'an smiled and shook her head: "No, even if you hadn't wanted that lantern or that jade pendant back then, you still wouldn't have been able to keep them."

Eleven didn't understand, but didn't ask any more questions. He just looked at Ye Qing'an earnestly and said, "Mother... when you get home later, draw a picture of the jade pendant for me. When I grow up, I will earn lots and lots of money and then help Mother redeem the jade pendant."

"They're just material possessions." Ye Qing'an laughed. "Mother doesn't lack money these days."

"Oh." Eleven still remembered the difficult days he had spent on the estate: "When I grow up, I will still earn a lot of money so that my mother can eat whatever she wants, buy whatever she wants, and have an inexhaustible supply of money."

"Alright." Ye Qing'an's smile deepened. "Then Mother will wait for that day."

He nodded at eleven o'clock, then turned around and lifted the carriage curtain.

Ye Qing'an looked up and saw Yi Moxu staring intently at her.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Yi Moxu shook his head and remained silent for a while before saying, "Before, at the manor, you were all alone with Eleven and suffered a lot."

Ye Qing'an shook her head and remained silent.

She wasn't the one suffering; in fact, at that time, Eleven was practically Ye Qing'an's last support. For Ye Qing'an, Eleven wasn't a burden, but rather the courage that sustained her to live.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage finally stopped. The coachman's voice came from outside: "Young Miss, we're almost at Star Moon Lake, but there are too many people there. I'm afraid the carriage can't get through. I'll have to stop here..."

Ye Qing'an responded loudly, "Then let's stop here and walk over. It'll be perfect, we can also do some sightseeing."

"it is good."

The coachman found a place to stop the carriage, and Ye Qing'an and Yi Moxu took Eleven down from the carriage.

Ye Feiran had already climbed out of the carriage.

"Ugh, there are so many people." Ye Feiran frowned. "It's so annoying. Why are there so many people in Wangjing? There's not even a quiet place to see the lanterns. It's crowded everywhere."

Ye Qing'an lifted her eyes and glanced at him: "There are naturally a lot of people at Xingyue Lake. If you don't like so many people, you can find a quieter place to watch the lanterns."

No, I want to stay by your side.

After Ye Feiran finished speaking, he noticed a group of people gathered not far away, seemingly playing something interesting. Ye Feiran's eyes lit up, and he rushed over with his servants: "What are they doing over there? Let me go and see."

Before Ye Qing'an could speak, she saw Ye Feiran burst into the crowd like a giant firecracker.

"Make way, make way, let me see!"

Ye Qing'an could only hear Ye Feiran's loud shouts from afar.