After the concubine ran away with the baby, the abstinent prince went crazy

Chapter 165 Chance Encounter

For a moment, Yan Qingning was stunned by the man's genuine smile on his lips, like a spring breeze on her face, like the sunshine after the rain, like the bright moon after the clouds have dispersed.

Yan Qingning felt that this was the most beautiful smile that she had ever seen in her past or present life.

She watched with puzzled eyes as the man walked to a treasure cabinet, took out a small brocade box from a decorative vase, and took something out of it.

He fiddled with his face in front of a bronze mirror for a long time. It was not until he turned around that Yan Qingning discovered that he was wearing a human skin mask.

In an instant, the beautiful face that she was amazed at just now was covered by an ordinary and unfamiliar face. She walked over in surprise and raised her hand to touch his face, "Is this the legendary human skin mask?"

The touch and warmth are almost the same as human skin, and it feels extremely smooth to the touch.

She was amazed by the wisdom of the ancients, which made her stand in awe and admire them immensely. What kind of advanced skills were needed to create such a lifelike mask?

Chu Beiqing was about to hold her hand, but suddenly his brows slightly frowned.

Under Yan Qingning's puzzled gaze, he immediately raised his voice and asked Yuqi to find a veil.

Soon, Yuqi brought in the veil.

Chu Beiqing put the veil on her face himself, revealing only a pair of peach blossom eyes that made people unable to look away. He then said with satisfaction: "Okay, now we can go out."

Yan Qingning was speechless. They had agreed to go out and have fun, but to her it felt more like they were going out to do something bad.

Although there was no electricity in ancient times, the nightlife in Da Chu was really not much worse than that of modern times, and the sounds of hawking filled the ears.

There were singing and dancing, people breathing fire, and juggling performers, each showing off their talents, and the onlookers clapped and cheered.

The hustle and bustle, the stream of people and the bright lights make the night colorful and vivid.

The whole street was so lively that it was dizzying. Yan Qingning was infected by the joyful atmosphere. She looked around, left and right, and didn't know where to look.

Chu Beiqing followed behind, only looking at the girl's graceful figure like a butterfly, unable to take in anything else.

The only part of the girl's eyes that were exposed were her pair of sparkling eyes that were like a crescent moon, and her smile was immediately imprinted in his heart.

Just then, Yan Qingning was attracted by the dazzling array of headwear on a stall.

As was her woman's nature, she was immediately attracted and ran over. There were all kinds of gorgeous headdresses placed in no particular order, which was dazzling.

Almost suddenly, she looked up as if she sensed something, and the person facing her was Shui Yunjian, and there were a man and a woman standing at the window on the second floor.

Two people seemed to be looking at her.

Yan Qingning recognized the two people at once, Xia Yu and Chu Yuanli.

She was startled, put down what she was holding, and turned away.

Chu Beiqing, who was following slowly, noticed her actions and followed her gaze.

He didn't care at first, but with a casual glance, he discovered a familiar figure.

Like...Chu Yuanli?

Chu Beiqing's heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately hurried to catch up. No wonder Yan Qingning looked over there several times, and when she finally looked away, she still glanced at him. Was she feeling guilty?

The stall owner selling headwear had his hair disheveled in the wind, and was smiling broadly, as he was planning to use his sweet talk to make a big deal.

But before he could open his mouth, the person was gone, just like the silver fell in front of him, he stretched out his hand, but the silver flew away, which made people feel sad.

Chu Yuanli hurried down from the second floor and ran straight here.

But where is that figure?

Chu Yuanli looked around, his face full of anxiety.

"King Rui, what are you doing?"

At this time, Xia Yu, who had chased out, asked.

Chu Yuanli did not answer, but asked the stall owner, "Where is the girl standing here just now?"

Xia Yu's eyes flashed. The girl who could make King Rui lose his composure must be Qing Ning. "King Rui may have seen it wrong. Go back. The wine and food are getting cold."

The stall owner was overjoyed. This girl obviously wasn't here to patronize him, so he couldn't help but feel a little weird. "What girl? I sell hairpins and rings here. Many girls stop by my stall. I'm sorry, I didn't notice them."

This was considered polite, and naturally he also hoped that the other party would be tactful and compensate him for his hurt feelings by giving him a reward, which could also be considered as a good omen and a lucky start.

But Chu Yuanli was very anxious because he had watched Yan Qingning grow up.

They often go out, so naturally they have seen her wearing a veil on her face, so he was very sure that the person just now was his Ning'er.

Chu Yuanli didn't bother to pay any attention to Xia Yu at all and turned a deaf ear to her words.

He looked around and speculated that there was still a long way ahead, and the probability that Ning'er would go that way would be greater.

He looked at the direction and chased after him without thinking.

Chu Yuanli's judgment was correct, Yan Qingning did leave in the direction forward.

However, Yan Qingning didn't want to see Chu Yuanli, and was too lazy to deal with him.

However, when she looked at Chu Beiqing just now, she was indeed feeling guilty, and she simply didn't want Chu Beiqing to see that she and Xia Yu knew each other.

I was just afraid that Chu Beiqing would notice Xia Yu.

She didn't know why, but she always felt that she should keep some tricks up her sleeve.

She just didn't expect that Chu Beiqing seemed to be more anxious to leave here than she was. He took her hand and went to a deserted place.

"I want to see that." In order to conceal her little thoughts, Yan Qingning deliberately pointed to a stall selling lanterns and didn't want to leave.

"It's nothing to see. I'll make it for you later." Chu Beiqing kept walking and glanced back slightly.

He had sharp eyes and saw from afar Chu Yuanli looking around and heading in this direction.

Chu Beiqing frowned slightly, then hugged Yan Qingning and quickly took her to a deserted place.

Yan Qingning saw him entering the alley and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?"

Not getting an answer from Chu Beiqing, she was annoyed, "What's wrong?"

After that, she said she had no intention of leaving.

Didn’t you say you would take her out to play?

And then come out and go back?

"Your Highness, don't you think it's the same as inviting me to dinner, and then the delicious food comes, I pick up my chopsticks, the food is at my mouth, and then the prince tells me, OK, we're done, we can leave, right?"

"I'll explain it to you later." Chu Beiqing had no intention of stopping. He put his arms around her slender waist, which was so thin that it could break with a little force, and pulled her into his arms, then picked her up sideways.

He took big steps and soon turned into the depths of the alley.

Yan Qingning pretended to be confused and widened her eyes, and whispered mysteriously: "Did you meet an enemy?"

It seemed that this was the only reason she could think of.

"Hmm..." Chu Beiqing said vaguely, "I guess so..."

I didn't expect that she was so considerate and helped him think of reasons.

In fact, he didn't want anyone to know that his legs had healed.

If it were before, under such circumstances, he might have helped and created opportunities for them.

But now... he doesn't want Yan Qingning and Chu Yuanli to meet.

When the two of them were walking back with their own thoughts, Yuqi saw her being carried back by the prince and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Master, did you sprain your ankle?"

Yan Qingning replied casually, "No."

Shuhui and Yuqi, who were left outside, looked at each other in bewilderment. If not, then how did he bring him back?

Besides, didn’t we say we should go out and play?

Why are you back so soon?

Less than fifteen minutes, right?

But the master had already gone into the house, so the two men naturally didn't dare to go in and ask.

After Yan Qingning was placed on the couch, she asked in a hypocritical tone, "Your Majesty, are you tired?"

By the way, he carried her all the way back without getting red in the face or out of breath, which shows how good his physical strength is.

In fact, she didn't come down for selfish reasons. When she was tired, she didn't have the energy to think about anything else.