You can listen to Faye Wong's "When Will the Moon Be Clear?"

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Ning Yi had been busy these past few days, however, after hearing about those things in the afternoon, Jin'er felt a little restless. If it had been in Jiangning, when such a thing happened, Ning Yi would probably have come to talk about it with her and Sister Yunzhu. But now that he was busy, he obviously didn't take it to heart. Of course, even if he did come to talk, Jin'er wouldn't really know how to communicate with him.

And so, after dinner, Jin'er and Yunzhu were playing shuttlecock in the courtyard, tossing it back and forth. Once, Jin'er was sticking out her chest, stopping the shuttlecock, when she saw Ning Yi appear at the door. She quickly hugged the shuttlecock. When Yunzhu also looked over, Ning Yi waved his hand at the door and smiled, "I haven't had any free time these past two days. It's the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, let's all go out for a stroll and watch the dragon boat races."

"Okay," Yunzhu nodded.

"Go to bed early... and you're going too, Yuanbao'er."

"Hmph!"

Jin'er turned her head away. Ning Yi smiled, then turned and left. Seeing him like this, Jin'er was a little angry, "What do you mean, 'and I'm going too'? It's as if I'm going to throw a childish tantrum!"

She complained to Yunzhu, who smiled, "Oh, so you're not?"

"Of course not..." Jin'er mumbled, turning her head.

But... that Ning Yi still didn't stay to tell them about what happened during the day.

Jin'er was a little disappointed. She went to the front second-floor hall and found a table with a screen to drink tea, wanting to continue listening to the news from the daytime. Unfortunately, Bianliang was so big that even if the matter had really spread to the point of being "known to everyone" among those scholars, it wouldn't necessarily be heard casually in the noisy teahouses of the night. She drank a bellyful of water. When she went back, the night breeze gently caressed her. As she slowly walked past Ning Yi's courtyard, the lanterns were casting a fragrant yellow light. The roses in the courtyard were blooming, looking like a sick beauty in the light. She ambled along, a little listless. As she slowly passed the door, she turned her head to look inside. She saw Ning Yi still writing at his desk, occasionally flipping through what he had written, frowning.

Maybe this is what a man looks like when he's focused on doing great things...

Thinking this in her heart, she no longer had the mood to pick a fight, and even smiled unconsciously. Of course, soon after she passed the door, her mood was still low, because she felt a little awkward facing Sister Yunzhu about these things, and even a little embarrassed facing Xiaochan. Originally, she wanted to teach Xiaochan how to stretch her legs, to turn the little maid into a vixen who would cause trouble in his home...

Not long after, as she was passing by the gate of the courtyard, she unintentionally saw that Ning Yi had already come out of the room, seemingly having changed clothes, and was talking to Xiaochan, preparing to go out.

"I have some things to do, I have to go to Fan Lou tonight."

"Oh... is Husband going to see that Miss Shishi? Will you be back tonight?"

"Of course I'll be back."

Ning Yi smiled and went out the door.

I thought he was going to do something important, hmph!

He wrote so many good poems for that vixen today, and now he's going over so late, it definitely won't be anything good! Even if he doesn't want to, that Li Shishi won't let him go...

Jin'er thought this and that, feeling quite unhappy. That night, when it was almost time to sleep, Ning Yi still hadn't returned. After taking a bath, she blew out the lights and went to bed with Yunzhu, turning to hug Yunzhu beside her, placing her hand on Yunzhu's chest. Yunzhu only thought she was casually hugging her and had put her hand in the wrong place, gently moving her hand down, but Jin'er moved it back, covering Yunzhu's right breast through her dudou, and even gently pinched it, unwilling to let go. Yunzhu didn't know what she was thinking, smiled, and covered her hand with her own, and fell asleep like that.

Jin'er couldn't fall asleep, though. Around midnight, Ning Yi finally returned to the neighboring courtyard. She heard the noise, thinking that Ning Yi and Li Shishi had probably done something bad. Of course, she didn't really believe this idea herself, and soon gradually fell asleep, tossing and turning that night, having many strange dreams. The next day was the Dragon Boat Festival, and she woke up with dark circles under her eyes, looking quite haggard.

The Dragon Boat Festival started that morning with a cacophony of drums and gongs, exceptionally lively. Ning Yi took out most of the day to go out with his family to stroll the streets, watch dragon boat races, and join in all kinds of festivities. Not long after morning, Princess Zhou Pei also participated, going to teahouses to eat, chat, guess riddles, and so on. In the afternoon, they went to visit Prime Minister Qin's residence. Ning Yi also roughly explained the ins and outs of what happened yesterday at the Cuiwei Villa. By today, it was already possible to hear snippets of information about Ning Yi from other people.

The liveliness was always the same, with the government organizing the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations, the royal family participating, and various courtesan performances. In the evening, they returned to Wenhui Lou and ate zongzi together.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, time returned to its peaceful rhythm. This peace was just a feeling that permeated the time and sunlight. As the central pillar of the group, Ning Yi was burying himself in his work, so for everyone else, it might seem a little dull. In the past, Ning Yi had invited people to different teahouses and brothels, but those days had stopped.

His time seemed very rushed, writing those manuscripts. Sometimes he would think for half a day in the courtyard. When Yunzhu, Jin'er, and the others came over, he would certainly chat and laugh with them for a few words, but they could all feel Ning Yi's busyness during this period. In this busyness and dedication, he was obviously trying to set aside time to chat with them, which was also a kind of concern. Even Xiaochan had recently been restraining herself from chatting too much with Ning Yi. Sometimes, when Yunzhu or Jin'er woke up in the middle of the night, they would see the light of the oil lamp still shining in the room of the courtyard. Sometimes it was early morning, and Ning Yi would come out to practice his fist techniques, but it was difficult to tell whether he had just gotten up or hadn't slept.

Fortunately, he had practiced martial arts, and his spirit seemed to be still good.

Yunzhu would also ask him if he was very busy, and he would just smile and say that he was almost finished.

Outside matters were blocked out by Ning Yi. After the poetry meeting, the owner of Wenhui Lou had specifically come to visit. Ning Yi met him once. Afterwards, it was said that several old men from the poetry meeting wanted to come to apologize, and Ning Yi also met them once, but for a short time. After that, he refused to see everyone else.

But within Bianliang, his fame was gradually spreading. When Ning Yi didn't have time to do everything himself, the people at home were actually doing their own things. Xiaochan, Su Wenyu, and Su Yanping had to decorate the newly purchased courtyard. Yunzhu and Jin'er also had to tidy up the small courtyard near the Prime Minister's residence where they would be living. Sometimes when they went out, they could hear about the poetry meeting before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Even though the courtesans performed many good poems during the Dragon Boat Festival performance, the Bianliang Dragon Boat Festival poems were ultimately overshadowed by the brilliance of the poetry meeting before the festival. A dozen or so poems in various styles, coupled with the winding story of the poetry meeting, were circulating in the brothels and teahouses, with speakers and listeners all savoring the details. Looking back at the situation in Jiangning, a single "When Will the Moon Be Clear?" and the festival scene after a single "Green Jade Table" had a similar effect. Even after arriving in Bianliang, Ning Yi still brought the aura of suppressing the entire city with a single poem.

In this noisy and lively scene, the author of the poems had been in a state of seclusion in the courtyard of the inn, completely out of sync with the outside world, which was truly a complex and interesting thing. And because of his seclusion, Jin'er was also a bit caught up in this emotion.

Of course, something else that Jin'er found suffocating during these days was that Ning Yi would occasionally go out, quickly return, but the destination was always Fan Lou. Obviously, he was in contact with Li Shishi a lot.

Occasionally, she would go out with Yunzhu, looking at things, arranging the courtyard. What she was thinking about was that she hadn't said some things to Ning Yi. She wasn't sure what she wanted to say, but in the current situation, there seemed to be even less of a chance to say it.

She often couldn't sleep at night. When she woke up this morning, she was a little listless again. Sister Yunzhu had arranged to go out with Yunniang from the Prime Minister's residence today, so Jin'er decided to rest at home for a day. After breakfast in the morning, Sister Yunzhu, Xiaochan, Su Wenyu, and the others left one after another. She sat under the eaves, watching the increasingly intense sunlight push the bright line of the eaves towards her. The sky was bright and peaceful, butterflies flew past the distant eaves, and the sound of cicadas began to ring. She was wearing a white dress that imitated Sister Yunzhu, walked around for a while, then sat down again, not knowing what to do.

Thinking of the poetry meeting in Jiangning, the poetry meeting in Bianliang, she remembered the legends she had heard about Ning Yi. Well, she had also heard them at first. That name, didn't it seem like a legend? At that time, she was still at Golden Phoenix Tower, still sending money to Sister Yunzhu. She hadn't thought that she would one day spend such a peaceful morning here. Thinking like this, she couldn't help but hum, "When will the moon be clear... Raising my cup, I ask the blue sky... I wonder in the heavens, what season it is tonight..."

She made gestures with her hands, dancing lightly. Unconsciously, the song was the tune that Ning Yi had once sung. Sister Yunzhu had also sung this song, performed it. Sister Yunzhu's personality and temperament were the most suitable for this song. Her nature was a bit lively, not suitable for these slow and leisurely things. She hadn't thought that humming and singing today, imitating Sister Yunzhu's dance, would feel so immersive...

The morning time passed leisurely.

Ning Yi was writing things in the room of the neighboring courtyard, she knew that. There were only the two of them left in these two courtyards. Unconsciously, she brought tea over. Although the inn's waiter could be called, she estimated that he would forget to call. Going over there like this, Ning Yi had probably left temporarily. She pushed open the half-closed door and went to the desk to change the tea. Sure enough, the pot was empty. She changed the tea pot and saw that the room windows were closed, so the light was a bit dim. She went over and opened the window, wanting to see the situation, and the wind blew in.

A small stack of manuscript paper that Ning Yi had put on the table was blown up.

Jin'er quickly closed the window, watching the manuscript paper flutter and fall all over the room. She knew that Ning Yi had been very, very busy writing these things these days, this was terrible. After picking up the ones in the room, there were still a few that had been blown outside. She ran to the courtyard to pick up the few sheets, and there was still one that was being blown by the wind towards the corridor. She quickly chased after it, stepped over the low railing of the corridor and jumped to the other side. But she didn't know why, her legs were a little weak. She jumped up lightly, grabbed the paper, but her body fell down, and her head hit the wood of the opposite railing with a thud.

It hurt a little, but fortunately it wasn't serious. She was thinking in her heart, when she heard Ning Yi's voice suddenly sound, "What happened?" Ning Yi appeared over there and ran over quickly.

Jin'er got up from the ground, holding up the manuscript paper in her hand, and gave him an embarrassed smile, "I wanted to change your tea, but I accidentally let them get blown away. I've picked them all up, please don't scold me."

Halfway through getting up, when she was kneeling and trying to exert force, she couldn't muster any strength, and the scene in her eyes swayed. She didn't know what was happening, but before her body completely collapsed, Ning Yi came over and hugged her, "What are you doing..." She heard him being a little fierce.

"I said I was sorry... please don't scold me..." she thought, wanting to say this sentence...

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I hadn't thought before that this song "When Will the Moon Be Clear?" would actually be suitable for Jin'er, but when I was writing today, I remembered some of Ning Yi and Jin'er's previous plots, and unconsciously hummed it. It was like seeing a girl in an ancient white dress gently humming and dancing under the eaves in front. I hope the feeling of loneliness and coldness was written out.

The word "emotion" is the easiest to hurt people. This sentence should also be suitable for Tan'er and Watermelon.

——Recorded by the Angry Banana, the Great Devil who loves to abuse female characters.

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