Chapter 27 - 27. Met Sheng ge (1/2)

Hong er POV

Me and mother were in a carriage, meanwhile father rode on Xiao Huo. Xiao Bai followed us from behind with the soldiers to the capital. When I asked father why do I have to be in a carriage, he said that mother will protect me from inside and father from outside. I was so touched, I obediently sit in the carriage and mother talked about things that I have to be cautious of in capital.

1 week passed smoothly and now we are about to enter the capital's main gate. I wore a hat veil to cover my face, I peeked out from the carriage and saw commoners happily welcoming us. I looked at father who is proudly sitting on top of Xiao Huo, I realized that he wore a red mask to cover his face. When I wanted to ask mother why father is wearing a mask, I was surprised to see a red mask looking at me. Ohh~ it is mother.

Bai Huiqing: ” Here, you wear one too. That veil is useless, it will be blown away just by slight breeze. This mask is specially made by me, it can only be opened by our aura. So it is very safe.”

I wore it and put my aura on the mask. And it is really effective, even mother can't take my mask off.

Hong er: ” This mask is very comfortable but why do we have to use this?”

Bai Huiqing: ” To hide our emotions.”

Hong er: ” From who?”

Bai Huiqing: ” Everyone.”

Hong er: ” Ohh.”

When I heard mother's serious tone, I didn't dare to ask anymore. We arrived at our residence and the servants started to unpack our belongings. The residence in the main capital was more luxurious than the other residence we had in Xi An. But I feel more comfortable in Xi An than in here.

Father directly went to the palace to report to the Emperor, father told me to explore the capital with mother, he will catch up. Mother, me, Meiyun, and Huayun went shopping, four of us wear a hat veil and a mask beneath it. Meiyun and Huayun was holding on Xiao Bai's and Xiao Lu's rein. The red mask was too eye catching, so mother changed the color to white.

I was so excited, but I still managed to keep my composure. I was looking at the accessories shop, I saw a pair of beautiful jade hairpins. In the box there is a black jade and white jade hairpin. The shopkeeper saw me staring at the box.

The shopkeeper: ” Ohh~ Young Miss, you have good eyes dontcha? These hairpins just came in today. These pair of hairpins were inspired by the God of Light and the God of Darkness.”

Third person POV

Hong er's eyes were sparkling. When she wanted to take the box, at the same time, a hand touched the box too. Their hand was touching each other, they turned around and looked at each other. Hong er saw a boy that is a head taller than her, she look at his black clothes and the ribbon tied on his forehead. His face was covered by a black mask leaving only his black eyes. Hong er stared at those eyes, she felt something familiar about this boy.

The boy: ” This is mine.”

Hong er was surprised to hear his voice, even though it was deeper, she could still recognize this voice.

Hong er: ” Sheng ge?”

Weisheng was surprised by the voice that called his name. ' Only Hong er calls me by that name.' He is suspicious, he never seen Hong er's face fully before because she always covers it with her bangs. He couldn't see the girl's face because she covered it with a veil and a mask. He carefully called.

Weisheng: ” Hong er?”