Sharing a bed together when young

Late at night, there were bursts of thunder outside the window.

The pale lightning briefly lit up the night sky. Jing Yao's eyes, which were tightly closed in his sleep, were faintly stung by the light and he slowly woke up.

Jing Yao shook her head. This was not the first time she lived in this palace, and she had no problem getting used to her bed. But now that she woke up, she found it difficult to fall asleep.

It was raining heavily outside, and the raindrops hitting the window frame were as deafening as the sound of drums. Jing Yao subconsciously shrank into the quilt.

The more frightened a person is, the more sensitive their senses become. Even a few strands of hair brushing against the back of their neck can scare them half to death. Jing Yao swallowed subconsciously, wishing he could completely cover himself with the quilt.

After a while, there was silence all around. Jing Yao slowed down his breathing and tried his best to pretend that nothing had happened, revealing half of his face.

The strong white light seemed to illuminate the entire palace, and a deafening thunder then resounded through the sky. Jing Yao raised his eyes and saw a figure outside the screen in front of the bed in the thunder.

“Ahhhh!”

The girl's sharp, terrified screams lasted for a moment. Jing Yao was terrified, thinking that a ghost had come to take her life.

"Don't come over here! Ah! Don't kill me!"

The "ghost" listened to her crying and said nothing, but just walked around the screen and continued to walk towards her.

Jing Yao didn't dare to open his eyes. He closed his eyes and grabbed the corner of the quilt tightly, fearing that the thing would pull the quilt open and slip in.

"Yaoyao."

The familiar clear voice of a young man interrupted her ghostly howling. This ghostly voice...

Jing Yao carefully opened a small hole in the quilt: "Prince...cousin?"

Si Pei was wearing a black outer robe, with his black hair loosely draped over his shoulders. His snow-white inner garment made him look handsome, but also made the weakness on his pale face more obvious.

His eyes were dark and blue, and he stared at the girl with his dark eyes: "Yaoyao, are you still awake?"

Jing Yao was so angry that she wanted to curse. If he hadn't appeared in her room like a water ghost, she would have fallen asleep again long ago.

She was indeed very frightened now, but she was also very angry.

So she closed her eyes tightly and pretended to be asleep.

Seeing that the girl didn't respond, Si Pei panicked, fearing that she had fainted from fright or had some other problem, so he quickly reached out to check on her.

Si Pei's cold hand touched Jing Yao's neck, which was her most sensitive spot. Being touched so suddenly, the girl shuddered and sat up directly from the bed.

"Si! Pei!"

Jing Yao was very upset: "Your Highness, why are you not sleeping and coming to scare me?!"

"I'm glad you're okay."

Seeing that the girl was still scolding him vigorously, Si Peixin finally let it go.

She angrily looked at the boy sitting in front of her and found that he was only wearing his underwear, and the collar had opened a little more after the previous tampering. The eighteen-year-old boy was growing in stature, and she couldn't help but feel a little hot at the sight.

Jing Yao wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and withdrew his wandering gaze.

"You...you go back quickly!"

The girl's forceful tone had no real threatening effect. Not only did the boy sit down beside her bed uninvited, but he also started talking to himself: "Yaoyao, I can't sleep."

Jing Yao was just about to say that she wanted to sleep again, but she found that Si Pei didn't look right.

"...Si Pei?"

He seemed to be unable to hear Jing Yao's voice. He just stared in one direction and muttered to himself: "Don't bother me... Don't..."

Jing Yao leaned in closer and knew that he was remembering the time when he was imprisoned by Queen Yue. That woman had left a very bad impression on her. Jing Yao had also seen her attitude towards Si Pei, which was really cold and cruel.

Maybe Si Pei came to her in the middle of the night when he had an attack because he felt that she was the only one who could understand him.

Jing Yao sighed. She had heard that Si Pei was having hysterics in his sleep, but she didn't expect it to be so serious.

She tentatively reached out and cupped Si Pei's face, turning his head towards her: "Si Pei? ...Crown Prince cousin! Your Highness?"

He didn't respond even after calling him several times. Jing Yao was about to withdraw his hand, but before he could let go, another pair of hands pressed down on him.

“Don’t go…”

Si Pei seemed to be a little more awake, but he might also be even less awake.

He held Jing Yao's hand tightly and refused to let go, fearing that Jing Yao would leave if he let go.

"I'm not leaving."

Jing Yao felt helpless. He really didn't know who was the older one. Why did Si Pei, such a grown-up, still act like a child?

With her promise, Si Pei looked much more stable and his breathing became smoother.

Jing Yao is a girl at heart after all, and she gets tired of being praised after a while.

"Si Pei."

Can you let go of her hand...

My arms are so sore from holding them up like this!

Jing Yao couldn't help it: "I'm sleepy! I want to sleep!"

The girl's scream made Si Pei, whose mental state had dropped by ten years, feel very aggrieved. He just hoped that Yao Yao could be closer to him.

Jing Yao was about to lie down with his eyes closed regardless of anything, and Si Pei had no choice but to let go even though he was reluctant.

"Yaoyao...I'm so scared."

Si Pei's hands trembled: "She is here... She wants to kill me."

"who?"

"Yue Jin Ge!"

When that name was mentioned, Si Pei's eyes turned red, as if he hated the dead woman very much.

"Aunt Queen is dead."

Jing Yao wanted to tell him not to be afraid anymore, but Si Pei kept shaking his head: "No, she's still there. She's inside the East Palace. I can see her and I heard her say she wants to kill me..."

Many times in the middle of the night, Si Pei woke up from his dreams with the feeling of suffocation caused by Yue Jin Ge strangling his neck.

This was the curse that woman gave him.

She would not let Si Pei go even if she died.

Jing Yao felt mixed emotions when he heard this.

She stretched out her delicate white hands and held those cold hands: "Don't be afraid, I'm here too."

Si Pei's pupils trembled slightly, and a thin layer of mist covered his eyes.

"Yaoyao." He suppressed the frenzy brought on by the nightmare, "Can I stay here tonight? I'll just sit here."

Jing Yao shook his head: "No."

Before Si Pei felt lost, the girl pulled his arm and made him lie down: "I'm so sleepy, you should go to sleep too."

The young man lay stiffly on the outside of the bed, not daring to move.

Jing Yao was really sleepy at this moment. He just wanted to calm the sick prince down as soon as possible and then continue sleeping.

"You don't have to sleep, just don't disturb me." Jing Yao turned over, leaving his back facing Si Pei.

The heavy rain outside the hall was about to stop, and there was silence inside the hall.

At some point, the girl had turned from facing the person next to her to face Si Pei. The boy looked at Jing Yao who rolled into his arms and subconsciously slowed down his breathing for fear of disturbing her.

Si Pei breathed a sigh of relief only after he discovered that the person in his arms was really asleep.

The girl's eyebrows and eyes are as delicate as a painted pottery doll, and her carefree sleeping posture makes her look particularly cute and adorable.

"Yaoyao..."

Si Pei couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, his gentle eyes filled with joy.

Until this moment, he had worried that he was dreaming.

The person he was thinking about was really sleeping peacefully in his arms.

When Jing Cong first said that he wanted to send Jing Yao to the Eastern Palace, Si Pei felt both disbelief and a hint of anticipation.

The reason he didn't believe it was because Jing Yao had a stubborn temper and did things as she pleased, and no one could force her. And she had always said that she would never like him, so how could she be willing to enter the Eastern Palace?

As for the reason for anticipation...it's just because it's her.

Jing Yao's appearance was enough to get all his attention.

However, Si Pei didn't expect Jing Cong to be so cruel and would go to great lengths to send Jing Yao in.

It was obviously his obvious intentions and his tacit approval that made Jing Cong determined to capture his daughter, but Si Pei did not think there was anything wrong with him. It was all the fault of that useless Jing Cong.

Si Pei sneered in his heart, Jing Cong was not a good person anyway.

The young man's pale face was like a ghost. He whispered in Jing Yao's ear with an almost obsessed look:

"Yaoyao, let me stay by your side from now on...and you stay with me all the time, okay?"

Jing Yao was sleeping soundly and naturally would not answer his question.

Si Pei smiled: "I knew you would be willing."

Si Pei seemed to be in a good mood after getting a satisfactory answer. He smiled and tucked the quilt for Jing Yao who turned over.

That night, the prince, who had been troubled by nightmares for a long time, finally closed his eyes and had a good sleep.

The next morning, Eunuch Ming was shocked when he didn't find Si Pei in the prince's bedroom. He didn't know when the prince ran out again... After thinking carefully, he immediately walked towards the palace next door.

As expected, there were many maids coming and going in Miss Jing's Yilan Palace to help the noble ladies wash up in the morning.

Eunuch Ming entered the hall only after he had prepared himself mentally. Si Pei's previous gloomy mood was gone, and his complexion looked much better, even a little rosy.

If Eunuch Ming had looked more carefully, he would have seen that it was not a rosy complexion, but a result of a slap in the face.

When Jing Yao woke up this morning, he found himself being strangled by something. He thought he was having a nightmare, but when he struggled to wake up, his face hit the boy's chest.

"Yaoyao, are you awake? Don't you want to sleep a little longer?"

Si Pei had to wake up after being hit so hard that he couldn't fall asleep. However, he stayed up late last night, so he was fine. He was just worried that Jing Yao didn't get enough sleep.

"If you're sleepy, just sleep a little longer...!"

Before she could finish her words, the girl slapped Si Pei, who was half-awake.

“…Yaoyao?”

Jing Yao's face flushed red, and he couldn't even speak clearly: "Why are you hugging me? Are you a hooligan? And... you're the prince!"

As the crown prince of a country, he climbs into the bed of a little girl in the middle of the night. This guy Si Pei... is so shameless!

"Yes, I am the most shameless."

Si Pei actually guessed what she was cursing in her heart and admitted it openly.

Not only did he admit it casually, he also stood up and called for someone to serve him as if nothing had happened: "Since you are not sleepy anymore, then get up."

Jing Yao glared at him in shame and anger, then made up his mind: what's the big deal about sleeping in the same bed with him for one night? Nothing else will happen anyway.

Although Jing Yao convinced herself, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable when the maid came in.

When she came out after changing her clothes, the eunuch Ming who was beside Si Pei had already arrived. When he saw her, he looked kind and smiling, and when he left, he nodded and bowed respectfully, which gave Jing Yao goose bumps all over his body.

Jing Yao actually didn't have much objection to coming to the East Palace, because Si Pei wouldn't care what she did for fun, and even gave her a token to leave the palace before leaving. However, Jing Yao didn't plan to go to the Shanghua market today, so she just wanted to stroll around the palace.

It seemed that the servants in the East Palace had been replaced by a new group, and the commander of the imperial guards had also been replaced by a burly and tough-looking young man.

As Jing Yao walked over, the commander suddenly knelt down and saluted her: "Greetings to the Crown Princess."

Jing Yao was stunned: "...I'm not some Crown Princess."

The young man realized that he had been abrupt and immediately changed his words: "Hello, Miss Jing. I was confused for a moment."

Jing Yao smiled and waved his hand, then turned and left quickly.

How strange... Not only the commander, but the palace maids also had strange expressions when they saw Si Pei in her bed this morning...

The girl rolled around on the bed in frustration, but when she remembered that Si Pei had also slept on this bed, she immediately stood up and called for help: "Someone, please make this bed for me."

The maid came over after hearing the noise and looked at the brand new bed sheet in confusion: "We just changed it this morning, young lady."

"Why did you change this morning?"

The maids looked at each other and smiled teasingly, "Well... Your Highness stayed overnight, so it's time to change. We servants all understand."

Jing Yao understood what they meant and was instantly speechless.

As expected, I was too careless last night. I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to let Si Pei sleep on the bed and sit on the floor... No, I should have sent him back to my own bedroom even if I died.

Jing Yao regretted his decision after he came to his senses.

Si Pei was busy with government affairs and only returned to the East Palace in the evening to have dinner with Jing Yao.

During the meal, Jing Yao kept glaring at the calm Si Pei, as if he wanted to stare him to death.

Si Pei ignored it and said in a relaxed tone: "Yaoyao, you move to my bedroom tonight."

"What?"

Jing Yao really wanted to throw the bowl over.

But in the end she didn't do it.

"I've been having nightmares lately, and last night I found that my symptoms improved with you by my side. The doctor suggested that we sleep together during this period."

"Where is the imperial physician?"

Jing Yao wants to kill someone.

"How can we sleep in the same bed? This is against etiquette!"

Si Pei raised an eyebrow, as if asking her if Jing Yao still abided by the rules of etiquette.

The girl rolled her eyes angrily: "I don't care, I don't want it."

Si Pei's expression remained calm: "Indeed, this is against etiquette. Then I will directly ask the Emperor to grant the marriage."

"No!" Jing Yao's reaction was even greater. She didn't even want to get married! Let alone marry Si Pei?!

The girl's cheeks were red, perhaps from anger or shame.

Si Pei smiled: "Yaoyao, what are you afraid of? Your cousin won't hurt you."

At this time, Si Pei used his identity as a distant cousin to pretend to be an elder, and the helpless expression on his face made Jing Yao angry.

Jing Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll help you heal, but as soon as you recover I'll move back to Yilan Palace!"

Si Pei curled his lips in agreement: "Okay."

The girl stuffed the prawns into her mouth angrily, not looking at Si Pei's smiling eyes.

That night, Jing Yao moved out of Yilan Palace, where he had just slept for the night, and moved into the bedroom of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

I originally thought I would be able to move back in a few days, but ended up living there for two full years.

Jing Yao sighed, he was deceived by that shameless Si Pei.

In her previous life, when she was sixteen, her Jing family was implicated in the rebellion of Prince Jin and their property was confiscated. She only moved back to Yilan Palace because of a quarrel with Si Pei.

The memories from then on were not good. Jing Yao closed his eyes and didn't intend to recall them anymore.

His gaze returned to the person in front of him. Jing Yao imitated Si Pei's previous behavior and said calmly, "Then... come to Yilan Palace to sleep tonight."