Chapter 13: Sharing a Bed!
The huge room contained only one bed.
There wasn't even a chaise lounge.
Xie Xuanyin frowned.
"Your Highness, perhaps..."
"good."
Before Shen Ruoli could finish speaking, Xie Xuanyin nodded in agreement.
He had assumed that Shen Ruoli intended for them to sleep in separate rooms, with her staying in another room.
Therefore, he agreed very readily.
Seeing that he had agreed, Shen Ruoli breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the bed without hesitation. She then rolled to the inside of the bed and gestured to Xie Xuanyin, "Your Highness, please sleep on the outside!"
Having shared a bed with him for several years, she naturally understood Xie Xuanyin's sleeping habits.
He not only has very light sleep, but also likes to sleep on the outside of the bed, fully clothed.
Not only that, he also liked to keep a dagger under his pillow!
As he said: This way, even if we encounter danger, we can respond immediately!
If you sleep on the inside of the bed, you will be trapped and unable to perform your moves!
It's unknown how many assassination attempts he's faced since childhood, which might explain his strange sleeping habits!
Xie Xuanyin: "??? You're going to sleep here?"
Seeing that he seemed somewhat surprised, Shen Ruoli turned to the side, propped her cheek on her hand, and looked at him curiously, "Your Highness, it's so late, where else can I sleep if not here?"
As she spoke, she pointed to the empty room, "I've only heard that the Sixth Prince is always frugal, and the furnishings in his palace are simple and plain."
"I thought it was just an exaggerated rumor, but it turns out it's true! There isn't even a chair or a chaise lounge!"
Before the words were even out of her mouth, Shen Ruoli's eyes widened again, "Your Highness, you don't mean to make me sleep on the floor, do you?!"
Xie Xuanyin: "..."
No.
He didn't even want to share a room with her; he wanted her to sleep in another room, or better yet, be kicked out and sleep on the street!
"Your Highness! It's the dead of winter! And I caught a chill tonight!"
Shen Ruoli sat up abruptly.
She was a little agitated, and after saying only a few words, she looked at Xie Xuanyin with a strange expression and a tight-lipped expression.
Soon, her face turned red, her neck turned red, and even her eyes began to redden.
She seemed to be holding back something, her body trembling slightly.
Seeing this, Xie Xuanyin frowned, "Are you going to cry again?"
In her previous life, this woman didn't like to cry.
Even when someone pierced her arm with a sword, she gritted her teeth and endured it!
In order to make him believe her, she deliberately used self-inflicted injury schemes several times.
Every time she was injured, she was pale and drenched in sweat.
Only the last time, when she cried and said he didn't believe her and that she would rather be struck by lightning and die a horrible death, her tears were like a heavy hammer, hitting Xie Xuan Yin's heart with a dull pain!
Unexpectedly, he had only been reborn for a few days, and he saw Shen Ruoli shedding tears almost every day!
Has she changed her personality, or has she changed her tactics?
Xie Xuanyin was in a state of turmoil, but dared not be careless.
Shen Ruoli kept her mouth shut and shook her head vigorously.
Didn't she cry?
What is that?
Shen Ruoli continued to shake her head.
"say!"
Xie Xuanyin lost his patience.
Shen Ruoli continued to look at him pitifully, her red eyes like those of a little rabbit, which made him unable to resist and almost surrender!
"Whatever you want to do! I grant your permission!"
Xie Xuanyin gritted his teeth and reluctantly agreed.
Finally, he added, "Just for tonight!"
As soon as she spoke, Shen Ruoli began to cough violently!
She clutched her chest, her body bent over like a shrimp!
Shen Ruoli coughed for a long time, as if his internal organs were about to come out!
Xie Xuanyin hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and gently patted her back.
When Shen Ruoli stopped, he quickly withdrew his hand, as if he wasn't the one who had just patted her back to help her catch her breath.
He assumed that once her coughing stopped, she would say what she was about to say, so Xie Xuanyin continued to look at her.
Why is Your Highness looking at me like that?
Shen Ruoli touched her face, thinking there was something on it.
Xie Xuanyin: "...Didn't you just have something to say, and you were so anxious that tears were streaming down your face?"
"oh!"
Shen Ruoli suddenly realized.
Then she became aggrieved, "I didn't really have anything to say! It's just that His Highness ordered that I wasn't allowed to cough casually."
Xie Xuanyin: "..."
So it turns out she was so anxious and tearful, acting all wronged as if she'd been bullied, all because she wanted to cough but was too afraid to?!
Seeing that he was speechless, Chen Ruoli secretly chuckled.
It seems Xie Xuanyin still cares about her!
"Does Your Highness still stand by what you just said?"
"No."
Xie Xuanyin immediately denied it.
Otherwise, this woman will take advantage of your kindness!
"Your Highness's word is as good as gold! How could you go back on your word?"
Shen Ruoli didn't care. She curled up on the bed again, her eyes shining like stars in the sky. "I won't leave this room tonight, and neither can Your Highness!"
"Why?"
"Because His Highness said what I wanted to do tonight, and His Highness granted it!"
Xie Xuanyin: "..."
It's his fault for being so rude!
It's his fault for still being soft-hearted towards her!
"His Highness is a god with a soft heart!"
Shen Ruoli knew his temper perfectly well.
She patted the bed. "It's almost dawn, Your Highness, you should rest now! And don't even think about sleeping in separate rooms. This is the Prince of Zhenbei's residence. If Your Highness really doesn't share a bed with me, won't people gossip and say that we don't have a good relationship?"
"So what?"
They definitely don't get along!
"Your Highness promised me that we would be a loving couple!"
"It's just on the surface."
"Then Your Highness must also maintain appearances!"
Shen Ruoli's every word left Xie Xuanyin speechless!
He couldn't help but wonder if he had spoiled her a bit tonight.
However, looking at her lively appearance, Xie Xuanyin found her particularly vivid and interesting.
He simply ignored her, blew out the candle, and lay down on the edge of the bed with his back to her.
It was as if a galaxy separated the two of them.
"Your Highness, please rest assured, I will not do anything to you!"
As Shen Ruoli said this, she secretly moved closer to Xie Xuanyin.
The bed creaked and groaned, adding to the atmosphere of intimacy.
Xie Xuan Yin was so angry he laughed. "Shen Ruoli, do you think I'm deaf?"
The next second, he rolled up the blanket and placed it between the two of them.
Shen Ruoli stopped.
Just then, a dark shadow flashed past the window.
A sharp glint flashed in Shen Ruoli's eyes, but she did not alert Xie Xuanyin.
She just sniffed. "Your Highness, I'm a little cold."
She sneezed as soon as she finished speaking.
In the darkness, Xie Xuanyin frowned deeply.
"Your Highness, I think I have a fever."
Shen Ruoli was still muttering, "Don't believe me? Feel it."
Her hands groped in the darkness, trying to find Xie Xuanyin's hand.
But he crossed his arms and pretended not to hear.
"Your Highness, touch me."
"Shut up!"
This is immoral and disorderly!
Xie Xuanyin gritted his teeth, his ears turning bright red!
Luckily, the candles were extinguished, otherwise he would have definitely knocked Chen Ruoli unconscious with a single blow, so she wouldn't see his current embarrassed state!
"Your Highness, the room is so dark, I'm so scared!"
Before Xie Xuanyin could speak, Shen Ruoli suddenly threw off the covers and moved over!
She hugged Xie Xuanyin tightly, pressing her body against his back, and even wrapped her legs around him like vines, clinging to him like an octopus!
The warmth behind him was like an erupting volcano, enough to melt Xie Xuanyin, this iceberg!
He only heard a "boom" in his mind, and then things started to spiral out of control...
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