Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Thank you, Your Highness, for staying overnight.
The moment I fell into the water, everything was silent except for the muffled sound of water filling my ears and the gurgling sound of bubbles.
Ji Lian opened his eyes and saw long, black hair floating in the water like algae. He looked up and saw the dim candlelight filtering through the water, shattering into flickering golden spots.
He struggled instinctively, trying to break the surface of the water, but a strong hand grabbed his wrist tightly, trapping him firmly in this underwater world.
Ji Lian turned around and glared at the owner of the hand, then raised her hand and pushed him away, her eyes clearly saying, "Xie Tingyu, what are you doing crazy again? I'm going up to you!" But her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were full of tears. I didn't know how much she had drunk.
So she sneaked into the palace because she was drunk tonight?
Ji Lian pushed again, but was pulled into Xie Tingyu's arms. From the distance where they could smell each other's breath, Xie Tingyu could clearly see the reddening at the corners of Ji Lian's eyes, filled with accusation.
A few tiny bubbles escaped from Lianlian's lips.
That's because the remaining oxygen is rapidly disappearing.
Suffocation, struggle, despair.
The instinct for survival made Ji Lian twist violently. He struggled upwards desperately, but was held tightly by the man's iron-like arms.
At this moment, he inexplicably felt that his life was in the palm of Xie Tingyu's hand.
How drunk was she?
Xie Tingyu's eyes suddenly curved, and a smile blossomed in the watery light. She cupped Ji Lian's face in her hands, and as his eyelashes trembled in fear, she unhesitatingly pressed her lips against his pale lips, slowly passing the breath to him.
This is a different kind of kiss.
Just as Ji Lian had caught his breath, Xie Tingyu suddenly became ruthless and began to invade every inch of his mouth, his tongue domineeringly and unyieldingly entangling his tongue.
Ji Lian's eyelashes trembled violently. He was forced to endure this violent kiss. The root of his tongue was numbed by Xie Tingyu's sucking. He felt that his lips and tongue had been swallowed by her half an inch.
He just wanted to escape from this underwater confinement.
There was another struggle, and Ji Lian's hands on her waist tightened more and more.
Bad guy, bad guy, bad guy, really a bad guy.
Ji Lian was furious and tapped Xie Tingyu's tongue with her pearly teeth. She couldn't bear to really bite him, so she just punished him like this.
With a loud crash.
The sound of water breaking came as the two finally surfaced.
Ji Lian was breathing rapidly, and the tip of her nose was filled with the strong aroma of wine mixed with the overly sweet scent of powder.
I didn't care about it when I was in the water just now, but now that I'm out of the water, my sense of smell has become sharper.
The scent was vulgar and pungent, clearly the scent of the perfumed powder commonly used by men in brothels and other brothels. Moreover, it was a voluptuous fragrance specially blended to please the guests.
She smells like another man!
The longing for her that accumulated during every day of separation, the worries that hung in my heart day and night on the battlefield, and the grievances when I couldn't see her, when I learned that she was going to the brothel to have fun tonight, it was like gunpowder ignited and exploded.
"Let me go!"
Ji Lian shouted angrily, pushed Xie Tingyu's shoulder away with all his strength, turned around and climbed towards the edge of the pool.
He never wants to be with her again!
Xie Tingyu turned his head to look. The soaked underwear was tightly wrapped around her slender legs, outlining the roundness of her hips and even revealing her middle contour. Just as Ji Lian was about to reach the shore, she suddenly grabbed his ankle and pulled hard.
With a plop.
With a splash, Ji Lian was dragged back into the pool. His back slammed against the wall, and the water just covered his chest. His soaked black hair clung to his crimson cheeks, and his long eyelashes were covered with water droplets. As he breathed, the water droplets slid down his neck, trembling against his collarbone.
Her lips are as red as if painted, her teeth are like woven shells, her wet hair is wrapped around her neck, and she looks lively and fragrant.
Xie Tingyu leaned forward, interlocking their fingers and pressing him against the corner of the pool wall. She wanted to kiss him, but Ji Lian turned his head away, biting his lip and glaring at her, "I won't let you kiss me! You can't kiss me!"
She was startled, then moved closer, but Ji Lian once again turned her head away. The beauty angrily said, "I won't let you touch me again."
"Why?" Xie Tingyu was puzzled.
"Why? You have the nerve to ask me why?" Ji Lian saw Xie Tingyu getting closer, put his hand on her shoulder, and said hatefully, "Where did you go to look for me tonight? Don't you have any idea?"
"I went..." With the alcohol rising and his temples throbbing, Xie Tingyu began to recall with difficulty who he was with tonight.
She simply wrapped her arms around him, locking him in her embrace, resting her chin lazily on his shoulder, "Ah... I remember now. It's just that Cui Yuanying invited me to Chunzhenlou for a drink."
"Why, now you even have to ask about my drinking?" She nuzzled Ji Lian's earlobe, "Lian Lian, are you going to control me?"
"I...I...I don't care about you..." Ji Lian was tongue-tied.
What did Xie Tingyu mean by this? Was she deliberately trying to irritate him? Or was she deliberately pointing out that there was no official relationship between them, implying that he had no right to ask who she was drinking with?
Ji Lian was speechless for a moment.
When Xie Tingyu leaned over to kiss Ji Lian for the third time, he extended a finger and placed it between her lips. With a mist in his eyes, he whispered, "I don't want to control you, and I have no right to ask about your affairs. You can drink with whoever you want. Anyway, it's none of my business which man you sleep with tonight, tomorrow, and every night thereafter."
"If you still want to drink and sleep with people outside, then you should leave my Posha Pavilion immediately."
The charming atmosphere just now disappeared at this moment.
Xie Tingyu blinked, unsure why Ji Lian had suddenly turned so heartless. Drunk and confused, she asked, "I came tonight specifically to find you. Why are you sending me away?"
"You..." Ji Lian's eyes turned red, and she couldn't help but accuse him, "You smell like another man, and it's very strong."
"Ah... so this is what you're talking about."
Xie Tingyu chuckled softly. "They were just sitting next to me, pouring wine for me. Perhaps some perfumed powder fell on my clothes as they walked. Do I really smell so strong?"
So there are a lot of them?
"How many are there?" Ji Lian couldn't help but ask.
"Two. Just two."
"Those two guys came here on Cui Yuanying's orders. I can't possibly offend Yuanying." Xie Tingyu twirled a strand of his wet hair with his fingertips. "I swear, I just drank. I didn't do anything else."
"Whatever you say is what it is. No one knows whether it is true or false." Ji Lian turned his head away.
"The truth."
"You swear."
"I swear, if I lie to you I'm a puppy."
He then turned around and looked at her with a pair of sparkling eyes, "Then why did you come here tonight..." and suddenly stopped talking.
Xie Tingyu rested his forehead against the beauty's, and her breath, scented with wine, fell on his lips. "Can I stay here tonight and spend the night in your bedroom?"
...sleeping in the same bedroom with him...wouldn't that be...
Ji Lian's breathing stopped.
No, no, you can't take that last half step across the line no matter what.
"I don't know why I suddenly wanted to see you tonight, so I came. I really want to hug you and kiss you." Xie Tingyu caressed his waist with her fingertips, "Lianlian, can I kiss you?"
"Only kissing is allowed, nothing else is allowed."
Seeing Ji Lian nod her chin slightly, Xie Tingyu started his attack from his earlobe. He first held his earlobe in his mouth, biting it a few times, then kissed his flushed cheek, and finally covered his lips with his.
Ji Lian closed her eyes and opened her lips, offering her tongue. Their breaths intertwined, their saliva moistened each other, she sucked the root of his tongue, he hooked the corner of her lips, it was hard to tell who was entangled with whom.
The tingling sensation of drunkenness mixed with the alcohol in her mouth made Ji Lian's head spin. Underwater, he took the initiative to put his arms around her waist, their knees touching, caressing each other uncontrollably.
He hummed softly a few times, tilted his beautiful, slender neck, and let her lips wander over it. When his pearly teeth brushed against her Adam's apple, he clutched her soaked collar.
Choosing which part of Ji Lian's body Xie Tingyu liked most was a difficult decision. After all, she loved him from head to toe. But if she had to pick a favorite, it would have to be that delicate collarbone.
The bones here are delicate, and there are a few undried water droplets in the depressions, shining brightly in the candlelight.
Xie Tingyu leaned over and licked away the smear of moisture. Suddenly, she used the tip of her teeth to nibble hard on the collarbone, leaving a bright red tooth mark. Hearing the person in her arms gasp, she chuckled softly, "Just a bite, isn't that too much?"
"Pervert." someone scolded.
"There's a poem that goes something like this: 'To die beneath the peony flowers, even as a ghost, one can still be romantic.' But..." Xie Tingyu tapped Ji Lian's nose with his fingertips, "If it were me, it would be 'To die beneath the peony flowers, even as a ghost, one can still be romantic.'"
"The devil of lust."
Ji Lian turned her face away and said in a muffled voice, "If you want to stay tonight, you can. But...but you must firmly abide by your duties and not step out of line."
"Can I kiss you?"
"……Can."
"Can I touch it?"
“…I can only touch my waist.”
Xie Tingyu rested his head on Ji Lian's shoulder and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for staying with me. Even if I die nine times, I will not regret it."
“…Don’t use poetry carelessly.”
"Ah... I have a headache." Xie Tingyu rubbed his forehead against his neck. "I drank a little too much. Can you massage it for me later?"
Ji Lian pulled himself out of the hot spring and looked back to see Xie Tingyu still in the water, his clothes soaking wet and sticking to him. He hid behind a screen, quickly dried himself, changed into dry pajamas, put on an outer robe, and then went deep into his box to find a new set of plain white pajamas.
On the inside of the cuff of this pajamas, there is a small word "Thank you" embroidered.
This was embroidered by Xie Tingyu when he went out to suppress bandits.
I don't know why I chose to embroider this intimate garment. I didn't notice it while the needle was moving, but when I reeled in the last stitch, I felt so embarrassed that my ears burned and I hurriedly hid it at the bottom of the box. I never thought it would come in handy today.
He placed the pajamas on the sandalwood clothes rack and hurried outside to call Jiangzhu.
"Go to the kitchen and make a bowl of hangover soup."
Although Jiangzhu was puzzled as to why Ji Lian suddenly requested a hangover soup, she still respectfully accepted it. Just as she was about to leave, she heard a clear voice calling from the pool, "Your Highness, where is the silk handkerchief you used to dry your hair? I can't find it."
His back stiffened, and he stole a glance at Ji Lian's instantly crimson ears, and he immediately understood. Although he didn't know when or how Lord Xie had sneaked into the Posha Pavilion, the look on his face showed that he tacitly approved of this situation.
Anything out of the ordinary, as long as it was related to Lord Xie, became normal. He could see that his Highness had completely fallen for him and couldn't get over it.
So what else could a personal palace attendant like him do? Naturally, he helped to keep it secret.
"Go quickly." Ji Lian urged in a shy voice.
"Yes." Jiangzhu bowed and walked out.
When Ji Lian was looking for Su Pa, she found a pair of unfamiliar shoes and a silver hairpin under the window frame.
It must be hers.
Ji Lian put it away for her.
When he returned to the hot spring room, he searched everywhere for Xie Tingyu, but there was no sign of her. It wasn't until he entered the bedroom that he saw her sitting on the couch. Her hair was wet and cascading over her shoulders. She was wearing the nightgown he had made for her, and she was looking out the window at the moonlight.
Hearing footsteps, Xie Tingyu turned around and looked over. "Lianlian, come quickly." She patted the soft couch beside her. "Can you help me dry my hair?"
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