Chapter 020 Chapter 20

After taking a shower, Xu Duanyi changed into a set of casual clothes.

Because it was a wedding, even the casual clothes were chosen to be festive and bright colors such as red. She didn't usually wear clothes of this color, so she couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable at this time.

Shi Yu and Bi Xi thought she looked very beautiful dressed like this.

This touch of red makes her skin look even more like snow.

She usually wears purple, yellow, and light colors, which are either plain and elegant or dignified and steady. It's rare to see her dressed like this, and it's really hard to take your eyes off her.

Xu Duanyi reached out and gently tugged at his sleeve, but finally gave up the idea of ​​changing clothes.

"What time is it?"

She walked towards the bed in the room, looked at the night outside the window and asked.

Bixi had already checked the time, so she replied quickly: "It's almost midnight."

After Xu Duanyi sat down on the couch, he asked again, "Did someone prepare the hangover soup?"

This time it was Shi Yu who replied, and she said, "I've prepared it."

Xu Duanyi had no other instructions.

She sat on the couch in the room, leaning against a pillow and flipping through a book, but her mind was not on the book and she barely read a few lines.

The couch was next to the window.

You can see the scenery outside Linfeng Pavilion.

Outside Xie Qingya's house, there is a patch of beautiful peach trees.

Now is the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom.

Even at night, you can see the pink buds dotted on the tree trunks, clustered together, accompanied by fresh branches and leaves, very lush.

This made Xu Duanyi think of it.

This is the scene when Xie Qingya brought her back to the palace one year.

They were all young at that time.

The resources in Liaoning were scarce, but although her father took care of her and her mother, he would have people send them thousands of miles away for whatever they wanted to eat.

Although Xu Duanyi had eaten peaches before, she had never seen peaches growing on trees.

At that time, Xie Qingya actually didn't like to take her out to play.

I had to take her with me only because my cousin asked me to.

Boys of his age prefer to play with boys rather than taking care of a delicate little girl, where they can neither play nor run fast.

Therefore, whenever Xie Qingya took her out of the palace, he would stuff her into the palace. But he was afraid that the eldest princess would blame him after finding out, so he always took her to Linfeng Pavilion.

Linfeng Pavilion is his territory.

He was a bully since childhood.

Everyone in Linfeng Pavilion is his, so naturally no one will say anything.

Every time Xie Qingya put her in Linfeng Pavilion, he would quietly climb over the wall and wait until the time came to climb back over the wall.

She would wait for him obediently in the room every time.

Either reading or writing.

Never bother others and never ask for anything.

But one time, she was so lost in thought while looking at the peach tree outside the window that she didn't even know when Xie Qingya came back.

"What are you looking at?"

It was only when Xie Qingya's voice reached her ears that she realized he had returned.

At that time, she was also sitting on a couch like this, staring blankly outside.

The sudden sound next to her ear startled her.

She turned around and saw Xie Qingya next to her face. She could see his enlarged, handsome profile.

She almost threw the book in her hand away.

She was still a little afraid of him at that time and didn't dare to look at him. She stammered something like "nothing" and turned her head to continue reading the book that Xie Qingya had stuffed into her hands.

Then when the time came, Xie Qingya took her back to the palace.

But I was thinking in my heart.

If Xie Qingya was willing to take her out of the palace next time, she wanted to take out the set of four treasures of the study that her aunt had given her.

She wanted to paint the peach tree.

But Xie Qingya didn't know where he saw something from.

"You want a peach?"

He should have changed his clothes as soon as he came back, but he stood beside her and asked her.

She was shocked.

I don't understand how he knew that.

I couldn't help but look up at him.

She met his bright eyes and lowered her head subconsciously.

"……no."

People who live under someone else's roof have no right to choose what they like.

So she always used to deny.

Xie Qingya never spoke to her again after that, and she thought that the matter was over.

She continued to lower her head and read the book Xie Qingya stuffed into her hand.

In fact, the book was extremely boring, and she didn't recognize many words, but she didn't dare to tell Xie Qingya, for she was afraid that Xie Qingya would annoy her...

Until a rustling sound was heard in the yard.

She looked up in confusion and saw Xie Qingya had climbed up the tree at some point.

When she looked over, he sat on the tree and called her to go out.

She didn't know what Xie Qingya was going to do.

But I still went out obediently.

She looked up at him from under the tree.

There was no one else there.

The servants have all gone out.

Seeing that Xie Qingya had climbed very high, she was afraid that he might fall accidentally, so she nervously grasped the hem of her skirt and urged him to come down quickly.

That was the first time she made a request to Xie Qingya.

But at that time, she was not afraid that anything would happen to Xie Qingya.

She was afraid that if something really happened to Xie Qingya, people would blame her.

"Xie Qingya, come down quickly."

"Tsk, why are you crying?"

Only when she heard the voice from above her head did she realize that she was crying.

She didn't know how to tell Xie Qingya about her fear. How could Xie Qingya understand?

He comes from a wealthy family, has parents who love him, and an elder brother who always protects him.

He is not even afraid of the prince.

How could he understand her worries and fears?

Until another sentence came from above my head——

"Xu Duanyi, catch it!"

She didn't know what he wanted her to catch. She raised her head with tears in her eyes and saw a peach thrown down by him from above.

Movement is much faster than the brain's reaction.

She subconsciously grabbed the peach he threw to her. It was furry and felt like nothing she had ever touched before.

The strange, tingling feeling made her instinctively want to throw it away.

But I dare not.

I could only stand there at a loss.

Later, she realized that Xie Qingya was picking peaches for her.

"Xu Duanyi, from now on, if you want something, just tell me directly."

"How can I know what you want if you don't ask?"

That day, Xie Qingya picked a whole basket of peaches for her, and said these words to her when he sent her back to the palace.

She didn't reply to him at that time, but she couldn't help but secretly refute him in her heart.

But he still knew it, didn't he?

Even if she didn't say it, he knew what she wanted, didn't he?

The candlelight beside her cast a faint halo on Xu Duanyi's profile, making her profile look a little blurry.

But her eyes as she looked out the window were so gentle.

But Bixi didn't see her expression.

Seeing that she was looking out the window, she thought she was just wondering when Prince Nan'an would come back. After hesitating for a moment, she asked in a low voice, "Master, do you want me to go outside and take a look?"

"Um?"

Her voice broke Xu Duanyi's memories.

Xu Duanyi turned around and asked her, confusion in his eyes: "What are you looking at?"

Bixi looked at her and whispered, "It's almost time. Prince Nan'an should be back soon... I'll go see when he's ready."

Xu Duanyi let out a soft "ah".

"Need not."

She refused.

In fact, she was not sure whether Xie Qingya would come back.

But probably.

Even if Xie Qingya didn't want to come back, Aunt Deng wouldn't agree, otherwise the Nan'an Palace wouldn't be able to explain to my aunt.

But Xu Duanyi actually didn't want to force Xie Qingya.

I don't know how this night will go...

Logically speaking, as a new bride, Xu Duanyi should be shy at this time, but perhaps she had already anticipated what the result would be, Xu Duanyi did not feel the slightest bit of shyness that a new bride should have.

She looked at the two ladles on the table used to drink the wedding wine.

This was the last ceremony of her marriage to Xie Qingya, and she should have waited until Xie Qingya came back...

But she thought that the two of them probably didn't need it and wouldn't use it.

Speak of the devil and he will appear.

Suddenly, several noises were heard outside.

Bixi and Shiyu looked outside immediately. Xu Duanyi, who was originally wondering what would happen at night, suddenly tightened his grip on the book when he heard the noise.

But in just a blink of an eye, she put down the book and stood up.

Shi Yu and Bi Xi followed her and walked out together.

As soon as the master and his servants arrived at the door, they saw two young men in black clothes, one on the left and one on the right, supporting Xie Qingya towards them.

Xie Qingya lowered his head, his face was unclear, and his voice was a little slurred, obviously he was drunk.

"princess."

Changfeng and Lingji saw Xu Duanyi and hurriedly greeted her.

It was just that it was difficult to salute while holding onto someone, which made them look a little awkward.

Xu Duanyi didn't mind these things. He just looked at Xie Qingya and frowned slightly: "How much did you drink, Lord? Why are you so drunk?"

Saying it.

Xu Duanyi asked Shi Yu to call someone to the kitchen to get the hangover soup that had been prepared long ago, and then stepped aside to let the two of them support Xie Qingya and go in first.

The two of them dared not disobey.

While helping the prince in, he replied to Xu Duanyi who was following him: "There are too many guests. The prince was forced to drink a lot today."

Naturally, they would speak well of their prince.

Otherwise the new princess would think that the prince got drunk on purpose.

...Although, it is true.

"I didn't ask my sister-in-law to tell my cousin..."

Xu Duanyi frowned and spoke.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he fell silent again. There was no point in talking about it now.

She saw Xie Qingya being helped to the bed by them.

The bright red wedding gown on her body was loose, revealing the white undergarment underneath.

He frowned again.

It's obviously not comfortable to sleep like this.

Xu Duanyi took a look at the hair crown on his head and realized that it was because of this reason. She walked forward and wanted to take off the hair crown for him.

Lest he feel uncomfortable.

But after taking just one small step forward, Xu Duanyi stopped again and asked the two of them, "Where are the people who usually serve the prince?"

Changfeng and Lingji looked at each other.

He didn't understand why the princess asked this question at this time, but Changfeng still answered carefully: "The prince usually doesn't allow anyone to serve him personally."

Xu Duanyi didn't know whether this answer was true or they were afraid that she would resent it and deliberately concealed it.

But there's no point in speculating on that at this point.

"I'll have someone prepare some hot water. You can help the prince wash up first and change into comfortable casual clothes."

After she finished speaking, she went out and told Bixi to ask someone to prepare hot water.

Xu Duanyi didn't notice that shortly after she went out, Xie Qingya, who was lying on the bed with a drunken look on his face, suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were clear.

How could you be drunk at all?

Changfeng and Lingji heard the noise behind them and saw that the prince had already sat up. They were about to call for help but were stopped by Xie Qingya.

The two of them fell silent.

After a while, Changfeng heard some sporadic noises outside, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Prince, what should we do now?"

Xie Qingya was silent for a moment before he said, "Do as she says."

The two of them would naturally not go against his wishes.

Afterwards, someone brought hot water, and Changfeng and Lingji went out to help. Xie Qingya washed himself, changed his clothes, and then let them go...

During this period.

Xu Duanyi was sitting outside and didn't come in.

Another moment passed.

Changfeng and Lingji were ordered to go out.

Xu Duanyi was still sitting on the couch, holding a book.

Hearing the noise, she turned back and asked, "Okay?"

"yes."

Changfeng was a little older, so he took over the conversation.

"Your Highness has drunk too much. I'm afraid he won't be able to drink the sobering soup..." He then went on to find an excuse for Xie Qingya, "Today's situation is really special. For some reason, Mr. Li Wengao from the Hanlin Academy has been toasting Your Highness."

"A guest is a guest, so it is not easy for the prince to refuse him."

"Li Wengao?"

Xu Duanyi felt that the name was somewhat familiar.

She thought about it for a while and remembered what Donggu said to her a few years ago.

I thought Xie Qingya did it on purpose, but now it seems that I was implicated by her?

Xu Duanyi sighed silently.

"I understand. I will take care of the prince."

"It's late now, you guys should go down and have a rest, thank you for your hard work."

Changfeng and the other man did not dare to complain about the hard work.

Because of the differences between men and women, they did not dare to stay for long. They bowed to Xu Duanyi and left.

After they left, Xu Duanyi said to Bixi and Shiyu, "You can go down first. You don't have to keep watch outside."

In fact, someone should have been on guard tonight.

But in this situation, it is obvious that nothing will happen.

Bixi and Shiyu did not dare to go against her wishes and nodded in agreement.

Go ahead.

Bixi and Shiyu also closed the windows in the room.

After a moment.

They bowed and left.

The door was closed by them from the outside.

The room suddenly became quiet.

It was as if all sounds were gone, and yet it was as if all sounds were amplified.

Xu Duanyi could hear the croaking of frogs outside.

It's a bit far away and not clear.

She was lying on the bed, holding the book tightly in her hands. After an unknown amount of time, she finally lowered her eyelids, put down the book in her hands, and got up to go in.