Chapter 045 Chapter 45

When Xie Qingya knocked me down and picked me up.

Xu Duanyi couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

My already dizzy head became even more dizzy after this emptiness.

It felt like the world was spinning.

The reaction is quick.

Instinctively, Xu Duanyi's hands almost immediately hung around Xie Qingya's neck, and the distance between the two was pulled closer.

Xie Qingya didn't notice it for a moment and was forced to move his head directly in front of the person.

Eyes met.

Their breaths lingered on each other.

The two of them were so close that if Xie Qingya lowered his head a little more, he could kiss her red lips directly.

Such an ambiguous distance.

But Xu Duanyi's eyes were still as confused as a child's.

This made Xie Qingya, whose heartbeat inexplicably accelerated, even more embarrassed.

Xie Qingya held his rapid breath and turned his face away in annoyance.

He no longer met her eyes, which were as dark as grapes.

He stood up straighter and brought the person closer to his arms to avoid being in the same awkward position again.

It's just a long way away.

But the heat from Xu Duanyi's fingertips inevitably reached the skin on the back of his neck.

Such close contact.

Xie Qingya seemed very uncomfortable, even awkward.

He had never been so close to anyone before.

The last time she was so close to someone was the last time, when she fell into his arms as if she was sleepwalking.

But the instigator is still like an innocent child, with a pair of beautiful and ignorant eyes, completely unaware of what he has done.

Xie Qingya gnashed his teeth as he watched.

Just when I wanted to look at her, I called her coldly to scare her.

But she spoke first.

“…It’s amazing.”

The voice was like a mumbling, and her eyes were still shrouded in mist, clearly not awake.

——A drunkard who got drunk after drinking one glass of wine.

Xie Qingya looked at Xu Duanyi and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

Despite this, Xie Qingya still maintained a good attitude and responded to the drunkard's words.

"What's so magical?"

Perhaps even Xie Qingya himself did not realize that he felt more relaxed than ever before.

Even the lips were stained with a happy smile.

There is no one else at the moment.

There is no conspiracy.

There were only two of them.

Although Xu Duanyi was drunk, it was precisely because she was drunk that he could face her so easily without having to consider anything else.

But the corners of his lips, which were slightly raised, froze on his face after Xu Duanyi's next words.

"...I've never had a dream like this before."

As Xu Duanyi spoke, he tentatively loosened one of his hands and let it fall beside Xie Qingya's face.

He seemed to want to reach out and touch it, but was hesitant.

The lights are bright.

Xie Qingya held Xu Duanyi in his arms as they stood in this room where no one else was.

The smile on his face had completely disappeared at this moment. He lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Duanyi. Seeing the hesitation on her face, his voice unconsciously became hoarse.

"...So what kind of dreams did you have before?"

Xu Duanyi did not answer him. She just looked at him steadily, then shook her head and nestled in his arms like a quail, refusing to say anything.

But how could Xie Qingya not understand?

From the awkwardness and caution on her face when facing him, you can get a rough idea of ​​what he looks like in her dreams.

"Xu Duanyi..."

He opened his mouth and called out in a hoarse voice.

Seeing the person in his arms, she looked at him without blinking, as if waiting for him to continue talking.

Xie Qingya suddenly didn't know what to say.

In the end, he just looked at Xu Duanyi's eyes looking back at him, and then whispered to her: "Close your eyes, take a nap, and I will take you home."

Xu Duanyi looked at Xie Qingya and blinked.

She was actually a little reluctant to sleep.

The Xie Qingya in front of her at this moment was even gentler than that night. She didn't even want to blink, she just hoped to look at him a little longer.

She was afraid to blink.

She would never see Xie Qingya like this again.

But she really listened to Xie Qingya.

Although she was reluctant, under Xie Qingya's gaze, Xu Duanyi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded to him obediently and said "OK" to him softly.

Then she really closed her eyes.

She was so obedient that even in her dreams she was reluctant to make any excessive demands on him.

obedient.

Whatever he says, that is what it is.

Xie Qingya just stared at her quietly for a long time.

There seemed to be countless complicated emotions swirling in his eyes.

The room was quiet.

Xu Duanyi was probably really tired today.

Although it was Xie Qingya's request that she close her eyes, she herself was reluctant to sleep. But at this moment, lying in Xie Qingya's arms and being held by him like this, she actually fell asleep after a while.

The sound of even breathing slowly echoed in the room.

Xie Qingya still looked down at Xu Duanyi without moving until he heard the voices of Lingji and Bixi coming from outside.

The reason was that Lingji waited outside for a long time but didn't see them come out, so he came back to check to see if anything had happened to them or if they had any trouble or needed help.

But Bixi stopped him outside and wouldn't let him go in.

At this moment, the two of them are talking outside.

Xie Qingya then closed his eyes, collected his thoughts, and walked out holding Xu Duanyi.

Two people talking outside.

Lingji was facing the door. When the door opened, his master came out holding the princess.

He naturally greeted his master first.

Seeing the two of them like this, he didn't think much about it.

Bixi also turned around at this time.

When I saw my master in the arms of Prince Nan'an, with his eyes closed, I didn't know what was going on.

Bi Xi took a step forward nervously.

But before she could ask, Xie Qingya spoke in a low voice: "She's fine, she just fell asleep."

Bi Xi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Xie Qingya ignored her and asked Bixi to hold the lantern and Lingji to go to the front to clear the area.

He didn't want what happened tonight to be seen by other people.

With Lingji's presence, Xie Qingya didn't see any extra people on the way out with Xu Duanyi in his arms.

The servants of the Liu Mansion had already taken shelter.

Although they didn't know why the nobles would have such a request, but those two, one was the Prince of Nan'an, and the other was Princess Jiashun, the apple of Empress Dowager Zhaoyu's eye... How dare they disobey the orders of two such powerful nobles?

Everyone was afraid of seeing something they shouldn't see, so they hid themselves early.

Xie Qingya carried Xu Duanyi all the way smoothly, got on the carriage, and carefully put her down in the carriage.

This carriage is the one that Xie Qingya usually rides in.

Although it doesn't have everything like Xu Duanyi's car, it still has everything it should have.

Xie Qingya brought a soft pillow and placed it behind Xu Duanyi's waist so that she could sit more comfortably.

But now she is asleep.

On the way back, although the road is not difficult to walk on, there may be some bumpy rides.

She sat alone like this.

No one can guarantee that she won't slip down later.

Unless someone helps her sit.

Xie Qingya watched in silence. Of course he could do that, but today, some of the things he did were already too extreme. He was afraid that if Xu Duanyi woke up halfway, he would be even more unable to explain himself.

"My Lord, are we leaving now?"

The sound of ringgit came from outside the carriage.

Lingji and Bixi were still standing outside and hadn't come up yet.

Xie Qingya took one last look at Xu Duanyi who was still sleeping peacefully, then he suddenly lifted the car curtain, bent over and walked out.

Lingji and Bixi were puzzled when they suddenly saw him coming out of the carriage.

"Prince, what's wrong?" Lingji asked first.

Xie Qingya did not answer him, but looked at Bixi and said, "Go in and take care of her."

Regarding this statement.

Bi Xi naturally didn't have any thoughts. She was also worried that the prince wouldn't be able to take good care of his master. Seeing the prince jump off the carriage first, she didn't think twice and just hurriedly bowed to Xie Qingya, then immediately went up with the lantern.

But she originally thought that the prince would come in after her.

After all, the carriage is not small. This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. It can still accommodate three people.

But until the carriage started moving, Bixi did not see Prince Nan'an come in again.

Only then did she understand.

The prince had no intention of staying in the carriage from the beginning.

However, she had no idea what Xie Qingya was thinking. Seeing her master still sleeping, Bixi could not help but frown and look towards the fallen curtain.

The car curtains are used to block the view inside and also prevent the people inside from looking directly outside.

But Bi Xi just looked at it like that, as if she wanted to see a hole in the brocade curtain.

She also wanted to see what the King of Nan'an meant now!

If he didn't care about his master, then why did he rush here from the palace today?

But if he cares about his master——

What exactly does he mean by this? If the master wakes up and sees this scene, what will he think? What will others think if they see this?

Bixi really couldn't understand it and felt very upset.

If it wasn't for him, why would the master have to get involved and enter this rotten stall of Nan'an Prince's Mansion?

When I think of the master doing so many things for him behind the scenes.

If the Empress Dowager knew what the master had done one day, there was no telling how she would treat the master.

Knowing that it would not be a good outcome.

But the master still doesn't care about anything for him.

But the King of Nan'an knows nothing.

If she wasn't afraid of upsetting her master and making her sad, she really wanted to ask the King of Nannan what he meant to her.

Could he be nicer to his master?

The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

Bixi's heart was in turmoil and her face turned red with anger.

But she naturally couldn't see through the brocade curtain, so she couldn't see Xie Qingya's particularly silent face at the moment.

她只能壓着一肚子的脾氣，先坐在主子的身邊，好生照顧她，免得回頭馬車颠簸，主子有個什麽不适。

好在這一路，倒也沒什麽格外颠簸的地方。

畢竟夜已經深了。

他們回去這一路，還算順暢。

只是臨了快到王府的時候，碧溪和謝清崖同樣為一件事犯起難來。

徐端宜此時還未醒來。  本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理　　到時候，該怎麽把人送回房間？

這便是兩人，如今考慮擔憂的問題。

碧溪自是害怕那南安王，不肯把主子送回房間。

至于謝清崖——

謝清崖看着自己這雙，剛才抱過徐端宜的手。

熱度經由這一路，早已消失不見了，但他似乎還能回憶起，剛才抱着徐端宜時的感受。

恰在此時。

徐端宜竟然先醒來了。

謝清崖聽到身後，先傳來碧溪驚喜萬分的聲音：“主子，您醒了！”

緊接着熟悉的聲音，便傳入謝清崖的耳中。

“……我這是怎麽了？”

幾乎是在聽到徐端宜聲音的第一時間，謝清崖就立刻回身看去，手也下意識往前伸過去，似是想掀起車簾。

但很快——

謝清崖的手懸在半空，動作也跟着停了下來。

他最終什麽都沒做。

馬車外懸挂的燈籠，照在謝清崖的身上，卻照不清他此時埋下的臉，也看不到他臉上此刻的神情。

他一言不發。

最後還是令吉先同他開了口：“主子，王妃醒了。”

令吉這道聲音，并未特地壓低。

雖然隔着一些距離，但也足以讓徐端宜聽見了。

“是……令吉？”

馬車內，先響起徐端宜的疑問聲。

碧溪還沒回答。

令吉先笑着，揚起聲音，答應一聲：“王妃，是屬下！”

徐端宜才醒。

大腦至今還有些渾渾噩噩。

先前酒醉後發生的事，她其實已經有些記不太清了。

直到此刻聽到令吉的聲音，有些記憶，忽然自她腦海之中，散播開來。

她忽然想到，自己剛才，好像看到謝清崖了……

只是她一直以為。

……這只是她的夢，并不是真的。

哪想到……

徐端宜先與碧溪對視一眼，用眼神詢問她，謝清崖是不是在外面？

也好确定，剛才那個究竟是夢，還是真的。

待碧溪與她點頭。

徐端宜一時只覺得，自己的頭，又開始疼了起來。

按在眉心處的手指，忽然微微輕顫了兩下，就連嘴角，也沒忍住，連着抽搐了好幾下。

從小到大。

這還是，徐端宜第一次，産生一種名叫“無地自容”的情緒。  本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理　　她想到自己剛才抱住謝清崖的樣子。

雖然很多東西，模模糊糊的，她已經有些記不太清了。

也不知道謝清崖做了什麽。

但顯然，她今夜肯定冒犯謝清崖了。

要不然他這會，也不會坐到外面去。

便是徐端宜再七竅玲珑，這會也有些不知道該怎麽辦了。

她本來就對謝清崖沒法子。

平日即便什麽都沒做，看到他的時候，都會有些局促緊張。

更不用說，現在這樣的時候了。

不知道該怎麽面對謝清崖，也不知道該與他說什麽，若可以，她真想此刻找個地洞鑽進去，那此時，她就可以不用再去面對謝清崖了。

但顯然。

這地方并無地洞可以供她鑽。

她也躲不掉。

外面始終安安靜靜的，從始至終，都沒有響起謝清崖的聲音，但徐端宜，自然沒法，真的當做什麽都沒發生。

謝清崖不與她計較，是他大度。

她卻不能，真的，這樣泰然自若地接受他所有的好。

何況剛剛，她實在是有些太冒犯他了……

想到自己剛才一把抱住謝清崖的樣子，徐端宜還是有些羞愧難當。

難不成是受那夜夢的影響？

才會讓她突然變得那麽大膽，竟都都敢這樣抱住他了。

從前，她是決計不敢這樣做的。

想不通。

但如今說什麽都遲了。

徐端宜內心情緒翻騰，臉也是漲紅得不行。

直到聽到外頭令吉小聲咕哝道：“王妃怎麽沒聲音啊？不會又暈過去了吧。”

謝清崖本來就煩。

聽自己貼身護衛這樣說，更是煩不勝煩。

他倒是盼着徐端宜沒聲音。

本來就挺尴尬的了，也不知道，剛才的事，她還記得多少？

謝清崖只盼着她真的什麽都忘了才好。

剛想瞪令吉一眼，好讓他閉嘴，但還未等他有所行動，謝清崖就先聽到身後響起一陣動靜。

——有人掀起了車簾。

謝清崖忽然僵住了身形，抵在膝蓋處的手，也下意識捏緊了。

即便沒回頭。

謝清崖也知道此刻是誰在他身後。

“……王爺。”

他聽到身後，傳來徐端宜遲疑的聲音。

謝清崖用力捏着拳頭，閉了閉眼睛，他亦在壓抑心中翻騰的情緒。

他沒回頭，亦沒睜眼。

聲音卻是緊張無措下，所刻意壓抑下的冷淡：“做什麽？”

徐端宜一聽到他的聲音，愈發不知道該說什麽了，她亦緊張地輕攥着自己的手，擺于膝蓋之上。

從這個角度看過去。

她只能看到謝清崖挺拔的背影，看不到他的臉。

徐端宜不知道他此刻，究竟是何模樣，心中不由有些緊張。

但若此刻，真讓她看到謝清崖的臉，恐怕面對面看着，她得更加緊張和不知所措。

倒還不如這樣。

她捏着自己的裙擺，小聲又滿懷歉意地看着謝清崖的背影，同他真心實意道着歉：“抱歉，王爺，我先前喝醉了，若有冒犯到王爺的地方，我在這先同王爺說聲不好意思。”

謝清崖等她說完，才道：“沒事。”

聽出她話語之間的緊張和不安，謝清崖薄唇微抿，最後還是放緩了自己的聲音，聽着不似先前那般冷淡了。

“我知道你喝醉了，我……沒生你的氣。”

旁的話，卻沒再說，他不知道還能說什麽。

徐端宜一時也不知道還能說什麽。

雖然謝清崖說沒生她的氣，但徐端宜還是有些自責愧疚。

想想，他今晚本來在家裏休息得好好的，卻要被迫過來接她，來回奔波不說，竟然還被她那樣冒犯……

徐端宜根本沒法想象，他此刻究竟是何心情。

只能祈禱着快些到王府。

也好過兩個人這樣僵在馬車上。

實在難受。

好在她這時的祈禱，還是起了作用的，拐過一條街，月牙胡同就出現在徐端宜的眼中了。

看着那熟悉的地方。

想到馬上就能到王府了，徐端宜不由松了口氣。

只謝清崖坐在外面，她若直接放下車簾，也實在不太禮貌，徐端宜猶豫半天，最後還是又跟謝清崖道了聲不好意思：“……今日又勞煩王爺為我奔波了。”

無需去想。

也能知曉。

今日肯定又是因為鄧姑姑的緣故。

她對鄧姑姑都沒辦法。

更不用說，從小被她看着長大的謝清崖了。

他其實，一直都很聽長輩的話。

要不然也不會每次鄧姑姑說幾句，他就心軟照做了。

徐端宜不知道，該怎麽與鄧姑姑說，讓她別去麻煩謝清崖。

她也不是沒說過。

但說了也沒用，鄧姑姑一門心思希望他們倆能好好的，就和其他夫婦一樣，自然會想盡法子撮合他們。

怎麽可能會被她的話說動呢？

她也只能看着謝清崖的背影，小聲與他承諾道：“今日是特殊原因，日後我不會這麽晚還在外面，便是真有事，我也會遣人先回家裏說一聲，讓家裏不必這般擔心，也不會勞煩王爺，再像今日這樣來回為我奔波了。”

她是不想麻煩謝清崖。

但謝清崖聽着她這一字一句，都是在與他擺脫關系。

雖然明知原因，也本該如此，但謝清崖的心，還是止不住一沉一沉的。

他此時的心情，竟是比先前還要來得差。

謝清崖蹙着眉，終于睜開眼。

看着前面漆黑又空蕩的巷子，不知過去多久，他才垂下眼簾，輕輕嗯了一聲。

聲音在這黑夜裏，并不算響，但也足以徐端宜聽到了。

徐端宜也舒了口氣。

過了一會。

就在徐端宜以為，他不會再說話的時候，忽然聽到謝清崖又說了一句：“徐端宜，以後出門在外，別再喝酒了。”

徐端宜聽他說到這個，臉又跟着漲紅了一些。

實在是不好意思極了。

“好。”

她幾乎是一點猶豫都沒有，答應了下來。

原本今日就是不小心，才會如此。

她從前雖然也會在宴席上小酌幾杯，但那都是果酒，不會喝醉。

今日，她也算是見識到，自己的本事了。

她自己都覺得尴尬，難為情，自然不會再明知故犯。

兩人說話間，王府終于到了。

馬車直接通往照壁。

這個點，也就只有門房的下人，還在外頭守着夜，其餘下人都已經下去歇息了。

瞧見他們回來。

幾個下人忙與他們問好。

令吉擺手，讓他們不必跟随，自己則繼續趕着馬車停于照壁處。

等馬車停下。

謝清崖先跳下馬車。

He did not leave immediately, but frowned as he looked at Xu Duanyi who was being helped out of the carriage by Bixi, fearing that she was still drunk and would not sober up again if she turned around.

But Xu Duanyi was already very sober at this time.

Even if he was really confused before, he would have been frightened awake after this incident.

She saw Xie Qingya watching her from the side.

Xu Duanyi naturally knew what he was looking at, and felt even more embarrassed.

She lowered her curtains, took her hand away from Bixi's arm, and then turned to Xie Qingya and spoke to him, "It's late at night. Your Highness has to report to the government office tomorrow. Go back and have a rest. I'm going back too."

She looked like she wanted Xie Qingya to leave first.

Xie Qingya looked at her, and seeing that she was truly awake at this moment, he did not say anything else.

He looked at Xu Duanyi, nodded softly, then turned and left.

"Princess, I will go back first." Lingji greeted Xu Duanyi and hurriedly followed Xie Qingya.

Xu Duanyi could still hear him shouting from a distance, "Prince, wait for me!"

Until the sounds and footsteps fade away.

Xu Duanyi then let out a long sigh and raised his head.

The master and servant in front had already walked far away.

But Xu Duanyi still waited for a while, until he could no longer see Xie Qingya, and then he said to Bixi: "Let's go too."

On the way, she said to Bixi again: "Why didn't you wake me up just now?"

When Xu Duanyi thought about how he had behaved in front of Xie Qingya today, he felt a headache.

"Your servant..."

Bixi didn't know how to explain it.

She naturally couldn't tell her master. She couldn't bear to see her suffer alone, so she deliberately didn't wake her up and secretly went to guard outside the door...

I want to see if the relationship between the two will ease a lot.

But King Nannan's attitude made her feel a little regretful.

It would have been better to wake up the master at that time.

She lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

Fortunately, Xu Duanyi's mind was in a mess at the moment, and she didn't care about Bixi's abnormality. Seeing her hesitating there, she just pressed her temples, sighed, and said, "Okay, let's go back first."

This night.

Neither Xu Duanyi nor Xie Qingya slept well.