I returned to the palace a day early. Before leaving, Zhuang came to my room with tears in her eyes and personally dressed me up.
Her hair is tied in a bun with clouds-like bun, combed with white jade and glazed patterns, her forehead is decorated with peach blossom makeup, and she wears silver earrings. She is dressed in a light pink misty gown that trails on the ground, just like the soft clouds of the Jade Pool that are gently parted, or like peach blossoms that are blooming in the wind.
I was stunned for a moment - was I going back to the palace, or going on a blind date?
"May God bless my Shuang'er with joy and long-lasting peace." Zhuang held my hand tightly again before I got on the carriage. Mu Anguo held Zhuang's shoulder and looked at me, his lips moving but not saying a word. It was Mu Chenfeng who eased the atmosphere: "Sister, please come back often to visit us in the future!" I nodded and said goodbye to them one by one.
The carriage galloped by, sending Princess Rushuang back to Liuzhu Pavilion. It was already late at night when I returned to the harem. As I entered the courtyard, I saw a warm yellow light pouring out of the room. I pushed the door open and walked in. Song Heng, dressed in a light aqua-green suit, sat at a round wooden table, holding a book. He looked up at me, his eyes reflecting the bright light from the room.
"I'm back." His voice was still as calm as the water in a still pond.
"Yeah." I agreed and sat down in front of the dressing mirror to remove my makeup. The silence was so quiet that I was not used to it for a while. When I saw myself in the mirror, I suddenly felt playful.
Carefully recalling the enchanting and charming women in TV dramas, I gently opened my voice, a voice like a nightingale chirping: "Brother Heng, is Shuang'er pretty?"
Seeing his hand stiffen as he was turning the pages of a book in the mirror, I felt gloating and thought that my level of disgusting people had reached the pinnacle.
"Yeah." He replied and continued to flip through the book in his hand.
Huh? That's it? Boring. I was planning to use this to test how he handles those ferocious concubines! But then my interest faded, and I actually started taking off my jewelry.
When I was removing the earrings, I accidentally pulled the wrong way, and the silver hook caught my earlobe. I gasped in pain. Song Heng suddenly put down his book and quickly walked over to my side. "What's wrong?"
I was startled by his big movement: "No, nothing, just got my earring hooked."
He naturally leaned over to look at the earring, then gently pinched my earlobe with one hand and slowly helped me remove the earring with the other hand: "Don't wear something like this that hurts your body in the future."
My ears instantly felt hot, and seeing my face in the mirror also blushing, I quickly turned my head away from him and said, "Okay, okay, Your Majesty, go read."
His voice fell from above with doubt: "Mu Chenshuang, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, nothing." I felt a little panicked for some reason.
He looked at the earring carefully again and murmured, "I didn't know this thing could actually hurt people. I won't give it to you next time."
"Ah?" I turned to look at him. "What did your majesty say?"
"Nothing." He turned and walked back to the round wooden table to continue reading. My head was still a little dizzy, so I hurriedly took off my makeup and went to bed.
The next day, when I woke up, Xiao Cui came to my bedside with a wooden tray. "My lady, you just returned to the palace and His Majesty has rewarded you with a lot of jewelry! But this time it's a little strange, all jade, no gold or silver jewelry..."
I flipped through the tray with my hands. It was full of round and smooth pearl and jade ornaments. Touching them felt like playing with water. Suddenly I thought of what he said yesterday, and I felt a little amused.
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