Chapter 124 Give Me Some of Your Quilt
"He sent me this letter of denunciation along with the silk handkerchief we used to seal our love. It was obviously a threat to me. If I reconcile with him, he will write this blood oath. Otherwise, he will kill hundreds of people in my Fang family." Fang Qianxue clenched the envelope in her hand. "Unfortunately, I don't like being threatened."
The room was quiet for a moment, with only the candle flame popping and beeping from time to time.
The two matchmakers were a little surprised. The princess, who was so gentle just now, now showed some murderous intent in her eyes. Although she was not very sure, her gaze did become firm.
"Princess?" a matchmaker asked carefully, "Should we tell the prince about this? The prince may have a solution."
Fang Qianxue thought for a moment and said, "It's too late today. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Xiao Mingzhe only agreed to protect her and her two children, and did not say that he would intervene in the cases of the Fang family and Prince Yong.
Moreover, the King of Beining was already suspected by the Emperor, and his own situation was not very good. If he were to intervene in the case and possibly make Emperor Ming even more wary, wouldn't that harm him?
It was not until the hour of Hai that Xiao Mingzhe returned to the bedroom. Matchmaker quickly covered Fang Qianxue's veil and pulled the two maids to kneel down.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"You guys can go back. We don't need anyone to serve us here." Xiao Mingzhe waved his hand gently.
"Yes." Cui Shuang and Sui Qiong hurriedly cleared the cups and plates on the table and left. The two matchmakers helped Fang Qianxue sit on the couch and also left.
The door closed with a creaky sound, and the room became quiet instantly.
Fang Qianxue sat on the couch, a little unsure of what Xiao Mingzhe meant. Since the two of them were just going through the motions, could the ceremony of unveiling the veil be omitted?
Unexpectedly, while she was thinking, she felt a smell of alcohol approaching, and then saw a pair of beautifully embroidered Dengyun boots standing beside her.
She raised her hand to lift her veil herself, but someone got there first.
The man put down the wedding scale for lifting the veil, bent down and sat on the footstool beside the couch, almost as tall as her.
The two sat face to face for a while, sizing each other up, but Fang Qianxue only looked at him for a moment and then lowered her eyes. She just felt that this man was very heroic. In addition, he had drunk some wine today, so his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his eagle eyes were particularly gentle today, so she didn't dare to look at him for too long.
Xiao Mingzhe looked at her unscrupulously.
The woman in front of him was wearing a wedding dress with a phoenix hairpin in her hair. Her beautiful eyebrows were lowered, giving her a gentle and affectionate look. Her makeup was also interesting. The ends of her eyes and eyebrows were elongated like a swallow's tail, making her look dignified and charming today.
Fang Qianxue was stared at by him for a long time, feeling embarrassed, and decided to say something: "It's been a busy day today, and you've worked hard, so why don't you..."
Xiao Mingzhe stretched his shoulders and asked, "Have you had dinner?"
"I have used it," Fang Qianxue replied, "You haven't eaten it yet?"
"I was drinking outside and didn't eat much," Xiao Mingzhe said, leaning on the couch and sitting on her knees, "I have a headache."
"If you had told me earlier, I would have left some food for you just now to fill your stomach." Fang Qianxue stood up and wanted to pour him a cup of tea, but her hand was held again.
"No need to rush." Xiao Mingzhe glanced at the square rosewood bed behind her, "I'll just lie down on the couch."
Fang Qianxue took the initiative to open the bamboo curtain beside her, revealing a single bamboo couch, and said softly: "I'll help you lie down."
She had someone specially prepare the bamboo couch for Xiao Mingzhe. It was placed behind the bamboo curtain so that it would not be conspicuous, and could be used for sleeping at night. It could be stood up during the day and stored behind the wardrobe.
Xiao Mingzhe was obviously not very willing, but he had no reason to say no. After all, it was agreed before that the two of them would share a room but sleep in separate beds.
The man lay on the bamboo couch and soon his breathing became even. Fang Qianxue guessed that he had fallen asleep, so she walked to the dressing table and began to remove her makeup and the complicated jewelry on her head.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered the day of her wedding with Lu Changqing, when he rode a tall horse to the Fang family to pick her up, and carried her to the bridal sedan amid the noise of the crowd...
In just five or six years, everything has changed.
Fang Qianxue gently stroked her face with her fingers. There was no change in her expression, except that her eyes had become much calmer. After all, she was already a mother of two children and was no longer the naive girl she used to be.
With someone who needs to be protected, one becomes less innocent and naive, and more thoughtful and worried.
She called a maid to bring in a washbasin, washed off her makeup, cleansed her hands and face, and changed into a loose nightgown.
"Princess," Cuishuang pointed behind the bamboo curtain, "Does the prince really want to sleep in a separate bed from you? It's such a waste of God's gift..."
"Hush!" Fang Qianxue made a gesture to keep quiet and smiled softly, "He drank today and fell asleep a long time ago. Okay, you can go out, I can sleep by myself."
Cui Shuang walked to the door holding the basin and turned back: "Princess, are you really not going to use that 'Thousand Days of Good'?"
I always feel that it’s a bit pitiful for the princess to be “alone in an empty bed”.
"No need," Fang Qianxue waved her hand, "You should go out now. I want to sleep."
She didn't think there was anything wrong with it. She and Lu Changqing had been sleeping in separate beds for a long time. It was common for a person to stay alone in an empty room, and it was not that she couldn't live without a man.
But then again, having a man in the room makes me feel more at ease, even if there is a bamboo curtain between us.
Fang Qianxue had just laid down and quickly went to pay her respects to Zhou Gong. However, she had not slept for long when someone suddenly woke her up by patting her face.
"Ah?" She opened her dazed eyes and it took her a long time to realize that it was Xiao Mingzhe sitting on her couch, gently patting her face.
He had taken off his outer robe and was only wearing a snow-white undershirt and a loose lake blue nightgown.
"How did you fall asleep so quickly?" The man leaned close to her, listening to her breathing to make sure she was not pretending to sleep.
"..." Fang Qianxue pushed him away, "What are you...doing? Is there anything else?"
Xiao Mingzhe pointed to a tray on the small table behind him with two glasses of wine on it: "I forgot to drink the wedding wine."
Fang Qianxue turned over and continued to sleep: "Forget it, forget it."
There's no one else in this room, who are you pretending for?
"No, you have to do the whole act," Xiao Mingzhe picked her up and put a big soft pillow behind her for her to lean on, "Drink and then go to sleep."
Fang Qianxue was speechless and was forced to take the wine glass: "Aren't you feeling uncomfortable drinking today? Why are you still drinking?"
Xiao Mingzhe didn't say anything, he put his arm around hers and said solemnly: "Drink, stop talking nonsense."
After drinking a glass of wine, Fang Qianxue breathed a sigh of relief and returned the glass to him: "Can we go to bed now?"
"Go to sleep," Xiao Mingzhe put away the wine glass and jumped onto her rosewood bed as a matter of course, "give me some of your quilt."
"???" Fang Qianxue thought she had misheard, rubbed her eyes and scratched her ears, "Didn't we agree to sleep in separate beds?"
He himself proposed this!
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