Chapter 60 Shen Qingtan: Please comfort me
Zhao Yi couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking when she went to Mengguan today and listened to such a play?
What else will you do?
He lay stiffly on the bed, holding his breath and waiting for her to move.
There was a rustling sound beside him, and Zhao Yi couldn't help but turn his head to look.
I saw her hand stretched out from the quilt and pulled the quilt to her chest. The half of her white arm that was exposed was particularly dazzling in the dim night.
"Water." Shen Qingtan's throat was dry, his head was dizzy, and his whole body was weak. He said in a daze, "Liu Yue... I want to drink water."
Zhao Yi saw that she couldn't open her eyes, her voice was a little hoarse, and she was coughing uncomfortably.
He threw back the quilt and got out of bed. He went to the table, lit the oil lamp, and poured a glass of warm water.
Liu Yue was on guard outside. When she saw some movement in the house, she stood outside the window and asked, "Second Master, is Second Madam awake?"
"Well, she wants some water."
"Second Master, Second Madam can't hold her liquor well. She must be a little tipsy. Once she falls asleep, the alcohol will make her feel very uncomfortable, and she won't be very clear-headed, not like when she's awake."
Liu Yue's words were somewhat vague, and she suggested, "Why don't you go to sleep in the study, and I'll stay and take care of Second Madam tonight?"
Zhao Yi refused: "No need, I will take care of her."
"Second Madam doesn't drink alcohol on a daily basis. She only drank two glasses of wine at her coming-of-age ceremony, and got drunk that time. She was sick with a fever and was confused and feeling very uncomfortable, so she was different from when she was sober." Liu Yue paused and explained, "It's probably a habit she developed from being spoiled as a child... Please bear with me."
"good."
Zhao Yi guessed that Shen Qingtan would be more noisy because she was usually too calm and remained composed no matter what happened.
"Liu Yue..."
Shen Qingtan propped himself up and sat up, looking in the direction where Liu Yue was speaking with hazy eyes.
Seeing her wake up, Zhao Yi quickly walked to the bedside and handed the cup of water to her.
Shen Qingtan saw a blurry double image in front of his eyes. Instead of taking the cup, he pulled his wrist over and drank the water from his hand.
Zhao Yi's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he looked at the top of her head with deep eyes.
After drinking the water, Shen Qingtan felt much better in her throat. She cleared her throat and coughed.
Zhao Yi asked in a low voice: "Do you want to drink more?"
When Shen Qingtan heard Zhao Yi's voice, he asked doubtfully, "Second Master?"
Zhao Yi hummed softly.
Shen Qingtan looked up at him, the only image in her mind being the scholar looking for the woman in the rouge shop to buy rouge.
She asked with a hazy look in her eyes, "Do you want to buy rouge?"
Zhao Yi: “…”
The cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.
"I……"
"No, go to sleep."
Zhao Yi was afraid that she would say something shocking, so he interrupted her quickly.
When Shen Qingtan heard his somewhat fierce tone, the expression on her face fell and she lay listlessly on the bed, as if she had suffered a great injustice. She turned her back to Zhao Yi, pulled the quilt up to cover her head, and didn't intend to pay any more attention to him.
Zhao Yi looked at her back, which exuded an "I'm angry" aura from head to toe, and couldn't help but rub his brows helplessly.
He put the cup on the table, extinguished the lamp, and lay down beside her again.
Zhao Yi hadn't thought of an apology yet, and was worried that she was bored, so he turned sideways to her and reached out to pull down the quilt covering her head.
The person in the quilt suddenly turned her head, and her lips accidentally brushed against the back of his hand.
A soft and itchy touch rushed to his heart. Zhao Yi's hands seemed to be paralyzed. He stared at her moist red lips with deep eyes, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.
The next moment, she hugged her arms that were stretched out in front of her, raised her face slightly, and looked at him with her moist eyes: "If you coax me, I will forgive you for being mean to me."
Zhao Yi lowered his eyes and looked at her delicate appearance. His stiff body relaxed, his eyebrows and eyes softened unconsciously, and he raised his other hand to gently stroke her soft hair.
He said in a hoarse voice: "I didn't hurt you."
Shen Qingtan hummed, like a kitten whose fur was stroked. She hugged his arms tightly with both hands and curled up to his side.
Zhao Yi looked at her peaceful sleeping face, her rosy lips slightly curled up, as if she was coaxed by him.
This was the first time since they got married that she was so close to him and so dependent on him, and his heart softened.
Zhao Yi pulled back his quilt and held her in his arms, allowing her to sleep more comfortably.
Before, he thought Liu Yue was talking about her being troublesome, but he didn't expect that she would become clingy, easily wronged, and very spoiled, needing to be coaxed and pampered.
His nostrils were filled with the faint fragrance emanating from her body. Zhao Yi closed his eyes and felt that it was a kind of torture.
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The next morning, a ray of sunlight shone into the inner room through the tiles outside the window.
Shen Qingtan stretched his hand out from the quilt, rubbed his eyes and woke up. He saw that he was sleeping on the edge of the bed. He was shocked to find that he was sleeping in Zhao Yi's quilt and his head was resting on Zhao Yi's pillow.
She was stunned for a moment, her mind went blank, and she couldn't remember what happened last night at all.
Could it be that she got drunk and mad last night and forcibly occupied his bed?
Shen Qingtan's sleepiness disappeared in an instant. He quickly threw off the quilt, got out of bed barefoot, and looked for Zhao Yi.
There was no one in the inner room, so she went to the screen, but she couldn't see him in the outer room either.
Shen Qingtan was about to call Liu Yue and Ting Xue in when she heard some noise coming from the bathroom behind her. She turned around and saw Zhao Yi coming out, covered in steam.
He was only wearing a white shirt, his half-dry black hair was scattered behind his back, and he put the back of his hand to his lips and coughed a few times.
Shen Qingtan pursed her lips and felt more guilty when she saw that he looked tired from not getting a good night's sleep.
"I……"
"Put on your shoes." Zhao Yi lowered his eyes and looked at her snow-white, delicate feet. His brows furrowed, and he took her embroidered shoes from the footrest and placed them beside her feet. "The ground is cold, be careful not to catch a cold."
Shen Qingtan's cheeks flushed red. He dug his toes into the ground and slowly put on his shoes. He muttered, "It's cold this morning. You're weak, why are you taking a bath? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
"Cough... cough..." Zhao Yi coughed violently, his pale face turning red from the effort of the cough. He frowned and asked, "Do you remember what happened last night?"
Shen Qingtan was silent for a moment and took a deep breath: "I took up your half of the bed... I didn't mean to do it."
Zhao Yi asked: "What else?"
Shen Qingtan asked in surprise: "Anything else?"
Zhao Yi: “…”
He saw her eyes widen in shock, then droop her eyelids as if she was thinking hard, and frowned in distress because she really couldn't remember.
Except for last night, Zhao Yi had never seen her expression so rich.
He said seriously, "Well, you occupied my bed last night, and I stayed up all night watching over you. I still have some official business to attend to today, so take a shower in the morning to wake up."
Shen Qingtan felt guilty and said with concern: "Then...then please ask the court doctor to check your pulse and see if you need any medicine or medicated food to regulate your body."
"No need, just take some ordinary medicine." Zhao Yi coughed softly and changed the subject, "Don't you have to go out today?"
After he reminded her, Shen Qingtan suddenly remembered something: "Yes, I have to go back to the Marquis' Mansion today."
She glanced at the sky and called Tingxue and Liuyue in to help her wash and dress.
Zhao Yi looked at her busy figure, no longer seeing her soft and sticky look from last night, and felt a little regretful.
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