"Why don't you tell me that you really want to go back with me and be the regent princess?"
"Also, why do you have to have your mother come back before you can go to Simu Kingdom?"
"What's your mother's name? I'll help you find her."
Shi Qingmiao would easily become drowsy after drinking too much, and her eyelids kept drooping. When she heard someone ask her mother's name, the answer came out immediately: "My mother's name is Shi, Shi Ru..."
"No! I can't tell you!" She was startled awake. She couldn't let others know her mother's name, otherwise all the years of hiding it would be in vain!
She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Si Shuo's face clearly in the hazy space. She broke free from the little finger that was wrapped in the palm of someone's hand, poked the face of the person opposite her, and solemnly called out the person's name: "Si Shuo!"
"Are you coming to marry me?"
"Sure enough, things like this only happen in dreams..."
She muttered to herself for a long time before she gave up.
Si Shuo carried her into the main hall, took off her shoes and coaxed her to sleep.
"I want to hear your story." Shi Qingmiao was still vaguely aware that the person holding her was Si Shuo.
Si Shuo laid her down, covered her with a blanket, and cradled her soft little hands. He spoke gently and slowly, "A long time ago, there was a boy..."
"...they lived happily together afterwards."
"Are you asleep?"
Shi Qingmiao stirred in the quilt, her eyes clearly closed, and murmured softly, "No."
Si Shuo laughed and had to tell another story. He didn't know which one he told when the little girl finally couldn't resist her sleepiness and fell asleep.
He gently put the hand he had been holding into the quilt and looked at her quietly for a long time before he couldn't help but feel pity and gently kissed her forehead.
He finally understood what the old king of Simu meant when he said, "A woman can ruin you."
When he couldn't get angry at Shi Qingmiao anymore, he knew it was over.
In fact, the story of the national teacher was not finished that day. The reason why the king could not touch the national teacher for several years was not because the national teacher was so powerful, but because the national teacher was a woman. The king could not touch her, but he fell in love with her.
***
The next day, Shi Qingmiao woke up in shock. Before she could fully recover, her head was aching so much that it felt like it was about to explode.
Recalling the dream I had yesterday, the corners of my mouth curled up for a long time before I remembered that today is June 15th and Si Shuo is leaving.
She hadn't regained her senses yet, and without caring about the protests in her head, she rushed out of the main hall. It was already noon, and the sun was a bit eye-piercing.
But when she saw Si Shuo sweeping the yard, her heart calmed down.
Her sanity slowly returned. What happened yesterday made her unsure how to face Si Shuo. When she was about to pretend nothing had happened and retreat, she was stopped by someone.
"Awake?" Si Shuo put away the broom and walked towards her. "Did you sleep well?"
Shi Qingmiao had two big question marks on her head. Wouldn’t Si Shuo be angry if she did that?
"It's okay, it's okay." Shi Qingmiao answered absentmindedly.
Si Shuo smiled and reminded: "I'll make you some soup to help with your hangover, remember to drink it later."
Shi Qingmiao was about to nod when another question came to her mind: "You're not going back today?"
Si Shuo raised his eyebrows, a playful smile on his lips, "I won't reply for now. Someone shouted yesterday that they wanted to marry me. How could I have the nerve to meet them so early?"
Shi Qingmiao subconsciously covered her mouth, then realized that Si Shuo didn't mention anyone by name, so she let go of her hand and smiled embarrassedly.
"Yesterday, what happened yesterday..."
She only remembered that she drank some wine, and after she got drunk she didn't remember anything.
"Have you forgotten everything?" Si Shuo's tone sounded a little lost.
Shi Qingmiao tentatively asked, "What should I remember?"
Si Shuo was speechless and choked. He threw the broom in his hand into her arms and answered irrelevantly: "This is your job."
It turned out that Shi Qingmiao had completely forgotten the part last night that could be called a true love confession. He even wrote a letter to Mrs. Si who was far away in Simu Kingdom this morning, saying that he would stay for another month.
Shi Qingmiao's heart is made of iron, but melting it is harder than smelting iron.
***
Suxuanyuan in the morning.
Jin Suting thought she could have a good sleep on her birthday today, but the old general came to call her early in the morning.
Jin Suting covered her head with the quilt, trying to stay in bed a little longer.
"Su'er, get up!"
The old general knocked on the headboard of the bed with his crutch. The headboard was made of solid wood, and it almost made Jin Suting deaf.
"Get up, get up, I'll get up right away!"
She glanced out the window. It was still dark and the cicadas hadn't started chirping yet. The morning of her seventeenth birthday, Jin Suting, was not a pleasant one.
But even worse things were yet to come. The old general asked her to get up so early and didn't even give her any food. After she washed and dressed up, he asked her to kneel in the Jin family's ancestral hall for two hours.
The old general said that every year on the birthdays of his eldest daughter and his legitimate daughter, he would kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours.
And it should be facing the mother's tablet, because a daughter's birthday is the mother's difficult day, and it should also be facing the ancestors.
What kind of rule is this!
Jin Suting was still dozing off when the old general hit her with his crutch. Although the hit was not heavy, it was enough to wake her up.
She stared blankly at the tablet with her mother's name on it, feeling a strange feeling in her heart. The old general had to be by her side the whole time, changing the incense sticks every half hour.
"Dad, what kind of person is Mom?"
This curiosity did not come out of thin air. When she saw the black tablet, it was as if she saw the shadow of a woman, which attracted her directly, but she did not feel afraid.
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