"I think the feeling of falling in love with someone must be terrible, otherwise why would my heart be beating so fast?"
——Shi Qingmiao
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The blue-green sea water suddenly turned black, like a pair of big black hands strangling her throat, getting tighter and tighter. The feeling of suffocation gradually came over her, but she could not make a sound. She struggled desperately but had no strength, feeling helpless and powerless.
Then these long black arms surrounded her whole body, wrapping around her arms, lower abdomen, thighs and head tightly, sticking tightly to her skin.
Only a pair of eyes were exposed that could still see the sea surface. She could only see the light in the distance getting farther and farther away from her until it could no longer be seen.
She sank deeply into the seabed and could no longer struggle.
"don't want!"
Jin Suting woke up with a scream. She sat up and her head was covered with cold sweat because of the nightmare.
Fortunately, the person in front of her was Helan Ruizhe, and she felt a little relieved.
"Where are they?"
Jin Suting then began to look around. Everyone had left and she had fallen asleep on the table.
"The wedding banquet just ended. They left early and went somewhere else to have fun." Helan Ruizhe gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Did you have a nightmare?"
Jin Suting nodded and threw herself into Helan Ruizhe's arms. She didn't want to recall the content of the dream. It was a suffocating dream.
"You are too tired." Helan Ruizhe felt sorry for what she had gone through in the past few days and it was impossible for her not to take it to heart. She heard the servants in the general's mansion talking about this matter that day, and the description was very unpleasant, but no one was punished. She was sad for the whole afternoon.
Jin Suting rested her head on his shoulder, shook her head and sighed for a while before saying, "It's better to be open-minded. Let them say whatever they want. I can't run up to them and stop them from speaking. I'll be treated as a psychopath."
He patted her back and said, "I noticed you didn't eat much just now. Are you hungry?"
"You were so busy just now, but you still had time to come and see if I had eaten." Jin Suting muttered this. It has become a bad habit for her to always throw a tantrum.
But Helan Ruizhe didn't think this was a bad habit. Instead, he thought her silly and calculating nature was cute. He pinched her nose and said with a smile, "You!"
Jin Suting avoided him and placed her hand in his palm. "I'm not very hungry. Let's go back to the East Palace and eat. Let's go."
The process was completed, and elders such as the Queen Mother and Grand Tutor Yu went back to rest early. Now the moon was high in the sky and night had fallen.
Naturally, no one would stay here anymore. The young men who wanted to make trouble in the bridal chamber could continue to do so, while others should go home.
But there are always some people who are too playful and refuse to go home.
It's so hard to get out of the palace and want to have some fun, so Shi Qingmiao and Si Shuo are naturally indispensable.
The Queen Mother was not feeling well and went back to the palace first, and ignored the two of them. In the past, the Queen Mother would definitely not let her wear it outside the palace at night, but the key point now is that the Queen Mother has no idea at all!
Shi Qingmiao likes eating the most, and playing the second most, otherwise she would have been suffocated after staying in the palace for so many years.
"Let's go to the casino!"
Those who know her know that she has always been very courageous.
"Do you have money with you?" Si Shuo stopped Shi Qingmiao, who was in a playful mood, and poured a basin of cold water on her.
As expected, she lowered her head and shook it. She was in such a hurry to go out that she forgot to bring her purse.
"I don't have any either," Si Shuo lifted her drooping head, "Then we can play free games."
Shi Qingmiao glanced at him and thought to herself: A free game? Eagle Catches Chicken, or "One, Two, Three, Statue"?
Of course it couldn't be these. Shi Qingmiao shook her head and shook off the unrealistic thoughts in her mind.
"Let's go to Jiyue Bridge to release lanterns!"
Si Shuo's excited voice almost pierced Shi Qingmiao's eardrum, but this sentence was more lethal.
"The Flower Festival is long over, why are we still displaying lanterns?" Shi Qingmiao looked up and down at Si Shuo, who seemed relatively normal. "But how can you display lanterns under Jiyue Bridge?"
"Letting off lanterns? That's something a man and a woman would do together if they were interested in each other. The two of us..." Shi Qingmiao realized something was amiss in her words as she spoke, "We..."
We didn't come up with anything for a long time, and Si Shuo laughed at her for a long time.
"Who says you can only display lanterns during flower festivals?"
He took the initiative to hold her hand and walked towards Jiyue Bridge.
Strangely, Shi Qingmiao didn't feel disgusted by his behavior. Maybe she was used to it after being together for so many days?
She felt warm and secure in her palms.
So even though I knew the meaning of what they were going to do next, I didn't want to refuse.
There were people selling lotus lanterns by the Jiyue Bridge, and they were the elderly couple.
Si Shuo bought a lotus lantern. When he took out the money, Shi Qingmiao's eyes were filled with subtle resentment. "If you have money, why don't you go to the casino with me?"
"Oh, little girl. You are too young to go to the casino! It is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones!" The mother-in-law who was sewing handkerchiefs nearby kindly reminded her. When there were no festivals, she would sew handkerchiefs to supplement the family income.
Shi Qingmiao lowered her head in shame. Si Shuo gave her a look that meant, "You heard me, you can't go."
The old man selling lanterns also agreed, "Yes, little girl, don't let your greed and momentary excitement cloud your mind. Look, you have such a good husband, you should live a good life!"
“…He’s not.”
"Thank you, Grandpa. You are right." Si Shuo took the lead in speaking to Shi Qingmiao and gave him a fairly normal flattery.
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