Chapter 332: Drunken Talk or Dream Talk
Gu Xixi lay on the bed like a puddle of mud, with her eyes closed and motionless.
Then her red lips slightly opened and she let out an even, light snore.
He fell asleep again after just walking a few steps?
Weren't we having a lot of fun just now? !
Mu Nanzhao rarely felt so powerless, and silently pulled the quilt over her.
Just as I was about to leave, I heard someone behind me smacking his lips, sighing and mumbling indistinctly:
"Actually... I don't hate you."
Mu Nanzhao was startled and turned to look.
Gu Xixi was seen lying on her side with her arms and legs spread out like a frog, and the quilt she had just covered herself with was rolled up into a ball and held in her arms.
Mu Nanzhao couldn't help but think, this sleeping posture is really bad, even worse than her alcohol tolerance.
Gu Xixi still had her eyes closed, and it was unclear whether it was just dream talk or drunken talk.
"After all, you are pretty, and women will be tempted by your looks..."
Mu Nanzhao's face darkened. Did she take him in, help him find medicine, and share life and death together several times, all because of his appearance? !
Mu Nanzhao simply moved a drum stool to sit beside the bed and waited patiently.
He wanted to see what other nonsense this woman could come up with!
This time, I didn't wait long before I heard Gu Xixi say vaguely, "When you proposed to me, I hesitated. I really hesitated whether to accept you. Anyway, I spent money anyway."
"You don't understand. My family had no money at the time. Even a penny... was very important!"
Mu Nanzhao looked at Gu Xixi and saw her squinting and pouting, with her eyes drooping, looking very aggrieved.
Could not help but sneer.
Thanks to her, her shouting was heard by so many people, and who knows what strange rumors will spread tomorrow morning.
She is the one who feels wronged first?
but……
Mu Nanzhao's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement, and he asked in a low voice, "Since you wanted to take me in, why didn't you do it?"
"Such a valuable penny, isn't it a shame to lose it?"
After a pause, Gu Xixi actually answered, frowning, "I, I don't dare..."
Mu Nanzhao looked at her with a complicated expression and paused for a long time.
Just when I was about to ask "Why not?"
A pair of eyes suddenly opened in the dim bed curtains, staring straight at him.
Although he felt a little guilty, Mu Nanzhao still spoke calmly, "Are you awake? Do you want some tea?"
The next moment, Gu Xixi didn't know where she got the strength from, but she sat up by herself.
Her face flushed, and she glared at Mu Nanzhao fiercely, "I want to build a career!!"
"Career!! Do you understand?!"
Mu Nanzhao glanced at the door helplessly, "I understand, so could you please keep your voice down?"
Gu Xixi turned a deaf ear to him and said, "You don't understand!"
"This is ancient times. It is not a true society ruled by law. There is inequality and no freedom!"
Mu Nanzhao frowned. A society ruled by law? Does it mean using laws to specify rules?
Gu Xixi lowered her head and sighed, "You are born noble, so you don't know what an ant is. It's too difficult for me to come here and be reborn as an ordinary person."
"I have to be capable first and be my own boss before I have the right to think about other things."
"Because I don't want to be in constant fear that someone could take my money, my land, or my life with just the slightest move of a finger."
"Just like... just like Lu Jing."
Mu Nanzhao felt a deep pain in his heart.
In the past, he only knew that Gu Xixi had many special abilities and that she was strong and independent by nature.
Naturally, he has the confidence not to depend on anyone, including himself, who is regarded as a favored child of heaven and a powerful official in the eyes of the world.
Only at this moment did Mu Nanzhao realize that Gu Xixi also had so much anxiety in her heart.
He looked at her, his eyes completely stripped of their sharpness and disguise, leaving only truth and tenderness.
"From what you said, when you are able to protect yourself, are you willing to truly open your heart to me?"
Gu Xixi didn't look at Mu Nanzhao, but just continued talking as if she was venting.
"So I have to become stronger, preferably as strong as you, so that no one can trample on me easily. In this way..."
She staggered towards Mu Nanzhao and laughed a few times, "You can't just lock me up casually."
Mu Nanzhao's heart skipped a beat and he looked at her intently, "When have I ever locked you up?"
Gu Xixi grinned at him, then rolled her eyes and fell backwards without saying anything else.
Mu Nanzhao stood up, "Gu Xixi! You pretended to sleep when it came to the key question!"
"What do you mean I locked you up casually? You are deliberately changing the subject and talking nonsense, right?"
There was no response for a long while.
Mu Nanzhao wanted to push her awake, but when he reached out his hand and saw her sleeping face, he couldn't bear to let her go.
I have to give up for now.
When Gu Xixi opened her eyes again, it was already dawn.
She shook her head on the pillow, and surprisingly she didn't have a hangover headache.
When she lifted the bed curtain, she saw He Jinglan sitting in front of the dressing table, and Zi Yan was doing her hair.
He Jinglan looked back in the mirror and said, "I'm awake now. I guess you had a good sleep."
Gu Xixi turned over and sat on the bed to put on her shoes, and asked curiously, "Why is Zi Yan here?"
Zi Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "Miss Xixi really slept well last night."
"My master was worried that the master and Miss Xixi would have no one to serve here, so he asked Uncle Li to bring me and Guangzhu here overnight with the master's badge."
Gu Xixi murmured, "If we calculate the time, wouldn't that violate the curfew?"
Zi Yan nodded slightly, "Occasionally, when we encounter an emergency, we have to make an exception."
The clothes that I took off last night were gone, and a set of narrow-waisted and narrow-sleeved Hu clothing was placed beside the bed.
It was popular among women in the capital to wear Hu clothing, dress up as men and ride horses.
Gu Xixi didn't think much about it and got up to dress. Didn't she see He Jinglan and Zi Yan looking at each other in the mirror, both couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly lowered their eyes to hide it.
Gu Xixi had just finished getting dressed when Guangzhu came in carrying a copper basin.
As soon as he saw Gu Xixi, he smiled and said, "Miss Xixi, please get up soon. This is some warm water mixed with jasmine flower dew. The fragrance is refreshing and invigorating. Applying it more often can also moisturize your skin."
Gu Xixi took the towel with a smile, "Thank you."
She washed her face and used the toothpowder and toothbrush prepared by Guangzhu, and finally felt completely comfortable.
When she turned around, she found Guangzhu was looking at her with a smile, but she didn't know what he was looking at.
Gu Xixi looked herself up and down in confusion, "Did I do something wrong?"
Guangzhu quickly stopped smiling and shook his head.
Gu Xixi looked at He Jinglan and Zi Yan again.
She found that He Jinglan had avoided her sight.
Gu Xixi couldn't help but narrow her eyes.
Now she was sure that something unusual must have happened while she was sleeping!
It seems that I can’t ask directly right away. I’ll have to wait and find an opportunity later.
He Jinglan's hair has been combed.
Very different from usual.
She only had a few braids tied high on top of her head with a red headband.
At the end of each braid hung a pearl the size of a lotus seed, and apart from that there were no other pearl hairpins or anything like that.
He also changed into the same style of Hu clothing as Gu Xixi.
Zi Yan said she wanted to help Gu Xixi comb her hair. Gu Xixi did not refuse and sat down at the dressing table.
"Are you going to ride out of the city today?"
"I don't want anything so complicated, just a high ponytail."
Zi Yan smiled and said, "That's a man's hairstyle, and it matches the riding clothes."
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