Yu Miaomiao could only lower her head, wishing she could bury her head in the cracks of the bricks.
Standing next to him, Yu Miaomiao could smell the faint smell of ambergris, and the atmosphere froze for a time.
Yu Miaomiao obediently poured a cup of hot tea for Xiao Su, brought it to him and placed it on the table.
Xiao Su pushed the tea aside, and looked at the person in front of him calmly, and said calmly, "Raise your head, why don't you dare to look at me."
"...."
Yu Miaomiao raised her head tremblingly. The man was looking at her with a smile. His hair was simply tied up. He obviously had an impeccable demeanor, but it made her scalp numb.
So she only glanced at it, and her eyes immediately lowered, and the shadows of her long eyelashes trembled on her eyelids.
Xiao Su waved and said, "Come here."
Yu Miaomiao bit her lower lip and weakly took a step forward.
"Closer."
Yu Miaomiao took another half step towards him, but the steps were very small, almost nonexistent.
Xiao Su noticed her movements, propped his head on the small table, his voice slowed down, and he said leisurely:
"If you get closer, the light is too dim and I can't see clearly..."
Yu Miaomiao paused. They were already close enough. If they were any closer, she would fall into his arms.
The hall was lifeless, as if the air had been drained out, making it difficult to breathe.
Xiao Su pulled her body closer, and Yu Miaomiao supported the table to avoid being directly taken into his arms.
But she was already almost half-kneeling beside him, and the uneasiness in her heart became even stronger. Her hand accidentally touched Xiao Su's thigh, and she immediately retracted her hand as if she had touched the plague.
Xiao Su's slightly cold hands pinched her cheek and forced the woman in front of him to look at his face: "Avoid me?"
The dark eyes seemed to suck her in. Yu Miaomiao's eyes were wandering, not daring to look directly into his eyes.
"Your Majesty...when will the general come back?" Yu Miaomiao trembled and said.
She didn't dare to directly ask the emperor what he wanted to do, just because the man in front of her held the power of life and death for her.
She could only ask when the general would come back, which was her only source of security.
"The general can't come back..." Xiao Su said calmly, playing with the ends of Yu Miaomiao's hair slowly.
"impossible!"
Although Yu Miaomiao said this subconsciously, she actually started to worry in her heart, because something happened to the general seemed to be a sign.
Yu Miaomiao and the general had originally agreed to exchange letters, but now they had not received a letter, not even a message. There were no weapons on the battlefield, and she was worried about the general's safety.
Now when she heard Xiao Su's words, she was even more shocked. Could it be because Xiao Su was obstructing her? Yu Miaomiao was shocked.
Seeing Yu Miaomiao's reaction, Xiao Su's face became colder and colder, as if he was mumbling to himself: "You care so much?"
"Is the general's safety important to you..." Xiao Su's voice was very calm, like ice and snow in winter, touching the chill. He didn't understand why Miaomiao ran away with others. Xiao Su's heart It has begun to become unbalanced.
"What I said is true. Li Qingyan really can't come back." Seeing Yu Miaomiao shaking her head in disbelief, Xiao Su sneered, "Someone reported him for corruption, accepting bribes, and embezzling court funds. Even if he comes back, I won't be able to come back." I will chop him off the horse with my sword."
"The general has always followed the emperor loyally. How could he be such a person? Your Majesty Mingjian!" Yu Miaomiao was a little anxious and struggled again in his arms.
She knew who the general was, and how could a young man with such lofty ambitions care about money.
Xiao Su immediately asked, "How do you know him so well?"
Yu Miaomiao was determined: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for the general to do such a thing. He is young - ah."
Xiao Su interrupted her words by holding the back of her neck, and an unknown fire rushed up: "That's enough! Don't you understand? The more you like the general, the more I want to kill him." .......
That hand was like a cold snake wrapped around the back of her neck. Yu Miaomiao knelt on the ground and held his arm with her backhand, tears welling up in her eyes: "Why...why do you have to do this?!"
"Get up, don't kneel to me." Xiao Su wanted to help her up.
But Yu Miaomiao cried so pitifully that she had to kneel on the ground.
Xiao Su rubbed the tears on her cheeks with his thumb pads, and his hands were stained with some khaki powder.
He lowered his head and chuckled, the danger in his eyes becoming more and more pervasive:
"Okay, in that case, I will give you a chance... If you can satisfy me, I will let you and Li Qingyan go. I will do what I say."
Yu Miaomiao finally seized a chance and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me."
"I haven't been able to sleep well recently because my pajamas don't fit me. I heard that your embroidery skills are excellent, embroiderer. Can you help me find out what's wrong?" Xiao Su curled his lips and asked, Yu Miaomiao handed over The tea given to him had gone cold, but he drank it all in one gulp.
The cold tea entered his throat, allowing him to regain some sanity.
"Okay, if it's just a matter of stitches, I can do it now. It should be done overnight today." Yu Miaomiao stopped choking and wiped the tears from her face, looking aggrieved.
But Xiao Su didn't reply to her words, nor did he say where the close-fitting pajamas were. He just looked at her leisurely, with amusement in his eyes.
The distance between the two people is very close, and the atmosphere is ambiguous.
Yu Miaomiao seemed to realize something, maybe it was the one he was wearing. Fear rose from the bottom of Yu Miaomiao's heart until it swept through her whole body.
She wanted to retreat, but Xiao Su's hand still didn't let go of her because her skin was very tender and already a little red and painful.
But even so, she stood up and struggled back.
How could Xiao Su be willing? He was much stronger than Yu Miaomiao and pulled her into his arms. The faint scent of ambergris mixed with the smell of alcohol enveloped her.
"Why, it can't be done? Then I will kill the general, or bring him back to the car. I am suddenly looking forward to it. What will his expression be like if he comes back and sees you in my arms... .." Xiao Su chuckled into her neck and said the cruelest words in the most normal tone.
She shook her head slightly and said, "Don't..."
"No? What should I do?" Xiao Su followed her words.
She gradually gave up her struggle and lay in Xiao Su's arms. She said with a despairing heart:
"Your Majesty is true to his word, does what he just said still count?"
Xiao Su was stunned for a moment, it was obviously what he said himself, but when she really agreed, Xiao Su was not happy at all, his face fell instantly, and there was a feeling of blockage in his heart.
But he finally nodded.
