On the bedside candlestick, wax tears fell one by one, from scorching hot to cold, and until the last light in the room died out, this absurdity gradually came to an end.
Su Youqing closed her eyes tightly and pursed her delicate lips into a thin line. She neither dared nor wanted to look clearly at the people around her. Her weak fingers tightly squeezed the corners of the quilt, and her body trembled non-stop.
Shen Xinglou, who was immersed in the carnival, could not pull away instantly. In his half-conscious mind, he couldn't help but take Su Youqing into his arms. His warm chest pressed against her trembling back. After a moment, he half-squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Are you wronged?"
Su Youqing's throat hurt so much that she swallowed reluctantly and did not respond.
However, Shen Xinglou did not intend to let her go. He clamped his iron-like fingers on her face and forced her to turn around.
"Speak!" The cold words were like ice turning into a knife, and the knife was cutting her body.
Su Youqing sniffed and shook her head: "I am not aggrieved and can serve the young prince. It is my blessing..."
Shen Xinglou scoffed: "I just said that there will be punishment for lying." His fingers went down and held her slender and soft neck. His lips were close to the small cinnabar mole on her earlobe, teasing her intentionally or unintentionally.
Su Youqing was already feeling uncomfortable. Under his teasing, she broke out in cold sweat and her stomach began to churn. In a daze, she grabbed his wrist and dug her nails deep into it.
Sensing something strange about her, Shen Xinglou paused.
"What’s wrong with you?"
What answered him was a vague hum.
Shen Xinglou twirled his fingers and found that his fingertips were covered with cold sweat, and quickly went to explore her forehead.
It's okay not to probe, but when I probed, the softness in my arms suddenly sank hard.
"Yun Yi!" His voice became more panicked, "Hurry up and call the doctor!"
*
Su Youqing had a dream.
In the dream, she returned to the palace and stood by the Glazed Lake. Shen Qingyue, who was engaged to her, was also there. The two young people were quarreling with each other, going back and forth with each other, blushing and refusing to give in to each other.
Shen Qingyue was as annoying as ever, mouthing a "little disaster star", wanting to step on her unlucky fate to the ground, crush it into powder, and throw it into the wind.
And she did not fall behind, calling him "the big traitor", baring her teeth and claws, and wanted to rush to scratch him.
This farce has happened many times.
But this time, the moment she rushed forward, the boy opposite him stretched out his hand to her uncharacteristically and hugged her tightly. The tone is doting, but also contains a hint of helplessness:
"Yaoyao, let's stop making trouble and stay together, okay?"
She looked up blankly, and the handsome face in front of her suddenly changed into Shen Xinglou.
Those peach blossom eyes were full of spring light, and they were looking down at themselves, as if they were expecting something.
Her heart was beating heavily as if someone was pinching it. Su Youqing was shocked and suddenly woke up.
The turbid candlelight suddenly hit her eyes, and she looked around blankly. By chance, she met those peach blossom eyes.
"How do you feel?" Shen Xinglou's warm palm covered her.
Su Youqing was so frightened that she shrank back into the corner.
Shen Xinglou's expression froze for a moment, and the concern in his eyes was like fragile glass, which instantly shattered and disappeared.
The surroundings fell into dead silence.
Her deer-like eyes trembled as she looked at Shen Xinglou timidly.
After a long while, she finally had the courage to explain in a low voice: "I just had a nightmare. I couldn't see clearly for a while, so I thought..."
Shen Xinglou tilted his head slightly and intercepted her words: "You think Xiao Wang is the Shura in your dream?"
Su Youqing's heart paused and she didn't know how to answer.
Thinking of the previous time, once her reaction was not what he wanted, he would grab her and rub her like crazy, and his whole body could not stop trembling.
