"Hibiscus Tent" 82

As if to meet the occasion, just as he finished speaking, a gust of cool wind blew through the trees in the south, bringing with it a strange "rustling" sound.

Shen Shiting felt that the hairs on her neck were standing on end.

But Xu was drunk and emboldened, and Shen Shiting was very brave tonight.

She sobbed: "You, tell me which way to go in the front yard, and I will walk slowly."

Half a quarter of an hour later, she was still lying on Lu Jiuxiao's back. For no other reason than because she couldn't stand firmly at all.

The fruit wine was not intoxicating, but the intensity of the wine came late, but the stamina was not small. Shen Shiting's mind felt as if someone had made a paste that could not be stirred up no matter how hard it was stirred.

She shifted uncomfortably.

Lu Jiuxiao could even clearly feel her breath spraying behind his ears and the hot tears falling into his neck.

He took a deep breath and said, "How come I didn't realize before that you have more tears than that torrent?"

I thought I wouldn't get a response, but I heard the person on my back actually spoke: "You didn't allow me to cry before."

She said these words with a thick nasal voice and lingering grievance.

Lu Jiuxiao paused and turned his face sideways, but he could only see the blurry outline of the girl with his peripheral vision. His forearm around her waist tightened two points.

Shen Shiting raised his face and said drunkenly: "Don't let me say anything yet, look."

She suddenly stretched out her two slender snow-white hands in front of his eyes and showed him the backs of her hands, "I can't help it, there are bite marks here."

Admittedly, the mark disappeared within a day and now there is nothing left.

But Lu Jiuxiao remembered the way she covered her lips with her hands at night.

As soon as he was distracted, the two hands dropped to his shoulders.

"Lu Jiuxiao, Prince Lu, why are you so bad..."

It was the first time Lu Jiuxiao heard his name from her mouth, and it was also the first time he saw her complaining and grievances so boldly.

He pursed his lips for a moment and sighed softly: "If you move again, you will fall."

But a person who has lost her mind cannot care about others. She can only indulge in her own sorrow.

She buried her head in his neck, touched the man's neck with her small nose, and took a deep breath.

"That night, it also smelled like this."

The man's expression froze, and he almost immediately realized what Shen Shiting was talking about.

After a moment, Shen Shiting put her chin on the man's shoulder and neck, and said in a long and intermittently long tone: "You still lied to me, you are about to take a concubine, and you want to trick me into staying, Lu Jiuxiao, why are you so bad? …”

Lu Jiuxiao was startled for a moment and frowned.

Having said all that, what else can't be understood? Looking at the timeline, she found that it was after Qiqiao Night that she thought of leaving the house. The rabbit she still couldn't let go of that night turned around and gave it to Lu Wan.

He stopped on the tree-lined path for a long time without moving forward. Shen Shiting suddenly stopped while continuing to move forward. She felt her stomach was churning. She patted Lu Jiuxiao's shoulder and said, "I feel like vomiting."

Lu Jiuxiao put her down, and she followed the force and squatted down.

However, facing the green grass, her nausea disappeared again.

Lu Jiuxiao knelt down and patted her back.

"Shen Shiting, I don't want you to stay here because I want to take a concubine."

The little girl looked at him with tearful eyes.

Lu Jiuxiao rubbed her head, "I want you to stay before I take a concubine. Can you understand?"

She shook her head, unable to understand. She had a headache.

Lu Jiuxiao gave up explaining to her. Seeing that her discomfort had eased, he picked her up, turned around, and walked towards Songyuan.

At this time, all the maids and women were wandering around the servant room, only Yin Zhong and Qin Yi were leaning on the corridor in boredom.

"master."

"Go make a bowl of hangover soup and call Nongqiao over."

Qin Yi understood and obeyed.

After a while, a bowl of hangover soup was handed over to Shen Shiting. Shen Shiting was half drunk, half awake, drank, and half vomited. Shen Shiting looked at the dark color on the lapel of his eldest son's clothes, and his heart was in his throat.

Lu Jiuxiao frowned and drank a bowl of hangover soup for her with difficulty.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wipe her face."

After that, Lu Jiuxiao went to the corridor, and a gust of night wind blew him even more awake.

He didn't go in until he happened to come out of the house.

Shen Shiting closed her eyes and lay on her side on the bed, already so drunk that she fell into a deep sleep.

He reached out and touched the little face.

In fact, to be honest, what did he know about the little girl's thoughts? He was very clear about the uncontrollable feelings hidden in the middle of the night, and the eyes that tried his best to avoid meeting his eyes.

But at that time, Lu Jiuxiao didn't take it seriously.

Such emotions are too immature, too raw, and too worth mentioning.

As far as he is concerned, as long as she can be smarter, see the value of Lu Jiuxiao, treat him as a clinging cash cow, and can't live without him.

How much joy is there and how important is it?

But now that I think about it, it would be a lie to say it's not important, and it would be a lie to say it doesn't hurt.

He rubbed the girl's slender wrist and fastened the simple silver bracelet on her wrist.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jiuxiao went into the bath room to take a shower and change clothes, and washed away the scent from her body with soap locust.

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At two o'clock in the morning, the front hall had long since returned to silence.

The bright white moonlight fell from the window and flowed all over the floor.

The small room was quiet and empty. When Shen Shiting woke up, the first thing that caught her eyes was the familiar sandalwood screen. She looked at it for a while, then suddenly her eyes widened, and memories from an hour ago rushed through her eyes. Come.

The words "Lu Jiuxiao, why are you so bad" exploded in her mind. She pushed the quilt on her body with trembling hands, bent down and ran out of the curtain.

However, as soon as the bead curtain was raised, he bumped into Lu Jiuxiao who was returning from the corridor.

He had the fragrance of soap locust on his body, and his hair on his temples was still a little damp.

"woke up?"

Shen Shitiao paused, his scalp a little numb, "Yeah."

She took a deep breath, hating herself for not having the good habit of losing her memory after drinking.

Lu Jiuxiao glanced at him, almost able to figure out her little thoughts. He hid his smile and said, "Come here and drink this."

It was a bowl of millet porridge. During the banquet, she wanted to leave. She really didn't use much of the meal, and she drank wine, which made her stomach feel uncomfortable.

"No need, Taoyin is still waiting for me in the front yard. If I don't come back home at this time, my mother will be worried."

Lu Jiuxiao grabbed her and said, "I have already ordered someone to go to your house to inform you. Taoyin knows that you are drunk and is waiting in Lanyuan. Don't worry, drink the porridge first."

He knew her temperament and would not bother anyone if she could. Even if she returned home at this time, she would not order the cook to start a small stove for her again.

Looking at each other, Lu Jiuxiao held her hand tightly, as if she would not be allowed to leave until she drank.

Shen Shiting gritted his teeth and had no choice but to pick up the bowl.

She drank so fast that she emptied the bottom of her bowl of rice porridge in just a few ounces. She said "Thank you so much, Prince Lu" and tried to leave, but someone grabbed her forearm.

"Shen Shitai."

Shen Shiting's heart trembled, this tone happened again...

"Don't you know why I pretended to be sick to trick you into staying?"

"I want to take a concubine, but what I want is you."

The little girl's eyelashes trembled twice and she stared at the lines on his collar.

Lu Jiuxiao pinched her chin and forced her to look into his eyes, but those almond eyes dodged for a moment and she missed him and looked to one side.

"Look at me."

Shen Shitiao gritted her teeth and moved her eyes to his face.

"Although it is indeed inappropriate to talk about concubines now, at that time," Lu Jiuxiao paused and pursed his lips: "I did have bad intentions, but it was not like what you thought. It was not that I wanted to take someone else as a concubine and keep you here. Pine Garden.”

She picked at the palm of her hand. To her at that time, being the concubine of the prince of the Hou family was nothing but a promotion. She would not care about it anymore with her current status. After all, it was she who chose to join Lu Jiuxiao's boat. , whatever he does is reasonable.

"Also that night, I went to Baixilou, but I only drank two glasses of wine at most."

The implication is that he didn't touch anyone.

Admittedly, after hearing this explanation, it was impossible to be indifferent. Shen Shiting bit his lip and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to explain to me."

"Don't believe it? I called He Lin and went to Xiyuan that night."
To be continued...