New Queen

  Sleep?! Almost choked in the summer, sprang out of bed like a spring, staring at him with tension and vigilance.

  He gave her a cold stare and then lay down nonchalantly, pulling the thin quilt over his body.

  Wasn't it supposed to be dinner? How did you end up sleeping directly?! Xia Tian stood by, looking at the bright red canopy, her heart suddenly racing. She was 16 years old this year and not ignorant, but many things were unclear when explained in detail.

  "I know you have feelings for your fifth brother, but since you've married me, don't harbor any more illusions. If you want to stand all night, that's fine too. I'm not interested in women whose hearts are not with me."

  He stared blankly, and Xia Tian didn't quite understand what he meant by "heart tied to the fifth brother", but looking at his comfortable lying on the bed without even lifting an eyelid made him somewhat annoyed.

  Stay up late or sleep?

  Her anger is burning more and more fiercely: What's the big deal! Why can he sleep while she can't? Who's afraid of whom?!

  He resolutely climbed over him and got into bed, pulling the other end of the thin quilt over his body and lying down on his side with his face inward.

  Two people back to back, the distance in between is enough for another person to lie down flat, a thin quilt is pulled straight, obviously it's a huge double bed but both of them sleep on it as if it were two single beds.

  The red silk fell, the bright candlelight in the room was blocked a bit, the light became dim, and the two of them seemed to be enclosed in a small world.

  It's impossible not to feel nervous when sleeping with a stranger for the first time in summer. Although I closed my eyes, my heart was still on high alert, and I couldn't sleep at all! As the night wore on, my stomach started growling too, and the hunger pangs made it even harder to fall asleep. It wasn't until the sky began to lighten that I finally dozed off for a bit.

  "Your Highness." A very soft and low call came from outside the door.

  Yuan Longqiao had always been a light sleeper, and the woman beside him was tossing and turning all night like a pancake. As soon as he heard the sound of war drums, he immediately got up.

  In the summer, she didn't hear the cry outside the door, but was startled awake by the sound of Yuan Long's movement. With a sudden jolt, she opened her eyes wide and perked up her ears to pay attention to the movements of the person behind her. As long as that person took one step closer to her, she would not hesitate to kick them back with a single backward kick.

  Clothes rustling, swishing and swashing.

  Suddenly quieted down.

  Xiatian slightly tilted her head but didn't dare turn back, still lying on her side with her face inward pretending to sleep.

  "Hmph!" A voice of undisguised contemptuous cold laughter, followed by footsteps and the opening and closing of a door.

  A low voice sounded outside the door, as if someone was saying something to Yuan Longqiao. All that could be heard was a faint "hmm" from him, and then there was no more movement.

  Summer stood still with his ears perked up, not daring to move, afraid that he would come back again.

  No sound, no sound... She didn't know how long she had been listening before she finally fell asleep in a daze.

  Because I fell asleep when it was light outside, in the summer I would sleep straight through to noon. When I opened my eyes, only Xiū Niáng was standing beside the bed.

  She gazed blankly around her: a room filled with joy, red candles half-drawn, golden cabinets and silver boxes surrounded by white jade screens. Where was this? It wasn't until she was momentarily stunned that she came to her senses, slapping her forehead in frustration. This was terrible! According to etiquette, she should have entered the palace early to offer tea to Emperor Zhaoqian and incense to the late emperor's wife, completing the final ceremony of their grand wedding. Although she didn't know what time it was now, even using her toes to think would tell her that time had long passed. This was a disaster! And that imperial eunuch Feng Liu hadn't come to wake her up either! What to do? What to do? She scrambled out of bed in a panic, praying in her heart that the old emperor also had a habit of oversleeping.

  It seemed like Xiū Niáng had seen through Summer's thoughts, and she said in a calm and gentle voice: "Your Highness, don't worry, the Emperor's old illness relapsed last night, and the Crown Prince went into the palace early this morning. Just now, someone was sent back to deliver the message that today's family ceremony is cancelled, so Your Highness doesn't need to go into the palace."

  "What? Summer's action paused, disbelieving and stunned for a moment, looking at Xiū Niáng who didn't seem to be lying, couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief. Lowering her head to stifle a laugh, she didn't expect her luck to be exceptionally good!"

  Silently, she gazed at her expression, Xiū Niáng's face remained unchanged as she handed over the clothes, handed over the handkerchief, and waited on her to wash up.

  Never seeing Feng Liu's shadow, Xia Tian felt a little surprised in the summer, his eyes occasionally glancing towards the outside of the door.

  "Feng Lian has gone to prepare lunch for the princess." Xiu Niang's hands didn't stop moving as she spoke in a calm tone.

  Lunch?! Summer was stunned, secretly sticking out her tongue and hurriedly covering her already bright red face while pretending to wash it.

  For five consecutive days, Yuan Longqiao did not appear again. At first, Xia Tian was still cautious when sleeping at night and didn't dare to sleep soundly. Later, she gradually relaxed her vigilance and occupied the entire big bed unscrupulously. She also didn't know how Emperor Zhaojian's condition was, and without Fengliu chattering in her ear, she was even isolated from external information. Speaking of Fengliu, except for meals and morning and evening washing, Xia Tian couldn't see her at all during the day, and didn't know what she was busy with.

  She walked around in circles, feeling so stifled that she was about to grow scales. Although this house was more luxurious and exquisite than the room she lived in at the General's Mansion, unfortunately, there was no paper or pen on the desk, and even if she wanted to find a book to relieve her boredom, she couldn't find one. She couldn't bear being stuck here with no TV, no computer, and no one to talk to, but whenever she thought about going out, she would see Xiu Niang standing guard outside her door every day, her face as stiff as a zombie's. In comparison, she preferred to stay in the room and grow mold.

  "Aunt, Mrs. Luo Qi is in a hurry to get that pair of thousand-year-old agate cups with intertwined mandarin ducks, and we've searched for them in the Dujuan Pavilion for quite some time but can't find them anywhere. Please help us look for them, Aunt."

  As soon as she heard someone talking outside the door, Xia Tian immediately came to life and quietly made her way to the door, pressing her ear against it.

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