The prince is very fierce

The night is sinking like water. On the first floor of the inn, traders from foreign countries outside the Great Wall are holding huqins and playing exotic tunes.

The little sparrow stood on the windowsill with a few melon seeds at his feet, listening to a little tune and keeping watch seriously.

In front of the window along the street, Cui Xiaowan held her face in her hands, stroking the small mahogany sign in her hand, sitting slightly lazily.

The room was quite warm. Having stayed in the bitterly cold place of Youzhou all year round, Cui Xiaowan was not afraid of the cold. The red fox fur hung in the corner of the room, and she was wearing a lavender winter skirt. She stayed alone without lighting the lamp, and the silver moonlight fell into the window. Inside, her eyes flickered with the starlight, her fair cheeks were hazy, and her waist was like a willow's waist outlining its slender curves in the night.

The Foreign Barbarian Pavilion is far away. Xu Buling just left, and he doesn't know how long it will take to come back.

Cui Xiaowan waited for a while and felt a little bored. She took off the window stay and went to the first floor of the inn. She asked the store owner to bring a few buckets of water up and poured it into the wooden bucket behind the screen.

Water mist evaporated from the wooden barrel. Cui Xiaowan took out the medicine prepared by Zhongli Jiujiu from her luggage and poured it into the tub. A faint scent of medicine filled the room.

The little sparrow stood on the screen and chirped twice, probably saying, 'Lao Xu will be back soon, don't seduce others.'

It's a pity that Cui Xiaowan couldn't understand the birdsong, so she untied her winter skirt, revealing her light green bellyband and thin pants, and turned her head to look at the little sparrow:

"Do you want to join us?"

The little sparrow obviously didn't want to be a drowned bird, so it jumped farther away to avoid being dragged into the bath by this silly woman.

Cui Xiaowan smiled softly, untied the string of her bellyband, revealing two white balls that looked like upside-down jade bowls. She hung the bellyband on the screen, then pulled down her white silk pants and stepped into the tub.

Wow——

The sound of water splashing sounded from the room, accompanied by the woman's clear and low humming:

"Langyan Fengshakou~ General please drink less~..."

After singing a few lines of the song, a little noise started to sound in the night:

"There are assassins..."

"Where?"

…

Cui Xiaowan stopped humming and listened carefully. It was the sound coming from the Foreign Pavilion. There seemed to be soldiers wearing armor running on the street.

Soon, there was a soft sound in the room, and someone came in.

Cui Xiaowan blinked her eyes, and when she saw the little sparrow looking at her with a gloating expression, she knew that Xu Buling was back and asked:

"Why are you back so soon?"

As he spoke, he shrank a little deeper into the water and raised his hand to grab the bellyband that was placed on the screen.

Xu Buling climbed down from the eaves, opened the window and entered the room. As soon as he landed, he noticed some water mist in the room, and the sound of splashing came from behind the screen.

Xu Bu Ling paused and was thinking about whether to go out when Cui Xiaowan's voice came. He had to pull down the black gauze on his face and said with a smile:

"The news has been released. Just wait and see what happens next. Well, I'll go out first..."

Before Xu Bu Ling finished speaking, he saw the little sparrow standing on the screen. It was quite difficult to grab the tether of the bellyband with its claws and fly towards this side.

The fabric of the bellyband is light and not heavy, but the volume is a bit big compared to a small sparrow. It flies up and down crookedly. Cui Xiaowan's slightly annoyed voice came from behind:

"Eh? Yiyi, what are you doing!"

The little sparrow knew Xu Buling's "hobby of collecting" and hovered in front of Xu Buling. It flapped its little wings and made ripples in its bellyband. It chirped twice, as if to say, "Take it, take it, you're welcome." I".

"..."

Xu Buling was a little amused and said: "Yiyi, don't be ridiculous..." Then he took the bellyband, secretly kissed the little sparrow, and said with his eyes, "The bird is so good."

Behind the screen, Cui Xiaowan's cheeks were red, and she didn't know whether it was from taking a bath or something else. She huddled in the water and said crisply:

"I was taking a shower. Why didn't you knock on the door when you came back?"

"Didn't pay attention."

Xu Buling explained softly, without any intention of going in to help rub his back. He sat down at the table and took off his gloves, soft armor, etc.

Traveling thousands of miles these days, the two of them often stayed in inns. In the past, Xu Bu Ling always waited outside to take a shower, but this was the first time they did so inside.

Seeing that Xu Buling had no intention of going out, Cui Xiaowan thought for a while and said nothing more. She continued to scrub her body, but her movements were obviously much smaller, and she tried not to make any noise.

The room was very quiet. There was a screen between the two of them, and neither of them spoke, which made the atmosphere a bit weird.

Xu Buling peeled the melon seeds for the little sparrow and waited for a moment. The sound of water rushing came from behind the screen. The winter skirt on the screen was pulled off. Then Cui Xiaowan tied the belt around her waist and walked away from behind. come out.

Just out of the bath, Cui Xiaowan's face was still flushed, and she smelled a little bit of water. Because she was not restrained by her bellyband when she walked, she walked to the table with a trembling and moving rhythm, stretched out her palms towards the little sparrow, and looked at her. Slightly fierce:

"Give it back to me! Otherwise, I'll eat Bai Zhanque tonight."

Yiyi, who was immersed in eating melon seeds, felt confident and just pretended not to hear.

Xu Buling naturally defended her shortcomings, picked up Yiyi and touched her head: "The little bird is ignorant, why bother with it?"

Cui Xiaowan was not arguing with the little sparrow, so she could just ask Xu Buling directly. When she saw that the promise was not given, she stopped saying anything. She sat down at the table, raised her hair beside her ears, and glanced at the bed inside:

"Are you going out of town tonight?"

"You shouldn't go out in the next two days. Let's check the situation first."

"We've just opened a room. Are you going to sleep on the stool or with auntie?"

“…”

In the past, for safety and care, the two of them also slept in the same room, Xu Buling slept on a stool, Cui Xiaowan lay down.

Xu Buling was confessed by Xiaowan at Huluhai during the day, and now he definitely wants to sleep on the bed, but Xiaowan's body is still very weak, even if she can walk, she can't stand too much tossing.

Xu Buling hesitated, smiled and said: "You rest assured, I can sleep on the stool."

Cui Xiaowan glanced at Xu Buling, knowing what Xu Buling was thinking, and snorted softly:

"My illness is not healed yet, you can hold me to sleep, just like holding your mother, it's not necessary to do that, a man, aunt has to speak first."

Xu Buling slightly spread his hands: "Why do you always call yourself aunt, making me look like a loser who has no moral principles..." He stood up while speaking, put his arm through Cui Xiaowan's knees, and held her back with the other hand, and hugged her.

Cui Xiaowan seemed to be born without too many emotions, only likes and dislikes. She kept away from things she didn't like, and never concealed things she liked, so everything was written on her face.

She leaned on Xu Buling's arm, her voice still a bit childish:

"You are, I saw it a long time ago."

"Hehe..."

Xu Buling raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, and didn't force an explanation. He walked to the bed, put Cui Xiaowan on the inside of the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then lay on the outside, with the little sparrow squatting between their cheeks.

Rustle---

Cui Xiaowan didn't have the habit of sleeping in a skirt. After lying in the quilt, she pulled the skirt out from under the quilt and handed it to Xu Buling.

"..."

Xu Buling blinked, took the skirt, put it on the table at the head of the bed, and glanced at it sideways, but unfortunately the quilt was covered tightly and he couldn't see anything.

Cui Xiaowan was calmer than Xu Buling. She lay down comfortably and closed her eyes:

"Yesterday you talked about 'Wu Gang picked osmanthus flowers to make mooncakes, and Marshal Tianpeng ate them secretly'. Keep making it up."

Xu Buling was a little confused and thought for a while:

"Well...can I tell it with a clear conscience?"

"Well? It's up to you, it's a story anyway, and it can't be true with a clear conscience."

"Okay."

After a while...

"Old Xu, what's the point of telling your aunt with a clear conscience?"

"Hehe...it's said that Marshal Tianpeng entered the Moon Palace in the middle of the night..."

...

Outside the window, the night was long and silent, the lights were off, the stars were brighter, and the moonlight was like water sprinkled between the majestic cities in Mobei. Unconsciously, there were no words, only two steady and peaceful breaths...