Chapter 93： fall asleep

The distance from Tianshu Palace to Yuheng Palace was not very far, but they couldn't walk too fast. By the time they sent Bai Qingyang back to Yuheng Palace, Li Zichou's shoes, socks and clothes were already completely soaked.

The rain did not mean to decrease, but the thunder became louder and louder, as if a bigger storm was brewing.

The Yuheng Palace was also empty. In this bad weather, the guards and servants all retreated to a safe place to prevent injuries.

The front hall was still brightly lit, presumably Bai Qingyang left without caring.

"Here, take off your wet clothes after you go in, take a hot bath before going to bed, don't get sick." Li Zichou stopped under the eaves, and told Bai Qingyang, "I'm also dripping with water, so I won't go in. You rest early, I will go back first."

"You, don't you wait for the rain to calm down before leaving?" Bai Qingyang asked.

Li Zichou glanced at the exaggerated silver rain curtain, and smiled helplessly: "Then I may have to stay here all night."

I don't know which fellow Taoist is crossing the catastrophe, this is a hole in the sky. I just hope that the rain will not last too long, the problems caused by natural disasters will be very difficult, Li Zichou is a little worried.

"You can come with me..."

"What?" Li Zichou was distracted, unable to hear what Qingyang just said.

Bai Qingyang pursed his lips and shook his head slowly: "It's nothing, then you should be careful."

I don't know if it's because of the light, Li Zichou saw that her complexion was worse than before, fearing that she was really sick, so he urged: "Go in quickly, it's too windy outside."

Bai Qingyang let out a syllable with a stuffy nose: "...Okay."

"Then I'm leaving."

"Ok…"

"..."

After the two were silent for a while, Li Zichou looked down at his cloak, a little amused: "You drag me, how can I get out?"

Bai Qingyang bit his lower lip, let go of the hand that was holding the cloak tightly, and lowered his head, as if he had suffered some great grievance.

Li Zifu was surprised, and he was even more sure that she was in a bad mood.

Li Zichou raised his hand and patted the top of her hair, and said softly, "I'm really leaving, you should have a good rest."

"Hmm..." Bai Qingyang responded, perhaps feeling a little impolite, and said, "See you tomorrow."

Li Zichou smiled: "Good night." After speaking, he turned and wanted to leave.

A flash of light suddenly lit up at this moment, illuminating the entire night in less than a breath, and then passed away in the blink of an eye. What followed the lightning was a loud and long-lasting roar, which made people's hearts tremble.

It was a huge thunderstorm.

To be honest, Li Zichou was startled by the thunder and his heart stopped suddenly. What surprised her even more was the body leaning up behind her.

Li Zichou calmed down his lingering fear a little bit, and looked worried at the catastrophic weather: "You are afraid of thunder."

"...um." A dull voice came from behind.

Bai Qingyang hugged Li Zifu's waist with his hands, and firmly pressed his forehead against her shoulder blades.

Li Zifu's cloak was almost soaked, but Bai Qingyang stuck it tightly, almost his whole body was touching Li Zifu's back, petite and trembling.

No need to look, Li Zichou could guess Bai Qingyang's expression at this moment. No wonder she looked depressed and flinched just now, it turned out that she was afraid of thunder and lightning.

She probably came looking for her in the middle of the night because she felt uneasy.

Suddenly, I felt that I was being relied on.

Li Zifu clasped the back of her hand with his right hand, hoping to comfort her with the warmth of his palm: "It's okay, it's just thunder, don't be afraid."

Bai Qingyang: "But..."

Sensing her trembling voice, Li Zichou slightly tilted his head back: "Qing Yang, you..."

"Wai, you... can you... stay?" Bai Qingyang interrupted her with a trembling voice, "Just one night, please..."

Li Zichou was startled, is she so afraid?

Li Zishou could understand her mood, and hoped that when she felt sad and afraid, someone close to her would be by her side.

Li Zichou looked at the violent wind and rain outside, and nodded: "Okay."

"...Are you serious?" Bai Qingyang raised his head slightly and asked hesitantly.

"Well, it's raining too much." Li Zichou held her hand and turned around, "The empress will take me in for a night?"

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Pour the adjusted hot water into the bath, and then sprinkle the rose petals just collected during the day, absorbing the water and heat, and steaming a fragrant mist.

The maids left after leaving clean clothes and toiletries, and when Bai Qingyang was lying on the edge of the bathtub, he had time to review what he had done.

Bai Qingyang covered his face, wailing silently in his heart. It's all because Dao Lei appeared so inappropriately, he actually hugged him directly and said such things.

It's like... It's like her ulterior motives are not in drinking, I don't know what Li Zifu will think, I am not that kind of hypocritical person!

Bai Qingyang felt that her current mood was the same as that night in the palace, and it was hard to get rid of those charming thoughts, why did it come again at this time? !

Don't desecrate Li Zifu...

very hot water...

I'm probably going to lose sleep tonight...

…

"It's come out." Li Zichou said after washing for quite a while, "I thought you'd fainted in it, and thought that if you don't come out again, I'll rush in and pick you up."

"Uh... I kind of lost track of time." Bai Qingyang imagined the scene for a while, and the tips of his ears started to heat up after cooling down in the bath hall for a long time, "Cough! Sleep, sleep."

Li Zichou nodded and patted the bed: "If you're scared, sleep on it."

Bai Qingyang grabbed his clothes, and asked with wandering eyes: "Sleep together?"

Li Zichou was confused: "? Then why not?" Didn't she say that she was afraid?

Bai Qingyang also felt that he had asked a stupid question, and after vaguely saying nothing, he went straight past her and climbed onto the bed to get under the covers, without even paying Li Zi any part of his vision.

Li Zichou looked at a small bag bulging on the bed, scratched his head, but didn't bother, he extinguished most of the light sources in the bedroom, leaving only two candles behind, and went to bed.

Each person covered with a quilt, and each lay peacefully on both sides of the bed. The candlelight was dim, and it seemed insignificant in the thick night, and it was empty and eerie.

It was quiet, not particularly quiet. There was constant thunder outside, and the sound of rain hitting the eaves never stopped. The darkness is not really darkness, and the occasional flashes of lightning will still be reflected on the carved windows.

Li Zichou agrees with Yang Dejin's statement that rainy days are really suitable for sleeping.

No matter how heavy the wind and rain outside the house, the people inside the house have a wonderful sense of peace of mind. Falling asleep with the sound of rain can be regarded as a small happiness.

but…

Li Zifu looked sideways at the distance between Bai Qingyang and her: "Qingyang."

"Ok?"

"How are you?"

"Well, I still..."

"Boom!" Lei Sheng interrupted Bai Qingyang's whispering shamelessly.

A somewhat mournful cry slipped out of Bai Qingyang's throat, almost the moment she heard the thunder, she retracted her head into the quilt, she was too stressed by the thunder and lightning.

Bai Qingyang trembled, it was a fear that she couldn't overcome even after rebirth.

Once, on the few similar nights, she was the same person huddled in a corner like this, surviving the long thunderstorm night, waiting for the rain to pass and the sun to rise again.

After a rustling sound, Bai Qingyang felt an arm gently embrace her into his embrace, there was no sense of emptiness in her back, and a light fragrance enveloped her, dispelling the haze of fear.

Bai Qingyang blinked his wet eyelashes, then moved his head: "Remuneration?"

"Is this okay?" Li Zifu's voice sounded behind his ears, deliberately lowering the volume, appearing a little strangely gentle.

The warm breath hit her ear directly, Bai Qingyang's thoughts drifted a little, he was dazed for a long time before he understood her words.

Li Zishou patted the top of her hair with his palm again and again, exhausting all her knowledge reserves to comfort the fragile person in her arms: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

"If you're not used to it, I'll let you go, okay?" Li Zichou was afraid that Bai Qingyang wouldn't like it, so he added.

Bai Qingyang didn't respond, but turned over and buried his head in Li Zifu's neck. Li Zifu's body froze for a moment, and then he lowered his arms again, hugging her even tighter.

"Thank you." Bai Qingyang said in a muffled voice, Li Zichou felt his neck became a little sensitive.

"Well, you're welcome." Li Zichou rested his chin on the top of Bai Qingyang's head, sniffing the fragrance of the rose, and teased lazily, "It's my honor to serve your empress in bed."

The tears of fright had been evaporated by the temperature on his face, Bai Qingyang buried his face even harder. She was glad that it was night and Li Zichou couldn't see her blushing, otherwise she would say that she was being teased again.

Seeing that Bai Qingyang didn't respond, Li Zichou asked angrily, "Qingyang, are you asleep?"

"No." Bai Qingyang shook his head, his hair rubbed against Li Zifu's jaw.

"Can't sleep?"

"…kind of."

"Then, let's chat for a while?"

"What are you talking about?"

Li Zichou thought for a while: "Well...Xiao Le didn't accompany you, where did she go?"

Xiao Le was not among the maids who were called to prepare the hot water just now, she should not be in the palace at the moment.

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from her, Bai Qingyang raised his head and was about to answer, but then he noticed a flash of lightning outside the window, and the next second his ears were covered by Li Zifu's palm.

"Boom-long-!"

All Bai Qingyang could hear was a vague and dull sound, which wasn't scary at all.

After the thunder passed, Li Zishou took his hand away: "Go on."

Because of the other party's thoughtfulness, Bai Qingyang slightly bent his lips, and he was not so afraid of thunder anymore: "She has gone to Xie Zhi's house, and she won't be able to come back in this weather."

Li Zichou: "That's it." I went to see Mrs. Bai.

"She doesn't know that I'm afraid of thunder."

"Ok?"

"You are the first person to know that I am afraid of thunder." Bai Qingyang said.

— You were the first to know my weakness.

Li Zichou was a little dumbfounded when he realized this fact. Bai Qingyang really trusted her.

"I promise not to tell."

"It doesn't matter," Bai Qingyang said indifferently, "Anyway, I have you."

"...Yeah, you have me."

"Ok…"

"Qing Yang?" Li Zichou called softly.

What answered her was the long and even breathing in his arms, Li Zichou smiled and stroked her hair.

"Good night."

The person in her arms slept peacefully, and the drowsiness soon swept over Li Zishou's mind. Half asleep and half awake, she seemed to realize that she seemed to have forgotten something important.

What is it?

what!

Li Zichou suddenly became refreshed for a moment, she still had a few pages of documents left to read!

Forget it, it's the same when I look at it tomorrow.

After his thoughts stopped at this point, Li Zichou seemed to let go of everything and fell asleep without any worries.

The chaos and uproar outside the house continues, but everyone inside can have sweet dreams tonight.

The author has something to say:

Yang Dejin (furious): Li Zizhi! It's me you **** forgot! !