The man's gaze was too focused and he looked directly into her eyes, leaving her unable to retreat.
Just at this time, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Little lady, are you asleep?"
While Qi Jue was distracted, Yan Mingzhu broke free from his shackles, walked over to open the door, and found that the person standing at the door was Juan'er.
"What's the matter?"
Juan'er glanced inside, then handed over the quilt she was holding in her arms, "Grandma said it's cold at night, so she asked me to prepare an extra quilt for you, little lady, to prevent you from freezing."
Yan Mingzhu took the quilt and said thank you, "Do you have any free rooms?"
Juan'er was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion: "Little madam, don't you two sleep in the same room? Could it be that... you had a quarrel?"
Before Yan Mingzhu could answer, Qi Jue reached out and hugged her shoulders, "Thank you for your concern. I accidentally made Madam angry just now, but it wasn't that she slept in separate rooms. What she meant was that she wanted a free room.
The child can sleep."
Nu'er showed an expression of sudden realization, "There is also a smaller room. I will clean it up right away so that Nuo Nuo can sleep."
After Juan'er left, Yan Mingzhu turned her head and looked at him helplessly, "Your Highness, how can we sleep in the same room when we are alone?"
"Aren't we husband and wife? Since we are husband and wife, how can we not sleep in the same room?"
Yan Mingzhu felt helpless and amused, "That's just a gimmick to prevent others from getting suspicious. Do you take it seriously, Your Highness? Forget it, there's nothing extraneous. Anyway, there's still a quilt. I'll make the floor, and Your Highness, you can just sleep on the bed."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Qi Jue took the quilt from her hand.
"I just need to build a shop on the floor."
Yan Mingzhu still wanted to speak, but Qi Jue added lightly: "Or do you want to sleep with me in the same bed?"
Inexplicably, Yan Mingzhu remembered the scene where Qi Jue leaned into her ear and called her madam, and her ears turned red for no reason.
"Your Highness, please go to bed first. I'll go see if Nuo Nuo is asleep."
Seeing Yan Mingzhu's back almost running away, Qi Jue curled her thin lips slightly.
She cares deeply about her children. If they have children of their own in the future...
Thinking of this, Qi Jue suddenly paused.
But this time, he did not deny it, but continued to follow this idea.
If it's a boy... No, you can't give birth to a boy. They say boys like to pester their mothers, and giving birth to them will be troublesome!
But if she were a girl, would she be as smart and agile as Yan Mingzhu?
Definitely, his appearance is not bad, and Yan Mingzhu is even more like a woman, so their children will definitely be among the best.
The more he thought about it, the deeper the smile in Qi Jue's eyes became and the better his mood became.
So much so, that when Yan Mingzhu came back after putting Nuo Nuo to sleep, she saw Qi Jue still standing at the door with an unusually weird smile on his face!
"Your Highness, you are here to be the doorkeeper? What are you thinking about?"
Qi Jue came back to his senses, looked down at the person in front of him, and said softly: "I miss you."
Yan Mingzhu paused and couldn't help but touch the goosebumps on her arms, "Your Highness, there's no one here anymore. We really don't need to perform anymore. Go to bed. We have to continue traveling tomorrow."
The bed was left to Yan Mingzhu, while Qi Jue made the floor bunk.
Yan Mingzhu took off her coat, got into bed, turned sideways and asked, "Your Highness, is this your first time sleeping on the floor?"
After all, His Highness the Prince of Dingbei, who is so aloof, has to ride in a carved BMW when traveling, how dare his men condescend to let him sleep on the ground.
"When we were in northern Xinjiang, when the war situation was tense, it was common to sleep on the ground."
Speaking of Northern Xinjiang, Yan Mingzhu couldn't help but sigh: "The scenery outside the Great Wall must be beautiful, right?"
"If you want to see it, I will take you to see it next time you have a chance."
Yan Mingzhu yawned, her eyelids fluttering up and down, "Then you are not allowed to lie to others..."
The voice became lower and lower, Qi Jue stood up and walked closer, and saw that Yan Mingzhu was already asleep.
He smiled silently and gently put her exposed hand under the quilt.
"If you are willing, if you want to go to the end of the world, I will accompany you."
The next day, Qi Jue's health improved a lot. After Yan Mingzhu checked his pulse, he was sure that he could continue on his way, and then he said goodbye to Aunt Sun and the others.
Aunt Sun was very polite and stuffed a package of steamed buns to her, "Little lady, just keep these steamed buns. We are poor and can't come up with anything good. Just don't dislike it."
"Auntie, why are you so embarrassed? We have been harassing you all night. We should be so grateful that we can't accept these steamed buns."
But Aunt Sun didn't give her a chance to push her back, "Here, if you hadn't healed my old man's leg, little lady, I'm afraid he would have become a lame in the future, so just think of it as a thank you gift, little lady, you have nothing to do with it."
You must keep it!"
Yan Mingzhu couldn't shirk anymore, but when Aunt Sun wasn't paying attention, she put a silver coin on the table and then set off to continue on her way.
The scenery along the road was pleasant. Yan Mingzhu picked a few dandelions and handed them to Nuo Nuo.
"Wow, it's a dandelion, thank you sister!"
When Nuonuo took it, Yan Mingzhu met Qi Jue's eyes.
Yan Mingzhu sighed, picked two more, and handed them to Qi Jue, "Your Highness also has some."
"That's for children to play."
Qi Jue said so coldly, but he took it naturally with his hand.
Yan Mingzhu was overjoyed, "Your Highness is a grown-up child. You are rich, so naturally you can't be left behind."
Why does this tone of voice sound so much like an elder coaxing a junior?
Qi Jue didn't like Yan Mingzhu talking to him in this tone, as if he was a junior in her eyes.
Therefore, Qi Jue changed hands and gave all the dandelions to Nuo Nuo.
"I am older than you."
The topic changed unexpectedly, making Yan Mingzhu stunned, "Huh?"
"You are sixteen and I am twenty, so I am four years older than you."
Yan Mingzhu chuckled and said, "What's the matter? Your Highness King Dingbei wants me to call you brother?"
She is four years older than her. If calculated according to her real age, she is seventeen years older than Qi Jue. It would not be an exaggeration for Qi Jue to call her aunt!
"Just now in the village, you were more diligent than anyone else in calling me husband. After leaving the village, you turned your back on me and refused to recognize anyone else. My husband became my brother?"
Yan Mingzhu almost choked on her own saliva, "That's to fool others. Others don't know. Your Highness, you still don't know?"
"I don't know, but I feel that my husband is more pleasing to my ears than my brother."
Yan Mingzhu: "..."
Fortunately, at this time, Nuo Nuo intervened: "Sister, where are we going?"
"Shenxian Valley, has Nuonuo been to this place?"
The little doll shook his head, "I've never been there. Can I see gods there?"
Qi Jue raised his eyebrows slightly, "The Immortal Valley has many mechanisms, and anyone who breaks into it will never return."