The Slender Waist-Chapter 576 - 412 Night Tour of Shiguan_2

Feng Yun let out a soft laugh, loosened the cloak wrapped around her, retied it around his body, and then, like a chick hiding under a hen’s wing, she nestled into Pei Jue’s embrace and comfortably sighed.

"It’s warmer this way."

The wind-gown was large enough, and Pei Jue tall enough to block the wind; she felt not a hint of cold and suddenly the world on the hillside seemed all the more beautiful.

Moonlight cascaded down like a silvery waterfall.

Breathing the fresh air, it was as if she were in a galaxy, with the affairs of the world seeming trivial and laughable in an instant...

The two sat in silence together, bathed in moonlight, listening to intermittent sounds drifting from the dock, watching the twinkling lights of boats on the river...

"It’s like a fairyland."

Feng Yun suddenly exclaimed.

"How did Your Majesty find this place?"

Pei Jue’s slender fingers gently gathered a corner of the wind-gown, pressing it a bit tighter, his voice slowly carrying over.

"Stumbled upon it by chance."

Feng Yun curled the corner of her mouth, looking at him with a half-smile.

In the moonlight, her delicate features were even more beautifully illuminated, charming without vulgarity, vivid without being gaudy, yet the emotion in her eyes was intriguing.

Pei Jue asked, "What is it?"

Feng Yun said, "Your Majesty didn’t say this in the posthouse. Now you say you found it by chance, when did you learn to lie?"

Was such a small matter worth lying about?

She watched as Pei Jue’s expression faintly changed, unable to suppress a chuckle.

"Could it be that Your Majesty has privately met with some girl here?"

In Dajin, the customs were liberal; an overnight romance between a man and a woman who took a liking to each other was not uncommon. Feng Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly, watching his silence, the playful look in her eyes turning scrutinizing.

"Could it be that I’ve guessed right?"

Pei Jue, "Does being alone count as a private meeting?"

Sitting alone in the night?

Feng Yun was astonished.

This did not seem like something Pei Jue would do.

He was resolute and decisive in his actions; if there were any troubles he couldn’t resolve, they would swiftly become someone else’s...

Feng Yun found it hard to believe that he would sit alone under the moon, admiring the lights of Shiguan Dock.

She became interested.

Her hands looped around his arm.

"Tell me, Your Majesty, on what occasion did you sit here alone, enjoying the moonlight and the lanterns?"

Pei Jue looked down at her intently, his eyes unfathomably deep. The reflected light of those lanterns seemed to turn into clusters of flames in his deep pool-like eyes, scorching Feng Yun until she could barely stand it.

"Why do you look at me like that, Your Majesty?"

She extended her hands and straightened Pei Jue’s face to meet his gaze, "Are you looking at me? At your low-maintenance wife who you married without much effort?"

Pei Jue: ...

He slowly lowered his head, pulled away Feng Yun’s hands, and touched his forehead to hers as if to see her more clearly. His eyes steadfast, his emotions suspended, it took a long time before his kiss descended.

Like a falling leaf, silent and serene.

Not the usual tempestuous passion, yet Feng Yun shivered involuntarily, feeling her hair stand on end.

Pei Jue’s eyes were too brooding...

She couldn’t help but recall the memories buried deep in her mind, the ones she had deliberately pushed to the back of her mind.

Shiguan Dock...

She sat on the departing warship.

Pei Jue rode over, Ta Xue letting out a long cry.

"Kill..."

The cries of battle seemed to cross through time and reach her ears.

Ao Qi’s hoarse shouting still rang beside her ear.

"Aunt, come back—"

"Aunt, let her die!"

"This traitor, spy!"

The howling wind swept by, carrying waves of battle cries.

An arrow shot straight into Pei Jue’s chest.

Amid the clamor, the roars, and the whistling of the wind, Ao Qi’s curse weaved through.

"Feng Twelve Niang! Listen up, I, Ao Qi, will one day kill you..."

"Tear you to shreds, rend you asunder with five horses, I want you to suffer miserably through eternity!"

Suffer miserably through eternity.

Indeed, she did not meet a good end.

Feng Yun’s brows lightly furrowed, as she struggled to recall the situation that day...

Was it also like today, with the desolate autumn wind?

"Lady Yun." Pei Jue seemed even more silent than usual, and it felt like an age before she heard his response.

"Do you like this place?"

Perhaps with the past in mind, Feng Yun’s patience was extraordinarily good, and her demeanor was all the more tender.

"That depends on what Your Majesty has brought me here for tonight."

"Nothing special."

Pei Jue took her slender hand, gently pressing down on the protruding knuckles with his fingertips, exerting a bit of force.

It wasn’t until Feng Yun called out in pain that he let go, and again spoke two words.

"Just bored." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

His gaze was solemn, tinged with a trace of sorrow.

Feng Yun’s eyes flickered. "Then that’s a pity. I thought His Majesty had prepared a surprise for me..."

Pei Jue: "A surprise?"

Feng Yun lifted her eyebrows and smiled, suddenly pointing at the dock.

"It would be a surprise to have a little boat and roam the night scenery of Shiguan."

On hearing this, Pei Jue embraced her waist and stood up, about to call Ta Xue, but he was stopped by Feng Yun.

She said, "Let it graze here; it’s rare to have such freedom and joy."

Pei Jue glanced at her, then at the lights below.

"The dock is still far from here..."

Feng Yun spread her arms, half-smiling, "How about Your Majesty carries me on his back?"

Pei Jue seemed startled for a moment, then slowly crouched in front of her.

Feng Yun hesitated not at all before jumping onto his back, circling his neck contentedly.

"Since my mother’s death, no one has ever carried me like this."

Pei Jue’s shoulders were broad and strong, a feeling of power that in her previous life, she had thought it would be wonderful if he could carry her on his back.

The Feng Yun of her previous life lacked the courage to say so.

And yet, she had achieved it so easily now.

Pei Jue walked briskly, and she patted his shoulder.

"Slower, go slower."

He slowed his pace.

And so Feng Yun became happy.

"Carrying someone and still walking so fast, aren’t you tired?"

Pei Jue: "You are too light."

Feng Yun: "My mother used to carry me, and she walked very slowly. I loved to wrap my arms around her neck..."

Saying this, she sighed again, "What a pity, her strength was just too little, she couldn’t carry me for long..."

All of a sudden, Pei Jue turned around, "Do you see me as your mother?"

Feng Yun: ...

She gave him a glare.

Pei Jue focused on walking.

Both lost in their own thoughts, they made their way to Shiguan Dock.

As Feng Yun was wondering how Pei Jue would proceed, to her surprise, he carried her straight to a docked cargo boat, pulling out a purse from his robes and stuffing it into the boatman’s hand.

"My consort wants to take a night tour of the dock, we would like to borrow your boat."

The boatman, just as stunned as Feng Yun, stared for a long time until he saw Pei Jue’s face and his expression turned quizzical.

"You, you are..."

"Make it convenient." Pei Jue cut him off.

The boatman nodded repeatedly, agreeing, "Yes, yes, very convenient, incredibly so."