Bai Suzhen got up, closed the door, turned off the lights, then undressed, got into bed, and lay down against the outside of the bed. Just as she lay down, Xiaoqing came up to her, put her arms around her and held her in her arms, burying her face in her neck. Then she closed her eyes contentedly, with a smile on her lips and said, "Sister, it feels so good to hold you like this..." He yawned sleepily and smelled the faint fragrance of Bai Suzhen. He couldn't help feeling tired, "Sister... I miss you so much." He thought about talking to Bai Suzhen for a while, but he had spent a lot of magic power to save Xu Xian and bring him back to life during the day. He also went to Fengqiao and watched the dragon boat race with Bai Suzhen. Xiaoqing was inevitably a little tired after a whole day. Holding Bai Suzhen in his arms, he relaxed and fell asleep soon.
The faint moonlight outside the window poured into the room, and the room was quiet and peaceful. Bai Suzhen lowered her eyes and gazed at Xiaoqing's peaceful sleeping face in the moonlight. Xiaoqing's eyebrows in her sleep were less excited and more lazy, which made people want to pity and pamper her. "Xueyan..." Bai Suzhen whispered Xiaoqing's original name softly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips - the third princess of the Dragon Palace was originally the most beloved one.
The wind blew outside, and the house became a little chilly. Fearing that Xiaoqing would catch a cold, Bai Suzhen wanted to get up and cover her with a thin blanket. As soon as she moved, Xiaoqing hugged her even tighter. Bai Suzhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but suddenly she heard Xiaoqing mumbling in her sleep over and over again: "Sister Feng, don't go... I'm sorry, I can't like you. The person I like is my sister, but she is the only one... I'm sorry..."
Listening to Xiaoqing's confession in her sleep, Bai Suzhen's eyes were moist, and her heart was filled with sweetness and touching. She stared at Xiaoqing, her eyes were full of affection, and her eyes seemed to express thousands of words. "Qing'er, I am so lucky to meet you..." She slowly approached and kissed the corner of Xiaoqing's mouth with bated breath. The happy smile extended from the corner of her lips to the bottom of her eyes...
Xiaoqing had a beautiful dream. In the dream, Bai Suzhen took the initiative to kiss her. Unfortunately, her sweet dream was disturbed by someone. Just when she was about to further savor the fragrance and sweetness of those soft red lips, the sudden sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers woke her up from her dream.
"Hate it! It's so noisy!" Xiaoqing cursed softly, turned over, pulled the quilt over her head, and planned to continue her sweet dream, "Sister..." She subconsciously reached out to someone beside her but found nothing.
"Sister!" Xiaoqing suddenly lost all her sleepiness. She opened her eyes suddenly, sat up, and looked around the room anxiously, searching for Bai Suzhen. Soon her eyes locked onto the slender figure standing in front of the window. She heaved a sigh of relief, yawned, and lazily called out, "Sister."
"Qing'er, good morning." Bai Suzhen turned around, walked to the bed, and sat down beside it. Seeing Xiaoqing's sleepy eyes and the look of exhaustion between her brows, she couldn't help but raise her hand and stroke Xiaoqing's cheek with pity, and asked gently, "Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
"Hmm..." Xiaoqing put her arms around Bai Suzhen's waist, leaned lazily against her, rested her head comfortably on her shoulder, closed her eyes at ease, and muttered, "...I'll sleep a little longer."
Bai Suzhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Xiaoqing acted like a child, but she couldn't do anything about her. She could only let her do what she wanted. Outside the gate, the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers continued to be heard, as if there was something festive. Bai Suzhen listened for a moment, pursed her lips, and looked thoughtful.
"Is this ever going to end?" Xiao Qing was sleepy, but the noise of gongs, drums and firecrackers outside kept her awake. So she opened her eyes angrily and cursed with gritted teeth, "Damn it! Why are there people beating gongs and firing firecrackers so early in the morning? It's so noisy. Can I still sleep?!"
"Qing'er..." Bai Suzhen smiled and sighed, pointing to the sun that had already hung high in the sky outside the house, and reminded her, "In fact, it's already noon now, so it seems...it's not too early."
"Ah, am I up so late?" Xiao Qing stuck out her tongue, sat up straight, stared at Bai Suzhen, and said with a smile: "Maybe my sister's bed is too comfortable, so I don't want to get up."
"You are the only one who has too many crooked ideas." Bai Suzhen smiled and shook her head, then stood up and said, "Now that you are awake, you should wash up." After a pause, she turned her head and looked outside the house, saying meaningfully, "... maybe we should go out and express our congratulations."
"Congratulations?" Xiao Qing was sensitive enough to grasp the key words. She looked up at Bai Suzhen and asked in confusion, "Who are you congratulating? Why?"
"Congratulations—" Bai Suzhen turned around and met Xiaoqing's puzzled gaze. The corners of her lips moved, and she suddenly thought of something. She stopped talking in time, pursed her lips, smiled, and said lightly: "You will know later... Now hurry up and get up."
"Ziying, why were there so many gongs and cannons outside the gate just now? What happened?" Xiaoqing came to the front hall, Bai Fu and the others were there, with Xu Xian, that idiot, standing next to them. Xiaoqing saw that they all had happy expressions on their faces, especially Xu Xian, that idiot, whose face was rosy and eyes were shining, as if he had got a treasure. She couldn't help but feel surprised.
When Ziying saw Xiaoqing asking, he quickly responded, "Just now, the prefectural government sent someone to deliver a letter of appointment. Doctor Xu was officially appointed by the prefect as the first official head of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association."
"So the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers outside just now was to celebrate our new official-appointed head of the association." Humph, it was because of this idiot Xu Xian's sweet dream that it was disturbed. This is outrageous!
Glancing at Xu Xian who looked a little nervous but could not hide his joy, Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows and said sarcastically, "Tsk tsk, he is just a leader, nothing special. Is it worth making such a big fuss and disturbing people's peace?"
"Yes, Sister Xiaoqing is right..." Xu Xian's face froze, and he said softly, "I didn't expect that Lord Chen would send someone here so solemnly to appoint me as the head of the association. The sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers just now must have disturbed Sister Xiaoqing and Miss Bai. I would like to apologize to you two here." As he spoke, he bowed deeply to express his apology.
"Mr. Xu, Qing'er is just joking with you, don't take it seriously." Bai Suzhen gave Xiaoqing a reproachful look, implicitly hinting at her not to embarrass Xu Xian anymore. Xiaoqing curled her lips, glared at Xu Xian with disdain, then walked aside obediently and ignored Xu Xian.
"Mr. Xu, congratulations on your promotion to the position of head of the Three Emperors' Association." Bai Suzhen looked up at Xu Xian and congratulated him with a smile.
"Thank you, Miss Bai." Xu Xian's face was obviously filled with joy again.