After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

"We actually came from Gaochang, planning to go to Yangzhou to do some small business and make a fortune. Unfortunately, the journey was long and we almost spent all our money on the journey, and we didn't even see the shadow of Yangzhou."

Qin Guanqing sighed in a serious manner, "If my eldest brother hadn't insisted on marrying my sister, my father wouldn't have kicked us out, and we wouldn't have ended up homeless and wandering around."

Hua Niang: "Ah? Your elder brother wants to marry your sister?!" She swept a meaningful look at Nian Susu and Qin Junyu.

Both of their faces turned dark, and they stared at Qin Guanqing with resentment and helplessness.

"Don't be so sensitive, you two. We just met by chance and Boss Hua doesn't know us. It's okay to tell her about it." Qin Guanqing looked indifferent, "I was just about to tell her the story of my relationship with my stepmother." He threw a coquettish glance at Xiao Yunzheng, feeling very proud.

Xiao Yunzheng:?

Qin Junyu:?

Year Su Su:?

The three of them were confused.

Even Hua Niang was stunned.

I don’t know if she could see that Qin Guanqing was talking nonsense, or if she lost her patience because she couldn’t get any information, but Hua Niang just agreed with a few words and then found an excuse to slip away.

Xiao Yunzheng couldn't wait to complain: "My brother wants to marry my sister, and you are with my stepmother, you really can say that."

Qin Junyu held his forehead with his hand, "You don't have to say anything."

Nian Susu: "If I had asked you to write this storybook, it would have been burned as a banned book long ago."

The three of them were speechless, but Qin Guanqing, the instigator, felt that he had performed well.

He said proudly, "I have been traveling abroad for so many years, and many girls saw that I looked very impressive and had an extraordinary destiny, so they asked me about my identity and background indirectly. The stories I made up were really outrageous."

He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. "These are only entry-level."

"Haha." The three of them rolled their eyes at him.

After chatting for such a long time, Axuan and Qingyu finally came back.

"Your Highness, the carriage has been parked, but it's open outside and there are no protective measures... However, there shouldn't be thieves in this deserted place." A Falcon reported worriedly.

Qin Guanqing poured tea for the two and motioned them to sit down and rest. "Don't worry, there won't be any thieves in a place where even birds don't shit."

Qin Junyu remained silent.

They sat there until everyone in the lobby went upstairs to sleep, and then they went upstairs one after another.

Late at night, Nian Susu couldn't sleep, so she got up and climbed onto the roof to get some fresh air. Unexpectedly, besides her, there was another person who couldn't sleep.

She tiptoed closer, wanting to scare him, but he noticed her. When she was still three steps away, he suddenly turned his head, and his cold eyes gradually softened when he saw her.

He curved his lips and smiled: "Why are you here?"

The plan failed and the scare was not successful. Nian Susu felt bored. He walked to his side in three or two steps, sat down on the roof, looking at the round moon in the distance, and his thoughts flew away in an instant.

"I have been traveling for three days, so I should have a good sleep tonight. But I just couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard I tried in bed, so I decided to go out and look at the stars."

She looked at the pitch-black sky and sighed softly, so softly that it seemed like an illusion, "But this is a place where no one lives. There are not even any stars."

Qin Junyu's mood also fell with her sigh.

He lay down, his arms resting on his head. The night seemed to press down and magnify before his eyes. There was no other color except black. "The tiles are too hard. It's more comfortable to lie on the grass."

Nian Susu smiled and immediately understood what he was talking about.

She also lay down, twisting her body to adjust her posture. After a few times, she found that it was uncomfortable no matter how she lay down. She said with deep sympathy, "Indeed."

Last year they went to Gaochang together. When they passed Yanchuan, Qin Junyu and Qin Fengtian had a horse race and Qin Fengtian lost, so he and Nian Qiaoyue had to give up their luxurious carriage. But Nian Qiaoyue had evil intentions and secretly threw horse manure, cow manure and sheep manure into the carriage, causing them to waste several hours waiting for the carriage to be cleaned.

It was during those hours that they lay on the grass in Yanchuan and looked at the stars.

The sky in Yanchuan is very clear, without a single cloud. The moon is big and round, and the stars are numerous and shining, as if you are in a vast galaxy.

My mood then was completely different from now.

Nian Susu raised his head, lay on his side, and looked at his face.

The two looked at each other quietly for a long time, their eyes filled with sweet love.

She opened her thin lips and asked very slowly, "Your Highness, do you want to be the emperor?"

One year ago today, they were still on guard against each other, testing each other, lying side by side, and she asked the same question: Your Highness, do you want to be emperor?

At that time, his answer was: No.

Now, he looked into her clear eyes, which seemed to be shining with stars, and his answer was still: "No."

Nian Susu smiled and said, "I knew that Your Highness was speaking from the heart at that time."

She lay back down, her mood suddenly brightened, a smile spreading across her lips.

Qin Junyu raised his head and looked at her with a sly smile. They were so close that they could hear each other's gradually accelerating heartbeat.

But he suddenly stopped smiling seriously and said, "Miss Nian, you have finished asking questions. It is my turn to ask you."

Nian Susu breathed a sigh of relief. The lines were the same as last year.

He must be asking: "What kind of man do you like?"

She gave a relaxed, determined smile. She couldn't answer this question last year, but now she had the answer in her heart.

"Your Highness, please ask."

He took a deep breath, and the hand that supported his head gradually clenched, "You like..."

Nian Susu's smile became wider, feeling proud in his heart: I knew he would ask this.

But what he asked was: "Do you like me?"

Qin Junyu was very nervous, his momentum was weakened, and he tested the situation cautiously.

Her smile froze on her face instantly and she didn't react for a moment.

No, that wasn’t the question last year.

She could clearly feel her rapid breathing and the pounding of her heart.

Qin Junyu's gaze changed from tentativeness, to expectation, to loneliness, and then to sadness and compromise.

He lowered his eyes and said softly, "I... understand."

He forced a bitter smile and said to himself, "Miss Nian, no matter what you think, I want to tell you."

He raised his eyes and told her firmly and sincerely: "I like you."

"I like your brightness when you smile, and I also like your adorableness when you cry."

"I like that you are the center of attention, and I also like that you remain resilient even when you are hurt and in a mess."

"I like you, everything about you."

Qin Junyu spoke very slowly, fearing that she would misunderstand or miss anything.

"I tell you this because I want you to know that I like you, not because I want you to respond. You don't have to feel burdened."

He raised an eyebrow and asked gently, "Do you know?"