The Emperor's uncle loves me! My paranoid wife, don't run away

Just like back then in Mingjue Temple.

The first meeting between the two was ordinary.

Yunshui fell hard on his butt, sending dust flying all over the ground.

Before I could stand up, I saw a small hand reaching out to me in a panic.

"And you fell from such a height again."

Qiu Zhi squatted down, frowned and looked at him with a distressed expression.

"Does it hurt?"

"Is your kung fu any good? Why do you always fall from trees?"

Qiu Zhi gently pulled Yunshui's arm, trying to help him up, but because he was too tall and strong, he was pulled back and staggered.

Yunshui quickly supported himself and stood up.

The two faced each other.

Yunshui looked at the little girl who was half a head shorter than him, and his eyes softened a little.

Still so soft and cute.

Just like the first time we met at Mingjue Temple.

Time goes by in circles and we are back to the starting point.

Yunshui scratched his head.

After so many years of fighting on the battlefield, I now feel a little embarrassed and my palms are sweating.

"that……"

"What are you...what are you going to do?"

Qiu Zhi looked up at him with a smile in his eyes.

"I'm going to put up wedding characters!"

She raised the slightly wrinkled red paper in her hand.

"I'm going to decorate the Shen Mansion with joy! Let the young lady get married happily!!"

Yunshui looked at Qiuzhi's appearance, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and the tips of his ears turned red.

After hesitating for a moment, he took out a brocade box from his chest and handed it over carefully.

"That...I..."

"The pearl flower I saw at Jinlin..."

"I thought you'd like it..."

Qiu Zhi was stunned and took it subconsciously.

Open the lid of the box, and a lifelike autumn osmanthus flower lies quietly in the brocade box.

The amber petals are outlined with golden threads, and the osmanthus petals are layered and pearly and warm, like morning dew flowers just picked from the branches, flashing.

"Ah! It's Qiu Gui!"

Qiu Zhi's eyes lit up.

"So beautiful! I love it!"

Yunshui's heart skipped a beat. He tentatively reached out his hand and carefully placed it on the top of her head.

"I...I'll help you put it on?"

Qiu Zhi's ears turned red instantly, and he quickly shook his head, closed the brocade box with a snap, and hid it in his sleeve pocket like a treasure.

"I'll wait until my young lady gets married to wear such beautiful pearl flowers!"

Qiu Zhi laughed as he spoke, his eyes filled with unconcealable joy.

She was really happy.

"Yunshui, let me tell you!"

Qiu Zhi smoothed out the wedding character while talking incessantly.

“There are so many things to prepare for getting married!”

"Just setting up the Shen Mansion has kept us busy!"

Then the conversation changed.

"But as long as the young lady is happy, I am willing to be busy no matter how busy I am!"

Then she turned to look at Yunshui, her cheeks flushed and her whole body looked like she was soaked in sweet water.

"The Prince Regent loves you so much, you will definitely not be wronged if you marry him!"

"The young lady also said that the Regent's Palace has specially prepared rooms for Xia Zhi and me—"

"Autumn Solstice..."

Yunshui suddenly spoke, interrupting her.

Qiu Zhi was stunned and blinked at him.

"Ok?"

Yunshui's Adam's apple rolled up and down.

"Autumn Solstice."

His voice was a little hoarse, but he was extremely serious.

"You just said... there are a lot of things to prepare for marriage."

Yunshui lowered his eyes and looked at Qiuzhi with a serious gaze.

"That……"

"...Do you want to get married?"

Qiu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

Then his face turned red and he forgot to close his mouth.

"That's not what I meant. I, I meant Miss——"

"I know you're talking about Miss."

Yunshui grabbed Qiuzhi's hand and his eyes softened.

"But I'm asking you..."

Yunshui took a step forward and got closer to Qiuzhi.

Their breathing intertwined.

"If you want to get married... leave all the preparations to me, okay?"

Qiu Zhi's breath was choked, and his face was burning.

Then he hurriedly tried to pull his hand out.

"Stop talking..."

But how could Yunshui let go?

Qiu Zhi curled up into a ball, wishing he could crawl into the crack in the ground immediately.

Yunshui's heart melted when he saw her shy look.

Then he pulled Qiu Zhi into his arms, and his movements were so quick that Qiu Zhi couldn't react for a moment.

"Oh! The word 'xi, xi' is wrinkled again!"

Qiu Zhi's face was burning, and the red paper in his hand, which had just been smoothed out, was crumpled into a ball again while he struggled.

He struggled a few times, but like a kitten, he was weak and limp, and ultimately couldn't break free.

She simply buried her head in Yunshui's arms, not daring to look up, even the tips of her ears turned red.

Yunshui lowered his head, feeling the trembling and warmth of the person in his arms, and his heart felt extremely soft.

He spoke slowly.

"I'm actually... quite a dull person."

"Remember the Lantern Festival night when we ate a persimmon cake together."

"We sat by that alley, and the lights made your eyes sparkle."

“I told you about my past.”

"Then you wished me 'peace and happiness, success in both career and love'."

He paused here, his tone full of regret.

"Then I tell you, I don't need love, because I won't fall in love with anyone..."

"I was so stupid that I didn't even realize your affection for me at that time."

"Autumn Solstice——"

Yunshui raised his hand and gently lifted Qiuzhi's chin.

"Thank you for liking such a dull me."

"Thank you—for always being there."

Qiu Zhi's eyes turned slightly red and his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something.

But before she could say anything, Yunshui suddenly moved closer and gently touched his forehead against hers.

"Shall we get married too?"

Qiuzhi's tears suddenly fell.

Not sad.

I am so happy.

So happy that my heart aches.

She murmured while shedding tears.

"I, I haven't liked you for a long time..."

Yunshui hugged her tighter.

"Yes yes yes~"

"I've liked Qiu Zhi for a long time... okay?"

Yunshui swallowed, and an uncontrollable force gushed out of his body.

He pinched Qiu Zhi's chin.

"Autumn Solstice——"

Yunshui called her again.

then.

Bow down.

Kissed her hard.

Not the forehead, not a touch of the water.

It was a real, deep kiss that had been suppressed for too long.

It's like expressing the love that I never expressed before.

It was as if he was announcing that she was his only destination in this life.

Qiu Zhi was stunned.

My head seemed to be wrapped in a cloud, with only my heartbeat making a deafening sound.

His eyelashes trembled slightly and his fingers loosened.

The wedding character that she had been holding all the way slipped away quietly.

The red paper swirled in the air, fell to the ground, and unfolded quietly.

The moment of landing was like the beginning of a ceremony.

It was like fate, at this moment, a unique totem belonging only to the two of them was carved.