"Okay, then since it's like this, I'll go and invite Xiaojiu." Su Wan'er was always a person who acted as soon as she said something, so she lifted her legs and was about to leave.
"Don't be in a hurry. What's the rush? Anyway, it's already this late." Si Junlin grabbed her hand and without any explanation, led her outside the door.
"What are you bringing me here for?" Since this was the residence of the queen, the people of Southern Border had decorated the courtyard festively to keep up appearances. However, Southern Border was after all a small country whose economic strength couldn't compare with that of the Jin Kingdom. So, looking around, there were only lanterns and colorful ribbons everywhere.
"All of you, come here." Si Junlin raised his hand and beckoned to the group of palace servants guarding nearby.
It seemed as if he was ready to show her something. But his words and actions were still in his usual style. However, the people of Southern Border were originally conservative, especially the women, who were extremely reserved in their words and deeds. So, seeing his behavior, they thought it was the custom of the Jin Kingdom.
"What are you doing?" Su Wan'er whispered to him beside him, "The women of Southern Border have to wear veils when they go out and don't even dare to speak loudly. What kind of propriety is it for you to shout like this in the middle of the night?"
"What are you afraid of? Anyway, I'm their queen now, and I'm not from Southern Border. Don't make trouble. Just stand here and watch obediently."
Su Wan'er really couldn't stand his way of doing things, so she didn't really expect him to come up with any tricks. But then she saw Si Junlin ordering the group of palace servants around, making them stand here and there.
Later, he found that there weren't enough palace servants in the courtyard, so he even asked them to call in some of the maids guarding outside.
Before long, the fairly large courtyard was filled with palace servants.
"Okay, start." At Si Junlin's order, all the people of Southern Border put their hands together. Su Wan'er looked closely and found that they seemed to be muttering something.
Suddenly, little specks of starlight like fireflies flew in from all directions and gathered in the courtyard.
But looking closely at a few that flew closer, they were not fireflies at all. They were actually Gu worms one by one. Su Wan'er stared wide - eyed at the star - dotted scene in the courtyard, her scalp tingling. What on earth was Si Junlin up to? Was he directing the people of Southern Border to release Gu together?
"Well? Isn't it beautiful?" Si Junlin walked over like a person showing off a treasure. While Su Wan'er was away with the Grand Elder for a short while, he had been sitting there unhappily out of boredom. Then the palace servants seemed to have been arranged in advance to perform a show for him. As a Jin Kingdom emperor, he naturally looked down on the poor and shabby state of Southern Border at first. But unexpectedly, this show was quite innovative, with Gu worms gathering and flying together, creating little specks of starlight.
He didn't really like this kind of thing, but he thought of Su Wan'er. Originally, this little trick was something everyone in Southern Border, old and young, could do. So, on a whim, he gathered everyone here and staged this show.
Su Wan'er had no idea whether these Gu worms were harmful or not. Besides, hadn't she suffered enough from Gu worms before? So, she was thinking of killing them one by one with her bracelet.
But a palace servant came to persuade her, "Dear guest from afar, don't be alarmed, and don't hurt them with your bracelet. These Gu worms are un - domesticated, so they are completely harmless. If the guest doesn't like them, we'll just drive them away."
Su Wan'er was stunned and stopped her hand, looking at the little specks of starlight. These Gu worms flew around following the call of the palace servants, only shining in the distance. They didn't fly in a fixed direction like the Gu worms she had seen before.
"Okay, all of you go back." Si Junlin impatiently drove the people away again. Even Qingcao wisely went into the house. Naturally, only the two of them and the flying Gu worms all over the sky and the ground were left in the courtyard.
It was the height of summer. If you didn't look closely, you would really think it was a sky full of fireflies flying.
"How did Your Majesty know they had this here?" After knowing there was no danger, Su Wan'er let down her guard and found it very novel.
"What don't I know?" Si Junlin didn't look at her but looked up at the sky full of worms. "But you, these days, you, the marshal, have been busier than I, the emperor. Wan'er, sometimes I really don't know whether I should thank you or blame you." Why did it seem that since she was born, her heart had been filled with this country and this land, and there was no room for anything else? Even though she was a marshal, a marshal was still a person. Couldn't a marshal have emotions and desires?
"Blame me? Why would you blame me? With such a competent marshal, you, the lord of the country, should be very relieved, right?" Actually, hearing his evaluation, Su Wan'er couldn't help feeling a little proud. After all, Si Junlin was the emperor, and the Su family had always been loyal to the emperor and the country. Naturally, they hoped to get the emperor's approval, even though she had seen the side of this emperor who had a harem full of concubines and was promiscuous.
"As the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, I should naturally thank you, the marshal. But you make my wife so tired, so exhausted mentally, and so unable to fit me, her husband, in her heart. So, I will blame you."
Su Wan'er used to be very sensitive to such titles, but now, after being teased by Si Junlin several times, she seemed to be immune.
"Your Majesty must be tired. Go back and rest."
"Can you stop avoiding me? Can you stop hiding every time this matter is brought up? Su Wan'er, I know I made mistakes before, but can't I change?" Why don't you even give me a chance to change? If I can't compare with Gu Jingtian's childhood friendship and the emotional foundation he built more than ten years ago, then I'm willing to make it up bit by bit. If you still mind that when I first married you, I didn't notice you and was deceived by others and treated you badly, then now that I've driven those people away one by one, I can make it up bit by bit. Why do you have to avoid me? Why can't you give me a chance?
"Si Junlin, we're in the middle of a war now. Do you know that? Don't you even look at where this is? Who has the mind to think about your nonsense?" Su Wan'er didn't even realize that her face had been red when she was looking at the flying Gu worms. Moreover, this blush not only didn't fade but was now burning even more fiercely.
"So what? Which law says that a marshal can't have a romantic relationship or get married? Just because I'm the emperor and bear the burden of the whole Jin Kingdom every day, am I not allowed to pursue the person I love?"
"You're right. It's precisely because you're the emperor." After much thought, Su Wan'er suddenly didn't want to avoid it anymore at this moment.