Lin Yuan shook his head. "I'm not trying to pull a fast - one. It's just that this humble general wants to hug the princess." He said it seriously, with only his ears turning red. It was hard to tell if it was due to shyness or the overly hot spring water.
Yi Zhici perked up. "Well, as a real man, you should stand by your words. Since you've said it, you have to do it." As she said this, she moved closer to Lin Yuan. "Hug me quickly."
Lin Yuan carefully stretched out his arms to encircle Yi Zhici. But his hands were extremely well - behaved. He didn't even dare to touch Yi Zhici's waist. His hands only rested on her arms, not daring to move at all.
The shyness from when they confessed their feelings during the day had long been soaked away by the hot spring. At this moment, Yi Zhici was once again the bold and straightforward person she used to be. She leaned close to Lin Yuan's ear and teased him. "Actually, you don't have to be so well - behaved. Look at Prince Song."
Not far away, Prince Song, Gu Jing, was clinging to Wei Ning and refused to let go. He even laid his head on Wei Ning's shoulder. Wei Ning almost slapped him, but when Gu Jing started to act cute, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Lin Yuan seemed inspired and tightened his embrace a bit. He whispered, "I'll have to spend some time persuading my father. Could the princess wait a bit longer?"
"It's not urgent. I didn't like you just to get married quickly," Yi Zhici tilted her head. "But if General Lin Qiong doesn't agree, we can ask my father, the emperor, to bestow the marriage."
"No," Lin Yuan tightened his embrace even more. "If the emperor bestows the marriage, this humble general won't have a say in it."
Yi Zhici was puzzled. "How come?"
Lin Yuan's ears turned even redder. "The heir of the Northwest is also eyeing you. If we ask the emperor for the marriage, it might not be bestowed on this humble general."
"The heir of the Northwest? What does he have to do with this?" Yi Zhici took a while to react and then gave a sly smile. "Could it be that your jealousy is acting up and you think everyone likes me?"
"If the princess doesn't know, it's better that way," Lin Yuan's handsome face showed a gentle smile. "This humble general is just this jealous. The princess has to tolerate me."
Yi Zhici waved her hand, with two dimples on her cheeks. "Sure, sure."
When they returned to the tent, Yi Zhici was too excited to fall asleep. Zhong Yi was taking out her hairpins, and she was grinning foolishly. Zhong Yi was undoing her hair bun, and she was still grinning foolishly. Zhong Yi was making the bed, and she was still grinning foolishly. Zhong Yi was about to add incense, and she was still grinning foolishly.
Zhong Yi couldn't stand it anymore.
"Princess, do you have some good news?"
Yi Zhici's mind was filled with the feeling of being surrounded by Lin Yuan's muscles when he hugged her. She even couldn't help but touch him. In fact, because it felt so good, she touched him more than once. That noble lady was right. Being held by Lin Yuan was really reassuring.
She just didn't know why Lin Yuan's breathing suddenly became a bit rapid at that time. Could it be that he was too nervous?
Zhong Yi waved her hand in front of Yi Zhici. "Princess, Princess."
Only then did Yi Zhici come to her senses. "What's up?"
"Sure enough, they are a perfect match. No wonder Miss Haitang said they were," Zhong Yi shook her head helplessly. "Miss Haitang was really right."
"What on earth are you talking about?" Yi Zhici scratched her head.
Zhong Yi explained, "When Miss Haitang came to the mansion before, she said that the princess would like someone like herself. Miss Haitang is really a divine fortune - teller."
"Oh, Senior Sister Haitang said that," Yi Zhici asked curiously. "But in what way is Lin Yuan like me? Our personalities are clearly very different."
"Infatuated," Zhong Yi couldn't hide her smile. "The princess and the young general are both infatuated people."
Yi Zhici still didn't understand.
Zhong Yi got up to light the incense in Yi Zhici's incense burner. Then she turned around and said, "The princess confessed her feelings to the young general today, right? This servant saw it clearly. When the princess was playing cards with Young Master Wei and the others today, the young general was walking by himself and actually bumped into a tree!"
"Ah?"
"Yes, princess. Not only were you shocked, but this servant was also stunned at that time. The young general is usually such a majestic and serious person," Zhong Yi recalled in disbelief. "But at that time, he was like a man possessed, smiling so infatuatedly. Well, his smile was a bit more reserved than yours. Anyway, he didn't react until he bumped into the tree."
Yi Zhici was in a daze for a long time. "Ah, so Lin Yuan was that happy too. He's not as calm as he seems on the surface."
There are some people who never show their joys and sorrows completely.
When you see that they are only a little happy, they might actually want to pour out their hearts to you. When you see that they are only a little sad, they might actually be in so much pain that they want to die. They don't do it on purpose; it's just a habit.
This kind of way of bearing hardships silently is a sign of insecurity.
Thinking of this, Yi Zhici felt extremely heart - broken. She decided that she had to treat Lin Yuan a bit better tomorrow.