Princess, Please Get in the Sedan Chair

[Blurb] Everyone says the general is marrying the princess.

But I am a commoner, a lonely soul from another world with nowhere to go. All I can do is hide my identity as a servant and blend in with the world as an ordinary person.

The words I say most often are: “Princess, please get in the sedan chair.”

*

Xin Wu smiled and shook his head. He stepped forward and called over the sedan chair that had been following the four of them at a short distance. “It is my fault for making the princess walk. Please get in the sedan chair.”

I watched with my own eyes as her breath lifted one corner of her veiled hat, revealing the princess's snow-white skin.

*

On the day of the princess's wedding, in the spring of her eighteenth year,

the red candle in the princess's bedchamber burned all night.

And outside, someone watched the stars all night long.

*

She spoke in fits and starts, hazily letting out several hiccups.

I walked over and helped her up. In the end, I simply fell silent and lifted her into my arms.

I laid her on the bed and covered her with the quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks that Qiongxiu had spent over half a month making. Seeing her brows gradually relax, and her lips pout again out of habit, warmed my heart.

My gaze softened. As I rose, I murmured,

“Sweet dreams.”

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Author's note: I wrote this short story to practice my writing. It's a stream-of-consciousness tale, so please feel free to browse. When I hit a writing slump, I sometimes write stories that aren't behind a paywall. Readers are welcome to visit my humble abode~

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