[Beauty and the Beast] Rose Castle

"Ah."

Facing the attendants, Lambert resumed his stern and majestic imperial attitude: "Order, the dance ends at twelve o'clock. Before that, everyone is not allowed to leave early."

If he hadn't read too many wise reports about his governance of the country along the way, his strong and tyrannical tone would be more in line with the image of a tyrant in history books.To my amazement and amusement, after saying this, he looked down at me with a nervous expression like a little boy who had made a mistake: "Come with me, okay?"

Inexplicably, I thought of him after he became a beast.I couldn't help feeling a little sad in my heart, wondering whether he and the beast had merged into one body after the curse was broken... he should be a person already.Otherwise, with his rational and calm personality like before, how could he show such an expression.It may be that I haven't spoken for a long time, but his eyes became restless, and the attendant next to him was sweating coldly.I came back to my senses and quickly said, "Okay, take me there."

He took my hand and led me downstairs to a door behind the dance floor.The crowd became silent for a moment, and their eyes were pierced on my back like thorns.It was the first time I was stared at by so many people. Although I knew that their eyes were not malicious, but more curious or surprised, I was still nervous and at a loss, and even a little scared.Suddenly, with a heavy hand, he increased the strength of holding me.

"Don't be afraid." He said without looking back, "I'm here, nothing will happen to them."

I thought I was hiding my emotions deeply, but I didn't expect him to find out.As soon as I thought of this, I heard him chuckle and say: "I can sense the master's emotions." Knowing that he was talking about the "master" in the magic, his face was still blushing.He held my hand, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly: "Your emotions can affect me."

As romantic as it is, I'd probably be glad to hear him say that if it wasn't at the expense of his body.Can't help but stare at him.

Walking through the corridor of the hall, densely packed long candles lengthened his figure.After passing through empty gardens and palaces, the fireworks above are still blooming, and the ensemble of violin and harpsichord on the dance floor is gradually distant.He took me to a remote palace, where there were no armored guards standing upright, no golden candlesticks and footmen wearing wigs, and no luxurious deep red carpets.If it weren't for him who brought me here, if it were someone else, I'm afraid I would have turned around and ran away.

At this time, he suddenly laughed in a low voice.

I turned to look at him inexplicably: "What's wrong?"

He met my gaze, and his gaze was as gentle as if I was his only treasure: "It's nothing."

I don't know why, but his eyes didn't make me feel the joy of being valued, but I felt a little indescribably sad.During the five years when I disappeared, he was so sad that he chose to curse himself... Before he became a beast, he was bound by unwarranted prophecies and responsibilities; after the curse was broken, I hoped that he could live for himself, but because of me The disappearance of the prison again.Although surrounded by his deep love, I am very satisfied, but I hope that he can have more people and things that can be cherished.

When I entered the palace, I was taken aback. This is the place where all girls dream of living.Pure white coffee table, dining table, sofa, chairs... light pink wallpaper and carpet, even the porcelain cups have a layer of light pink glaze.There are two layers of curtains, one is dark to block sunlight, and the other is misty white gauze.There are flowers everywhere, some of which I can't even name.On the semi-circular terrace, the moonlight flowers planted on the outer wall quietly climbed up the railing.

I raised my head and wanted to say something, but found that he was watching me all the time, as if there was nothing here, the flowers and warm arrangements were all illusions, and only I was the real one.

"Lambert..."

He smiled slightly and held my hand: "Does Rosa want to be magical?"

I'm not interested in magic at all, I'm only worried about his mental state, but in order to live up to his intentions, I pretended to be very interested and nodded: "I think."

Next to the sofa in the center of the hall, there is a small white lacquered table on which is placed a crystal ball lingering with golden light.Lambert whispered, "Put your hands up."

I did as I said, and at almost the same moment, the scene in front of me changed into another scene: the surrounding decoration was still pure white or light pink, but people were in the corridor on the second floor.I immediately put aside the idea that I was not interested in it before. For people like me who have never been exposed to magic, this design is really novel and fresh. I just want to run down and try again.Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered that Lambert could perceive my thoughts.Suddenly feel a little ashamed.

Lambert chuckled, and raised his chin toward a door not far away: "Go in and have a look."

His face was hot.Against his gaze, I pushed open the door and walked in.Not so much a room as a room-like wardrobe.The floor is covered with a rose-colored thick pile carpet, and the four walls are divided into hundreds of small grids. Each grid is filled with folded blouses, trousers, and dresses... No woman can resist this kind of picture, just When I saw those clothes and imagined wearing them on myself, I was very surprised and excited.I thought he just wanted to show me where I lived, but I didn't expect him to be so careful.

He put his arms around my waist, and his voice sounded above my head: "From the moment I learned that you would come back, I have been thinking about what kind of life I should give my little Rose. Whenever I have new ideas, I will Will come here. At first, the furniture here is all white, because I can’t think of any color that matches you. Later, I found that when the sun rises, the white will become very dazzling, so I changed it all to dark But thinking that girls might not like too dark colors, I changed them back and asked Wu Jibu to design a device. When the sun is dazzling, the dark curtains will close by themselves. In this way, it will not disturb You rest. But..."

He stopped and didn't say any more.His thoughts have always been unpredictable, but at this moment, I had a flash of inspiration and understood what he was going to say next.

——However, after all this was done, you were not by my side.

I'm not him, so I can't imagine how he felt at the time.Before I saw him, I kept comforting myself that he was a born king, a great emperor, with a calmer and clearer mind than ordinary people, and his thinking was more rigorous and rational than ordinary people. He should not be sad for too long because of losing me.I even thought about whether he would forget me.After meeting him, I realized that I was wrong. He was much more affectionate than I imagined, and also... much sadder than I imagined.While handling government affairs in an orderly manner, he conceived of the place where I lived. When this place became more and more perfect and more suitable for people to live in, it was always vacant and no one lived in. How uncomfortable he must be...

Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.I can't do much, I can only bury my head in his arms and hug him tightly, tightly.

"I will never leave you again."

He combed my hair lightly, maybe it was my illusion, his tone was suppressed, restrained, and darkly crazy: "I want you to swear."

I didn't think much: "I swear."

"Say forever."

His tone was too childish and did not fit his image of a stern and majestic king, so I couldn't help laughing out loud.He gave me a cold look.So I barely stopped laughing, and said solemnly: "I swear, I will never leave you."

"Remember what you said," he said, grabbing my shoulders with one hand, lifting my chin with the other, staring into my eyes, leaning down and covering mine with his lips.I have kissed him many times, and every time I thought I would welcome his kisses naturally, but every time I was kissed by him, I couldn't breathe.This time it was even more so, the moment her lips touched his, her heart beat like crazy.He wanted to get close to me, and I also wanted to get close to him, wishing to touch his soul and directly erase the loneliness, confusion and pain he had endured for five years.

It was a kiss that was longer than ever, and a kiss that was so desperate it got out of hand.When I was close to him before, I never crossed the line, and he never said that I would hand over myself, but this time, I suddenly wanted to completely own him, let him be sure of my feelings for him, and let him understand that I would not leave him.The first time, I lost control and tore his collar open with my hands.His slender neck, protruding Adam's apple, and protruding collarbone are exposed.Just as he was about to go further, he grabbed my hand and said in a low voice, "Not now."

I looked at him in bewilderment.He kissed my forehead, his breathing was rough, but his tone was calm: "Little roses shouldn't be picked here."

It took me a while to understand what this sentence meant, and my cheeks became hot belatedly.Fortunately, he didn't tease me about it, but took me to another room.I just broke away from the ambiguous atmosphere, my mind was full of messy thoughts, I thought he brought me here because he wanted to continue what he just did, until I saw the maids standing neatly, I didn't know that I wanted to go wrong.

Lambert looked at the maids and ordered coldly, "Change the queen's clothes."

I suddenly turned my head to look at him, but I didn't realize why I became the queen all of a sudden.The maids were trained to take off my peacock-feather skirts like soulless machines.Soon, only the corset and bustle remained.In front of me was a floor-to-ceiling mirror with a gold frame. I saw Lambert sitting on the sofa at the back, with his elbow resting on the armrest, and his index finger knuckles lightly touching his chin, watching me change my clothes without any concealment.In fact, it’s nothing to show him. I am willing to let him see it, but I still can’t help being shy.

The maids put on a light blue gauze dress for me.The hem of the skirt is cut from an unknown fabric, and it is as light and fluffy as a cloud.There are no cumbersome decorations and no shining gems, but it can be seen at a glance that it is royal clothing. In contrast, the peacock-feather-like skirt is inlaid with so many gems, but it can't possess this kind of nobility anyway. Feeling of lightness.Lambert's taste is really much higher than Rockefeller's.

After putting on a new skirt, I thought it was over, and I should be taken to do other things next, but who knows, he turned the maid away with his eyes, suddenly picked me up horizontally, put me on the sofa, and then squatted down, Hold my ankle with one hand.

There was a heavy heartbeat.I watched him move with a blank mind.

He hung his head, only his slender and elegant fingers could be seen, gently took off my shoes.

"My queen, such shoes should not be worn."

The air seemed to be scorching hot, and his fingers holding my ankle were getting hotter and hotter, clinging to them like a red-hot branding iron.My heartbeat was out of order, my cheeks and pinnae became hot uncontrollably, and my face must have turned red.

At this time, he whispered a mantra.I don't understand what he was doing when he was chanting the spell.With the end of the incantation, two rays of golden light were sunshine spirits flickering among the leaves, leaping up to his fingertips nimbly.A thin vine wrapped around my ankle, and a few small roses bloomed in a flutter. At the same time, transparent crystals spread from under his fingertips, wrapping my soles like a soft cloth.Two air-permeable crystal shoes were worn on my feet.

Girls can hardly resist such delicate, transparent and crystal clear things, and I am no exception.When I was a child, I went to the streets with my father, and what I wanted to buy most were the low-quality crystals peddled by those peddlers.It's a pity that the family background is not good, and I have never owned a crystal that really belongs to me.Now, I have a pair of crystal shoes that only belong to me.

I don't know how to describe the mood at this moment.I seldom dreamed. I used to think that I would be a country girl raising horses and feeding chickens all my life. I never expected to meet a romantic and perfect love, or to marry a husband who really loved me...but he gave me both.

When I was reading the newspaper before, I was thinking, how can this man manage the country so well and realize the dreams of the people so well.He is an ideal monarch, an ideal husband, and even more... my dream come true.

It was really great to meet him.

The eye sockets were sore and teardrops fell one by one.These are my thoughts, and I haven't figured out how to tell him.But he held the sole of the crystal slipper, leaned down, and kissed my instep lightly: "It is also my luck to meet you."

It may be that too many tears filled his eyes, creating an illusion. I saw something glowing like black scales on the back of his neck. I wiped away the tears with my sleeve, and looked over again, but it was gone.It should be my illusion.The curse has been lifted, how could there be black scales.

The wrist was suddenly held by him, and the ruby ​​ring that he had accidentally lost before was pushed onto the ring finger bit by bit.

"Can I ask my little rose to dance?"