Love from the Male Protagonist’s Harem

die—-”

“Ah, how good it would feel to kill Danfeng’s great disciple……would certainly be very wonderful.  Brother, brother, let me kill her, alright?”

An artless child’s voice surging with murderous aura!

Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle—-

Gu Peijiu swept out her ayara, the fierce paper blades turned to nothing by the red fabric, strength overcome by softness.

Over the two girls’ heads, the ayara danced in the air, blocking the killing intent of the boy in floating above them.  Feeling faint, Xia Ge’s body fell into a soft embrace.

Gu Peijiu vaulted high into the sky, her ayara swaying.  The night wind stirred about them, and Xia Ge heard a tender voice.

“Xia Wuyin, you’re very brave.”

“I will protect you.”

“We will break through this together.”

No, you don’t understand……that was just false bravado earlier……

Truly.

If Xia Ge had known there were about a thousand A-rank puppets out there, she would’ve never tried to talk big!

But Senior Sister was clearly paying no mind to Xia Ge’s changed attitude.  She held Xia Ge in her arms, the tenacious ayara wafting about them, a protective barrier against all the paper blades that sought their death—-

Then an abrupt awareness of her circumstances hit Xia Ge.

She was being held by Danfeng’s senior disciple……in a princess carry?

Crisp sandalwood melded with sweet peach blossom, the chill wind driving the fragrance straight to one’s core, where its warmth made the heart pound.

Xia Ge: “……”

Ah……to die under a peony flower and become a ghost, was it not romantic?!

After all, Senior Sister was an SSS rank great beauty!

Gu Peijiu didn’t know and refrained from guessing at just what the little slickster in her arms was thinking.  Instead she focused on keeping her steps light and quick, rapidly leaving the village.

“Yah……brother, is she seeking death?”  Bairen’s voice tinkled in the night.

The other boy in white didn’t answer, the two simply continuing to pursue Gu Peijiu outside the village.

Princess carry

To carry another person in one’s arms

公主抱 gōngzhǔbào

to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold

牡，牡丹花下死，做，做鬼也风流！

death under the peony flower and be a ghost

This sentence originally came from “Drunk Xi Shi” by the famous actress of Yuan Dynasty with bead curtain embroidery, and was later included in his masterpiece “The Resurrection of The Peony Pavilion” by Tang Xianzu, a playwright of the Ming Dynasty.

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Today, this sentence is more common in the character dialogues of film and television works.
From time to time, in the film and television, some people with poor moral character will spontaneously come up with the line “Death under the peony flower, and be a ghost.” The “peony flower” here mostly refers to women, especially beautiful women.
Under normal circumstances, it means: to be able to get the love of beautiful women, even if they die for them, they are still satisfied, because they are happy “happy ghosts”!