Chapter 20 Wedding Night

When Huo Zheng heard the word "husband", he couldn't help but pause.

It was clearly a fake marriage, but Chunzhi's call of "husband" was really heart-warming.

Lu Jingyun's gaze fell on Chunzhi with a complicated expression.

He never thought that one day Chunzhi would call another man "husband" in front of him.

Chunzhi said, "Today is my big wedding day. Anyone who comes to congratulate me sincerely can have a drink of wedding wine. If you come to cause trouble, don't blame me for being rude!"

Ji Ruzhen hid behind Lu Jingyun, "Why aren't we here to congratulate you sincerely? The gift money I gave is more than all these people combined!"

Ji Ruzhen cursed those yamen runners in her heart for being useless, as they actually allowed Chunzhi to find a man to marry within three days.

According to her original plan, Chunzhi would be asked to pay a fine, and then forced to marry her off to a drunkard and gambler, so that she would have no good life for the rest of her life.

Who would have thought that Chunzhi was so lucky that she didn't marry Lu Jingyun, but married a man who was more handsome than Lu Jingyun.

"Who cares about your gift money!" Chunzhi said, "If you have money and don't know where to spend it, pay me back the ten thousand taels of gold you owe me first!"

Ji Ruzhen wanted to say something else, but Lu Jingyun stopped her and said, "Let's go."

Chunzhi's bright and bold appearance made Lu Jingyun feel unfamiliar. Chunzhi used to be very gentle in front of him, but now...

Haruji would never treat him gently again.

Lu Jingyun realized this and couldn't stay here for a moment longer.

Ji Ruzhen didn't want to leave. Her face had been trampled underfoot and she hadn't picked it up yet. She was just about to speak.

Everyone around started to drive them away: "It's useless to give gifts to uninvited people!"

"Don't think we don't know what you're doing here? You just want to see how miserable Chunzhi is after leaving the Lu family. Open your eyes and see clearly, our Chunzhi is living a good life!"

"After divorcing the unfaithful man and marrying the man of her dreams, Chunzhi's future will only get better and better!"

"Go, go, go! Don't get in the way here, or I'll sweep you away with a big broom!"

Everyone started talking at once and drove Lu Jingyun, Ji Ruzhen and others out.

Ji Ruzhen was so embarrassed by everyone that she couldn't even speak. She covered her face and ran away.

Lu Jingyun led everyone to chase after Ji Ruzhen.

"Gone, gone! The eyesore is finally gone!"

Everyone in the courtyard soon resumed their laughter and joy, "The bride and groom are entering the bridal chamber!"

Huo Zheng and Chunzhi were surrounded by people and entered the bridal chamber.

The dragon and phoenix wedding candles were lit high, the red silk curtains were hung low, and the bed was scattered with peanuts, longans and red dates.

Chunzhi was helped by her two sisters-in-law to sit on the bed, and everyone cheered, "Bride and groom, it's time to drink the wedding wine."

Heqin wine is also known as wedding wine.

Mrs. Wu turned around and poured two glasses of wine, presenting them on a tray. Chunzhi raised her hand to take one glass, and Huo Zheng took the other. Amid the congratulations and jokes of the crowd, the two of them toasted each other and drank up the wine in the glass.

Chunzhi usually doesn't drink alcohol, but after drinking this one cup, her face turned red and the rouge on her cheeks became even darker.

Aunt Zhang came forward with a pair of scissors and asked the bride and groom to sit on the bed. She took a lock of hair from each of their heads, intertwined them, and placed them in a red sachet. She smiled and wished, "May you be married and may your love be unwavering."

When Chunzhi heard this, she secretly looked up at Huo Zheng, but found that he was also looking at her. Her face turned red and she immediately lowered her eyes to look at the tip of her shoes.

Everyone made a lot of noise in the bridal chamber for a while, and then were invited by Aunt Zhang and the others to go to the yard for a feast.

Suddenly, only Huo Zheng and Chunzhi were left in the bridal chamber.

It was bustling outside, but very quiet inside the house, so quiet that Chunzhi could hear the "thump, thump" sound of her own heartbeat.

Huo Zheng sat beside her and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Huo Qi." Chunzhi called him, "Why don't you say anything?"

She felt that Huo Qi seemed unhappy.

Just when Huo Zheng was about to attack Lu Jingyun and Ji Ruzhen, Chunzhi stopped him and called him "husband".

Huo Zheng remained silent.

Chunzhi put down her fan and turned to look at Huo Qi, "Are you unhappy because I called you husband?"

We agreed on a fake marriage.

But she called him husband in front of so many people.

Chunzhi explained: "There were too many people in the yard at the time, and I got nervous and called out the wrong name..."

"Wrong shout?" Huo Zheng asked, "I attacked Lu Jingyun, why are you so nervous? Do you still like him?"

Chunzhi quickly asked, "How is that possible?"

Huo Zheng looked at her with eyes as dark as ink, "Then why are you so nervous?"

"Of course I'm worried about you." Chunzhi met his gaze, her brows agape, and said seriously, "You're injured so badly. What if you get hurt even more during the fight? What will we do?"

Huo Zheng paused, "So... you're not worried about Lu Jingyun, you're worried about me?"

"What else?" Chunzhi tilted her head slightly, looking at the man in front of her. "Besides, he is the top scholar, and his wife is the daughter of the Prime Minister. We are just ordinary people. If we offend them, there will only be harm and no benefit..."

She talked a lot to Huo Zheng.

However, Huo Zheng only heard the sentence "Of course I am worried about you".

The wedding candles were burning brightly on the table, and the two of them were sitting in a red silk tent. It was an extremely simple arrangement, but it was the first time in Huo Zheng's life that he was "married".

He didn't say anything, so Chunzhi stood up and sat in front of the bronze mirror and began to take off her hairpins. One of the hairpins was entangled in a strand of hair, and she couldn't see it herself, so she called out, "Huo Qi, come and help me."

Huo Zheng stood up and walked to the bronze mirror. Looking at the perfect couple in the mirror, they looked like a couple made in heaven, and he was a little dazed.

Chunzhi didn't know what Huo Qi was looking at. Seeing him coming over but not helping, she couldn't help but say again, "There's hair stuck on the hairpin. Can you help me untie it?"

Huo Zheng reached out and untangled the hair wrapped around the hairpin one by one, then took off the hairpin and handed it to Chunzhi.

This action is very similar to a newlywed couple cuddling in front of the mirror.

Chunzhi put the hairpin into the drawer and smiled at him, "Thank you very much."

Huo Zheng looked away and didn't look at her.

Someone outside shouted, "What are you doing in the bridal chamber so early in the morning, groom? Come out and have a drink!"

The married men naturally knew that the groom was reluctant to leave at this time, and they all laughed.

But the atmosphere in the bridal chamber was too charming. Huo Zheng felt hot all over while staying in the room, so he turned around and walked out.

"Huo Qi." Chunzhi called him, "You are still injured. Drink less alcohol if you can avoid it."

Huo Zheng said "hmm", pushed open the door and walked out.

There were only two tables of wedding wine in the courtyard, but the atmosphere was no less lively. When everyone saw the groom come out, they immediately invited him to drink.

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li tried to stop them, saying that the groom was injured and couldn't drink too much, and asked everyone to take it easy.

It was already midnight when the wedding banquet ended.

Huo Zheng was escorted back to the bridal chamber and placed on Chunzhi's bed...