Despite the sharp pain in her back, Qi Yu forced a smile and said, "I'm just stubborn. Last time I even bit your lip and said you were mine. But I... but I know my place."
She used to be a bodyguard kept by her master, never treated as a human being, and never imagined that she would be able to marry the person she loved in this lifetime.
Zhu Yu frowned: "When two people are in love, what is there to say about being a good match? Since that's the case, Your Highness, please bestow a marriage upon them now."
Jiang Chuan and the others who came out after hearing the commotion were stunned. What was going on? Why was Feng Yan suddenly getting married, and right here?
Zhu Yu turned to Jiang Chuan and the others and said, "Perfect timing. Go and tell the postmaster to prepare the things needed for the wedding. We'll have a simple ceremony today, and when we return to Shengjing, the Prince and I will give you a grand wedding."
Lu Xiaoyun immediately bestowed a marriage upon the two of them in her capacity as the Prince of An of the Great Zhou.
While Jiang Chuan and the others went to prepare, Lu Xiaoyun told Feng Yan to quickly treat Qi Yu's back injury.
Today they were to get married, so Feng Yan no longer cared about the rules between men and women. He took off Qi Yu's clothes in the room, washed her with hot water, and carefully applied medicine to her.
The medicine was an excellent wound medicine that Lu Yuyan had brought.
Qi Yu's face turned bright red. The hand with calloused skin on her wound was hot and numb. Feng Yan held his breath and gently applied medicine to her with a small bamboo stick, inevitably touching her skin with his fingers.
Inside the room, Lu Xiaoyun carefully took off Zhu Yu's outer garment and untied the strip of cloth binding his arm wound, revealing a long, bloody gash.
"It's nothing, just some superficial injuries, it doesn't hurt," Zhu Yu reassured her.
Lu Xiaoyun picked him up and put him in the water. She also took off her clothes and bathed with him, personally serving him to wash away the dust on his body.
Zhu Yu leaned over the edge of the bathtub, his wet eyes fixed on Lu Xiaoyun through the steam: "You feel sorry for me?"
"What do you think?" Lu Xiaoyun wiped him clean little by little.
"This injury is nothing. I've suffered much worse injuries in the past when I was fighting. I'm used to it."
"Zhu Yu," Lu Xiaoyun called out to him in a hoarse voice.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Lu Xiaoyun looked at him, her eyes full of heartache: "I know, I see every single one of your injuries, except for the one on your back which I can't see very clearly. Zhu Yu, I will never let you get hurt again."
Zhu Yu smiled and touched Lu Xiaoyun's face, or rather, his own face: "Luckily, this handsome face wasn't injured, otherwise you definitely wouldn't have liked me."
Lu Xiaoyun was amused. She washed herself hastily, thinking that Jiang Chuan and the others should be almost ready. She put on an undergarment and then took Zhu Yu out of the bathtub, dried him off, dressed him, and applied medicine and bandages to his wounds.
Zhu Yu let Lu Xiaoyun serve him like this. Ever since the two consummated their marriage, he had felt Lu Xiaoyun's deep love for him.
Zhu Yu wrapped his arms around Lu Xiaoyun's neck, making her look down at him, and asked, "Why are you so good to me?"
What do you think?
"You like me." Zhu Yu smiled at him, her eyes narrowed.
"I like it too lightly. It's love, Zhu Yu. I love you, I love you so much." Lu Xiaoyun pulled him into her arms and placed a deep kiss on his forehead.
Those words were so sweet. Zhu Yu's heart felt as if it had been gently brushed by a feather. He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his head in her chest. He thought, if they really could stay like this forever and never be able to go back, that would be fine.
Not long after, Jiang Chuan reported that everything was ready.
Aside from the lack of wedding attire, the inn was fairly well-stocked, with red silk, red candles, red dates, longans, lotus seeds, peanuts, and everything else you could need.
Zhu Yu had a brand new red-trimmed, narrow-sleeved garment with dark patterns among his clothes. Since he was about the same size as Qi Yu, he took it out and gave it to Qi Yu as a wedding dress.
Lu Yuyan liked brightly colored clothes. Although she didn't have a bright red one, she had a purplish-red one, which she gave to Feng Yan as his wedding attire.
However, Lu Yuyan was still only a seventeen-year-old boy, while Feng Yan was already twenty-eight. Although they were about the same height, Feng Yan had broader shoulders and a more muscular build, making him a more mature man. The purplish-red clothes he wore felt somewhat tight around his chest.
Lu Yuyan joked, "It's alright, it's perfect. When Qi Yu tears Feng Yan's clothes later, it won't take much effort."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Qi Yu's face turned completely red.
First, they bowed to Heaven and Earth; second, they bowed to Prince An and his wife; the couple bowed to each other—a simple wedding ceremony.
The two knelt before Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Yu, bowing deeply to them: "Master, Princess, thank you."
Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Yu stepped forward to help Feng Yan and Qi Yu up: "The Prince An's Mansion hasn't held a wedding banquet in a long time. When we return to Shengjing City, I will give you a grand and magnificent one."
Lu Yuyan turned her face away and secretly wiped away a tear that rolled down her cheek.
Wu Chuan saw it and put his arm around his shoulder.
The postmaster and the waiter looked at them, somewhat puzzled. Wasn't His Highness Prince An supposed to be very fierce? Looking at him, he didn't seem fierce at all.
He even personally arranged the marriages of his subordinates. If he had such a master, he would be willing to die immediately if he were a subordinate of Prince An.
Everyone was exhausted, so they kept things simple. Qi Yu and Feng Yan drank the nuptial wine and then rested.
It seems that consummating the marriage is not possible today. Qi Yu's back injury is quite serious, and even if she were on top, it probably wouldn't work.
Feng Yan felt sorry for Qi Yu and naturally prioritized her health, so he held her in his arms all night as he slept.
It was almost September, and the weather in the mountains was much colder, but Qi Yu didn't feel cold at all. With her burning hot body pressed against him, she seemed to have forgotten even the pain from the wound on her back and slept very peacefully.
He had a beautiful woman in his arms, someone he could see and touch but couldn't have, which made Feng Yan miserable.
The next morning, when everyone woke up, the rain had not yet stopped.
Wu Chuan and Xi Yi went to check early in the morning and returned to report to Lu Xiaoyun: "Master, it seems we can't leave today, the road is flooded."
Lu Xiaoyun glanced at the sky. The rain was extremely heavy and did not seem to have lessened compared to last night. With such heavy rain falling all night, it was indeed not suitable for traveling.
It's about 500 li to Liangzhou City, where Ruoling and the others are staying. It should take them at most three days to get there. But if they force their way there regardless of the weather or road conditions, it will only backfire. Besides, everyone was exhausted yesterday, and many of them have some injuries.
Especially its feathers, with a large gash on its back, and Zhu Yu's arm wound was also deep.
"Let's rest today and wait for the rain to stop and the floodwaters to recede before continuing our journey."
Zhu Yu and Lu Yuyan had no objections.
Wu Chuan breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Lu Yuyan knocked on Feng Yan's door.
The two had actually woken up long ago. When their master said they wouldn't be traveling today, Feng Yan embraced Qi Yu and lay down again.
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