Chapter 110 The Wedding Night: I Was Well Prepared
Yu Nian smiled triumphantly from under her veil and happily jumped onto Chunyu Han's back.
Yu Zhirou was wearing a red veil, and the figures of people in front of the next house could be vaguely seen. Chunyu Han was carrying Yu Nian on his back.
In the small town where Yu Zhirou grew up, she had seen this custom.
A man of great stature, for the woman he loves, bows and bends his knees in front of so many people, carrying his bride into the sedan chair.
Yu Zhirou suddenly felt a little envious of Yu Nian. Although Chunyu Han was a eunuch, he was also a powerful minister who was at the height of his power. It was truly remarkable that he could do this for Yu Nian.
However, Li Mingjin, the Crown Prince, could not possibly do that.
"Let's go, what's there to see? It's vulgar and improper!"
Li Mingjin naturally saw this scene as well, and found it rather jarring. Both of them were adept at attracting attention, and now that they were together, they were even more obstinate in trying to grab attention regardless of the occasion.
With a cold snort, Li Mingjin led Yu Zhirou ahead.
As he swayed, the gold and jade tassels on Yu Nian's crown clinked together, producing a pleasant sound.
Yu Nian's hand encircled Chunyu Han's neck, the back of her hand brushing against Chunyu Han's cheek, carrying a slight coolness.
"My hands are very cold."
Her hands, which are usually warm, are so cold today.
On Chunyu Han's back, Yu Nian listened intently to the sound of the veil tilting, and only felt relieved after confirming that Li Mingjin and Yu Zhirou had left first.
How could her hands not be cold? She was scared by him.
"Getting married is such a big event, is it wrong for me to be nervous?"
The little hand restlessly pressed against Chunyu Han's neck, absorbing his warmth.
"Take it down, what kind of appearance is that?"
"You're so stingy. My sleeve is covering it, so no one can see it. I'll put it on for a while and I won't be nervous anymore."
Nervous? It's not like it's the first time we've gone through this process, what's there to be nervous about? Thinking of this, Chunyu Han suddenly remembered the time when Yu Nian was jilted on her wedding day.
Is she nervous about this...?
"Don't be nervous, they won't abandon you."
As Chunyu Han carried Yu Nian out of the main gate, his deep voice rang out, like a pebble falling into a lake, creating ripples.
Yu Nian was taken aback. She hadn't realized that Chunyu Han was so good at flirting. Just hearing those words made Yu Nian feel quite touched.
Even if you die, you'll still be my ghost.
Okay, I'm not moved at all. She's giving this loser too much credit.
Once inside the bridal sedan chair, Yu Nian leaned back with a relaxed air. Regardless of the twists and turns in the process, she had successfully averted a disaster between Chunyu Han and Li Mingjin.
"Meow~"
Just before the bridal sedan chair was lifted, Yu Nian heard a cat meow outside.
Peeking through the gap in the sedan chair curtains after lifting the veil, a black cat with heterochromia stood on the high wall, shaking its glossy black fur.
It's the Awakening of Insects!
If it's here, then Yu Qiao must have come to see her off too, but he's probably hiding in some inconspicuous corner.
As she lowered the curtain, Yu Nian felt a sense of fulfillment, and her confidence in the upcoming wedding night grew even stronger.
After bowing to heaven and earth, Yu Nian and Chunyu Han parted ways, and Yu Nian was led to the bridal chamber.
Yu Nian lifted a corner of her veil and looked around. This was a private villa that Chunyu Han had prepared for Yu Nian in a courtyard near the Honeysuckle Pavilion.
Everywhere you look, there's a festive atmosphere, all red. No wonder Chunyu Han didn't set up a wedding chamber in the Honeysuckle Pavilion; this color is so different from his dark-themed outfit that he definitely wouldn't like it.
With Chun Tao not in the room, Yu Nian didn't have to follow any of the rules for young ladies. Chunyu Han was still far from returning, so Yu Nian tossed her veil aside, leaned against the brocade quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and went back to sleep.
Only when you are well-rested can you deal with Chunyu Han properly.
When Chunyu Han returned to his room, he opened the door and saw Yu Nian fast asleep on the quilt.
The warm light of the wedding candles shone on Yu Nian's sweet sleeping face. Her thick eyelashes were long and curled, casting a shadow on her eyelids, and occasionally trembled slightly, like the wings of a colorful butterfly.
What a little pig, asleep again.
Chunyu Han might usually let Yu Nian go, but today she can't be fooled so easily.
A gust of cold wind, mixed with the smell of alcohol, approached, and Yu Nian suddenly felt a pain on her cheek.
"Hmm... why are you back so early?"
Yu Nian woke up with a start, pouting slightly, and raised her hand to rub her cheek that had been pinched so hard.
"Don't you want to check what time it is after you've been sleeping?"
The hem of his bright red dress swung in a beautiful arc as Chunyu Han sat down next to Yu Nian, his expression indifferent.
“You even lifted your veil yourself; you don’t look like a bride at all.”
Chunyu Han looked displeased, and Yu Nian wisely avoided provoking him, since she was in the wrong and had overslept.
What a bad start...
Yu Nian hurriedly picked up the wrinkled veil that she had thrown aside and haphazardly put it on her head.
"Is this any better? If you get angry when you see my face, I'll just cover myself like this all night, okay?"
Of course it was bad. Chunyu Han already found the bright red color annoying, and he felt that Yu Nian was deliberately trying to annoy him. He then lifted Yu Nian's veil.
Suddenly, I met those bright and captivating peach blossom eyes. Yu Nian's makeup today was more exquisite than usual, and this set of headdress suited her very well. One look and you couldn't take your eyes off her.
"Since today is such a joyous occasion, please don't be angry, sir."
Yu Nian's soft, sweet, and obedient tone completely dispelled Chunyu Han's irritability.
"Um."
Chunyu Han snorted in response.
Yu Nian's task for Yu Ning was to get Chunyu Han drunk at the banquet, but when she observed Chunyu Han's expression, it was the same as usual, without even a hint of being slightly tipsy. Was her older brother slacking off?
What are you staring at?
Yu Nian's gaze was too intense, making Chunyu Han feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"I think you look even more handsome and better today than usual."
Yu Nian silently withdrew her gaze, but she wasn't lying. Chunyu Han's bright red wedding dress today complemented his pale skin perfectly, and his devilish face had lost its usual fierceness, gaining a touch of warmth.
He's handsome, has a great physique, and is a walking clothes hanger; he looks good in anything.
"My lord, now that the veil has been lifted, it's time to drink the wedding wine."
Yu Nian did manage to learn the procedures properly from Granny Wang.
The wine cup used for drinking Heqin wine is a gourd-shaped ladle, with a red thread connecting the two ends.
Chunyu Han raised his eyes, his gaze fixed on the jade pendant that Yu Nian had placed in front of him.
Do you know what drinking this wine means?
Drinking the same wine signifies that husband and wife are one, never to be separated.
Their relationship didn't need to be like this.
"Of course I know. Sweet wine enters bitterness. After drinking this wine, we will share joys and sorrows, and enjoy happiness and hardship together."
Yu Nian's bold words sounded less like he was drinking a traditional wedding wine and more like he was about to become sworn brothers with someone.
"You can drink this much?"
Chunyu Han didn't care, but Yu Nian's drink was quite a lot. He hadn't settled accounts with Yu Nian yet, so he couldn't let her get drunk.
Yu Nian felt that she had a pretty good alcohol tolerance, and this amount of alcohol was nothing to her. On the contrary, she felt that Chunyu Han was just making excuses to avoid drinking.
Yu Nian narrowed her eyes slightly; it was time to unleash her ultimate drinking-persuasion tactic.
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