Chapter 377: Coming of Age Ceremony

Chu Youning curled his lips.

Qing Qianxue tapped her head gently.

"Don't worry, this Imperial Master will not harm any other girl except the eldest princess."

"I don't believe you can comb your hair so well without learning. Tell the truth!"

Chu Youning looked Qing Qianxue up and down.

She believed in his character.

so……

She suspected that Qing Qianxue was using her own head for experiments.

"Oh well."

Qing Qianxue snapped her fingers.

Not two seconds later.

Two bitter faces appeared in front of Chu Youning. The bitter faces waved to Chu Youning reluctantly: "Your Highness, Princess, good evening~"

“Pfft…” Looking at Qian Miao and Qian Yan, who had the same hairstyle as her, and whose hair seemed to have become visibly thinner, Chu Youning couldn’t help but speak out at the risk of damaging his merits: “Hahahaha… Qian… Qian Qing, you really have done so many bad things, hahahahaha…”

"Okay, back off."

Qian Miao and Qian Yan looked at each other and left decisively.

It doesn't matter.

For the master's happiness.

Their little sacrifice is no problem, no problem... no problem!!!

After Chu Youning had laughed enough, Qing Qianxue chatted with her for a while.

"Tomorrow...will you be nervous?"

"What's there to be nervous about? I'm a social geek, I'm not afraid!"

Chu Youning held his head high and chest puffed out.

"Tomorrow, I'm ready to propose. Ningning...are you ready? If you still need some time, I can wait until you are completely ready."

Qing Qianxue suddenly spoke seriously.

Chu Youning nodded without thinking: "Please, by then we will just be engaged, it's not like I'm going to get married right away, why would it take some time?"

"..." Qing Qianxue stared at Chu Youning for a few seconds, then nodded slowly, "Okay."

But for some reason, he always felt that... there was something wrong with what the little girl said that he couldn't put his finger on.

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Finally.

Time passed quickly.

Chu Youning finally made it to the eighth day of March.

Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong's coming-of-age ceremony.

Again and again.

The sky is still pitch black.

Chu Youning was pulled up.

A group of palace maids helped her to pack up, and then she and Jiang Wanrong entered the palace in two carriages, one in front and one behind.

By the time the carriage stopped at the palace gate, it was already bright.

The process of this coming-of-age ceremony is cumbersome and complicated.

Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong were wearing simple skirts and because it was still a little chilly, they also wore cloaks.

"Sister, are you nervous?"

Chu Youning looked at Jiang Wanrong beside him with a smile.

Jiang Wanrong shook her head gently: "I'm not nervous."

Talking.

The two sisters walked hand in hand along the palace path, step by step, and finally arrived at the Cining Palace.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived!"

"Princess Chang Huan is here!"

Following a roar from the chief eunuch beside Wu Qingyi, the door of the main hall of Cining Palace opened.

Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong walked in step by step, shoulder to shoulder.

At this time, the wives of the court officials had already taken their seats on both sides.

As soon as Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong entered the hall, they knelt down on the cushion at the door and bowed three times to Wu Qingyi who was sitting on the high seat.

Afterwards, an eunuch began to read out a bunch of rules and regulations that gave Chu Youning a headache.

Next.

The two men stood up, walked step by step to Wu Qingyi, knelt down and bowed three times.

This time, after the ceremony, Wu Qingyi personally helped the two of them up.

"Good boy, let's get started."

Next.

Wu Qingyi began to wash her hands and combed the hair of the two sisters who were kneeling there.

Another eulogy ended, and the first ceremony of the marriage ceremony for the bridegroom finally began.

During the initial ceremony, Wu Qingyi combed their hair and put them in a bun. Then, they went to a side hall to change into their first set of skirts that matched their hairstyles.

After changing into their skirts, they each bowed to their parents to thank them for raising them.

The next step was the second addition. Wu Qingyi took out two pairs of hairpins that she had prepared in advance from the plate and put them on Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong's heads one by one.

After the ceremony, Chu Youning went to the side hall to change clothes with Jiang Wanrong.

This time, it was a gorgeous palace dress that matched the hairpin on her head.

Even after training many times on how to get dressed, Chu Youning still couldn't help wanting to run away.

"Sister...are there more steps to go?"

"The next step is basically for the elders to give the name, but... thinking about those complicated eulogies, it will probably take quite a while."

Jiang Wanrong spoke slowly.

Speaking of which.

Although she has always had a good temper, the emperor's preparations for the coming-of-age ceremony also made her a little upset.

“Oh.”

Chu Youning hung his head in frustration.

She swore.

When she gets married in the future, she will definitely organize her wedding herself. She will save as much as possible on all the messy procedures!!!

Next.

After kneeling down to pay homage to their parents and heaven and earth for the last time, Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong, led by a group of maids and eunuchs, came to the morning court hall.

After Chong Chu Wenzong knelt down, Fukang started to talk with the files comparable to the ceremony of the eldest princess' conferment.

Until Chu Youning almost fell asleep on his knees, Jiang Wanrong felt that her knees were about to run away from home.