Chapter 236 Wedding Night
Jin Sui only glanced at Yan Jiu, and Gu Changxiao squeezed her hand and asked, "Did you see an acquaintance?"
Jin Sui looked straight ahead and said, "They are all acquaintances."
Gu Changxiao choked. That’s right. Those who could wait at the palace gate were either dignitaries or officials. Of course Jinsui had seen them all.
The Changsheng Hall worship was different from the three worships of heaven and earth that ordinary couples would make. They didn't know how many times they had worshipped. Jin Sui had heard the officials of the Ministry of Rites talk about this set of procedures many times, but when he really did it, he found that the worship was very tiring.
Especially when she was holding the jade ring, it felt very heavy. If she accidentally dropped it, it would be more serious than if she dropped her phoenix crown.
She was concentrating the whole time, with a serious face, which made Gu Changxiao feel uneasy when he saw her expression. He felt that Sui Sui was about to say "I regret it and I won't get married".
When burning incense in front of the tripod, the officials from the Ministry of Rites were far away, shouting at the top of their voices about "kneeling" and "bow" and a set of procedures. They didn't have to kneel here, it was the civil and military officials who had to kneel.
Gu Changxiao actually took this opportunity to chat with Jin Sui: "Are you tired?"
Jin Sui was startled, afraid of being noticed by the officials, so he dared not move his mouth and uttered a few words in his throat: "Don't talk!"
Gu Changxiao raised his hand and smiled under the cover of his wide sleeves. This is more like Sui Sui! It seems that she will not run away from marriage.
After completing a set of procedures, the two entered the Moyang Palace, which was also the main bedroom of the Queen. It was called the Daming Palace in Chang'an. Jin Sui didn't like it, so he changed it to the Moyang Palace used in the Han Dynasty.
At this point, officials from the Ministry of Rites were not allowed to come in, and the subsequent etiquette was performed by the palace maids and nannies, just like ordinary couples, drinking from the wedding cup of wine, cutting the hair ropes, and Nanny Xi said a lot of auspicious words.
Jin Sui's neck was sore from holding the Phoenix Coronet, so she winked at Gu Chang Xiao, who understood her meaning and waved his hand, saying, "You go down first. I will have a talk with the Queen."
The maids were all stunned. It was too early for the wedding night! Was the emperor so anxious? He still had to go to the front hall to receive the officials' worship. It was not yet time for the wedding night!
But they dared not say anything, as this emperor and empress could not be bound by old rules.
They said "yes" and left. Jin Sui called a female official named Qiu Wan and said, "Wait a moment and take off my phoenix crown."
Qiu Wan hurried forward to help her take off the phoenix crown, and also took off the heavy jade ornaments on her waist and the necklace on her neck.
She whispered, "I am at the palace gate. Your Majesty and the Queen, please call me if you have any instructions."
When they were the only ones left in the room, Jin Sui rubbed his neck with one hand and his waist with the other: "I'm so tired!"
"What's next?"
Gu Changxiao said hurriedly: "Eat and take a bath."
For some reason, he felt that Sui Sui was not right today. It was as if she was holding back something, and he did not dare to anger her at all.
Jin Sui uttered an "oh" and seeing that he was also very heavy, he asked again, "Do you want to take it off too?"
Gu Changxiao laughed: "I still have to go to the front hall."
Jin Sui waved his hand: "Then go quickly. Do I have to wait for you to eat? Can I eat first?"
"I'll be back soon. You can ask the palace servants to prepare whatever Sui Sui wants to eat." He wanted to have dinner with Jin Sui.
Jin Sui glanced at the snow outside the window and said, "It's so cold, the food is already cold when it's served. Let's eat hot pot!"
Gu Changxiao straightened his clothes and went to the front hall again. Nanny heard Jin Sui's instructions and came to persuade him again: "The hot pot has a strong smell. The queen has to perform a big ceremony tonight, so it is not suitable to eat it."
Jin Sui looked at her and said, "Are you saying that I can't even decide what to eat for dinner?"
The maid was frightened and knelt down to apologize, explaining that she did not mean it that way and was just reminding the queen.
Jin Sui snorted coldly: "Don't give me such unnecessary reminders in the future! Go down and prepare."
The mandarin duck hotpot was delivered quickly, and Jin Sui changed out of the eight-layer wedding dress and put on casual clothes. I couldn't help but wonder what to wear for a summer wedding? If it was eight layers like this, the bride would definitely die of heat.
Gu Changxiao did come back very quickly. The hot pot had just started bubbling and the side dishes had not yet been served, but he came back with a box of snacks and said it was for Jinsui to eat first.
Jinsui didn't move. She said she would save the first bite for the mutton hotpot with rich sesame sauce.
A group of palace servants were arranging the side dishes in various ways and blanching the vegetables like they were having Kung Fu tea. Gu Changxiao asked them to leave without Jinsui reminding him.
It’s better to eat hotpot by yourself. Jin Sui took two bottles of Coke from the space and gave one to Gu Changxiao.
Gu Changxiao pointed to the Yuquan wine beside him and said, "Sui Sui, do you want to drink this?"
Jin Sui said coldly: "Don't drink alcohol during the pregnancy preparation period. It's not good for the development of the fetus."
Gu Changxiao: ...
He quietly put away the wine and picked up the serving chopsticks to scald the mutton for Jinsui. To be honest, they were both very tired, and Jinsui was obviously uncomfortable today, so Gu Changxiao didn't say much.
Jin Sui didn't eat too much, and was afraid that it would be uncomfortable to soak in the hot spring. The palace servants had already prepared, and they were supposed to go there in a sedan chair. Jin Sui didn't want to sit: "It's just right to walk around to digest the food."
Of course Gu Changxiao agreed. Taking a walk on a snowy night was also what he had always wanted to do with Jinsui.
Along the way, I introduced Jinsui to the sights of the harem. The gas street lamps were very bright, and there were no dark corners at all. In the future, there would be no murders or corpse dumping in the harem at night.
Watching palace fighting movies in her previous life gave her the feeling that there were corpses buried everywhere in the harem, such as the cold palace, dry wells, rockery, lakes... She had the same feeling about the imperial palace in Chang'an, so she insisted on not going to Chang'an.
"That's a plum forest. We can go there to appreciate the plum blossoms tomorrow. Would Sui Sui like to use the plum blossom snow to make tea?"
Jin Sui shook his head: "I don't have the leisure time, and I think mountain spring water is best for making tea."
Arriving at Huaqing Pool, this is not the Huaqing Palace built on Mount Li in Chang'an, but the bathing palace used exclusively by the emperor in the palace. A group of palace maids came in one after another, and prepared dozens of things.
When taking off her clothes, Jin Sui refused their help to take off her inner clothes. She took off her outer clothes and wrapped herself in a bath towel and went into the bath. She found that Gu Changxiao had already taken off all his clothes and was waiting for her in the bathtub filled with flower petals.
Jin Sui slowly leaned back and sat down. The palace maids left, leaving only the two of them. Under the mist, it was a little difficult to see each other's faces, but she could hear the movements. Gu Changxiao walked slowly to her side with very light footsteps.
Jin Sui asked bluntly, "We are just here to take a bath, right? We still have to go back to the Moyang Palace to perform the Zhougong ritual, right?"
Gu Changxiao: ...
He couldn't bear it any longer and asked directly, "Did I do something that caused Sui Sui to misunderstand me?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I always feel that Sui Sui's words are sharp and he is not as close to me as before. Or does Sui Sui not like this wedding?"
Jin Sui splashed water and played with flowers without even looking at him. He said in a cold voice, "I was just too nervous. After all, I have no experience. I always feel like I haven't learned well when listening to Nanny's lectures. I'm not as experienced as Your Majesty."
Gu Changxiao was stunned. Was Sui Sui talking about learning the palace rules? He hurriedly comforted her, "We are different. I have been learning since I was young, and you have only recently started learning. It doesn't matter if you are a little slower. Anyway, if anyone dares to laugh at you, I will teach them a lesson for you!"
Jin Sui stared at him. "I know that men in ancient times matured early, but you are too early, aren't you? You started learning since you were a kid? It will affect your development!"
Gu Changxiao was confused by her expression and quickly said, "If Sui Sui doesn't like to learn, then we won't learn. Anyway, I like you the way you are, so it doesn't matter if you don't learn those rules!"
"rule?"
"Didn't Sui Sui mean to learn the palace rules from the maid? I have already told the maids in the Ministry of Rites that if you don't want to learn, don't force yourself. Are they taking advantage of their seniority to force you to learn?"
That shouldn’t be the case. Given Suisui’s personality, who in the world can force her?
Jin Sui then realized that he had misunderstood. He coughed lightly and continued to splash water: "I'm not talking about palace rules, I'm talking about that."
"Which one?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Nanny has told me that you royal children are arranged to be taught by palace maids when they are fourteen or fifteen years old, and to learn about the ethics of husband and wife.
Humph, is the maid who taught you in the harem? How is your Majesty learning? First of all, I have no experience. If I make your Majesty feel uncomfortable tonight, please bear with me. "
Gu Changxiao looked at her in surprise at first, then he began to smile with his eyes as bright as stars, first in a low voice, and then burst into laughter.
Jin Sui laughed so hard that he got angry and threw water at him:
"What's so funny? Do you want to marry an experienced queen?"
Gu Changxiao held her wrist and finally understood why she had been acting like a thorn today.
"It turns out Sui Sui is jealous!"
Jin Sui kicked him: "I'm not jealous! I'm disgusted!"
Gu Changxiao talked to himself: "I have always been jealous. In the Northern Frontier, there is a King Bater who wants to lock Sui Sui up in the Divine Palace, and in Yanzhou, there is also a confidant who asks Sui Sui to send him poems and annual gifts.
I can't tell others about the bitterness in my heart, I can only bear it silently. The girl I want to marry is the best girl in the world, so I should understand that she is missed by other men.
Now I hear Sui Sui is jealous of me, I am very happy. "
Jinsui wanted to scold him, saying he was sick. What was there to be happy about such a thing?
Before she could finish her words, Gu Changxiao suddenly exerted force, pulled her wrist, and pulled her into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "To be honest, Sui Sui, I don't have any experience, and I'm afraid I'll disappoint you tonight."
Jin Sui didn't believe it: "Who are you kidding? Nanny has already said that you all have palace maids to teach you!"
Gu Changxiao said softly: "There are indeed palace maids who are taught, but I dare not touch any of the people sent by the queen. After she sent people to the East Palace, I went to the Northwest Army.
If you don't believe me, you can check my pulse. Ahem, I am still a Yuan Yang body."
"How can I tell something like this from the pulse? Never mind, I'll just trust you."
Gu Changxiao picked her up and spun her around in circles on the petals of the water: "You don't have to believe me, you have to believe me. You are my wife, you must believe me for the rest of your life."
In order to prevent herself from falling into the water, Jin Sui had to hug his neck and said repeatedly: "Okay, I believe you! Let me down now."
Gu Changxiao put her down, and before he could calm down, he suddenly held Sui Sui's face and gave her a long and gentle kiss.
After a long time, he let go of Jinsui and hugged her tightly: "It's like a dream, Suisui, we are really married!"
"From now on, we will sleep together in life and be buried together in death. I will hold your hand and grow old with you."
Jin Sui covered his mouth and said, "On your wedding night, you are not allowed to talk about death. You are the emperor, how can you be as excited as a young boy?"
"I am the emperor, and I am also a man. Any man who marries a beloved woman will be so excited."
"Is Sui Sui done with her bath? Why don't we go back to the palace? Since we have no experience, we have to learn a lot during this long night."
Jinsui finally showed the shyness of a bride, her face leaning in his arms, redder than the petals in the pond.
Gu Changxiao carried her ashore, and the palace maids came in to change clothes for the two of them. There was a set of procedures before changing clothes, including applying essential oils and ointments, and even the heels became fragrant and soft.
Jinsui's long-haired palace maid dried her hair bit by bit with a cotton towel and also rubbed some hair care essential oil on it.
It was really well prepared! There was a long corridor between Huaqing Palace and Moyang Palace, so you didn't have to walk through the garden outside. Be careful not to get caught in the wind after bathing.
At first, the two of them walked side by side. In the middle, Gu Changxiao took her hand. They looked at each other, smiled, and ran towards the bedroom.
The palace maids were left behind in amazement. Are His Majesty and His Majesty so anxious? Layers of red curtains fell, and Jin Sui held Gu Changxiao's hand while undressing: "I don't want the palace maids to listen outside. It's so embarrassing."
Gu Changxiao agreed very much and immediately asked the palace servants to wait outside the hall and come in to serve when water was needed.
The flowers have fragrance and the moon has shadow, a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold.
It seemed like he was born with this ability and didn't need any practice at all. His soft and jade-like body met the kiss as hot as fire and Jin Sui was warmed.
Falling softly on the gorgeous phoenix bed, all she could do was hug Gu Changxiao and call his name softly.
The hibiscus tent was warm, and the warm jade hanging from the tent swayed slightly. When it was held by a jade hand, it began to swing violently.
Veins bulged out of Gu Changxiao's wheat-colored back, like a cheetah ready to pounce on his prey.
When they were embracing each other, Jin Sui's fingers stroked his nose, lips, and chin, and she called out with her eyes as white as silk: "Gu Changxiao, it hurts."
"Just bear with it every year." His voice was hoarse, and his eyes were full of suppressed love.
Her plea for mercy did not result in gentleness. Instead, the hand holding her slender waist suddenly tightened, as if he was about to hit her heart...
This night was exceptionally long. They asked for water three times in the first half of the night and fell asleep in each other's arms. Unexpectedly, Gu Changxiao had already developed a biological clock to wake up early.
There is no need to attend the morning court today. The long wedding night has not yet passed, so it is natural to continue.
Although Jinsui was very tired and sleepy, uh, but he had to admit that this was indeed a very happy thing. It was like Gu Changxiao was just a man who was never satisfied after tasting the sweetness of it.
Then she was getting into the mood, enjoying another kind of pleasure. It was her wedding night, why not? As a result, she asked for water twice before dawn. The Jingshifang would record this in detail, hoping that there would be no record in the history books that the tyrant and the witch queen were addicted to love.
"Sui Sui, wake up. Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Hiss~"
Gu Changxiao's back was scratched with bloody marks. He didn't want to find a doctor for this, so he applied medicine himself. Sui Sui's hands were really strong.
He quickly checked Sui Sui's body, fortunately, there were no external injuries except some bruises.
I helped her apply the medicine with heartache, and both of them had to be more restrained in the future.
"I feel uncomfortable everywhere. What else do you have to do today? Can you let me sleep until I wake up naturally?"
Gu Changxiao coaxed her in a low voice: "We still have to go to worship our ancestors. Can you take a nap after coming back?"
If it were the imperial palace in Chang'an, he would have to meet the elders in the palace today. Even if the empress dowager or concubine dowager was not there, he would still have to meet them as usual.
Fortunately, there are only him and his wife in the palace. They only need to follow the Ministry of Rites to worship their ancestors and write Sui Sui's name into the jade disc.
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