Chapter 24 (24) Wedding Night, Mutual Testing (Part 2)
Secret guard?
Xue Nan looked him over carefully, from top to bottom, before shaking his head: "You are not a secret guard."
Born into a family of military commanders, he was all too familiar with the characteristics of those who practiced martial arts. While the man before him had practiced martial arts, he was too thin. Judging from the shape of the muscles in his forearms and legs, he definitely wasn't a secret guard.
Considering that Your Majesty had gathered many young men who looked like the late emperor...
Xue Nan sneered, "What on earth do you want me for? Just say it!" Just as he was about to blurt out, a silver hairpin lodged itself in his ear. His earlobe stung, but Xue Nan didn't even notice the hairpin, nor did he notice when the young man across from him had attacked him.
He may not be a secret guard, but he must be a powerful character.
"Do you believe me now?" Lianzhi said with a smile.
"...I believe it." Xue Nan's forehead was dripping with sweat, feeling guilty for his carelessness and misjudging the enemy. He was completely sober now. "Since you are the late emperor's secret guard, what do you want from me? Do you want to see the emperor? I'm afraid I can't help you with that."
When Lianzhi heard the middle sentence, her eyes lit up, but when she heard Xue Nan say that he couldn't help, her eyes dimmed again.
Today's wedding banquet was crowded with officials from various factions in the Shangshu Mansion. He was afraid of being overheard, so he didn't dare to speak directly. Instead, he hinted, "It's not about those things. The late emperor passed away, and we have nowhere else to go. I know that you, young general, are the late emperor's most trusted person, so I came here specially to pay my respects to you today."
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Xue Nan sneered again.
"Me? The person you trust the most?" Xue Nan asked, "What exactly do you want to say? If it's His Majesty's order, you can just say it directly. Our Xue family is loyal to His Majesty, there's no need to play these roundabout ways."
Lianzhi was stunned for a moment, but soon figured out the key.
Although he had trusted General Xue's family in the past, including Xue Nan, who was one of the people he could trust, in Xue Nan's eyes, their relationship between the monarch and his subjects might not be that good.
"If you don't believe it, Eunuch Wen is by my side. If you don't believe me, you should believe him." Lianzhi said sincerely.
Hearing this, Xue Nan was silent for a moment.
The eunuch was indeed loyal only to Chen Fenglian. When Chen Fenglian died, he even attempted to die with her several times. Seeing that he was somewhat convinced, Lianzhi was about to continue speaking when she caught a glimpse of someone approaching. She hurriedly thrust a red handkerchief into Xue Nan's hand, "General Xue, you and I are both... I won't harm you. Just give this handkerchief to General Xue. If you doubt me, you can give it to His Majesty."
After saying this, he immediately leaped onto the roof and ran away, so fast that Xue Nan couldn't even catch his shadow. The black figure quickly disappeared into the night. Xue Nan hadn't yet digested the information in his words and stood there in a daze.
The person in the distance quickly approached. He was a servant of the Shangshu Mansion.
"Why is your Excellency here? Have we been negligent?" the two servants asked, "Let us help your Excellency back to the banquet."
Xue Nan shook his head, signaling them not to follow. After walking a few steps further, he pulled out the handkerchief. A small butterfly was embroidered on the lower right corner of the handkerchief. For some reason, Xue Nan brought the handkerchief close to his nose and sniffed it.
It is a light lotus fragrance.
Before Xiao Liu could open the door, Lianzhi jumped into the room through the window, quickly put on her wedding dress, and leaned on the couch. Just as she had put on her outer clothes, Xiao Liu pushed open the door and walked in. When she saw Lianzhi's posture, she exclaimed, "Master, how...how can you take off your wedding dress! And the veil, you can't take it off!"
"It's uncomfortable to cover myself, and the wedding clothes are troublesome too." Lianzhi complained in a very coquettish manner, "It's more comfortable to take them off and lie down. Are you adults still looking forward to lifting the veil? Then ask him to come back quickly, otherwise I want to go to sleep."
Lianzhi's temper was always like this, and Xiao Liu had no doubt that he was dissatisfied with the heavy wedding dress. But when Bai Kang was urged to change, he did not dare to do so and left in a huff.
Only after Xiao Liu left did Lianzhi let out a long sigh.
It was concealed.
Lianzhi was feeling a bit hungry, so she ate a few snacks. She heard the sounds of laughter and footsteps outside, clearly a large group of people approaching. She quickly sat up, put on her wedding gown, covered her head with a veil, and returned to her bed.
The moment he finished his work, Bai Kang pushed the door open and walked in, surrounded by a crowd of people.
It was late at night, and the light inside the room was extremely dim. Under the flickering red candlelight, a beautiful young man in a gorgeous wedding dress sat quietly by the bed, not making any noise or noise, giving Bai Kang enough face.
Even though he just heard the servant report that Lianzhi seemed to have secretly run away and no one knew what she was doing, at this moment, Bai Kang suddenly felt a wonderful feeling of being a newlywed.
He is getting married.
Marry someone who is spoiled, naughty, full of doubts, and may even be dangerous.
Even though they had only known each other for a little over two months.
"Groom, go and lift the bride's veil." The woman who was spreading the tent said with a smile.
Amid the clamor, Bo Kang walked over and lifted the bright red wedding veil from Lianzhi's head. Perhaps influenced by the candlelight, the face that resembled Chen Fenglian was even more pleasing to the eye than usual, with red lips, white teeth, and long, slender eyebrows.
The women closest to them had never met Chen Fenglian before, but they thought the young man before them was delicate and delicate, like a piece of jade, and they all began to say auspicious words. They cleverly avoided words like "early birth of a son", which made Lianzhi and Baikang feel much better.
As the saying goes, clothes make the man. Previously, Bo Kang hadn't wanted to pay attention to Lianzhi's face, thinking he looked like Chen Fenglian and didn't want to look at him too closely. But today, he stared at Lianzhi's face, lost in thought.
Apart from the similarities with Chen Fenglian, Lianzhi... was truly beautiful. He wasn't one to compliment people, but he thought Lianzhi's nose and eyes were just right, much prettier than anyone else.
His eyes slowly moved down, and Bai Kang's gaze stopped on Lianzhi's lips, and his smile froze.
There were several pieces of pastry crumbs hanging from the corners of Lianzhi's lips, which didn't make her look sloppy, but rather cute. But if others saw it...
While the veil was being lifted, Bo Kang quickly reached out his fingers and scraped off the pastry crumbs from the corner of his lips. Just as he was about to remove the veil, Lian Zhi suddenly snatched it away and covered her head with it again.
What is this for?
Not only Bai Kang, but everyone behind him was also stunned. The Prime Minister's wife was the first to come to her senses and said, "The bride is shy! Let's go back to the banquet and have some wine."
A group of people dragged Bai Kang out of the bridal chamber. Lianzhi heaved a sigh of relief after everyone left.
Bai Kang reeked of alcohol, it was awful.
He waited a long time before Bai Kang finally returned. The banquet in the main hall had already ended, and the Shangshu Mansion had returned to a deserted state. Bai Kang's wedding dress was wrinkled, obviously pulled by someone during the jostle. Lianzhi still had a veil covering her head, and he didn't know what it was for. Thinking of Lianzhi's beautiful face beneath the veil, Bai Kang suddenly felt that being married was indeed different.
Bai Kang walked over helplessly: "Why don't you take it off?"
His breath was also filled with the strong, intoxicating smell of alcohol. Lianzhi answered honestly, "You smell strongly of alcohol. It's unpleasant."
"So pampered." Bai Kang snorted.
Just when Lianzhi thought he would say, "Rest," or something else, Bai Kang suddenly pulled off his veil and came closer with a smile: "Don't hide. Even if it smells bad, you have to listen to me!"
This...how can it be so unreasonable? Lianzhi's eyes widened, and she quickly realized that Bai Kang was drunk.
Are you actually drunk?
He immediately found it amusing and deliberately said, "Isn't it time to drink the wedding wine?"
"Do you still want to drink that?" asked Bai Kang.
Listening carefully, there was nothing wrong with his tone and intonation, but you could still hear that it was different from usual.
Just drunk.
"Of course you have to drink. If you don't drink, they will make up stories about me tomorrow. They will say that you don't like me and you won't even drink the wedding wine with me." Lianzhi looked at him angrily.
Arrange the lotus branches, and they will get angry. When they get angry, they will make noise.
Thinking of this, Bai Kang immediately picked up the wine pot and poured two glasses of wine. He was really drunk. After drinking the first glass, Lianzhi poured him another glass and asked him to continue drinking.
Under normal circumstances, Bai Kang would have reacted and just had one drink to show that the alcohol was low. But now Lian Zhi had made him drink three or four glasses, and he didn't say anything.
Until the wine jug was empty, Bai Kang fell drunk at the table.
Lianzhi dragged him to bed. Bo Kang was already fast asleep, sound asleep. It was fun to tease him about drinking, but the stench of alcohol in the room was even stronger, and Lianzhi found it difficult to breathe.
It smells so bad! The room is full of alcohol. He won’t be able to sleep tonight!
Lianzhi pinched her nose and opened the window, then opened the door and said to Xiaoliu who was guarding outside: "Send in a bucket of water!"
Seeing it was him, Xiao Liu was shocked: "Master, why is it you?"
"What's me?" Lianzhi was confused and said viciously, "I asked you to bring water, didn't you hear me?"
Xiao Liu was even more shocked: "Why deliver water? Our Lord...our Lord is so fast!" It's impossible, their Lord Bai is in good health!
Could it be that...they are the wives!
"What do you mean by fast?" Lianzhi was puzzled. His knowledge of this subject was almost zero, and he didn't understand what Xiaoliu was saying at all. "I just sent you!"
Xiao Liu responded and left in a daze. After a while, the hot water arrived. Lianzhi covered her nose and went to untie Bai Kang's wedding dress, groaning angrily.
"Damn you, Bo Kang! You actually want me to help you bathe!" Lianzhi complained. "When I regain my status, I'll punish you by making you kneel in the imperial study for four... no, six hours!"
He had only solved half of the puzzle when Bai Kang woke up.
The drunken man grabbed his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long moment before saying, "...Chen Fenglian? You are Chen Fenglian."
"What did you say?" Lianzhi asked in disbelief.
Bold Bo Kang, dare to call him by his name!
"Chen Fenglian. Your Majesty..." Bai Kang's grip tightened, clenching until his fingers ached. He was still mumbling something, but he couldn't hear clearly. He boldly asked, "What are you saying?"
"Speak... Your Majesty." Bai Kang's voice was still soft. "I want to carry Your Majesty to... the Cining Palace."
Hearing this, Lianzhi felt a little complicated.
He used to like to deliberately order Bai Kang around, asking him to carry him to the Imperial Study or the Empress Dowager's Palace. Unexpectedly, after getting drunk, Bai Kang subconsciously wanted to carry him to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
Bo Kang is still very loyal to him...
"I want to throw His Majesty... down on his back!" Bo Kang spoke again, "Chang Yuzhu! Do you want me to throw him down?"
The touch on Lianzhi's face disappeared immediately.
I actually want to throw him down!
Bai Kang and Chang Yuzhu, he remembered these two people.
"What else?" Lianzhi's tone was extremely gentle, "What else do you want to do?"
Next, he listened for an hour to Bo Kang's complaints and the bad things he wanted to do to him.
This included, but was not limited to, Chen Fenglian always ordering him around without giving orders to other guards; Chen Fenglian claiming there were spies in the Queen Mother's bedroom and asking him to stay awake to watch; and when tasting food, she always let him eat dishes that were suspected to be problematic, etc.
Stingy Bai Kang, remembering even such trivial matters. Lianzhi still felt a little guilty. He really liked having Bai Kang do the work, because Bai Kang was the most handsome among the guards, and he was a little picky.
Just a little, really.
He moved closer and wanted to slap Bo Kang in the face, but was scared away by the strong smell of alcohol.
Forget it, let’s wipe Bo Kang’s body first.
Lianzhi went to take off Baikang's wedding dress. Just as she took off the thick wedding dress, Baikang was woken up again.
This time, Bo Kang looked at him and smiled: "Are you here to repay me again?"
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