Chapter 40: The betrothal gift prepared by Ding'an Marquis Mansion was not inferior to his...
Chapter 40
Lin Shuo was not actually too worried. After all, he had already guessed that the "son" was fake and the "daughter" was real. They were both women, so how could he offend the princess?
He called Lin Zhiyi mainly to discuss the betrothal gifts and wedding ceremony.
Jing Yue had been acting for seventeen years and was already very adept at it. When she saw Lin Shuo, she didn't prepare herself mentally and simply called him "Dad" and asked slowly, "What do you want from me?"
Seeing her looking refreshed, Lin Shuo asked with mixed feelings, "Just came back from the palace?"
Jing Yue confessed honestly, "I left the palace at 3:00 PM and met Lord Ye at Bei'an Gate. I left with him and first sent him back to the Dali Temple. I wandered around the streets and met Zhou Mingyan again. I accompanied him to buy some wine for the general and then sent him back to the general's mansion before returning."
Mu Hanyan emerged from the inner chamber and couldn't help but smile at her effortless demeanor. "Yuan'er, come here and take a look at the betrothal gifts. Even though she's Princess Shang, our family still has to offer a betrothal gift worthy of a princess."
Jingyue understood - the real thing was to look at the list of betrothal gifts.
"I'm coming, Mom. Sorry for the trouble." He said sweetly.
The Marquis's wife, Mu Hanyan, described by Lin Zhiyi was a gentle, strong and powerful woman.
Jingyue admired her from the bottom of her heart.
This mother is different from his mother's concubine. Mu Hanyan will pair Lin Zhiyi with Gu Tingxuan to protect her at all times. The two mothers also instill different philosophies in their children.
Mu Hanyan taught Lin Zhiyi how to shoulder family responsibilities, and Gu Tingxuan's living example gave Lin Zhiyi the confidence that "women are as good as men".
His mother taught him to escape, to shrink, and to save his life. He should not fight or compete, but be obedient and that would bring him benefits.
Of course, even though Jing Yue was envious, he had no right to resent his mother. This was already the best his mother could give him.
"Some of them were added based on what you said about the princess's preferences. Can you take a look again to see if there are any omissions?" Mu Hanyan asked softly.
"Okay." Jing Yue came back to her senses and looked at the betrothal gift list carefully.
He had seen the dowry list in the palace, so he was familiar with it and looked at it very carefully and in detail.
However, the more I looked at it, the more surprised I was. The list of betrothal gifts from the Marquis' Mansion was really thick!
He is a royal "princess" and his dowry was prepared by the Ministry of Rites under the orders of the Emperor and his mother. His father relies heavily on the Marquis of Ding'an and his mother is also in favor now, so his dowry will not be bad.
The betrothal gift prepared by the Ding'an Marquis's Mansion was not inferior to his dowry.
But when Jing Yue thought about Mu Hanyan's family, she felt relieved again.
——The Mu family really knows how to run a business. They are low-key, content, and capable.
Jing Yue knew that Lin Zhiyi was thinking about her four unmarried sisters, so she said considerately, "Mom, this list is too long, right? Leave some for the four sisters...they will feel more confident if they have more dowries."
"Don't worry about them." Mu Hanyan smiled, "Mom knows everything. They won't be left out."
Jing Yue: "Then the child will follow mother's arrangements in everything."
After hearing what she said, Mu Hanyan stopped asking questions and said, "Okay, then leave it to me."
"Thank you for your hard work." Jing Yue stepped forward and rubbed her shoulders with moderate strength.
In the past, when he went to the palace to pay his respects to his mother, he would also give her a massage like this to loosen up her muscles.
"Does the princess have any instructions?" Lin Shuo asked.
Jing Yue thought for a moment and said, "Nothing much. I just told the child to take care of himself and be safe."
"It's only a little over a month away. If it weren't for the accident at the hunting ground, the wedding date wouldn't have to be postponed for a month." Lin Shuo said regretfully.
The sooner he marries the princess, the sooner he can escape the crisis of being targeted and assassinated.
But thinking about another thing, Lin Shuo felt that postponing the wedding date was not a bad idea.
In this way, Yuaner's secret can be discovered later.
"Anyway, everything at home is almost ready for the wedding. We just have to go over the wedding ceremony procedures with the Ministry of Rites." Mu Hanyan said calmly.
On the day the imperial edict was received, the Marquis' Mansion began making various preparations for Princess Shang.
Now that the wedding date has been postponed for a month, they have actually already made the necessary preparations.
Jing Yue herself felt a little regretful at the moment for postponing her wedding.
If he had known that Young Marquis Lin was a woman disguised as a man, he wouldn't have had to postpone the wedding to slow down the exposure of his cross-dressing secret.
For them now, getting married early is actually safer.
But now that things have come to this, it is no longer realistic to change the wedding date.
All we can do is wait.
After having dinner in Lingxi Hall, Jingyue returned to Bitong Courtyard.
He was panicked by the body-changing incident in the morning and was summoned to the palace again. He had not yet carefully checked everything in Bitongyuan.
Compared with the Lanyue Palace, the Bitong Courtyard is naturally much smaller, but it is elegant, and more importantly - free!
Jingyue happily strolled around the yard, finding every flower, every tree, and every brick and tile particularly fresh.
The people around him were puzzled, but they didn't dare to ask more questions.
——Maybe the young marquis is doing this to help digestion.
After visiting Bitong Courtyard, Jingyue happily entered the main house.
Lin Song presented him with his books and wine, and asked him, "Young Marquis, the water is ready. When will you take a bath?"
Jing Yue's good mood, which had been rising all the way, came to an abrupt halt at this moment - but it did not fall down either, it just maintained at this height and began to fluctuate - he almost forgot that the body he was using now was that of a girl!
Today he admired the lotus, went shopping, and strolled around the yard. Even though it was cool after the rain, he was sweating.
What's more, he was wearing a chest binder... I couldn't think about it, it would make me even hotter.
Jing Yue calmed down and asked, "What time is it?"
"Just at the quarter past ten."
"Then get it ready. As usual, there's no need to keep anyone waiting."
"Yes." Lin Song went to give the order.
The room next door is the bathing room, which has a carved pool, extremely high lattice windows, and a circle of tight screens surrounding the pool.
As soon as Jing Yue stepped in, she knew that this bathroom was specially prepared for Lin Zhiyi.
The lattice windows are breathable, but in order to prevent people with great martial arts skills from peeking through the windows, the windows are set very high and a circle of screens are placed to block the view.
Very safe.
Jing Yue breathed a sigh of relief, locked the door, went into the screen circle alone, and began to change clothes.
He was quite adept at removing his outer robe, and he subconsciously looked around, always worried about someone peeking. Fortunately, he had evacuated Youyi and the others from the mansion last time, otherwise, he would have to be wary of those secret guards accidentally discovering Lin Zhiyi's secret.
The bra binder was also untied. Jing Yue breathed a sigh of relief and made a new judgment in her heart - it was still more difficult for a woman to dress as a man.
When he took the last step of taking off his underwear, his fingertips trembled a little.
Thinking about what Lin Zhiyi had told him, and then thinking about Lin Zhiyi's unrestrained and calm demeanor today, Jing Yue touched her skin lightly as if he was risking his life, pulled open her underwear and threw it away, then he quickly entered the carved white jade pool.
The water temperature is just right, and soaking in it is especially refreshing.
After quietly soaking for a quarter of an hour, Jing Yue finally prepared herself mentally and reached out to touch her body, starting with her arms and legs... then her waist and abdomen, and finally she dared to splash water to wash her breasts...
This first bath really took up most of Jingyue's energy and mind.
Only after changing into clean clothes did Jing Yue breathe a sigh of relief.
He looked at the sky outside, and withdrew a little from the joy of experiencing freedom, and thought to himself - when will it rain?
Back in the inner room, Jing Yue dried her hair by herself, rubbed it with her hand, and secretly ran over to rub his ingot, and her mood became relaxed again.
He picked up a book called "Shipbuilding Chronicle" and read it while rubbing the gold ingots and taking a sip of wine - what a comfortable life!
On the other side, Lin Zhiyi also made the same exclamation!
At 3 p.m., after seeing Jingyue off, she took a shower and then had a nice late nap.
——She had been swimming and painting in the morning, and she had worked up a sweat. She had never been this tired before, even when she was the CEO and rushing to paint for the client!
She woke up at the hour of Xu and listened with full energy as Su Lian read out the dinner list handed to her by the imperial chef. She chose her favorite food with bright eyes.
I have to admit that the royal chef's cooking skills are indeed unique.
After eating and drinking her fill, the little palace maids massaged her shoulders and back. It was so comfortable!
"Princess, do you want to practice sword?" Su Lian asked.
Lin Zhiyi blinked in surprise—someone was practicing swordplay so late at night?! No way!
She shook her head: "No more practice today."
"Yes." Su Lian asked again, "Then... Your Highness, do you want to play pot-tossing?"
Lin Zhiyi continued to shake his head: "No. You all go down, I... ahem... I'm going to read for a while. Don't come in and disturb me unless I summon you."
"Yes." Su Lian said worriedly, "Your Highness, don't watch too late, be careful not to hurt your eyes."
"Yeah. Got it."
The palace servants all retreated quietly and orderly. After Lin Zhiyi made sure that there was no one around, he stretched and began to carefully appreciate this new body.
The little prince, who is about to turn eighteen, is tall, has long legs and a great figure.
It was quite amusing to think about it. During the Spring Hunt, she even made excuses for the princess: she lived a life of luxury, so it was normal for her to be taller. After all, Emperor Longshun and Concubine Lan were both tall.
It turns out it’s because he is a man!
Will it grow taller in the future?
She ate too much just now, is that not good?
No wonder Eunuch Su looked surprised when he saw her eating with relish - maybe Jing Yue deliberately restrained her food intake?
By the way, he only ate three pieces of cakes in total on the boat that morning.
The snacks made in the palace are all small and exquisite, and three pieces are not a lot for an adult.
If it were her, she would finish all five pieces.
How pitiful!
In order to curb his height, he couldn't even eat enough.
Lin Zhiyi felt sympathy for someone and sat on the edge of the bed with mixed emotions, pondering the possible consequences of eating seriously for a month - after all, he was going to get married in more than a month, so he shouldn't gain weight or height in such a short time, right?
There was a Yuanbao doll on the bed, but the room was not hot, as there were ice basins, bamboo fans and bamboo mats to cool off.
She looked at Yuanbao's chubby little paws and quickly shook her head to dismiss the idea.
The wedding dress was tailor-made for the slim version of Jingyue. If she accidentally gains weight or grows taller, the wedding dress will no longer fit and will have to be remade. If the wedding date is accidentally postponed again, it will not be worth it.
It’s better to be a little hungry for a while.
After they get married, she will compensate Jingyue well!
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