The night before, the two had a great time fighting. After returning to the room to wash up, they didn't have the energy to think about whether to avoid suspicion or not, so they fell asleep.
The next morning, when Su Yi woke up, she opened her eyes and saw a strong chest. She still felt a little uncomfortable. She looked up and saw that the other party had woken up a long time ago. He looked at her without any expression, and only the body under the quilt was slightly stiff.
On the autumn morning, the chill was getting heavier, but the quilt was soft and warm, making people reluctant to get up.
Su Yi turned over, rolled up the quilt, leaving only her head outside, and said
lazily, "Good morning." When she turned over, she accidentally touched another body. Suddenly, the other party became even more stiff and said good morning stiffly.
Su Yi noticed his abnormality and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you? Are you numb?"
King Rui shook his head. Normally, when they were fighting, they often had physical contact. Sometimes, Su Yi even pressed her whole body on him, but he didn't think there was anything unusual. But now, the two of them were lying on the bed, her soft body was stretched out, without any strength, just an unintentional slight touch, but he felt that it was more difficult to deal with than being punched.
He moved back, and when his body was no longer in contact with Su Yi, he turned over and got out of bed neatly. As soon as he landed, he was caught off guard and groaned.
Su Yi supported his head with one hand and lay on his side on the bedside. Seeing that his movements were not as flexible as usual, he guessed that it was probably because he was beaten too hard last night and his muscles were sore.
She was a little gloating. Now, the other party would have to be at peace for at least a few days, and she could be clean for a while and enjoy the treatment of a princess.
The people outside the door heard the noise, asked for instructions and went inside to wait.
They saw the prince standing at the table, putting on his coat, while the princess was leaning on the bedside, with a relaxed expression and a lazy posture, with a vague smile on her face. Looking at the messy bedding, they felt blushing for no reason.
On the second day of the wedding, it was necessary to meet the parents-in-law. King Rui's parents died early, so Su Yi followed him into the palace to meet the emperor and the empress.
One of them rode a horse, and the other took a sedan chair. After entering the palace, they both walked.
If you look closely, the movements of the King of Rui are still a little stiff, and his posture of getting on and off the horse is not as elegant as before.
Although he tried his best to act as if nothing had happened, this morning, those subordinates who knew him well were still laughing in their hearts, and even made bets on how many tricks the prince and the princess had played last night to make the prince so exhausted.
A few of them went to the kitchen with laughter and asked the chef to make some tonic soup for the prince. After all, it is difficult for newlyweds to control themselves, and it is the most difficult to enjoy the favor of a beautiful woman. They all understand, they all understand.
The two walked side by side. Along the way, the palace maids and eunuchs they met all lowered their heads and moved aside. After they passed by, they could not help but turn their heads back frequently and whisper to them.
"That's Princess Rui."
"She's so beautiful, no wonder the prince
fell in love with her at first sight." "I heard that the Empress summoned Princess Rui before, and Concubine Li made things difficult for her because of her beauty."
"Hush, keep your voice down. Everyone in the palace knows that Concubine Li is most proud of her face. Before entering the palace, she was the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan, while Princess Rui was the most beautiful woman in the capital. When the two most beautiful women met, Princess Rui was slightly better. Concubine Li must be unhappy."
"I heard that Concubine Li's niece is also very beautiful, and has quite the charm of the Empress in her youth. But in my opinion, no one can be as beautiful as Princess Rui. No wonder the prince only set his eyes on her." "She
is beautiful, but it's a pity that she has been married--"
"The prince doesn't think it's a pity, why do you think it's a pity?"
"It was just a casual remark. Let's go, it's getting late."
The emperor had already left the court. In the harem palace, the two sat at the top and were talking. When they looked up, they saw two figures approaching from a distance.
The empress smiled and praised: "They are really a perfect couple. Just looking at them makes people feel pleasing to the eyes."
The emperor saw the legendary most beautiful woman for the first time. After a few careful glances, he had to admit that, apart from being a martial arts idiot, Prince Rui's vision was indeed quite good.
However, if he had known that this nephew loved beauties and would not let go at first sight, when choosing a princess for him, he would not have considered family background and character, and directly gave him the most beautiful one. Maybe now, he would have run away with his nephews.
After hearing what the emperor said, the empress couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. Even if the prince of Rui loves beauties, hasn't he seen many in these years? Why does he only take a fancy to the princess of Rui? Isn't it because the two of them are destined to be together? What's more, the princess of Rui just got divorced and they met. Isn't it a blessing from heaven?"
The emperor thought to himself, what blessing from heaven? It's obviously that bastard who got it by being so shameless.
As he said that, the eunuch in front of the palace reported that the prince of Rui and the princess had walked in. The two of them bowed and offered tea. The emperor and the empress treated them like elders. After drinking tea, they gave the two wedding gifts.
The queen smiled and looked at them with relief, saying, "Over the years, your majesty and I have only hoped that the prince of Rui will get married soon. Now this day has finally come, and he is marrying a princess who is as beautiful as a fairy. In the future, you two must live in harmony and love each other, and don't let your majesty and this palace down."
Su Yi and the prince of Rui naturally said yes.
The emperor also gave a few instructions.
Su Yi secretly looked at him. Although this emperor looked stern, he was gentle. Just by the fact that he could secretly manipulate Su Yi to divorce for the sake of the prince of Rui, it can be seen that he really has a kind heart for the prince of Rui.
But it was also him who, when necessary, could destroy the Su family without hesitation, just to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
In Su Yi's view, human beings are already complicated enough, and the emperor is even more complicated.
She glanced at Prince Rui again. This guy is quite simple. Fortunately, he is simple. If he were like the emperor, with a lot of twists and turns in his heart, she might not want him.
Noticing her gaze, Prince Rui turned his head to look at her and asked with his eyes: What?
Su Yi also replied with her eyes: Nothing.
In the eyes of the emperor and empress, the newlyweds started to exchange glances in front of them.
The queen shook her head and chuckled. The emperor frowned, thinking that Prince Rui was getting more and more outrageous. Before the marriage, he went to Su Mansion to climb over the wall all day long. After the marriage, he became even more clingy. With such a deep affection between a child and a daughter, how could he still be a real man?
The emperor still had some government affairs to attend to, so he left the harem soon. The empress took them and their people to pay respects to the empress dowager. The empress dowager kept them in the palace for lunch before leaving. On
the second day of the wedding, even Prince Rui knew that he should not go to the camp today, but stay in the palace.
But he usually didn't have any hobbies, and when he was free, he didn't know what to do for a while. He sat there for a long time, and when he saw Su Yi find a storybook to read, he followed suit and started reading a military book.
The two were originally sitting in different places, but Su Yi never sat properly, and soon he sat crookedly, and finally leaned on the other person.
King Rui's originally straight back became even straighter after Su Yi came closer.
Unlike the usual contact during the competition, now, Su Yi's body was soft and warm, and clearly had no weight, but it made his limbs heavy in an instant, ready to strike, but he didn't know how to deal with it.
"Your body is too hard." Su Yi leaned for a while, moved away with a look of disgust, and leaned to the other side.
The warm body moved away, and the heavy pressure around him was gone, but King Rui didn't know why, but he unconsciously chased her figure, his heart was a little empty and confused.
After dinner, the two washed up. Su Yi returned to her room and found that there was someone else in the room. She raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why, are you still fighting tonight?" "No, I'm
not fighting tonight." King Rui said, his eyebrows and eyes looked even deeper under the candlelight.
"Since you're not fighting, what are you doing here?"
He seemed a little surprised why Su Yi asked this. Although he didn't show it too obviously, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, as if his appearance in Su Yi's room was a matter of course and didn't need to be asked.
If Su Yi hadn't stayed in the back house of the Shen family, she would almost think so. But she already knew that in this era, in wealthy families, the bedrooms of the master and the mistress were separated. The mistress was in the back house and the master was in the front yard. The man might often stay in the back house, but he didn't necessarily go to the mistress's room. He might also sleep with the concubine.
Last night, she and Prince Rui slept together because they were too tired after the fight. Both of them were too lazy to move. Besides, it was their wedding night after all, and it would be troublesome if people knew they slept in separate rooms. But since they were not going to fight tonight, why did they still sleep together?
She was confused, and Prince Rui was even more confused than her.
His tall and straight figure stood in the room, his back was made more majestic by the candlelight, and his whole body still had the aura that could stop a child from crying at night, but Su Yi could see that he was a bit at a loss
. Then she remembered that this guy didn't know what to do on the wedding night. Maybe he thought that after getting married, two people should sleep together, covered with a quilt and just sleep, and then after a while, the child will jump out by himself.
She resisted the urge to tease him, waved her hands, and said generously: "Forget it, forget it, just pretend I didn't ask, go to sleep."
She climbed onto the bed and lay down on the inside. King Rui stayed there for a while before coming over and lying on the outside.
When they fell asleep, there was a clear distance between them. When she woke up the next morning, Su Yi found that her legs were hanging on him.
Of course, King Rui was very obedient when he slept. He was in the same position as the night before and woke up the next day. She was the dishonest one.
It was not Su Yi's fault. She used to sleep alone, so of course she could do whatever she felt comfortable. Later, when she was with the demon wolf, he would hold her in his arms and stop her from moving around in the middle of the night. Su Yi never had the chance to find out how badly she slept.
Just like the last time, King Rui's body was tense and stiff, as if what was hanging on him was not a soft leg, but a beautiful snake with its tongue sticking out, which would bite him if he moved.
Su Yi pulled her legs back, covered her mouth and yawned, "Good morning, did I make you sleep poorly?"
King Rui shook his head.
Su Yi thought he was too embarrassed to say it directly, so she suggested: "If we sleep together tonight, let's put something in the middle to block it, otherwise I will always sleep next to you and affect your sleep."
King Rui didn't say whether it was okay or not. In fact, he was not being polite, but Su Yi's sleeping posture really didn't affect him.
It stands to reason that if there is someone tossing and turning around next to you, even the best sleeper will wake up several times during the night, but he didn't wake up once, and when he woke up in the morning, he actually hugged Su Yi.
The other person's legs were wrapped around him, and he held the person in his arms. The two of them were entangled more tightly than when they were fighting.
After realizing this, his body stiffened belatedly, as if he had done something bad. He quietly let go of the person, then looked at the bed curtains, reflecting on when his alertness became so poor, until Su Yi woke up.
The two got up, packed up, and went to Su Mansion together.
Master Su and Liu drank the tea served by Prince Rui restlessly, and then Liu went to talk to Su Yi alone. She
just asked some questions about how the palace was, whether the master was good to her, and so on.
The day passed normally, and at night, Su Yi saw Prince Rui in the room again. She had become accustomed to it.
In order to prevent herself from sleeping too badly, before going to bed, Su Yi specially asked someone to find another thin quilt, rolled it up and put it in the middle of the bed, and the two slept on each side.
That night, she really didn't roll onto King Rui.
But the strange thing was that the night before, she was lying on King Rui, but he didn't wake up. Tonight, whenever he heard a little noise, he woke up. After opening his eyes, he found that it was Su Yi who turned over and hugged the soft quilt between the two of them.
He looked at her for a while before closing his eyes. Not long after, he opened his eyes again and saw Su Yi raised one foot and jumped onto the quilt.
He closed his eyes again, opened his eyes for the third time, and saw Su Yi rubbing her cheek on the quilt.
In this way, he woke up again and again during the night, and King Rui finally discovered that his alertness had not deteriorated at all, and he was still very alert.
But he was not very happy.
The next day, Su Yi woke up and was relieved to find that she had finally not disturbed other people's sleep.
At the same time, the people in the palace also found that the prince's eyes seemed to be a little dark.
Everyone was happy and worried: It is a good thing that the prince and the princess have a good relationship, but does the prince really not need to be more restrained?
Forget it, let's ask the kitchen to stew more supplements.
Today, Prince Rui is preparing to go to the camp, and Su Yi is also going out to keep an appointment. The one who invited her is the princess of Prince An.
The emperor has many children, and there are three or four adults alone, but so far, only the eldest prince has been named Prince An, and the other princes have not been given titles.
Despite this, no one seemed to be openly dissatisfied. First, the eldest prince was the oldest, already over 30 years old, and even the grandson of the emperor was already in his teens. Second, everyone knew that the eldest prince was frail and had no chance of becoming emperor. The emperor made him king, which was also a consolation.
The two separated outside the palace, one went outside the city, and the other went to Prince An's palace.
Although they had only been married for a few days, they had been inseparable these days, even when they went out, they went together. Prince Rui was riding on a horse, and he could see the princess' sedan chair by slightly tilting his head. Now he was riding alone, and he felt that something was missing.
Princess An not only invited Su Yi, but she would also bring many female relatives from other palaces.
However, among those present, only Princess An was of equal rank to her. The rest, even the princes' wives, were not of higher status than her.
Princess An was about thirty years old, with a chubby face and a kind demeanor. When she saw Su Yi, she smiled before she spoke, "I met Princess Rui once in the Empress's palace before, and I can't forget how surprised I was at that time until today. So I invited you here eagerly, don't blame me for being rude."
Su Yi also smiled and said, "You're welcome, Princess."
Princess An introduced the female relatives present to her. Some of them were people Su Yi had met before at the Empress's place. Among them was the wife of the original owner's sweetheart, the one who had stared at her at the Empress's place. Her surname was Huang, so she was called Madam Huang.
As soon as they met, Su Yi felt that Princess An looked familiar. Now she knew that Mrs. Huang was Princess An's cousin. Not only did they have similar eyebrows and eyes, but they also had the same round figure.
No wonder Mr. Sun, who was Miss Su's childhood sweetheart, abandoned the original owner and married someone else. To be able to marry the eldest prince, Princess An's family must be good. In addition, she had a princess. How could such a family background be compared with that of the impoverished Duke An?
Mrs. Huang didn't say much, and she saluted Su Yi in a proper manner.
Everyone present knew the grievances between the two. Back then, Miss Su was known as the most beautiful woman, but she was abandoned. Many people were watching and laughing at her.
Now, in the blink of an eye, she has risen to become a princess. Many people are curious, will this princess who is so proud of herself bring up the past?
Princess An is probably worried about this too, so today she invited Su Yi and her cousin as well, probably with the idea of mediating between them.
After all, although Prince Rui is not the emperor's biological son, he is more trustworthy than the other princes, and even Prince An may not be able to compare with him. And his infatuation with the princess is well known to everyone.
It is not a wise thing to offend Princess Rui. It would be best if the grudges can be resolved. If they cannot be resolved, her cousin will need to be careful in the future.
Everyone was paying attention to Su Yi's actions. She still had a faint smile on her face, and even her eyes did not change. She said, "Madam Huang, there is no need to be so polite." After that
, she looked at the next person. The man was stunned for a moment before he realized that she had let her old enemy go so easily. He didn't have time to think about it and hurried forward to pay his respects.
Others were also surprised. They didn't quite believe that Su Yi really had such a good temper. They were half-believing and half-doubting, thinking that she was probably waiting to settle accounts in the future.
In fact, Su Yi really didn't have the slightest idea of finding fault.
Not to mention that it was that Master Sun who abandoned Miss Su at the beginning. It was the other party who broke his promise and climbed up another branch, betraying the oath of the two, not this Madam Huang. Besides, even if there was no Huang family, would there be no Zhang family and Li family?
As long as the Anguo Mansion was weak, as long as Master Sun coveted power, he and Miss Su would never have a result. Even if they were lucky enough to get married, they would most likely divorce his wife and remarry in the future.
Su Yi never thought that this account should be put on the head of Mr. Sun's current wife.
Among all the people present, only Mrs. Huang could see Su Yi's thoughts.
Although Mrs. Huang's appearance was not outstanding, she was very thoughtful. When she met her in the harem before, she knew that her husband had been thinking about the woman for more than ten years and had let go of the past.
Sometimes she also thought that men in the world were too funny. If they were so deeply in love, so deeply that they kept repeating each other's names in their sleep, why did they come to the Huang Mansion to propose marriage? Did she ask him to marry her?
But most of the time, she would comfort herself, it was not bad, her husband, his heart and eyes were full of only that one person, he would not look at others, the backyard was clean, unlike other families, where there were concubines and concubines fighting all day long.
Now, Mrs. Huang had a son and a daughter, so she was relieved, taking care of the two children, the family was peaceful, the husband was successful, the children were twins, but the husband and wife slept in the same bed but had different dreams. She was no longer a girl longing for a good husband, now like this, she was already luckier than most women, wasn't she?
But when she saw the princess in front of her, her calm heart was inevitably disturbed like an ordinary person.
When she was a young girl, she had heard of Miss Su's reputation, but the two had no intersection and had never met. After getting married, they had never seen each other again. They met for the first time in the harem not long ago.
After all, she was the one her husband loved deeply. Who could remain indifferent when seeing her? Mrs. Huang was thinking at that time that such a beauty could be cruelly abandoned by someone. If she were a man, she would definitely not want to see her sad.
When they met again today, the other party was already a high-ranking princess. When he turned his eyes to her, it was no different from looking at other people. If it wasn't completely letting go, what else could it be?
Mrs. Huang even felt pity for her husband in her heart.
Only those who love deeply can be hurt. Miss Su loved deeply at first, so she was deeply hurt. Now that the other party has let go, her husband seems to have become a love saint, thinking about her all the time. She can almost see the day when his heart breaks.
Su Yi handled the socializing with ease until someone from Prince An's mansion came in and said that Prince Rui was here to pick up the princess. She said goodbye amid the envy of everyone, whether genuine or fake.
When she arrived outside the mansion, she saw someone sitting on horseback. Su Yi approached and said, "Why are you here?"
"I just passed by." Prince Rui said, got off the horse, and opened the curtain for her.
Su Yi didn't ask any more questions, sat on the sedan chair, and let Qinglian look at her with a teasing look.
King Rui rode his horse beside the sedan. By slightly tilting his head, he could see the vague figure in the sedan. He nodded secretly, thinking that this was right.
That night, the two still did not fight. Su Yi had been out socializing all day and was too lazy to fight. Since King Rui did not mention it, she just
took a shower and went to bed. In the middle of the bed, there was still a rolled-up quilt, and Su Yi fell asleep quickly.
When she first fell asleep, her sleeping posture was always very correct. Not long after, King Rui heard the movement and opened his eyes. Sure enough, he saw that she had already held the quilt with her hands.
Her fair face was still clearly visible in the dim light inside the bed curtain. At this time, one side of her face was a little deformed by the soft quilt, and her mouth was pouting like a child.
King Rui looked at her for a while, then closed his eyes in this position. Not long after, he opened his eyes again. This time Su Yi did not move. He still stared at her. After a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand, gently pulled out the quilt, and threw it on the bed.
Su Yi did not wake up. One hand was groping around unconsciously. Because there was no quilt to hold, her sleeping posture became unconventional. Her hands stretched around and finally touched something, and then she pulled herself up.
King Rui looked at the person in his arms. His arms were stiff for a long time, and then he slowly put them on, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Just to avoid being woken up, I will let go tomorrow morning. He thought so.
What the author has to say: Male protagonist: This king really just wanted to avoid being woken up in the middle of the night [upright face]