Jiang Rao didn’t know what other people’s weddings looked like, but she knew that her wedding today was really grand enough.
Vanity was inexplicably satisfied.
What's more, she is marrying the person she wants to marry, so she will be happy even if there is no grand ceremony.
Jiang Rao lowered her head, the tassels on the phoenix crown completely covered her red face, and the corners of her lips were slightly raised.
After getting off the carriage, they pulled the silk into the main hall. Jiang Rao's vision was blocked and she could only see the ground below her feet. She followed the other person pulling the wedding silk, and each step she took was very light.
The entire Qi Palace was decorated with lights and colors, and the entire courtyard was filled with festive red.
Before Jiang Rao entered the main hall, she vaguely saw Rong Ting's shadow. Her pounding heart suddenly calmed down a little. She blinked twice and her mind was completely on him.
In that dream, she only saw his back, but didn't see him in his wedding dress. She was so itchy that she tightened her hands holding the silk, fearing that she had forgotten the etiquette. In order to see his face, she lifted the veil on the spot.
The newlyweds bowed three times. When they reached the high hall, Emperor Zhaowu was not at home. The newlyweds knelt facing east toward the palace, and others followed suit and kowtowed.
Jiang Rao's body was swaying. She looked at her toes and the tip of Rong Ting's boots through the handkerchief.
Then Jiang Rao was helped into the bridal chamber.
She was supported by her maids and sat on the wedding bed. The phoenix coronet on her head was extremely heavy. As soon as she sat on the bed, she couldn't help but droop her head, and then sat up straight.
Not long into the day, she felt tired.
Getting married is such a tiring thing, you have to get up so early and carry such a heavy phoenix crown.
It's only this once in your life that you can change.
It would be better if the Queen was imprisoned in Jinxiu Palace instead. There would be no need to go to her to offer tea, nor would there be any need to think hard about how to deal with her tomorrow.
Previously, there were many people who looked down upon Rong Ting. He had few friends, and those who were close to him in official circles were now afraid of his sharpness and did not dare to come and cause trouble in the bridal chamber. The bridal chamber was very quiet.
She closed her eyes. Even though she was a lazy person, it was a big day after all. She straightened her body, sat upright and properly, and listened to the maids outside saying the most common auspicious words on the wedding day.
There was a sound of footsteps in the room. Although they were not heavy, they were not as light as the maid's footsteps. Jiang Rao opened her eyes and saw the tips of a pair of men's boots in the area that she could see.
She slightly
She raised her head and her vision suddenly became clear. The veil was lifted and she could see clearly the man standing in front of her.
Her heart began to beat wildly again. The red wedding dress looked better on him than she had imagined.
There was a smile in his brows and eyes.
When he smiles, he still looks a bit boyish and childish.
If there weren't maids and nannies walking around the room, Jiang Rao would have wanted to reach out and touch his face.
Jiang Rao was a late bloomer in love. When she didn't dream about the disasters in her family, her mind was filled with eating and playing. After she dreamed about it, her mind was filled with timidity and fear. She spent every day thinking about how to avoid this disaster or that disaster. She was too tired to think about anything else.
Other girls might start thinking about what their future husbands would look like when they were in their teens, but she never did.
Although I had never thought about it, now that I saw him, I had the answer in my heart.
It should be like this for him.
She suddenly recalled their first encounter in the snow in Yecheng a few years ago.
She thought she had only saved a poor little thing, and never imagined that she had saved her future husband.
Fortunately, she was good enough to him at that time, otherwise she would definitely regret it now.
Jiang Rao stayed at the inn without doing anything to her, but Rong Ting's fingers moved. He reached out and took off the phoenix crown on her head.
While taking off the phoenix crown on her head, she moved her fingers to her neck and rubbed it twice with moderate force, "Tired?"
Jiang Rao felt that she was sitting very straight and didn't know how he could tell that she was tired.
But this made her feel sweet in her heart, and she nodded.
His fingers were very cold, and the force with which he touched her sore neck was just right, and she felt relieved after a few touches. Jiang Rao squinted her eyes, like a cat basking in the sun, and felt somewhat enjoying it, but she knew that there were guests in the front hall and she had to entertain them, so she didn't dare to indulge in them and didn't keep him here for too long.
Rong Ting didn't have much time to deal with the guests in the front hall. He placed his long fingers on the back of her neck and rubbed it twice before slowly releasing his hand. He said softly, "If you are tired, it's okay to rest first."
How could a newly-wed not wait until her husband comes back before going to bed? Jiang Rao shook her head.
She waited quietly in the bridal chamber until he left.
The maid in the palace came to feed her dumplings and dates. She was quite obedient. Although she didn't know what the use of these things was, she hadn't eaten much since she got up in the morning. After being busy for a while, she was a little hungry. She ate one when the maid fed her. Looking at the maid who was already smiling, her smile deepened.
Jiang Rao
After swallowing the last dumpling, she drank some tea and looked at the smile on the nanny's face. She remembered the nanny her aunt had invited to her house a few days ago to teach her some principles.
The nanny looked at her with a similar smile.
The empress was imprisoned in Jinxiu Palace, but her aunt was promoted. The emperor seemed to make up for his neglect of her aunt in the past six months by sending the phoenix seal originally held by the empress to Shuxiang Palace and promoting her aunt to Imperial Noble Consort.
The person in charge in the harem is her aunt. Jiang Rao is not in the harem, so she cannot feel the changes in the harem, but she can feel that her aunt is becoming more and more domineering.
She said she didn't want the booklet, but her aunt sent it to her anyway. She also said she didn't need a normal nanny to teach her, but what was supposed to come finally came.
When Jiang Rao thought of all the things that had been on her mind these days, her face turned red. After the nanny who had brought the dumplings left, she touched her belly and sat back on the wedding bed.
The nanny didn't say anything too radical to her. She just told her that Rong Ting had been ill for too long and had only recently recovered. She had exhausted too much energy in the past period of time, so she should focus on recuperating her body and not be impatient. She also wanted her to be restrained.
Jiang Rao covered her face, not knowing why she always had a reputation of being very anxious no matter where she was.
…
The socializing in the front hall lasted until late at night.
Rong Ting could drink a lot to begin with. The only time he got drunk was when he returned to the palace from Yecheng. It was his first time drinking and he didn’t know the tricks of drinking.
Although many people came, except for the generals who had worked together in Huaizhou and Liao Qiubai who was now the Minister of Works, Rong Ting was really familiar with him. Most of the others came with the intention of currying favor with him and did not dare to force Rong Ting to drink.
After three rounds of drinking, there was only a faint blush on Rong Ting's face, almost invisible.
When they got to Liao Qiubai's table, Liao Qiubai filled the bottle of wine in front of him and drank it all in one gulp, with a smile on his face. He congratulated and blessed a few times, but soon started talking about something else, "Why didn't I see the father-in-law?"
Huai Qing explained to Liao Qiubai, "I sent a wedding invitation to the father-in-law, but he didn't come."
Liao Qiubai sneered, looking somewhat embarrassed. Rong Ting saw that he had something to say, so he asked Liao Qiubai to stay before the guests left.
Liao Qiubai said, "The timing is really unfortunate. There was news from Youzhou today. In the dense forests of Youzhou, people have seen people wearing narrow green sleeves and practicing martial arts many times. They look well-trained. Maybe... they are the warriors trained by the father-in-law."
Now Emperor Zhaowu still does not give Jia
The final blow to the Queen was to wait for Rong Ting to produce the evidence that Xu Guozhang had kept assassins in captivity.
To find evidence that Xu Guozhang kept assassins, we have to find the lair where he trained them.
Liao Qiubai had been busy with this matter for a long time. He knew that it was inappropriate to bring it up with Rong Ting today, but the situation was urgent and he had to say, "This matter was found out too late. The father-in-law knew that we were investigating him and had already sent people there. If we change the place, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time again."
Rong Ting's eyes dimmed, "Have you sent someone over?"
Liao Qiubai nodded, "As for Youzhou, I think it would be best for Your Highness to go there in person, but since you are newlyweds... the timing is not right. I will ask someone to take care of it and send someone else over first."
Rong Ting didn't say anything.
…
Liao Qiubai wasted some time here, and when Rong Ting stepped into the bridal chamber, the night had become increasingly dark.
The wedding candles on the table were only a little burned out.
When he entered the room, Jiang Rao had been waiting for so long that she was sleepy and had closed her eyes.
She seemed to have just fallen asleep. Her little head fell down a little, but she didn't fall completely. Rong Ting reached out his hand, put his palm on her cheek, and supported her tilted body.
Jiang Rao's cheek fell on his hand. The adorable little girl fell asleep peacefully. Knowing it was Rong Ting's hand, she did not hide. Her soft cheek was stained with a soft pink because of sleepiness, as pure as a newborn lotus.
She smelled the alcohol tainted by his original scent and frowned twice. She didn't like the smell of alcohol very much, but she was attracted by the smell of medicine underneath the alcohol, and she rubbed it into his palm twice without realizing it.
Rong Ting looked down at her and suddenly sighed.
Her unconscious action could be fatal.
Rong Ting’s fingertips were cold and smelled of alcohol. She rubbed them twice and suddenly woke up. She didn’t know how long she had slept.
When I opened my eyes, I almost thought I had slept until dawn, my heart was about to jump out.
Seeing that it was getting dark outside, he felt relieved immediately. The sleepiness came back again. He blinked his eyelids slowly and tiredly, and the figure of Rong Ting in front of him was a little shaky.
Seeing that she could sit up on her own, Rong Ting removed his hand, pinched her earlobe, lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Wake up."
His movements were gentle but also a bit possessive. He put his fingers on her ears and began to rub them again and again, not letting go.
Jiang Rao was startled by his deep voice.
When she opened her eyes again, she realized that this scene was completely consistent with her dream of getting married at that time.
It turned out that the girl in the dream didn't show any shyness because she didn't care. It turned out that she had just waited for too long and became sleepy.
Jiang Rao pursed her lips, feeling somewhat ashamed of her sleepiness.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"It's the Hour of You." Rong Ting released his hand that was kneading her earlobe and walked to the table.
Jiang Rao tilted her head and looked at what he brought, which were the wine jug and wine cup, and she knew that they were going to drink the wedding wine.
She thought about what the nanny sent by her aunt had taught her. Since she had to be moderate, she probably wouldn't have to worry about anything after drinking the wedding wine tonight. She swung her feet leisurely in the back, looking relaxed as if everything was settled. "We're both tired today."
Her eyelids were a little heavy, and she half-closed her eyes. She negotiated with him softly, "After drinking the wedding wine, can you let me sleep?"
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