After Gu Jiu finished dressing, he turned around and looked at Liu Zhao.
Several maids were wiping Liu Zhao's hands, even the gaps between his nails were cleaned.
The maids were all beautiful, meticulous in their work, and considerate and gentle.
At this time, the bridesmaid came in, took the veil, put it in a box and prepared to take it away.
There was bloodstain on the veil, and the bridesmaid looked very happy.
“Wait!”
Liu Zhao called out to the bridesmaid and waved his hand, and all the maids bowed and stepped aside.
"Leave the veil behind." Liu Zhao said in a stern tone.
The bridesmaid was bewildered, "Sir, this, this needs to be reviewed by the princess."
"I will explain to my mother myself. Please leave the veil here."
The matchmaker was a little at a loss. This was against the rules.
Gu Jiu said, "Mrs. Xi Niang, please listen to the Master. He is the most senior here, and he has the final say."
The bridesmaid had no choice but to put down the box containing the bridal veil and said, "I'm leaving."
The bridesmaid had to rush to see the princess to report the matter.
Liu Zhao looked at Gu Jiu, who was dressed up in a new outfit, and his brows relaxed a little.
The wife he chose was stunningly beautiful and looked good no matter how she dressed.
"Set breakfast."
The eunuch Lin Shuping bowed and came to Liu Zhao's side, reminding him quietly, "Sir, it's almost too late."
"No problem. I have a date today, and I won't have the energy if I don't eat enough."
Liu Zhao walked out of the bedroom and went to the dining room to eat.
Gu Jiu followed closely behind.
She was really hungry now.
Lin Shuping immediately ordered his servants to serve breakfast.
The servants filed into the dining room. There was a wide variety of breakfast, including the usual porridge, a few dishes of pickles, and a wide variety of pasta.
Gu Jiu sat down one seat away from Liu Zhao with an elegant posture.
Liu Zhao stared at Gu Jiu with sharp eyes.
Gu Jiu looked at him. Why was he staring at her? She was not breakfast, so he couldn't eat her.
Liu Zhao glanced at the stool between them again.
Gu Jiu suddenly realized that Liu Zhao was asking her to sit over and sit next to him.
She lowered her head and smiled, then stood up and changed her seat, sitting next to Liu Zhao.
In front of others, she always has to give him face.
Liu Zhao leaned over and whispered to Gu Jiu, "Who said that I am the boss here and I have the final say in everything?"
Gu Jiu's eyes moved and he secretly rolled his eyes at him.
Liu Zhao added, "My lady, please keep your word and don't say one thing and mean another."
Gu Jiu smiled, neither agreeing nor denying.
The two of them finished their breakfast in silence. Gu Jiu had half a bowl of porridge, a soup dumpling, and a cold dish of pickles, then put down his chopsticks.
Liu Zhao frowned, "Are you full already?"
Gu Jiu wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "I'm full."
"Why do you eat so little? No wonder you don't have any meat on you."
Gu Jiu secretly rolled his eyes and said, "You've been sitting here all day without moving much, so how can you eat? Come on, eat quickly, young master."
Subtext: Even with all this food, you still can't stop talking. You talk too much. And you dare to complain about me not having two pounds of flesh on my body, haha. If I really gain twenty pounds, you'll start complaining about me not understanding how to maintain my health, eating all day and turning me into a pig.
So, just listen to what men say and don’t take it seriously.
He said you were skinny and asked you to eat more, but that was just a casual remark. If you really listened to him and ate more, you would definitely regret it.
Although Liu Zhao looks aloof and cold, like a banished immortal who is detached from the mundane world, he actually has a huge appetite.
He ate up all the breakfast on the table.
The maid took a warm, wet towel and washed his face, serving him attentively and considerately.
It was already very late, so Liu Zhao stood up and said, "Madam, please follow me to pay respects to my father, the king, and my mother."
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, "Young Master, please go first."
Liu Zhao nodded, and walked out of the dining room door first.
Gu Jiu followed behind.
The two of them walked outside, one in front and one behind.
All the servants followed behind.
When we walked outside the courtyard gate, the sedan chair was already ready.
Liu Zhao said with a straight face and expressionless face: "You walk slowly, take this to go over."
Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, then he got on the sedan chair and was carried by the maids to Shouchun Hall, the main hall of the palace.
Half an incense stick of time passed before Gu Jiu understood why Liu Zhao had prepared a sedan chair for her.
Because going from the East Courtyard to the main hall of the palace required crossing the entire garden, it was too far, and relying on her own legs would greatly delay her.
I have to say, the palace is really big.
Gu Jiu hadn't seen the entire palace, but her initial estimate was that it covered at least several dozen acres. The actual area was likely even larger than she'd estimated. There were many remote areas that no one in the palace knew about.
After a stick of incense had passed, I finally saw the roof of Shouchun Hall, the main hall of the palace, from afar. It was also the building with the highest roof in the entire palace.
At the gate, Gu Jiu got off the sedan chair.
Take a deep breath and walk inside.
Liu Zhao deliberately slowed down his pace, walked side by side with Gu Jiu, and asked her quietly, "Are you nervous?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "It's inevitable that a new daughter-in-law will be nervous when she meets her parents-in-law for the first time."
Liu Zhao said in a cold tone, "Don't be nervous, I'll take care of everything."
Gu Jiu looked at him and said, "I believe you."
When I walked into the main hall, Prince Ning and Princess Ning had not arrived yet.
However, other members of the palace had been waiting for a long time.
Liu Yi laughed heartily, "Big brother, you must be enjoying yourself so much that you woke up so late today and even made us wait for you."
Liu Zhao's expression was cold, "Shouldn't you wait?"
Liu Yi's eyes changed slightly, but he still had a smile on his face. "You are the eldest brother, so it is my duty to wait for you. I am just worried that my younger sister-in-law will feel embarrassed. It is really embarrassing to wake up late the second day after the new daughter-in-law comes home."
Liu Zhao responded rudely, "Do you think you can interfere in my eldest sister-in-law's affairs? Don't you know how to avoid suspicion? Or have you learned all the rules?"
Liu Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, you're so excited this morning. Could it be that you didn't satisfy me last night?"
Liu Zhao picked up the teacup lid and threw it at Liu Yi's face, angrily saying, "You don't know how to speak human language, you deserve a beating."
"Ah... murder."
Xiao Qin'er screamed in horror.
Liu Yi tilted his head and the teacup lid fell to the ground and shattered.
Lin Shuping quickly asked the servants to clean the floor.
"Is the eldest master going to kill someone?" Xiao Qin'er stood up for her husband Liu Yi.
Liu Zhao looked at Xiao Qin'er coldly, "You have no right to speak here."
Xiao Qin'er was furious, her chest heaving violently.
Gu Jiu stood silently behind Liu Zhao.
She didn't need to get involved in the fight between Liu Zhao and his brothers. She just had to be quiet as a chicken.
As for Xiao Qin'er, she talked too much and was scolded by Liu Zhao, which was her own fault.
Xiao Qin'er was not convinced. Relying on the support of Concubine Shu, she wanted to stand up for Liu Yi.
Liu Yi suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed it on the back of Xiao Qin'er's hand, and shook his head slightly at her.
Then he smiled coldly, "Big brother has such a bad temper. On the second day of our wedding, he started yelling at me, his younger brother, to kill me. Big brother must be eager to kill me."
Liu Zhao said expressionlessly, "You are disrespectful to my elder brother and his wife, and you speak recklessly and impertinently. You deserve a lesson."
Liu Yi snorted coldly, "It was just a joke, and Big Brother got so anxious. You're really dull and boring, you can't even take a joke."
The second son, Liu Ping, stepped forward and said, "Big brother, fourth brother, both of you should be quiet and don't make fun of your sister-in-law."
Liu Yi said with a half-smile: "Brother doesn't care about sister-in-law's feelings, so why should we care?"
"Brothers, please stop talking. I'm really scared when you see such a commotion so early in the morning."
Liu Huan, the third lady of the palace, said weakly.
"Your Majesty, the princess is here!"
Outside the courtyard gate, the eunuch shouted and ended the dispute in the hall.
Prince Ning was guarding the imperial mausoleum and he really seemed to be enjoying himself. His face had obviously gained some weight.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning remains the same as always.
The couple walked into the hall. Princess Pei of Prince Ning first glanced at Gu Jiu with a look of disgust.
The couple walked to the couch and knelt in front of the low table.
There are no chairs in the main hall. According to the traditional layout, there are only low tables and a couch for the main seat.
Everyone bowed and stood, "Greetings to Father, King, and Mother."
"No need to be polite!"
Prince Ning was feeling lazy and simply leaned back on the couch, his body tilted.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning looked at him and said, "The new bride hasn't even offered tea yet. How disrespectful!"
Prince Ning said nonchalantly, "It's nothing. I drank too much last night and I'm still sleepy now."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning had a stern face and asked, "Which little devil are you fooling around with again?"
Prince Ning didn't bother to pay attention. He waved his hand and urged, "Everyone, sit down. Everyone, sit down. The eldest wife, please quickly serve tea. After all the formalities are completed, I will return to my room to rest."
Everyone returned to their respective seats and knelt on the ground.
At this moment, Xiao Qin'er suddenly wiped away her tears.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning was surprised, "Qin'er, why are you wiping your tears?"
Xiao Qin'er choked up and said, "My Lord, the eldest son came and started yelling at my husband to kill him. He even threw a teacup at my face, almost disfiguring him."
"Is this true?"
"It's absolutely true. My daughter-in-law doesn't dare to talk nonsense."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning was furious, because Liu Yi was her most beloved son.
"Mother, please calm down. My son is fine. Please don't blame my brother. It didn't mean it." Liu Yi stepped forward and actually spoke for Liu Zhao.
Gu Jiu secretly glanced at Liu Zhao: Your brother is better at dealing with people than you.
Liu Zhao had no expression on his face and didn't react at all.
Bang!
Princess Pei slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Lawless, absolutely lawless. On the second day of your wedding, you're already calling for the killing of your own brother. Do you really think you've grown strong? He's your own brother, and as the eldest brother, you have no kindness towards him. Will you attack me someday too?"
Liu Zhao's expression was grave. "Please, mother, don't be so blindly deceived. I never attack without reason. Since I attacked my fourth brother, I must have had my reasons."
"What reason? What reason is it? Tell me!" Princess Pei of Prince Ning yelled at Liu Zhao.
Prince Ning lay outside without saying a word, his eyes darting around as if he was watching a farce.
Liu Zhao said coldly, "Fourth brother's words were inappropriate, he was disrespectful to my eldest sister-in-law, and he made up stories about the boudoir. Shouldn't he be taught a lesson?"
Prince Ning nodded, "It's time to teach him a lesson."
"Your Highness!" Princess Pei looked at Prince Ning with dissatisfaction.
Prince Ning simply sat up and said, "Fourth Brother, you just don't have enough experience. You need to know what to say and what not to say. You need to know the limits in your heart."
Liu Yi lowered his head, feeling aggrieved. "My son didn't mean to make it up. He was just joking with big brother. But big brother can't take a joke. He started fighting after just two words."
Prince Ning said, "The boss is too serious, which is not good."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning had figured out that the prince was trying to smooth things over.
She snorted coldly, "No matter what, it's wrong to take action."
Prince Ning pointed at Liu Yi and asked, "Do you think he's alright?"
Pointing at Liu Zhao, he said, "Look at this kid. Look at his stubborn temper. Isn't he annoying? According to my opinion, this matter ends here. My eldest daughter-in-law, please serve tea quickly and show us the proper etiquette. I am tired and impatient to be here."
Gu Jiu stepped forward and said, "My daughter-in-law listens to my father."
After that, she walked forward.
The maid put the cushion on.
Gu Jiu knelt on the mat, took the teacup from the maid, and raised both hands high, "The daughter-in-law greets the king, wishing the king good health and everything goes well."
Prince Ning laughed out loud, "Good, not bad."
The eunuch took the teacup from Gu Jiu and placed it in front of Prince Ning.
Prince Ning picked up the teacup and took a symbolic sip, which was considered as drinking tea for his wife.
Then, Gu Jiu presented the gift she had prepared, "Father, this is a small gift from your daughter-in-law. Please accept it."
Prince Ning was very straightforward and waved his hand, "Take it."
The eunuch stepped forward and accepted the gifts on behalf of Prince Ning, which consisted of clothes, shoes, socks, and copied Buddhist scriptures.
Afterwards, Gu Jiu knelt in front of Princess Pei of Prince Ning, holding the teacup high in both hands.
"Your daughter-in-law pays homage to your mother, wishing her good health and eternal youth."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning smiled and said, "Well, the rules are good. From now on, you must regard your husband as your God and support him and raise your children."
You have been weak since childhood, and I don't think you are able to serve the boss.
The maids around the eldest brother are all old people in the mansion, and they all have good character, talent and appearance.
As for you, as the mistress, give them some respect and let them share your worries, so that you don’t have to work so hard.
It's so early in the morning, the sun is already high in the sky, and you're still lying in bed. That's not right.
When it's time to let your servants share your burdens, be generous. Don't be a jealous woman."
Gu Jiu lowered his head with a sarcastic smile on his face.
However, she still said respectfully, "Thank you for your teachings, Mother. I will keep your words in mind."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning felt much better when she saw Gu Jiu's good attitude.
"That's very good. As the wife of the Emperor's grandson, I must always remind myself to be generous and tolerant, and to consider the eldest brother in everything, and not let selfish thoughts get in the way."
"My daughter-in-law knows."
Gu Jiu smiled.
You should naturally be dignified and respectful in front of your elders, but as for what to do in private, of course she has the final say.
You can make the princess happy by just talking and agreeing with her words, so why not do it?
Princess Pei of Prince Ning muttered a few more words about rules before taking the teacup and taking a symbolic sip.
Then, Gu Jiu brought in some needlework.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning glanced at it critically. "The needlework is too rough. I guess I can't rely on you for the eldest lady's clothes. Well, I'll have to ask the needlework maids to work a little harder and make a few more sets for the eldest lady."
"Thank you, mother, for your understanding." Gu Jiu said softly.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning snorted, "As for you, you're not good at sewing, and you're weak. I really don't know what you can do."
Gu Jiu smiled lightly, "Of course I will be the first lady."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning frowned, "How dare you! Are you dissatisfied with me?"
Gu Jiu shook his head repeatedly, "Mother misunderstood, my daughter-in-law just said it casually."
"Hmph! You should be punished for your inappropriate language. But considering you just walked in, I won't punish you today. Be more careful next time."
"Thank you, Mother, for your tolerance."
Gu Jiu smiled and lowered her head. She gave enough face to everyone today, and she would make everyone give her face in the future.
"Well, get up."
Princess Pei of Prince Ning said in a calm tone.
"Thank you, mother."
Gu Jiu got up from the ground, then greeted Liu Zhao's brothers and sisters, and sisters-in-law one by one, and presented them with the gifts that had been prepared long ago.
Everyone was polite and greeted Gu Jiu with a smile.
Liu Yi also apologized to Gu Jiu, "I was wrong to say that before, please forgive me, sister-in-law."
"You are so polite, Mr. Fourth."
Only Xiao Qin'er rolled her eyes at Gu Jiu.
But in the blink of an eye, he smiled again, "Sister-in-law is finally here. We have been looking forward to her for a long time."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Fourth brother's wife is really good at joking. Let's talk again when we have time."
"Okay, let's talk some other time."
"Since we all know each other, let's go our separate ways."
Prince Ning was very impatient. Drinking his wife's tea almost exhausted him to death. He had to go back to his room to catch up on some sleep.
Princess Pei of Prince Ning was very unhappy. "You are so old, but you don't know how to take care of yourself. You hang out with those little goblins all day long. Be careful that your body will be drained away."
Prince Ning stood up and pointed at Pei. "You just talk too much nonsense. If I were truly drained of my health, you would be overjoyed."
"Your Highness is trying to break my heart!" Pei burst into tears and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"I hope you live a long life and remind you to take good care of yourself. But you're ruthless and slander me by saying I hope you'll be drained of your body. Do you still have a conscience?"
Every word Pei spoke was tearful and accusatory, accusing Prince Ning of being a heartless pig.
Prince Ning was immediately overwhelmed. "Alright, alright, I said something wrong and I apologize. I'll go back to my room and rest. We'll have dinner together tonight."
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