50 Chapter 50
◎An eyelash fell on your face.◎
Today is the wedding day of Princess Qinghe and Prince Wei.
The princess will leave from Danfeng Gate at 9:00 PM, and Prince Wei will be waiting for her here early. The common people who don't have important matters at home will also gather here to watch the fun and see if they can get some good luck.
Under the burning gaze, the Danfeng door slowly opened to everyone.
Inside the palace, a woman in wedding dress walked out with a round fan in her hand. Although her face was covered, her figure was slender and her steps were graceful. Her every move showed the gentleness of a woman and the dignity of a princess.
The originally noisy crowd suddenly became quiet at this moment. Everyone kept silent and held their breath, not daring to say anything, not even to breathe. They just opened their eyes wide and stretched their necks to look at the wedding procession covered in red and colorful decorations.
Suddenly, there was another burst of exclamation from the crowd.
It turned out that the prince directly picked up the princess!
In broad daylight, in front of everyone, he just walked over, grasped the princess's slender waist with one hand, and held her in his arms!
This, this, this...how outrageous!
Some pedantic old men kept shaking their heads, angrily denouncing the decline of morals and the corruption of public morals, but more people were still watching the fun with joy.
"What's so strange about this? Prince Wei once took a prostitute into his carriage on the street and took her directly home. Hasn't he done enough ridiculous things?"
"How can we compare them like that? The Crown Prince forced this marriage, even against the Queen Mother's will. Naturally, he holds the Princess dear and protects her dearly. In my opinion, the Crown Prince has truly changed his ways this time!"
A weathered woman snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Changing one's ways? I only know that it's hard to change one's nature. Just wait and see how this princess will fare in the future."
On the other side, Prince Wei carried the princess into the bridal sedan chair. It was unknown what he said to the princess in the sedan chair before he got back on the horse.
The wedding procession started moving again, and the people followed.
The groom, riding on a tall horse, led the way with a raised smile, followed closely by dozens of musicians with red silk hanging around their waists.
The loud sounds of gongs and drums echoed throughout the long street, and the sound of suonas startled the birds on the branches.
Following closely behind the music band were several clever maids with flower baskets on their arms and red silk wrapped around their waists.
A group of people reached into the basket, which was filled with colorful flowers. They then threw them into the air, letting the wind carry them towards the crowded crowd and even onto the sedan chair bearers behind them.
There were twelve sedan bearers, all of them tall and strong, who carried the wedding sedan steadily. It was about eight feet long and four feet wide, and could accommodate as many as six people.
Behind the wedding sedan chair was a long line of dowry boxes.
The princess walked out of the palace gate and got on the wedding sedan. They had already traveled for a quarter of an hour, but the team carrying the dowry boxes was still following her out of the palace gate.
This number of burdens is almost as much as the number of burdens a princess carries when she gets married.
Concubine Zhao's dowry was prepared according to the palace regulations, so it was not that much. The rest was actually added by Concubine Chen herself.
This was against the rules, but she was loved by the emperor and had always been polite, so it was rare for her to be so willful, and the emperor naturally agreed.
The people looked at the endless wedding procession and rushed to the front of it.
This was because the guards who were accompanying them were scattering strings of wedding coins in their hands. Each of them had several money bags hanging on their waists. When the money in one bag was used up, they would immediately replace it with another one to ensure that the copper coins scattered by the team would not be interrupted.
For a moment, drums and suonas sounded together, flower petals fluttered in the wind, and strings of wedding money fell into people's arms. The endless congratulations were drowned out by the noise, but they never stopped.
The warm breeze of May was blowing gently, and passersby on both sides came to congratulate him. Wei Che was sitting on his horse feeling very proud, but suddenly he saw a familiar figure in the teahouse.
It’s Wei Ming.
So he smiled even more deeply, and even raised his eyebrows and bowed to the man, forcing the other party to quickly close the window with his attitude of a winner.
On the night when his marriage to Xu Qinghe was decided by imperial decree, Wei Ming stopped him on his way out of the palace and questioned him.
"Everything has its first and last place, so why should Prince Wei steal my love?" Wei Ming gritted his teeth to suppress his anger, his fists clenched tightly in his sleeves.
Wei Che glanced at him, snorted coldly, and left without wanting to get entangled any further.
Only his meaningful words were carried by the wind and into Wei Ming's ears: "How could Master Wei know that I was the latecomer?"
Ever since he could remember, there had been such a lovely and beautiful girl by his side, following him around every day, calling him "Brother, Brother", with a smile sweeter than honey, which made his heart soften every time he saw her.
Later, the two of them even decided to get married, and the ambiguous relationship between siblings of the opposite sex completely became the thoughts of childhood sweethearts.
Therefore, he was extremely annoyed to hear the rumors circulating in the capital: the princess and the eldest son of Wei were childhood sweethearts, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and were destined to be together in their previous lives and a perfect match made in heaven.
Because it was clearly him who had always been her childhood sweetheart and perfect match.
If we talk about first come first served, who could be earlier than him?
The team played music and danced all the way and finally arrived at the Prince of Fuguo's Mansion.
The usually solemn gate of the Duke's Mansion was already crowded with people, and amidst the fluttering red silks came the sounds of endless laughter and congratulations.
Wei Che was the first to get off his horse. Nanzhi was about to help the princess out, but when she saw the prince striding towards her, she had to step back.
He lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and leaned half of his body in, pulled the girl back into his arms, and strode proudly into the mansion with her in his arms.
There are only two elder relatives in the Fuguogong Mansion: Duke Wei Yiqun and his wife Zhao Wan.
Miss Wei, who had married and returned home, was unable to be here because her husband had passed away. The relatives in the hall were all younger brothers and sisters than Wei Che, and the rest who came to watch the ceremony were colleagues who had good relations with Fuguo.
When several younger brothers and sisters saw the third brother bringing his new sister-in-law in like this, they couldn't hide the teasing on their faces.
Zhao Wan frowned, a look of slight displeasure on his face.
How could a bride be carried into the house on her wedding day? How could that be considered inappropriate?
She winked at the nanny beside her, asking her to persuade the man to come down.
The nanny naturally failed to persuade Xu Qinghe. Xu Qinghe pretended to struggle in Wei Che's arms, but Wei Che weighed her and hugged her even tighter.
"I love my wife so much, but I can't bear to see her suffer even a little!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter, which made Zhao Wan and his wife feel neither annoyed nor amused.
A colleague stepped forward to smooth things over: "The prince is a man of good character, and he is a good husband who loves his wife!"
The Wei couple didn't say anything more. After the newlyweds paid their respects to heaven and earth, Wei Che carried Xu Qinghe into the bridal chamber.
"Hey, Prince Wei, now is not the time to enter the bridal chamber. Many of us are still waiting for you outside!"
Someone jokingly said, and Wei Che replied "Got it" without even turning his head, and walked the bride steadily all the way to the step-out bed in the bridal chamber.
Xu Qinghe's wedding fan was still blocking his face. He smiled and gently pushed the fan away, then he saw her face as bright as a lotus.
The girl's eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are like autumn water, her beautiful nose is slightly raised, and the two red lips below are bright red.
The makeup today was actually a bit too heavy for her. She originally had a beautiful and cold face, but now covered with this thick powder and the bright lip color, it added a bit of maturity and charm that was not often seen.
Today is their wedding day. No matter what his current status is, Xu Qinghe is already his wife.
An unconcealable sense of satisfaction spread from his heart, and Wei Che felt that all the muscles and bones in his body were instantly relaxed at this moment. He raised his hand and reached out to the girl's cheek, but she subconsciously dodged it.
"what you do?"
The hairpins on her bun jingled, Wei Che laughed, chased after her and touched her delicate skin, then stretched out his palm in front of her.
"You have an eyelash on your face."
The girl in front of him pursed her lips, as if regretting her fuss just now.
Wei Che didn't know if she had calmed down from her anger a month ago, so he swallowed the teasing that was about to come out of his throat, and instead put his hand on her ankle, pressing it gently through the fabric of her clothes.
"Hiss..." Xu Qinghe immediately took a breath of cold air.
"When did you get hurt?" Wei Che asked again.
Xu Qinghe said, "I tripped when I was getting off the sedan chair."
I didn't fall, I just sprained my ankle. It hurts a little, but it's not serious.
Wei Che was worried, he had to go out to entertain guests, otherwise he would definitely want to see her injuries with his own eyes.
"I'll send someone to get the court doctor. You stay put and don't move. Let my subordinates handle anything. Once the court doctor has examined you, apply the medicine properly."
Xu Qinghe nodded in agreement.
Wei Che raised his hand and wanted to touch her cheek, but after seeing the obvious defensiveness on her face, he had no choice but to touch the hairpin on her bun.
"If you are tired, wash up and rest. You don't have to wait for me."
He saw the girl's eyelashes tremble slightly, like a butterfly flapping its wings among flowers.
She hardly said a word along the way, and he noticed that she was tense all over when he picked her up. Especially after entering the new house, the tenseness became even stronger.
He had no choice but to tell her tactfully: If you are tired, just rest. Don't wait for me because I won't do anything to you.
Wei Che knew that she understood, so he went out and asked Nanzhi and Lin Xiao to take good care of the princess and remember to apply medicine to her. He also told the maids in the mansion to send some delicious food to the bridal chamber.
After everything was arranged, he took another look into the bridal chamber before leaving.
As the eldest son of the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion, he finally settled his lifelong affairs a year after he came of age. Before that, he claimed that he had turned over a new leaf and would no longer fool around.
Therefore, the entire mansion was delighted with this marriage, and everyone had a smile on their face, whether it was the master or the servants.
The guests who came to congratulate naturally did not dare to spoil the fun. Regardless of whether they were optimistic about this marriage or not, everyone had a congratulatory smile on their face, and their blessings came one after another, making Wei Yiqun and Zhao Wan smile from ear to ear.
Wei Che held up his wine glass and toasted everyone at each table, and was then pulled over by several of his peers to drink more.
After all this trouble, it was already past midnight when the guests were sent away.
He was supported by a servant. Because he reeked of alcohol, he had to take a bath first and change into new clothes before entering the bridal chamber.
Outside the door, Nanzhi lowered his head and whispered, "Prince, the princess... has gone to bed."
Wei Che's heart skipped a beat.
She was obedient at this time. When he said there was no need to wait, she really didn't wait for him.
He waved his hand to let the maid go, then pushed the door open and went in.
Inside the bridal chamber, the twin dragon and phoenix candles were still crackling, and on the round table were placed vessels for wedding wine, as well as a plate each of red dates, peanuts, longans, and lotus seeds.
Wei Che glanced at the wine glass and knew that he would not be able to drink the wedding wine today.
He pushed aside the layers of red curtains and walked into the bed. He saw the girl curled up in the quilt, facing the wall and curled up into a ball.
Wei Che's heart skipped a beat and he quickly went over to straighten her body.
Immediately afterwards, his pupils suddenly shrank again.
Xu Qinghe's fair cheeks were covered with red rashes of varying sizes.
Without having time to think about it, Wei Che quickly sent someone to call the palace doctor.
Before the wedding, he had already arranged all the affairs in the mansion. No peanuts were allowed in the food served to the princess, and he even sent his confidants to personally check it.
Logically speaking, there would be no chance of anything containing peanuts getting mixed in.
unless……
He turned around and looked at the girl who was frowning and had beads of sweat on her forehead.
Unless she ate the peanuts on purpose.
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