Chapter 116 Wedding

The second day of February is a good time to get married.

Since Si Li woke up in the early morning, she has been fiddled with by Madam Jian and the hired dressing nanny. Madam Jian, her aunt who came from Xingling Mansion, stands on either side of her. They sing the ancient hair-combing song over and over again. Madam Jian holds Si Li's long hair and chokes up a little.

The two uncles, Jian Jiwen, the current president of Wende Academy, and Jian Bingde, the current powerful shopkeeper, occupied the place in the Si Mansion, which was like gate gods suppressing everything in the courtyard. No one dared to step forward and mess with them. The Jian family's guards and the imperial guards from the East Palace guarded Si Li's courtyard strictly. The two uncles didn't speak to him at all. Si Baifu was driven to stand by the gate of the mansion waiting for the prince to come and pick him up. He stood with his hands behind his back to maintain his remaining dignity and forced a smile on his face.

Meng Taotao, who had always been overwhelmed by the teacher's homework, did not miss Si Li's big day. She brought a gift early. Seeing Si Li putting on makeup and changing clothes, her originally pretty and bright face became more gorgeous and imposing. She felt more at ease about the marriage of her friend and boss. At least, Si Li herself was willing.

Si Li's face was controlled by someone, so she could only take it with her stiff hands. What she got was a thick book. She took a chance to tilt her head back and turn a page. The first page after the title page was the word "food", and there was a picture of a bowl and chopsticks next to it. Below it was a sentence-making method, with simple and commonly used words, almost equivalent to Daning's dictionary.

"Wow, Taotao, you are so nice!" Si Li had previously thought about making teaching materials for the employees, but she didn't expect Meng Taotao to deliver them first.

Qinghe helped to put the book away. Meng Taotao smiled and said, "I originally wanted to give it to you as a coming-of-age gift, but I didn't have time. Later, I asked the teacher to help bind and revise it, which took some time. I'm glad I can help you."

"The painting you gave me is also very beautiful. It has become a new scenery when it is hung in Wanglaiju. Guests look at the painting first when they enter the house, and they can often find their own home in it." Si Li endured the discomfort of having her scalp tightened and chatted with Meng Taotao. Meng Taotao gave me a long scroll as a gift for coming of age. It can be seen that it was carefully crafted. The signboard of Wanglaiju is in the middle. The faces are simply drawn with a few strokes, but everyone can tell who is who, like the Daning version of the Qingming Shanghe Tu.

"If that's the case, then if I don't lick a few strokes to paint your husband, you'll probably make trouble with me." Meng Taotao joked timidly, Xiao Qi also laughed, handed over a box, and touched his nose, "I can't bring it in, so I'll count it as your trousseau. You know I don't have much jewelry."

Si Li opened it and saw that it was an exquisite horse whip, which looked similar to the one Xiao Qi used. The handle was tied with a thin linen rope, which was sweat-absorbing and did not cut the hand. "Okay, I will come to you for horse riding next time."

The girls from the academy, who were gradually becoming more mature, came one after another to help Si Li with her makeup. Jiang Rufei came specially to give Si Li a set of jewelry. The jade bracelet was so green that it made Si Li's skin look even whiter.

Si Tang and his wife only showed up in the morning to avoid the crowd. The set of jewelry that Si Tang put on was made of rubies and gold, which was not too ugly.

Today, all the staff members of Wanglaiju were waiting in the outer courtyard of Si Mansion. Ah Fu took action and the others paid for a wooden screen with twins fighting. It was finely crafted and lifelike. In the morning, it was carried into the dowry and placed in the pile of furniture prepared by Jian's family and Si Mansion. The precious wood was spread all over the floor, which looked quite impressive.

Si Li's needlework was a complete mess. Jiang Hengyun had someone prepare the wedding dress for her. No one knew when he came up with this idea. It was said that it took more than a dozen highly skilled embroiderers three months to make the Crown Princess's wedding dress alone. The phoenix was embroidered with gold thread, and on the red-dyed satin, the phoenix flapped its wings as if ready to fly. Every movement created ripples of light, lighting up the entire room.

Compared with such crafts, Si Li hid the purse she had worked so hard to embroider more carefully. The embroidery in her wedding dowry was prepared by the Jian family. She only worked on the purse. She wanted to try her best to follow the tradition and embroider a goose, but the finished product was really hard to describe. She simply gave up and embroidered a poached egg to show its characteristics.

Of course, the one she was talking to her red-headed and bald aunt was the embroidered sun.

After reciting ten makeup poems, Si Li was carried on the back of Jian's cousin Jian Quanfu. Jian Qingya supported her mother. Both of them had red eyes. Si Li waved her hands and said, "Look, I'm not crying. Don't worry about me."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mrs. Jane burst into laughter and said, "Come and cover your head with the veil."

The wedding carriage of the East Palace met people in front of the Si Mansion. Jiang Hengyun helped Si Li get on the carriage, and he drove the carriage in front. Si Li's wedding dress and the betrothal gifts were slowly carried out of the door. The wedding dress team was not finished until Jiang Hengyun, who was patrolling the streets of the city, came back to the front of the Si Mansion. The imperial guards and eunuchs, all wearing red silk flowers, followed the carriage, scattering wedding money and cakes, and playing auspicious music.

It is a common saying in the capital that the rich in the west and the poor in the south are the poor in the north. However, both parties in this wedding are of noble status. The people in the west city are just envious and watching, but when it comes to the south city, many common people spontaneously change their clothes into red cloth or red ropes, and take out carefully made cakes to give to the wedding procession. They all have expectations in their voices, "The storekeeper and the prince will definitely live together forever!"

After circling the city three times, the carriage officially headed for the palace. The people of the capital city on both sides of the road had smiles on their faces and kept saying auspicious words.

The only one with a bad face was Si Baifu, who was standing at the door and wanted to give instructions to his married daughter according to the rules. Si Li didn't say a word to him from the time she left the door to the time she got in the car. The people around her blocked her strictly, and Jiang Hengyun only nodded, not giving him any face at all!

"Lord Si, the East Palace has prepared a banquet, and you can't be missing." Zhong Liuru, who was cleaning up for his own prince, appeared in front of Si Baifu at the right time and blocked his anger.

The prince's wedding was naturally not like a common marriage where one had to kowtow to one's parents. Si Li was called into the palace the day before to go through the ceremony of sealing the book, but she didn't even see the emperor, and she got the sealed book. However, she didn't have to look at Si's father's face or kowtow to him, so as to avoid getting angry, Si Li just went through the process normally. But today she had to go into the palace again, and Si Li couldn't say whether the emperor would show up at the East Palace banquet.

The carriage stopped not long after. Si Li, with her veil covered, felt unsure about the road ahead as she held Hong Yi's hand. Just as she began to feel uneasy, Jiang Hengyun held her hand and led her across the brazier, "Here." His voice was gentle and firm. It was her future husband.

Led by Jiang Hengyun, Si Li walked through the reception banquet filled with laughter, with familiar and unfamiliar voices blessing her along the way. She bowed in front of the Jian family's table, while Jian Jiwen and Jian Bingde placed their hands on the tablet with Jian Yueniang's name on it, tears streaming down their faces.

After the ceremony was completed, Si Li followed Jiang Hengyun and left. She had visited the new room in the East Palace before, and when Jin Cheng lifted her veil and she saw that familiar face, her heart finally settled down.

"Wait for me to come back." Jiang Hengyun raised his hand and touched Si Li's face. "What did you eat this morning?"

"A bowl of glutinous rice balls." Si Li felt tired just talking about it. The downside of a wedding being too long was that she had to eat and drink less for fear of having to go to the restroom on the way. It took her until the early morning to put on makeup and change clothes. By the time she left, it was already past noon. She went around the city three times, and now it was dark outside.

"Where are the dumplings?" Jiang Hengyun turned around to look for the palace nanny. The nanny hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, it is not polite to eat so early..." She swallowed the rest of her words under Jiang Hengyun's gaze and turned around to get the dumplings from the kitchen.

"Your Highness, the dumplings are here!"

Having been preparing for the wedding for more than a month, Si Li was very familiar with the wedding customs. She had no expectations for the first dumpling that was fed to her. She cooperated and said "raw", and then she had the chance to eat a normal dumpling.

"I'll be back soon." The dumplings were specially prepared. They were small and would not rub Si Li's lip balm if she ate one at a time. They were half peanut and half shepherd's purse, both of which were Si Li's favorite flavors. After hearing Jiang Hengyun's reluctant farewell, she just raised her hand and said vaguely, "Yeah."

Instead of having to say goodbye for an endless amount of time, he might as well take care of the guest and give her time to eat her meal and take off her jewelry.

Jiang Hengyun knew Si Li's temper very well, but he didn't take it to heart and walked out of the door, leaving many eunuchs in the East Palace exchanging glances with each other. They had a new understanding of the status of this Crown Princess who often did things that others didn't like in the Crown Prince's heart.

The East Palace was having a happy event, and Jiang Rufei and Jiang Lang were half the hosts, entertaining guests at the banquet. The guests were all people from the capital who had some connections with them, and except for the table of the Jian family that was reserved for Jiang Hengyun to entertain, the others had already completely messed with the two of them.

If it was someone else's wedding, the dandies in the capital would dare to go to the bridal chamber and joke with a frivolous smile, but the prince has accumulated a lot of prestige among the young generation, and no one dares to mention it. Fang Hu hooked Jiang Lang's shoulder and looked at Jiang Hengyun, who was toasting at the table of the Jian family one by one, with a gentle aura and no airs at all, and said in amazement, "To be honest, last time you asked me how to please girls, was it really you, the eldest brother, who asked? I really didn't expect that he also has this kind of face."

"You are drunk." Jiang Lang pushed him down with a stiff face. Fang Hu smiled and whispered in Jiang Lang's ear, "My beloved daughter married someone else. Do you really--"

"Stop talking nonsense and ruin my reputation! I've already said that it was my elder brother who did the makeup!" Jiang Lang pushed him away with a cold face. In the eyes of Yuan Fang and others, he looked like someone who was loved but not wanted.

Yuan Fangtong sat in a corner, knowing that his identity was annoying, so he simply didn't go in, just smiled and drank, watching the conversations of all kinds of people at the banquet. From the bride's entrance to the prince's reception, everything was intimate and considerate, but I wonder if this perfect couple can continue to be happy after the storyteller in the teahouse puts up a new script in a few days.

Si Li didn't wait long in the house. Qinghe had just taken off her phoenix crown and let out a sigh of relief when Jiang Hengyun pushed the door open and came in. She was startled. "Why are you here so early?"

Jiang Hengyun smelled of alcohol, his eyes were still clear, but his face was slightly flushed. His originally cold expression became dazzling and scorching, making people almost not know where to put their eyes. It seemed that he was full of romance and affection everywhere, so much so that Si Li's cheeks started to feel hot where he touched them before leaving the house.

"A night of spring is worth a thousand gold. How can we let people who have nothing to do with us delay the lighting of the bridal chamber? Lili, I'm so happy." Jiang Hengyun moved closer to Si Li, bent down and kissed the top of her loose hair, showing care and love.

Seeing that he was acting differently than usual, Si Li's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered the time with the osmanthus wine. This man also looked not drunk but was actually very drunk. She waved her hand to signal the eunuchs and her two maids to go out. After the door was closed, she hugged Jiang Hengyun and said, "Me too. Let someone fetch you some water for a bath? You reek of alcohol. I've prepared some hangover soup. Have some."

"Okay." Jiang Hengyun was ordered by Si Li to take care of himself, and Si Li also took the time to change clothes.

When Jiang Hengyun came back, he was holding a round plate in his hand and placed it on the table in the room. "This is the gift cake sent by Guan Ji."

Si Li could hear his stiff tone, and stepped forward to remove the bowl covered by the round plate. Instantly, the rich cheese flavor with a hint of fresh lemon fragrance filled her face. It was actually cheesecake?! She never expected that Guan Zhiyu had developed it not long after she mentioned it casually, and sent it to her on the wedding night. She didn't dare to think too deeply about what she was thinking.

"I can do it, too." Jiang Hengyun hooked the end of Si Li's hair, attracting her attention like children vying for favor.

Si Li took down the black gold dagger that Xiao Qi had given her as a coming-of-age gift from the wall, cut a piece of cake and fed it to Jiang Hengyun, "I guess you did this because you heard me say that cake is suitable as a congratulatory gift. Try it and see if it tastes good."

Jiang Hengyun swallowed the cake, lowered his head and kissed Si Li's lips, and they separated in an instant, like a dragonfly touching water. When Si Li realized what had happened, her head was about to explode. He touched her lips, and there seemed to be a hint of cheese and lemon on her lips, "You..."

It seemed wrong to refuse, and it seemed wrong not to refuse either. Si Li was confused.

The black gold dagger on the table should not have been here, but Qinghe knew the status of the Crown Princess very well, and did not take precautions against the Crown Prince being stabbed, so she let it go into the bridal chamber. Jiang Hengyun wiped the dagger with a handkerchief, tied a knot with Si Li's hair and his own long hair, cut it off and put it in his purse, and carefully put it in his arms.

According to Daning custom, the hairpins are placed in a purse on the wedding day, which means the couple is united in heart. The better they are kept, the better the relationship will be. Si Li was a little amused, "Don't you believe in this?"

Jiang Hengyun was silent for a while, then he took Si Li to sit on the bed, and then he held her in his arms, resting his chin on her neck, almost embedding her into his body. Si Li hugged him back, and Jiang Hengyun said very seriously, "If it can come true, it doesn't hurt to believe it."

Is this the traditional art of using gods? Si Li leaned on his chest and laughed. Before marriage, Jiang Hengyun kept a distance from her. This time, she felt that his muscles under his clothes were quite firm and felt good.

"Li Li, I'm so happy that you are willing to marry me." Jiang Hengyun let go of Si Li, his voice slightly hoarse, and lowered his head to kiss her lips again. Their lips and teeth were touching, their ears rubbing against each other, and a tingling feeling spread to every part of her body. The tone of this sentence was almost humble, but Si Li did not notice it.

Si Li's heart was like a fire burning in his kiss. The handsome face was right in front of her. His usually cold eyebrows and eyes were extremely charming when he was moved. The corners of his eyes were wet and red, like a fox fairy or a mountain spirit, indescribably seductive. The two of them didn't have much clothes left on them. The curtains fell as they fought for each other. Si Li's hand was already on his warm muscles, but Jiang Hengyun grabbed her wrist. The young man pulled away a little bit in a wolfish way, turned his head away, and said in a very hoarse voice, "Wait, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

The girl's lips were red, her eyes were misty, her hair was messy, and she looked like a goddess from Wushan who had come into her dreams. Jiang Hengyun seemed to be tempted and lowered his head to kiss her lips again. He stopped before sparks flew again and held Si Li in his arms. The intense heartbeat made it hard to tell whose heart it was. Si Li only felt that the temperature inside the bed curtains was so high that it was a bit scalding.

Jiang Hengyun, however, still maintained some rationality and held down Si Li's other hand that was unwillingly sticking to him again, "Li Li, you are still too young. Wait a little longer."

"In ancient times, there was Liu Xiahui, and now there is Jiang Shizhi." Si Li's muffled laughter turned into laughter, and she could hardly stop. She let go of Jiang Hengyun and fell onto the couch where she had cleared a space for sleeping. She smiled and waved to Jiang Hengyun, "Good night."

Jiang Hengyun felt upset, wasn't it because of Si Li's body? He pressed forward and pressed Si Li, kissing her again. Si Li accepted his kiss, but the smile in her eyes clearly said, "I believe in your character."

The red dragon and phoenix candles burned all night long, but the poor Crown Prince of the East Palace was torn between ice and fire. When he got up the next day, his eyes were a rare shade of blue and black.

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The author has something to say:

Mini-theater:

The Queen's Sex Education: 15 is too early to get married! It's not good for girls!

Prince (make a note in a little notebook, then quickly get married and tie up his wife)

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About the Heart Knot

To Lili, Prince: It’s okay to believe it.

The truth: I'm afraid my wife will run away.

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521 Sprinkle Sugar√

You didn't expect that! The wedding candles were just for kissing! Please let me go, reviewer, it was just a kiss!!!