There's not much to say about the wedding night; no one dared to disturb the emperor and empress's bridal chamber. Jun Chenbi wasn't forced to drink, and he was perfectly sober when he entered the Phoenix Palace.
Fengjiu Palace was the residence of empresses throughout history. After the death of the late emperor and the empress's elevation to empress dowager, she moved into Cixi Palace and was subsequently closed off.
The gates of the Phoenix Palace were only reopened today for the coronation ceremony.
Qin Ge and the tyrant had their share of entanglements before. Through a series of coincidences, their identities were exposed, and they confessed their feelings to each other. As a couple, they inevitably ended up in bed together. Qin Ge felt at home in the Dragon Palace. Perhaps it was because he was in the unfamiliar Phoenix Palace tonight, or perhaps it was because of the joy of his wedding, but for the first time in his life, Qin Ge felt a sense of nervousness.
He sat on the bed in a bright red wedding dress. There were no phoenix coronet, embroidered robe, or red veil, but the nuptial wine and the tying of the hair were still essential.
Despite his noble status, Jun Chenbi never entrusted these two matters to others.
After drinking the nuptial wine, each person cuts off a lock of their hair, combines them together, and ties them together with a red thread, which is called "tying the hair."
The palace servants were all dismissed outside the hall; tonight, Jun Chenbi did not intend to be disturbed by anyone.
With no one around, the couple could be intimate without restraint.
Or perhaps it was His Majesty the Emperor's unilateral... harassment.
Originally, the hair tied with red thread to symbolize "becoming husband and wife" was placed in an exquisite brocade pouch. According to custom, it was placed under the pillow or hung around the neck on the wedding night. The tyrant said to put it on him, and Qin Ge did not suspect anything. As a result, he was stripped down to only his inner garment.
A bright red brocade pouch hung between the necklines of her snow-white undergarments, highlighting her long, slender neck, delicate Adam's apple, and jet-black hair cascading over her shoulders.
Extremely tempting.
Jun Chenbi's phoenix eyes deepened as he gently kissed the boy's pale earlobe. "You are finally mine... my empress."
He did everything he could to please Qin Ge.
He thought to himself that on their wedding night, he should at least reciprocate and make the tyrant happy too.
She reached out and hooked her arm around Jun Chenbi's neck, then clung to his shoulders and gave him a long, tender kiss.
Finally, Jun Chenbi kissed him, laughing in a muffled voice, "...So good."
Qin Ge heard the thumping sound of her heart in her chest, and the air was filled with the scent of blushing and pounding.
He closed his eyes, letting himself sink into the moonlight of the night...
*
After the coronation ceremony, some things were naturally different from before.
For example, when Qin Ge attended court, he was originally among the civil officials, but his position was not very high. In front of him were high-ranking officials such as the prime minister and ministers, and the head of the civil officials was his father, Prime Minister Qin.
When in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, all officials stand. Even veterans of three reigns must stand properly unless the emperor personally grants them a seat.
Qin Ge was originally standing.
However, his identity is now different; he is now the Empress of the Dayong Dynasty.
Although we were all men serving in the same court and there was no strict separation between men and women, our statuses were still different.
Now, the top scholar is the emperor's man, and the esteemed empress.
Standing together during court sessions doesn't seem quite right, always making the subordinates feel slightly uneasy.
Jun Chenbi was unwilling to wrong his empress, so he set up a chair next to the dragon throne so that Qin Ge could sit in the Golden Palace when attending court.
In ancient times, there was the practice of a empress ruling from behind a curtain; today, there are emperors and empresses ruling together.
This is a unique honor belonging only to tyrants.
This move naturally provoked opposition from many ministers, but when it comes to stubbornness and despotism, who can compare to a tyrant?
Opposition is obviously ineffective.
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