The next morning, when Gu Ruo woke up from the East Palace, the prince was no longer by her side.
The palace maids came in with all the toiletries, and the head aunt of the East Palace immediately took away the white handkerchief stained with blood from the bed.
When Gu Ruo saw the red, she thought of the tenderness of last night and her cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
After struggling for a while, she asked shyly, "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now?"
In celebration of the Crown Prince's wedding, all civil and military officials in the court have a five-day holiday, and today is the last day of the holiday.
The head aunt said respectfully, "My dear Princess, His Highness is currently in the study handling government affairs."
Gu Ruo nodded, thinking about something.
After she had washed and changed her clothes, a young eunuch came to convey the prince's oral instructions, asking her to go to the front hall for dinner.
Gu Ruo was delighted and moved lightly with lotus steps.
Soon, she came to the front hall and met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, her husband.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was wearing a bright yellow brocade robe and a golden crown on his head. His eyes and brows were gentle, yet he exuded an innate majesty.
When the prince saw her coming, he smiled and motioned for her to sit next to him.
During the meal, the prince saw that she didn't eat much, frowned and asked: "Are these dishes not to your taste?"
Gu Ruo shook her head, "No, it's delicious."
Hearing this, the prince took the initiative to pick up some food for her and said gently, "Eat more. Don't be hungry."
Gu Ruo's cheeks flushed and she responded softly.
After the meal, the two went to Ning'an Palace together to pay a visit to Emperor Yuan and the Empress.
There was a festive atmosphere in the palace, and the Jiang family was no less festive.
Jiang Yueyang couldn't wait to urge: "Brother, are you okay? If you don't leave now, you will miss the auspicious time."
"Wait, it will be ready soon."
After a while, Jiang Xun walked out of the inner room with his head lowered, looking at his clothes.
He asked nervously, "Yangyang, is it okay for me to wear this?"
"Sure, sure, you're so handsome." Jiang Yueyang took his hand and walked out, "Sister Cui will definitely be impressed by your handsomeness."
Hearing this, Jiang Xun couldn't help but curl his lips, "What nonsense are you talking about."
Jiang Yueyang: "..."
Jiang Yueyang chuckled, it turned out that her brother had such a shameless side.
Hearing her laughter, Jiang Xun coughed a little embarrassedly, "Yangyang, am I really handsome now?"
"Really!" Jiang Yueyang responded heavily.
Ever since the day Jiang Yueyang said she suspected Jiang Xun had a one-sided love for her, Jiang Xun looked for opportunities to confirm his feelings with Cui Shiyue.
After learning that the other party had the same feelings as him, he asked his father to ask a matchmaker to go to the Cui family to propose marriage.
During this period, the Jiang and Cui families completed the three processes of offering the lottery, asking for the name and accepting the marriage.
Today, they will go to the Cui family to propose marriage and give betrothal gifts!
In order to show their importance to this marriage and their regard for the girl, the Jiang family of four personally delivered the betrothal gifts to the Cui family.
In this way, Minister Jiang and his family of four went to the Cui family in a grand manner, carrying a generous betrothal gift.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the betrothal gift was as much as ten miles of red dowry.
When passers-by saw so many betrothal gifts, they sincerely envied the girl who was betrothed.
On the way, Jiang Xun became more and more nervous. He kept adjusting his clothes and crown, hoping to appear in front of Cui Shiyue in the most decent manner.
Finally, with Jiang Xun in an extremely nervous mood, they arrived at the Cui family's door with the betrothal gifts.
The servants of the Cui family had just seen the betrothal procession from afar, and they turned around and ran in to inform the master's family.
When Minister Jiang and his family of four arrived at the Cui family's door, the eldest son of the Cui family was already waiting outside the door.
When Mr. Cui saw the betrothal gifts, he knew that the Jiang family valued his sister very much, so he welcomed Minister Jiang and his family of four with a bright smile.
Jiang Xun took a deep breath and followed his parents into the Cui family.
Mr. Cui led them to the front hall of the Cui family, where everyone in the Cui family was waiting.
Jiang Xun immediately spotted Cui Shiyue standing next to Mrs. Cui. She was wearing a red dress and looked exceptionally beautiful and charming.
Cui Shiyue met his gaze and lowered her head shyly.
He seems to be particularly good-looking today.
After the two families greeted each other, Minister Jiang handed the list of betrothal gifts to Mr. Cui.
The engagement list included land, shops, gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, gems, agates, antique paintings and calligraphy, and various precious items, all of which demonstrated the importance the Jiang family attached to this marriage.
Cui Shiyue's parents were very satisfied with the Jiang family's betrothal gift, and were also very satisfied with Jiang Xun, their top scholar son-in-law.
They smiled and said to Jiang Xun: "We leave our daughter to you, you must treat her well."
Jiang Xun nodded quickly and said solemnly: "Uncle and aunt, don't worry, I will definitely treat Yue'er well."
Afterwards, the two families sat down to eat together, and there was a lot of joy at the table.
When I was halfway through the meal, the system suddenly asked: [Host, do you want to eat some melon? ]
[No.] Jiang Yueyang refused decisively, [On this wonderful day, I don't want to hear anything unlucky. Besides, the gossip you are talking about must be related to the Cui family. I feel that this is disrespectful to the Cui family.]
Everyone in the Cui family had heard of Jiang Yueyang's thoughts, but had never heard them personally.
Hearing my inner voice out of the blue at this moment, I couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Is this the legendary voice?
Hearing this, the system was about to sigh with regret, but then it heard Jiang Yueyang ask: [Does the melon you want to talk about involve human lives? ]
【No. 】
Jiang Yueyang said with a relieved "Oh", [It's okay then. ]
System: [Do you want to eat?]
【I don’t eat it.】
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