Chapter 149 - First published on Jinjiang | Parallel Universe 6
Yan Jiarou's first period came a few months before her coming-of-age ceremony. In fact, she had vaguely learned what was going on from her nanny before it even came, but when the day actually arrived, her underpants were stained with blood. After changing them, she was still terrified and immediately ran to Hanguang Palace.
When they arrived at Hanguang Palace, she buried her face in Xiao Che's arms and sobbed as she told him what had happened that day, how scared and anxious she had been. As she spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears, soaking a patch of his robe.
Xiao Che gently stroked her head and softly comforted her, "Why are you crying? Yan Yan has grown up."
Yan Jiarou raised her teary-eyed face and asked in a daze, "Really...?"
"Yes, haven't you always wanted to marry me? You can only marry me when you grow up."
Yan Jiarou was taken aback, her eyes suddenly brightening as if a sky full of stars had been scattered across them, even her earrings seemed to sway lightly with joy. Before she could speak, she still seemed a little dazed: "You mean... this way, I can marry you?"
Xiao Che stroked her face, tucking a stray strand of her hair behind her ear: "Yes. But that's only one thing. As for the second thing, it will have to wait a few more months until Yan Yan passes her coming-of-age ceremony and truly becomes an adult, then she can marry me."
In a few more months... that sounds really promising!
Yan Jiarou cheered, wrapped her arms around his neck, stood on tiptoe and quickly kissed him, her dimples appearing on her cheeks, and sweet joy almost overflowing from the corners of her lips.
She tilted her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him: "So actually, when I get my period... well, it's a happy occasion, right? Because if that's the case, I've already fulfilled the first condition. In a few months, after my coming-of-age ceremony, I can marry my brother."
Xiao Che chuckled and pinched her fair and plump cheek: "Silly girl, what kind of young girl talks about getting married all the time?"
“Can’t I even say this to you? I haven’t said this to anyone else, I’m only saying it to you…” Yan Jiarou slowly lowered her eyelashes, pursed her lips, and said softly, “I know that even when a girl is facing the man she loves, she should be reserved, but marrying you has been my dream since I was a child.”
Xiao Che felt his heart soften instantly. He pressed his forehead against hers and sighed softly, "This is also my dream."
The two cuddled for a while. Yan Jiarou had been experiencing lower abdominal pain, but with Xiao Che by her side, personally feeding her angelica, ginger, and mutton soup, she felt much better.
Xiao Che knew that Yan Jiarou would have this day sooner or later. Women often feel uncomfortable when they have their period, and lower abdominal pain is common. Yan Jiarou is especially delicate and needs to be taken good care of.
She had long ago asked the imperial physician to prescribe this medicinal diet. The mutton is sweet and warm, and the angelica root invigorates blood circulation. Stewing them together and drinking the soup can dispel uterine cold and relieve blood stasis and pain.
In addition, he prepared a fragrant herbal hot bag for her, which contained warm herbs such as fennel and mugwort, which were placed in a silk pouch, heated in a heater, and then applied to her abdomen to greatly relieve abdominal discomfort.
However, compared to this, Yan Jiarou preferred Xiao Che to place his large palms on her lower abdomen and gently massage her. The warmth of his palms gradually spread from her abdomen to her limbs and bones, and her whole body felt as if she was enveloped by Xiao Che's warmth, gradually softening into a pool of spring water, wanting only to melt into his palms.
Xiao Che discovered that ever since he started massaging Yan Jiarou's lower abdomen, her menstrual period had been lasting longer and longer, sometimes for as many as twenty days a month, and she only felt comfortable when Xiao Che massaged her lower abdomen.
He didn't even bother to expose such a lame excuse.
Yan Jiarou has grown up. She has always been very attached to him since she was a child. After he risked his life to jump into the pool to save her and the two of them cleared up the misunderstanding, she devoted her whole heart to him. It was as if she had made up her mind about him. She followed him around all day long. If she could not see him for a day, she would not eat or drink and would cry for a whole day.
Therefore, whenever Xiao Che had to leave the palace, he would have to find a way to bring her with him, or make sure to appease her beforehand.
They've been like this for so many years, so he naturally enjoys her clinging to him like this, but sometimes, it's really unavoidable, a kind of sweet trouble.
Now that she's grown up, her clinginess hasn't diminished; in fact, it's intensified. As she's grown into an adult, her increasingly mature body is restless, and she has new desires for him. She's no longer satisfied with just hugs and kisses; she wants more physical contact, which is why she racked her brains to come up with such a clumsy excuse.
It must have been really tough on her.
He couldn't very well expose her, so he turned a blind eye and let her do as she pleased.
What can you do with your own spoiled little princess?
It wasn't until after her coming-of-age ceremony, when she told Xiao Che that she had been experiencing frequent breast pain and asked him to massage it for her, that he truly felt the problem.
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