Qin Yi paused after hearing this. Talking about things on the wedding night? He didn't want to.

But Qin Yi still looked at Chu Jinyao leisurely, wanting to see what she could say. So, Qin Yi raised his hand generously and gestured: "You go ahead."

Chu Jinyao's momentum, which had been accumulated with great difficulty, suddenly leaked: "I have prepared food for you, do you want to eat it?"

Qin Yi's face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "No."

No... Then Chu Jinyao really couldn't think of any other excuses. Qin Yi looked at Chu Jinyao, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Anything else to say?" Chu Jinyao

looked like she had nothing to say. Qin Yi reached out and put his arm around Chu Jinyao's shoulders. When his hand touched Chu At the moment when Chu Jinyao touched Qin Yi's shoulder, Chu Jinyao suddenly grabbed Qin Yi's arm with her backhand and shouted in a righteous tone: "Wait a moment."

While Qin Yi did not move and while she still had the courage, Chu Jinyao climbed onto the bed nimbly, knelt in front of Qin Yi with her knees clasped together, and even placed her hands on her knees obediently: "Your Highness, there is one thing I must tell you."

Qin Yi was really angry. He turned around to look at the slowly burning dragon and phoenix candles, and said faintly: "But I don't want to listen at all."

"Your Highness, it's really important."

Qin Yi raised his hand to press his eyebrows, endured for a while, sighed: "Okay, you say it."

"Your Highness, have you ever had... twin brothers?"

Qin Yi looked at her silently, and Chu Jinyao also knew that her question was extremely stupid. There is no private matter in the royal family. The emperor has several princes and princesses, and it is clearly spread in the capital. The prince is the only son of Empress Wenxiao. He is the eldest and the legitimate son, so there is no twin brother.

But apart from this, Chu Jinyao didn't know how to get to the point she wanted to say, so Chu Jinyao could only bite the bullet and continue to ask: "Then your highness, when you were a child, did you invite a monk or worship any protective statues?"

Qin Yi looked straight into Chu Jinyao's eyes and asked slowly: "What do you want to say?"

When the time came, Chu Jinyao was calm. She knew that it was really stupid to say these things to her husband who had only met a few times on the wedding night. If she was not careful, her husband would think she was unfaithful and it was entirely possible that she would lose his favor. But Chu Jinyao had been thinking about it for too long. She had had a vague suspicion when she was in the Prince of Huailing's mansion, but she couldn't find a chance to ask. Even if she asked, what if it was true, what if it wasn't?

Chu Jinyao had planned to bury this matter deep in her heart. It was enough for her to remember Qi Ze and miss him alone. As long as she didn't say it out loud, she could live a life of courtesy and respect with her husband, just like any other high-class couple. But tonight, looking at another face that looked exactly like Qi Ze, Chu Jinyao couldn't help but be distracted and couldn't help but want to get to the bottom of it.

"Your Highness, you will definitely find this shocking, but you are my husband and you will spend your life with me. I think you are qualified to know this." Chu Jinyao's hands were shaking a little, but now they are strangely calm. "Your Highness, when I was thirteen years old, I saw a person who looked exactly like you in my jade pendant."

Chu Jinyao said as she wanted to pull her jade pendant from her collar. Even in such an important situation as today, Chu Jinyao never took off the jade pendant, but tied it to the innermost part of her clothes, close to her heart as before.

But today, when she stretched out her hand halfway, she suddenly found something wrong. Qin Yi was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at her. Chu Jinyao really couldn't unbutton her collar to take out the jade pendant.

"Your Highness?" Chu Jinyao called awkwardly.

Qin Yi sighed, turned his head away, and said, "Okay, I won't look at it, you take the things out first."

In fact, Chu Jinyao thought that she didn't need to take it out... Since she said it, could she still fake it? The most important thing is, in front of a man, unbuttoning the collar and pulling out the jade pendant that was kept close to the body, what kind of words is this. Even if Qin Yi turned his face away, he was here.

Chu Jinyao had to try to slow down her movements and take out the jade pendant quietly, but no matter how careful she was, she couldn't avoid touching the fabric and making a rustling sound of friction. At such a close distance, Chu Jinyao blushed again.

"Your Highness, it's here." Chu Jinyao took off the jade pendant and said softly.

In fact, it is easier to imagine when you can't see. Qin Yi listened to Chu Jinyao's deliberately gentle movements, the slight friction sound when unbuttoning the collar, and his Adam's apple moved uncontrollably. He felt that the dragon was too hot today.

However, when Qin Yi turned around, he found that Chu Jinyao's cheeks were slightly red, one hand was pressing the collar, and the other hand was holding a clear and enchanting jade pendant. After the ordeal just now, her collar was a little messy, and the clothes on her shoulders were obviously much looser.

Qin Yi felt more and more that this was his wedding night, why on earth should he accompany Chu Jinyao to talk. Chu Jinyao waited for a while and found that the prince was looking at her with a strange and slightly weird look. Chu Jinyao didn't understand why, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.

Could it be that the prince was angry?

Chu Jinyao secretly glanced at Qin Yi, her eyes were like a cat with a new owner, full of temptation and caution. Qin Yi took a deep breath and told himself not to rush. If he didn't smooth out Chu Jinyao's concerns today, she might not be able to let go.

Qin Yi took the jade pendant from Chu Jinyao, twirled it between his fingers with a very familiar gesture, and suddenly said, "Why don't you use the jade pendant I gave you?"

"It doesn't look good." Chu Jinyao blurted out, and then she quickly said to save the situation, "I still keep the one that Your Highness gave me!"

"Didn't you say that you would change it to a pure gold necklace when your wish comes true?" The jade pendant turned in Qin Yi's hand. He turned his head and smiled. "Pure gold is too tacky, so I changed it for you. It's worth as much as pure gold."

Chu Jinyao's eyes widened slowly. Qin Yi looked at her and suddenly reached out to touch her hair. "My name is Qin Yi. Yi means a great river, which is a great source of blessings to all things. So, my name is Yi Ze. From now on, you can call me Qin Yi."

Chu Jinyao covered her mouth and tears rolled down. Of course, she remembered what Qi Ze said when she first met him.

He said, "My name is Qi Ze. You can call me Qi Ze."

"Why are you still crying?" Qin Yi had no choice but to sit closer and put his hand lightly around Chu Jinyao's shoulders. In fact, he wanted to hug her completely, but he felt it was too abrupt and he was afraid of scaring Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao thought of everything that had happened in the past three years, from when she was just called back to the Marquis' Mansion, to Qi Ze's departure, to sharing a roof with the Prince of Huailing to avoid the rain, and finally, she thought of the inexplicable imperial decree granting her marriage.

It turned out that it had always been him. Yes, besides Qi Ze, who else would suddenly take her away as the principal wife when she was forced to be a concubine?

"Then it was you who instructed Shopkeeper Qi to send me the things?"

"Yes."

"And Shopkeeper Wei in Taiyuan, is he also your man? I was wondering why they suddenly delivered the ready-made shop to me and sent me dividends on time every month. Was it you who was actually responsible?"

"It was me."

"Did you arrange the Jinyiwei that time at the Su family?"

Qin Yi sighed, no longer avoiding the question, and stretched out his arms to completely hold Chu Jinyao in his arms: "Don't cry. I told you that I won't let you suffer any injustice."

However, Qin Yi said it nicely, but in his heart he was thinking that not refusing was tacit consent, so he put his hands on Chu Jinyao's shoulders and even felt the touch.

Chu Jinyao hugged her knees and cried for a long time, crying out all the repressed grievances during this period. She thought she was alone, but in a place she couldn't see, there were people watching her and protecting her. She said that after Qi Ze left, everything she did went very smoothly for a while. She thought it was God's blessing, but God is so busy, how could he bless anyone?

There is no such thing as so much luck, it's just that someone deliberately picked her and put her by her side.

Chu Jinyao's emotions were rarely out of control. When her mood slowly calmed down and her brain resumed working, she stiffly realized what they were doing now.

When did he sit over here? What should I do, move or not?

Chu Jinyao was embarrassed and didn't know what to do. She could only continue to hide in her knees and pretend to cry. Qin Yi waited for a while, and could no longer bear it, so he forced her face up from his knees: "Let me ask you, what time is it today?"

"The eighth of December."

"What's burning outside?"

Chu Jinyao looked at what Qin Yi instructed, and her face turned red unconsciously: "Wedding candles."

"Okay." Qin Yi lifted Chu Jinyao's chin and asked her to look up and look at him. "I've been making trouble with you for half the night. You cried and laughed. Now you should have had enough, right? Is it your turn to listen to me next?"

"Actually, there are still some things I don't understand." The two people's noses were almost touching. Chu Jinyao looked into Qin Yi's eyes and said very honestly, "If you were alone, then weren't you at the border at the time? Why did you appear in my jade pendant? How could you appear in two places at the same time?"

Qin Yi forcibly held Chu Jinyao's head, and with a little force on his arms, he pressed her backwards. Chu Jinyao leaned back uncontrollably, surprised in her heart, and reflexively wanted to grab something: "Wait a minute... I haven't finished asking..."

"Let's talk about it later."

"No, I have to wash my face..."

That night, they both stayed up very late before going to bed. The eunuch who was waiting outside for the water delivery servants sighed softly in his heart.

The prince's wedding is a big event for the whole court. Normally, a bride would be busy all day at the wedding, and then she could take a break after meeting her parents-in-law the next day, but Chu Jinyao couldn't do that. She felt like she had just fallen asleep when there was a knock on the door.

"Prince, Princess, it's time to get up."

Chu Jinyao was half asleep, and she wondered why Linglong woke her up so early today, as if it wasn't even daybreak yet. Chu Jinyao felt the quilt beside her sink slightly in the dimness, and she was startled. She opened her eyes despite her sleepiness, and saw red everywhere.

What caught her eye was the bright red tent ceiling, with delicate dragon and phoenix patterns embroidered on the door. Chu Jinyao slowly remembered that she had married yesterday, and this was not her concubine's room, but Ciqing Palace.

Qin Yi was also awakened by the sound. He had sat up, went outside the bed and put on his inner clothes. He had planned to come in and wake Chu Jinyao up, but when he opened the curtain, Chu Jinyao had already half sat up.

"Awake? I was going to let you sleep a little longer."

Chu Jinyao hummed softly, with a strong nasal tone in her voice. Although she had sat up, she was groggy. She pressed her cold fingertips against her brow to wake herself up, and did not notice her current appearance. After a night's sleep, her underwear was slightly untied, revealing a beautiful neck and half of her shoulders. Because she was still supporting the bed with one hand, the exposed half of her collarbone formed a beautiful arc, and the beauty's hair was disheveled, her collar was loose, and she was weakly trapped in the big red quilt, with a sleepy look in the corners of her eyes.

Qin Yi couldn't help but sit back on the bed. Since he was canonized as the crown prince at the age of ten, he no longer had the habit of staying in bed and sleeping in a cocoon. But now, he sat back on the edge of the bed, held the quilt for Chu Jinyao, and looked at Chu Jinyao's vaguely visible collarbone. It was unclear whether he wanted to pull up her collar for her or open it completely.

"If you're sleepy, why don't you sleep a little longer? It's okay for them to wait a little longer."

Before Chu Jinyao could say anything, her body had already responded. She shook her head, took a deep breath, and made a move to get up: "No, I have to get up. I have to see the Emperor and Empress today, and I can't be late."

Chu Jinyao half-knelt and got up, struggling to get out of the warm quilt. However, as she moved, her collar opened even more, and the gully between them could almost be vaguely seen. Chu Jinyao's originally sluggish brain was stimulated by the air outside and suddenly woke up. She found that Qin Yi's eyes were not right. She looked down along his line of sight and was suddenly embarrassed and annoyed. She covered her collar tightly and said in a low voice with a red face: "What are you doing?"

Qin Yi smiled and said nothing. He just stood up from the edge of the bed and said, "Change your clothes quickly. The Zhaiyi is not easy to wear. You will be troubled later."

"Okay."

Chu Jinyao still covered her collar. Qin Yi looked at her for a while and asked, "Why don't you move?"

Chu Jinyao was speechless: "How can I change clothes if you stand here?"

She went to bed late yesterday. She couldn't open her eyes after taking a shower. She just put on her underwear and went to bed. In other words, Chu Jinyao was wearing nothing but the loose white silk dress.

The prince's wedding bed was very large, and the box containing the new clothes was on the bed. However, Qin Yi was standing here, so how could Chu Jinyao change?

"Why not?" Qin Yi said, "The ladies outside have been waiting for a long time, hurry up."

As if to confirm Qin Yi's words, as soon as he finished speaking, the maid outside the door raised her voice and shouted again: "Your Highness, Crown Princess, it's time to get up."

The palace nanny also said anxiously: "Crown Princess, have you gotten up?"

Qin Yi looked like "Look, it's true" and continued to stand by the bed, saying indifferently: "There are already many people waiting outside, you don't want to meet those ladies in this state."

Chu Jinyao blushed and looked at the man in front of him angrily. Of course, he knew the situation yesterday, but now he still said such words! Chu Jinyao did everything by herself when she was young and was not used to being served. Even when she was forced to adapt to the life in Changxing Marquis's Mansion, she put on her underwear and middle clothes by herself, and then Linglong and others helped her put on the outer skirt and skirt.

Because she came back halfway, Chu Jinyao always asked herself to be dignified and polite, and pay attention to everything. How could she do such a thing as wearing underwear in front of the maids? What's more, there were serious and proper female officials outside... Chu Jinyao was very angry, but she couldn't waste time. After changing clothes, she still had to put on makeup, and she had no time. Chu Jinyao could only blush and grit her teeth as she whispered, "Your Highness, I haven't put on any clothes yet. Please go out first. I need to change into some underwear."

Qin Yi listened to these words, his face was fine, but the tips of his ears immediately turned red. He tilted his head and coughed, forget it this time. Qin Yi turned and went outside, but in his heart he was thinking, haha, when has this prince ever failed in what he wanted to do.

When Chu Jinyao saw Qin Yi go out, she immediately pulled down the innermost bed curtain, quickly took out a brand new undergarment from the box on the bed, and fastened the buckle with her fingers. She was originally on guard behind her, but she found that Qin Yi was still a gentleman in this regard. If he didn't go out, he would never look back.

After Chu Jinyao fastened the undergarment and changed into a clean white lining, the palace maids outside the house had already come in. A large group of people went to serve Qin Yi, while the female officials and Linglong and several maids came to Chu Jinyao with toiletries in their hands.

Chu Jinyao hurriedly got out of bed and changed her clothes. Today she had to meet the emperor, empress, and many royal relatives, so she had to wear the most solemn crown princess's Zhaiyi. Because she had wasted too much time with Qin Yi, Chu Jinyao was in a hurry to change her clothes and wash up, and she barely managed to get everything ready before the expected time. Chu

Jinyao didn't even bother to eat, and walked out with a lot of jewelry on her body. Qin Yi was already waiting outside, and when Chu Jinyao turned around the curtain, she was caught off guard by the scene in front of her.

Yesterday she was wearing a veil, and most of her skirt could be seen. She only knew that Qin Yi was wearing a red dress, but she couldn't remember what it looked like.

However, today, Qin Yi put on the crown prince's robe, the most noble dress in the world after the emperor's robe. The color of the crown was solemn black, which was in accordance with ancient etiquette. On the shoulders were embroidered dragons with bared fangs and claws, and on the back and cuffs were ancient patterns. He also had a vermilion knee-length apron tied around his waist, his boots were also red, and around him were intricate and trivial jade pendants and ribbons. Qin Yi was tall and slender, and his eyebrows and eyes were also aggressively beautiful. When he put on this grand crown of black and red, the combination of sternness and bright colors was appropriate, which unexpectedly matched his temperament.

Qin Yi had nine pearl tassels hanging in front of his eyes. When he saw Chu Jinyao's gaze, he turned his head and the tassels on his crown swayed.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi's clothes and said sincerely, "Your Highness has the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, and is so majestic that people dare not look at him closely."

This is true. Since Qin Yi came out, everyone in the palace has lowered their heads, looking at the ground in fear, and their bodies are trembling slightly. Only

by seeing this set of crown clothes can one intuitively feel that the imperial power cannot be violated.

Qin Yi wears it every time he sacrifices, winter solstice, and New Year's Day. He himself no longer thinks it is a big deal, so naturally he cannot understand Chu Jinyao's shock at this moment. Wearing a full set of crown and robes, it was not good to move too much. Qin Yi slowly extended his hand to Chu Jinyao and said, "Let's go. They are already waiting in the Palace of Heavenly Purity."

There was no empress dowager in the palace now, so Chu Jinyao was exempted from this part of the etiquette. He only needed to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to pay homage to the emperor and empress, and then meet other royal relatives. But the most important thing was to pay homage to the emperor

and empress, because Chu Jinyao was the crown princess, the most honorable person under the empress. Even if she met the royal relatives, she would accept their homage, which was relatively better. Although the audience after marriage was solemn, to put it bluntly, it was the same as the common couple paying homage to their parents, except that their parents' identities were a little special. Today, without the ceremonial officers watching everywhere, the rules are a little more relaxed. Chu Jinyao can also stand beside Qin Yi and accompany him on stage as his wife.

You should know that at the wedding yesterday, even when entering the East Palace for the wedding ceremony, it was Qin Yi, the crown prince, who went first, and Chu Jinyao was supported by the female officials to tie the empress.

After approaching the Qianqing Palace, as expected, many people were already waiting outside the palace gate. Chu Jinyao and Qin Yi entered from the left door under the guidance of the eunuchs, and met the emperor and the queen in the main hall. This was the first time Chu Jinyao had met the emperor since he grew up. Meeting the emperor is an extremely sacred thing in etiquette. I heard that during the imperial examinations, emergency heart pills are often prepared to prevent candidates from being too excited when seeing the emperor's face and fainting on the spot. Chu Jinyao thought she would be very excited, but when she actually met the emperor, the awe in her heart was unconsciously diluted when she thought that the most noble person in front of her was Qin Yi's father.

In Qin Yi's world, the emperor is not a good father, and even worse, he is not a good king.

Chu Jinyao followed Qin Yi to pay four respects to the emperor, and then took the date chestnut plate from the palace maid beside him and handed it to the emperor with her head slightly lowered. The emperor naturally would not take it personally. He moved his hands, and the eunuchs beside him did it for him.

Afterwards, the same etiquette was used for the young queen, but the fruit plate presented was changed. In the folk, daughters-in-law offer tea to their parents-in-law, but in the royal family, their duties are different, and they also offer dates and chestnuts.

After the two of them exchanged greetings, it was normal for the emperor and Xiao Qi to have a conversation. Because the emperor had a bad reputation among the people, Chu Jinyao thought he would see an emperor with a big belly, cloudy eyes, and a typical appearance of a tyrant. But surprisingly, the emperor was over 40 years old and still had a moderate figure. He was not as fat as men of this age, and he had a fair face and a slightly round face, looking very kind. He looked at the newlyweds below with emotion and said, "It's good to be married. In the future, you two should live a good life."

After that, the emperor looked at Qin Yi and said, "You have a bad temper. Because of your status, no one has said anything to you for so many years, but now you are married, you can't lose your temper with the Crown Princess, and you must treat her well."

Then the emperor looked at Chu Jinyao and said, "If he does something too much, just come and tell me."

Chu Jinyao was flattered. Normally, people would calm down the bride's temper on the first day. Who would have thought that the emperor of the royal family would be so gentle to her? Chu Jinyao hurriedly bowed her head and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qin Yi snorted disdainfully. Although the voice was very soft, Chu Jinyao naturally heard it standing so close. Seeing that Qin Yi did not move, she couldn't help but touch Qin Yi's arm quietly.

Under the circumstances today, Qin Yi certainly would not be stupid enough to contradict the emperor, but he also did not intend to respond to the emperor's words. As a husband, the emperor had angered his original wife to death. What qualifications did he have to teach Qin Yi about the ways of husband and wife? However, he felt Chu Jinyao's sleeves moved slightly and touched his sleeves, as if he was afraid that he would quarrel with the emperor. For Chu Jinyao's sake, Qin Yi rarely gave the emperor face and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a response.

Chu Jinyao's movements were so weak that they were almost unnoticeable through the wide sleeves of his clothes, but even so, Xiao Qi, who was sitting at the top, still noticed something.

Empress Xiao Qi took note of it, then smiled and said to Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao, "In the blink of an eye, the prince has married. It's so comforting to see. You two are a perfect match, a match made in heaven. You must get along well with each other in the future, and never let the emperor down."

Chu Jinyao bowed deeply again and agreed to Empress Xiao Qi's words.

The emperor did not do anything in state affairs, but he was surprisingly easy to talk to women. With the emperor around, the empress did not say much. She smiled and comforted them a few words, and let the newlyweds go back. Chu Jinyao was surprised, but she also felt a sense of "as expected".

The emperor's tolerance of women is a good thing for the harem and the daughters-in-law below, but it is a headache for the entire country.

Next, Chu Jinyao followed Qin Yi to another palace to meet other elders in the royal family. The three princesses and two other princes in the palace were also there, and they came forward to greet Chu Jinyao one by one. The recognition of relatives was long and boring. Chu Jinyao was wearing a heavy crown and clothes, and he didn't get enough rest yesterday, so he was really tired.

When she returned to Ciqing Palace, the first thing she did was to have the phoenix crown removed from her neck. Chu Jinyao rubbed her neck, which was about to break, and complained to Linglong: "I used to think others looked particularly beautiful wearing crowns, but today I tried it myself and realized that it was not something a human could do."

However, this time, Chu Jinyao did not wait for Linglong's comfort. Instead, a hand reached out from behind and pressed on the back of Chu Jinyao's neck warmly and forcefully: "Are you tired?"