Chapter 988 Achieving Perfect Harmony (Xinyang VS Xiao Jihou)
Hearing the commotion in the military camp, Yu Jin rushed over in a panic. She saw the Marquis standing at the tent entrance, but did not see her own princess. She asked worriedly, "My lord, where is the princess?"
Xiao Ji glanced at the curtain that was being flung around and made a loud thud, then sighed dramatically and said, "I was so busy getting the Holy Maiden back from her wedding that I forgot about your princess in the Holy Maiden's Palace."
"Wh-what?"
Yu Jin was struck dumb, staring at Xiao Ji in disbelief. It was too dark, and she had been too flustered to notice that Xiao Ji was wearing red.
It was slightly different from the wedding attire of the groom from Zhao State, but his explanation made sense.
She remarked that her master had never liked wearing such flashy colors before.
A soft, angry stomping sound came from inside the tent!
Xiao Ji winked at Yu Jin: "Don't worry, the Holy Maiden and the King of Dongyi are in our hands. They won't dare to do anything to the princess. If we hold back for now, they'll get impatient and come to us to negotiate."
Yu Jin was startled again, then she understood everything.
My silly princess, has she fallen for the Marquis's tricks again?
Yu Jin couldn't bear to watch. This person was clearly very intelligent, but in the hands of the old fox Marquis, he was completely outmaneuvered.
"Then, what do I need to prepare?" She had also become mischievous.
You're on the right track, Yu Jin.
Xiao Ji's eyes were full of smiles, but his tone was nonchalant: "Prepare some hot water, so the Holy Maiden can wash up in a bit. Also, have the kitchen prepare some food. The Holy Maiden doesn't eat spicy food, so remember to use less chili."
The sound inside the tent was no longer the soft stomping of feet, but the pounding of tables!
Yu Jin couldn't bear it: "My lord, please don't go too far."
"Understood, go ahead." Xiao Ji suppressed his smile, turned around, and entered the tent.
Yu Jin had carefully tidied up the tent, added some furniture, and replaced the bedding with softer, warmer ones.
Princess Xinyang was sitting on a stool covered with cotton cushions, exuding an aura of wanting to kill Xiao Ji from head to toe.
The wedding robes of the Dongyi people had pockets, hidden in the pleats on both sides.
With his hands in his pockets, Xiao Ji walked over to Princess Xinyang and sat down beside her in a carefree and unruly manner: "Holy Maiden, you must be tired from your journey?"
I was imprisoned in the Temple of the Holy Maiden, yet all you care about is the Holy Maiden!
If I had Long Yi's martial arts skills, you would already be dead!
Xiao Ji was barely able to contain himself; the corners of his lips were turned up so wide he couldn't suppress them. Fortunately, she was wearing a veil so he couldn't see it.
He got up and fiddled with something inside the tent, seemingly lighting a candle, and Princess Xinyang felt light on the ground.
Xiao Ji said softly, "When we were bowing to each other just now, my wife was so devout. I was the one who neglected her. I feel ashamed and will definitely not let her down in the future."
They've all started calling her "wife"!
You've never called me that before!
Princess Xinyang's decades of composure and calmness were shattered at this moment, and she was finally so angry that she turned into a little ruffled chicken.
She suddenly raised her hand, about to lift the veil and confront him, telling him that from now on she would never see him again.
But before she could even raise her hand halfway, Xiao Ji gently grasped it with his large hand.
Xiao Ji said, "It is I, as your husband, who should lift the veil on our wedding night."
"My lord, the hot water is here."
Yu Jin's voice rang out from outside the door, reporting the news.
"Bring it in," Xiao Ji said.
Yu Jin brought in a basin of hot water, then turned around and grabbed a box of pastries: "The food won't be ready so soon, Your Excellency and... cough, you two should fill your stomachs first."
After she left, Princess Xinyang continued to rage.
Suddenly, something strange caught her eye.
It seems somewhat familiar, but I can't quite place it right now.
Before she could think of anything, her veil was lifted.
What came into view was a handsome and charming face, just like the young man in wedding attire who used a jade ruyi to lift her veil on their wedding night many years ago.
His face bore the marks of time, but the anticipation and joy in his eyes remained unchanged.
He looked at her with a smile, his expression radiating a purity and beauty untouched by time, yet also carrying a touch of mature and restrained domineering authority.
Princess Xinyang was taken aback.
For a moment, she felt as if she had returned to twenty years ago.
The two have changed more in temperament than they have twenty years ago. Time seems to have forgotten them to some extent. She is still as beautiful as ever, and he is still as handsome and dashing as ever.
"you……"
She opened her mouth, only to find that she couldn't make a single sound.
She looked down at what he was holding.
No wonder it looked familiar; it's a jade ruyi.
Even if she's naive, she'd feel guilty by now. He showed no shock at all when he lifted her veil, which meant he knew she was under it.
Was this guy just teasing her the whole way?
She felt that doing this was wrong and wanted to be angry with him, but when she looked into his eyes, which were just as they had been back then, and at the jade ruyi in his hand, and... the dragon and phoenix incense candles that had been lit on the table at some point, a wave of emotion welled up in her heart.
"When... were these prepared?" she asked in a low voice.
"You mean this?" Xiao Ji smiled as he looked at the jade ruyi in his hand and said, "On the way, we stopped in a town when we were almost at the military camp."
Did the carriage ever stop?
She was so angry that she didn't pay attention to such details at all!
Was it for these reasons that she was deliberately made a saint all the way through?
Thinking about it, it makes sense. If he had said earlier that he recognized her, she would have been too shy to continue wearing the veil and dressed as a bride in front of Long Yi and Zhen'er.
She thought everything would end after the wedding ceremony, which was the time she and Long Yi had agreed upon to take action.
She had no more desires when she got there.
How did this man come up with such a wicked plan, making her angry while also managing to get the dragon and phoenix incense candles and the jade ruyi when she wasn't looking?
Xiao Ji brought not only dragon and phoenix incense and candles and jade ruyi, but also the nuptial wine they hadn't drunk before.
He poured two glasses of wine, handing one to her: "The wine from the border is not as fragrant and mellow as the imperial wine, so you'll have to make do with this."
Princess Xinyang lowered her eyes to look at the light and shadow in the wine glass: "How did you recognize me?"
Xiao Ji laughed: "Are you bowing like that because you're afraid I won't recognize you?"
Princess Xinyang blushed, thinking to herself, "Weren't you the same way back then?"
The two intertwined their wrists and drank the nuptial wine, which was more than twenty years overdue.
Whether it was the effect of the alcohol or the charcoal fire burning in the tent, her cheeks were flushed.
Xiao Ji stared intently at her: "Qin Fengwan, do you know the meaning of the nuptial wine?"
"Hmm?" Princess Xinyang was taken aback by his question.
He didn't expect her to answer, and continued on his own: "Having drunk the nuptial wine, we will share the same quilt in life and the same fur coat in death."
It even rhymes quite well.
Princess Xinyang stammered, "How come I haven't heard of that?"
He placed the empty wine glass back on the table and said matter-of-factly, "It will happen in the future, and it will be recorded in history books. It was I who said it."
Princess Xinyang: "..."
Princess Xinyang placed her wine cup next to his cup, making the cups a pair, which was very fitting for the occasion.
"And then?" she mustered her courage to ask.
Xiao Ji glanced at her: "And then what?"
"After drinking the nuptial wine... what should we do?"
“Of course we should consummate our marriage…” Xiao Ji said, looking at her with a serious expression. “Qin Fengwan, you should stop now. Don’t you know what kind of occasion this is? Drinking nuptial wine with you is already a great indulgence. You still want to consummate our marriage?”
Princess Xinyang glanced at his wound and said, "Oh."
Xiao Ji frowned and said, "It's not that I'm incapable, it's just that it's against the rules to have a wedding night in a military camp. Besides, do you think those people are deaf?"
Those who practice martial arts have exceptional hearing. Princess Xinyang, realizing that the sounds of such an affair could be overheard at any moment, immediately lost the courage to consummate the marriage.
After washing up, the two lay down on the soft bed.
“Your injury…” she began.
“It’s alright,” he said. “A wedding night is out of the question.”
Princess Xinyang lowered her eyes and said, "Oh."
Xiao Ji smiled faintly: "Qin Fengwan, are you disappointed?"
"No," Princess Xinyang said.
She lay down beside him and pulled the blanket up a little.
Xiao Ji said, "It's best if there isn't one. Don't take advantage of someone in distress in the middle of the night."
“I’m a little cold,” Princess Xinyang said.
Xiao Ji: "If you want me to hold you, just say so."
Princess Xinyang, her face slightly flushed, said, "Hold me."
Xiao Ji: "..."
He glanced at Princess Xinyang beside him, her face flushed, and wondered if he had bought the wrong wine. He had told the shopkeeper he wanted the weakest one.
Did the shop owner give him the most potent remedy?
Princess Xinyang had a burning fire in her heart.
Alcohol emboldens the timid. She wasn't a good drinker, only slightly better than Gu Jiao, but not by much.
After downing a cup, the past flashed through her mind like a fleeting dream.
The more she thought about their wedding night, the more she felt indebted to him, and the more she regretted the beautiful moments they had missed over the years.
How many twenty-year periods does one have in a lifetime?
Every night wasted is one less night to go.
It was as if her meridians had been opened up all at once, and all her previous understanding was overturned.
Xiao Ji's refusal to consummate the marriage with her wasn't a strategic retreat; he genuinely had no intention of taking her there.
Firstly, there was his injury; secondly, there was the fact that she was a precious daughter of noble birth, and this was her first time with genuine affection, which he didn't want to be so hasty.
But someone got drunk tonight and kept rubbing against him.
He looked at the restless woman in his arms and took a deep breath: "Qin Fengwan, what are you doing now?"
Princess Xinyang slipped her hand inside his clothes: "I'm not doing anything, just touching you."
Xiao Ji: "..."
"Qin Fengwan, you're drunk," he said helplessly.
He took Qin Fengwan's hand out.
Princess Xinyang casually said in a coquettish tone, "I can't sleep, I'm a little hot."
Xiao Ji felt his blood rush to his head, pulled her onto himself, and kissed her domineeringly and forcefully.
The aroma of the wine lingered on his lips and teeth as he savored her beauty, his hand unconsciously caressing her sensitive waist.
However, there were no excessive actions.
He held back.
She didn't know how long they had been kissing when suddenly her body tensed up and her mind went blank.
Xiao Ji was taken aback.
Princess Xinyang blushed and released his lips, burying her head in his chest, remaining motionless.
Xiao Ji was astonished: "Qin Fengwan, I only kissed you, and you actually...you actually..."
Princess Xinyang was extremely embarrassed.
Yeah, it was just a kiss, how could she...?
Xiao Ji held her, murmuring in a daze, "You didn't take your medicine again tonight, so why are you even more sensitive than if you had?"
Princess Xinyang was too ashamed to face anyone.
Just now, she sobered up instantly, her mind clearer than ever before.
And it was precisely because she was so lucid that she wanted to die even more.
How embarrassing...
Xiao Ji calmed down and said seriously, "If you really want it, this Marquis can..."
"Shut up!" Princess Xinyang forbade him to mention the matter again. She got off him, pulled the quilt over her head, and made up her mind to stay hidden away from everyone for the rest of her life.
Xiao Ji, however, threw off the covers and went outside.
Princess Xinyang didn't know why he suddenly left, but judging from his restrained behavior tonight, she guessed that he wanted her to calm down by herself.
Outside the camp, the sounds of soldiers gathering could be heard, along with the incessant clatter of horses' hooves and the scraping of armor.
Princess Xinyang was completely bewildered.
She just...didn't she?
As for letting her calm down during the late-night drills?
Fifteen minutes later, the sounds of the troops assembling gradually subsided. Her mind was buzzing, and for a moment she couldn't figure out what had happened.
The next second, the tent curtain was lifted, and a figure dressed in the stars and moonlight strode in.
He first locked the curtains, then strode over to the bedside.
She loosened her clothes and belt.
Princess Xinyang heard the rustling behind her, turned around in a daze, and looked at him with confusion: "What...are you doing?"
"The bridal chamber," he said.
Princess Xinyang looked at him in surprise: "But didn't you say...it's against the rules?"
He loosened his belt: "I am the rule."
"Then...they..."
"They went out."
So you woke them up in the middle of the night not to train them, but to kick them all out?!
How much better is this than letting them hear the noise?
Tomorrow, the entire border region will know that the First-Rank Martial Marquis of Zhao Kingdom had driven all his soldiers out of the camp in the middle of the night so that he could have sex with his wife!
Princess Xinyang: I'd rather be dead.
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That night, he was extremely tender.
He treated her like a precious treasure, showering her with all the joy of their wedding night.
This concludes the side story of Little Chicken Marquis and the Princess. What do you all think?
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