Chapter 82: Bridal Chamber (Tea)
An hour later.
Su Yuan was lying on the bed in her inner clothes when she noticed someone approaching.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked over. She saw Meng Yunlan wrapped in outer clothes and about to go to bed. She raised her eyebrows and asked:
"It's time to go to bed, why are you still wearing your outer robe?"
Meng Yunlan tightened his grip on his collar, but thinking of his father's instructions, he took a deep breath and whispered with a trembling voice:
"I, I'll take it off right away."
He lowered his head with a red face, no longer caring about anything else, quickly loosened his outer robe, and without paying attention to the clothes that fell to the ground, he lifted the quilt and crawled in, shyly saying:
"Su, my wife, I'm fine now."
The other side.
Ever since Su Yuan said that, his eyes have been on Meng Yunlan.
Especially the moment when he took off his outer robe and got into the quilt.
Su Yuan's originally careless look turned into confusion and shock, and then gradually turned into amazement.
After reacting.
She suddenly turned around and supported her head with her hands, staring at the person below whose face was only half covered by the quilt, and narrowed her eyes slightly.
What did she see just now?
After the newlywed took off his outer clothes, he was only wearing a layer of translucent red gauze underneath?
Thinking of this, Su Yuan's eyes gradually became darker, and he stretched out his free hand to hug Meng Yunlan.
He lowered his eyes slightly to stare at the blushing face below, leaned closer and said jokingly in a long tone:
"This gauze dress today is quite novel——"
Meng Yunlan felt the arms around his waist and Su Yuan's warm embrace, and trembled with excitement. He whispered with trembling lips:
"This, this is what my father prepared for me."
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes wandering on his face vaguely, and asked in a long tone:
"Oh, did your dad tell you what's going to happen? Are you ready?"
Meng Yunlan's heart was pounding. Following Su Yuan's words, she thought of Meng's father's instructions. She bit her lip, stole a glance at Su Yuan, and nodded slightly.
"I, I know."
When Su Yuan heard him say this, his eyes darkened. He could no longer bear it, so he lifted Meng Yunlan's quilt, turned over and pressed on her.
After a moment.
The creaking and rocking of the bed and the exclamations of others could be heard from far away.
Bai Cui and the others who were keeping watch outside lowered their heads in shame and remained silent. Only the voices of their own master and the head of the family continued until dawn:
"Wife, um~."
"Sorry, I hurt you!"
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The next day.
Not long after Su Yuan and Meng Yunlan fell asleep, there was a knock on the door and Bai Cui's low voice:
"Master, Erlangjun, it's time to get up."
Su Yuan was dozing off. When he heard the voice, he glanced at Meng Yunlan who was sleeping soundly beside him, turned over, stepped over him, put on his clothes, opened the door and walked outside, and said:
"Go prepare some porridge, side dishes and bath water first. Come back and report when you're done. This will also allow Erlangjun to rest for a while."
Bai Cui was a little surprised. After she bowed, she took the rest of the servants and went downstairs to do as the master of the house wished.
After Su Yuan gave instructions to the servants, he looked up at the still dim sky, sighed, and turned back into the house.
Two quarters later.
Su Yuan heard the knock on the door again, raised his hand to wake Meng Yunlan up, and without turning around, he raised his voice and said:
"Enter."
As she finished speaking, a dozen servants rushed in from outside.
After being awakened, Meng Yunlan, who was lying on the bed, looked at Su Yuan with sleepy eyes. With her help, he sat up from the couch with his sore body.
He glanced at the servants who were entering the house one after another, and at the window that had just been opened for ventilation, and asked:
"My dear wife, is it time for tea?"
Su Yuan picked up the clothes beside him to cover Meng Yunlan's body, nodded, and replied:
"Yes, but it's just for this day. Dad doesn't usually pay attention to these rules. I said it yesterday. After serving tea this morning, I don't need to visit him every morning and evening except for eating together."
The main reason was that since Su's father came to Tongcheng, he had been busy with many big and small things, which delayed his opening of a branch of Xiangsufang.
He was planning to wait for Meng Yunlan to marry into his family so that there would be more people to take care of the house and look after his daughter, and he could also do business.
By then, he would probably be away from home most of the time, so how could he ask Meng Yunlan to serve him tea in the morning and evening?
A hint of surprise flashed across Meng Yunlan's eyes, but he did not refute and nodded:
"Yes, I understand."
After saying that, he got out of bed, and was helped by his servants to take a bath and wash himself, and then dressed up by the skillful hands of Bai Cui and Ban Yan.
She was dressed in a scarlet brocade dress, with her black hair tied up in a bun and a gold hairpin and jade hairpin inserted diagonally. She had the charm of a new husband and was dignified and elegant, which made people unable to take their eyes off her.
After he was dressed, he had breakfast with Su Yuan, and with the help of his two personal attendants, Bai Cui and Ban Yan, he followed his wife to the front yard.
Main hall.
Both Su's father and Nan Chu were dressed in festive light red clothes, one sat at the top and the other sat on the left, waiting for the newlyweds to serve tea.
Su Yuan brought Meng Yunlan slowly into the house, first offered a cup of tea to Su's father, and then sat down at the upper left.
After Meng Yunlan entered the room, he lowered his head and walked to Father Su, kneeling on the cushion presented by the servants, raised the teacup with both hands and said softly:
"Dad, please have some tea."
Father Su took the teacup with a smile in his eyes, put it close to his lips and took a sip, saying "good" twice.
He took out a silver note wrapped in red paper from his sleeve, stuffed it into Meng Yunlan's hand, and said with a smile:
"Okay, come here, this is the red seal that Daddy gave you."
He bent down and helped Meng Yunlan up, and said earnestly:
"Since you have married into the Su family, Yuanyuan and I will naturally not treat you badly. However, there is one thing that Daddy wants to make clear. Our Su family advocates family harmony."
"I don't like the intrigues of the rich and powerful. Dad knows that you are a gentle and obedient person, so you won't do such things. These are my words of advice as an elder, just listen to them!"
Meng Yunlan nodded seriously and replied:
"Yun Lan will definitely obey what Daddy said, please rest assured."
After that, he signaled Bai Cui to present the gift he had prepared, looked around at Father Su and Nan Chu, and said with a smile:
"This is a gift Yunlan prepared for Daddy and Master. I hope you two like it."
Meng Yunlan walked to the left, took the tea served by the servant, bowed to Nan Chu as an equal, held it up with both hands and said:
"My Lord, please have some tea."
Nan Chu saw that his former good brother actually bowed and offered him tea. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. He took the tea and took a sip, then smiled faintly and said:
"Brother Meng, there's no need to be so polite. After all, we are both legal husbands, and there is no distinction between the older and the younger. Don't be polite to me, just treat me the same as before."
He waved to Chunyun behind him, looked at Meng Yunlan and said:
"This is the jewelry I prepared for Brother Meng. I hope Brother Meng likes it."
Ever since Meng Yunlan heard Nan Chu tell him not to change his words, he subconsciously glanced at Su Yuan. Seeing her nod slightly at him, he stopped worrying about it and accepted the gift with a smile on his face.
He replied with a yes.
After the newlyweds presented tea and gifts, Father Su chatted with a few people for a while.
He caught a glimpse of his daughter and Meng Yunlan, who had dark circles under their eyes and looked listless.
He smiled knowingly, and made an excuse that he had something to do, and asked everyone to leave.
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