Chapter 461 Two Surprises
Yun Chen, wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal robe, lay down on the wedding bed with her clothes on, staring at the light outside the window as it gradually dimmed.
Heavy snow fell, and the darkness enveloped the hustle and bustle of the wedding ceremony in the front hall.
Although Yan Shijiu went to drink as the groom, he did not forget Yun Chen. He asked someone to pick out a few of Yun Chen's favorite dishes from the table, warm them in a hot pot, and send them three times.
He also asked the cook to make a special dish of honey and milk cheese that was not served at the wedding banquet, and ordered people to deliver sweet soup several times and hot water twice.
Afraid that she would be bored, he asked someone to bring her some picture books.
The servants of the Yan Mansion came in and out of the bedroom. Whenever someone came, Yun Chen would stand up with the heavy phoenix crown on his head and play the role of her bride decently. He could only fall back on the bed after the servants left.
After going back and forth seven or eight times, she was so tired and upset that she had no mood to eat, drink or read. She simply turned over and lay face down. When someone came again, she would pretend to be asleep so that she wouldn't be bothered by him.
Sure enough, after a while, she heard the door open again and a pair of light footsteps approaching, but there was no sound of someone putting anything down. Instead, someone stood quietly behind her for a long time, without speaking or moving.
Yun Chen was curious and wanted to see who it was, but the phoenix wings on the phoenix crown were entangled by the silk threads of the quilt on the bed, making it impossible for her to get up.
The light footsteps immediately stepped forward quickly, and softly said "I'll do it", and cleverly "rescued" Yun Chen.
Yun Chen then met a pair of familiar eyes:
"Lan Qian? Why are you here? Didn't I dismiss everyone in the mansion? Why don't you leave? Haven't you received your salary? Is there not enough money in the treasury?"
"Enough is enough!" Lan Qian held back her tears. "Everyone has been paid and dismissed according to your wishes, but others are others, and Lan Qian is Lan Qian. Miss, I can't leave you!"
So when Yan Shijiu sent someone to find Lan Qian and asked her if she still wanted to serve Yun Chen, Lan Qian agreed without a second thought. This was what Yan Shijiu called a "surprise gift."
The more he understood Lan Qian's feelings, the more worried he became. Yun Chen held Lan Qian's hand, complaining and feeling distressed:
"Silly girl, is this a good place? Don't you see that this mansion is full of guards? You might get implicated by me one day! Let's go, I'll let Yan Shijiu take you home. Go back and serve your parents safely, and don't stay with me."
"No! I want to follow the eldest lady for the rest of my life!" Lan Qian said, unable to control her emotions any longer, and threw herself into Yun Chen's arms and cried out loudly:
"Miss, why couldn't you marry Master Huo? Why did God torture you like this...Miss, you are so pitiful...I can't bear to leave you here alone..."
Lan Qian cried more and more sadly, which made Yun Chen uncomfortable. The two little girls hugged each other and cried for a long time. Lan Qian remembered something important and quickly sat up, wiped her tears, and smiled again:
"Miss, I'm just the 'first surprise'. What about the 'second surprise'? Can you guess who it is?"
Yun Chen couldn't guess. He looked towards the door and vaguely caught a glimpse of a light yellow skirt, which was the maid's uniform.
Lan Qian waved at the person at the door: "Come on, aren't you embarrassed? When you begged Master Yan to come and serve the young lady, why weren't you shy?"
The person at the door kept twisting the hem of her skirt with her hands, as if it took a lot of courage to come out.
Yun Chen was stunned and startled. He immediately jumped up from the bed, not caring about the pain on his scalp caused by the crown on his head. He rushed forward and hugged the person who came, saying happily:
"Xiao Yue'er! Long time no see!"
Xiao Yue'er was Huo Luyu's former maid. Since Huo Luyu followed Yun Chen to the battlefield and later settled in a Taoist temple, Xiao Yue'er became an ordinary maid without a master.
Although she still received the monthly salary of a high-ranking maid, Xiaoyueer felt anxious because she had nothing to do all day.
She wanted to ask Huo Gannian several times to take care of Yun Chen, but Lan Qian came from Youzhou. Xiao Yueer felt that Yun Chen should not need another maid, so she did not ask.
Until these few days, when the imperial court came to confiscate the property of the Huo Gang and dismissed the guards and servants in the mansion, Xiaoyue had nowhere to go, so she had to bite the bullet and go to find Lan Qian. Just then, Yan Shijiu's men came, and they came to Yan's mansion together.
Xiaoyue lowered her head deeply, not daring to look at Yunchen, let alone raise her hands to hug him back.
Her feelings towards Yun Chen were very complicated. There was the friendship they had in the Huo Mansion in the past, she was angry and indignant about what happened to Huo Luyu, and she hated Yun Chen, the bad guy who disguised himself as a man and made Huo Luyu have to be accompanied by the green lamp statue for the rest of his life.
I also have sympathy and understanding for Yun Chen, knowing that it is not Yun Chen's fault, it is just fate.
In addition, she was also very embarrassed, fearing that Yun Chen would despise her for coming to her.
So, Xiaoyue just stood there in a daze. In comparison, Yunchen was crying and laughing, and was as excited as a fool.
"She doesn't look like a young lady at all, really!" Xiaoyue complained in a low voice.
Yun Chen ignored her complaints and pulled her and Lan Qian to sit down. He put all the food and drinks that Yan Shijiu had just brought together. Only then did he realize that starting from the first table of food that Yan Shijiu had ordered to be delivered, all the tableware had been in three sets.
He was familiar with Yun Chen's personality and guessed that she would only eat with Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er.
Thinking of this, Yun Chen felt a little warm in his heart and couldn't help but sigh.
Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er were very good at reading people's expressions and could tell what Yun Chen was thinking at once.
Lan Qian comforted her while arranging the dishes:
"Don't think about it, Miss. Let's just live one day at a time. After all, Master Yan is considerate and won't let you suffer."
"I don't like him." Xiao Yue'er frowned, "I still think the young master and the second young lady are better."
Xiaoyue'er was talking about Huo Gannian and Huo Luyu. In her opinion, only the Huo siblings were worthy of Yun Chen, and Yun Chen would only be happy with them.
But when she thought of Huo Luyu, Xiao Yue'er couldn't help feeling sad. When she looked at Yun Chen, she couldn't help but feel a little angry, with her cheeks puffed up like an angry little hamster.
Yun Chen nudged Lan Qian with his elbow and pretended to whisper:
"Qian, let me tell you, Xiaoyue'er is a well-known hot-tempered person in the Huo family. When you work with her in the future, be careful not to get hurt."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Stinky Yun..." Xiaoyue shouted dissatisfiedly. She was not used to calling Yunchen "Miss".
She crossed her arms, turned her head to the side, and said angrily:
"I'm just here to make a living and earn some money. Don't expect me to be loyal to you. My master is the Second Young Lady, and that will never change!"
"Okay, okay, Sister Yue'er!" Yun Chen coaxed, "Let's eat first, okay? After you're full, we can talk about 'one lifetime'. Or if you're full, you can talk about the next ten lifetimes later, okay?"
Xiaoyue was so amused that she couldn't hold back her expression. She wanted to be angry and laugh at the same time. Her expression was shaking and she twisted into a ball, which made Lan Qian laugh out loud.
Three girls sat around a small table, you picked up the food and I poured the wine, and it became lively.
In this unfamiliar bedroom of the Yan Mansion, Yun Chen suddenly felt much more familiar because of Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er.
Outside the house, Yan Shijiu dealt with most of the guests. He was really worried about Yun Chen and felt anxious as if a cat's claws were ripping through his bones. He said to everyone, "I can't hold my liquor," and then he staggered, pretending to be drunk, and escaped from the banquet to his bedroom.
He heard Yun Chen's laughter from a distance, and couldn't help but slow down his pace, standing quietly there to enjoy the sound, and curl his lips along with it.
"Wanchen, listen, she finally smiled. As long as she is happy, I am happy."
Wan Chen hesitated to speak, wanting to say "You will be unhappy if I say something next", but he didn't dare to say it. He waited until Yan Shijiu was immersed in the laughter for a while and was about to step into the house, then he quickly stopped Yan Shijiu.
Facing Yan Shijiu's displeased gaze, Wan Chen closed his eyes, made up his mind, and whispered:
"Lord Nanli just sent a palace maid to tell you that there's something urgent that needs you to come into the palace."
After hearing this, Yan Shijiu's face darkened and he stared at Wan Chen with eyes as sharp as a knife. His whole body and even the hair on his head showed the sign of "wanting to kill".
Wan Chen didn't dare to look up, but of course he knew what Yan Shijiu's expression would be without looking.
Needless to say, Yan Shijiu had been looking forward to this wedding night for many years.
To others, it was just a simple and perfunctory wedding ceremony, but Yan Shijiu actually asked someone to get the jeweled phoenix robe that only the queen could wear from Dongyan, and specially sewed it into the inner layer of the shawl.
For Yan Shijiu, this was his wedding with Yun Chen.
Although he can only get along with Yun Chen as a "friend" for now, he has to proceed step by step and soften the heart that has devoured Yun Chen bit by bit.
But on this wedding night, he had to make something "slightly yellow" to be satisfied, even if it was just to tease Yun Chen. If Yun Chen got angry, he would make excuses and say he was drunk.
But Nanli Jun's order really ruined Yan Shijiu's good plans.
He was obviously lying when he said there was something urgent. He just didn't want Yan Shijiu and Yun Chen to spend the night.
Even if Yan Shijiu pretended to be impotent, he was still Nan Lijun's irreplaceable lover. How could she bear to let her lover enter the bridal chamber with another woman?
You know, ever since Yun Chen entered the mansion, Nan Lijun has mentioned to Yan Shijiu more than once that he wants to send a few palace maids to serve him.
The name is "serving", but in fact he wants to "monitor" Yan Shijiu and Yun Chen.
But Yan Shijiu rejected them all with a cold face, saying, "Ari, don't you trust me? I hate being suspected the most."
This possession made Yan Shijiu irritated and disgusted.
Yun Chen's laughter in the dormitory was as sweet as the sound of heaven, and it captivated his soul like a soft little hand.
Thinking about his unfinished plan for hegemony, after weighing the pros and cons several times, Yan Shijiu finally gritted his teeth, turned around and walked out.
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