Chapter 574: The Zhougong Ceremony Has Not Been Performed Yet
Chapter 574: The Zhougong Ceremony Has Not Been Performed Yet
"Your Highness!" Yan Qing supported Xiao Yu in panic, patting his back while looking at Xiao Yu's expression.
Hearing Xiao Yu's violent cough, Su Lingyue didn't care about anything else. She lifted the red veil on her head and saw Xiao Yu holding Yan Qing's arm, covering his lips with a handkerchief, and bending over with coughing.
Su Lingyue's heart tightened. She hurried to the medicine cabinet and took out a bottle of medicine. She poured out a pill and walked to Xiao Yu's side. She handed the pill to Xiao Yu's lips and gently comforted him: "Prince, come, just take the medicine."
Xiao Yu suppressed the urge to cough and put the pill on his lips into his mouth. Caiyi handed him some water, and Xiao Yu swallowed the medicine with the water in Su Lingyue's hand.
After coughing a few more times, the warm feeling relieved the discomfort caused by the cold wind. Xiao Yu gasped and gradually calmed down.
Su Lingyue gently stroked Xiao Yu's chest. Seeing that his breathing had stabilized, she said to Yan Qing with red eyes, "Help the prince lie down."
The two men helped Xiao Yu sit down on the bed. Su Lingyue bent down to take off Xiao Yu's boots, but Xiao Yu held Su Lingyue's wrist and pulled her to sit down.
Under Su Lingyue's puzzled gaze, Xiao Yu calmly stuffed the bloody handkerchief into his arms. His deep eyes looked at Su Lingyue gently, and the corners of his mouth raised a faint arc, "We still have unfinished etiquette."
After saying this, he looked at Caidie who was serving beside him and ordered, "Bring the veil here."
Caidie originally had a worried look on her face, but when she saw that Xiao Yu wanted to continue the wedding, her expression immediately brightened up. She said "Hey" and handed the veil in her hand to Xiao Yu.
This young lady has been looking forward to this wedding for a long time, and she still hopes that it can go smoothly.
Xiao Yu took the veil, looked at the bright little face in front of him, raised his hand and covered the red veil again.
The pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water complements the mandarin ducks on Su Lingyue's skirt, and is particularly festive against the backdrop of the dragon and phoenix candles.
This was something he should have done a year ago. Now that he had promised Yue'er, he had to do it no matter what.
Su Lingyue looked at the red in front of her and didn't react for a moment. Her heart was still aching and she was full of worry about Xiao Yu.
"Just finish the worship service, the rest can be skipped."
Xiao Yu held Su Lingyue's hand, his eyes full of tenderness, "I will do what I promised you."
Feeling Xiao Yu's sincerity, Su Lingyue said no more and continued the unfinished wedding with Xiao Yu.
Caiyi smiled and brought the jade scales that had been prepared long ago, standing aside. Xiao Yu picked up the jade scales and slowly lifted the red veil.
The red in front of my eyes slowly lifted, and Xiao Yu's jade-like face appeared in front of me.
The bright red wedding gown wrapped around her slender waist. The collar and sleeves were embroidered with the same twined branch pattern as on her wedding gown in gold thread. Her black hair was meticulously combed into a bun and secured with a silver hairpin.
It turns out Xiao Yu looks so good in red!
There is a sense of alienation between Xiao Yu's eyebrows and eyes, and such worldly colors make him look noble and otherworldly.
Their eyes met, and the gentleness on Xiao Yu's face brought him back to the mortal world.
"Your Majesty is so handsome!"
It turned out that Xiao Yu should have dressed like this to greet her a year ago.
Su Lingyue felt extremely regretful when she saw it today. She will definitely buy him a few more red clothes later.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she asked, "The prince's hairpin...was it given by Taifu He?"
This hairpin has the same lucky charm as the one at the flower viewing banquet.
She raised her hand and felt around her head, and soon found a similar hairpin.
Is this... the hairpin that Madam He gave her?
Xiao Yu's face was arrogant. "Yue'er wants a hairpin, so I will ask for it for you. Why bother looking for someone else?"
Su Lingyue held the hairpin and looked at Xiao Yu infatuatedly.
It turned out that he knew about the flower viewing banquet, but he remembered it even though I had forgotten it.
Looking at Su Lingyue's infatuated eyes, Xiao Yu raised a pale but satisfied smile and lifted Su Lingyue's veil.
Su Lingyue's makeup today was different from her usual light makeup. She used a little more rouge on her little face today. Her rosy cheeks matched the bright red wedding dress perfectly. The gold hairpins and ornaments on her head sparkled, and her pair of clear big eyes were looking at him, shining as if there were thousands of stars.
His bride is also very beautiful today.
Xiao Yu raised his hand and pinched Su Lingyue's cheek, chuckled and said, "It's time to drink the wedding wine."
"Wine?" Su Lingyue frowned when she saw the golden cup Yan Qing brought over. "Your Highness cannot drink! Yan Qing, change the wine to tea!"
"Oh." Yan Qing was about to turn around to change, but Xiao Yu stopped him, "I haven't drunk alcohol for many years. Today is our wedding day, so it's okay to have a drink."
After saying that, he ordered Yan Qing: "Bring it here!"
Su Lingyue looked at the wine glasses and stopped trying to persuade Xiao Yu. Yan Qing was very thoughtful and had chosen a pair of the most delicate and exquisite wine glasses.
Perhaps this is the only and last time she and Xiao Yu will drink together, so she should cherish this opportunity.
Su Lingyue took another glass of wine from Yan Qing, hooked her wrist with Xiao Yu's, and stared at each other as they drank the wedding wine.
After drinking the wedding wine, Xiao Yu coughed twice. Seeing Su Lingyue's worried expression, he smiled and said slowly, "This wine tastes good."
Su Lingyue also frowned.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, Your Highness." Yan Qing smiled happily and was the first to offer her blessings.
"Congratulations, young lady..." Caidie was only halfway through her words when she was interrupted by Caiyi tugging at her sleeve, "Now our young lady and the prince have officially married, and she should be called the princess!"
Caidie immediately changed her tone, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Princess!"
Caiyi also repeated the words of blessing.
Su Lingyue didn't really care what she called her, after all, the two sisters had always been called "Miss" by her since they were little. However, Xiao Yu seemed very happy and told Yan Qing: "Everyone in the mansion will be rewarded with one month's salary, and these two will be rewarded with two months' salary."
When the two sisters heard about the moon money, they immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Seeing that they all had gifts, Yan Qing became anxious and pointed at his nose, looking aggrieved: "Your Highness, what about me? I also gave my blessing."
Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh, "The keys to the palace's storehouse are all with you, just take whatever you want."
"That's different!" Yan Qing looked at Xiao Yu aggrievedly, "It's only festive if it's a reward from the prince!"
Xiao Yu had no choice but to compromise, "I'll reward you with the same amount of silver as the two of them."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Having achieved his wish, Yan Qing immediately bowed to express his gratitude, and a burst of laughter immediately rang out in the room.
"Okay, all of you go down!" Xiao Yu ordered slowly.
This is his wedding night, and he doesn't want to have so many people in the new house.
Caiyi hurriedly said, "It's not over yet! It's not even tied yet!"
As she spoke, she took a pair of scissors from the tray that Caidie was holding and handed them to Su Lingyue, "Miss, I want to cut a lock of your hair from both of you, put them together, tie them with red thread and put them in the box."
Is this what they call being married?
In her previous life, when she married Xiao Changshi, he didn't even get into the bridal chamber. A year ago, when she married Xiao Yu, she didn't have any of that either.
Su Lingyue picked up the scissors awkwardly and stood up to cut Xiao Yu's hair. Xiao Yu curled his lips and rested his forehead on Su Lingyue's chest, allowing her to pick up a strand of long hair and cut it off carefully and clumsily.
After cutting Xiao Yu's hair, Caiyi helped Su Lingyue pick out a strand of hair. Su Lingyue cut it off and put it together with Xiao Yu's long hair, then tied it with a red rope and placed it in an agarwood box.
"Your Highness and Princess, please keep this box yourselves. I'll take my leave." Caiyi said with a chuckle, and pulled Caidie and Yanqing away.
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There were only two people left in the room. Su Lingyue held the agarwood box in her hand, stroking it gently as if it were the most precious treasure.
Su Lingyue raised her eyes and met Xiao Yu's affectionate and deep gaze, and her heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Husband!" She called Xiao Yu softly, and her gentle words were filled with endless love.
Xiao Yu gently stroked Su Lingyue's cheek, then lowered his head and gave Su Lingyue a gentle kiss on her lips.
"Madam." Xiao Yu's lips were pressed against Su Lingyue's lips, and his hoarse, murmuring voice was indescribably charming.
Su Lingyue couldn't see Xiao Yu's expression clearly, but she could clearly feel with her hand on Xiao Yu's chest that Xiao Yu's heart was beating very happily.
The gentle kiss was interrupted by a discomfort in his chest. Leaving the soft lips, Xiao Yu clenched his fists to cover his lips and started coughing.
Su Lingyue hurriedly picked up the hot tea on the table beside her. Xiao Yu took a few sips of the hot tea from Su Lingyue's hand, and the discomfort in his chest slowly subsided.
Xiao Yu slowly raised his eyes and met Su Lingyue's gaze. Seeing the concern in Su Lingyue's eyes, Xiao Yu calmly looked away.
Before he could utter the difficult words, soft fingertips covered his lips.
Su Lingyue leaned close to him and said coquettishly, "Your Highness, can you sleep with me for a while? Caidie and the others asked me to get up at dawn to bathe and dress, and I can hardly open my eyes now."
Looking at Su Lingyue's eyelids that were about to close, as if she would fall asleep sitting up in the next moment, Xiao Yu completely forgot what he had just wanted to say and nodded gently.
Su Lingyue called Caidie Caiyi over, took off her hairpins and rings, and washed up simply. Xiao Yu had already taken off his clothes and was leaning against the head of the bed waiting for her.
After sleeping separately for almost a month, they were about to share a bed again. Standing in front of the bed, Su Lingyue looked at Xiao Yu, her snow-white cheeks turning red little by little.
Xiao Yu lifted the quilt and asked jokingly, "Are you not sleepy anymore?"
"Sleepy."
Su Lingyue slowly took off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, and got into the quilt, leaving only a pair of sparkling eyes exposed.
Xiao Yu chuckled softly, supported himself on the bed and lay down, hugging Su Lingyue.
Feeling the familiar breath around her, Su Lingyue's thoughts could not calm down for a long time. It all seemed like a dream.
"Are we getting married now?" she murmured.
Xiao Yu slowly opened his eyes, looked at the silhouette beside him, and said softly, "Not yet."
Su Lingyue tilted her head and looked at Xiao Yu in confusion.
Xiao Yu leaned close to Su Lingyue's ear and said in a low voice, "We haven't performed the Zhougong ceremony yet."
Su Lingyue felt Xiao Yu's warm breath and blinked.
Seeing that Su Lingyue didn't say anything, Xiao Yu lowered his head and touched his forehead with Su Lingyue's. His expression could not be seen in the darkness, and Su Lingyue could only hear Xiao Yu's low breathing.
"If you want, you can do it like you do in the bath."
Su Lingyue followed Xiao Yu's words and thought of the beautiful scene in the bathtub, and the only sound in her ears was her own heartbeat.
"I, I don't want to... Let's do it another day." Su Lingyue's cheeks were hot. She stammered and immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
These days, she found that Xiao Yu would cough whenever he was upset.
She didn't want to do anything that would hurt Xiao Yu's body.
Their warm breaths intertwined, Xiao Yu sighed softly, rubbed his forehead lightly against Su Lingyue's forehead, and tightened his arms around her waist.
He no longer has much strength and won't be able to do that in the future.
Xiao Yu's thoughts were complicated, still thinking about everything he should arrange for the future. The person in his arms had a belly that rose and fell evenly, and Su Lingyue had fallen asleep without him knowing when.
Smelling the familiar jasmine fragrance, Xiao Yu's mood gradually calmed down. He kissed the soft cheek in his arms and closed his eyes.
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