Cheng Yujin stretched out her hand, she was a little hesitant in her action, but when her finger touched Li Chengjing's hand, he immediately held it back. Li Chengjing's palms were warm and powerful, and Cheng Yujin was led out of the phoenix sedan chair by him, and there was an indescribable sense of security.
It seems that no matter how hesitant she is, as long as she is willing to take the first step, Li Chengjing will finish the remaining ninety-nine steps and come to hold her hand from a long distance.
The female officials standing next to each other looked at each other, and they could see that it should have been their duty to help Cheng Yujin out of the sedan chair, but they were snatched away by the crown prince.
But the female officials quietly looked at Li Chengjing's face, and none of them dared to remind him at such a time. Obviously, the prince doesn't need their reminders either. He knows the steps of the big marriage, what to do and what not to do at each step.
The palace had already entered the palace, and there were no outsiders watching the ceremony, so the female officials had to turn a blind eye and pretend they didn't see it. After Cheng Yujin stepped out of the sedan chair, she quietly broke away from Li Chengjing's hand. There is still a long way to go from Dongshunmen to Ciqing Palace. Cheng Yujin wanted to hold a jade Guigui, but Li Chengjing has always held one hand.
Cheng Yujin moved a little, and Li Chengjing also let go. Soon the chariots in the palace arrived, and the two of them changed their chariots one after another, walking towards the East Palace one after the other.
This time, I stopped again and arrived at the East Palace. The East Palace is not the name of a palace, it is just the name of the palace where the prince lives. It has always been built in the east of the palace, so it is called the East Palace. The palace where the crown prince of this dynasty lived has changed several times, and the name has also changed.
Cheng Yujin heard the long singing of "Drop the sedan chair", and she suddenly had an indescribable feeling in her heart. This is the Ciqing Palace, the famous East Palace, where she will live for many years to come.
The sedan door fell, Cheng Yujin slowly got off the sedan and stepped on the cleaned stone slab. If you take this step, you will never be able to look back. In the future, life or death, despair or glory will all be attributed to this piece of red wall and blue tiles.
From the moment Cheng Yujin got off the sedan chair, the female official used the curtain to create a space, and supported Cheng Yujin to enter the door, so that outsiders could not see her figure. In this way, Cheng Yujin didn't know what the palace looked like all the way. When they were indoors, following the guidance of the inner officials, they worshiped and sat, changed several places back and forth, tossed many steps, and finally finished drinking the wine. Cheng Yujin and Li Chengjing bowed to each other, and then each had a palace servant. The eunuch stopped beside them and led them to change.
For a whole day, Cheng Yujin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Du Ruo and Forsythia were already tired enough just to go with them, and Cheng Yujin had to support her heavy dress and hair crown. As soon as they were free, they quickly gathered around Cheng Yujin and asked in a low voice, "Prince Concubine, are you still there? okay?"
"I'm fine." Cheng Yujin no longer had the strength to speak. She motioned to the Jiu Zhai Sifeng crown on her head and said, "Remove your makeup first."
This crown is extremely gorgeous, all of which are real gold, embellished with emeralds, gems, and pearls. There are four temples on the back, only two wings less than the queen's hair crown, which can be described as the most glorious. Cheng Yujin has roughly counted it, but this hair crown alone has more than 100 gems and more than 4,000 pearls.
Don't ask Cheng Yujin why she counts, she doesn't know either.
It is true that it is beautiful to look good, but it is also really heavy. If it were not so valuable, Cheng Yujin would not be willing to hold it for a whole day.
Du Ruo, Forsythia and the palace maids worked together to remove the Jiu Zhai Sifeng crown, the moment the hair crown was lifted, the neck suddenly relaxed, Cheng Yujin couldn't help reaching out and rubbing the neck. She kneaded the stiff muscles on both sides of her neck, almost suspecting that her neck was shortened.
Forsythia Kwang felt sore when she held this crown. She thought that the girl had been holding it like this all day, and she sincerely admired it. Du Ruo had come forward to pinches Cheng Yujin's shoulders and neck. Her strength was neither too light nor too heavy, and every time she squeezed it just in the stiff and sore place, Cheng Yujin couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, relaxed and enjoyed the rare leisure time.
Forsythia also came forward with great discernment to beat Cheng Yujin's legs, and said, "Prince Concubine woke up at the third watch today. I'm afraid I'm exhausted after a whole day. My servant will loosen your legs."
Cheng Yujin said, "You're less poor, and there are still officials outside. Why don't you go and give thanks to the female officials and father-in-law?"
Forsythia suddenly realized, and immediately ran back to the house, holding the kit that was prepared in Yichun Hou's mansion and went out. Cheng Yujin had enough rest, so she stood up and asked the maids to undress her. Zhai clothes are complicated, and without the help of others, I really can't put them on and take them off by myself.
Cheng Yujin stretched out her arms and stood still. The court ladies on both sides were well-trained, knelt beside her and took off accessories such as jade pendants, knee shields, and ribbons in an orderly manner. Not messy.
All Zhai clothes were put away, Cheng Yujin was wearing a light middle coat, and Du Ruo served her with her bun and lightly combing her hair. At this time, Forsythia came back, leaned in front of Cheng Yujin, and said in a low voice, "Prince Concubine, the slaves and servants went out to reward the father-in-law and daughter-in-law who participated in the ceremony at your order, guess what?"
Cheng Yujin held a comb in her hand, held a lock of hair and gently combed it to the end, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"His Royal Highness has already sent someone to give the reward, and it's in your name. The servants didn't dare to entrust them, so they gave them another one. In this way, the people who came to serve in the East Palace today have received three rewards. One for His Royal Highness, one in your name, and one for the servant just sent out."
Forsythia pinched her fingers and counted, she was very envious. Cheng Yujin glanced at her lightly: "His Royal Highness is rich, why would he care about a mere reward? How the prince does it is the prince's business, and we can't save a little bit of the reward."
"The servant knows." Forsythia nodded. Du Ruo was holding Cheng Yujin's long hair, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle: "Prince Concubine, where is Forsythia saying that His Highness is generous, she clearly wants to say that His Highness is very attentive to the Crown Princess."
Forsythia also smiled and blinked her eyes narrowly: "Yes, the Crown Princess is smart and decisive, and she predicts things like God. How can you not guess the true meaning of slaves now?"
"It's still a mouthful." Cheng Yujin pretended to be annoyed and glared at Forsythia, "There's still business tomorrow, so why don't you go and see the water soon?"
Forsythia didn't dare to be poor any more, and hurriedly slipped away with a "hey".
After Cheng Yujin took a bath, she changed into her home clothes and came out. A long time has passed. The speed of bathing between men and women is completely incomparable. When Cheng Yujin came out, Li Chengjing read half of the book in his hand.
Hearing the voice, Li Chengjing put down the book and sighed sincerely, "So long?"
Cheng Yujin's hair was still wet. After bathing, there was a lot of water vapor in the clean room, and it was obviously inconvenient to twist your hair inside, so Cheng Yujin just roughly wiped the water from the roots of her hair and came out first.
Of course, there will not be only one clean room in the East Palace. Cheng Yujin and Li Chengjing will organize them separately, and no one will disturb the other. Cheng Yujin has been living alone since she can remember. No one disturbed her when she was bathing just now, and the people around her were all familiar people, which made Cheng Yujin subconsciously think that she was still in her own home. After she washed her hair, she walked out with wet hair. She didn't react suddenly until she heard another man's voice.
She was startled at first, thinking that a man had entered her house, and then slowly remembered that she was married. Now she is not in the Jinning Courtyard of the Houfu of Yichun, she is in the East Palace.
It's not that someone entered her room, but she entered another person's space.
Cheng Yujin reacted and froze in place, not knowing whether to go in or retreat. She was annoyed that Du Ruo and Forsythia didn't remind her, which caused her to come out in a disheveled manner. However, Cheng Yujin's eyes turned around in the palace, and there was no shadow of the maid in the huge palace.
All the palace servants, including Cheng Yujin's dowry maid, were kicked out.
And if the initiator doesn't do what he thinks, it must be Li Chengjing.
Cheng Yujin is very embarrassed. Even if she goes out for a walk, she must dress up carefully, choose clothes and accessories carefully. She has never had her hair loose and loose home clothes like this, and she has never appeared in front of others. In particular, her hair was still dripping with water.
Cheng Yujin was embarrassed for a while, then turned around and wanted to go to the clean room. At this time, Li Chengjing had already walked to her side, and when he noticed her movement, he grabbed the person: "What are you doing?"
The strength he used at this moment was completely different from when he was in front of the palace gate in the afternoon. Cheng Yujin couldn't move his hands away, so he could not wait to cover his face: "His Royal Highness, let me go first, I'll go back and tidy up before coming out."
Li Chengjing didn't seem to have thought that this was the reason. He raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "Look at the sky outside, what time is it, what are you doing with your grooming?"
Cheng Yujin followed his movements and glanced out, the palace was deep in the courtyard, and the night was quickly suppressed after the sun went down. Everywhere was gloomy, dignified and oppressive, and the level was dense, and it was breathless to look at it.
Cheng Yujin also realized that what she said just now was a bit ridiculous. If she was in her original home, she would not re-dress after taking a shower at night, and she was not sick. But... Now there is Li Chengjing, how can it be the same
Cheng Yujin hesitated to speak, but Li Chengjing didn't care. He pulled Cheng Yujin to his seat just now, motioned Cheng Yujin to sit down, and took a clean towel from the hanger beside him. When Li Chengjing looked back, he saw that Cheng Yujin was still standing, his eyes widened, as if he saw something he couldn't believe.
Li Chengjing could only say to her, "Sit first, I'm just wiping your hair, I'm not doing anything, why do you look at me like this."
Cheng Yujin moved her lips, and finally said with great restraint, "Your Highness, how can this bother you."
"Call me by my name, don't use you." Li Chengjing didn't know which nerve this sentence hit. His face was not very good-looking. Seeing that Cheng Yujin was still unwilling to move, he simply stretched his long arms and pulled the person to his side. Cheng Yujin couldn't match Li Chengjing's strength. She was dragged to the side of the collapse, and when she was about to hit the collapse, she was firmly supported by one hand.
Li Chengjing held Cheng Yujin's elbow with one hand, so close to the feeling, only to find that Cheng Yujin was very thin, and he could almost completely embrace her with one hand. After putting her away, Li Chengjing didn't withdraw his hand, but just supported her, went around behind her back and smoothed her wet long hair to the palm of his hand, wrapping it in a clean towel.
While rubbing her hair, Li Chengjing said, "It's true that I'm older than you, but I'm only five years old, so I can't call you 'you', right?"
This is deliberately raising the bar. Li Chengjing is smaller than many officials in the court, but in front of him, do these officials dare to come and go to the crown prince
Cheng Yujin vaguely remembered that once before, Li Chengjing asked her how she felt about the age of men. At that time, Cheng Yujin thought he was referring to Zhai Yanlin, and scolded the old man with all his might. Looking at his brooding energy now, could it be that what he wanted to say was himself
Cheng Yujin was speechless, she really didn't expect the dignified prince to be so boring, in her opinion, Li Chengjing himself is the one who cares about age the most!
Cheng Yujin was not in a hurry and said, "After all, I called you ninth uncle for a long time. It's normal that I can't turn around all the time."
Li Chengjing's hand movement paused, he looked up at her, and that look made Cheng Yujin instinctively tense. Cheng Yujin thought she had said something wrong, and immediately became vigilant: "His Royal Highness asked His Majesty to announce to the world that you were retrieved from the Cheng family. Thinking about it, I did not deny Cheng Yuanjing's identity. You were indeed my ninth uncle before, so I said casually. Mention, Your Highness shouldn't be angry?"
"Cheng Yuanjing is also me, what can I be angry about." Li Chengjing's tone was neither salty nor light, but his eyes glanced back. Cheng Yujin was curious, turned around and found that there was nothing special behind him except a pair of red dragon and phoenix candles.
Cheng Yujin couldn't understand. She thought she had missed something and was still looking at it carefully. At this time, Li Chengjing held Cheng Yujin's long hair and said, "The hair is long, so it's so hard to wring it out?"
Cheng Yujin quickly turned around, snatched her own hair, and looked at it distressed. She glared at Li Chengjing angrily, and said, "I just wanted to say that long hair must be carefully maintained, not rubbed hard, let alone twisted! Let go, I'll do it myself."
Okay, Li Chengjing has been around either men or eunuchs since he grew up, and he doesn't know what women are like, so he has to listen to Cheng Yujin's words and let go. He turned sideways and saw that Cheng Yujin was carefully wrapping his hair, scratching and absorbing the water from his hair with a cloth, but it didn't rub. I think this is what she said, long hair should be carefully maintained.
This kind of technique, a layman will really not be able to learn it for a while.
Li Chengjing watched with great interest for a while, and couldn't help but look at the burning red candle again. Counting the candle time, it is now three quarters of the hour.
Did Cheng Yujin realize that today was their wedding night