After sitting in the carriage for half a day, Huayang felt a little tired and had no interest in touring the entire Ning Garden.
Warm water was brought over from the washroom, and Chaoyun and Chaoyue skillfully helped the princess and her husband to wash their faces and hands.
Huayang glanced at Chen Jingzong and told Wu Run who was waiting beside him: "Is the meal ready in the kitchen? Bring it in."
She didn't feel hungry. Chen Jingzong was strong and had a good appetite. It was already past noon, so he might be hungry.
Wu Run smiled and said, "Eunuch Feng has already prepared it. I will ask someone to hurry him up right away."
After saying this, he bowed slightly and walked out, dispatching other eunuchs under the eaves, and came back to wait after the work was done.
Chen Jingzong glanced at him several times.
Eunuchs are not considered men in the palace, but in Chen Jingzong's eyes, eunuchs are also men and should not follow Huayang around all the time.
"Who is Eunuch Feng?" Chen Jingzong asked as he handed the used hand towel to Chaoyue.
Huayang motioned to Chaoyun to explain to him.
Chao Yun smiled and said, "My dear Prince Consort, Eunuch Feng is also an elder by our princess' side. He has been in charge of her diet since she was four years old. It can be said that the princess grew up eating his cooking."
Originally, before the princess married into the Chen family, she planned to bring Eunuch Feng with her as well. Unfortunately, Eunuch Feng missed a step and broke his leg when he was going down the stairs. He was unable to do anything, so he went to the princess's mansion to recuperate.
Chen Jingzong understood. Now all the people living in Ning Garden were the elderly people around her, and he, the prince consort, was the only newcomer.
After washing up, the couple went to the main room.
Eunuch Feng also brought four young eunuchs to bring lunch over. Eunuch Feng had nothing in his hands. When he saw the princess at the door after more than a year, he almost trotted in, knelt in front of Huayang and said, "Princess, I am glad to see you again!"
Chen Jingzong saw that he was almost fifty years old, with a greasy face and a big belly, and his complexion finally looked a little better.
Since entering Ning Garden, Huayang has felt friendly towards everyone he sees. He gave Eunuch Feng a helping hand and said happily, "I miss you, too. I haven't eaten your cooking for so long. Do you think I have lost weight?"
Eunuch Feng stood up straight and looked up at his beautiful mistress, saying distressedly, "Indeed, you have lost some weight. Princess, don't worry. I'm here now. Just tell me what you want to eat and I'll make it for you!"
Chen Jingzong sneered secretly. Huayang had just lost the seven or eight pounds she had gained by playing shuttlecock. She must be happy the more people praised her for being thin.
"This is the prince consort, whom you haven't met yet." The master and servant briefly reminisced about the past, and Huayang introduced him to Eunuch Feng.
Eunuch Feng looked at the Prince Consort respectfully again and said with a smile, "The Prince Consort is handsome and heroic, and he is a perfect match for you."
With these words, Eunuch Feng became the most pleasing person to Chen Jingzong in the princess's mansion.
Huayang gave a perfunctory smile. Apart from his appearance and body, Chen Jingzong was not compatible with her in any way, from his literary talent to his temper.
"Father-in-law has been busy all afternoon, go and have a rest first."
"Yes, Princess and Prince Consort, enjoy. If there is anything that does not suit your taste, please let me know and I will change the recipe next time."
Eunuch Feng led the eunuchs from the kitchen to leave, and Huayang and Chen Jingzong also sat down to eat.
Under Huayang's training, Chen Jingzong's dining etiquette was much better than when they first got married, but Chen Jingzong was unwilling to learn the elegance of Chen Bozong, Chen Xiaozong and others, and always showed a bit of roughness. For example, a gentleman would not take a lot of dishes he liked even if he met one. Chen Jingzong didn't care about that. As long as Huayang was not interested in the dish, he would finish it.
Huayang was used to it. Wu Run stood aside and frowned a few times imperceptibly.
After the meal, Hua Yang said to Wu Run, "I will rest for a while and take a bath in half an hour."
Wu Run: "Yes, I will go and tell the water room later."
Huayang went to the back room, and Chen Jingzong naturally followed him in. He closed the door and isolated the maids and eunuchs outside.
Huayang wanted Chaoyun to massage her shoulders, but when she saw Chen Jingzong doing this, she lazily lay on the couch and asked Chen Jingzong: "My shoulders are sore, massage them for me."
After saying that, he closed his eyes comfortably.
Chen Jingzong took off his shoes and sat behind her, massaging her shoulders while looking at her face: "I know this place is big, so why, do you really want to live separately from me?"
Huayang enjoyed his perfect strength and said casually, "You are on duty now, it is not appropriate for you to use the same study room as me. In addition, colleagues may come to visit or discuss matters concerning the garrison in the future, so of course you need your own yard."
Chen Jingzong: "Okay, let me use Liuyun Hall for my work, and I still want to sleep with you at night."
Huayang: "I heard that the couples of officials don't sleep together every night. Sleeping separately means no one has to endure the other's shortcomings. How good is that? Of course, if I want you to accompany me, I will call you over."
Chen Jingzong sneered: "So, you are just like that prince, and I am your concubine in the backyard. Whether I can sleep with you depends on your mood?"
Huayang smiled, opened his eyes, and glanced at him with joy in his eyes: "All the princes-in-law in the world are like this, you just discovered it?"
Chen Jingzong looked at her for a moment, then suddenly held her shoulders and turned her around: "There are always one or two who are different."
He pressed down domineeringly, and Huayang's wrist was grabbed by him to block his lips. Before he could finish the words of rebuke, they turned into ambiguous whimpers.
Ning Garden was built by the first King of Xiang and used glazed windows. After several changes of ownership, the garden was restored as closely as possible to its original appearance.
The wind was blocked, and only the warm sunlight came in, and the heating was burning below.
When Chen Jingzong finally let go of Huayang's lips, as his head moved down, Huayang's flushed face was revealed. His hair became messy during the struggle, and a thick black mass was scattered on the pillow, making the scene even more erotic.
The voices of Chaoyun, Chaoyue and Wu Run talking could be heard faintly in the yard. Huayang was afraid that they would suddenly pass by the window and see the chaos in the room.
She grabbed Chen Jingzong's hair and said, "Go and close the curtains!"
Chen Jingzong glanced toward the window, held her in one hand, and with the other hand pulled the satin curtain embroidered with peonies. With a few rustles, the curtain, which was only two feet wide, extended to the other end, blocking out the sunlight and making the inner room dim.
In this darkness, Chen Jingzong became more and more unscrupulous.
"Are we still going to have separate rooms?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
Huayang lay limply on his shoulder, trying to bite him in revenge, but he couldn't even do it.
Even so, she refused to admit defeat and said in a condescending manner, "Since tonight is the first night we move into our new home, I will honor you and allow you to stay overnight at the Qifeng Palace."
Since Chen Jingzong can get it the first night, he will not be afraid of not getting it the next time.
Worried that she would catch a cold, Chen Jingzong helped her pull up her clothes, which had been pulled down to her waist, piece by piece.
Huayang was still annoyed by his brute strength. Since she couldn't bite his shoulder, she bit his earlobe.
Chen Jingzong laughed, "I will be going to the garrison the day after tomorrow. You should bite hard so that the people around you and even the entire Lingzhou Prefecture know how favored I am as a consort."
Huayang: …
She relaxed and pulled Chen Jingzong's earlobe to check it out worriedly. Only after she made sure that there were only four shallow teeth marks on the front and back did she feel relieved.
Chen Jingzong grabbed her hand and raised his chin toward the window: "First it was Zhou Ji, then Wu Run, why are all the men around you so handsome?"
Hua Yang: "They were gifted to me by my father, the emperor, and my mother. One is responsible for the internal affairs, and the other is responsible for the external affairs. They are both people who often appear in front of me. I don't need to choose the handsome ones. Do you want to choose the ugly ones that are annoying to my eyes?"
Chen Jingzong pursed his lips.
Huayang raised his eyebrows: "Why, are you ashamed of yourself?"
Chen Jingzong lowered his eyes to look at her and said calmly: "Even you can't make me feel ashamed, so how can they be worthy?"
Huayang: …
Indeed, with a background like Chen Jingzong's, any normal person would have treated her like a fairy and revered her. But only Chen Jingzong dared to whisper in her ear and praise her as "really white" on their wedding night!
If Yu Xiu could have learned an ounce of Chen Jingzong's confidence, she would have suppressed Luo Yuyan long ago. Why would she be controlled by a younger brother's sister
There were several heavy footsteps in the yard. It was the young eunuch bringing hot water.
Huayang was secretly surprised. Half an hour had passed so quickly
Pushing Chen Jingzong away, Huayang quickly went to the inner room, took off the jewelry on her head one by one, straightened her messy long hair, and pretended to be getting ready for a bath.
Chen Jingzong opened the door of the second room, returned to the couch and leaned back comfortably. Anyway, he had to wait until Huayang finished washing before it could be his turn.
Chaoyun and Chaoyue came in, followed by Wu Run.
Seeing Wu Run looking towards the south window, Chen Jingzong suddenly seemed to remember something and reached out to pull open the row of curtains to let in the sunlight.
Wu Run's eyes swept across his loose collar and then dropped down.
Huayang came out, with her long hair draped over her shoulders, her cheeks rosy, and she looked much more charming than usual.
Seeing Wu Run, Huayang couldn't help feeling a little awkward.
Logically speaking, there were eunuchs in the palace who helped the concubines change their clothes. Huayang had been influenced by them and no longer viewed eunuchs as men.
But after actually touching the man's body, and looking at Wu Run's tall and graceful figure, which looked not much different from the several literati in the Chen family, Huayang could no longer get along with him as comfortably as when they were children.
When they reached the main hall, Hua Yang said to Wu Run in a gentle voice, "Father-in-law, I have been married for more than a year. I am used to having Chao Yun and the others serve me personally. From now on, Father-in-law, you can concentrate on helping me take care of Ning Garden. You can come here every morning to discuss matters."
Wu Run smiled and said, "Yes, the princess has grown up. With Chao Yun and the others taking care of her, I am relieved."
After saying this, he bowed and left.
Chaoyun and Chaoyue followed the princess to the inner room.
Chao Yun asked quietly, "The princess asked Eunuch Wu to take charge of foreign affairs. Are you afraid that the prince consort will be jealous?"
Hua Yang: "It has nothing to do with the prince consort. I just saw too many men outside the palace. When I saw him suddenly, I subconsciously regarded him as a foreign man."
Chaoyun understood, and Chaoyue nodded in agreement.
There are so many eunuchs in the palace, and Wu Run's figure and appearance are the most outstanding ones. Many palace maids secretly admire him. However, Wu Run has been serving the princess since he was eighteen years old, and he has been serving her for thirteen years until the princess got married the year before last. During these long years, Wu Run seemed to have only the princess in his eyes. No matter if the princess got bumped or hurt, Wu Run was always the first to rush over.
Unfortunately, the princess had to get married after all. After she got a prince consort and experienced love between men and women, her attitude towards the eunuchs around her also changed.
I hope Wu Run doesn't misunderstand. No matter what, the master and he have been friends for more than ten years, and that trust will never change.
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When it was Chen Jingzong's turn to come out for a bath, he walked around a few rooms and then looked in the yard, but did not see Wu Run.
After bathing, Chen Jingzong found Huayang, who was sitting by the glass window drying his hair, and asked, "Why is the jade-faced eunuch beside you gone?"
Hua Yang played with his hair and said without even looking up, "He has more important things to do. It would be a waste of his talent to keep him in the inner house."
Chen Jingzong was silent.
Huayang glanced at him and talked about the couple: "You sleep in the second room tonight."
Chen Jingzong immediately frowned: "Why?"
Hua Yang snorted, "Before we entered the city, you were so outspoken in the carriage that you offended me. I secretly swore at that time that if I let you in tonight, I would not be a princess."
Chen Jingzong: …
He has been outspoken many times, why didn't she swear before
It was nothing more than a change of location and an increase of two hundred guards, so he found an excuse to show off his power to him.
After a while, Chen Jingzong said calmly: "Okay, I'll listen to you this time. Next time you offend me, I'll swear a poisonous oath."
(End of this chapter)