After hearing what Cheng Ji said, Zhou Shaojin was stunned. After a while, he said, "Is Wu Baozhang mentally ill? This is the Cheng family's wedding. Although the eldest branch and Jiuru Lane have separated, they still have the same ancestor. She is talking nonsense about me like this. Isn't she afraid of bringing shame to the Cheng family? She was not like this before, was she?"
She used to do bad things, but she would do it secretly, behind other people's backs. If you fell into it, she would still pretend to reach out to pull you up and help you.
This time he went into battle bare-armed, exposing his intentions to everyone.
Zhou Shaojin said to Cheng Ji angrily, "You too, why bother to argue with her? You said she was cousin Nuo's concubine, wouldn't that ruin cousin Nuo's reputation? You should have asked Madam Yuan to come forward - she caused the trouble, she should clean it up herself. Otherwise, go find the old lady, she won't dare to turn a blind eye and implicate you."
Cheng Ji snorted and said, "I don't have such a good temper as you. Let's scold her to our heart's content first. Anyway, I am a married daughter and I won't go back to my parents' home for 800 years. Even if I go back to my parents' home, I will go to Jinling. They can say whatever they want to say to me. I can't hear them, so it's useless for them to say anything."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and thanked her: "I know you are doing this for my own good!"
"I'm glad you understand!" Who would have thought that Cheng Ji looked at her sideways, and just put on an expression of "You are so useless, I won't bother with you", and then slumped his shoulders and said dejectedly, "So, I was kicked out by Mrs. Guo..."
Mrs. Guo, Cheng Chi’s eldest cousin’s wife.
Zhou Shaojin was surprised and asked, "Was Mrs. Guo also there at the time?"
"Yes!" Cheng Ji said listlessly, "When I said this, she kept silent. After I finished speaking, she stood up and walked up to me with a smile. She said, 'You and I grew up together. When Wu Baozhang married in, I was busy getting married. I had never met Wu Baozhang twice. Before she got married, she was the only daughter of the third room. She married into a century-old family in Luoyang. She was spoiled and didn't know how to speak. She asked Wu Baozhang not to be rude to me. She had someone pull me out of the banquet hall, but she took Wu Baozhang's arm and said she wanted to introduce her to the eldest wife of the Shen family in Jinling. She said that the eldest wife of the Shen family and Aunt Wen's family were cousins. Since Aunt Wen didn't come, Wu Baozhang, as a daughter-in-law, should go to greet the eldest wife of the Shen family anyway... Sister Zheng is helping the old lady entertain a few old ladies at Tingxiangyuan, sister Xiao is helping Madam Yuan entertain the ladies, and cousin Sheng is busy discussing the banquets tomorrow and the day after tomorrow with the housekeeper. I have nowhere to go, so I came to you."
As she spoke, she chuckled and said, "I met Sister Xiao Cong's husband Yuan. Brother-in-law Yuan is very interesting. He was also outside helping to entertain guests. He joked with Li Jing that other people's uncles and aunts would sit at the table when they returned to their parents' home, but they were different. Not only did they all work hard to help, but when the table started, they ate a bowl of rice at the door of the stove. After the wedding, they had to ask the old lady for a big reward. Otherwise, they would lose a lot."
There was a happy event in the family, and the uncle and aunt sat at the table.
If anyone is to blame, it's that the family relied too much on Cheng Chi for the chores, and when Cheng Chi got married, there was no capable person to help him.
Zhou Shaojin felt sorry for Cheng Chi, and couldn't help but criticize Yuan in his heart: Cheng Chi was also a double-examination Jinshi, and he could take care of the Cheng family's affairs. When Cheng Chi got married, couldn't she put in some effort to help Cheng Chi with the arrangements
When Cheng Xu got married, she didn't ask Cheng Chi for help.
Why do you always treat Cheng Chi as if he is nothing
This is too disrespectful to Cheng Chi!
She asked, "Are there many guests at home?"
"A lot!" Cheng Ji nodded. "There are more than a hundred tables in the outer courtyard alone. It is said that Lord Yuan, Lord Song, Lord Qu... and the president of the Hanlin Academy, Lord Wu, Lord He of the Tongzhengsi, and Lord Zhou of the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all here!" She chuckled again. "Li Jing said that it was like a grand court meeting. Except for a few Lords, the people from the six ministries and three courts sat separately and talked to their superiors..."
Zhou Shaojin was stunned, but thinking about the scene, he also started laughing.
Cheng Ji asked, "Are you hungry? Do you want me to secretly get you something to eat?"
"No need!" Zhou Shaojin looked at Zhenzhu, untied a purse from his waist and opened it, smiling, "Sister prepared some sweet cakes for me, and said if I'm hungry, I can eat a few."
Cheng Ji laughed.
Pearl and the others also laughed, but they all lowered their heads and looked like they knew nothing.
Zhou Shaojin asked, "Will there be opera performances at home tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"
In her memory, after the recognition of relatives on the second day after the wedding, they would start to dismantle the wedding tent.
Cheng Ji nodded and said with a smile: "I heard from the housekeeper that the opera will be performed for three consecutive days."
This is too high-profile!
Cheng Ji chattered with Zhou Shaojin for a long time.
Although Cheng Ji was talking and Zhou Shaojin was listening most of the time, time passed very quickly with Cheng Ji's company. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, Cui Huan called out to Cheng Ji through the window of the bridal chamber: "Madam, the master is looking for you everywhere. It's getting late. Come back tomorrow."
Cheng Ji then blinked at Zhou Shaojin and said ambiguously: "I'll come to see you tomorrow and we can have a good talk."
Just speak in private, is there any need to put on such an expression
Zhou Shaojin suspiciously asked Zhenzhu to send Cheng Ji out. Thinking of what Cheng Ji said just now that there were many guests in the outer courtyard, and thinking that Cheng Chi would not come back so early, she told Zhenzhu to clean up the peanuts, red dates, longans and other things scattered on the bed. She had been worrying about the wedding night these days, and got up before dawn to comb her hair, take a bath and dress up. She felt very tired and decided to lean on the bed for a while and wait for Cheng Chi to come back.
Zhenzhu and the others had received instructions from Madam Guo and Cheng Chi earlier, so they agreed with a smile, made the bed for her again, brought in a bowl of sweet soup, and then sent the guests away to stay in the banquet room.
Zhou Shaojin leaned against the head of the bed, sleeping lightly and drowsily.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a noise outside, and heard Cheng Chi's low voice: "Is the fourth wife asleep?"
She woke up immediately, stood up, walked quickly to the door and lifted the curtain.
Cheng Chi's face was slightly flushed as he stood there, with Zhenzhu instructing Yuanyuan and Manman to help him change his clothes.
For some reason, Zhou Shaojin's face suddenly turned red.
Cheng Chi looked over immediately.
Zhou Shaojin was still wearing a bright red wedding gown. Although she didn't wear a hairpin or ring, her hairstyle was the same as when she got married. She wore a large kingfisher flower and a gold hairpin inlaid with colorful gems. Under the light, her face looked as rosy as a red lotus, small and delicate, and her eyes were as bright as lacquer.
Cheng Chi couldn't help but smile at her.
Zhou Shaojin's face turned even redder.
I wondered whether I should go up to him and help him change his clothes, but I was afraid that it would be against the rules.
While hesitating, Cheng Chi smiled and said, "Come into the house quickly. I'll wash my face and come back."
Zhou Shaojin retreated back to the inner room in shame.
There was silence all around, only the ticking sound of the Western clock could be heard, which made the silence even more peaceful.
Zhou Shaojin sat on the new bed nervously, thinking in a messy way. It turned out that there was a Western clock in the new room. She just didn't know whether it was a floor-standing clock or a clock on a long table. Was it also imported? She had seen it once in the palace in her previous life. She didn't know how the clock was made. How could it replace the clepsydra
Her hands were wrung together.
Cheng Chi, wearing an ordinary royal blue Huhang cotton robe, walked in.
Zhou Shaojin stood up immediately.
He looked so reserved, as if he was going to do something to her.
Cheng Chi couldn't help laughing and asked softly, "Are you tired?"
Did Cheng Chi laugh at her for being too unreserved
But she was really happy to see Cheng Chi...
Zhou Shaojin nodded, but then thought that it was not good to complain about being tired after getting married, so she immediately shook her head.
Cheng Chi walked towards her.
Outside, the second watch drum was faintly beating.
Zhou Shaojin was very surprised.
She thought it was already three o'clock in the morning.
How come he came back so early
There are so many guests outside, can he not greet them
Cheng Chi seemed to see through her thoughts and said with a smile: "I am the groom today, I am the boss. If I can't even decide when to go back to the bridal chamber, then what kind of groom am I?"
That arrogant tone made Zhou Shaojin laugh.
Cheng Chi said, "Take a break! We'll be busy tomorrow!" As he said that, he moved the lamp that was originally placed on the bedside table to the coffee table by the window.
On the screen inlaid with various gems that separated the bed and the kang, a large pomegranate was grinning, revealing the red pomegranate grains, blocking the dragon and phoenix wedding candles and the lights.
The inner room darkened.
Zhou Shaojin started to get nervous again.
She said "Oh" and started to take off her wedding dress with her back to Cheng Chi.
His hands were shaking so badly that it took him a long time to unbutton one button.
There was a warm breath approaching her from behind.
Cheng Chi whispered in her ear: "I'll help you!"
"No!" Zhou Shaojin's voice was a little sharp.
It fell into her own ears, and she even got a fright.
Cheng Chi understood immediately.
There was a flash of pity in his eyes.
Then he smiled and pretended to be relaxed: "Well, hurry up, I'm going to put down the curtains."
The warmth left her.
Zhou Shaojin's eyes suddenly became wet.
She took off her wedding dress in a few quick and somewhat roughly moves, bit her lip, and gently lifted the curtains of the black lacquered bed.
It was darker in the curtains.
It took her a while to adjust to the light inside the bed.
I saw Cheng Chi lying outside the bed.
She carefully climbed onto the bed from Cheng Chi's feet, and with her fingertips feeling cold, she quietly lifted the corner of the quilt and lay on the inside of the bed.
Stretch out your long arms.
Zhou Shaojin was held in Cheng Chi's arms.
Through the thin sleeves, she could feel Cheng Chi's warm chest and strong arms.
She couldn't stop shaking.
Cheng Chi originally wanted to tease her, but now he knew that it was inappropriate.
She is really scared!
It's not nervousness or helplessness, it's fear!
Cheng Chi hugged her tightly in his arms, kissed her forehead and whispered: "Shao Jin, I promised my father-in-law that I would consummate the marriage with you in a few years. You are still too young now..."
Zhou Shaojin opened his eyes wide in surprise.
In the dim light, it shines like a gem.
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Dear friends, today’s update.
Tomorrow will still be 9 to 5... O(∩_∩)O~
PS: Then, there is an event on Sina Weibo, and voting for the online novel rankings for the first and second quarters of 2015 has begun. I can’t give you the link, but sisters who have free time can go and show their support.
Thanks!
※(To be continued)