The grand wedding procession arrived at the princess's palace under the blessings of all the people.
This is the mansion given to Xingnong by the King of Jin. Even though Xingnong married to the State of Chu and would probably have few opportunities to come back in the future, he still prepared a mansion for her.
The carriage stopped at the second gate of the princess's mansion. The matchmaker lifted the bright red curtain embroidered with calla lilies and mandarin ducks playing in the water in colorful silk threads. Chu Tiankuo helped Xingnong get off the sedan chair. Then, hand in hand, the two of them stepped over the fire basin and walked step by step to the main hall of the princess's mansion, the Xingchen Hall.
Next, under the guidance of the matchmaker, the two drank the wedding wine, got married, and had lotus seed, lily and red date sugar water.
At this time, it was not completely dark yet. Because this was not the man's home, there was no need to entertain guests. The envoys who came to welcome the bride were arranged by the King of Jin to have a banquet in the palace, so Chu Tiankuo did not need to go out to entertain guests. After all the ceremonies were completed, Chu Tiankuo said, "You all can leave!"
"Yes!" The bridesmaids tactfully withdrew, leaving the space to the newlyweds.
When there were only two people left in the room, Xing Nong hurriedly reached out to take off the phoenix crown on her head: "I'm so tired!"
Her neck was almost broken.
"Don't move, let me do it!" Chu Tiankuo hurriedly reached out and carefully helped her take off the phoenix crown. He was worried that the crown would pull her hair and hurt Xingnong. As long as he felt a little help, he stopped, took off her hair, and continued without hurting Xingnong at all.
"This thing is quite heavy." Chu Tiankuo put the phoenix crown aside and continued to help her take off the remaining pearls and hairpins on her head.
"Ten pounds! It hurts me just thinking about having to wear it again when I return to Chu. This set of clothes is not light either." Xingnong rubbed her neck with her hands and let him help her take off the remaining hair accessories.
Although Xingnong is very strong, the strength is in her hands, not her neck. After holding up this thing for most of the day, her neck is exhausted.
"Don't worry. I know you like simple things. I asked someone to prepare one that's not so heavy." He designed the phoenix crown himself, and he took the weight into consideration when designing it.
He knew that Xing Nong liked simple things and didn't like complicated things. She rarely wore clothes with complicated embroidery. Therefore, in order to make a simple and light, yet dazzling and unparalleled phoenix crown, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to collect gems and make it. The whole phoenix was made of the diamonds she mentioned, and they were yellow diamonds, which were very rare.
Moreover, he made one yellow diamond, one pink diamond, and one purple diamond. Those diamonds and gems were collected with great difficulty by him sending people to many countries overseas and spending countless manpower and material resources.
Xing Nong heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and smiled up at him: "Brother, you still understand me!"
The King of Jin prepared several phoenix crowns, each of which was very heavy, and she chose the lightest one!
At this time, Chu Tiankuo pulled out the last hairpin in her hair, and immediately her black, soft and shiny hair flowed down. The woman tilted her head, her beautiful face with a faint smile, her eyebrows curved, and her lively eyes dotted with stars under the backdrop of a pair of bright red candles. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
Chu Tiankuo's heart skipped a beat.
Xing Nong had no idea how beautiful she was at that moment. After she finished laughing, she lowered her head and took a look at the wedding dress on her body: "This wedding dress is heavy! Three layers inside and three layers outside. I'll go change first."
As he said that, Xingnong picked up his clothes and stood up, planning to change into some light clothes before coming out to eat something.
The food was already prepared on the table, steaming. She hadn't eaten for a whole day. Although she had just drunk a bowl of sugar water and was not hungry for the time being, she had only drunk that bowl of sugar water all day. If she didn't eat something late at night, she would definitely be hungry at midnight.
Chu Tiankuo's eyes darkened, and his voice was a little hoarse than usual: "Your husband will help you."
After saying that, Xing Nong was picked up immediately, and then she felt dizzy and was placed on the soft wedding bed. The big red gauze curtain on the gorgeous bed was slowly lowered...
Two hours later, Chu Tiankuo came out of the bathroom holding Xingnong and placed her on a chair next to the round table.
At this time, Xingnong's stomach made a rumbling sound.
She couldn't help looking up and glared at someone fiercely. Not counting the bowl of sugar water, she hadn't eaten for more than twelve hours!
Chu Tiankuo touched his nose, knowing that he was in the wrong: "I'll ask someone to serve the food."
At this time, the maid outside heard the noise and knocked on the door: "Your Highness, Princess, the food is ready."
When she called for water, the serving maid saw that the food on the table had not been touched, so she quickly took it down and heated it up.
"Come in!" Chu Tiankuo responded, then picked up a clean cotton cloth to wipe Xingnong's hair.
Her hair was still dripping, and he wrung it out with cotton cloth.
The palace maids came in one after another, and each of them placed plates of steaming hot meals that had good meanings and were both delicious and attractive on the round table.
When all the dishes were served, Chu Tiankuo knew that Xingnong was just like him and didn't like to be served while eating, so he said to the palace maids, "All of you leave."
"Yes!" The palace maids quickly retreated and helped the two men close the door.
Xing Nong pulled Chu Tiankuo's sleeve and said, "Let's eat first! Don't worry about my hair."
Chu Tiankuo threw the cotton cloth aside and sat next to her: "Done."
He used cotton cloth and his inner strength to help her dry her hair.
Xing Nong touched her hair and found it was dry!
Chu Tiankuo filled a bowl of steaming hot soup for Xingnong. When he placed it in front of her, the heat disappeared: "Drink some chicken soup first. You can drink it directly. It won't be hot anymore."
Xing Nong took a spoonful of soup, took a sip, and couldn't help but feel a little envious: "How did you train your internal strength? It's too deep!"
He had transferred a lot of internal energy to himself before, but it was still not enough to dry his hair, let alone cool the soup!
Chu Tiankuo also admired Xingnong's physique. The internal energy passed on to her before did not increase even though she practiced internal skills every day, and she was even able to maintain a lot. She was already working very hard.
"Have your meal first. After the meal, I will pass on some of my inner strength to you."
Xing Nong shook his head when he heard this: "No, don't waste it!"
Chu Tiankuo didn't say anything. When he saw her finish her soup, he put a piece of meat in her bowl and said, "Eat quickly."
He decided to work harder on his internal skills and pass some of it on to her. Otherwise, if he relied on her to practice internal skills on her own, she would probably remain at this level for the rest of her life!
Xingnong was also really hungry, so he lowered his head and ate in silence.
After the two finished their meal, a loud noise suddenly came from the sky outside.
Xing Nong looked out the window: "Are there fireworks?"
"Yeah." Chu Tiankuo nodded and pulled her to the window.
At this time, there were loud rumbling sounds one after another, and fireworks exploded in the sky one after another.
The dark sky was illuminated!
Xingnong saw the fireworks in the sky forming several words.