After the ceremony, there was a palace banquet.
It was time to send her to the bridal chamber. Chu Tiankuo felt that Xingnong felt a little aggrieved to be alone in the bedroom, so he pinched her little hand and said happily, "Would you like to attend the palace banquet together?"
Xing Nong was surprised that he was so happy all of a sudden: "Is it okay? Isn't this against the rules?"
Didn’t women in ancient times have to wait in the bridal chamber until the groom returned from the banquet with relatives and friends
Chu Tiankuo nodded: "I'll just go and tell my father."
Xing Nong thought that the food at the palace banquet had cooled down and was not tasty. Besides, it was a banquet after all, so she naturally needed to be alert and entertained. She thought about it and decided that she would rather hide in the room and be quiet. At the moment, she was tired and hungry, and really didn't want to entertain. She shook her head and said, "No, I'll go back to the palace to rest."
"good!"
The two returned to their bridal chamber surrounded by a group of palace servants.
Chu Tiankuo instructed the palace maids to prepare food, and then waved away the palace servants who followed him.
When they were the only two left in the room, he happily pulled her gently into his arms, hugged her tightly, lowered his head and asked, "Are you tired?"
The tone is as gentle as water.
Xing Nong leaned in his arms, the fresh breath surrounded her whole body, making people feel particularly at ease.
Xing Nong raised her lips slightly and looked up at him, nodding: "I'm tired, but happy. I'm happy to marry you!"
There are stars in her eyes, full of tenderness.
"I'm very happy too. Today is the happiest day in my life." After saying that, he lowered his head and kissed her gently.
From gentle to fiery...
Soon both of them lost their breath.
After an unknown amount of time, a palace maid knocked softly on the door: "Your Highness, Crown Princess, the food is ready."
Chu Tiankuo then let go of Xingnong and helped her tidy up her messy clothes: "Wait for me to come back soon!"
After saying that, he lowered his head and pecked it reluctantly.
Xing Nong nodded: "Go quickly!"
If you don't show up at the banquet again, people will think too much!
"No hurry." Chu Tiankuo said, then turned his head and raised his voice towards the door, "Come in!"
The palace maids pushed open the door and came in one after another, placing steaming delicious food on the round table.
Chu Tiankuo pulled Xingnong to sit down: "I'll eat with you."
Xing Nong naturally did not refuse.
The food for the palace banquet was carefully prepared by the imperial kitchen, but the distance from the imperial kitchen to the main hall was far, and because the quantity to be prepared was so large, the food was mainly cold dishes. They looked good but were not hot. Now that night had fallen and the weather had become very cool, who wouldn't want to eat something hot
"There were a few more people among the officials just now. Who were they?" Xingnong remembered Chu Tiankuo's abnormality just now.
Chu Tiankuo paused when he heard this, and felt more relaxed than ever before: "It's my maternal grandfather, Marquis Changping, and his son, Marquis Changping."
Xing Nong was slightly surprised: "They weren't beheaded?"
"What happened back then should have been planned by my father, who hid it from everyone. As for the whole story, I don't know either." Chu Tiankuo didn't know what was going on, but he knew that his grandparents' family only showed up now, which should be a wedding gift from his father to him.
Xing Nong smiled happily and said, "No matter what happened in the past, this is good!"
The emperor is not a tyrant, and a loyal and good man should not have such an ending.
From then on, Chu Tiankuo no longer had any grudge against the emperor.
Chu Tiankuo nodded. Yes, this is great! It couldn't be better!
He is really happy today!
Chu Tiankuo hurriedly ate something with Xingnong in the room, and instructed the palace maids to take good care of Xingnong and not let anyone in to disturb her rest before heading to the main hall.
After he left, Xingnong continued to fill her stomach, then went to wash up. After washing up, she lay down on the bed to catch up on her sleep.
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Main Hall
The emperor, the empress, and the queen mother sat in the main seat, with civil and military officials and ladies of honor sitting on both sides.
The dancers were dancing in the middle, and the sounds of stringed instruments were pleasant to the ears.
When Chu Tiankuo came back, the palace banquet had just begun.
No one was in the mood to talk at the moment. The female students were fine. They were all hypocritical in order to maintain their image. The officials were just busy eating and were unwilling to talk.
Although not everyone is present at the wedding, they have to accompany the whole process. And when the Crown Prince and Crown Princess want to kneel, they have to kneel with them. Even when the Crown Prince and Crown Princess don't have to kneel, they still have to kneel!
I'm so tired!
This time, Ren Zilin pulled Xing Qing to sit together, and Princess Changle could only sit with Shen Ruolan.
Princess Changle ate a few bites and then stopped. Seeing this, Shen Ruolan also put down the fast one.
Shen Ruolan seldom attended palace banquets. In order to avoid making mistakes and making a fool of herself, she imitated Princess Changle in everything she did.
Princess Changle smiled when she saw this: "Are you full with two taels? Why don't you eat a little more?"
As she said this, she turned to look at Xing Qing beside her, and saw that she was just busy eating, not having any image at all, and disdain flashed in her eyes.
Seeing that many people had put down their fast food, Shen Ruolan nodded: “I’m full.”
Princess Changle smiled and said, "Let's eat a little later. There are still many dishes that have not been served yet."
As she said this, she looked at the Prince of Yongan opposite her. Although she felt a little sorry for her brother, she was already fed up with Shen Ruolan and didn’t want to look at her for another day, so she had to take action.
This Shen Ruolan is no longer useful. I originally wanted to use her to find a bad marriage for Shen Xingqing, but I didn't expect that she was so useless that she couldn't even arrange a marriage for her own daughter!
She glanced at the wife of the Minister of Personnel again.
The wife of the Minister of Personnel was just as useless. She backed down after being frightened by Chen Xingnong's words!
But, she couldn't just quit if she wanted to.
Princess Changle glanced at Xing Qing beside her again.
Xing Qing was tired and hungry. She was talking to Ren Zishan while eating and enjoying the singing and dancing from time to time. The two had no intention of letting go of Kuai Zi.
Although Xing Qing eats fast, her eating manners are not ugly. Instead, just watching her makes people feel hungry.
Ren Zilin was sitting opposite her, and seeing that she and her sister were the only women present who were focused on eating, he smiled.
Unlike other women who would eat a few bites and then put it down, his appetite was turned off just by looking at their pretentious and reserved appearance!
Without eating anything else, Shen Ruolan turned her gaze to the opposite side, and happened to see Ren Zilin smiling and looking over here, looking in the direction of Xing Qing.
However, Xing Qing and Ren Zishan were sitting together, so Ren Zilin was looking at his sister.
Shen Ruolan whispered to Princess Changle: "Princess, the young man in purple opposite is the young master of the general's mansion. Isn't he handsome?"
She went back and told Princess Changle about it last night, but she didn't seem to like it.
But she thinks Ren Zilin is very good! So Shen Ruolan thinks Princess Changle hasn't seen Ren Zilin for too long, and doesn't know how handsome he is now!
Princess Changle looked over when she heard that. She felt that Ren Zilin's status was too low and not worthy of her.
But she found that Ren Zilin seemed to be looking at Chen Xingqing