Chapter 118
The moment Rong Shu put down the cup and raised her eyes to look at the man opposite, he leaned over and kissed her heavily.
His hand held the back of her head, and the tip of his tongue pried open her teeth.
Rong Shu put his arms around his neck and pressed his back against the trunk of the tree. The snowflakes on the tree shook slightly and immediately fell. It fell on her eyelashes, the tip of her nose, her cheeks, and her neck, and then melted little by little on the tip of Gu Changjin's tongue.
Rong Shu felt that he was much more familiar with him this time than last time. He didn't bite her lip or knock her teeth. Even his breath was more stable than last time.
A little less eager, a little more patient.
This patience lasted only a short time, and it was soon declared exhausted.
Rong Shu was pulled into his arms and sat on his lap, feeling his hands slowly move up from his waist.
His strength couldn't be said to be heavy, but it couldn't be said to be light either. Rong Shu couldn't help but tremble, and her fingers subconsciously squeezed his shoulders.
I don't know if she pinched him, but the man suddenly stopped his hand and breathed on her shoulder for a moment. When his breathing became smoother, he raised his head and straightened her slightly messy clothes.
The cold night was cold, and the man's body was as hot as the copper pot she used to boil water, and his tentacles were scalding hot.
He stopped suddenly, and Rong Shu was really confused.
He is sitting on him now. How could he not know how full of blood he would have?
She stared at him blankly, her misty eyes filled with spring tide, and the slightly upward hooks at the end of her eyes were entwined with a trace of youthful charm.
Gu Changjin's breathing, which had just slowed down, became rapid again.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "It's time to leave."
If he didn't leave, he might not be able to control himself. I came here in a hurry today and haven't made many preparations yet. It was a beautiful night in their wedding room, and he didn't want to wrong her.
Rong Shu's blurred eyes gradually became clearer.
She knew him so well, how could she not guess what he was worried about?
She hugged his neck tightly and said, "Don't stop, our marriage started in Songsiyuan."
Rong Shu didn't feel ashamed when she said this. This was the second time they got married. The first time was due to various reasons. The reason was that he didn't consummate the marriage with her. This second time, the two of them had the same mind and were willing to give themselves to each other.
How could he stop? How can we stop?
It's not like he was the only one with a burning blood. He had lit a fire in her body, and if he didn't live or die, he wouldn't want her to let go!
Her soft words caused Gu Changjin's hard-won sanity to fall apart in an instant.
The man took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, picked her up and walked quickly to the bedroom.
The lights were brightly lit in the dormitory, and the earth dragon was not burned nor the charcoal basin was placed. It was chilly.
Afraid that she would be cold, Gu Changjin took off his black cloak, placed her on it, and then lowered his body.
Even though Rong Shu was well prepared, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment. She hugged him tightly and closed her eyes tightly.
His lips were very hot, his breath was very hot, and he took off her girdle and clothes without any hesitation.
Rong Shu tried hard to recall what her mother-in-law taught her with the fire avoidance chart before she got married in her previous life.
But nothing came to mind.
However, at this moment, it didn't seem to matter that she couldn't remember.
She stared at the tent ceiling embroidered with pomegranate blossoms for a moment, watching the bright red petals on it become blurry and distant little by little.
Many things come from instinct, and two people want to give everything to each other when their relationship is strong.
The candlelight crackled.
Gu Changjin raised his body slightly and looked down at the girl lying in the cloak.
The hairpin in her hair had long since fallen apart, sweat dripped from her forehead, and a few strands of dark hair were wet and stuck to the side of her face.
At this moment, she was like a white jade lying in a mass of thick ink.
She half-closed her eyes, her thick eyelashes trembling constantly.
Gu Changjin couldn't help but call her "Zhaozhao."
"Look at me." He said.
Rong Shu's mist-like eyes turned slightly and looked at him. The next moment, she frowned tightly, raised her chin slightly, exposing her slender white neck, and dug her fingertips hard into the back of his neck, pressing out a patch of white.
There seemed to be a wind blowing in the room, blowing the pomegranate flowers on the tent roof swaying.
At a certain moment, Rong Shu couldn't help but open her tearful eyes and looked at him.
The dark jade crown on his head had long been taken off, and sweat flowed down his temples, along his sharp jawline, and fell into the shallow bay of her collarbone.
His eyes were very dark and heavy as he stared at her, and his lips were bright red.
From Rong Shu's angle, he could see the veins on his neck bulging ferociously, snaking and bursting through his thin white skin.
How has a man who has always been calm and self-possessed ever shown such an expression in front of others?
Rong Shu couldn't help but put his palm on it, feeling the crazy beating pulse under his wet neck.
She always looked at him with her eyes open, looking at his dark eyes stained with lust.
Until it gets out of control, until the wind stops and the rain stops.
The cold wind blew against the window, the candlelight flickered, and two heavy breathing sounds intertwined in the room.
After a long time, a man's low and hoarse voice sounded: "I'm going to boil some water."
Rong Shu's whole body felt sore, and he said a feeble "hmm" and closed his eyes.
Gu Changjin looked at her for a while, touched her flushed cheek, covered her with a quilt, put on his clothes and went out of the house.
Rong Shu was already a little drowsy.
Half asleep and half awake, he heard a "creak" and entered the room. After a while, his iron-like arms picked her up and carried her to the clean room.
After the two of them washed hastily, Gu Changjin put her back on the bed, threw the wrinkled and wet black cloak on the ground, then hugged her into his arms and said, "Go to sleep.
" Shu lay on his side in his arms and closed his eyes tiredly after hearing this.
After a long while, he struggled to open his eyelids again, touched his face with his hand, and rubbed it gently.
"Gu Yunzhi, the ceremony is completed."
The ceremony is completed.
From now on, Yunzhi, the second son of the Gu family, and Zhaozhao, the girl of the Shen family, got married again.
The snow fell silently.
The tents were silent, and the rooms without burning earth dragons were filled with the chilly spring cold. Rong Shu didn't feel cold, she slept particularly deeply in Gu Changjin's arms.
When I opened my eyes again, the sky was bright and the snow outside the window had stopped.
This snow was the last snow in the spring of Jiayou's 22nd year.
Rong Shu returned to Mingluyuan on the first sunny day after the snow.
Two days later, Emperor Jiayou issued an order for the prince to go to Liaodong again. Gu Changjin left Beijing that day, leaving Chang Ji with Rong Shu.
The night before leaving, Gu Changjin stayed at Minglu Courtyard.
Rong Shu was tortured by him all night, and he didn't even know when he left in the morning.
"Prince, please don't let us wake you up." Yingyue smiled and handed a hot handkerchief to Rong Shu. Her eyes scanned the marks on her girl's collarbone and she couldn't help but her ears turned red.
Yesterday, no one was called to keep watch in the west wing, nor was they called for water, but Yingyue and Yingque were waiting closely for Rong Shu. How could they not know what was going on here?
Rong Shu put the hot handkerchief on his face, and when his sleepiness was completely gone, he took off the handkerchief from his face and said, "We will go back to Datong today."
Yingque on the side widened his eyes: "So Soon? Chang Ji said that there will be an imperial edict from the palace in a few days. "
Gu Changjin left Chang Ji with Rong Shu, and Chang Ji was waiting in the outer courtyard this morning. After Gu Changjin left this morning, Chang Ji became mysterious. Xi Xixi told her and Yingyue that the imperial edict from the palace was coming soon.
There was no need for Chang Ji to go into detail. They both knew what the "imperial edict" he was talking about was.
Besides the decree of marriage, what else could it be?
The anticipation was intense for a moment, remembering how many sarcastic remarks had been spread in Beijing when the girl and the prince reconciled. After all the hard work, everyone in the world knew that their girl was about to become a princess!
Rong Shu smiled and said: "Your Highness has made arrangements. The imperial edict will be sent directly to Datong. I want Aniang to receive the edict with me."
Only then did Yingyue and Yingque realize that the girl wanted to put the wife first. You will know the news of the marriage in time, instead of hearing about it from others.
He said no more and quickly left the house to prepare the carriage.
Rong Shu returned to Datong this time not only because of the marriage, but also because he had to go back to deal with the horse ranch.
After rushing all the way slowly, I finally returned to Datong in early April.
On the third day after she returned to Datong, the palace's imperial edict of marriage also arrived. The edict set the date of welcoming the prince to the full moon of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
Rong Shu chose this date himself.
She met Gu Changjin on the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was also on such a day for her family to get married for the first time that she couldn't bear to choose any other day.
In addition to Wang Dehai, the people who came to convey the order were also Aunt Gui from Kunning Palace.
After Rong Shu received the imperial edict, Grandma Gui was reluctant to leave for a long time and stood outside the moon cave door of the courtyard for a long time.
Then in the warm sunshine of late spring, a girl wearing a pea green spring dress was holding an imperial edict and talking affectionately to her mother. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that she was acting coquettishly with her mother.
Aunt Gui felt sad.
She had many things to say to Rong Shu, but her lips moved several times. After all, Aunt Gui had remembered the Queen Mother's instructions not to disturb Miss Shen and her mother and daughter.
So he let out a long sigh, said nothing, and left Datong with Wang Dehai.
The Queen has said that she will hold a grand wedding for Miss Shen.
There are less than five months left before August 15th. I want to complete the six rites in such a short time, but I can’t delay even one day.
The news that Rong Shu was betrothed to the prince soon spread in Datong.
The girls in Datong Mansion were very cheerful. Knowing that the future crown princess was in Datong at this time, they came one after another to see Rong Shu's true face in Lushan.
Until Mu Nijing got fed up and waved his whip towards the ground, Fang ran away with a smile and said as he ran, "Our prince and princess are talented and beautiful, they are made in heaven!"
Rong Shu couldn't even laugh or cry.
Rong Shu stayed in Datong until July. She was busy picking up horse seedlings and horse food every day, and setting various regulations for the horse ranch. She was so busy that her feet didn't even touch the ground. Shen Yizhen shook her head. .
"Although you and Yunzhi are getting married for the second time, you can't afford it. We will be returning to Beijing by the end of July at the latest!"
She made it final. As soon as July arrives, someone will prepare a carriage.
Mu Nijing accompanied Rong Shu back to Beijing together. Rong Shu got married two years ago and she couldn't make it back in Datong. This time she couldn't miss it no matter what.
Shen Yizhen originally wanted to prepare a big house in Shangjing so that Rong Shu could marry in glory. Rong Shu only thought that it would be good to get married in Mingluyuan. There was really no need to waste money on a big house.
The group of people returned to Mingluyuan at the end of July. As soon as they entered the yard, they were surprised by the betrothal gift list sent from the palace.
These betrothal gifts were all prepared by the queen. Queen Qi acted vigorously and resolutely. Two months ago, she had piled up the betrothal gifts in the Zichen Palace one after another.
Mu Nijing, a little money-lover, was stunned when she saw this, "How did I not know that the Crown Princess's betrothal gift was so generous?"
She pointed to the betrothal gift list and said, "This is the best Zhuangzi in the royal family. When Princess Shun married Prince Shun, , I can't even get it. And these imperial fields are the most fertile fields. I don't know how much money I can get every year. And these shops... This is simply the kind of treatment you get when you marry a princess!"
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Rong Shu knew that this was specially prepared for her by Empress Qi, so she did not refuse these betrothal gifts in a pretentious manner.
After all, these betrothal gifts were purchased with money from the treasury in the past. Since they were taken from the people, they could be used for the people after she became the crown princess.
The days passed by day by day, and it was the third day of August in a blink of an eye.
Chang Ji came to report to Rong Shu early that morning: "My master has returned from Liaodong. The Queen Mother said that the groom and the bride cannot meet one month before the wedding. It is because the Master of the East Palace has stopped him from coming to see you." Let’s meet.”
Not only the old man from the East Palace, Shi, but also Shen Yizhen also stopped Gu Changjin from seeing her.
This is a custom that Dayin is accustomed to. It is said that it is unlucky to meet one month before the wedding.
Rong Shu smiled and said: "Tell him, even if he comes, I won't let him see me. Just let him have a good rest. There are only a few days left. I will be at Mingluyuan Wait until he comes to welcome the bride."
Chang Ji sent the message back to the East Palace, but Gu Changjin had not closed his eyes for several days.
In order to rush back to Shangjing, he worked almost non-stop. When he finally got to Shangjing, he couldn't even see him.
The last time he got married to Rong Shu, he had no intention of meeting her in advance, and he had never inquired about any of the customs of getting married. With his temperament, even if he knew about it, he would probably not be at ease.
Only this time, he heard that it would be unlucky to meet her early, so he suppressed his desire to see her and waited patiently for August 15th to arrive.
Not only was he waiting, everyone in Shangjing was eagerly looking forward to it.
The grand event of a prince marrying a princess is a renewal of a relationship and a reunion. Why doesn't the people get excited?
Rong Shu's reputation in Shangjing is now very good. In the past, she had done good deeds in saving people and raising food in Yangzhou, and later in the Shen family's righteous deeds of exterminating relatives and generously spending their wealth to help the border.
Rong Shu knew that someone was trying to build momentum with her, and besides Gu Changjin, there were others.
As long as the aristocratic families and dignitaries in the capital have some eyes and ears in the palace, how can they not guess who is building momentum?
In order to please the nobles, Zi Zi also added fuel to the flames to build momentum for Rong Shu.
Under such circumstances, who would dare to mention the Rong family?
Who dares to say that Rong Shu is the daughter of a guilty minister?
Therefore, before Rong Shu married into the East Palace, his reputation among the people was already well-known.
Shen Yizhen was happy to see this. Most of her own dowry went into the Shen family's business. Now she couldn't be as bold as before and put out a dazzling dowry.
There were too many betrothal gifts prepared in the side palace, and she was worried that she would not be able to give Zhaozhao a good appearance.
This will be great. The whole capital knows that the Shen family has "squandered all their wealth" for Dayin. Who dares to laugh at Zhaozhao, the daughter of the Shen family, for not having a generous dowry?
In this way, Shen Yizhen was finally able to sleep peacefully.
For the past half month, Rong Shu had been staying in the east courtyard every day, sharing a couch with Shen Yizhen, as if he had endless things to say.
On the night of August 14th, mother and daughter talked again for half the night.
Rong Shu fell asleep in the middle of the night, and was woken up by Shen Yizhen before dawn the next day, saying: "There is someone coming from the palace."
The prince's wedding represents the face of the royal family, and it should be held two months before the wedding. Send a palace maid to the Crown Princess to teach her about things and palace rules.
The so-called palace rules are nothing more than that the prince should be regarded as the heaven, and he should treat the prince as a guest, and raise eyebrows with the same eyebrows.
However, Queen Qi seemed to have completely forgotten about this matter, and did not send anyone to set rules for Rong Shu at all.
It's just that when it comes to marriage, the procedures are cumbersome. The prince is the future prince, so the procedures here are even more cumbersome and cannot be sloppy at all.
Therefore, on the wedding day, Queen Qi still sent someone to Mingluyuan.
Everyone here today is an acquaintance.
In addition to Nanny Gui, the most powerful person around Queen Qi, there are also the maid Zhujun in charge of the East Palace and two female officials from the Shangyi Bureau, one of whom is Xu Li'er.
After Xu Li'er entered the palace, Rong Shu had not seen her again. Now that he was reunited with her, he was very happy.
Xu Li'er bowed generously, and called with a tearful smile: "Liu'er has seen the girl!"
Within two years of entering the palace, this girl has been reborn and is no longer the same person as before. A miserable woman who can be abused by everyone.
Aunt Gui was afraid of delaying the auspicious moment and did not give them any time to talk. She quickly directed several palace maids and maids to dress Rong Shu, dress her up, and change her wedding clothes.
It was already three hours after this busy session was completed.
The yard of Minglu Courtyard was crowded with people, including the Shen family and Guo Jiuniang who came all the way from Yangzhou, Rong Ze who came from Taiyuan Prefecture, and even Rong Juan, the eldest grandma of the Jiang family, also came.
When Rong Shu got married in her previous life, it was Rong Ze who personally carried her out of the Marquis' Mansion and handed her hand into Gu Changjin's. He also said to her quietly: "If Mr. Gu wronged Zhao Zhao in the future, Zhao Zhao remembered to tell his brother, Brother, let me vent your anger."
This time, she still hoped that Rong Ze would send her off to get married.
She originally thought that Rong Ze would be late, but Gu Changjin picked her up in advance and gave her a big surprise.
As soon as the auspicious time of afternoon arrived, there was movement outside, with gongs, drums, and firecrackers roaring for a while.
Yingque ran over with a thump thump thump, opened the door and said excitedly: "Girl, the prince is here!"