PFC Chapter 770 The Princess's Marriage (14)
Chapter 770 The Princess's Marriage (14)
The hall was dark, so she pulled out a reader from her spatial storage to read a novel.
Looking at your phone for too long can make your eyes uncomfortable, so this e-reader is better.
But after watching for half an hour, she still decided to go into the space to take a look.
Just as I was about to go in, I saw someone enter through the window of the outer hall.
Shangguan Xi pushed open the window and went in, landing silently as he went straight to the bed in the inner hall: "Is he already asleep?"
"The dignified Regent Prince, how could he always visit the women's bedchamber in the middle of the night? If uninformed people knew, they would think you were a womanizer!" Xue Chanyi said, pulling back the curtains.
"I have only ever visited the bedchamber of one woman, you. But to pick flowers? Was it you, the flower?" He lifted her chin and bent down to get closer.
Xue Chanyi liked to touch men's chins, but she didn't like them touching hers, so she turned her head away to avoid his hand.
If someone teases you, it's not your style not to tease them back.
She suddenly reached out and grabbed his collar, pulling him inside.
Shangguan Xi only had time to support his body with his hands to prevent himself from crushing her, but his entire upper body still ended up on the bed.
He looked at the person, trying his best to remain expressionless: "What is this? Is my future empress trying to get closer to me beforehand?"
Xue Chanyi smiled and said, "You have no experience in personally taking action, can you do it?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xi's face stiffened. Any man would easily be on the defensive if someone questioned him about this aspect of his life.
"You can try and see if I can do it."
“I’m worried that the Regent is not as good as the Emperor and will disappoint people, so let’s forget about it,” Xue Chanyi said deliberately.
"It doesn't count." Shangguan Xi was provoked by her words, and a hint of resentment rose in his heart.
Without allowing any argument, he reached out and cupped the back of her head, pulling her close to him, while his other hand encircled her waist.
Then, he kissed those lips that always said infuriating things.
Because he was inexperienced and angry, he used a bit too much force, which was somewhat stiff and domineering.
Xue Chanyi felt her lips being bitten raw, which was uncomfortable. She wanted to push him away, but he held her tightly, so she could only gently guide him.
Shangguan Xi was a good student. She only demonstrated it once, and he slowed down and imitated it meticulously.
After a while, the two pressed their foreheads together and kissed until they were slightly out of breath before stopping.
"Is it the same for you and Shangguan Xi?" Shangguan Xi couldn't help but ask.
The thought that she and Shangguan Xi had the same kind of contact, or even became more intimate, made him feel somewhat agitated.
Xue Chanyi didn't explain, as it was too complicated to explain in just a few words, and the two of them didn't have much of a relationship yet.
"Is the Regent sure he wants to bring up other unrelated people at this time?"
She shifted her body back and sat directly against the wall on the inside of the bed.
Hearing her words, Shangguan Xi felt somewhat comforted.
"What's past is past. I won't ask about it anymore. Anyway, I won't let Shangguan Xi come to you at night again."
Upon hearing this, Xue Chanyi didn't care. If she didn't come, it would save her the trouble of acting and giving up her bed to Shangguan Xi.
"It's late at night, you should go home."
Shangguan Xi propped himself up and turned to look at her: "No rush. I want to ask, you always pretended to be sick to avoid the emperor's favor before, why didn't you do the same today?"
At first, he didn't realize she was faking illness, but he came to visit her after hearing that she was sick and found that she was perfectly fine.
However, he quickly guessed her purpose, knowing that it was because she didn't want to serve him in bed, and he even helped her cover it up.
"I forgot," Xue Chanyi said casually. She couldn't pretend to be sick every day.
"Fortunately, I went to the palace and intercepted Shangguan Xi, otherwise you would still have to face him."
“There are no ifs. The Regent arrived so promptly that I didn’t even know. The Prince is so concerned about this matter.”
"You are my future empress, of course I care about you."
He would not allow anyone to touch anything that belonged to him.
Xue Chanyi's gaze swept to the familiar jade pendant at his waist, and she reached out to pick it up and examine it.
She smiled and said, "Could it be that the Regent has fallen for me?"
There was no protective formation inside this jade pendant; she had just randomly picked an ordinary one from a pile of jade pendants in her spatial storage and given it to him.
"Are you moved?" Shangguan Xi looked at her, wanting to say that he wasn't moved, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. He thought he was.
After a moment of silence, he hummed in agreement: "And you? Is your relationship with me merely one of simple cooperation?"
Xue Chanyi withdrew her hand from the jade pendant, and a faint light pierced into the jade pendant that her fingers had touched.
In response to Shangguan Xi's question, she smiled and said, "Does lust count? The Regent can also interpret this as another form of attraction."
"Let's leave it at that." It's better than nothing, and Shangguan Xi surprisingly accepted it well.
"Since you're not leaving, let's get down to business. How long will it take for things to get done on your end?"
"Are you anxious?"
"I want to go out and have some fun. It's really boring to be stuck in the palace every day."
Going out to play was a minor matter, and Shangguan Xi did not believe that women who entered the palace should be trapped in the harem forever.
Besides, it would be easy for her to leave the palace if she didn't tell him.
"After the New Year's Eve banquet, things will change in the palace. I will arrange everything afterward, and you will get everything you want," Shangguan Xi said earnestly.
"okay."
Anyway, it's not long now, so let's wait a bit before leaving the palace.
*
New Year's Eve Palace Banquet
Everyone will be dressed in their finest attire today. Just over an hour after lunch, Xue Chanyi was bathed and incense burned by Liuli and her entourage.
After changing into exquisite clothes, she sat in front of the dressing table and had someone do her hair and makeup.
After working on it for half an hour without finishing, Xue Chanyi simply rested her chin on her hand, closed her eyes, and waited.
Then Liuli's joyful voice came: "Your Majesty, everything is finished and ready. What do you think?"
Xue Chanyi lifted her eyes and looked at herself in the bronze mirror.
She wore a light blue ancient costume embroidered with gold and silver threads depicting intertwined crabapple branches, with several sapphires adorning the cuffs, and a snow-white fox fur coat draped over it.
Her hair was styled in a high bun, adorned not only with a complete set of filigree gold hairpins, but also with a phoenix-shaped gold hairpin inserted at an angle.
A sapphire adorned the top, falling perfectly across her forehead, giving her an elegant and noble air.
"The combination is good. The style is similar to what I've seen before, but it also has a touch of originality."
Her long hair, completely styled up, exuded an air of grandeur and elegance.
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty."
After getting ready, Xue Chanyi, accompanied by palace servants, lit lanterns and boarded a sedan chair to head to the palace where the banquet would be held.
"Consort Yan has arrived!!"
She had just helped Liuli into the Lingxiao Palace when the eunuch's announcement rang out.
The ministers, along with their families and some lower-ranking concubines, all bowed in greeting.
The harem was no longer what it was when she first entered the palace, with one imperial concubine, three consorts, and four concubines. There were now many concubines from humble backgrounds.