Feng Yunshu woke up again and found herself lying on the wedding bed.
A man in white inner clothes was walking towards her. She was so startled that she jolted.
"Madam, are you awake?"
Helan Yanting's voice was low and gentle. As soon as he opened his mouth, he coughed again, "Cough, cough, cough..."
Feng Yunshu came to her senses and remembered that the man in front of her was her newly - wedded husband, a sickly prince of the Yuan Kingdom who had been sent here as a hostage.
Feng Yunshu felt extremely aggrieved. She, a cultivator, had achieved nothing for nearly a hundred years. After a thunderbolt, she thought she was about to become an immortal. Who would have thought...
She was still a virgin in her previous life, and right after her rebirth, she had a sickly and cheap husband!
"Your Highness?"
"What's the matter, Madam? Do you have something to say?"
As he spoke, Helan Yanting took off his wedding robe and walked towards the bed.
Feng Yunshu tensed up all over, "What are you doing?"
Helan Yanting looked up and made a shushing gesture. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the closed doors and windows. Feng Yunshu looked in that direction and only then noticed a dark figure outside.
Well, was this someone eavesdropping?
Feng Yunshu watched Helan Yanting come closer, and silently moved aside to make a spacious space, clutching the quilt tightly to protect herself.
Helan Yanting took off his boots and got into the bed, then put down the curtain, "Madam, go to rest."
Feng Yunshu nervously moved again. Because she used too much force, the wooden bed actually creaked.
The servant eavesdropping outside the doors and windows quietly left, muttering, "I didn't expect this sickly prince to be quite capable..."
"Your Highness, you see we're not familiar with each other at all. You must have been forced to marry me, right?"
Feng Yunshu immediately made her stance clear, "To be honest, Your Highness, I was forced too... From the moment the marriage was agreed upon to when I got on the bridal sedan chair, it was all arranged by the first wife and my father. I had no idea at all."
As she spoke, Feng Yunshu kept observing Helan Yanting's expression.
After Helan Yanting heard this, he suddenly looked at Feng Yunshu with a wronged look, "How does Madam know that Yanting has no feelings for Madam?"
"I thought that since Madam agreed to this marriage, there must be some affection. Who would have thought it was just my wishful thinking..."
"Hey, no... this..."
Feng Yunshu couldn't figure out this unfamiliar prince at all and didn't know how much truth there was in his words.
"Um, Your Highness, don't get excited first. There are some things I need to say first."
"Madam, please feel free to speak."
"You can just call me Yunshu in private. Also, I'm not mentally prepared yet, and your physical condition isn't very good, right? So before that, I suggest we sleep in separate beds or with separate quilts. What do you think?"
Helan Yanting suddenly fell silent. His eyes were extremely deep, which made Feng Yunshu feel nervous.
"Madam doubts that Yanting... is not capable?"
Feng Yunshu felt that there was something wrong with this sentence no matter how she heard it, so she quickly shook her head, "No, no. Why don't you pay attention to the key point of my words?"
"Do you remember that I vomited blood during the wedding ceremony and almost died?"
Helan Yanting nodded.
"But I'm not sick at all. Someone poisoned me to kill me! Moreover, if I had died during the wedding ceremony, you would have been forced to die with me. Otherwise, the Dan Kingdom would have sent troops to the Yuan Kingdom, right?"
Feng Yunshu clearly saw Helan Yanting's expression tighten obviously and thought he was going to say something.
But the next second, his expression returned to calm.
"Where did Madam get this from? It's Yanting's fortune to marry Madam. If Madam has a short life, what's the harm if Yanting has to die with you?"
"As for the Dan Kingdom sending troops to the Yuan Kingdom, Madam must not talk nonsense. Be careful that there are ears on the wall."
No, he was lying.
Feng Yunshu stared at Helan Yanting all the time, trying to find some flaws, but in vain.
Helan Yanting got into the big red wedding quilt on his own, "I'm weak and tired. Madam, go to rest early too."
"Hey, we just agreed to sleep in separate beds!"
"There are still quilts in the cabinet. Madam can get them by herself. Cough, cough, cough..." As he spoke, Helan Yanting looked at Feng Yunshu innocently, "Is Madam going to ask me to get them? Cough..."
Hearing his coughing, Feng Yunshu was afraid that he would cough out his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs.
"All right, stop talking. Go to sleep quickly. I'll get them myself."
After all this fuss, they didn't get anything done and just wasted time.
Before going to sleep, Feng Yunshu reviewed what she was going to do next in her mind.
As the saying goes, karma is a cycle. Since God made her be reborn as Feng Yunshu, she had to find out who had killed this unlucky legitimate daughter. With her hot - tempered personality, she must fight back!
In addition, she had to study how to continue cultivating immortality in this otherworld.
Thinking like this, Feng Yunshu covered herself with the quilt and fell asleep soundly.
Hearing the snoring from beside him, Helan Yanting couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, which had been calm all along.
...
Early the next morning, Feng Yunshu learned from Helan Yanting that they were going to enter the palace to meet the emperor and attend a palace banquet at night.
Hearing this news, Feng Yunshu's heart collapsed again. It was really troublesome.
After watching Helan Yanting go to the study, Feng Yunshu took a good look at the Helan Prince's Mansion.
Although the emperor pretended to be magnanimous and bestowed a mansion on him, the mansion was not very large. It was not as imposing as the Prime Minister's Mansion at all. It could even be said to be very shabby.
There was a main hall, two wing - rooms on the east and west sides, a viewing garden, and two small pavilions scattered around a small artificial lake.
She and Helan had stayed in the east wing - room yesterday, but she planned to move to the west wing - room from today on. She really wasn't used to living with someone else.
After breakfast, Steward Yan in the mansion assigned two maids to Feng Yunshu, Zilan and Axi. They were both young girls. Zilan seemed a bit more steady.
"Princess, this servant has to dress and do your makeup for you. You and the prince are going to attend the palace banquet tonight."
Feng Yunshu obediently cooperated. After all, she didn't understand the dressing and other etiquette here, so she could only talk less and learn more.
After the dressing and makeup, it was almost dark. Feng Yunshu felt that her soul had fallen into a deep sleep, and what was sitting there was just a body.
When everything was ready, Feng Yunshu followed Helan Yanting onto the carriage.
In front of the palace gate.
Feng Yunshu didn't expect that as soon as she got off the carriage, she would meet a troublemaker.
"Isn't this elder sister? I heard that elder sister vomited blood and died suddenly on your wedding day and then came back to life. The title of bad luck star is really not a joke."
"Looking at it this way, elder sister really married the right person by marrying Prince Helan. A sickly man and a bad - luck star. You're really a match made in heaven!"
Feng Manshu followed Mrs. Mu and unceremoniously mocked Feng Yunshu and her husband.
Feng Manshu deliberately raised her voice. Many high - ranking officials and nobles who came to the palace heard the sound and all looked in this direction.
Mrs. Mu pretended to blame and then looked at Feng Manshu, "Manshu, you must not be rude in front of the prince and the princess."
"Mother, where am I being rude? I'm just telling the truth..."
Mrs. Mu naturally doted on her daughter. She looked at Feng Yunshu and smiled falsely, "Manshu is still young and doesn't understand things. Princess, please don't take it to heart."