"It's okay for me to marry you, but you have to go to study and take the imperial examinations! You must outperform Chu Junyi and surpass Murong Xiu!" Otherwise, how could she hold her head up in front of Li Xinyue!
Just thinking about it made her feel that she was at a great loss. Tears of grievance streamed down her face.
The young Marquis Xia was so excited that he jumped up and down. "Why should I take the imperial examinations? Why should I compete with Chu Junyi and Murong Xiu?
I have no worries about food and clothing and don't have to struggle for a living. Why should I take the imperial examinations?"
"You!" Li Xinrong was so angry that her facial features were distorted.
The wedding procession and the ceremony official, who were forced to be onlookers, all bent over with laughter and then looked up to wipe their tears.
Li Xinrong blushed with embarrassment under so many people's laughter. She took off her shoe and threw it at the young marquis, but he dodged it easily. This made her even angrier.
The young Marquis Xia was rather happy. After thinking it over carefully, he decided to accept the exchange.
If his new bride was Li Xinyue, he would only be beaten every day. It was better to have Li Xinrong instead. At least he still had a chance and could feel a bit of beauty in the world.
Thinking this way, any excessive demands didn't seem so excessive anymore.
The young Marquis Xia glanced at the on - looking crowd. With so many people around, he couldn't lose face. So he straightened his back, tidied his clothes, and swaggered over. He grabbed the sedan chair with one hand and looked down at Li Xinrong inside. "A real man doesn't fight with a woman. Let me hear your other excessive demands."
Li Xinrong took the opportunity to throw a punch.
The young marquis nimbly dodged and laughed out loud.
He was becoming more and more satisfied with this marriage.
"I'll sleep on the bed, and you'll sleep on the floor!" Li Xinrong stared at him with gritted teeth. Seeing him acting like a clown, she got out of the sedan chair and chased after him to hit him.
The young marquis easily dodged and handled the situation with ease.
"Why! This is my home. Why should I listen to you!"
"Then let's change the bride! If I can't be happy, you won't either. None of us will have a good time! Lord Li, let's go back to the capital!"
The young marquis thought of the fear of being dominated by Li Xinyue, the sword lights and the "merciless killings". It was really terrifying.
He came back to his senses and quickly stopped Li Xinrong. "Okay, okay, okay. Anyway, there are so many rooms in my house for you to choose from. Is this okay?"
Only then did Li Xinrong feel a bit better, but she still felt aggrieved. Apart from being annoyed at marrying such a person, it was also because of what her uncle and mother had said before her wedding.
To ensure the influence of the Lin family, her uncle was worried that Chu Junyi would be difficult to control, so he excluded him and also gave up on her.
Even though she didn't marry Chu Junyi now, she didn't want to go back to such a maternal family. She had nowhere to go. Where else could she go but the Northwest?
She felt lonely and helpless!
"Now it's my turn. After marriage, you're not allowed to interfere in my private affairs, and you're not allowed to ask where I've been or what I've done. You be your young marquis's wife, and I'll be my care - free playboy. If you dare to interfere with me, I'll take concubines and keep mistresses!"
Li Xinrong kicked at him. "If you dare to take concubines, I'll tell the emperor to behead you! Oh, no. That's too good for you. I'll keep male favorites. For every concubine you take, I'll keep one male favorite."
The young marquis glanced at his head and could already foresee the vast grassland in the future. Thinking about it made him shiver.
"Okay, okay. I won't take concubines. Is this okay?"
"That's better. As for your private life, do whatever you like. I don't want to and can't control you, but you don't interfere with me either. Do you understand?"
"Fine! And there's one last thing. No using violence. Also! Can you be a lady for once! What are you looking at me like that for! I'm going to take the imperial examinations for you. Is it too much for you to be a lady for me! If you don't agree, then I won't take the exams either. Let's just break it off!"
Li Xinrong gritted her teeth angrily. "Fine, fine! I'll be a lady!"
The wedding procession and the ceremony official, who were onlookers, had already fallen laughing in the small woods. When they got up, there were more or less leaves and grass clippings on their bodies. The musicians who were playing had lost their rhythm, and the tune was off to the ends of the earth.
At this time, the dowry maid, Lian'er, had disappeared.
...
It was already bright. The gentle breeze blew the bed curtains, creating a soft wave.
Chu Junyi opened his eyes. Remembering last night's passion, his cheeks instantly flushed. His throat rolled slightly. He turned his head, eager to find the girl he had been intimate with.
She was lying in his arms at the moment.
The heavy feeling on his arm and the silky long hair in his palm made his eyes darken. His breathing quickened, and an impulsive thought emerged again.
He had originally thought she was too tired last night and didn't want to disturb her, but at this moment, he couldn't help but turn over, put his other arm on her, and hug her tightly, pressing her closer to him.
Li Xinyue suddenly opened her eyes. She felt someone's heat and a bulge behind her. Instantly, her body tensed up. She subconsciously moved away and casually threw the two arms on her out of the quilt. Then she covered the quilt with both hands and held it in front of her chest.
Chu Junyi was so angry that he laughed. He was also tickled by this scene. With a dazed look in his eyes, he looked at her back. He propped up half of his body, pressed on her, and put his hands on the mattress, trapping her between his arms.
He raised the corner of his mouth. His amorous eyes were full of ripples. "Is Yue'er awake?"
Li Xinyue felt hot under his gaze. Seeing him lying on her, with his well - defined figure, she was instantly pulled back to the passionate scene of last night.
She blushed with shame and her heart fluttered with panic. She simply turned her head away, neither looking at him nor saying a word.
Chu Junyi smiled and leaned over to kiss her lips. He freed one hand to hold her chin and gently lifted it. Then he launched another attack, devouring her fragrance.
Li Xinyue's breathing quickened, and her hands holding the quilt tightened nervously.
After a long time, when he finally stopped, seeing his head sinking lower, she pushed him away anxiously. "Chu Junyi! It's getting late! We still have to go to pay respects to the emperor with tea. Don't you forget!"
Only then did Chu Junyi raise his head. He licked his lips with reluctance. "Yue'er called me husband last night. As soon as you're satisfied, you call me by my full name! You women are so heartless!"
Li Xinyue threw a pillow at him. She was so ashamed that she couldn't even speak. "Get out!"
Chu Junyi grinned mischievously. Obeying his wife's order, he got up and dressed himself first.
Li Xinyue waited until he had dressed and left the room. Then she got out of the quilt and let out a long breath. She had almost lost her defense.
At this time, she found that there were red marks all over her body, all his marks. And there was a bit of red stain between her legs and on the bedding.
Even though she was inexperienced, she knew what it was.
This was...
At this moment, she remembered that at the Lin - banquet, someone had stared at her resentfully and nagged at her in a sarcastic way.
He had also taken five hundred taels from her, and all the subsequent things.
Anyway! They clearly hadn't... And he clearly knew, but he never said a word!