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Chapter 409: Wedding (Part )

The small incense burner in the room was emitting curls of green smoke, and the afternoon sunlight gilded the empress's crow-feather-like hair. The wind blew in when she opened the door just now, and her wide sleeves embroidered with dark silver cloud patterns were lifted by the wind, revealing her fingertips that looked like green onions, which looked very lively.

That gentle call was like the sweet and sour taste of honeyed green plums, instantly shattering half of the flower's shadow that was reflected in the air.

"what?……"

The empress's generosity and composure actually made Xiao Yan a little stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he found that there was actually a hint of playfulness in the empress's tone, but that nice "husband" was indeed calling him.

But the empress's cheeks were actually slightly flushed, and when she saw Xiao Yan didn't say a word and just stared at her solemnly, she also stopped smiling, and the thumb on her sleeve instantly made a secret movement of pinching the index finger, and then hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "You won't think I'm not following the rules and be angry, right?"

"No, of course not..." Xiao Yan was a little distracted, and then he realized that it was his expressionless face that made the empress misunderstand him. He slapped his forehead with a smile and breathed a sigh of relief: "I just felt a sense of unreality... It passed in a trance."

He looked at the empress's lipstick that had left a crescent mark, and suddenly laughed softly: "Yun Ji is really beautiful."

The empress's face became hot again, and then her bright and clear phoenix eyes smiled again. She tilted her head slightly to think for a moment, and her voice couldn't help but lowered. She pursed her lips and said softly, "How can it be unreal?"

"The first year of Kaiping... that is, the fifth year of Tianyou."

Xiao Yan walked over and saw half of the empress's fingers sticking out from her sleeves, and a slightly clenched gesture, so he naturally reached out to hold her hand. The expression on the empress's face changed, but she did not avoid it. The moment Xiao Yan touched her, she felt a slight tremor in her heart.

Just a light touch made the empress's heart flutter. This feeling is hard to explain. But when Xiao Yan's large and rough palm completely wrapped around her hand, she calmed down and smiled at Xiao Yan's handsome face, which was slightly rough due to wind and sun. It was full of strong masculinity. The empress even felt that he had a special and mysterious aura.

Xiao Yan lowered his head to look at the empress's slender hands, which were soft and smoother than silk. He had only one thought: they were white, whiter than jade, with a faint smooth and delicate luster. There was a red dot on the wrist, which made her look delicate and tempting.

It's very strange that the empress sometimes goes to the battlefield, but she has such clean skin without a trace of dust, and such skin, coupled with her charming and indescribable elegance, gives people a feeling of being in a different world and difficult to approach... But her smiling eyes like spring breeze make up for the sense of intimacy.

So Xiao Yan couldn't help but lower his head, sniffing the addictive faint fragrance on the empress, and said in a deep voice:

"That year, you and I met for the first time in Fengxiang. At that time, you were confrontational with me and refused to give in, forcing me to rack my brains to use all kinds of rhetoric to get as much advantage as possible from you... At that time, I thought that sooner or later I would destroy Qi Country and capture you and give you a good beating. But now you are standing in front of me like this, how can it be real?"

The empress found it very funny, as it was Xiao Yan who was the most aggressive, which made her seem like the one who was bullying.

But she immediately thought of something, raised her eyebrows slightly, bit her teeth and whispered, "Did you know I was a woman at that time?"

Xiao Yan looked at her with a smile, his words were self-evident.

The empress's face suddenly turned red with shame. She thought of her earlier pretense to Xiao Yan, thinking it was flawless, but it turned out that he already knew everything. Originally, she thought that Xiao Yan knew the truth about her female body during the time when he went to Raojiang, and he took the initiative to tell her, but she didn't expect this guy to hide it so deeply.

She thought about how when she had been pretending to be the King of Qi in front of Xiao Yan, this guy must have been looking at her with interest, so she quietly complained: "Since you already knew it, you obviously wanted to tease me..."

Xiao Yan just smiled and defended himself: "If I had pointed it out to you earlier, how could there be any story later and now? I was not strong enough at that time. What if I angered a famous empress and she killed me with a sword? Wouldn't I be at a disadvantage?"

The empress thought about it and it seemed to be true. She had no intention of blaming him in the first place, she was just simply embarrassed.

So she looked at Xiao Yan's serious expression, and her shoulders trembled slightly as if she was amused: "That's fair enough, I forgive you then."

Xiao Yan saw the other side of the empress's personality, which was very eye-opening. He truly realized that he knew too little about her. So he pondered for a moment, looked around, and then asked, "We haven't gotten married yet... Would it be inappropriate for us to meet now?"

The empress immediately frowned and said sternly, "Your Majesty, why do you say that? I asked for a private audience to convey some words on behalf of my younger sister. How can it be against etiquette?"

"Then who called me husband just now?" It was obviously a question that Xiao Yan asked, but he was not happy to hear this. He frowned and said, "I have given you the marriage certificate. It seems that there is no need to wait for the wedding."

The empress bent her eyes and said, "It will only count after we pay our respects to heaven and earth. Your Majesty must have misheard just now. Your wife is in the city, not in the inn. I just paid my respects to Your Majesty in the front hall..."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, feeling as if he had been tricked, so he thought about it seriously and said solemnly: "In fact, just spend the bridal chamber. The last step of getting married and worshipping heaven and earth is also this."

The empress's mind went blank, and she remembered that they were the only two people here. Facing Xiao Yan's playful gaze, her ears instantly turned red. She turned her head away and said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "How can we have a wedding night if we are not married yet?"

Xiao Yan was just joking to tease her, so he wouldn't rush to make a mistake. He leaned over and whispered, "Then wait until the bridal chamber... Then it will be even more exciting to hear Yun Ji call her husband again."

The empress's face was already red. In fact, Xiao Yan did nothing wrong. She was the one who initiated this private meeting. Moreover, even if it was true... She pursed her lips, but suddenly pulled her hand away, turned away, cleared her throat, and whispered, "Please come here. I do have something to discuss with you."

"Yun Ji will soon be my legally wedded wife, so you can make your own decisions on anything." Xiao Yan laughed casually, but his tone was somewhat formal. He certainly didn't want to let Xue'er down, but at this point, he could not possibly let the empress think too much.

But he immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "You mean..."

The empress turned around, her expression no longer relaxed. She looked at Xiao Yan's face and said as calmly as possible: "I received a letter from my brother before..."

Xiao Yan didn't react much. He was surprised, of course, but he just chuckled: "What did he say?"

"My brother used eighteen large boxes to store gold, silver and treasures and buried them under Prince Qi's mansion. I never knew..." The empress turned her eyes to the outside and her voice seemed to be a little lower: "He wrote to tell me about this."

"Is this the dowry he prepared for you a long time ago?" Xiao Yan didn't laugh. He thought about it and was silent for a while.

The empress looked at him, her voice low but calm, "Because it has been buried for too long, the quality of some things is not that good, but it should be worth more than 500,000 strings of cash. Maybe he buried it when he was named King of Qi, and he didn't tell me when he went to Raojiang."

Xiao Yan held his chin and thought, Li Maozhen should not be trying to show his good will to him, but simply fulfilling the responsibility of a brother that he had prepared long ago. But what is worth pondering is whether he wants to use these means to arouse the empress's sympathy?
The empress had quite a few relatives, but if we really counted her closest relatives, there was only one, Li Maozhen. As for the fact that Li Maozhen was forced to leave, even though the empress firmly believed that her choice was right, and in fact she was indeed right, after all, in reality, she was the King of Qi who contributed the most to Qi.

But if we talk about whether the empress would feel guilty, it is actually understandable. She joined forces with an outsider to force her beloved brother away, and even donated her brother's hard work to this outsider. No matter how you look at it, it can be regarded as her betrayal of Li Maozhen.

It is difficult to clearly explain the balance between these two.

But before Xiao Yan could say anything, the empress slowly said, "I never think that my choice is wrong. For my brother, even if I had to do it again ten thousand times, I would still do the same."

She stared at Xiao Yan and spoke very slowly. She didn't seem to be making excuses, but just stating a fact. "No matter how many times it happens, I will only choose you. There is no other possibility. I am anxious to tell you this in person because I don't want you to think too much about it when you know it in the future... Xue'er once told me that her world only has you and Huanyinfang. So I want to tell you..."

Her voice became lower and lower, even trembling a little, but her phoenix eyes just looked at Xiao Yan: "For the rest of my life, you are my world... With you as my husband, I am willing to follow you through life and death."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment. It took him a long while to understand what the empress had said. His mind, which had been thinking carefully, suddenly became silent. Even his expression was moved. He didn't know how to answer for a long time.

He discovered that the empress's feelings for him were actually so sincere, and the key point was that he had not even given anything important.

Where does love come from?

Xiao Yan didn't think about it, but just spoke out his true feelings. He even felt inexplicably ashamed, and his tone was no longer as calm as before: "I may not be a qualified husband."

The empress looked at Xiao Yan's face carefully. She had an urge to touch this young man. In fact, she did stretch out her hand and gently touched the traces of wind and frost on Xiao Yan's face with her fingers, as if she wanted to use this action to soothe and comfort this young man who was only 21 years old for the hardships he had encountered over the years.

She was no longer shy, and she should still feel a little embarrassed, but in this moment of frankness, the emotions in her heart seemed to overwhelm everything.

"When you said to me, 'Please tell me your heart'... why didn't I think that you wouldn't be a qualified husband?" The empress found her face burning hot. Her voice was still low, but no longer trembling: "To me, just this one sentence is better than thousands of words of promises and love words. I have no other thoughts."

The empress felt that her head was dizzy. In her twenty years or so, she had never thought that she would tell these things to a man. It seemed so false and empty, but she thought it was worth it.

She hoped that Xiao Yan could understand her feelings, as this was her feeling.

Xiao Yan seemed to understand his doubts at this time, so he gently held the empress's jade-like hand and said softly and gently: "I understand, Yun Ji, I understand." The empress just sighed and bit her teeth lightly, "I never thought you would come to marry me... I'm already twenty-nine..."

At this moment, she was shy but annoyed, her voice was soothing and clear, and because of her emotions, she did not speak like a mature woman, but like a girl who was ten years younger.

Xiao Yan looked at the empress's face, which was as bright as the moon. At this time, she was standing with her back to the light. Xiao Yan could clearly see the contours of her cheeks emitting a fine golden glow like fluff. He felt that her face was dazzling, so he stretched out a finger and gently slid it across the corner of her eye. He smiled and said, "How can you be twenty-nine? You look younger than me. I still have some crow's feet. You are as beautiful as if you walked out of a painting. Even if you are twenty-nine, even if you are thirty-nine or forty-nine, I will marry you tomorrow."

"How can you say that?" The empress felt very amused. She didn't think she would still be good-looking at the age of forty-nine.

"Twenty-one and twenty-nine, there really isn't much difference." Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said casually, "When you and I are buried together many years from now, for thousands or tens of thousands of years from now, people will only know that you are my wife."

The empress squeezed his hand.

At this time, Xiao Yan said calmly: "You can write a letter to your brother. If he is interested, the Prince of Wei will not only be his, but I will also appoint him as Sikong, Situ, and Taizi Taishi in the future. Whether he is Song Wentong or Li Maozhen, there will definitely be an emperor in your family's bloodline in the future."

His words sounded plain, but his ambition was not concealed at all.

The empress ignored the deep meaning of Gu Xiaoyan's words and just shook her head: "You are not worthy of doing this for him."

"You are worthy." Xiao Yan said to her with a smile: "Do you know that I only have one thought now, which is to marry you immediately. I don't want to wait any longer."

The empress's heart was instantly beating fast, and she smiled with curved eyebrows. She didn't want to show any so-called majesty of the empress in front of Xiao Yan, but she still had it, such as her magnanimity and calmness, as if it was an innate temperament. Although she was very beautiful, others seemed to never be able to understand her heart. There was too much content in her smile, and it was too complicated, just like a rose with thorns.

She whispered, "Tomorrow..."

"But it seems that after tomorrow, we will really have to wait until the bridal chamber to see each other again." Xiao Yan couldn't help but think of this and said casually, "You will have to sit in the sedan chair for more than ten days after returning, right?"

The empress also thought of this and nodded.

Her face is extremely beautiful, with a well-proportioned and round face that makes her look graceful, a slightly pointed chin that makes her look delicate and gentle, and phoenix eyes that are majestic and yet charming. When she was the King of Qi, she was extraordinary and heroic, and when she was the Empress, she had bright eyes, white teeth, strong bones and plump muscles, which was very pure and beautiful.

Her figure is also very toned. Unlike Ji Ruxue who is pure, tall and introverted, her mature temperament cannot be concealed... When she is not deliberately concealing it, the lines of her body are softer, and her curves seem exaggerated. It's a pity that the court dress the empress wears conceals too much, and one can only guess what a perfect figure she has under the clothes.

The most striking part exposed is of course her neck. Her straight back sets off her proud slender neck. The skin faintly revealed at the neckline is so white and delicate that people dare not look directly at her.

Xiao Yan had no intention at first, but he felt that his mood had reached its peak, so he said: "You didn't go back, do the officials know..."

"They all thought I had returned to the city... No one would notice that Duo Wentian was riding in my carriage." The empress seemed to understand as she spoke. Her ears instantly turned red, but her expression did not change. She just looked up and saw that the sunlight outside was obviously not as strong anymore, so she quickly stood up and said, "I should go back."

"It's still early." Xiao Yan held her hand and said calmly.

"No." The empress felt hot all over and whispered, "You can't be disrespectful... Guangmutian is still outside."

"I am the King of Qin." Xiao Yan said, indicating that he didn't need to worry about any rules at all, but his voice was immediately suppressed: "I promise I won't be rude, it's okay."

Then he added: "What is impolite?"

The empress breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly, "Before you get married, you should not have any dirty thoughts."

Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Then I am too dirty."

The empress was amused by him. Looking at Xiao Yan's regretful expression, she weighed the pros and cons again. Her heartbeat quickened a little, and she blushed and said, "Then don't go too far."

"Don't worry, ma'am." Xiao Yan looked at the sky and pulled her inside. There was a couch for rest behind the screen.

The empress was extremely nervous. She pressed the back of Xiao Yan's hand, but she did not stop. Then she heard Xiao Yan whisper, "I want to see how beautiful Yun Ji is."

The empress rolled her eyes at him, but her tone was particularly loving, and she said, "You are not allowed to go too far."

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She did not take off her clothes, but only untied her outer court dress and belt. However, the white and thick inner garment was very soft. The thin and soft fabric just wrapped around her figure, not hiding the outline of her curves at all. However, because her chest was wrapped, her curves were not so bumpy.

But this was enough to make Xiao Yan sigh that the Creator was indeed very interesting, and he had a special preference for very few people. All the perfect beauty could actually appear in one person at the same time.

...After a long time, Xiao Yan took out a handkerchief and wiped his face and hair. Looking back, he saw the empress curled up on the couch against the wall, covering her face with her hands. Her shameful voice trembled again: "Didn't we agree not to go too far..."

"No one knows." Xiao Yan said softly, "It's a bit too much. Yun Ji, just fine me from now on."

The empress put her hands down, her face flushed. She covered her lower garment, stretched out her hands to pull it to cover her slender white legs, and looked at him with an embarrassed look: "This is already considered disrespectful!"

Xiao Yan was extremely thick-skinned and said seriously, "As long as there are more rude things, this is still within the acceptable range."

"I always thought you weren't lustful." The empress's eyes were particularly sharp, but they softened immediately, her chest heaving: "You turned out to be such a bad person..."

Xiao Yan said sternly, "Yun Ji is right."

The empress stretched out her jade-white fingers and passed them across her ears, gathering her hair, and said shyly and angrily, "Come here!"

Xiao Yan walked over and sat down beside the couch. The empress took a long breath, then stretched out her trembling fingers, hesitated for a moment, and placed them on Xiao Yan's face. Then she touched his lips with her thumb and whispered, "It's so ugly..."

"No, no, no..." Xiao Yan smiled and said with emotion: "Yun Ji is really perfect."

The empress was embarrassed to hear this, but she was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice: "You treat... Xue'er like this too?"

Xiao Yan could tell the truth: "No, I only did it to Yun Ji. I want to do something to make it up to Yun Ji."

"Why do you want to make it up to me?" The empress blushed, "Besides, there is no such thing as making up for it... Don't do this again in the future. I was so nervous just now, I was really embarrassed. You are not allowed to despise me."

Xiao Yan was just content: "Listen to Yun Ji."

The empress could tell at a glance that he didn't listen to what he said, but she didn't have the mind to worry about it at the moment. When she thought about what had just happened, her whole body was hot. However, after knowing that even Xue'er had never been like this, she actually felt a little different in her heart.

But all in all, she still put on a dignified demeanor to make herself look less embarrassed, while urging Xiao Yan to leave.

"I will marry Yun Ji tomorrow." Xiao Yan knew that the empress was in a difficult situation, so he did not continue to force her to stay. Besides, it was getting dark, and if the empress did not go back, there would be no bride tomorrow.

After he left, the empress blushed again. She knew that Xiao Yan was not teasing her on purpose, because she could feel that he was also deeply moved.

Thinking of what happened just now, she couldn't help but bury her face with her outer robe. Her ears turned red, but her shoulders soon began to tremble because she couldn't help laughing.

She also saw another side of Xiao Yan.

very nice.

(End of this chapter)