Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 164 The Wedding is Finally Completed

Chapter 164 The Wedding is Finally Completed

The dog princess slept for fourteen or fifteen hours, and when she woke up, she felt a sense of lightness and comfort. All her limbs seemed to be reawakened, and every muscle was relaxed and comfortable, without the previous soreness and fatigue.

She couldn't help but stretch herself, feeling very happy, and then she saw the sunlight shining through the paper window, casting mottled shadows. She stared at the light for a moment, and her mind finally cleared up. She couldn't help but exclaimed - it seemed to be almost noon at this time, and she didn't go to greet her mistress, Mrs. Tsuchida. She would probably be severely punished later.

"Princess, are you awake?"

Her exclamation startled A Zhong and A Xia. The two silly maids stuck their heads in to take a look, then ran in happily to help her wash and change clothes. The dog princess then came to her senses. Now that she was married to the Nohara family, she no longer had to report to the mistress every morning to greet her.

This was good news, but she still felt a little distraught when she realized it - the bride slept until almost noon during the wedding, so how could she stay in her husband's family in the future?
She was like a puppet being manipulated by the maid to dress herself. It took her a long while to calm herself down and asked Ah Zhong and Ah Xia anxiously, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Ah Zhong answered happily, "It was His Highness Nohara's order. He said you were too tired and asked us not to disturb you."

Ah Xia also nodded vigorously beside him and said happily: "His Highness Nohara is a good man!"

Yuanye had spoken to them very gently and politely before. He even asked them to guard the door and arranged breakfast for them. They truly thought that Yuanye was a nice person and a very gentle host.

The dog princess was dazed for a moment, and tried hard to recall her husband, but her memory seemed to be blurred after a long sleep. She couldn't remember what kind of person she married. She only had the impression that he was like a big bear.

However, since it was her husband's order, she calmed down a little and washed herself with the help of A Zhong and A Xia. She was curious about the soap that made bubbles on her hands, the strange toothbrush and tooth powder, and the automatic sink - A Zhong and A Xia had not been idle in the morning either and had been taught how to use them.

As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since the Inu Princess had married into the Nohara family, it was natural for her to wash and dress according to the Nohara family's "standards". She had no objection to these strange new items. After washing and dressing, she combed her hair, but she couldn't put a thick layer of powder on her face. All her "cosmetics" were taken away by Nohara's order. Then she sat in the bedroom in a daze, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Yuanye came in at the right time again, and asked with concern, "Did you sleep well?"

The dog princess still didn't dare to look at his face. She nodded embarrassedly, wrung her hands and whispered something.

Yuanye didn't quite hear it, but it didn't matter. He smiled and asked, "You must be hungry, how about we eat now?"

Today is the second day of the wedding process. The newlyweds need to be alone together and have meals together. The Dog Princess naturally has no objection. Soon the scene of last night is repeated, and all kinds of bowls and dishes are placed on the table again.

Yuanye had been showing kindness and taking her feelings into consideration. The dog princess could sense it, and seeing that it was another luxurious dinner, she felt that it was unnecessary to be so extravagant. She had not eaten well before, and it was normal for her to have rice soaked in tea every day. But since it was a wedding, she thought it might be a special situation, so she said nothing, carefully rolled up her sleeves and prepared to serve her husband dinner.

This was also a special case, as it was the wedding custom of that era. It would not be so troublesome on a daily basis, so Yuanye did not refuse. After she expressed her feelings, he asked her to sit down, and the two of them ate at the same table.

The Dog Princess obviously liked the food here in Yuanye. Even though she was not used to eating meat, she loved all kinds of stir-fried vegetables and wild vegetables, and she also liked the very delicious soup. She was just too embarrassed to keep picking up food in front of Yuanye, and she had to slightly turn sideways from time to time and lift up her sleeves to cover her chewing movements, so she ate very slowly.

Yuan Ye did not rush her, as change does not happen overnight, so he picked out her favorite dishes and gently introduced the recipes to her, explaining why they tasted delicious. The dog princess's eyes blinked and she was stunned, finding it very interesting.

After Yuan Ye talked for a long time, she hesitated and asked carefully: "Is this... too extravagant?"

According to what her wet nurse had taught her, frugality should be the main focus of household management.

"No." Yuanye smiled gently, "If you have the conditions, there is no need to save on food."

His ideas are very realistic. He never thinks that he should save money on food, clothing and other daily necessities. Even though many modern people think that if they want to "struggle", they must drink cold water and eat fried noodles every day, no matter how hard it is, as long as they can make do with their lives, there is no need to talk about the quality of life. But few people think that without a good quality of life, without being able to eat well and dress warmly, and without a balanced nutrition, how can they be energetic?
A person who cannot wake up after sleeping every day, still feels dizzy after sleeping for eight or nine hours, and feels exhausted after working for a few hours cannot accomplish anything. As the saying goes, health is the capital of life - a person who feels successful after working for four or five hours a day, and a person who is still lively and has a wide range of interests after working for more than ten hours a day, are only one in ten thousand. So after he initially ensured his personal safety, he actively improved his living conditions and insisted on exercising to ensure that he was always energetic, so that he could complete normal affairs and have extra energy to worry about the future.

Of course, pursuing a good quality of life does not mean eating lobster, abalone, monkey head and bear paw, or wasting money on chicken. Yuanye just wants to make the food as delicious as possible to ensure that he can eat comfortably and nutritionally balanced every meal. It just seems extravagant to people of this era, or some modern people will think he is not doing his job properly when they see it.

Yuanye did not hide it. When he had nothing to do, he told the dog princess about his attitude towards food, clothing and other necessities, in order to prevent her from being reluctant to give up this or that when they lived together in the future, which would make him feel uncomfortable - these things should have been settled when they were in a relationship, but there was no such thing as free love in that era.

The dog princess seemed to understand what he said, but she was confused for a moment and just said softly, "Is that so?"

"Of course." Yuan Ye was not in a hurry for her to understand. Seeing that they had almost finished lunch, he invited her, "Do you want to go to the kitchen and take a look?"

The Dog Princess had no objection. This would be her home from now on, and she was also very curious about what her home would look like.

The two of them set off again and chatted all the way to the kitchen. After the dog princess had seen how to cook and deep-fry in an iron pan, and tasted some of the strange condiments made by Yuanye, Yuanye took her around the house to familiarize her with the environment, and finally went to the study to kill time. Yuanye had asked the dog princess what her hobbies were while chatting on the way, and found out that the dog princess liked reading, but it seemed that she didn't read serious books. She preferred storybooks and picture books, which was a kind of pastime habit when she had been an unknown person for a long time.

In the study, Yayoi was sorting and organizing books with a group of maids. These new books were the dowry of the Dog Princess.

For the marriage between the two parties, Harano gave a generous "bride price" according to tradition, and Oda Danjo's family also needed to give a "dowry". However, Harano was making huge profits selling saltpeter and was not short of money at all. He looked down on vulgar things such as fancy clothes, colorful robes, tea sets, gold and silver jewelry, or armor and weapons. He took this opportunity to instruct Endo Chiyo and Maejima Juichiro to ask for a batch of books.

Although Oda Danmasatada's family was of low status, being a family of magistrates, they were generally considered to be country bumpkins. But even if they were country bumpkins, they were country bumpkins with an orderly inheritance for more than two hundred years, and they still had some cultural background. They did not care much about the books collected and passed down from generation to generation. After being hinted by Endo Chiyo and Maejima Jushiro, he followed their wishes and directly gave a car and a half. However, he did not pay much attention to it. There were all kinds of books in the mess, and Yayoi and others spent half a day sorting it out but could not sort it out.

Now that Yuanye had brought the dog princess here, Yayoi paused the work at hand and prepared tea and snacks for them first, and Yuanye also took the dog princess to pick books to read.

The Inu Princess watched over him, but she didn't bother to pick out any shallow books, so she just picked out a travelogue and knelt beside him to read it, while Yuanye focused on picking out samurai notes (private diaries) and military records (battlefield records).

He thought that it was a rare opportunity for him to travel through time, and he couldn't come here in vain, he had to do something, and as his strength grew, he wanted to change the future more and more, and he didn't want certain tragedies in history to happen again. It was just like finding the root of a disease when treating it, and understanding Japan and finding out where the problem lay was the most important thing, and it might even affect the outcome of his final plan, so he naturally paid special attention to it - he already had a preliminary plan, to learn more about the past and clarify the causes of certain ideas, just as a supplement.

As for whether or not he could become the king and dominate Japan in the Middle Ages...becoming the king and dominating was just a by-product. I finally traveled through time once, but the style of becoming the king and dominating was too low, and it was also meaningless. Anyone in the ancient times could become a temporary overlord.

People always have something to pursue in life, and he has his own pursuits.

He and the dog princess spent the entire afternoon reading together in the study, occasionally talking and laughing, and the scene was quite warm. Then they had dinner together, chatted, and continued to get to know each other better. In the end, they still slept on separate couches.

The next morning, the Inu Princess learned her lesson and woke up early. She followed the etiquette taught by her wet nurse and carefully helped Yuanye to dress and wash, thus fulfilling her responsibilities as a wife. Today was the last day of the wedding, and Yuanye took her to carry out the last procedure - formally introducing her to her parents, siblings, and the elders and retainers of the family.

This step was not difficult. After all, the composition of the Nohara family was extremely simple, with only a few big cats and small dogs. In addition, there was no hatred between the Oda family and the Nohara family, so the whole process was extremely smooth, and everyone had no objection to the Inu Princess' integration into the Nohara family.

At this point, Yuanye finally got married. Before getting married, he had never thought that getting married in medieval Japan would be so troublesome. It took more than half a year, and even the wedding took three days.

People in this era are so idle, but it's over after all. He will be considered a man with a wife in the future, but he can only look at this wife for the time being.

(End of this chapter)

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