pappabearbooks Chapter 689 Asking for Marriage
Chapter 689 Asking for Marriage
Jiang Ci walked more lightly to the bedside and sat down, then reached out and pinched Yan Shu's cheek.
"It's time to wake up, little kitty. The imperial kitchen has made your favorite chestnut cake and many other palace delicacies. Would you like to try them?"
The moment he heard about the palace delicacies, Yan Shu quickly opened his eyes.
"I want to try it."
Big incidents happened at the Qionglin Banquet and the Sixth Prince's wedding banquet, so she had no chance to taste the palace delicacies. Now that Jiang Ci has become the emperor, she certainly cannot miss such a good opportunity.
Jiang Ci pulled her from the bed into his arms with a doting look on his face: "Your clothes are all wet, I asked someone to send you a set of clothes, put them on and help you tie your hair."
"it is good!"
Two palace maids came in at this time, with a tray containing a white dress and pearl embroidered shoes of the same color.
Jiang Ci ordered: "Put the things down."
A maid said, "Your Majesty, let me help the young lady get dressed."
"No need, you guys go out."
"promise!"
After the maid left, Jiang Ci put the dress beside the bed and glanced at her exposed white skin.
"Are you still feeling unwell?"
Yan Shu instantly understood what he was referring to and shook his head quickly.
"You go out first, I need to get dressed."
Jiang Ci chuckled: "Call me when you're dressed, I'll be outside."
Yan Shu nodded, and after Jiang Ci walked out of the bedroom, she lifted the quilt and hurriedly put on her clothes and shoes. Her body was still a little sore when her feet touched the ground. Compared with the last time she took Xiaoyao Powder, this time someone was obviously more presumptuous.
Rubbing his sore waist, Yan Shu shouted outside.
"Aci, I'm dressed, come in."
Jiang Ci was guarding the door. When he heard her calling him, he immediately opened the door and walked in. Yan Shu was already sitting in front of her dressing table, combing her long hair. He walked over and took the wooden comb from her hand, carefully combed her smooth long hair, then skillfully tied up her hair into a delicate bun and inserted two pink and white hairpin flowers into the bun.
He raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of the bronze mirror. She was like a lotus blooming in clear water, naturally without any decoration. A true beauty does not need to wear gorgeous gold and silver jewelry as adornment, which is enough to be breathtaking.
"Are you satisfied with it?"
Yan Shu looked at the pretty girl in the mirror and praised her sincerely, "It's much better than mine."
"Get ready and have dinner."
"Ok!"
After a quick wash, Yan Shu and Jiang Ci went to the main hall to have dinner together. Currently, Jiang Ci works and lives here.
While the two were having dinner, Yan Shu asked about what had happened in the palace in the past few days.
Jiang Ci briefly explained the situation. Although his words were brief and the whole process seemed to be very smooth, it actually required a very careful layout. One wrong step could lead to eternal damnation.
Yan Shu sighed, "The old emperor's favorite son was Ye Lanxuan, but he died under Ye Lanxuan's coercion. It's really fate that plays tricks on people."
Having avenged his great vengeance, Jiang Ci did not want to mention the old emperor and the Zhao family too much, and smiled at Yan Shu, "I'll take you somewhere after dinner."
Yan Shu asked curiously, "Where are we going?"
"Eat first, and you'll know when you get there."
"it is good!"
After the two had breakfast, Jiang Ci took Yan Shu out of the capital in a carriage and came to the imperial mausoleum outside the city to visit the late queen.
The towering tombstone is engraved with the late queen’s life story and elegy.
Jiang Ci walked to the tombstone and placed the tribute he brought on the altar, then took Yan Shu's hand and knelt down.
"Mother, you have finally avenged the Feng family. Today, I have brought the most important person in my life to see you. I like her very much, and I believe you will like her too."
After saying this, Jiang Ci glanced at Yan Shu and held her hand tightly.
"I, Ye Lanqi, want to marry Yan Shu in front of my mother. I want her to be my only wife for the rest of my life, and I will hold your hand and grow old with you!"
Yan Shu's heart trembled suddenly. It turned out that he brought her to the tomb of the late queen to ask for her hand in marriage?
"Jiaojiao, do you still remember our three-year agreement? Now that the deadline has passed, are you sure you want to marry me?"
Looking at the tomb of the late queen, Yan Shu suddenly woke up at this moment. Thinking that one day she would bid farewell to this world completely, he felt a wave of intense pain.
Seeing that Yan Shu was silent for a long time, Jiang Ci gradually tightened the grip on her hand.
"Jiaojiao doesn't want to?"
Yan Shu raised his head and looked into Jiang Ci's deep eyes: "I..., the proposal was too sudden. I am not ready to get married for the time being. Besides, you have just ascended the throne. Not only do you have to take care of state affairs, but you also have to deal with the funeral of the late emperor. It is not appropriate to talk about marriage in the past three months. Let's wait a few days before talking about it."
Jiang Ci stared at Yan Shu calmly, vaguely realizing that the little fox was hiding something from him.
"That's fine. Once the political situation stabilizes in three months, it won't be too late for us to get married."
Yan Shu nodded with mixed feelings.
Jiang Ci stayed with the late queen for half an hour. As the sky gradually darkened, the two of them left the imperial mausoleum and returned to the capital.
Seeing that the carriage was heading towards the palace, Yan Shu hurriedly said, "I want to stay at the Cui family for the time being. After all, I am now a girl from the Cui family. If people knew that an unmarried girl like me lived in the palace, it would probably cause criticism and damage the reputation of the Cui family."
Jiang Ci reached out and hugged her onto his thighs, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist.
"There have been a lot of things to deal with in the court recently. I haven't slept for more than ten hours before meeting you. Jiaojiao, I promised to wait until you are ready before getting married, but I don't want to live apart from you. Can you stay with me? Even if I can see you every day, I feel that dealing with these political affairs will not be so boring."
Yan Shu looked at the man with a pleading face. Damn it, whenever he acted like this, she couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.
"You and I are not married yet, so this is really inappropriate."
Jiang Ci said, "In the next few days, the concubines of the late emperor who have sons will move out, and those without sons will be sent to the White Deer Temple to practice Buddhism. In the future, the palace will not need too many slaves. I also want to reduce half of the slaves and send them out of the palace. I will arrange the things you are worried about in advance and will not let them know you are in the palace."
Yan Shu secretly complained in his heart: The late emperor was extremely licentious. It is said that there are more than 300 concubines in the harem now. It is really inhumane for more than 300 women to fight for an old cucumber.
The late emperor had thirteen princes in total. Does that mean the remaining three hundred or so concubines who had no children will all be sent to the Bailu Temple to become nuns?
Not to mention that the expense would be huge, many of these concubines have probably never seen the old emperor. Wouldn't it be a waste of their lives in this world if they were sent to the temple to become nuns?