Chapter 361 The Blissful and Loving Marriage
Mo Xuetong thought that she would find it difficult to go to sleep. She had always found it difficult to sleep in a new bed and when she first came to Cloud City, she had a hard time sleeping. She would startle awake from her sleep and wake up several times at night. She did not expect to sleep so well in Feng Yuran’s embrace this time. She did not dream at all. When she opened her slightly heavy eyes, what she saw was his handsome face.
He leaned slightly on his sight; his beautiful slender right hand was under his head. His long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, spread around him. He seemed extremely handsome, charming and elegant. Mo Xuetong pursed her lips. She had to admit that the man in front of her was too handsome. Otherwise, why would the most beautiful woman of the capital, Ling Fengyan, want to plot against him?
And he was the one who had caused all that trouble at the wedding. He was truly trouble!
Speaking of which, he and Ling Fengyan had only met a few times and spoken briefly. Earlier at the Princess Royal’s, when he saw Ling Fengyan, she thought that she was rather interesting. Yet now, Ling Fengyan was entangled with Feng Yuxuan and Feng Yulei. One was her new husband while the other was her childhood sweetheart. She had wondered who Ling Fengyan would be interested in, but did not expect it to be Feng Yuran.
Of all the unexpected things in the world, this was truly the most unexpected!
The arrogant beauty liked the licentious and wild prince. It was not that difficult to guess! The man was handsome and so charming, he was born to make women sad.
What was difficult to guess was the Prince was not interested in the most beautiful woman at all! One could not help but lament that while the flower was in love with the water, the water flows undulatingly and heartlessly!
Of course, when she thought of that, Mo Xuetong was very pleased. No matter what would happen, she did not want Ling Fengyan to be interested in him. She looked at his handsome face almost dazedly. She smiled shyly and could not help but reach out to pinch his handsome face. Her heart was filled with sweetness.
Feng Yuran watched her silently. He watched her pale and soft face lean into his chest and watched as her long black hair tangled with his long hair. Her long lashes fluttered over her eyelids, giving her an additional sense of coyness and charm. His heart was filled with delight and he relaxed.
She was finally his!
She belonged to him and him only! In the future, he could protect her openly and no one else could desire her.
“Are you awake?” He asked softly. He reached out to catch her teasing hands. His beautiful vermilion lips rose slightly. They were faintly charming. His handsome eyes were so bright they were like the stars in the sky. They shone with life as he looked on at her slightly dazed expression, pleased.
“Is it late?” Mo Xuetong suddenly regained her wits. She realized that she had been staring at him earlier and had even reached out to pinch his face. She flushed and turned to look away. She suddenly realized that this was the first day of their marriage and they had to enter the palace.
They had to serve tea to their elders on the first day of their marriage. That was a rule! Even the royal family was no exception to this rule.
“Don’t worry. We have to wait for Father to leave the morning court session!”
“Is there anything I should take note of?” She asked slightly hesitantly. Entering the palace was a big deal. First impressions were very important!
In her past life, she had served tea on the second day of her marriage. She heard what Mo Xuemin said earlier and had especially chosen a brightly colored dress and wore almost all her jewelry. However, the Duchess had only said one thing, “Ugly people always make more trouble!” Then, she left her tea Mo Xuetong offered her by the side and got a servant waiting by the side to give Mo Xuetong a bangle.
It was inauspicious to give newlyweds things in single digits.
Her Mother-in-law had given her a single bangle on the second day of her marriage. It showed how much the woman disliked Mo Xuetong!
“You don’t need to worry. You just need to go to the palace to meet my father. I heard that the Empress fell ill last night. She even stopped the other consorts from visiting her.” Feng Yuran smiled and comforted her when he saw that she was slightly panicking.
Mo Xuetong was stunned, not because the Empress fell ill last night. After what happened yesterday, the Third Prince had almost no chance of getting onto the throne. The Empress had suffered such a blow, so it was normal for her to fall ill. What Mo Xuetong was surprised about was how he found out about what happened yesterday so quickly.
She had known long ago that Feng Yuran was not simple. However, she had never expected him to be so powerful. He knew about each and everything that happened within the palace.
“After we serve Father tea later, we just have to go to Cining Palace. The Empress Dowager’s ailing body is getting better, on the other hand.” Feng Yuran paused. Then, he said with a teasing lilt in his voice. “Just agree with whatever the Empress Dowager says later. You don’t have to go against her. Since she wants to be an elder and cannot lose face, just push all the blame on me. Anyway, I am known to be arrogant and licentious.”
He was worried that she might suffer at Cining Palace later, which was why he was giving her this advice now. Mo Xuetong understood and leaned into his chest. She nudged his chest with her face and smiled coyly while nodding. She felt so sweet inside it was as if she had drunk honey. There was no one who had protected her so wholeheartedly ever before. He treated her so carefully and dotingly as if she were really a fragile treasure in his hands. She smiled, in a good mood, and leaned into him.
“Alright, I will listen to you.”
Feng Yuran looked at how coyly Mo Xuetong was behaving and could not help but laugh. He knew that the closer she was, the more he wanted her, and the less he was able to restrain himself. However, he really wanted to be close to her. It was when he could feel, more than ever, how she was truly by his side.
“You’ll listen to me?” He asked softly, reaching out to hold and knead Mo Xuetong’s soft, tiny, and slender hands.
He dragged his words our really long as if he was thinking about something. His heart itched and he felt an indescribable sense of discomfort. She flushed and glared at him, saying, “We are talking about something serious!”
“How is this not serious? A wife goes wherever her husband goes. Can I, a husband, not make my wife listen to me?” He said seriously. Feng Yuran suddenly felt that the air had become thin as he looked at the angry little face. Her pink lips were fatally attractive and they attracted his attention wholly.
He had always been proud of his calmness and self-restraint, but they had all disappeared. He could not help but laugh bitterly to himself. If it had been any other woman who was stark naked in front of him, he would not have any reaction. Only Tong’er, when he saw her, he wanted to tease her, hug her, and… Furthermore, she seemed ripe for the picking. How could he not be overwhelmed by desire? Yet, he had promised not to touch her while she mourned for her mother.
Oh, he was torturing himself. The tragedy!
His mind had not yet reacted before his body did. He hugged the slender body tightly and kissed her crimson lips. Fortunately, there was still a thread of rationality in his mind and he did not kiss her deeply. It would be hard for him to end it there. As such, he spread open his arms and laid down. Then, he pushed Mo Xuetong to the side and said seriously, “Stay far away from me. It’s not comfortable here!”
It was a large bed. How could it not be comfortable for two people to sleep on it? Mo Xuetong was speechless, especially when she saw the faint flush on his handsome face as he pretended to be serious. As such, she did what he asked and scooted to the side.
Yet, before she could turn around, the large hand stretched out again and pulled her into his embrace. She could feel his urgent breathing. Mo Xuetong felt shy and also warm in her heart. He still cared about her. He had said he would not force her and he did not. However, she did not dare to move around lest she really aggravated him.
After a long while, his heated body started to cool down.
The two of them laid down, hugging each other. They were silent. The wind blew through the half-shut curtains. The beautiful girl and handsome young man on the bed became the most beautiful and harmonious objects of this scene. The two leaned into each other. Flower petals fell before the windows. It was extremely charming, and the scene was beautiful.
“There are not many rules here. You don’t have to bother with the women in the back courtyard. If any gives you trouble, you don’t have to give me face. Just hit them. Don’t care about anything else. If there is anyone in the manor who makes you unhappy, then how can I say that I am protecting you?” Feng Yuran ordered her after he calmed down and rubbed his chin against her hair.
Some of the people in the manor were no longer needed. He would get rid of some of them when the time was right lest they caused Tong’er trouble.
“Then what are you going to do with those serving you?” Mo Xuetong nodded and asked. Even though she knew everything about him, she was not completely aware of his behavior and habits. She might as well ask him everything she wanted to know at one go. There were some things that were better off said clearly than not when they were going to spend the rest of their lives together. If they kept guessing, misunderstandings would occur.
She also had a lot of worries when she married him. However, for some reason, she believed that he was not that sort of person. He did not bring all the women he saw out there back to his manor unlike what the rumors outside said about him. Given his handsome appearance, even Ling Fengyan would be seduced by him. It was easy for him to get any woman he wanted. Why would he need to create such rumors?
This terrible reputation of his had spread so far and wide!
Given his status as a prince, if he had not deliberately spread such rumors, how would the rumors have spread so quickly and so far?!
“Just live as how you lived in the past. Most of my servants are eunuchs and there are not many women. I do not have any personal maidservants.” Feng Yuran said with a smile, sounding like he was teasing Mo Xuetong.
Mo Xuetong’s face turned red and she pinched his waist, feeling a little shy and annoyed. She would not admit that she was trying to find out if he had a bed maid. However, she did not expect that he did not have a single maidservant. Did the eunuchs who served him arrange all of this?
Did that mean that he was really as innocent and clean as she thought he was?
“You can look for Nanny Chen about the matters of the inner courtyard. Regarding the women of the back courtyard, you can find someone called Xianglan and for the front courtyard, look for Wang Fu. Feng Yue is in charge of the guards. If I am not around, you can trust these people. Look for them if anything happens.” Feng Yuran smiled and reached out to catch her naughty hands, caressing them.
Mo Xuetong tried to pull her hand out of his grasp but did not manage to do so. She allowed him to knead her thin arms and the flush on her face grew. She said, somewhat embarrassedly, “Alright. We have to get up. Those concubines of yours are waiting to serve tea!”
“Oh, do you really want them to serve you tea?” Feng Yuran turned to look at her teasingly. He continued, “I heard there are many of them. If you drink tea from all of them, then you won’t be able to go to the palace!”
So he knew there were a lot of them as well, but he was still dawdling. Mo Xuetong stopped herself from nagging at him. They only managed to speak seriously for a bit before he went off-topic again. He really talked about everything under the sun and his thoughts jumped from one topic to another really quickly.
“It’s alright, aren’t they all yours!” She said, gritting her teeth.
“My Lady is so magnanimous. That is great. Then I can be more generous when I play around in the future.” Feng Yuran pretended to be pleasantly surprised. He pleasantly supported his head with his right hand again and turned to look at her.
“Yes, Your Highness, go ahead. I will prepare nutritious soup for you here.” Mo Xuetong was gentle, behaving like a little housewife. However, she could not help but turn around and take a bite at his chest when she mentioned “nutritious soup”. She said dejectedly, “Your Highness, don’t worry that you won’t be able to find me when you come back.”
“Tong’er, where are you going?” Feng Yuran asked. He laughed and pulled her head, messy hair and all, away from his chest.
“I did not ask where you are going, so you can’t ask me either.” Mo Xuetong said, annoyed.
“That will not do. How can my consort leave without informing me?” Feng Yuran smiled charmingly. He wrapped his hand around Mo Xuetong’s hand and caressed it. “Alright, don’t be mad. I only want you. I don’t like anyone else.”
“Who wants you to only want me…” Mo Xuetong wanted to smile but immediately forced it down. She pretended to not care.
“Then why are you smiling?”
“I’m not!”
“Your mouth is twitching upwards!”
Their voices were blown away with the wind. One was sweet and the other lazy. Mo Xuetong’s maids stood guard in the corridor and could hear their laughter. They could not help but smile and heave a sigh of relief. King Xuan was alright, and he cared about their mistress. Seeing that it was getting late, Mo Lan went up to knock on the door and said, “Your Highness, My Lady, it’s time to get up!”
