klisemfg Chapter 144 Lu Yuxi had an unspeakable dream last night.
Chapter 144 Lu Yuxi had an unspeakable dream last night.
Ancient emperors rarely attended other people's weddings. At least in Changping, the only occasions requiring the emperor's personal attendance were the crown prince's wedding and his own wedding; everything else depended on the emperor's mood.
Our biased Emperor Longyun clearly had no interest in attending the wedding of his illegitimate son.
Therefore, when Lu Yuyang and Cui Yin were about to have their wedding ceremony, the only thing on the main seat was a ruyi scepter bestowed by Emperor Longyun and Bai Qiongzhu, which represented the prince's high status.
While they were pondering, a burst of joyful cheers erupted as Lu Yuyang and Cui Yin finished their wedding ceremony. Maids and servants helped Cui Yin to the bridal chamber in the main courtyard to wait.
"Let the banquet begin!"
The master of ceremonies in charge of the wedding ceremony completed his last task for the day and made his exit. What remained for the matrons in the bridal chamber was the work of the Imperial Household Department's matrons.
The group, in twos and threes, took their seats in an orderly fashion according to their relationship and status, guided by servants and maids, and began to chat and drink. Lu Yuchen had entered the Imperial Clan Court, and Prince Ping was still under house arrest. Lu Yuxi was not the troublemaker, so apart from the bride's brothers, no one dared to force Lu Yuyang to drink.
Not to mention that Lu Yuxi also dutifully led the Grand Prince Consort Xiao Feng to help block them.
The main hall was bustling with activity and filled with the noise of people.
Lin Shiming quietly buried his head in his food again, thoroughly enjoying it.
Thanks to Lin You's efforts, the Changping Dynasty has almost completely abandoned the utterly boring things like wedding pranks and bridal chamber games. Not to mention that Lu Yuyang is a prince, so no one would be foolish enough to interfere.
Therefore, everyone enjoyed the banquet, drinking and eating until just after 7 PM, when the guests left before curfew. Lu Yuxi, who had been busy all day, finally breathed a sigh of relief and, reeking of alcohol, returned to the East Palace with Lin Shiming, who was satisfied with his meal and had been loafing around all day.
Have a good night's sleep.
*
It was the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, and there were still two quarters of an hour until Chenshi (7-9 AM).
Summer had already arrived, and the sky outside was bright early. The bright yellow bed curtains shone through the windows, illuminating the main hall of the East Palace.
A few rapid breaths were heard, and Lu Yuxi, who was sleeping with Lin Shiming in her arms, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up in shock.
He took a few deep breaths, gripped the blanket tightly with both hands, and tried to calm his beating heart.
A low call came from outside, "Your Highness?"
"Don't come in yet, go and prepare some herbal tea."
Zhao Lei silently bowed outside and walked out with light steps.
The commotion naturally woke Lin Shiming, who was on the other side of the bed. He squinted his eyes, which he had just managed to open, and looked up at Lu Yuxi against the light. "What's wrong? Had a nightmare?"
Perhaps because she had just woken up, or perhaps because she was preoccupied with something, Lin Shiming's familiar voice sounded somewhat coquettish to Lu Yuxi.
Lu Yuxi froze for a moment.
Confused and receiving no response, Lin Shiming opened his eyes wide, propped himself up, and moved closer to Lu Yuxi. "Why aren't you saying anything? You..."
Lu Yuxi fell even more silent. Lin Shiming, who had unexpectedly touched a hard human body part, also came to his senses completely and shut his mouth.
His expression shifted instantly from bewilderment to confusion, then to sudden realization, and finally settled on a meaningful sarcasm.
This morning... they're really full of energy.
"What's this? You just praised His Highness yesterday for being strong and healthy, and now you're already showing off to me?"
Lu Yuxi blushed and was too embarrassed to speak. She could only move away from Lin Shiming's touch and then turn her head away to avoid his teasing gaze.
Seeing this, Lin Shiming became even more playful and pushed his luck.
"Don't pretend you can't hear me! I'm not stupid!" Lin Shiming stood up, crawled two steps out, and lay on Lu Yuxi's lap to look at him. "Spring is over, and you're still dreaming of spring flowers blooming?"
Lu Yuxi's face was already bright red, as if it was about to bleed. Unable to listen any longer, he simply turned his head away, avoiding Lin Shiming's bright and sparkling eyes.
But Lin Shiming wasn't one to give up easily. He pressed his advantage, teasing Lu Yuxi's mind with feigned regret.
"Alas, the timing is just not right. The Sixth Prince and the others are coming to the palace to serve tea today, and time is very tight. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you relieve the pressure as you wish."
As he spoke, he even reached out and patted Lu Yuxi's abs with a satisfied expression.
Seeing that Lin Shiming was going further and further astray, Lu Yuxi finally took action again. He nimbly rolled out of bed and fled as if escaping, his back view showing a flustered state.
"...Don't talk nonsense! I just drank a little too much last night, why would I have so many strange reasons! I'm going to wash up, you should get up too!"
Lin Shiming snorted and, seeing Lu Yuxi flee in panic, didn't press the matter further. Instead, he comfortably rolled around in bed.
Who are you kidding? He's too drunk to even get up! Hmph, he's definitely hiding something!
*
Lu Yuxi had an unspeakable dream last night.
Yesterday, he helped Lu Yuyang fend off drinks. Although not many people dared to force Lu Yuxi to drink, he inevitably drank a little too much.
By the time they returned to the East Palace after the banquet, it was already late at night. The two of them were exhausted from the whole day, so they simply drank some hangover soup, took a bath, and went straight to sleep.
Under the influence of alcohol, Lu Yuxi drifted off to sleep in a daze. Then, he met a Taoist priest who called himself Lin You.
Lu Yuxi was naturally familiar with the name Lin You. Whether out of respect for the founding fathers, reverence for Lin Shiming's ancestors, or gratitude for Lin You's help in sending a dream to Bai Qiongzhu and Crown Prince Hua Min to meet, Lu Yuxi held Lin You in the highest esteem.
He hurriedly bowed in greeting, but Lin Yousui stopped him.
"Without further ado, let's get straight to the point. I'm here to tell you something."
"Senior, please tell me."
"Your wife... oh, that's Lin Shiming. He has some unique hobbies, but he doesn't dare to mention them to you, so when he asked me to appear in his dream last time, he also asked me to tell you about them subtly."
"As his most respected and beloved ancestor, I am naturally willing to fulfill his small wish. But I am not good at lying, and I don't want to create any misunderstandings for you, so I'll just say it directly! Just remember to pretend you didn't know it was his wish when you came back."
Lu Yuxi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Lin Shiming doesn't seem to "respect and love" Lin You, does he? Could it be that this person is just fooling himself?
Before Lu Yuxi could recall and think it over, Lin You waved his long sleeves and said "Study hard," and suddenly everything in front of him went white.
When her vision returned, Lu Yuxi found herself in a different world.
Looking up, I saw two men with their clothes half off, seemingly doing something.
Then came a three-hour video tutorial.
The selection is comprehensive, the content is rich, and the experience is immersive. To make Lu Yuxi even more enamored, Lin You thoughtfully swapped the faces of the two men with Lu Yuxi's and Lin Shiming's, a skillful touch that almost required hands-on instruction.
This was like a nuclear bomb attack on the conservative and upright Crown Prince. For three whole hours, if Lu Yuxi hadn't been dreaming, she probably would have suffered a nosebleed so badly that she would have died from a hemorrhage.
Finally, at the end of the lesson, Lin You left him with eight words: "Learn and apply knowledge flexibly, study diligently and practice hard."
It could be that Lu Yuxi is exceptionally intelligent and has a photographic memory, or it could be that Lin You secretly used some tricks.
Anyway, when Lu Yuxi woke up from her dream, the images and details from last night's dream were still vivid in her mind, as if they were directly engraved into her brain.
Watching a whole night of all sorts of short videos of "yourself" and "wife" in all sorts of ways, who wouldn't get excited, except for those who can't stand it?
Lu Yuxi simply couldn't calm down. The fact that he didn't take down Lin Shiming on the spot, who was oblivious and just happened to stumble upon him and start provoking him, was all thanks to the self-control he had cultivated over the past ten years.
He almost couldn't resist asking Lin Shiming if he really had these...hobbies. But as a self-disciplined and proper Crown Prince, Lu Yuxi managed to suppress his doubts and casually brushed Lin Shiming off.
After drinking a bellyful of herbal tea and finishing her breakfast, Lu Yuxi, who had been lost in thought all morning, finally calmed down and began to ponder the question she hadn't finished thinking about the night before.
"Shiming, have you been keeping the wooden plaque your brother gave you with you?"
Lin Shiming, who was still munching on pastries, nodded, freed one hand to take out the wooden plaque from his pocket, and waved it in front of Lu Yuxi, "It's not lost, don't worry."
Lu Yuxi understood, and then casually asked, "Did it work?"
"I think so! I'm not really sure since I haven't compared them. But I've been sleeping really well these past few days, and I haven't had any dreams."
"Oh, it seems this brand is quite useful." Lu Yuxi picked up her teacup and took a sip. "As for Mother's matter, it's all thanks to Senior Lin You's help. Have you thanked him yet?"
Lin Shiming, completely oblivious to Lu Yuxi's intentions, casually replied, "Why thank him? What's there to thank? Just burn more paper money next time!"
Understood.
Lu Yuxi finished her glass of iced tea. It seemed that Lin Shiming, that clueless brat, had indeed asked someone for help but didn't pay them, so he got revenge.
So, what Lin You said yesterday was a lie. Shi Ming didn't have those strange hobbies. It was just that Lin You was seeking revenge and wanted to use him to teach this audacious descendant a lesson.
Thinking about all this, Lu Yuxi looked helplessly at Lin Shiming, who was still eating heartily, and sighed softly.
"We still need to thank him properly. Even when we worship Buddha, we have to fulfill our vows. Not to mention that Senior Lin You has been a great help. He must have put in a lot of effort to make this happen. After we finish attending the sixth brother's family reunion banquet today, we should take the opportunity to go back to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to express our deepest gratitude to him."
At least try to calm him down, so he doesn't get so angry that he resorts to such shameful means of revenge.
Now that she knows Lin Shiming doesn't actually have those hobbies, Lu Yuxi naturally won't rashly use those...props and methods from her dream on Lin Shiming.
However, if he ignores Senior Lin You's dream and doesn't properly deal with Shi Ming, he might anger the senior and who knows what strange tricks he might come up with to retaliate.
Offending a Taoist priest will surely bring great misfortune!
You should apologize properly and make amends, instead of focusing on Lin Shiming for revenge.
"I'll send a message to my brother in a bit and ask him not to go out this afternoon and to wait for us."
Lin Shiming was quite reluctant. But since Lu Yuxi had already brought it up, and she had helped him, he naturally had to thank her properly. So he had no reason to refuse, and could only nod and give a dry reply, "Oh."
Seeing that he agreed, Lu Yuxi finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little more at ease.
Lin Shiming lowered his head and stuffed pastries into his mouth with a fierce expression.
Hmph. That despicable Taoist priest!
*
According to their social standing, Lu Yuyang and Cui Yin should pay their respects in the following order: Emperor Longyun, Bai Qiongzhu, Lu Yuxi and Lin Shiming, and Lu Yuyang's birth mother, Consort Yu.
Unlike Lin Shiming, who only served tea to the Emperor and Empress at their wedding, Lu Yuxi, as the Crown Prince, was a prince who could not be overlooked at his wedding ceremony.
However, considering that he was of the same generation and would also be attending the family recognition banquet, Lu Yuxi simply sent a message in advance, telling Lu Yuyang to come and pay his respects to them at the end, so that they could go to the Sixth Prince's residence together for the banquet, thus avoiding the trouble of going their separate ways.
Therefore, by the time Lu Yuyang and Cui Yin arrived from Consort Yu's place, it was already 9:00 AM.
"Your subject (or concubine) greets Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the Crown Princess."
"Please rise." Lu Yuxi gestured with her hand. "Sit down, there's no need to be so formal."
Lu Yuyang led Cui Yin to sit down, and a palace servant immediately served tea.
Only then did Lin Shiming have the opportunity to take a closer look at his newly appointed sixth sister-in-law.
During the New Year's banquet, he was unable to see Cui Yin's performance because of Lu Yuxi's order "Don't look up". Yesterday, at the wedding, Cui Yin also applied thick rouge and powder to her face, making her face bright red and white, which was particularly frightening, so he also failed to see her clearly.
Only now, with Lu Yuyang leading people to pay their respects, has he finally had a proper look at Cui Yin's face.
Hmm... she's a rare beauty.
General Lin, at a loss for words, could only rely on the phrase "Holy crap!" to get by.
Cui Yin has a cool and aloof face, the kind of face that would make her a classic, timeless beauty even in modern times, perhaps even more attractive than a celebrity. Her youthful, natural face, adorned with a touch of newlywed blush, makes her even more captivating at first sight.
This made Lu Yuxi so angry that he almost crushed the teacup in his hand. He suddenly felt that Senior Lin You was right; Shi Ming really liked those strange things, and it was worth a try.
“Shi Ming,” Lu Yuxi said calmly.
"what?"
"Have you forgotten...?"
"Oh, oh, oh!" Lin Shiming suddenly realized, quickly straightened his posture, and began to recite the text that Bai Qiongzhu had prepared for him, "...In short, we must live a good life with Yu Yang, manage household affairs, and have many children."
Cui Yin rose and curtsied, "Thank you for your teachings, Your Highness. I will remember them."
Lin Shiming nodded, mentally giving himself a perfect score for his performance. "Sit down."
Cui Yin slowly sat down, and Lin Shiming no longer looked at her, but instead lowered his head and started turning the pearl bracelet in his hand.
He was simply admiring her, and now that he had already admired her, he naturally wouldn't look at her any more. Otherwise, people might think he was coveting his younger brother's wife!
Lin Shiming, being from the modern era, was well-versed in all sorts of palace intrigue tactics, so naturally he wouldn't leave any room for criticism. Apart from Lu Yuxi, who was constantly watching him and on high alert, no one else felt that anything was amiss.
Seeing that the person had lowered their head, Lu Yuxi felt somewhat relieved. She had gone a bit too far just now. Senior Lin You had really gone too far. How could he bully Shi Ming like that and dig a pit for him?
"Shi Ming is right, but Sixth Brother, you can't take advantage of your wife's good behavior to bully her. Husbands and wives should support, understand, and trust each other, and communicate more. You are going to support each other for a lifetime. If there are misunderstandings, wouldn't you be torturing each other?"
Lu Yuyang nodded repeatedly, "Your subject will remember."
Lu Yuxi took a satisfied sip of tea.