Chapter Ninety-Two: The Inky Mandarin Duck

The breeze blew in through the windows, the veils fluttered in the room, and the candles gradually died down.

Hua Qingrao was lying in Zhao Xuan's arms, her slender fingers picked up a strand of his hair, and tied it with a red rope with a strand of green silk of hers.

Zhao Xuan watched her movements with a smile in his eyes, lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, "What is this doing?" โ€

Hua Qingrao smiled, raised the masterpiece he had tied in his hand, looked up at him and said with a smile: "In the folk, newlyweds take a strand of hair and cut it off, and tie it together to mean that two people will be tied together in this life. โ€

She showed a trace of sadness on her face, forced out a smile, and pretended to be relaxed: "This ceremony is only qualified by the queen mother in the palace, and the concubines dare not cross it." In addition, everyone is a true dragon and a son of heaven, and nothing can be harmed, and the concubine only ties her hair with everyone's temporary, but the thoughts in the concubine's heart, please forgive you. โ€

Zhao Xuan was stunned, when he married the queen, he was just an idle prince. But after the royal red tape and a whole set of etiquette, I am already tired, and I still have the heart to consider what unique customs folk couples will have.

He lowered his head and looked at Hua Qingrao with burning eyes, seeing that her eyes were charming and charming, and her stunning posture made his heart move, and he couldn't help but touch his face and kiss it.

Hua Qingrao felt his movements, her eyes were shocked, and she slowly closed. Ambergris lingered around her, enveloping her entire body.

Zhao Xuan left her lips with nostalgia and reluctance, and the originally ruddy red lips were even more delicate.

Hua Qingrao saw the indulgence in his eyes, and hid in his arms in shame. There is a sentence, without a word: "Do you know that Sister Xin has a special fragrance?" The concubine smells so good today, but she is envious in her heart! โ€

Zhao Xuan hugged her in his arms, sniffed the fragrance on her green silk, and said with a smile: "Concubine Ai is also very fragrant!" โ€

Hua Qing's pretty face flushed, and she slapped him on the chest coquettishly, "Everyone knows how to make fun of the concubine!" โ€

"Where did I make fun of you?" Zhao Xuan said with a smile.

Hua Qing snorted, "Everyone is just making fun of the concubine for not having Sister Xin's fragrance!" โ€

Zhao Xuan couldn't cry or laugh, he really couldn't see through this woman's thoughts. He had to coax like a child: "Okay, okay, it's my mistake." โ€

He tightened his hand around her again, and suddenly leaned into her ear and whispered, "When will Concubine Ai be able to sleep?" โ€

The hot air blowing from his mouth blew Hua Qingrao's ears itched, and she hung her head and shrank in his arms and didn't answer. After a while, he said coquettishly: "Tomorrow." โ€

Before Zhao Xuan could get happy, she suddenly raised her head and said, "But the concubine asks everyone to stay at another sister's place tomorrow, and then recruit the concubine to sleep the day after tomorrow." โ€

Zhao Xuan was shocked in his heart, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and frowned and asked, "Why?" โ€

Hua Qingrao raised her hand to smooth his eyebrows, and explained softly: "The concubine has a special status, and she can only enter the palace to accompany her if she has everyone's special love." Today's concubines still have menstrual affairs, and it is not appropriate for everyone to stay at the concubines' place. If everyone recruits ministers and concubines to sleep tomorrow, it may attract criticism from the harem. โ€

Zhao Xuan said angrily: "I see who dares to criticize me and my concubine!" โ€

Hua Qingrao's eyes were full of tears, and her voice was choked, "The concubine knows that she is being insulted as Daji who disturbs the dynasty and brings disaster to the country and the people, but as long as the concubine can be by everyone's side, the concubine is afraid of everything." But the concubines were afraid that because they would implicate everyone, the people would mistakenly think that everyone was a cruel and debaucherous king of Shang. The concubine was terrified in her heart, and she asked everyone to be clear. โ€

Zhao Xuan looked at her crying with pear blossoms and rain, and his face was slightly moved. He rubbed his fingertips on her cheek, and said distressedly: "Because of me, you have suffered, concubine." โ€

Hua Qingrao sobbed, stopped her tears, and smiled. "It's not bitter, as long as the concubine can be by everyone's side, she can suffer anything."

Zhao Xuan kissed her softly between her eyebrows, "But what if I want to love the concubine?" โ€

A hint of cunning flashed in Hua Qingrao's eyes, she turned over and got off the bed, walked to the table barefoot and picked up a pen, and walked back barefoot with a smile.

She lay back in Zhao Xuan's arms and shook the pen in her hand as if showing off, "With this, the concubine will always be by everyone's side." โ€

"Oh?" Zhao Xuan raised his sword eyebrows and looked at her with a puzzled face.

Hua Qingrao gently picked up one of his hands, spread her fingers out, revealing her palm, and gently traced something in her palm with a pen.

Zhao Xuan felt that his palm was itchy, but he couldn't help it, and looked at her carefully drawn with a smile in his eyes.

After a long time, Hua Qingrao finished painting, and she showed the painting on her palm to Zhao Xuan with a satisfied face. "Let's see!"

"What's this drawing?" Zhao Xuan asked with a frown.

"Mandarin ducks!"

When Zhao Xuan heard her answer, he suddenly felt a little ridiculous. He looked left and right, and he really couldn't see that the thing in his palm that was not like a bird or a chicken was actually a mandarin duck.

Hua Qingrao didn't notice his strange expression, and pointed to the mandarin duck above with a smile and said: "This mandarin duck is a concubine, everyone sees it, they see the concubine." โ€

She gently closed his hand as if it were a treasure, raised her head and asked in a coquettish voice, "Don't wipe it off, wait until the concubine wipes it off herself, okay?" โ€

"Okay." Zhao Xuan bowed his head, stroked her cheek with his hand, lowered his head and kissed her softly on the lips, "I also want to draw a self on the palm of the concubine." โ€

A melodious laugh like a light bell came from the room, and it was very clear in the silence of the night. The two people in the room were still immersed in their world, not a few coquettish words.

"Everyone draws the palms of the concubines so itchy!"

"Aifei endure it for a while, good."

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Because Zhao Xuan exempted Hua Qingrao from today's greeting to the queen, she slept until three o'clock in the morning. As soon as he finished his breakfast and lunch under the service of the palace maid, Yuan Lu hurried over with the holy decree of Jin Feng.

"Fengtian carrier, everyone edicted: Mrs. Ying, beautiful and light, soft and gentle, elegant and pleasant, deeply comforted and heartfelt, and immediately canonized as Mrs. Yingguo, admire this!"

Hua Qingrao smiled, lifted her skirt and knelt on the ground to salute, and took the holy decree with both hands: "Concubine thank you for your grace." โ€

Yuan Lu hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Hua Qingrao, and saluted her respectfully: "Little Yuan Lu see Niangniang." โ€

Hua Qingrao handed the holy decree to Fang Ruo behind her, waved her hand and said, "My lord, please get up." โ€

Yuan Lu took a booklet from the hand of the chamberlain sideways, lowered his head and presented it to Hua Qingrao with both hands, "Niangniang, this is the list of palace people specially selected by the chamberlain for Niangniang, and I also ask Niangniang to take a look." โ€

Hua Qingrao opened the booklet, briefly browsed it, and stayed on a person named Si Luo for two seconds, then closed the booklet with a smile, "There is Master Lao." โ€

She glanced at Fang Ruo, and Fang Ruo stepped forward and gave Yuan Lu a purse.

Yuan Lu didn't shirk either, stuffed the purse into his arms, and said respectfully: "The little one retires." โ€