Chapter 6: Handing over the glass
After worshipping heaven and earth, the bridegroom sends the bride into the new house to accompany the guests, and the bride sits on the edge of the bed and waits for the night to fall, waiting for the groom to lift the red hijab on his head.
How could the lively and active Li Bingru stand such a long silence? As soon as the bridegroom walked on his front foot, she was about to tear off the red cloth that obscured all her vision.
"Second young lady, no!" An unfamiliar voice stopped her, "Xipa has to wait for the second young master to reveal it, otherwise it will be unlucky!" β
"How long will it take?" Li Bingru asked patiently.
"The slave doesn't know, it depends on when the guests disperse."
"I don't know how long it will take, so why wait? If the guests don't disperse all night, shouldn't I wait all night? Li Bingru said, ripped off the red hijab, and the palatial room suddenly broke into her sight.
The little girl next to the "Second Young Lady ......" wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
"This room is so beautiful!" Li Bingru couldn't help but admire.
All the furnishings are gorgeous and honorable, and at this time, they are covered with a layer of rich red light, and Li Bingru, who has never liked such a bright red, has to be amazed by such a "beautiful scenery" in front of her.
"Wow, snack!" Li Bingru's eyes lit up as soon as she saw the dim sum on the table, she stepped over in two steps, and filled her mouth with a piece, "Well, it's delicious, it's much better than what is sold in the market!" β
"Second Young Lady...... You, you eat less, otherwise, the second young master will see it! The little girl couldn't stop it, so she had to persuade her.
"Oh? Yes! Li Bingru tilted her head and thought for a while, took out one layer of the original five-layer pastries, of course, the one with the most at the bottom, and then clapped her hands proudly, "I can't see it now, haha, or I'm Li Bingru smart!" β
"Isn't the second young lady's name Liu Xiangxue?" The little girl looked at Li Bingru who was munching in surprise, and she was very puzzled by her self-reported home.
"I'll tell you about that later. Come, eat also, and behold, I have picked out so many! Li Bingru said and took two pieces of snacks and handed them to the little girl.
"Yo, why is there no rules like this?" An old woman in a red shirt pushed the door in, and when she saw Li Bingru, who had no food at all, her brows furrowed, and her face was disgusted.
"It is said that the official lady is a beautiful daughter, knowledgeable and courteous, with a good heart, honest and shameful, and understands etiquette. It turned out to be this virtue. β
"Are you from Celestial Dragon Castle?" Li Bingru wiped the cake crumbs on her mouth unhappily.
"The old man has served in Tianlong Fort for more than thirty years, and I have never seen a girl who is unruly, unruly, and virtuous." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Bingru in a red wedding dress with disdain.
"Are you saying that I have no rules and no virtue?" Li Bingru crossed her waist with one hand and pointed at herself with the other.
Being forced to be a bride is enough to make her aggrieved, and now she is accused of being shameless and unruly. Li Bingru was furious. But she believes that she is a lady and can't scold like an ignorant shrew, but that doesn't mean that she can endure such unwarranted accusations.
She sighed in a casual tone, "Alas, it is rumored from the outside world that no matter how powerful Tianlong Fort is, it turns out that the minions are more powerful than the masters. β
After sighing, Li Bingru continued to nibble on her pastries, completely ignoring the old woman's angry purple face and the girl's snickering.
She is married to the second young castle lord of Tianlong Castle, even if her name does not live up to the truth, but she still has the name of the second young castle lord's wife, and she should always have the right to eat!
So she sat there and chewed slowly.
"Second Young Master, be careful! This ......"
When Li Bingru was eating, there was a messy footstep at the door of the room. With the voice of the maid next to her to guide the speak, Li Bingru knew that it was her "husband" who came. She quickly wiped her mouth, pulled up the red hijab and put it on her head, and sat back on the edge of the bed with the help of the old woman.
With a "squeak", the door was pushed open.
"Red tent under the moon, red luan...... Lady ...... Hahaha......"
A drunken voice lingered around Li Bingru's ears, and as he opened his mouth, the originally spacious room was immediately filled with the disgusting smell of alcohol. Li Bingru couldn't help frowning.
"Please ask the bridegroom to provoke the joy with a joyful name, and from then on rejoice and be satisfied!"
Li Bingru began to get nervous, she clenched her hands tightly, not knowing how she would face everything in front of her when Xipa revealed it.
She never seemed to have seriously thought about it. She is a substitute bride, but in the marriage of this era, before getting married, almost never saw each other, that is to say, the groom does not necessarily know that she is a substitute bride, is she just like this stranger's wife?
No, she didn't want to, she was extremely repulsed in her heart.
Seeing the scale stick stretched out in front of her, maybe the next second......
"Wait-" Li Bingru suddenly said and ripped off the red hijab on her head, "I'll do it myself!" β
Everyone was stunned, it was the first time they had seen the bride tear open the hippo herself.
The groom's hand, with the red silk rod in his hand, froze in mid-air, and he didn't know how to take it back for a while.
Li Bingru got up and raised her head suddenly, wanting to explain, but the moment she saw the groom's facial features clearly, she got up and was speechless in shock.
Half a day.
"It's youβ"
"It's you!"
The first sound was Li Bingru's scream, that's right, the groom in front of her in a big red wedding dress was the cold-faced man who helped her out of the siege in the tea shed that day.
The second sound came from a cold-faced man, his eyes narrowed, his voice was steady, but there was a suffocating crampedness.
He helped her, and she also stole other people's jade pendants. At this time, Li Bingru sighed in her heart: God, why is this world so small, why did I meet him again? Or did ...... "marry" it......
Hurry up and a thunderbolt will rip me!
The cold-faced man reacted first, "Give me back the jade pendant!" grabbed Li Bingru's wrist, as if he was afraid that she would run away again. The strength of the hand is comparable to Mount Tai, how can there be half a point of drunken confusion?
"What...... What jade pendant...... You scratch me, it hurts......" Li Bingru struggled.
"Still don't admit it?" The cold-faced man's cold eyes seemed to be an iceberg pressing straight towards Li Bingru from the sky.
"I ...... I really don't know...... Pain...... It hurts......"
Li Bingru didn't pretend this time, the cold-faced man's hand was so strong that he seemed to crush her wrist, but in front of so many people, how could she be embarrassed to admit her stealing?
"II...... The second young master ...... the little girl next to her couldn't look at it, she pointed to the two glasses of wine behind her, and said in a trembling voice: "Should ...... What to drink...... A glass of wine......"
The cold-faced man glanced at her, and the little girl trembled.
The cold-faced man also seemed to feel that he was too aggressive, so he snorted coldly, threw Li Bingru fiercely, and turned his back with his long sleeves.
Li Bingru stumbled, but fortunately, the girl just now quickly helped her, and she was able to stand firm.
"Second young master......" The old woman persuaded: "It's time to drink a glass of wine, if you miss the hour, it's not good, the old man ...... there."
Li Bingru didn't know what the cold-faced man was thinking, and before the old woman finished speaking, he turned around and picked up the small glass of wine.
The old woman hurriedly handed another glass of wine to Li Bingru.
The cold-faced man bent his arm in front of Li Bingru with a wine glass. His expression was very cold and his movements were very stiff.
Li Bingru smiled slyly, "Our rules there are not like this for drinking a glass of wine. β
The ice-faced man frowned, and finally had a normal expression on his face.
The old woman was shocked and wiped the cold sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief.
Li Bingru brought the wine glass to the cold-faced man's lips, and said with a smile: "The glass of wine we have there is to feed each other and drink, indicating that we will be foaming with each other in the future!" β
Li Bingru stubbornly held the wine glass, and her fingers inadvertently touched the lower lip of the cold-faced man, and the warm touch itched like a feather.
I don't know if it's because he drank too much wine, the cold-faced man's face was flushed, and the original indifference reflected a little softness.
"Two Less ......"
The old woman opened her mouth and looked left and right, not knowing who to call.
The cold-faced man glanced at Li Bingru, lowered his head, and drank the glass of wine with her hand.
"Okay, let's drink differently."
Li Bingru saw that the cold-faced man had finished drinking, so he bent his arm to bypass the cold-faced man's arm that he didn't have time to change his posture, "In order to treat it fairly, now drink this cup of wine according to your customs." β
The wine in the cold-faced man's hand came to his lips again.
"Second young lady......" The girl on the side reminded her uneasily.
Li Bingru stared at the cold-faced man's slightly stunned handsome face, and raised his chin slightly, "I have a glass of wine with the second young castle master, do you want to have a drink too?" β
"Slaves don't dare!" The girl was so frightened that she quickly knelt down.
The cold-faced man half-squinted, as if he hadn't seen anything, and as soon as he raised his hand, he poured the wine in his hand into his mouth.
"Please ask the bride and groom to fold their shirts, and from now on the husband and wife will be of the same heart and never leave each otherββ"
The old woman trembled and shook her handkerchief, and she couldn't wipe the sweat on her face anymore.
"No need." The cold-faced man waved away the two girls who came forward, and ordered expressionlessly: "Let's all go down." β
The old woman looked at Li Bingru, wanted to say something, and then looked at the cold-faced man, a spirit, unable to say anything, only respectfully Qu Li: "Yes!" β
"Did you take the jade pendant?"
As soon as those people disappeared together, the cold-faced man regained his scornful expression.
"What jade pendant? I really don't know! β
Li Bingru said, subconsciously shrinking into the corner of the bed. Now there were only two people left in the empty room, her and the cold-faced man. And the man in front of him was like a beast ready to attack at the moment, exuding an aura of danger all over his body.
"Do you admit it or not?" The cold-faced man approached Li Bingru step by step, and the corners of his lips seemed to be very proud, and the panic in front of him became more and more intense.
"Yes, I took the jade pendant, so what?" Li Bingru couldn't stand this kind of persecution like Mount Tai's top, she pushed away the cold-faced man violently, and quickly fled to another corner of the room.
"Yes, hand over the jade pendant. Maybe I can spare you from dying! β
The cold-faced man had already learned Li Bingru's ability to escape, and he would never allow himself to make the same mistake a second time. Although he was caught off guard by Li Bingru's sudden outburst, he still quickly stopped her desire to run away again.