coobybook Chapter 208: Teach her the rules of the palace and tell her who I am
Chapter 208: Teach her the rules of the palace and tell her who I am
When you are in a good mood, time flies.
Su Tang ate some cakes in the bridal chamber, and washed up with the help of Chunmei and others. Then she sent Chunmei away and found a storybook to read alone in the room.
I don't know when it got dark outside, and I heard steady footsteps in the yard outside the house.
When Qi Lingheng opened the door and came in, he happened to see Su Tang who had just put down the book to read.
"What are you looking at?"
"Has everyone outside left?"
Qi Lingheng and Su Tang asked in unison.
Then the two looked at each other and smiled.
Qi Lingheng closed the door, walked to the coat rack, and took off his red wedding gown. "I'll go wash up first."
Although he didn't drink too much, after going around the banquet outside, he inevitably had the smell of alcohol and food on him.
Qi Lingheng took off his outer shirt, revealing the moon-white inner shirt underneath. Su Tang held up the script in her hand and looked at Qi Lingheng without blinking.
In fact, it's not that she hasn't seen Qi Lingheng's figure. When she was giving Qi Lingheng acupuncture, Su Tang saw Qi Lingheng up close.
But at that time, Qi Lingheng was rather thin. After such a long period of recuperation and training, the boy's body became more mature.
As if sensing Su Tang's gaze, Qi Lingheng suddenly turned around and looked at Su Tang. Su Tang subconsciously raised the script in her hand, trying to block it, but it was too late.
Qi Lingheng let out a low laugh, and then, without letting Su Tang continue to feel embarrassed, he walked towards the wash room at the back.
After a while, Su Tang heard bursts of water sounds coming from the inner room, which made Su Tang completely unable to concentrate.
Su Tang put the book on the small table beside the bed and got out of bed to fiddle with the furnishings in the room.
The Qi family put a lot of thought into this wedding room. The furnishings inside the room are all exquisite, and there are many items that the little girl likes.
But Su Tangxin was not a little girl to begin with. Her maturity might disappoint Madam Qi who had prepared all these.
"Are you still hungry, madam? I'll ask them to bring some hot food over." Qi Lingheng's voice came from behind.
Su Tang turned her head and saw Qi Lingheng had already changed into an inner garment inlaid with gold embroidery and came out of the inner room.
His hair had been dried halfway, and his jet-black hair was spread out behind him, with only a few strands falling in front of him.
"No, I ate a lot of snacks before." It was so late, Su Tang decided not to eat.
"Well, it's getting late. Let's go to bed early." Qi Lingheng walked to the bed and placed the handkerchief in his hand on an empty shelf beside him.
"Well, then you go to sleep first." Su Tang looked at Qi Lingheng awkwardly, although she had already thought about the situation she might face today after getting married.
But when the time really came, Su Tang didn't know how to face it.
In her two lives, she had only occasionally seen some promotional posters of celebrities, which were bought by some young girls in the compound and shown to her.
Another thing was that she saw some soldiers in the compound training with their upper bodies naked, but when she saw the soldiers training, she didn't have any messy thoughts.
"What are you thinking about?" Qi Lingheng's voice brought Su Tang back to her senses. When she looked up again, Qi Lingheng had already walked to her side.
Qi Lingheng took Su Tang's hand and dragged her towards the bed.
Su Tang didn't even know how she moved her feet. She was stunned when Qi Lingheng pulled her to the bed and pressed her down on the couch.
Today's bed is covered with a thick mattress, so you won't fall down even if you sit on it suddenly.
"Madam, let's take a rest." Qi Lingheng took Su Tang to the bed.
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The next day.
Su Tang was finally released in the early morning and slept until noon.
Rubbing her aching waist, Su Tang just wanted to curse.
Qi Lingheng's physical strength is really good. She even suspected that someone secretly took some supplements yesterday.
"Madam, are you dissatisfied with me?" Su Tang suddenly heard someone's hateful voice coming from the side.
When she looked sideways, Su Tang found that Qi Lingheng was wearing his inner clothes and sitting neatly at the table by the window.
"No." Su Tang didn't dare to say anything. If she said the wrong thing, this guy would pounce on her again.
Last night was...
Thinking of what happened last night, Su Tang's face suddenly became hot.
"Then I'll help my wife get up, and then have the maids bring lunch over."
"Yeah." Su Tang responded in a low voice, but just as she stood up, she suddenly hissed.
Her body moved, and the pain from yesterday was brought up again. Su Tang glared at someone who was still staring at her.
Qi Lingheng was in a good mood. He chuckled and walked forward to pick up Su Tang, "I'll take my wife to the inner room to take a bath first."
Although Qi Lingheng gave Su Tang a simple cleanup last night, knowing that Su Tang was a germaphobe, Qi Lingheng planned to take Su Tang to the inner room at the back door to take a bath.
There is a pool of running water in Su Tang and his friends' room, which makes it much more convenient to take a bath.
It is said that the water in the pool comes from the underground hot spring in the palace, and the master bedroom of the Prince Qi's Palace was built along the spring of this hot spring.
In the inner room, Su Tang was cheated by someone again, so Qi Lingheng helped her change clothes and brought her out.
Su Tang had no strength left at this time, so Qi Lingheng held her in his arms and put her on the soft couch in the room to rest.
Qi Lingheng covered Su Tang with a thin blanket and then called the people outside to come in and clean up.
When Su Tang saw Chunmei and others enter the room, her face turned red again.
After all, the bed was a little messy, and she would always feel a little uncomfortable if outsiders saw it.
Fortunately, Chunmei and the others were very sensible. They didn't say anything and didn't look around. They just cleaned the room briefly, changed the bedding on the bed, and hurried out.
Before leaving, Qi Lingheng asked them to bring in lunch.
After a while, Chunmei directed several maids to come in one after another and place the food in the house.
"There's no need for you to serve me. Go out and wait first." Qi Lingheng waved his hand, and Chunmei and the others responded and stepped back.
After the door was closed again, Qi Lingheng walked to the couch and carried Su Tang over.
"Come, don't let them serve you today. I will personally serve my wife for dinner."
This time Qi Lingheng didn't mess around and picked up some food for Su Tang properly.
After the meal, Su Tang finally regained her strength.
"What do we have to do today?" Su Tang didn't know much about ancient etiquette. What she wanted to ask was whether she should go and pay her respects to Old Madam Qi.
After saying that, she remembered that this was the Prince of Qi's Mansion, and Old Madam Qi lived in the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
Therefore, the only masters in the mansion are Qi Lingheng and Su Tang, and she should not need to serve tea to the elders.
"Why, madam, do you still want to..." But Qi Lingheng seemed to have misunderstood. He put down his chopsticks with a sly smile and looked at Su Tang.
"I'm just asking if we should go and offer tea." Su Tang rolled her eyes at Qi Lingheng. This man's mind has been full of pornographic garbage since last night.
There is no trace of the original cool temperament.
Fortunately, Qi Lingheng finally realized that Su Tang was exhausted, so he didn't bother Su Tang during the day, which allowed Su Tang to finally recover.
However, at night, Qi Lingheng turned into a hungry wolf again and ate Su Tang clean again.
After three days of marriage, Su Tang never left the bridal chamber.
Make up for your sleep during the day and continue sleeping at night.
Su Tang even suspected that Qi Lingheng might have been a monk in his previous life. Was he hungry?
In fact, Su Tang really told the truth.
In his previous life, Qi Lingheng remained a virgin until his death.
Finally, Su Tang got angry and went back to her space to rest.
Qi Lingheng waited outside for a whole day.
When Su Tang came out again, Qi Lingheng was much more obedient this time.
"I'm going to the palace to meet the emperor today." Qi Lingheng picked up the clothes he had prepared long ago and walked to Su Tang.
"Ah? You still have to go to the palace? Then why don't you go meet Old Madam Qi and Duke Qi first?" Su Tang took the clothes and stretched her arms to put them on with Qi Lingheng's help.
"There's no rush over there. The Qi family doesn't have so many rules."
Since the time of the ancestors, the Qi family has had only one mistress in the mansion, and there is no woman like a concubine.
Therefore, the Qi family's backyard was very harmonious. The new brides of each generation were never treated harshly, and there were no established rules.
Before they got married, Old Madam Qi specifically told Qi Lingheng that after the marriage, they didn't have to keep Su Tang company and they could return to Duke Qi's Mansion whenever they wanted.
But the palace is not as good as the Qi family, everything still has to follow the rules.
Su Tang quickly put on her clothes and listened to Qi Lingheng talking to her.
"Let Chunmei and the others come in and help with this." Su Tang said as she looked at Qi Lingheng reflected in the bronze mirror.
"No need, I've learned it." Qi Lingheng said, picking up the horn comb on the table to help Su Tang comb her hair.
"Who did you learn this from?" Qi Lingheng just said that there was no concubine in his family, so how did he learn how to tie a woman's hair?
She still doesn't know how to do a complicated hairstyle.
"I've combed my mother's hair before." Qi Lingheng gently swept the comb in Su Tang's long black hair.
"Your mother..." Su Tang watched Qi Lingheng pick up a strand of her hair and gently create a beautiful hairstyle on top of her head.
"Come to think of it, my mother and your mother were close friends." Qi Lingheng gathered up another strand of Su Tang's long hair and held it on top of her head, then picked up the small hairpin on the table to fix her hair.
"Ah? Why haven't I heard you say that before?" Su Tang asked in surprise.
"Don't move, or I'll prick you again." Qi Lingheng used more force in his hands and pressed Su Tang's head, signaling her not to move.
"Oh." Su Tang responded. She just subconsciously wanted to turn around and look at Qi Lingheng.
It turned out that Qi Lingheng's mother and Su Tang's original mother were close friends. When they were girls, they were close friends and often talked about their daughters' thoughts together.
They would often invite each other out for fun.
No one had ever told Su Tang these things before.
Listening to Qi Lingheng's story, Su Tang gradually heard a different Concubine Su from his mouth.
It turned out that although Concubine Su was the daughter of Imperial Tutor Su, she was spoiled by him and had never been restrained. But after she married into the palace and became Emperor Jing's concubine, Concubine Su's temperament changed a lot.
To outsiders, he seems much more stable, but he has also lost his original liveliness.
"Sure enough, the palace is a cage. Once a lively woman goes in, she will be locked up for a few years and become the kind of steady person that everyone talks about." Su Tang sighed.
"I won't let you become like that in the future." Qi Lingheng turned Su Tang around and said solemnly to Su Tang.
"Okay." Su Tang responded with a smile. She knew that Qi Lingheng would definitely do what he said.
And she herself would not become like Concubine Su. After all, she was not an ancient person and would not be really restricted by the rules and regulations here.
After getting dressed and ready, Su Tang and Qi Lingheng entered the palace together.
After meeting with Emperor Jing, Qi Lingheng was retained by Emperor Jing.
Su Tang went to the Queen Mother's palace.
There's no way around it. This is the procedure that must be followed in the palace, and Su Tang doesn't want to see that annoying old woman.
When she arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace today, the Empress Dowager unexpectedly did not make things difficult for Su Tang, but she also looked like she didn't want to pay any attention to Su Tang.
Su Tang didn't like her either. After greeting her, she left the Empress Dowager's Ningshou Palace.
As for Queen Xie, she is still imprisoned at the moment, and Su Tang doesn't need to see her.
Although Empress Xie didn't have to go to see her, Su Tang still met the second daughter of the Xie family in the palace.
Unexpectedly, during the days of her wedding, the second daughter of the Xie family also entered the palace.
Although it was not a concubine, it was the only concubine position below that of a concubine, and she was given the title Xie Shuyi.
The two people sitting in the sedan chair met in the corridor of the palace.
The eunuchs who raised their feet all knew who their master was.
Although Xie Shuyi was already Emperor Jing's woman, her rank was still lower than that of the Grand Princess who was personally conferred by Emperor Jing.
So the eunuchs carrying Xie Shuyi naturally stopped first, ready to make way for the eunuchs carrying Su Tang.
"How dare you! What are you doing? You have delayed His Majesty from meeting Xie Shuyi. Can you afford it?!" The palace maid next to Xie Shuyi shouted when she saw the eunuchs stop.
He never thought that there was anything wrong with drinking loudly in the palace.
It seems that in the past few days since Su Tang got married, this palace maid has been acting arrogant and domineering in the palace, relying on the name of Xie Shuyi.
Su Tang didn't want to argue with the person opposite her. After all, she didn't know who the woman in the sedan chair opposite her was. Su Tang had seen some concubines with some reputation in the palace.
But in front of her, the other palace maid shouted so loudly, and Su Tang would not tolerate her.
Otherwise, the title of the Grand Princess would be in vain.
Su Tang tapped the sedan chair several times with her fingers, and the eunuch carrying her stopped.
At this time, the two sedan chairs were standing sideways facing each other.
Then Chunmei whispered in Su Tang's ear, "This is the second daughter of the Xie family. His Majesty named her Xie Shuyi a few days ago."
"Hehe, I wonder who you are. If someone doesn't know you, they would think you are the owner of this palace." Su Tang's voice was not suppressed, and it reached everyone's ears.
The palace maid next to Xie Shuyi opposite was a maid who came with the Xie family as a dowry, but she had never seen Su Tang.
She stared at Su Tang with her beautiful eyes, "Who are you?!"
Su Tang raised her hand and signaled Chunmei, "Go teach her the rules of the palace, and tell her who I am."
"Yes." Chunmei agreed and quickly appeared beside the palace maid.
He stretched out his hand and slapped it down and then raised it up quickly on the palace maid's face. Several crisp applause echoed in the palace corridor.