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Chapter 316: One moment of spring night, a waste of money

"The autumn light of silver candles paints the screen coldly, and the light fan blows at the flowing fireflies."

Still not right.

Then what remains is: "A silkworm may not stop spinning silk until it dies, and a candle may not stop shedding tears until it turns into ashes."

What's even more wrong is that no one was sacrificed.

Zhou Chang simply sat up, took off his wedding coat, and also took off a lot of his cumbersome long gown and ornaments, before quietly lying down again facing inward.

"The red candle feels sorry for itself and has no good plan, the cold night sky sheds tears for others."

This sentence suddenly popped up in my mind, and my heart ached.

Something is even more wrong.

"A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, the flowers have fragrance and the moon has shadow"

What is all this?

No, that's not right, this is not her.

It is Prince Yi’s consciousness.

What happened to Prince Yi's consciousness?

When did you become a poet?

Zhou Chang was inexplicably confused, but he was destined to waste this "huge fortune" of a night of springtime together tonight.

Zhou Chang had a lot of distracting thoughts and couldn't fall asleep. He heard that Yuan Qi had been lying down silently, as if he hadn't even moved.

I could only prick up my ears and use all my strength. I don't know how long it has been, but I seem to hear faint sobs again.

Alas, I don’t know if it was an auditory hallucination, but my heart tightened again.

Just like that, I don’t know how much time passed, and I don’t know whether I fell asleep or not.

When Zhou Chang opened his eyes again, it was already bright outside.

The charcoal fire in the room went out at some point, the quilt had fallen to the ground, and she was woken up by the cold.

Hearing the silence all around, Zhou Chang sat up quietly.

As far as I could see, the pair of dragon and phoenix candles on the table had burned out and the flames had gone out.

Looking towards the bed curtain again, I saw that the bed was divided into two rooms, inner and outer rooms, but I couldn't see anything clearly.

Zhou Chang quietly got off the chaise longue, put on his shoes, and tiptoed to the bed.

The inner room was dim, but even if one gently lifted a corner of the bed curtain, one could still see that the bed was empty, and the quilt on the bed, whether it was spread out or covered, looked as if it had not been touched.

Zhou Chang even doubted whether Yuan Qi had really slept in the bed last night.

I couldn't figure it out, and my head just felt stuffy and painful.

I habitually go to the eight-immortals table to get some water to drink.

Where could Yuan Qi go so early in the morning?

There was only overnight tea on the eight-immortals table. He poured a cup and drank two sips reluctantly, while listening carefully to the movements around him, but still heard nothing.

Yuan Qi wouldn’t really have stayed up all night.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chang went to the bed again and lifted the bed curtain to check. The bright red brocade bed was not touched at all, and the gold-thread embroidered pillow showed no signs of anyone having slept on it.

When the brocade quilt was lifted, the red dates and peanuts that had been spread out underneath were still there, untouched.

Zhou Chang sighed inwardly. This was how a marriage that neither party wanted was supposed to be.

At this time, the door of the outer bedroom was carefully pushed open.

Two maids came in one after the other. The first one stopped outside the screen and called softly, "Your Highness, have you gotten up yet?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Chang turned around and said "hmm".

The other person turned around and raised his voice: "Princess, His Highness is awake."

Then, Yuan Qi walked in accompanied by two maids, Lu Ju and Lu Ping.

One of the two maids went to open the window, while the other went to take back the quilt from the chaise longue.

Yuan Qi had changed out of last night's wedding dress and put on a cloud-like peony dress with a deep red and gold background. She had a simple bun on her hair and a red hairpin made of red jade.

The moment the window opened, the morning light from outside poured in and shone on her face.

Shengxue's skin was glowing white, her black hair hung on her face and fluttered in the breeze. Her charming eyes, even with faint dark circles under their eyes, were not affected by the new application of makeup.

Yes, it is those eyes, as sparkling as autumn rainbows and clear as rippling water, which are intoxicating.

Zhou Chang seemed to be sucked into those eyes and was stunned.

Yuan Qi is so beautiful, more beautiful than she could have imagined, there are no words to describe it.

"Your Highness," Yuan Qi smiled faintly, without any trace of the tears he shed last night, "Since Your Highness is awake, please wash and change clothes first, and then have a simple breakfast."

"Okay..." Zhou Chang swallowed half of the word "Okay" and his whole body became uncontrollable again.

After saying hello, Yuan Qi ignored Zhou Chang and let Lu Ju and Lu Ping come up to help Zhou Chang change his clothes.

She began to instruct people to make the beds, remove last night's things, fetch water, change clothes, change incense, boil tea, and serve breakfast, all in one go and in an orderly manner.

Zhou Chang's mind was blank and he let others do whatever they wanted. He didn't even know what his breakfast tasted like until he finished it.

From time to time, he would steal a glance at Yuan Qi's expression.

Yuan Qi put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites of his breakfast.

Zhou Chang didn't have much of an appetite either, so he put down his chopsticks.

"Your Highness, are you ready?" Yuan Qi asked calmly.

"Okay, okay." Yuan Qi felt much more at ease, but Zhou Chang became uncomfortable again.

Yuan Qi then said, "According to the rules, I should go to the palace to express my gratitude. Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will dress up and not be disrespectful."

Zhou Chang was wondering what to do next when the thin monkey's voice outside reported through the screen: "My Lord, Princess, the carriage is ready."

"Ah, yes," Zhou Chang seemed to have just woken up from a dream, "Then I'll go out first, I'll wait for you outside."

Yuan Qi also stood up and nodded slightly: "Farewell, Your Highness."

Every step was graceful and polite.

But Zhou Chang seemed to be unable to breathe and left quickly as if he was escaping.

After leaving the bedroom courtyard, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the courtyard stood more than a dozen servants, both big and small. When they saw Zhou Chang, they all bowed and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him or say a word.

Zhou Chang quickened his pace and left the bedroom courtyard.

As soon as I reached the door, Aunt Jing appeared in front of me.

Aunt Jing came forward, bowed lightly and said directly: "Today, the prince is entering the palace, just follow the rules and etiquette. No matter what you hear or see, you must pretend that you have no eyes and ears. This old servant will also accompany the princess, in case she is not familiar with the palace etiquette and makes any mistakes."

"I understand." Zhou Chang agreed verbally, but he was not convinced in his heart.

What could go wrong with her?

"Alas..." Aunt Jing waited for her to agree before she sighed again, "Although the princess is born into a merchant family, she is a sensible person who knows the big picture. But you, my lord, are too willful."

"What's wrong with me?" Zhou Chang was unhappy about being lectured by Aunt Jing for no reason.

Aunt Jing had no intention of paying attention to her and went straight into the courtyard of the bedroom.

"Are you blaming me for not having a real wedding night?" Zhou Chang frowned, feeling that something was wrong, but he was not a fool, so he turned around and asked Shou Hou, "Have you heard any bad things about me?"

The thin monkey had a normal expression on his face, without any unnecessary expression: "No, Your Majesty, the princess woke up very early this morning to arrange everything. The servants she brought with her were more obedient than those in our palace. No one dared to say a word."

"Oh, that's good. There's a long way to go and everything will be fine slowly." Zhou Chang comforted himself.