37 Chapter 37 Han Yimei’s Humiliation (1/2)
After all the rituals of the wedding, Lin Xulian became hungry. Seeing the food on the round table place inside the room, Xulian got seated first and urged Feng Jun Yi to join her. When Feng Jun Yi also got seated, Lin Xulian took her chopsticks first and ate without even waiting for her husband to start which should be what a virtuous wife should do.
When she started stuffing herself with the dumplings, Feng Jun Yi can't help but feel awkward. Xulian probably didn't know but it was called the son and grandson dumplings. It is believed to bless the couple with children and a huge family. Feng Jun Yi just ate his bowl of longevity noodles because he bet she would be the death of him and her obliviousness of his suffering from his surging hormones. They ended their dinner with the nuptial wine.
Just before they prepare to go to bed, Lin Xulian performed an acupuncture treatment for Feng Jun Yi to detoxify the Shuijiao medicine from his system. She inserted a needle at his neck beside his ear. After the acupuncture, she gave him a porcelain bottle. ”This is my latest medicine for you. I used the precious herbs and rare medicinal ingredient you gave me to make this.”
”What does this medicine for?” Feng Jun Yi sniffed the liquid and his face turned ugly from its pungent smell.
”The ultimate antidote! Well it's like a vaccine. So that no poison would affect you. I was only able to make two bottles and I already took one. The effect would last for only a year.” Lin Xulian said with confidence and pride.
Feng Jun Yi admits that the medicine is a good stuff for him. But he didn't miss the meaning behind her words. ”Zhen will ask someone to search for the ingredients and send it to your clinic. The phoenix palace has a clinic Zhen specifically prepared for you.” He then gave her a small and almost unnoticeable smile.
Seeing his smile, Xulian felt a bit bashful but still returned his smile. ”Thank you. You really can tell what I'm thinking!”
Thus the wedding night of the emperor and the new empress ended with them sharing the large bed with an arm length distance between each other. This is the first time they share a bed with the opposite sex that they find it hard to sleep making them wake up a little late than usual the next day.
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Nearly noon the next morning, the palace was filled with low murmurs and strange rumors. These rumors came from outside the palace that the servants waiting right outside the emperor and empress's bedchamber baffled.
Early this morning rumors started that the new empress is a bad omen and that the emperor became cursed to not wake up for the rest of his life. The palace's servants, seeing that the emperor hasn't come out of the bedchamber together with the empress yet, had mixed feelings. They are contemplating whether to believe it or not. If they believe it, they thought how could someone outside the palace know about it before they do. But if they don't believe it and turn out to be true then they would surely lose their lives for neglecting their duties.