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A Moment Worth a Thousand Gold
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
“Huijun.” Xun Che cleared his throat, also pressing his lips together.
Yu Lingxin lifted her eyes to look at him. Valiant long brows and glistening bright eyes, that elegant face that was fair like jade, she was that familiar with. However, today, it seemingly was also a tiny bit unfamiliar. Because among the deep joy and affection, it seemingly also contained something that she’d never seen on him before. For instance, that shallow yet unable to be covered up nervousness and blush on his face.
“En.” She increasingly felt that she wasn’t nervous, her smile even increasingly blooming, carrying two small dimples as she turned her head a little to go look at him, lightly calling out, “Husband?”
Xun Che slowly exhaled a breath, seemingly like as if composing himself before reaching out to hold her hand. His palm was actually a bit sweaty. Dryly coughing again, “Today’s ceremony, did it tire you?”
Yu Lingxin lightly shook her head out of instinct, but following her movement, the gold tassels and hanging pearls all lightly sounded. And she also felt that her hair was truly very heavy, thus also nodding her head.
“Later, when I go out to toast the wine, let the servant girls help you take down the hair ornaments first. This, although pretty, it’s also too cumbersome.” Xun Che softly said as he looked to the delicate and magnificent pearl and jade ornaments on her head.
However, Yu Lingxin’s face slightly heated up, her voice soft like a mosquito, “Cumbersome………..”
Xun Che couldn’t help but let out a dry cough, his heart also jumping.
Actually, he really didn’t mean it that way, but if Yu Lingxin were to comprehend it as such, it seemingly wasn’t wrong either?
He was just about to say something, when he heard a wave of disorderly footsteps followed by the sound of lively banter sound outside the door. It was Ming Jincheng, Jiang Qichuan, and the other cousins and friends that had accompanied along in escorting the bride, all coming over to disturb bridal chamber, while also pulling him to go drink wine.
Although it was said as disturbing the bridal chamber, at most, it was just making a racket outside the bridal chamber. No one really dared to enter. Just, for the sake of liveliness, they will inevitably called out a few words, then have the servants outside urge and block. After making noise back and forth for a while can it be considered complete.
And among the crowd, it was Ming Jincheng’s voice that was particularly loud, “We brothers had really put in a lot of strength! Shenzhi, quickly come out!”
Yu Lingxin couldn’t help but laugh, “Ming eldest young master is also very happy today.”
“He’d obtained a pearl by xianzhu’s hair, so naturally happy.” Despite knowing that this was merely the customary excitement, Xun Che still resentfully glanced towards the door before pressing Yu Lingxin’s hand again, “Won’t let them keep making a ruckus, I’ll go out first to toast the wine. After changing, you can just rest.”
Once he finished saying this, he just got up and went out. Ming Jincheng and the others naturally circled around him, repeatedly joking about how they will toast wine and so on, heading towards the front as a crowd. And on the bridal chamber’s side, it was Xun Che’s first rank servant girls, Bizhi and Cuizhu, that came over to greet, reporting that the food and bath were all prepared. At the same time, Ganlu and Shuangye also served Yu Lingxin in taking down the hair ornaments and changing.
Everything else was still fine. In fact, Yu Lingxin was even a bit familiar with it. After all, it wasn’t her first time experiencing the wedding rites. But, when changing into the sleeping gown, Yu Lingxin was just somewhat embarrassed.
Because she only noticed at this time, the sash for this light and soft sleeping gown that was specially prepared for the wedding night was particularly short, the waist also narrow. Although there was a muslin outer robe, but the clothes on the inside were truly too close-fitting.
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After Bizhi and Cuizhu finished reporting the rest, the last thing was deferentially reminding Yu Lingxin, “The heir had instructed to leave on the heating and leave hot water in the cleaning room. If young madam later feels it’s not enough, just call us at any time.”
Yu Lingxin’s face instantly heated up. Xun Che actually even personally questioned and arranged this kind of matter, what is he……….
After simply eating a little, and sitting for a quarter of an hour, footsteps once again sounded outside. The servant girls immediately cleaned up and retreated out in a single file.
Yu Lingxin once again composed herself, getting up to go welcome. Although her heart was beating madly, she still pretended to be calm on the surface, “Cough, cough, is everything still well at the banquet?”
Xun Che appeared as if no different from when he’d gone out earlier, just carrying a very light scent of wine on him, his eyes still bright and soft, “Still fine. Today is our good day, how could I dare to drink too much. Besides, his Highness Qin Wang came, so the atmosphere was also a bit peculiar.” As he spoke, he lowered his head to undo the fastenings on the robe, but the jade buttons were fastened very tightly, not coming apart even after pulling on it twice.
“This button isn’t undone like this.” Yu Lingxin couldn’t help but grumble before going forward to help him unbuckle. “Then, his Highness coming over today, it was under the empress’s decree again? Coming over to reconcile with you?”
Xun Che smiled, opening his arms as he let Yu Lingxin undo the belt for him, “Half and half, it’s also for the sake of his consort selection.”
“Consort selection? Isn’t that following along with the Ministry of Rites’ imperial selection?” Yu Lingxin turned around to have Xun Che’s outer robe and belt hung up as she casually asked. At this time, she suddenly felt everything before her eyes darkening. Turning around again, she saw that Xun Che had already personally had all the candles besides the dragon and phoenix candles extinguished one by once.
She blanked, “Shenzhi——-”
Xun Che smiled, taking a big step forward, “The matter of Qin Wang taking a wife, there’s plenty of time to worry over later. Today is the day of my wedding, who cares about them!” Extending his hand, he just embraced Yu Lingxin’s waist, lowering his head for a kiss.
Yu Lingxin completely didn’t expect that he would be this impatient. Especially with the scent of alcohol hitting her face, she couldn’t help but lightly struggle. However, Xun Che at this time was a bit more aggressive than when secretly being intimate in the horse carriage previously. However, he didn’t use that much strength, and when the lips and tongues intertwined, it was still gentle and soft.
Yu Lingxin subconsciously closed her eyes, completely letting him hold her, also lightly responding to his kiss. A moment later, just as she felt her breathing relax, her body just became light, unexpectedly getting picked up horizontally by Xun Che.
Yu Lingxin was startled. She naturally knew that Xun Che’s body at this time was perfectly fine, even remembering that Xun Che had also slightly practiced horseback archery before. Just, in the past, she was too used to taking care of her husband on the sickbed, so in the bottom of her heart, she instinctively still felt that Xun Che was weak and powerless. Unexpectedly getting picked up by him like this at this time, Yu Lingxin nearly cried out. At the same time, she instinctively reached out to embrace his neck, “Shenzhi, what are you doing?”
“Don’t always call me by my courtesy name.” Xun Che smilingly had her carried to the bed before placing down, casually just having the bed curtains pulled down with a turn of his hand, “What did you call me earlier again?”
In the room, at this time, there was just the dragon and phoenix candles still lit. To then also be separated by a layer of curtains, everything before their eyes just darkened some more, perfectly letting the blush that emerged on Yu Lingxin’s face not appear that obvious.
She lightly pursed her lips, her voice soft yet sweet like honey, “Husband.”
Xun Che couldn’t help but deeply exhale a breath, that ball of fire in his heart really unable to be restrained anymore. Bending over, he went to kiss her. After lingering around Yu Lingxin’s lips and tongue for a moment, he went to kiss her neck.
Yu Lingxin has been his bride for two lifetimes now. Previously, in the horse carriage, they’d hugged and kissed before. However, it was ultimately still different from this moment. She was increasingly nervous, especially as Xun Che’s kiss move downwards, his hand also very naturally pulled apart that very short sash, slipping in through the opening.
His palm was strong and warm. As he caressed, it made Yu Lingxin’s entire body all can’t help but want to curl up. She has never had this kind of both novel yet embarrassed feeling before. On the night before the wedding, she naturally looked over the book that her grandmother secretly let someone take to Lianyi Residence, but not a single line or even picture told her that skin to skin intimacy would be this kind of feeling!
Xun Che kiss continued downward along her neck, long and tender. Yu Lingxin’s face increasingly burned, not knowing what that gradually rising strange feeling inside was, but what made her even more nervous was sensing Xun Che’s change. Especially as his breathing became more urgent and rough, the strength of his hand also increased little by little.
Yu Lingxin had no choice but to bite her lower lip, forcibly enduring, not wanting to make any sound. But, when Xun Che kissed onto her chest, Yu Lingxin still uncontrollably called out, “Xun Che!”
He lifted his head in surprise, “Did I hurt you?”
The redness of Yu Lingxin’s face at this time was already different from before. Inside the dusky curtains, she also didn’t know how red her cheeks were. She just felt, that shout just now was too shameful, practically wanting to dig a hole and have herself buried. She instinctively just wanted to turn her body.
However, Xun Che instantly just understood, smilingly kissing her cheek, “It’s better to call husband, or……” He paused for a moment, whispering something by her ear.
“Peh!” Yu Lingxin lightly spat. Just as she was about to go push him, Xun Che once again lowered his head, repeating the move that had ‘hurt her’ just now. Yu Lingxin this time practically was about to cry, biting her lips with all her might, her body also wanting to fold up and tense up, but because Xun Che was tightly pressed on top of her, she could only go hug him.
Unknowingly, their breathing both became even more rough and heavy. Yu Lingxin once again sensed a burst of dizziness and confusion. The burning sensation in her body and the itch in her heart intensified even more, all the way until a certain kind of completely unexpected pain suddenly came over her.
She once again called out. Xun Che’s back was already filled with sweat. As he moved, his breathing was increasingly heavy. In fact, amidst the passion, there was already a bit of aggressiveness.
“Shenzhi!” Yu Lingxin couldn’t help but tightly hold him, her entire body like a duckweed. Even her consciousness was becoming confused and in a daze, practically trying to grab onto something while shivering. However, she felt that the sound that was about to overflow from her throat, afraid she won’t be able to hold down anymore……….
Exactly how this night passed by, in the end, Yu Lingxin completely didn’t know, and she didn’t want to know either, because the next day, when slightly recalling after waking up, her whole face immediately burned up.
Couples needing to be this intimate on the wedding night, she can’t say that she didn’t think of, but why did she make those sounds………..
Really too embarrassing!
In comparison, Xun Che was actually energize and refresh, practically glowing to no end. Especially after seeing Yu Lingxin’s embarrassed and resentful look, he just felt even more amused, for a moment, wanting to tease her more, yet also hating that this day can’t pass by quicker, quickly going through the various trivial matters today, so that he can have the opportunity to be intimate again.
When getting ready, Yu Lingxin caught a glimpse of his expression. Even if unable to completely know his thoughts, she can still guess most of it, practically angering to death. But, in front of a room full of servant girls, she truly was unable to say anything.
When the two of them both finished dressing up, preparing to go out, the servant girls also all sent out, Xun Che, who has been itching inside for a good while, still couldn’t help but want to tease his wife. As such, he softly whispered by Yu Lingxin’s ear, “Actually, it’s quite pleasant sounding.”
Yu Lingxin’s entire face instantly flushed red. Although knowing that the servant girls weren’t present at this time, it was ultimately still in the early daytime, yet he would just say something like this?
Thus, the moment they stepped out the door, she also lightly blew a breath by Xun Che’s ear, “Really, second brother?”
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hot!!!!!!!!
i was expecting a fade to black honestly! anyway this was very cute. congrats to the happy couple 💐
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