Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 150 Marriage

In the sedan chair, under the veil, Shen Yining was sweating nervously while holding an apple. She kept telling herself in her heart that he was Xiao Yuan, so don't be afraid. In fact, she was also confused about her persistence and unwillingness to cancel the engagement. She wanted to make amends but had no idea what the result would be. The most important thing was... whether he still liked her or not.

The sedan chair wobbled to the Song residence. Ah Wu handed over a bow and arrow to shoot at the sedan door. Matchmaker Li was about to say something festive, but Song Xiaoyuan did not take it and walked to the side of the sedan chair. He lifted the curtain and reached out to pull Shen Yining out of the sedan chair.

Under the veil, Shen Yining looked at the familiar hand with distinct knuckles in front of her. It was him! She raised her hand and placed it on him. The hand was still as warm as before.

When the sedan chair came out, matchmaker Li smiled and said, "The groom is so thoughtful and considerate. Come on, the bride is coming in! We welcome you with joy and happiness."

The matchmaker took the red silk ball, and the two of them were to hold one end each. Song Xiaoyuan let go of Shen Yining's hand and lowered her head to open her palm. It was a candy! She held the candy, but she didn't eat it, but she couldn't help but feel a little sweet, and her lips curled up happily.

The two of them walked in holding a red silk ball, and the firecrackers kept going off for a long time. Under the wedding veil, Shen Yining looked at the red dress at her feet, which was the same as hers.

"First, pay respect to heaven and earth....Second, pay respect to parents"

As the ceremony progressed, their clothes overlapped and intertwined as they walked. He was always by her side, and she finally married him as she wished.

"Send her to the bridal chamber!" Xingyue helped Shen Yining to the bridal chamber led by the Song mansion nanny. The room was quiet and bright with the flickering red candles. Shen Yining, covered with a bridal veil, had just sat down beside the bed when Song Xiaoyuan, who was supposed to be in the front hall to entertain guests, came back to the bridal chamber.

The nanny was a little surprised when she saw this, and thought that she was in a hurry or something, so she hurried forward to greet her, and instructed her to lift the veil and other etiquette.

The nanny handed over the scale and said, "Young Master, come and lift the bride's veil, and live happily ever after."

Song Xiaoyuan took it and turned his head to tell everyone in the room: "Everyone go down."

“This…” The nanny was a little confused and looked embarrassed.

"I know what to do, let's go out and have a drink, Mammy."

The hostess told the maids not to stay any longer and to leave the bridal chamber. Awu waved to Xingyue and left as well. At this moment, the wedding hall became even quieter with only two people left.

Song Xiaoyuan put down the scale and sat beside the bed. She spoke without any joy of getting married or even any emotion: "Miss Shen, your wedding dress looks great today."

Hearing him still calling her like this, Shen Yining lowered her head, feeling uncomfortable and tightly grasping the red apple in her hand. Although she knew this would happen, she still felt sad and bitter in her heart. Her voice tightened: "Hmm..."

The figure beside him seemed to be looking at him and continued: "Maybe you don't want to say it, but... I already know everything in Qiang."

Shen Yining held the apple tightly without saying a word, still sitting with his head down.

Seeing that she remained silent, Song Xiaoyuan continued, "Ms. Shen risked her life to test the poison on herself to get medicine for me... I am not worthy!"

Shen Yining was surprised under the veil. How could he know? The apple in her hand fell down. Song Xiaoyuan caught it steadily and stood up. He lifted her veil with his other hand and turned to leave. He walked to the table and put the veil and apple on the table with his back and said, "Miss Shen, please feel free to do what you want. Don't be restrained."

He hadn't seen him for a month. Now, watching Zhenghong's back closing the door and leaving, he realized how unbearable he was. How could he know that!

After the death of the saint, Alianyi took possession of all the territory of Qiang State and half of Loulan. After returning from the battle, Shen Yining had been taken away, leaving him alone. In the hall, Alianyi's laughter echoed as she wrote with a pen, crazy and lonely: "Song Xiaoyuan, you should live with guilt for the rest of your life if you got Yining! Hahaha~ Just to see how you are going to face Shen Yining in the future!"

Yesterday, the palace received news of the death of the Saintess of the Qiang Kingdom, and along with it came a letter, [Song Xiaoyuan personally wrote...] It recorded everything that happened to Shen Yining in the Qiang Palace, all of which was tragic...

Alianyi, who had always lost to Song Xiaoyuan, won the bet this time. Song Xiaoyuan returned to the banquet and toasted everyone with a happy smile. The wine was not strong but bitter. He had been alone all the time. Shen Yining was the pride of his life, but his pride was trampled in the mud because of his incompetence. He couldn't protect her! He read the letters carefully over and over again. The pain and guilt in his heart broke the last rope, and he was falling into the abyss.

Everyone thought that he was drinking happily on his wedding day, and they toasted until late at night. Even after the guests and friends had left, Song Xiaoyuan was still drinking, smiling bitterly at himself as he drank alone under the moon.

The prince patted his shoulder and sighed, "Xiao Yuan, drink less, your cousin is leaving! You are finally getting married."

Song Xiaoyuan stood up drunkenly and bowed: "Yes, I will see your Highness off!"

"Gone, gone!" The prince and Qizhu left, and Song Xiaoyuan sat down and looked up at the moon.

Song's mother brought a hangover-sobering soup, and Doctor Liu told her to make it thicker and drink it, as she was still injured and couldn't drink alcohol.

Song Xiaoyuan turned around with red eyes: "Thank you, mother. I am not drunk."

Mother Song handed the medicine to Awu and said, "Drink it and sober up. Don't get drunk and let Yi Ning serve you."

After the conversation ended, Song's mother left. Song Xiaoyuan looked at the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp: "Yes, yes, mother is right, yes!"

Seeing his young master staggering and trying to leave, Ah Wu hurriedly supported him and said, "Young master, be careful."

"Okay, no need to follow me." Song Xiaoyuan waved his sleeves and stood firm. Awu also knew that it would not be convenient to follow the young master to get married tonight, so he stood there and watched him leave.

Song Xiaoyuan walked back to the garden alone, with the red gauze covering the corridor. He sat down drunkenly, leaning against the rockery. The moon was very round in summer, but the moon in Feiyu Pavilion day and night was not as round as it was tonight.

In the letter, Yi Ning was poisoned and vomited blood, suffering alone in the pavilion, and was willing to be in the cold wind every day in order to save herself quickly... She knelt on the ground and begged again and again, endured humiliation again and again, and finally voluntarily gave up her innocence in order to deliver the letter to inform her of the danger... The Qiang State is an indelible pain for the two of them, they can't forget... can't let go.

The heavy hairpin made her head ache, but Shen Yining still sat by the bed without moving. She didn't know if he would come back, so she planned to sit like this all night. When she was stunned, the door opened and Song Xiaoyuan came in. Seeing that the food on the table was not touched at all, he raised his eyes to see her looking at him in surprise, and turned his head to indicate the food on the table: "Why, you're not hungry?"

Shen Yining stood up with his crown, his tone was full of relief: "You're back!"

"Are you afraid I won't come back?"

When she got closer to Tan Mou, she took off the golden hairpin and raised her hand to take off the heavy crown and put it on the table. Shen Yining felt much better instantly. She looked up and saw that he was drunk. She turned sideways to get some sobering soup, but her hand was held.

"Drank it."

Song Xiaoyuan was pulled to sit at the table but turned around and left. After a while, the maid brought some hot dishes to the table and bowed her head respectfully, "Madam, the young master said you should eat first and come back later."

"Okay, thank you." Since that was the case, Shen Yining felt relieved. After eating and bathing, she waited for him on the stool. After a while, she saw him come back with changed clothes and mostly sober.

"Go to sleep, Miss Shen."

Seeing him walk straight to the bedside and undress, the maid at home had told him many wedding etiquettes, but he did not do any of them, so she couldn't help but ask, "Aren't we drinking the wedding wine?"

Song Xiaoyuan had tied his clothes casually after bathing, and now he took off his outer robe and hung it on the rack beside him, turned his back and said, "You can't drink."