Liuxian - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

And so the two families exchanged betrothal letters and sent over the betrothal gifts.

Madam Xu was generous. She did not look down on me because of my humble family background. The betrothal gifts were all of the highest quality. Even the wild goose was alive and flapped its wings vigorously.

By the day of the wedding ceremony, the Xu household was adorned with red decorations and lanterns, inviting friends and relatives for a grand celebration.

Of course, their only son’s wedding could not be handled carelessly.

At night, during the auspicious hour for the bridal chamber, Young Master Xu was shoved in, bound hand and foot.

“Let me go! You damned dogs! Release me at once!”

“I said I won’t get married! I don’t want to get married! How dare you push me! Just you wait!”

All the servants lowered their eyes and pretended not to hear Young Master Xu’s shouts.

The wedding matron even obligingly lifted my red veil for Young Master Xu and forced him to drink a cup of the wedding wine.

“Mmph, I won’t drink it! Let me go! Pah!”

Well, the wine had gone down.

Seeing us drink the wine, the matron bowed with a slight curtsy, winked at me, and retreated.

I had heard something about them putting a drug in the wine.

The kind that makes a man want to… have children.

Sigh, it was truly hard on Xu Qilang.

All the people in the room had left, leaving my husband and me staring at each other in silence.

Only now did I clearly see my husband for the first time.

Xu Qilang was in his early twenties, slender in build, with fine features. His phoenix eyes were slightly slanted upward, and he carried himself with an air of noble elegance.

Perhaps because he had been forced to drink that drugged wine, his eyes were a little tipsy, his face flushed.

Of course, it might just be from anger.

Chapter 4

Our eyes met.

After looking me over for a moment, Xu Qilang awkwardly averted his gaze.

I blinked. What did he mean by that?

I’m not ugly, am I? My mother always said that although I wasn’t a beauty who could make fish sink and geese fall, or outshine the moon and flowers, I was definitely a good-looking woman.

Because I was pretty and looked fertile, Madam Xu had chosen me for her son.

After a while, Xu Qilang finally said in a low voice, “I… I won’t live a married life with you. I suggest you go home tomorrow. Consider those betrothal gifts as compensation. If you think it’s not enough, I can add some more money and silk.”

Sigh, even now, he’s still resisting.

I stretched lazily and said, “Why isn’t anyone making a ruckus in the bridal chamber? When my brothers and sisters got married, there was so much of it.”

Especially my eldest sister, who married into a military family-the ruckus was so lively.

“Could it be that the prime minister’s household doesn’t allow any bridal chamber fun?” I asked curiously.

Xu Qilang’s face reddened slightly. “You… Are you only concerned with such trivial things? I told you to go home, didn’t you hear me!”

I ignored him and slowly took off my wedding dress and headpiece.

These things were so heavy. I’d worn them all day, and I was exhausted.

Xu Qilang’s face was as red as blood. “You, you, you… What are you taking off your clothes for… I’m telling you, even if you force me, I won’t give in!”

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