Getting Married

After Xiao Lingyan spoke for a while, Xiao Ge began to discuss the time and place of their wedding with him.

"Little Five, the wedding date originally chosen for you by the Ministry of Rites is in a few days. What are your thoughts on this? Should you postpone it or proceed as planned?"

"Proceed according to... the original plan." Xiao Lingyan dutifully disguised himself as a patient who had just regained the ability to speak.

Xiao Ge nodded and said, "Even if you get married, I suggest you continue to live in the palace. Your condition has only just improved, and moving out of the palace would not guarantee your safety. Don't forget, you were poisoned in the Prince of Qi's Residence."

According to tradition, after a prince gets married, he will move to a residence outside the palace and no longer remain in the palace. Only the crown prince can remain in the Eastern Palace.

Xiao Ge arranged for Xiao Lingyan to get married in the palace, firstly for his safety, and secondly as a potential heir apparent.

Once he recovers, he can be immediately made crown prince. It is only natural for him to stay in the palace; there is no need for the trouble of moving him around.

"No, no need. Let's get married at the Prince of Qi's Residence," Xiao Lingyan. "Father... don't worry, I will strengthen the guards."

Living in the palace made it inconvenient for Zhao Ruxi to come and go, and she also had to visit her mother-in-law every morning and evening to pay her respects.

Xiao Lingyan on Zhao Ruxi, cherishing her dearly; how could he possibly allow her to suffer such injustice?

Because of this, he didn't want to take the position of crown prince so soon.

"Why? Give me a reason!" Xiao Ge asked.

"Father, I understand what you mean. But with my current health, I don't know when I'll recover... What if I don't recover in a year, two years, three or four years?"

He paused to catch his breath and then said, "If you make me move out of the palace later, I'll feel bad, and you won't feel good either, will you? It's better to live outside the palace from the beginning and see how my health is."

"Furthermore, if someone is willing, whether inside or outside the palace, it wouldn't be difficult for them to add something to my medicine. It's better outside the palace, as I only use my own people. Inside the palace, the staff is diverse, and a bowl of medicine passes through countless hands, making it much harder to guard against... Therefore, it's better to leave the palace."

Xiao Ge remained silent.

Xiao Lingyan hit the nail on the head. He couldn't refute her.

"Alright, let's do it your way," he said.

No matter how much he loved Xiao Lingyan, he was first and foremost an emperor. He had to think about the country.

If Xiao Lingyan cannot recover, he will inevitably have to groom another crown prince and remove Xiao Lingyan from the palace.

Rather than hurting his son's feelings at that time and making him appear heartless, it would have been better not to live in the palace in the first place.

With the wedding location set, officials from the Ministry of Ministry of Rites went to the Prince of Qi's Residence to clean and decorate it. A few days later, the wedding day arrived.

Other brides are both excited and nervous on their wedding day, after all, they are marrying into an unfamiliar family and dealing with a group of people with whom they have no blood relation.

Zhao Ruxi doesn't have this problem at all.

She and Xiao Lingyan were intimately familiar with each other. After their marriage, she no longer needed to live with her parents-in-law or her brother-in-law and sister-in-law. The entire Prince of Qi's Residence consisted of only her and Xiao Lingyan her complete freedom and comfort.

She could eat whatever she wanted and sleep as long as she wanted there, living a more carefree life than she did at the Earl of Suiping's Residence.

So on this day, she calmly acted as a puppet, letting the old lady and Lady Zhu do whatever they wanted. She had Quanfu cleanse her face, change into her wedding dress, and put on light makeup. Within the allotted time, she boarded the sedan chair sent by the Ministry of Rites, first went to the palace to pay her respects, and then bowed to Xiao Lingyan, who was being carried in the sedan chair. They were then sent back to the Prince of Qi's Residence together.

As a paralyzed person, Xiao Lingyan's marriage was much easier to arrange. He only came out briefly during the wedding ceremony before being sent back to the bridal chamber of the Prince of Qi's Residence's mansion with Zhao Ruxi.

After removing her makeup, Zhao Ruxi looked at Xiao Lingyan lying on the bed and said with a smile, "You're married and in your bridal chamber, aren't you Gao Xing? It's a pity that someone can only lie there and can't do anything."

As she spoke, she reached out her devilish hand and touched Xiao Lingyan's eight-pack abs.

Xiao Lingyan, his face filled with grief and indignation, said, "Zhao Ruxi, do you have a heart? If you provoke me again, I'll stand up tomorrow, you believe me?"

"But you can't stand up now, so you can't hug me or kiss me, hahaha, how pitiful."

Zhao Ruxi kissed him on the cheek, then stood up and called out, "Set the table."

She wasn't actually hungry today; she had hidden quite a few snacks in her sleeve pockets.

This shows the advantages of getting married in winter.

Summer clothes are thin, so it's easy to hide snacks underneath and they'll be noticed. But in winter, when you wear thick clothes, you don't have that problem.

Qingfeng entered and changed her address. "Your Highness, this servant is here."

"I want to eat spicy hot pot with butter. Have the kitchen get it for me," Zhao Ruxi instructed.

"This..." Qingfeng glanced inside with a troubled expression.

Although Prince of Qi Highness Prince Qi can only eat special food and cannot eat like normal people, is it really appropriate for the young lady to eat and drink so heartily in front of him, especially such strongly flavored food?

Before the marriage, His Highness Prince of Qi probably never imagined that the world would become so difficult.

"Miss," Qingfeng whispered in Zhao Ruxi's ear, "The nanny sent by the Imperial Concubine is still here, she hasn't gone back to report yet. Are you sure you want to eat spicy hot pot with butter here now?"

Zhao Ruxi frowned. "Why hasn't she left yet? Does she intend to stay at the Prince of Qi's Residence's residence permanently?"

If Xiao Lingyan were healthy, she could understand why the nanny sent by Noble Consort Cen would stay here—she needed to take the blood-stained white silk back to report tomorrow morning.

Although she has remained single through her own efforts in both her lives, she has read quite a few novels and understands.

But now it's clear that even if Xiao Lingyan has the wicked intentions, he can't do it. What's the point of having the palace maid here?

She's married now, so naturally she goes to her husband to solve any problems she has.

So she went to the bedside and told Xiao Lingyan about the old woman's situation.

"Send someone to call her in," Xiao Lingyan.

Zhao Ruxi nodded. "Then I'll go next door for hot pot."

In the dead of winter, after a long and tiring day, all she wants now is a hot, fragrant hot pot. So comforting!

Xiao Lingyan's eyes flashed with grief and indignation once more. "Zhao Ruxi, you have no heart!"

"Then what do you suggest? You can't just not let me eat what you can't, can you? Life after marriage is worse than before, what's the point of me marrying you?"

Qingfeng, who hadn't left yet without receiving instructions. "..."

On her wedding day, to say such things to her prince husband—she's probably the only girl in the whole world who would do that.

What kind of weirdo is this?

After thinking for a moment, she took a few steps back and left the room.

Anyway, if the girl has any orders, she can hear you just by calling out. It's better not to stand here listening to such morally reprehensible things.