The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

Shen Jiarou felt that she could no longer bear the vague and ambiguous atmosphere and interrupted him quickly.

"Royal brother, let's wash up, change clothes and go to bed." I don't know if he will stay here tonight. If so, how should they deal with it?

Ji Chenyu smiled gently and nodded: "Okay."

Shen Jiarou felt a little embarrassed when she thought about changing his clothes.

Hey, can this step be omitted?

They knew each other so well that she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Nan Qi had been quietly observing Ji Chenyu's expression. Seeing him so happy, she was also relieved for him that after so many years, he finally married the person in his heart.

Nan Qi thought of the late queen, her first master, and could not help but whisper in her heart: Master, you see, your beloved husband finally got what he wished for, and you don’t have to worry about the emperor anymore, he will have someone close to him to accompany him for the rest of his life.

Ji Chenyu kept looking at her, not missing any expression on her face. Seeing that she was struggling, he slightly raised the corners of his lips.

How could he let go of such a good opportunity for close contact?

"Why hasn't the Queen changed my clothes yet?"

Shen Jiarou smiled awkwardly but politely: "I will be right there."

Couldn't the emperor skip this step? It would be so embarrassing for her.

Shen Jiarou stepped forward awkwardly, reached out and carefully took off Ji Chenyu's outer robe. She finally took it off, but when she saw the belt, she took a deep breath and exhaled.

Forget it, just treat him as Ziwen and the others. Thinking of this, I felt much better and slowly reached out to untie his belt.

Her slow movements made everyone anxious.

When Shen Jiarou finally took off all of Ji Chenyu's outer clothes, leaving only his red inner shirt, she visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

When Luo Cheng saw the shoes on Ji Chenyu's feet, he couldn't help but remind Shen Jiarou with a smile on his face.

"Empress, the Emperor hasn't taken off his dragon boots yet."

Ruan Qingling and others looked at Shen Jiarou nervously. You have to know that their master has never taken off shoes for the prince consort. It was always the prince consort who took them off for her.

Shen Jiarou was stunned: "Ah, do I have to take off these shoes?"

"You are the Empress, the Emperor's wife. It is normal for a wife to take off her husband's shoes."

Shen Jiarou looked up with a confused and embarrassed look on her face: "I have never taken off my clothes for a man. This... I don't know how to do it."

She has never taken off her husband's shoes, let alone those of other men.

Ji Chenyu was stunned: Never taken off? Living with the prince consort for eighteen years, has it never happened once?

Ji Chenyu approached Shen Jiarou, and seeing his serious expression, Shen Jiarou was so scared that she took a step back.

"Never taken off? What about the prince consort?"

Seeing him looking straight at her, Shen Jiarou was flustered for a moment.

"He was the one who helped me take them off. I never helped him."

When Luo Cheng heard this, he thought the opportunity had come and he started helping his master again.

"Oh, Empress, the Emperor is the Son of Heaven, and you are the Empress. You can't compare yourself with when you were a princess." Which prince consort is so bold as to ask the favored princess to take off his shoes for him? I'm afraid he won't want his head anymore.

Shen Jiarou sighed: "Ah, what Eunuch Luo said is right. Forget it, the matter is a foregone conclusion, she should just do what a wife and a queen should do.

"Then let me take off my clothes for Your Majesty, you sit over there." She pointed uncomfortably at the phoenix couch, and Ji Chenyu walked over and sat down in silence.

Shen Jiarou took a deep breath and exhaled, then slowly turned and walked towards Ji Chenyu. When she was about to compromise and bend down, Ji Chenyu stopped her.

Shen Jiarou was stunned and looked up: What do you mean, brother?

"no need."

He then pulled her into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and looked at her seriously.

"The Queen is a daughter of heaven, how can she do such a thing? Just let them do it."

Shen Jiarou nodded slightly, feeling very uncomfortable sitting on his lap. She looked at Ji Chenyu and spoke carefully.

"Brother, I should change my clothes and remove my makeup."

"Okay, let's go."

After Ruan Qingling and Nan Qi finished helping her change her clothes, Ruan Qingling helped her sit down in front of the dressing table and began to remove her makeup. When her hair was light, Shen Jiarou sighed that it was finally over. The phoenix crown on her head was really heavy.

Ji Chenyu came to her side at some point and looked at the fresh, gentle and charming person in the mirror. His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed silently.

"Let me comb the queen's hair." The ceremony of a man combing his wife's hair is called "tying the hair". In ancient weddings, "tying the hair" is an important ceremony, usually performed on the wedding night.

The bride and groom will each cut a lock of hair and then tie them together to represent their eternal love and long life together.

Looking at him in the mirror as he gently combed her hair, Shen Jiarou didn't know what mood she was in at the moment. It seemed as if there was a little bit of turbulence beneath the calm.

Thinking of the wedding, Ji Chenyu slowly raised his eyes and looked at the quiet person in the mirror.

"Someone, give me the scissors."

Shen Jiarou was stunned: Scissors? What is my brother going to do?

When she saw Ji Chenyu cut off a lock of their hair, she was stunned.

My royal brother is not going to get married, is that right? But isn't this a ceremony that should only be performed between husband and wife?

Their marriage is at most a marriage of arrangement, so he doesn't need to care so much about it.

Full of doubts, she watched Ji Chenyu tie the two strands of hair together with a red rope, tie them into a knot, and then hand them to Luo Cheng, asking him to find a brocade box to put them away. She was completely stunned.

What on earth does my brother want to do?

The "Knotting Hair" ceremony has been popular since the Han Dynasty, implying that the husband and wife have entrusted their lives to each other, and will never leave each other and stay together for life?1. The ancients regarded hair as the basis of life. Cutting each other's hair and exchanging them to bind them meant that the husband and wife had entrusted their lives to each other, and would depend on each other for life and death and never separate?1. This ceremony not only symbolizes the union of two people, but also a solemn commitment and blessing to the marriage?.

Seeing her puzzled expression, Ji Chenyu calmed down, afraid of scaring her, and hurried to explain.

"This is a ceremony between husband and wife. The Queen shouldn't mind."

He had said so much, there was no way Shen Jiarou would embarrass him in public. After all, he was the emperor, and as a subject and his wife, she should protect the dignity of the emperor and his husband.

"It's okay, my brother is just following etiquette." A couple is married, and no one can find fault with it, not even her who is eloquent.

Seeing that his plan succeeded, Ji Chenyu slightly curled the corners of his lips where Shen Jiarou couldn't see, and Luo Cheng was also happy for his master.

Ji Chenyu took the initiative to hold Shen Jiarou's hand and walked towards the bed.

"Go to bed." Ji Chenyu asked her to lie down on the inside, and Luo Cheng stopped him immediately when he saw it.

"Your Majesty, this is against etiquette."

Ji Chenyu raised his hand and said, "We are husband and wife, there is no need to follow the rules too strictly."

Hearing this, Luo Cheng quickly retreated respectfully.

"Yes."

It seems that the emperor really values ​​the queen.