Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

The next morning, when Gu Ruo woke up from the East Palace, the prince was no longer by her side.

The palace maid brought in all the toiletries, and the head aunt of the East Palace immediately took away the white handkerchief stained with blood from the bed.

When Gu Ruo saw the red, she thought of the tenderness of last night, and her cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

After struggling for a moment, she shyly asked, "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now?"

Because of the Crown Prince's wedding, all the civil and military officials in the court have a five-day holiday, and today is the last day of the holiday.

The head aunt said respectfully, "Replying to the Crown Princess, His Highness is currently in the study handling government affairs."

Gu Ruo nodded, thinking about something.

After she finished washing and changing her clothes, a young eunuch came to convey the prince's oral instructions, asking her to go to the front hall for dinner.

Gu Ruo was delighted and moved lightly with lotus steps.

Soon, she came to the front hall and met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, her husband.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was wearing a bright yellow brocade robe and a golden crown on his head. His eyes and brows were gentle, yet he exuded an innate majesty.

When the prince saw her coming, he smiled and motioned for her to sit next to him.

During the meal, the prince saw that she didn't eat much, frowned and asked, "Are these dishes not to your liking?"

Gu Ruo shook her head, "No, it's delicious."

Hearing this, the prince took the initiative to pick up some food for her and said gently, "Eat more, don't starve."

Gu Ruo's cheeks flushed and she responded softly.

After the meal, the two went to Ning'an Palace together to pay their respects to Emperor Yuan and the Empress.

The palace was filled with joy, and the Jiang family was no exception.

Jiang Yueyang couldn't wait to urge: "Brother, are you okay? If you don't leave now, you will miss the auspicious time."

"Wait, it'll be ready soon."

After a while, Jiang Xun walked out of the inner room with his head lowered, looking at his clothes.

He asked nervously, "Yangyang, is it okay for me to wear this?"

"Sure, sure, you're so handsome." Jiang Yueyang took his hand and walked out. "Sister Cui will definitely be impressed by your handsomeness."

Hearing this, Jiang Xun couldn't help but curl his lips, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiang Yueyang: "..."

Jiang Yueyang chuckled, it turned out that her brother had such a shameless side.

Hearing her laughter, Jiang Xun coughed a little embarrassedly, "Yangyang, am I really handsome now?"

"Really!" Jiang Yueyang responded heavily.

Ever since Jiang Yueyang said that she suspected Jiang Xun had a one-sided love for her, Jiang Xun has been looking for opportunities to confirm his feelings with Cui Shiyue.

After learning that the other party had the same feelings as him, he asked his father to ask a matchmaker to go to the Cui family to propose marriage.

During this period, the Jiang and Cui families completed the three processes of accepting the marriage proposal, asking for the name, and accepting the marriage proposal.

Today, they are going to the Cui family to propose marriage and give betrothal gifts!

In order to show their importance to this marriage and their regard for the girl, the Jiang family of four personally delivered the betrothal gifts to the Cui family.

In this way, Minister Jiang and his family of four went to the Cui family with a generous betrothal gift.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the betrothal gift was as rich as a ten-mile-long red dow

When passersby saw so many betrothal gifts, they sincerely envied the girl who was betrothed.

On the way, Jiang Xun became more and more nervous. He kept adjusting his clothes and crown, hoping to appear in front of Cui Shiyue in the most decent manner.

Finally, with Jiang Xun feeling extremely nervous, they arrived at the Cui family's door with the betrothal gifts.

The servants of the Cui family just saw the betrothal team from afar, and turned around and ran in to inform the master.

When Minister Jiang and his family of four arrived at the Cui family's door, the eldest son of the Cui family was already waiting outside.

When Mr. Cui saw the betrothal gifts, he knew that the Jiang family valued his sister very much, so he welcomed Minister Jiang and his family of four with a bright smile.

Jiang Xun took a deep breath and followed his parents into the Cui family.

Mr. Cui led them to the front hall of the Cui family, where everyone in the Cui family was waiting.

Jiang Xun immediately saw Cui Shiyue standing next to Mrs. Cui. She was wearing a red long dress and looked particularly beautiful and charming.

Cui Shiyue met his gaze and lowered her head shyly.

He seems to be particularly good-looking today.

After the two families greeted each other, Minister Jiang handed the list of betrothal gifts to Mr. Cui.

The betrothal list included land and shops, gold and silver jewelry, silks and satins, gemstones and agates, antique calligraphy and paintings, and various precious items, all of which demonstrated the importance the Jiang family attached to this marriage.

Cui Shiyue's parents were very satisfied with the Jiang family's betrothal gift, and were also very satisfied with Jiang Xun, their son-in-law who was the top scholar in the imperial examination.

They smiled and said to Jiang Xun, "We leave our daughter to you. You must treat her well."

Jiang Xun nodded quickly and said solemnly, "Don't worry, uncle and aunt, I will definitely treat Yue'er well."

Afterwards, the two families sat down to have dinner together, and the atmosphere at the table was full of joy.

When he was halfway through the meal, the system suddenly asked: [Host, would you like to eat some melon?]

[No.] Jiang Yueyang refused decisively. [On such a beautiful day, I don't want to hear anything unlucky. Besides, the melon you're talking about must be related to the Cui family. I feel like this is disrespectful to the Cui family.]

Everyone in the Cui family had heard of Jiang Yueyang's thoughts, but had never heard them firsthand.

Hearing my inner voice out of the blue at this moment, I couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Is this the legendary voice?

Hearing this, the system was about to sigh with regret when it heard Jiang Yueyang ask: [Does the melon you are talking about involve human lives?]

【No. 】

Jiang Yueyang said "Oh" with relief, "It's okay then."

System: [Want to eat?]

【I don’t eat it.】