Song Yixiao didn't want to accept the truth that her husband had broken her plan. She thought for a moment and began to toss and turn restlessly, hoping Jian Xubai be bothered by her and leave in anger.

After she tossed and turned many times, Jian Xubai finally moved. But he neither sat up nor scolded her. Instead, he didn't open his eyes and said coldly, “It's useless for you to be impatient because I'm patient!”

Song Yixiao was speechless.

She definitely had no regret for what she just did and didn't want to seduce him!

But at this time, whatever she explained, he wouldn't believe her. It was improper for her to sleep or continue to toss and turn. She felt so upset. Finally, she was asleep unconsciously.

The next morning, Song Yixiao was roughly awakened by Jian Xubai shortly after daylight. He said, “It's time to get up!”

They didn't have a good time last night. So they had no conversation at present and just asked maids to serve them after wearing underclothes.

People who came in all smiled. But after looking at two expressionless faces, they held back the flattery prepared by them!

Qiaoqin and Jinxun looked extremely worried. As Song Yixiao's maids, they had been taught by Ms. Bo about s.e.x before the wedding in order to remind and take care of Song Yixiao.

When they came in with a basin, they instantly knew the newlyweds slept on the bed at night for the bed was messy. But the point was that there was no blood on the bedding!

In ancient times, the handkerchief with virgin's blood would be checked before serving bridegroom's parents to have tea. Although the custom hadn't existed, how couldn't the bridegroom know it?

Two maids were so shocked! After they finally knew the current situation, they directly ignored Song Yixiao and hurried to roll up the bedding lest Cuipiao who came together with them saw it!

“Young lady had lived in Prince of Hengshan's mansion since she was eight. How could the Princess Consort let anyone hurt her?” Qiaoqin was so fearful and confused in her heart that her fingers trembled a little. It took her many times to lace the belt up for Song Yixiao. Qiaoqin thought, “Young lady isn't indiscreet about her private life! When she was in the Song Family, was she…”

Qiaoqin suddenly remembered that Song Yixiao's former stepmother once sold her to a woman running a brothel, which made her faint due to desperation. Fortunately, she secretly rolled up Song Yixiao's sleeve with a little hope and saw the complete Shougong Sand on her arm. Otherwise she couldn't keep standing at all!

After excluding the most terrible situation, Qiaoqin was still worried, “Duke Jian and young lady are all young and good-looking. Why did they do nothing on the wedding night?”

Was Song Yixiao too shy to annoy her husband, or was Jian Xubai impotent?

She felt more and more fearful and tipped Song Yixiao winks frequently. But Song Yixiao just stretched out her arms to let them serve her and ignored Qiaoqin's winks!

At the beginning, Qiaoqin thought it was easy to serve Song Yixiao because Song Yixiao was sedate, sensible and clever. But a night later, she felt so hard to continue to live!

“Qiaoqin and Jinxun look really shocked. Haven't they known that Cuipiao sent medicine last night?” Song Yixiao looked dark and snorted in her heart, “Well, she has served Jian Xubai for 12 years and was sent here by the Empress Dowager. She even dared to bother her master's wedding night. Is it difficult for her to make an excuse to let two new maids leave?”

However, as her maid, Qiaoqin was recommended by Wei Mengying because Wei Mengying thought Jinxun was young and not clever enough even if Jinxun was loyal. Qiaoqin failed to stop Cuipiao for the first time and even didn't know what happened at night. Song Yixiao thought she'd better show dissatisfy to Qiaoqin!

After cleaning her face and wiping her hands, she wore clothes and went out to sit in front of the dressing table, asking Jinxun to dress her up.

There were many steps to dress up for women. Song Yixiao had two maids to serve her and Jian Xubai had only one maid who was Cuipiao. But before her snake bun finished, Jian Xubai had got dressed.

From the bronze mirror, Song Yixiao saw clearly what Jian Xubai did. She thought he would go to have breakfast alone with cold face. But after cleaning himself, Jian Xubai ignored suggestion said by Cuipiao in a low voice. He asked Cuipiao to go to another room to pour a cup of tea for him and sat on the couch near the western window, calmly looking at the maid coiling Song Yixiao's hair.

“What does he mean?” Song Yixiao was shocked in her heart and couldn't help urging Jinxun to coil the hair faster.

But Jian Xubai didn't only wait for her. After Jinxun coiled Song Yixiao's hair and stuck hairpins in her hair, she was about to take the cosmetics on the table. Suddenly, Jian Xubai walked close to Song Yixiao and took a sh.e.l.l black pigment. “Let me try.” He said.

Jinxun was filled with joy after hearing that and walked to another place immediately. Although Jian Xubai looked ordinary when he was saying and his tone was flat, he was willing to paint his wife's eyebrows in front of servants the next day after his wedding. Obviously, he wanted to have a good relations.h.i.+p with his wife.

Qiaoqin also heaved a sigh of relief secretly.

Song Yixiao couldn't feel her two maids' happiness. She looked at Jian Xubai fearfully instead of questioningly. “What does he want to do?” She thought.

His behavior was so strange as if he planned something. Although Jian Xubai wasn't an unforgiving man, he never meekly submitted to oppression!

She cast a chill over him so much last night. Even if he especially waited for her to go out for his face, he didn't need to paint her eyebrows in person!

He pleased her so humbly. How couldn't Song Yixiao doubt his intention?

But servants were around them at present, especially that Cuipiao was staring at them. Song Yixiao couldn't show her anxious feeling on her face. Instead, she smiled shyly and let Jian Xubai paint her eyebrows obediently.

After Jian Xubai put down the sh.e.l.l black pigment, Jinxun accepted Qiaoqin's hint and didn't take much time to make up for Song Yixiao. She just powdered Song Yixiao a little.

The couple went out the bathroom and walked to have breakfast in the drawing room. Although Jian Xubai said a little, he performed tenderly because he picked food for his wife with his chopsticks twice.

Song Yixiao was nervous by his strange behaviors. She thought again that he might marry her in order to kill her. She felt so scared and had no time to calm down. After breakfast, she had a cup of tea and it had been light already. A servant came to remind them that it was time to see elders in Jinguo Grand Princess's mansion!

The distance between Jinguo Grand Princess's mansion and Duke of Yan's mansion was neither far nor close.

After all, when Grand Princess's mansion was built, the Prince Consort was from the Dou Family. The late emperor didn't expect his daughter would get married three times. So the place of Grand Princess's mansion was close to the Dou Family instead of the Jian Family.

Jian Xubai didn't ride a horse today and sat in a carriage with his wife.

The shaft of carriage was so high that Song Yixiao was held by him to get on it. When he did that, he looked so natural as if there were no servants around them.

But when they sat in the carriage shoulder to shoulder, they all kept silent and looked indifferent.

“If you like it, shall I ask servants to buy some?” Jian Xubai asked. Song Yixiao thought they would keep silent until they came to Jinguo Grand Princess's mansion. But when she looked at a small stall outside unconsciously, Jian Xubai suddenly asked her gently, “I can also accompany you to go out to play around when I am free.”

Song Yixiao turned to see his calm expression and flat eyes. All of a sudden, she thought of something and said slowly, “Don't do that. I'm just curious about it.”

She paused for a while and then said, “I just got married and I'm even unfamiliar with mansion's roads. How can I go out to play?”

Jian Xubai looked down at her for a moment and curled his thin lips lightly, showing a satisfied smile. But he said, “It's not urgent. I hope you are happy.”

Song Yixiao smiled at him shyly and sweetly. She didn't know whether she was complicated or admired in her heart. “Does he have many political things to deal with so that he has no time to manage domestic affairs? Or are the servants of Duke of Yan's mansion so powerful that they can bully their masters? In order to let me manage the mansion quickly, he has tolerated me since last night and continuously shows his respect to me in front of other people… It's really hard for him to do so according to his ident.i.ty!”

This powerful man was so angry with her last night. But he forced himself to bear it and even tried hard to give her face this morning. How could he do that in vain?

Song Yixiao considered many times. She thought there was only one possibility, which was Jian Xubai wanted his wife to play her role to do domestic affairs as soon as possible.

Song Yixiao didn't have a strong family to support her. There were many sly servants who advantaged of their seniority in front of Jian Xubai in Duke of Yan's mansion. If Jian Xubai showed his dissatisfy to Song Yixiao, she would live hard. At that time, how could she manage the whole mansion?

After realizing it, Song Yixiao mentioned the word “mansion” tentatively. Sure enough, he looked happy.

“He really has a great ambition!” Song Yixiao touched the bracelet on her wrist and pondered, “He has been a duke since he was 17 years old. As long as he doesn't betray the Emperor, he will be fated to have riches and honor all his life. Why does he work so hard?”

But it was not a bad thing. She thought that in order to keep her position as a hostess, she had to coax Jian Xubai after getting rid of Cuipiao. In fact, Jian Xubai only paid attention to the interests of the whole. So she didn't need to coax him.

“But in this way, Cuipiao will…” Before Song Yixiao finished thinking, the carriage had already entered into Grand Princess's mansion. She immediately stopped thinking and smoothed her dress, preparing to make her parents-in-law have a good expression on her.

Jinguo Grand Princess sent her subordinate, Xue s.h.i.+ren, to welcome her son and daughter-in-law. Song Yixiao thought Jian Xubai wouldn't pretend in his mother's mansion because he had grasped chances to show his love to her on the way after they left Duke of Yan's mansion.

Unexpectedly, in front of Xue s.h.i.+ren, he helped Song Yixiao out of the carriage and kept holding her hand when they were guided to the main hall. Song Yixiao tried to get free but failed. Xue s.h.i.+ren saw it and said humorously, “Her Highness has talked about you two since the morning. Her Highness must be so happy after seeing you love each other like this.”

Song Yixiao didn't know what Jian Xubai thought at this time and had to lower her head with red cheeks, allowing him to hold her hand. As a grand princess, would her mother-in-law be narrow-minded to see that her son loved his wife so much?

She thought much in her heart and was led to the main hall by Jian Xubai. Jinguo Grand Princess and her husband had sat there. Under them, other people also sat in two rows.

As a bride, Song Yixiao didn't dare to look around after entering into the hall. But she knew there were many people after glancing. But no one spoke at this time.

It was impossible that all of them liked to be quiet. Especially today was the next day after the wedding of Song Yixiao and Jian Xubai. And the newlyweds would come to serve elders to have tea. The air must be lively at this time. But the current situation made her worry that something bad might happen.

Fortunately, the Grand Princess's att.i.tude was gentle. After receiving the cup of tea, she kindly said “Good.” Then she took a sip of tea and gave Song Yixiao a pair of mutton-fat jade bracelet with hank knotting. “It was sent by the late emperor when I got married. It really fits your skin.” She said.

Song Yixiao hurried to thank her.

Then she handed a cup of tea to Jian Likuang, her father-in-law. Although Jian Likuang didn't create difficulties to her, he looked so indifferent. After putting down the tea bowl, he asked people to take a set of four treasures of the study without saying to Song Yixiao. Jinguo Grand Princess took a glance at him. Then he began to say lightly, “Take it!”

Song Yixiao found his impatient expression. She felt it was lucky that she and Jian Xubai didn't live with elders. Although her father-in-law wouldn't care about her, he must have conflict with her if they met frequently because he disliked her.

After the two elders, it was siblings' turn. Song Yixiao finally could observe these people of the same generation in public at this time and felt stunned. Jinguo Grand Princess and her first prince consort gave birth to Commandery Princess Qingjiang and Earl Shouchun. Then she didn't have any kids with her second prince consort. Jian Yiyou and Jian Xubai were sons of her and Jian Likuang. Although Jian Yimian was Jian Likuang's legitimate daughter, the Grand Princess didn't give birth to her. So Jian Yimian wasn't there at present because she returned to her husband's home after attending the wedding yesterday.

It meant that she needed to see three siblings-in-law.

In fact, she would see four people because Earl Shouchun's wife was also there.

But there was five people sitting here. Song Yixiao talked with Commandery Princess Qingjiang and saw a girl who was about eleven or twelve years old. The girl sat on the last position. Song Yixiao twitched the corner of her mouth lightly. Was it similar to her guess?