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Chapter 22 Wedding Night

Song Song's clear and limpid eyes met his gaze, heart beating faster.

What kind of token of good luck? Song Song wasn't too sure and didn't dare to make the decision himself. He blanked for two second, then abruptly pulled off his veil entirely and stood up to walk in front of the table. He picked up the wine jar and poured the wine into two cups. This set just happened to be the same set he bought from Mingxuan that day.

He picked up the cups and walked back: "Let's exchange wine. Pray that your highness and I will treat each other with mutual respect and live to a ripe old age in marital bliss."

Li Xiao didn't move. Song Song held the cups. For a moment, he didn't know if he should keep holding them or put them down. He secretly felt a little nervous and had second thoughts. Did he say something to offend Li Xiao just now? Li Xiao doesn't want to stay with him until death do them part?

This was a possibility. Back then, when he saw that child burned to death, he left. He doesn't even know if Li Xiao reached an old age with Song Ge.

"Change the wording, then this king will drink it."

"Ah" Song Song responded: "Wishing your highness and I live in perfect harmony from dawn to dusk."

Li Xiao squinted his eyes, looking still unsatisfied. Song Song frowned and heard him say: "You should say, from now on, we will be passionate like burning dry wood, house full of descendants."

"... " That day when he said he could bear children, Li Xiao really believed it? But why passionate like burning dry wood that's way too embarrassing to say. Even though that's what he thought, Song Song still obediently repeated it, but in a very small voice: "From now on, may his highness and I be ..burning dry wood... ...House full."

Li Xiao finally accepted his cup, unhurriedly exchanged with him. Song Song relaxed, raised his head to drink the cup in one gulp.

His red lips were moistened by the wine. Li Xiao started staring at them again nonstop. Song Song withdrew and put his cup on the table. Then he turned to pull at Li Xiao: "Okay, hurry up and go. The emperor came personally for you. Don't let him wait."

"Song-er better keep his promise." Li Xiao grabbed his hands in reverse: "When this king returns, you have to honor your commitment."

Song Song subconsciously nodded. Li Xiao instantly smiled and hugged him. "What about my token of good luck?"

Surprisingly still didn't escape this topic.

Song Song asked him in a small voice: "Your highness, what kind of token do you want?"

Li Xiao's face moved closer and asked him in return: "What kind of token does Song-er want to give?"

Song Song wasn't sure if he was thinking about that kind of token, and continued to pretend he didn't understand: "But I didn't bring anything with me today."

Li Xiao's finger suddenly tapped on his lips. His forefinger pressed down on Song Song's bottom lip and slid left to right: "Didn't bring, or don't want to give?"

Song Song's ears felt like something thin and long entered and drilled straight into his brain. His scalp tingled as he looked up and gave Li Xiao a peck on his face. He quickly withdrew and said: "You just hurry up and go."

Li Xiao finally left.

Song Song turned and sat in front of the table.

From what he could see, all the things that Li Xiao wanted were senseless, without reason, he couldn't have received any benefits from that kiss.

On the table, there were some round red dates. Song Song casually ate a few to fill his stomach. In the morning, he got up too early and had to sort out a whole bunch of messes. Now that he's finally reached the king's estate, he could finally relax. Laying on the bed, he fell asleep.

Qi Haoyun was the one who woke him up. When Song Song sat up, he saw an intoxicated Li Xiao being helped into the room. Song Song hastily went over to give a hand. Together they moved the man onto the bed.

A group of people came to bless them with auspicious speeches. Steward Qi passed out some lucky red bags, then said to Song Song: "May good luck circle your house, and your future aspects be plentiful. This servant blesses wangye and wangfei, may you two be happy in marital harmony for 100 years!"

"Many thanks, steward Qi. It's already very late. You can return to rest."

"Ai! Wangfei you also get your rest." Steward Qi left and Song Song closed the door with a smile.

Inside the room and out, the walls were covered with the word "happiness" in red. The blanket was also bright red with a dragon and phoenix design for good fortune. The pillowcases were embroidered with pairs of mandarin ducks for the happy couple. On the table, placed two scarlet red candles. Song Song walked over to flick at the candle flame, he then covered them with a red casing. The entire room instantly dimmed to a faintly red color.

He slowly walked to the bed. Li Xiao was still laying there unmoving. Song Song kneeled down to help him remove his shoes. He used some effort to grab the man's legs and move them onto the bed, panting to catch his breath.

He really didn't think Li Xiao would drink this much.

Not only him, even the guests who came to toast today didn't expect it.

Inside Yangxi palace, the lamps were still lit. A servant who just returned from the king's estate bowed and stood in front of the emperor to report: "All the guests in the king's estate have dispersed. Today wangye was completely normal. He didn't have any episodes and didn't scare anyone. The people from the imperial tutor's side have all returned."

(Note: I think the author mentioned it very briefly earlier but I'll mention it again. There's two sides in court right now. The imperial tutor's side, which is comprised of people from Li Xiao's mother's family. And the prime minister's side, which is composed of people from the crown prince's mother's family, aka the empress's family)

Today was Li Xiao's big wedding date. Two days ago, the wedding invitations were just sent out. The emperor immediately started hearing whispers saying 'What if Li Xiao changes the wedding scene into hell on earth. Then what could they do? If they had to go, they'd arrive only with extreme reluctance and without bringing any family members.'

Therefore, bright and early this morning, the emperor went to the king's estate to support the event. This was the reason why many guests eventually showed up one by one, and allowed the king's estate to become bustling with noise and excitement for once.

To the people who went to attend the wedding, the emperor promised their safety completely. Ahead of time, he sent Li Xiao's own uncle forward to bring soldiers to stand guard. Many strong martial experts were stationed in just the main courtyard alone.

The emperor already had white grizzled hair on his temples. When he heard that Li Xiao's wedding was completed as planned, he finally was able to relax and told the messenger: "You can go."

The head manager to the side hurried forward to help support him: "Tomorrow, wangye still has to bring wangfei here to serve you tea. You should rest early as well."

The emperor looked pretty happy. He nodded: "Today, Xiao-er must have been really ecstatic to drink like that. Zhen can tell, he truly likes that child."

"I know right? I even heard that when he had an outburst in the estate sometimes before, it was wangfei who calmed him down."

"He finally has someone to accompany him, Zhen can finally feel at ease." Laughing, the old emperor sat on his bed. Perhaps because of rare joy, he held the old eunuch's hand and talked endlessly about many things that happened in Li Xiao's childhood. The old eunuch listened patiently all the way until the emperor started to feel lethargic, then helped him lay down in bed.

On this side, Song Song took off the wedding garments and changed into a soft red shirt that had gold embroidery. Then he looked again at Li Xiao who remained motionless. He mulled over the fact that Li Xiao can't be comfortable sleeping while still wearing the entire wedding ensemble. Therefore, he went to help him remove his outer coat. However, while Li Xiao's lower body was heavy, his upper body was even heavier. Song Song pulled for a while but still couldn't remove him at all. Instead, he worked up a full body of sweat himself. Unable to do anything, he was ready to give up, but suddenly, a hand grabbed him and tugged him over. Caught off guard, he fell full body on top of Li Xiao.

Li Xiao's chest was very hard, but also very supple. Song Song's mind suddenly flashed an image of Li Xiao taking a bath from the previous life. He didn't mean to peek, but accidentally saw him while floating around.

The man below embraced him, carrying a heavy smell of liquor. He slowly opened his eyes and said hoarsely: "What are you groping?"

"... " Me, groping?

Song Song was momentarily stunned. Bracing against Li Xiao's chest, he pushed to sit up and said: "You, you should take off your clothes before going to sleep. I'll go find you a softer inner robe to wear."

He stood up to rummage through the cabinet. A shadow suddenly fell over him. Li Xiao had walked over like a ghost, without even a tiny bit of sound.

Pulling out a piece of clothing, Song Song turned around and saw him, and was abruptly swept into his arms. Song Song's heart skipped a beat as he found himself pressed down on the bed. "Your highness!"

Li Xiao chucked: "Passionate like burning dry wood, house full of descendants. What, you want to break your promise?"

"You, you are drunk. The children born. won't be good."

Li Xiao paused at what he said. He blinked. The palm of his hand smoothed out Song Song's delicate eyebrows. He responded somewhat sluggishly: "Why not, not good?"

"I, I heard it's not good."

Song Song's hand touched his stomach. A while had passed already. He estimated that the seed that was planted last time probably sprouted by now. He won't let Li Xiao damage it.

(Note: the word that S2 uses here actually translates to push/thrust hard enough to break it. lmao)

He took advantage of Li Xiao's head being muddled and said matter of fact: "The medical books say so. It's not good."

As he thought this, he decided tomorrow he'll go to a clinic to do some research first thing. In this life, he planned to healthily give birth to this baby.

It was hard to know if Li Xiao believed in his words. Other than his slow responses, it was even hard to tell if he were really intoxicated just by judging his face. Li Xiao frowned and seemed to be in some kind of conflict. However, in the end, he couldn't win against his heart's desire and leaned close to smooch Song Song's lips. Song Song was afraid he'd get too excited and hurt the little sprout in his stomach, so after receiving several kisses, he pushed Li Xiao away: "Time to sleep, okay? Let's wait until tomorrow when you're sober, then, then make up for today."

"Song-er" Li Xiao cradled him again. He said quietly next to Song Song's ear: "Zhen can finally touch you."

With such a blabbermouth, do you think you can really become the emperor?

Song Song's expression became complicated as he patted Li Xiao on the head, then discovered that the person on top of him completely stopped moving.

Li Xiao was surprisingly obedient. After Song Song said no, he really stopped. Song Song's fingers caressed his long hair. his heart suddenly felt a bit soft, and a bit sweet. After the sweetness, he also felt somewhat guilty. After all, it was the wedding night. To deny him like this was it too much?

"Your highness?" He called a few times. Then, he no longer felt bad. Because. Just like this, Li Xiao fell asleep. All his weight pressed completely on top of him, completely motionless, without a word or sound, with only the warm and steady breathing beside his ear.

Song Song struggled futilely for a while, but very quickly lost his strength and temper to the pressure. Too heavy. He thought even his heart was going to be crushed.

Luckily, even his highness seemed to know that laying like this the entire time wasn't comfortable, and changed his position midway. The almost squished to death Song Song took some deep breaths, then immediately got ready to get up and flee. But the other's hands almost had their own senses and Li Xiao once again fished him back, stuffed him back into his embrace and cradled him with perfect contentment.

Song Song squint glared at Li Xiao until later in the night when he finally fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he was still in Li Xiao's arms, however, the other's wedding garments had been removed sometime in the middle of the night, and the man was already awake, looking at him on a propped arm.

Song Song rubbed his eyes, tiredly opened them to look at him for a second, then planned to wiggle back into his embrace and go back to sleep. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by a sudden kiss from Li Xiao. The man who was unable to receive the ultimate reward yesterday now smooched him until his head lacked air before letting him go. He said softly: "Yesterday I was too happy. Drank too much. Neglected Song-er."

Song Song slightly gasped for air: "No, No, you didn't I'm fine."

Song Song still felt unsuited for this kind of atmosphere, and was afraid that he might try the same thing as last night again. He flipped over and tried to escape the bed, but before he could open the bed curtains, once again, he was drawn back. The man cradled him in his arms and said: "Where's your sense of reciprocity?"

Song Song's round eyes met Li Xiao face to face. Finally, he quietly returned the gift, and pecked him once on the lips.

Li Xiao instantly pressed against his forehead, nose rubbing intimately against Song Song's. Song Song felt like a little mouse squished in his hand, very awkward. He said softly: "Your highness, can you not be like this?"

Li Xiao asked: "You don't like it?"

"That's not it"

"What are you afraid of?" Li Xiao gave him little pecks, one following another, and said soothingly: "Just some kisses. It's not like you'll get pregnant."

"Since I won't get pregnant, then why do it?"

"... " Li Xiao paused for a second, then continued: "Then let's do something that will get you pregnant?"

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