Chapter 180 The bridal chamber
Chu Anlan leaned close to her ear and said, "Don't be nervous. Take a few more steps. There's a surprise waiting for you."

surprise?

Ye Wanqing raised her eyes.

A group of people pushed her forward.

In the warm wind, there is a faint fragrance of flowers.

It's a rose!
No, not just roses.

Behind the round fan, Ye Wanqing's eyes widened a lot.

The yard is full of roses, red and pink, blooming on the branches.

The stone benches on both sides of the corridor are lined with Epiphyllums. Each pot is tall and dense, full of large flower buds, and seems to be about to bloom.

Behind them, the maids have already started to exclaim in low voices—

“There are so many roses!”

"There are so many Epiphyllums! The buds are so many and big. Are they about to bloom?"

"This is the Imperial Garden, right?"

"..."

Ye Wanqing raised her eyes with a smile: "A few months ago, you fenced off the Cloud and Water Room just to grow these flowers, waiting for today?"

"Yes." Chu Anlan's eyes were bright: "Do you like it?"

Ye Wanqing raised the round fan higher to cover her blushing face and eyes: "I like it and I'm also very surprised."

Chu Anlan's ears turned red: "I have prepared another surprise for you..."

The newlyweds were escorted into the bridal chamber.

What meets the eye is dazzling red.

Ye Wanqing was helped by the matchmaker to walk around the screen and sit on the red wedding bed.

Chu Anlan also sat on her left with a smile on her face.

The lady-in-waiting stood by the bed, checking the things needed for the ceremony.

The guests who came to watch smiled and looked inside from behind the screen.

It was very lively both inside and outside the bridal chamber.

As soon as the newlyweds sat down, a group of female relatives smiled and grabbed various red dates, peanuts, longans, lotus seeds and coins printed with auspicious patterns and words and scattered them on the wedding bed. Even Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan got a lot of them.

The bridesmaid smiled and chanted: "May the flowers blossom in pairs, and may a son be born soon..."

The female official picked up the golden scissors wrapped with red thread, took a strand of hair from Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan's heads, tied them into knots, and put them away.

The bridesmaid smiled and said, "We are married and in love with each other..."

Then, the female official took out two ladles with handles connected by red strings, filled them with pink wine, and handed them to Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan respectively.

Chu Anlan couldn't wait and stretched out his hands to take it.

The women were laughing beside the screen.

Chu Anlan: "Haha..."

Ye Wanqing took the ladle handed to her by the female official, lowered her head and drank half of it, then handed it to the female official, who then handed the ladle to Chu Anlan.

The cup that Chu Anlan had drunk from was handed to Ye Wanqing.

The two of them took turns drinking the wedding wine.

The bridesmaid smiled happily: "Husband and wife are united and will never be separated..."

Chu Anlan looked aside: "Mo Yan."

Mo Yan understood, smiled and bowed to the guests, the female officials, the bridesmaids and others: "There is a banquet in the front yard, please go to the front yard to drink together."

The people inside and outside the screen retreated one after another.

A group of young men who were waiting to have a wedding night shout outside the door: "An Lan, we are waiting for you at the banquet, come quickly!"

"Got it." Chu Anlan replied.

The bridesmaid received the wedding money, said a bunch of auspicious and festive words, and then left very satisfied.

There were only two female officials, Sakuraka Chihiro, two maids and twelve dowry maids left in the room.

Chu Anlan rolled his eyes, and suddenly he moved his shoulders, wrists, waist and abdomen as if his bones were pulled out.

The lady-in-waiting glanced at him.

He also looked at the female officials. They had been ordered by the Queen Mother to stay with Ye Wanqing in the bridal chamber until the wedding banquet was over.

The two looked at each other, saluted to Ye Wanqing, and then quietly retreated.

Yingxiang and Qianxi also called the nanny and the maid to leave together.

Moreover, Yingxiang was considerate enough to close the door.

The moment the door was closed, all the noise was blocked out.

In the room full of red, Ye Wanqing was the only one wearing green.

Perhaps Chu Anlan had specifically instructed that all his old things in the room be removed and replaced with suitable wardrobes, dressing cabinets, and dressing tables.

Tables, cabinets, dressing tables... wherever there are vases, there are blooming roses.

Next to the carved windows, there are flower stools that are one person high, and on top of them is a pot of Epiphyllum with huge buds, and the leaves and branches cascade down like a waterfall.

The room is filled with fragrance, which makes people feel at ease.

Neither of them spoke.

Ye Wanqing held a round fan and sat in a dignified and graceful posture, and even the accessories on her phoenix crown rarely shook.

The atmosphere was exceptionally quiet.

Chu Anlan lowered his head slightly, revealing his neck and ears, which were all red.

Ye Wanqing glanced sideways.

The boy's snow-white profile was dyed a rouge color.

Ye Wanqing smiled: "An Lan."

Chu Anlan trembled all over and raised his head. His eyes were as bright and clear as stars washed by the water of the Milky Way.

Her thin lips are as rosy as water cake.

Ye Wanqing took a shallow breath and said, "Aren't you going to the front yard to entertain the guests?"

"Let me sit with you for a while..." Chu Anlan's voice was a little hoarse than usual. He reached out to take the fan and pretended to put it between his legs casually.

Ye Wanqing laughed: "No need to cover it, it's not a big deal..."

"Qing'er, stop talking!" Chu Anlan's face instantly turned redder: "I didn't know it would be like this..."

Ye Wanqing stopped smiling and said gently, "I see there is some clean water in the basin on the shelf. Do you want to wash your face and calm down? Or, can I pour you a cup of tea?"

"I'll go." Chu Anlan muttered, put the fan beside the bed, got up and poured two cups of tea.

When he met Ye Wanqing's eyes, he felt a little embarrassed: "Don't look at me like that..."

Ye Wanqing laughed again.

She has seen many sides of Chu Anlan.

He is carefree when dealing with family members, open and enthusiastic when dealing with friends, and tries hard to bluff and not suffer any loss when facing opponents even if he is at a disadvantage.

Only in front of her, he would act like a spoiled child, be shy, and cling to her...

All his involuntary actions were sending her a signal: to him, she was different from others.

Ye Wanqing took the teacup, put it to her lips and took a sip.

She put on fiery red lipstick today, and her lips were red and moist, with a honey-like luster.

Chu Anlan's mouth felt a little dry.

He raised his head, drank the honey tea in the cup in one gulp, and muttered, "So sweet."

"Hmm?" Ye Wanqing raised her eyes to look at him.

Chu Anlan knew very well that if he stayed any longer, something would happen sooner or later.

He put down the teacup and moved his throat: "When I saw you for the first time today, I wanted to tell you, Qing'er, you are so beautiful today. That sinking and falling wild geese are not worthy of your beauty today...

Just now, I secretly heard a female guest say that your phoenix crown weighs 6.6 jins, and your bridal robe weighs 10 jins. I was shocked. I thought, you only wear the phoenix crown and bridal robe once in your life, and you wear it for me, so I have to tell you in person that you look really good today..."

Perhaps because he was nervous, his voice trembled slightly.

Ye Wanqing raised her chin slightly and smiled gently: "Anything else?"

Chu Anlan's eyes were a little confused: "I have to go to the front yard to entertain guests. I can only come back to accompany you after nightfall...

It's still early in the evening, you will be tired wearing this, change it later, there are many dresses in the closet, pick a comfortable one to wear. I'll have someone close the gate, don't let anyone in to disturb you. If you feel sleepy, take a nap first, tonight... tonight..."

He really couldn't say the word "bridal chamber" as if it would be a blasphemy to her.