mesbooks Chapter 274 Playing with your head on your belt
Chapter 274 Playing with your head on your belt
After saying that, he buried himself in his food and ate heartily.
Jun Ce chuckled and shook his head, gazing tenderly at the girl eating in front of him.
Zhai Rongyu picked up a piece of roast goose and put it in his bowl, her cheeks bulging, and said indistinctly, "A-Xu, you eat too."
"Don't be shy, make yourself at home!"
After saying that, he continued to eat his rice.
Jun Ce let out a muffled laugh from his chest.
Zhiying and Shuang'er peeked out from behind another tree not far away.
"The master is so good to Miss Zhai. There are several dishes on the table, all of which he made himself." Zhiying exclaimed in admiration.
Shuang'er rolled her eyes at him.
"That's naturally because our young lady is good, that's why the Regent treats her well."
“The Regent is such a smart man, of course he knows what a real treasure is, unlike you…” Shuang’er looked at him with some disdain.
"What's wrong with me?"
Zhiying, unconvinced, spat out the foxtail grass in her mouth.
"I think I have pretty good taste."
He glanced sideways at Shuang'er below him, and the two looked at each other. Zhiying blushed inexplicably. "I just took a liking to a simpleton."
Shuang'er was shocked, "You have someone you like?!"
Lone figure: ...
He turned his head away.
Shuang'er stopped looking at her master and chased after the shadowy figure, asking a series of questions.
"Tell me, who is it?"
Does that girl like you?
"Don't think you can take advantage of that girl just because she's naive! Let me tell you, what you're doing is... um!"
A lone figure covered her mouth.
"It's so noisy, don't disturb the master and Miss Zhai."
After saying that, he stretched out his arms, grabbed Shuang'er by her armpits, lifted her up like a chick, covered her mouth, and flew into the air.
Shuang'er flapped her short legs and hugged his neck with a look of fear on her face.
He stared at her tightly closed eyes, the corners of his mouth curving upwards and then downwards.
"belch--"
Zhai Rongyu put down her spoon, let out a burp, and pushed the peach blossom soup beside her a little further away.
I can't eat anymore, I really can't eat anymore.
I'm eating a lot that I shouldn't be eating at my age.
But what was that saying again?
Eat well and drink well, and you'll live forever.
[Another day of diligent spiritual practice, yay!]
"Are you full?" Jun Ce smiled and wiped the dregs from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Zhai Rongyu grasped his hand. "A-Xu, can you tell me now?"
Jun Ce looked down at her, "Rong'er, aren't you afraid of becoming a widow in the future?"
Zhai Rong spat twice, "What are you saying that's so unlucky?"
Jun Ce's eyes suddenly darkened.
"But I was destined to be alone, and it was only after I met you that my fate changed."
She leaned closer to Jun Ce, cupped his face in her hands, and looked at him with a grin, "If you die, I'll inherit the Regent's mansion's vast wealth, keep a whole courtyard of male concubines, and become a charming and flirtatious widow. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Jun Ce's solemn expression cracked slightly.
"You dare?" he forced out the two words through his teeth.
Even though I knew she was joking, I couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
"Your master said you can only be with me."
If she were to find another lucky man, that would be one thing, but to keep a house full of male concubines, does she think she has too long a life ahead of her?
Zhai Rong and her friends burst into laughter.
"Then, would you like to marry me?"
"If you don't want it, I'll go keep male lovers right now."
"Since you're going to die anyway, why do you care whether I live or die?"
She looked up at the sky and sighed repeatedly.
"Ah~ As the saying goes, to die beneath a peony is to die romantically, even as a ghost. I've never tasted the flavor of a man in my life, so even in death I have regrets~"
Jun Ce pulled her over and placed her on his lap. He reached out and grabbed her chin, his voice cold and stern, "You belong to me for life. Anyone who dares to touch you, I will chop them up."
"Are you even being reasonable?" Zhai Rongyu muttered somewhat discontentedly.
"You're going to marry me but you won't marry me, and you won't let anyone else touch me. I don't think I need to wait for you to die; I'm living the life of a widow right now."
Jun Ce's face darkened. He pinched her cheeks with his thumb and forefinger, squeezing them together until her cherry lips pouted with a "pop".
He kissed her fiercely.
"Alright, let's get married."
"Let's get married now!"
"I'll let you taste what it's like to be a man."
He put one arm around Zhai Rongyu and started to walk into the house.
The girl clung to his shoulder, howling, "Hey! Ah Xu! Put me down! Weddings require a ceremony, this is way too rushed!"
"How could the dignified Regent be so easily provoked by just a few words?"
"Aren't you supposed to be very rational?!"
Jun Ce gave her a cool sidelong glance. "Rationality? I lost my rationality the moment I saw you."
"Isn't Rong'er the one who knows best?"
Zhai Rongyu now realized that her joke had gone too far.
She immediately began to sob and beg for mercy.
"I'm just kidding."
“Ah Xu is worth a hundred men; all the male concubines in the world combined are no match for a single one of your fingers.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him two quick kisses on his left cheek.
"I also want to wear a beautiful wedding dress."
"is it okay?"
Jun Ce sighed and put the person down. "You're just trying to manipulate me."
How could he not give her a grand wedding ceremony?
I was just trying to scare her.
But she… Jun Ce glanced at the slyly smiling girl and a helpless smile crept onto his face.
"Since we are going to hold a wedding ceremony, Rong'er will come to the palace with me."
"Enter the palace?"
Jun Ce nodded, "Your Majesty has put a lot of thought into this wedding ceremony. You should also go to the palace and see for yourself. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, make the necessary changes immediately."
Zhai Rong sticks out her tongue.
[With His Majesty personally overseeing the matter, how could I dare to be dissatisfied?]
[Ah Xu even asked me to go to the palace to find fault; isn't that just putting my head on the line?]
Jun Ce slightly curled the corners of his lips.
Now they know how to value their lives.
He grasped Zhai Rongyu's hand and said, "If there's anything you don't like, just say it. I'll take responsibility for it."
……
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Zhai Rongyu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she looked at the long list.
"Why is this dowry list so long?"
The emperor looked at her with a smile, "When the Minister's family is getting married, I specially asked your father and brothers for the dowry list and had someone add a lot more to it. It's a small token of my appreciation, so that Huai Xu won't look down on you."
He turned to look at Jun Ce, "Now that I am considered part of Yongning's family, Huai Xu, don't be jealous."
Jun Ce looked at him with a half-smile.
"Brother, your elbows are all crooked and twisted, aren't you afraid of twisting them?"
The eunuch beside the emperor lowered his head, trying not to laugh.
The only person in the entire world who would dare to make such a joke about His Majesty is the Regent.
"Feiying."
Jun Ce waved his hand behind him, and Fei Ying stepped forward and unfolded an even longer sheet.
Zhai Rongyu stared at the gift list that stretched from one end of the study to the other, and clicked her tongue in amazement once again.
Jun Ce's dark, obsidian-like eyes locked onto her. "My betrothal gifts will certainly not be inferior. Rong'er, take a look?"
Zhai Rongyu looked at the emperor, then at Jun Ce.
She felt that the two of them were a bit like little boys bickering and teasing each other.
Two childish kids...
But she dared not make up any of them.