LF Chapter 83

Chapter 83 Extra (3)

Chapter 83 Extra (3)

1. Bridal Chamber

In the cold winter months, jade-like snowflakes fluttered, and two bright red figures resembled proud winter plum blossoms, naturally possessing unparalleled grace.

Late at night, the palace lanterns shone brightly, and the hands hidden within their wide sleeves quietly met, concealed by the large, heavy winter robes, making it impossible for the palace staff behind them to see clearly.

Even if they did see, it wouldn’t matter.

Jiang Yinghua pulled Yan Wanzhi toward the inner palace, bypassing the gates of Chengming Hall.

“Doesn’t Your Majesty return to the palace?” Yan Wanzhi asked in surprise, gazing at the swirling goose-feather snow, feeling somewhat lost for a moment.

“On the wedding night, shouldn’t one go to the bride’s bed?” Jiang Yinghua curled her lips with a bewitching smile, turning her eyes to see the blush on the other’s cheeks, and chuckled, “I thought you were well-versed in this.”

“Be careful the maids hear you,” Yan Wanzhi said, lowering her eyes, the intricate hairpins on the phoenix crown chiming with a crisp “ding-a-ling” sound, her voice slightly strained with playful blame.

Seeing her bashful expression, Jiang Yinghua turned her gaze to look straight ahead. Just around the corner was the palace where Yan Wanzhi stayed within the inner palace; it wasn’t far.

Suddenly, she reached out with a pair of jade-like hands, embracing the other’s slender waist, and with her other arm, scooped under Yan Wanzhi’s knees. Accompanied by a suppressed gasp, she lifted her up horizontally, teasing, “So my beloved consort thinks I’m being too restrained? Wouldn’t that be unfair to you?”

The golden shimmer of the hairpins reflected the pure white snow, and the light in the eyes of the palace staff behind them was even brighter than the palace lanterns. The vermilion walls could not compare to the color of the beauty’s pink face, and the misty water in Yan Wanzhi’s eyes far surpassed the misty haze of a cold winter night.

“Too light. Did the affairs of the previous court make you lose weight?” Jiang Yinghua, ever the blunt one, occasionally knew how to ruin the atmosphere.

Yan Wanzhi was momentarily speechless. All the autumnal charm in her eyes dissipated, and she murmured somewhat dejectedly, “Even if I’m light, I’m still a living person. Your Majesty, let me walk on my own.”

Jiang Yinghua scoffed, “Look at you, barely finished the wedding ceremony, and your little thoughts are already showing completely, your dissatisfaction written all over your face. I must consider how to keep you in check in the future.”

Had she fallen for it? At this time, at this moment, with this kind of matter, Jiang Yinghua could even use it to test her? Hmm?

Yan Wanzhi was utterly confused, feeling like a herd of horses galloped through her mind, and resentfully tried to blow away the snowflakes falling near her mouth.

A shadow fell, followed by a warm, soft touch, grazing a hint of coolness, turning into a dissipating mist, carrying a faint sandalwood scent.

“Why blow away such a picturesque snow?” Jiang Yinghua took advantage, slowly straightening her body, and the soft bundle in her arms had already stiffened, barely breathing.

Afraid that Yan Wanzhi would suffocate, she quickened her pace, kicking open the palace door, intending to strike while the iron was hot.

The palace staff, with great tact, all retreated. Jiang Yinghua was ultimately naive. After carrying her all the way, her arms were a little sore, so she simply dropped her onto the soft bed with a “thud.”

She seemed to have forgotten how uncomfortable the full head of jewelry and hairpins on Yan Wanzhi’s head were. Unlike herself, who always wore a small golden crown, gathering her waterfall-like black hair, neat and tidy.

A stifled groan of pain escaped. Jiang Yinghua, with her back to the other, smiled rather wickedly, and took off her outer robe, removed the golden hairpin from her head, letting her black hair fall to her waist, and slowly walked to the bed.

Yan Wanzhi, on the bed, was haphazardly tearing off the hairpins and ornaments, removing the heavy phoenix crown, wanting to complain but not daring to, her eyes filled with a hint of grievance, watching Jiang Yinghua expectantly, without saying a word.

“Is my sister acting out a naive performance with me today?” Jiang Yinghua pinched the delicate snowflakes on her head, crushing them between her fingertips, using the cool sensation to slowly slide from the other’s brow to the tip of her nose, then to her crimson lips, sharp jawline, undulating throat, deep collarbone…

Stirring up spring waters, hesitant and unspoken. Yan Wanzhi’s breathing became more and more rapid, and a warm breath swept over her face. Jiang Yinghua’s dimples deepened, and two beautiful figures fell into the billowing red curtains.

The leaping candlelight outlined a gentle, lingering intoxication. A soft presence entered her heart, how could it not make one lose their senses?

After a moment, a somewhat impatient and domineering female voice came, “You’re rebelling, get down from me!”

A little later, a soft, gentle voice whispered, as if begging for forgiveness…

2. Scented Bath

That night, the summer evening breeze carried the fragrance of lotus ponds and green grass into the Chengming Hall through the flower windows, disrupting the scattered scrolls on the table.

Jiang Yinghua’s imperial brush danced with dragon and phoenix strokes, and the memorials flew quickly under her hand, the vermilion comments at the end all in flowing, cursive script.

Daring to annotate memorials with cursive script, the court officials said they had never heard of it, never seen it before. Even more so, they desperately brushed up on their cursive script, treating it as if they were checking a dictionary.

Yan Wanzhi, wearing a light blue gauze dress, tiptoed into the hall. Jiang Yinghua had a very big temper, and when she was handling government affairs, the palace staff dared not be nearby. Even if they were in the next room, the page sweeping the floor held their breath, and even when wringing the mop, they did it slowly and carefully.

Yan Wanzhi, seeing this scene, secretly thought that Jiang Yinghua was becoming increasingly arrogant. In this vast world, there really was no one who could control her.

Along with the cool breeze that wafted into Jiang Yinghua’s nostrils, there was also a faint scent of Ruilin incense. Without lifting her eyes, she directly dropped the brush, crossed her arms, and said, “Since you’re here, you can review the rest of the memorials.”

Yan Wanzhi pursed her lips. She came to see you so late at night, but she was still handling your official duties? A lack of understanding of romance was really undesirable. Although she thought so, in order to avoid the intimate contact of her knees with strange abacuses or Go stones, she quickly walked over.

Glancing at the bold and flamboyant calligraphy on the memorial drying the ink to the side, Yan Wanzhi immediately felt a headache. This person repeatedly refused to change, and the old prime minister had already gone to the three provinces to complain several times. When the older officials received the vermilion comments, they always had to ask Yan Wanzhi to help translate them.

Jiang Yinghua glanced at her from the side, “I’m not in a good mood today, think carefully before you speak.”

“I’ll review the memorials, I won’t speak.” Yan Wanzhi obediently sat to the side, picked up the memorials, and focused on reading them.

Jiang Yinghua suddenly stood up, placed a hand on the memorials, “Is state affairs important, or am I important?”

Yan Wanzhi looked blank, stunned for a moment, then raised her eyes and responded, “Of course, Hua’er is the most important.”

“Then you didn’t ask me why I’m unhappy, but instead directly looked at the memorials?” Jiang Yinghua was sulky, her phoenix eyes half-closed, exuding danger.

Yan Wanzhi belatedly swallowed, put down the brush in her hand, her eyes flickering as she murmured, “I was wrong, so how can I make Hua’er feel better?”

“Isn’t this your basic skill? You’re asking me instead?” Jiang Yinghua’s two jade fingers clamped her chin, and her dark pupils reflected in Yan Wanzhi’s eyes.

Yan Wanzhi lowered her eyes and chuckled, “Then a bath and sleep?”

Jiang Yinghua rebuked, “A bath and sleep? Before you came to Chengming Hall, didn’t you even have the awareness to wash yourself clean? Then what did you come for!”

What a temper, how unreasonable! Yan Wanzhi stared at the person in front of her, and simply crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair, “Of course, to give you a scented bath, to wash away this anger, lest I have nightmares.”

Jiang Yinghua was stumped, retracted her restless claws, turned her body halfway, cleared her throat with her hands behind her back, and said, “That’s not necessary, I’m used to bathing myself. You’re going to wait anyway, why not look at something new?”

She took out a long roll of folded paintings from under a pile of memorials and handed it to Yan Wanzhi.

The other person suspiciously reached out to take it, and when she saw the plump, well-rounded lines drawn on it, all kinds of flowery poses and gestures, she was simultaneously shocked and embarrassed, frowning, “This, you, where did you get this thing, and you just put it on the imperial desk?!”

“The imperial desk is the safest place. On the other hand, Yan Qing’s glimpse of novels in your study back then is something I still savor,” Jiang Yinghua said with a wicked smile, leaving behind a puzzling sentence, and then went inside to bathe.

Yan Wanzhi’s pupils instantly shook. She had always wondered when Jiang Yinghua knew that she liked women. It turned out that she had revealed herself on her first visit to the Yan residence!

3. Imperial Female Official

The autumn sky was clear, and the sweet osmanthus fragrance filled the air. Jiang Yinghua stood under the corridor of the main hall, suddenly had an idea, and said to Yan Wanzhi: “The Left Prime Minister will take care of it, there are too many rigid scholars in the court, select a batch of talented women to dispel the stale air.”

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