Chapter 452 - 250: Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye, Together.
The maids welcoming them at the mansion entrance were quite attractive, on par with the twenty attendants at the Yandu Villa.
’Are all the maids in the big cities this high-quality?’
’Back in the countryside, they’d all be considered quite a catch.’
’It just goes to show, people always strive for better things.’
’They’d rather be a maid in a wealthy household than the treasured darling of a poor boy.’
’And what if, one day, the master of the house takes a liking to them?’
Too bad they ran into Lu Yuan. His women were all alluringly beautiful; he wouldn’t give these maids a second glance.
Lu Yuan dismounted and went to the last carriage, helping Su Liyan and her mother down. He said,
"Mother, my wife, this mansion was a gift from the Royal Family to Yue’Er. Let’s stay here for now."
With the Post House outside the city burned down, Su Liyan and the others had no choice but to stay here.
This was the mansion His Majesty the Emperor had given to Yue’Er. Since Yue’Er was marrying Lu Yuan, couldn’t his other wife live here as well?
After Su Liyan got out of the carriage, she immediately spoke up, "Lu Yuan, how could you be like this?"
"Like what?" Lu Yuan asked, confused.
"Today is Yue’Er’s wedding day. How can you be so neglectful?" Su Liyan complained.
Lu Yuan replied, "Alright, alright. I’ll go get Yue’Er down now. You and Mother follow behind me."
"Lu Yuan, hurry up and go," Su Liyan said, giving him a gentle push.
’Having this many women is a bit of a hassle.’
Lu Yuan went to Yue’Er’s carriage, knocked on its frame, and called out, "Yue’Er, we’re here. Time to get out."
"Yuan~ Help me down," Yue’Er’s voice came from inside the carriage. A new bride couldn’t possibly be expected to get out on her own, could she?
Gu Ziye understood this bit of etiquette perfectly well.
You were lucky she didn’t ask for "dismounting money." Goes to show how pure ancient weddings were, unadulterated by worldly possessions.
Of course, back in the seventies or eighties, all you needed were the "four big items," and that was enough to get married.
I wonder what the going rate for getting married is these days.
All that stuff like entry money, find-the-shoe money, getting-in-the-car money, getting-out-of-the-car money... this fee and that fee.
My friends, as long as it isn’t too much, just grit your teeth and accept it.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan didn’t hesitate. He leaped onto the carriage, lifted the curtain, and slipped inside.
Gu Ziye was startled. Leaning back against the carriage wall, she looked at Lu Yuan and said, "Yuan~ Why did you come inside?"
"I only asked you to help me, what are you doing in here?" But Gu Ziye hadn’t even finished speaking.
Lu Yuan leaned in and pressed his lips to hers, his own sealing her small, cherry-like mouth.
A dozen seconds later, Lu Yuan pulled back to look at the blushing Yue’Er and said, "You asked me to give you a hand, didn’t you? Are you satisfied?"
With that said, Lu Yuan scooped her directly into his arms, took two steps back, and pushed the curtain open with his backside.
Lu Yuan stepped out of the cabin, holding Gu Ziye, and dismounted steadily from the carriage.
Carried bridal style, Gu Ziye nestled in Lu Yuan’s arms, unable to stop smiling.
Su Liyan and her mother came forward to greet them.
Gu Ziye hurriedly said, "Yuan~ Put me down, quick. Sister is watching."
Su Liyan’s mother just smiled from the side as Su Liyan teased, "Look at our Yue’Er, getting all shy."
"Sister~ I... Yuan~ Put me down, I can walk by myself!"
Lu Yuan didn’t answer Gu Ziye. He just hoisted her up a bit, settling her more comfortably in his arms.
No matter how Gu Ziye struggled, she couldn’t break free from Lu Yuan’s powerful grip.
Lu Yuan’s arms were like chains that were Binding Yue’Er. After struggling for a little while, Gu Ziye gave up.
Lu Yuan carried Gu Ziye, with Su Liyan and her mother following behind.
Lu Yuan said to a maid, "Lead the way. I’m taking the Princess to her room!"
"This way, please, Prince Consort!" Unflustered, the two maids led the way.
Su Liyan and her mother were each assigned a room. Across a small courtyard from them was the Princess’s chamber.
After putting down her baggage, Su Liyan went to her mother’s room next door.
New to the mansion, Su Liyan wasn’t sure what to do, so she started chatting with her mother.
As the saying goes, a moment on a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Tonight, it seemed Su Liyan was fated to sleep alone.
A maid pushed open the door, and Lu Yuan carried Gu Ziye inside.
After Lu Yuan had entered, the maid tactfully closed the door behind him.
Lu Yuan placed Gu Ziye gently on the bed, his upper body hovering over hers.
They were incredibly close. As Gu Ziye gazed at Lu Yuan’s rather handsome profile, the sleeping fawn in her heart began to pound wildly.
As Lu Yuan made to get up, Gu Ziye wrapped her arms around his neck.
Gu Ziye used her entire body weight to hold Lu Yuan fast, preventing him from straightening up.
"Yuan~ Don’t go. Stay a little longer!" Gu Ziye murmured flirtatiously.
"I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be here the whole time," Lu Yuan said gently. The scent of the high-quality rouge on Yue’Er’s body was intoxicating.
Through the thick layers of her clothing, Lu Yuan couldn’t feel a thing.
Gu Ziye fluttered her long eyelashes and gazed at Lu Yuan. "Yuan~ Are they a little small? Can’t you feel them?"
’If it weren’t for the papaya and Snow Clam Soup I had back at the Zhao Mansion in Taiping City, which helped me develop a little, they’d probably be even more pathetic.’
At that moment, Lu Yuan’s mind drifted to Aunt Zhao, far away in Taiping City’s Zhao Mansion, and her plump...
’Indeed,’ Lu Yuan thought, ’I’m used to a handful, so it’s a little hard to adjust to Yue’Er’s small buds.’
Lu Yuan didn’t want Gu Ziye to overthink it. ’She just turned eighteen, after all~’
’How could I possibly damage her self-esteem?’
’Besides, as long as Gu Ziye is willing, I have my ways of making them grow bigger.’
’Besides, I cherish the person, not her body. Her body is just a bonus that comes with the marriage.’