June 16th, Ideal for Marriage

　　"I got on the bridal sedan chair, stepped across the fire basin, and paid respects to the heavens and earth.

　　All the processions were completed by the time it was already night.

　　I sat on the bed covered in peanuts and longans, feeling drowsy under the red veil.

　　I didn't know how long had passed when there was a creak at the door.

　　Someone walked in.

　　My consciousness returned, and I leaned against the bedpost, feeling tired.

　　I asked in a sleepy tone, 'What time is it now?' No one answered.

　　I felt that something was off and said, 'Why aren't you speaking?' Still no response.

　　I lifted my hand to uncover the red veil.

　　But as soon as I raised my hand, it was held tightly by a broad and powerful hand, and a familiar presence surrounded me.

　　In the next moment, the red veil was lifted, revealing a flawlessly handsome face that resembled beautiful jade.

　　'Elder Brother?!' The man uttered a low 'Hmm' with a calm tone, without any fluctuations."

　　The more this happens, the more I inexplicably panic.

　　The man's slightly cool fingertips slowly outline my facial features, and after a while, he softly says, "Red suits you." There is no anger, disappointment, or sadness as I had imagined.

　　He remains calm as if nothing has happened.

　　Abnormal situations often have something sinister behind them! "I'm sorry, Your Highness.

　　It's my fault, all my fault.

　　Please don't be angry.

　　It's not good for your health!" Regardless of what he's up to, I should apologize first.

　　Shen Su finally reveals a hint of a smile and says, "Since you know you have done something wrong, accept your punishment like a good girl." Punishment? What kind of punishment? Before I can ask, a sudden pain strikes the back of my neck, and I lose consciousness.

　　When I awaken once again, I am greeted by a magnificent sight.

　　Sitting up, I hear a crisp sound.

　　I freeze as I lift the covers and find a golden chain locked around my right ankle.

　　"This...isn't this mine?" It's the golden chain I used to imprison Shen Su.

　　I put it away in a chest when I decided to stop bothering him.

　　He has somehow found it, and now it's locked around my own ankle...

　　Hearing the noise, Shen Su emerges from behind a screen.

　　He has just finished bathing, with his long hair loose and wearing only a white undergarment, covered in a faint mist.

　　Tears of frustration flow down my cheeks.

　　I quickly wipe my mouth and cough symbolically, making myself look pitiful.

　　"I truly know I'm wrong.

　　I won't do this again.

　　Can you please unlock it?" "I'm begging you, Your Highness!" Shen Su sits on the edge of the bed, his fingers gently caressing the chain on my foot, and then he slowly shakes his head.

　　"I won't trust you anymore." "Zhaojun, I didn't want to treat you like this." "It's because you're too disobedient, thinking of leaving me." Shen Su tears off his gentle mask, revealing the twisted soul within.

　　"I love you.

　　I can give you anything you want, except for one thing - you can't leave me." "Why can't Zhaojun satisfy me with just this?" "Since that's the case, then don't blame Your Highness for keeping you as my prisoner." Shen Su lifts my right leg, bends down, and plants a kiss on the ankle bound by the golden chain.

　　This kiss contains no hint of desire, only a passionate and devout belief in the one he holds dearest.

　　It's strange, I don't feel too surprised.

　　It's as if deep down in my heart, I always felt that Shen Su should be like this.

　　I...mmm...like him even more now...

　　"A grand wedding in seven days," Shen Su suddenly says with a smile.

　　"Before that, I'll have to make you suffer for a while." "After the wedding, I will unlock it myself." I gape, "So soon? Won't you reconsider?" Shen Su doesn't say anything more, he just covers me with a thin blanket and leaves.

　　In the afternoon, a palace maid delivers a set of wedding clothes - red as flames, exquisitely beautiful.

　　The more I look at it, the more familiar it becomes.

　　Isn't this the one I sewed myself before? It's just that a small part was unfinished, and now it's been repaired.

　　"Did His Highness ask the embroiderer to do this?" The servant girl who brought the wedding clothes answers with respect, "His Majesty consulted the embroiderer and personally finished the sewing with his own needle and thread." "..." It's not an unbelievable thing either.

　　In my affairs, Shen Su never accepts help from others.

　　If he can solve it himself, he will never let others intervene.

　　It has always been like this.

　　I couldn't help but imagine him as if he was threading a needle, lowering his gaze and embroidering a wedding dress stitch by stitch.

　　So virtuous and capable.

　　I couldn't help but burst into laughter.

　　"Summon His Majesty here, I have something to tell him." Little palace maid: "His Majesty ordered that he will not come to the Begonia Hall before the wedding." "..." Sure enough, no matter how I caused trouble in the next six days, Shen Su didn't appear again.

　　Until the day of the wedding.

　　Ten li of red wedding clothes, a celebration for the entire country.

　　As the newly crowned empress of the Wei Yong Marquis's Mansion, I entered the palace.

　　The Wei Yong Marquis had no objections.

　　Who wouldn't want an empress from their own family? Even if not their own daughter, having such a title was advantageous.

　　Therefore, everything went smoothly.