Chapter 32: The Runaway Bride
A few more days passed, and the royal capital became even more lively. Many officials and families from other regions had arrived in advance, preparing to attend this grand wedding, because this grand wedding also represented the future of the Great Yue Dynasty.
Many people thought that this was a political marriage. In fact, it was. It was just that Mingyan and the two princesses happened to be in love.
As the date approached, Mingyan actually felt a little apprehensive, as if he were about to do something rebellious. This made him both puzzled and depressed.
The wedding day was at the beginning of next month. For such emotions to appear now really gave Mingyan a headache. He certainly wasn’t afraid of marriage. When he had married Huang Feiyan, he didn’t have this feeling. But for some reason, this time, there was a voice in his mind telling him that he shouldn’t do this.
This made Mingyan feel a little baffled.
We are properly in love. Why can’t we get married?
So even though the voice in his mind had been reminding Mingyan that he shouldn’t do this, he was even more determined to marry the two Yue sisters.
But this kind of complex and conflicting emotion seemed a little strange to outsiders, especially to Huang Feiyan.
Huang Feiyan saw Mingyan’s anxiety, placed her hand on the back of his, and said in a warm and gentle voice, “Husband, why have you been so uneasy these few days?”
“I don’t know either…” Mingyan shook his head, then said to himself, “Could it be because I’m going to marry Wuxia and Ningshuang? But it shouldn’t be like this.”
“Then is my husband so excited that he can’t calm down?” Huang Feiyan smiled. “Husband, don’t be in a hurry. In a few days, you’ll be able to taste these Yue sisters~”
“My wife can also tell lewd jokes,” Mingyan held Huang Feiyan’s hand in a backhand grip, and after hearing this, he gently squeezed it and teased her.
“Following my husband, how can I not learn?” Huang Feiyan’s face was slightly red. She paused for a while and said, “Husband, calm down. It’s not the first time you’ve gotten married.”
Mingyan let out a long breath and nodded lightly. “My wife is always so considerate of me.”
Huang Feiyan chuckled. “Look at what you’re saying. I’m your wife. If I don’t think for you, who do I think for?”
At this time, Huang Nishang walked over. She saw the two of them talking with smiles on their faces and approached.
“Cousin is here?” Huang Feiyan was the first to notice Huang Nishang. The smile on her face was slightly restrained, becoming gentle and moving. In front of others besides Mingyan, Huang Feiyan still had to show the demeanor of a primary wife. Although in Huang Nishang’s opinion… it was a little funny.
Huang Nishang walked to the two of them and then said, “Yue Ningshuang has secretly slipped out and is almost at the Prince’s Mansion.”
“Huh?” Mingyan was stunned for a moment, and Huang Feiyan blinked and smiled. “It seems that Sister Ningshuang is a little impatient.”
Mingyan also couldn’t help but laugh. “That does sound like her personality…”
Huang Nishang stood on the side in silence. She didn’t know the details of Yue Ningshuang; she hadn’t even known there was such a person before. But in the outside world, before the dream, she had seen Yue Ningshuang. She had also fallen into a deep sleep, and her cultivation was at the Divine Gate Realm.
In the outside world, there was a delicate lotus on Yue Ningshuang’s forehead. This could well explain her identity: she was from Yaochi.
But, as far as Huang Nishang knew, among the younger generation of Yaochi, only Ning Feixuan should be at the Divine Gate Realm.
Her mysterious origin made Huang Nishang not particularly at ease, so she had been observing Yue Ningshuang all along.
“Husband, you should go and pick up Sister Ningshuang. Give her a surprise,” Huang Feiyan said with a smile. “Hurry up and go.”
Mingyan nodded and then left first. Huang Nishang looked at his back. After he had walked far away, she finally turned her head to look at Huang Feiyan and said calmly, “I hope you won’t regret what you’re doing now in the future.”
“Regret? Why would I regret it?” Huang Feiyan tucked the hair by her ear, her smile growing wider. “Is my cousin talking about my attitude towards them?”
Huang Nishang looked at Huang Feiyan and then moved her gaze to the side. “What do you think?”
“I won’t regret it. It’s good that everyone is happy together,” Huang Feiyan shook her head. “Just as I can accept my cousin, I think my ability to accept is still quite strong.”
Huang Nishang turned her face to the side. After hearing Huang Feiyan’s words, she couldn’t help but shake her head gently and sigh. My… my family member. How could I not understand her? When she wakes up, she’ll probably remember what she’s doing now and immediately self-destruct…
Thinking of some of Huang Feiyan’s hobbies in the dream, Huang Nishang couldn’t quite understand. Could it be that this was actually a side of her that was hidden? Although this was a dream, the personality of each person in the dream was not much different from their original personality. But because they had no memory, it was very likely that the real “true self” that was originally suppressed would be released.
So, was this Huang Feiyan the “true self” that she had hidden?
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Meanwhile, Yue Ningshuang had already quietly arrived outside the Prince’s Mansion. She wore a veil on her face, and her eye makeup and hairstyle were very different from usual. It was difficult for someone who was not very familiar with her to recognize her.
She was thinking about how to enter the Prince’s Mansion. If she wanted to enter from the main gate in a grand manner, she would definitely be discovered by those maids. It would not be good if word got back to the royal palace.
Thinking of this, Yue Ningshuang walked around the outside of the Prince’s Mansion and found that there were people patrolling in many places. Although there were no other men besides Mingyan inside the mansion, outside the high walls, there were some guards with sabers patrolling.
Besides, the outside of these high walls was smooth. Let alone a woman like her, even those guards with sabers couldn’t climb up…
What should I do… I’ve already come out. I can’t just go back like this, can I?
Just as Yue Ningshuang was in a difficult situation, suddenly, she felt her waist being held. She trembled and wanted to struggle and scold, but just as she turned her head, her anger turned into a pleasant surprise. “Mingyan?!”
“Why is my little wife here? Could it be that you missed me so much that you ran out?” Mingyan held Yue Ningshuang up. Her feet couldn’t touch the ground, and her beautiful face was flushed. “Aiya, hurry up and put me down.”
Mingyan put her down. Fortunately, there were no pedestrians here, and no one saw this embarrassing scene. Only then was her expression not so red. She said in surprise, “How did you know I was coming?”
“Because I felt that a certain little wife of mine would definitely not be able to bear the loneliness and would come out to see me secretly,” Mingyan smiled. There was no need to tell the truth. At this time, he had to say some nice things to make Yue Ningshuang happy.
For her to run out secretly like this just to see him, besides being amused, it would be a lie to say that his heart was not moved.
He saw Yue Ningshuang’s attitude with his own eyes and remembered it in his heart. He would never be that ungrateful man and ignore her devotion.
“Is that so?” Yue Ningshuang had her hands behind her back, a smile on her cherry lips under the veil. Her eyes were particularly beautiful, and when she smiled, they were like two pools of spring water. “I wanted to give you a surprise.”
“It’s already a big enough surprise,” Mingyan held Yue Ningshuang’s hand and smiled. “Actually, I’ve been following you just now. Were you looking for a place to sneak in?”
“Yes? Hmm? You were following me just now? Then why didn’t you come out? You were watching me have a headache here. Were you secretly laughing?” Yue Ningshuang’s brows stood on end. She patted Mingyan with her hand and snorted coquettishly. “You bad guy!”
Mingyan couldn’t help but kiss Yue Ningshuang on the face and teased, “My Ningshuang baby is so cute!”
Yue Ningshuang’s beautiful face was burning hot, but her eyes darted. She asked, “Then am I cute, or is my sister cute?”
“Both are cute, and each has her own unique cuteness,” Mingyan immediately replied. For this kind of question, the answer had become a kind of muscle memory. But this was also the truth. Yue Wuxia’s cuteness was in her soft heart that said one thing and meant another, while Yue Ningshuang’s cuteness was more direct.
Yue Ningshuang giggled and didn’t make a big deal out of it. “Hurry up and take me in.”
“If I take you back like this, others will think that the Prince has found another beautiful girl and tricked her into coming home,” Mingyan smiled.
“Hmph, in a few days, I will be the mistress of the mansion. Who would dare to gossip?” Yue Ningshuang snorted coquettishly.
“Then why didn’t you just go in directly?” Mingyan smiled.
“That’s not…” Yue Ningshuang was a little shy, her face flushed. It was not good for a woman to see her husband a few days before the wedding. But Mingyan didn’t seem to care at all. Thinking of this, her heart couldn’t help but soften.
Mingyan handed Yue Ningshuang a token and said with a smile, “You can use this token to go in. Just say you are a guest of the Prince’s Mansion. I won’t go with you. Otherwise, it will inevitably make people guess your identity. With this token, they won’t ask too much about your identity.”
“Mm…” Yue Ningshuang nodded. Mingyan then motioned, “You go first. After you go in, I’ll go back.”
Yue Ningshuang took the token and ran to the main gate of the mansion. After she took out the token, the few maids at the door looked at each other and indeed did not ask much and let her in.
Yue Ningshuang was secretly happy. No one knows that I secretly ran to Mingyan’s place before the wedding. Why not play some fun games with Mingyan in this mansion secretly…
Just as she was thinking this, two familiar figures appeared in her sight. It was Huang Feiyan and Huang Nishang. She quickly lowered her head, thinking that these two did not know who she was. She was about to turn her head and turn her back to them but heard Huang Feiyan say in a low voice, “Sister Ningshuang, are you planning to pretend you don’t know us?”
Yue Ningshuang was shocked. She had not expected that Huang Feiyan would recognize her. But thinking of Huang Nishang beside her, who was very likely a cultivator, she came back to her senses. She knew that it was most likely Huang Nishang who had seen through her identity. Since that was the case, there was no need to hide. She looked around and saw no one else. Only then did she take off the veil on her face and said shyly, “Sister Feiyan, I have disturbed you…”
“What do you mean by disturbing? This is your future home,” Huang Feiyan smiled.
