Chapter 360: The Wedding Night...

Minglan felt something strange in her mouth and her beautiful eyes suddenly widened. She subconsciously pushed hard, but was firmly controlled by Lin Hao. Then her eyes gradually became blurred!

Afterwards, Lin Hao not only moved his mouth, but also couldn't help but take action.

"Ah~!" Minglan was shocked. If she didn't react, she would be a fool. Then she stopped Lin Hao's hand and said, "You, you are not drunk, are you lying to me?"

Seeing this, Lin Hao naturally didn't need to pretend anymore. He opened his eyes with a smile, and what came into his sight was Minglan, who was wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal robe, with a puffy face and looking angry.

Minglan felt Lin Hao's burning gaze and her face suddenly turned red. She was a little at a loss for a moment.

At this time, Lin Hao helped Minglan take off the Phoenix Coronet, gently stroked the red mark left by the Phoenix Coronet, and said with concern:
"It hurts!"

"Hmm~!" Seeing Lin Hao being so gentle, Minglan's nervous mood relaxed a little, and then the two of them looked at each other.

Lin Hao looked at Minglan's pretty and blushing little face and approached her little by little, and Minglan closed her eyes shyly.

However, Minglan did not wait for Lin Hao's kiss, but heard Lin Hao's voice in her ears:
"My dear, even though it's such a beautiful day, we still have the most important thing to do!"

When Lin Hao spoke in her ear, a stream of heat entered her ears, causing Minglan's whole body to tremble, and then she felt weak.

Minglan, who was dazed, had realized something at this moment, so she stammered, "You, you bad guy, what else do you want to do? What big thing?"

"Hmm~!" However, before Minglan could finish her words, she was attacked again, and Lin Hao's lips pressed down on hers...!
"Help~!"

"No·····!"

At this time, Xiaotao and Danju were in the ear room. Listening to the noise from next door, Xiaotao asked in a low voice:
"Sister Danju, hearing the girl screaming so miserably, should we go and save her?"

Danju blushed and said enviously:
"I heard that the girl seemed very happy. Maybe, maybe we don't need to go!"

"Yeah, if we go in, the girl might be unhappy!" As she said that, silly Xiao Tao put her ear to the door again, listening to the noise inside!
next day
Lin Hao got dressed and opened the door of the new house refreshed. He saw Xiaotao and Danju waiting at the door with basins of water.

"Uncle!"

Lin Hao responded, and when he saw them about to go in, he ordered:
"Don't go in yet. You've been working hard for most of the night. Let your girl sleep a little longer!"

Xiao Tao and Dan Ju thought about Lin Hao's charge into battle last night, lowered their heads and blushed shyly as they said, "I know, son-in-law!"

Lin Hao ignored them and went to the kitchen!
After Lin Hao left, Xiao Tao asked:

“Sister Danju, shall we go in and call the girl?”

Danju thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go in and take a look. If the girl wakes up, we'll help her get up. If she doesn't wake up, we'll go ask Mother Cui!"

Then the two maids entered the room and found that Minglan showed no signs of waking up, so they went to find Mother Cui.

Mother Cui is the old lady's personal maid and knows a lot of things. Therefore, the old lady had told them before that if they didn't understand something or couldn't make up their minds, they should go and ask Mother Cui!

After a while, Lin Hao returned to the bridal chamber with breakfast. Seeing Minglan still sleeping soundly, he knew that she was exhausted last night, so he helped her up and laid her in his arms.

"Madam, come and have some porridge!" Then he picked up a bowl of porridge and fed it into her mouth with a spoon.

At this time, Minglan opened her cherry mouthful in a daze, and finally Lin Hao fed her mouthful by mouthful.

After drinking most of the bowl of porridge, Minglan finally woke up, but she was reluctant to open her eyes. At this moment, she was extremely greedy for Lin Hao's favor.

At this time, the old lady's personal maid, Mother Cui, saw Minglan lying in Lin Hao's arms as soon as she entered the room, enjoying being fed by Lin Hao!
Although she knew it was not the right time, she had to speak. After all, Minglan had already married into the Duke of Ying's mansion and had not yet paid her respects or offered tea to her parents-in-law.

So Mother Cui said:
"My girl, you are already the eldest lady of the Duke of Ying's mansion, and you haven't even greeted your parents-in-law and offered them tea. If this gets out, people will say that our daughter of the Sheng family has no manners!"

Minglan was startled and immediately remembered that she was no longer in the Sheng family. She had not yet offered tea to her parents-in-law in the morning. Thinking of this, she struggled to get up from Lin Hao's arms!
"Ouch!" Minglan frowned slightly. She felt pain as soon as she moved. Then she glanced at Lin Hao: "It's all your fault!"

"Hahaha! I'm so proud of you!" Then Lin Hao pushed her back into the quilt and said to Mother Cui:

"Don't worry, Madam Cui. I've already told my parents that my wife was overworked last night, so we just need to go and serve tea before noon~!"

"Oh my, how embarrassing!" After hearing Lin Hao say this, Minglan suddenly felt too embarrassed to face anyone. She then lifted the quilt and said:

"No, no, I have to get up quickly. If I continue to sleep, my parents-in-law will definitely think that we are uneducated!"

"Okay!" Lin Hao pushed Minglan back into the quilt again, and then said, "Just rest peacefully!"

After hearing this, Minglan lay back down obediently, but she was still a little nervous!

"Puchi~~!" At this time Xiaotao and Danju finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and then quickly covered their mouths!
"Ah~! No, I have to get up quickly. Look, even Xiaotao and Danju are laughing at me!" Minglan saw the two maids laughing at her and immediately refused.

What made Minglan even more angry was that she found Lin Hao looking at her happily, so Minglan finally couldn't hold it anymore and immediately lifted the quilt and said:

"Look, even you are laughing at me!"

"Danju, Xiaotao, go get me some hot water and help me wash up!"

"You're still laughing!" She said while patting Lin Hao fiercely. Lin Hao didn't care. He just hugged Minglan like a princess and sat her down in front of the dressing table!
Danju and Xiaotao brought hot water and began to wash Minglan. When she finished and started to put on makeup, Lin Hao came behind her and said:
"Do you remember the poem I wrote to you yesterday to urge you to get ready?"

Minglan looked at Lin Hao in confusion and said, "Remember!"

"Every ten steps, the music resounds through the blue sky."

"The night is long and the makeup is too heavy to bear."

"I am ashamed to let others test my eyes."

"Leave it to Zhang Lang for later description."

Lin Hao turned Minglan's head towards himself, then picked up an eyebrow pencil and began to draw her eyebrows!

Only then did Minglan realize that it was "Zhang Lang" who was "drawing eyebrows" for her!

At this moment, Minglan felt like she had fallen into a honey pot, surrounded by happiness, and she was the happiest person in the world!

After the two of them washed up, Lin Hao took Minglan to pay their respects to their parents and offer them tea!
"My son Haolin greets my father and mother!" Lin Hao saluted with both hands.

"Daughter-in-law Sheng Minglan pays her respects to father and mother!" Minglan also bowed her head and said.

"Okay, okay!" The Duke of England said with a smile, "You two young people don't have to be so restrained. We are family and there is no need to be so formal!"

Seeing that Minglan was unable to move, Lady Yingguo said considerately:

"Hurry up and sit down!"

Then the Duchess of England continued, "Minglan!"

When Minglan heard her mother-in-law calling her, she immediately stood up and saluted, but the Duke of England stopped her and said:

"No need to get up, I know you are not feeling well!" Then he said to Lin Hao:

"You too, you don't even feel sorry for your own daughter-in-law, but look at what you've done to Minglan~!" She was stunned by her mother-in-law's words! Minglan blushed immediately, she didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so tough!
Lin Hao immediately admitted his mistake and said, "Mother is right. I was reckless. But I was just thinking about expanding our family as soon as possible!"

Sure enough, the person who knows his mother best is not her husband, but her son. Lin Hao's words made the Duchess of England smile happily!

At this time, the Duchess of England said, "Yes, that's what I was going to say!"

Then he continued to say to Minglan:
"Minglan, since you are marrying into the Zhang family, I will gradually hand over all the big and small matters of the family to you. You must be a good wife to Haolin and handle all the affairs of the backyard..."

Minglan was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to directly hand over the power of housekeeper to her, so she said obediently:
"Mother, aren't we being too hasty right now?"

The Duchess of England said as a matter of course:
"Of course I'm anxious. I'm just waiting for you to come and take care of the household so that I, the housekeeper, can relax a little!"

The Duke of England also said, "Your mother is in poor health, so you, as her daughter-in-law, will have to take care of the household!"

At this time Lin Hao also nodded to Minglan, so Minglan said:

"Daughter-in-law, remember the instructions of your father and mother!"

After Minglan finished paying her respects and offering tea, Lin Hao took Minglan to visit the Duke of England's Mansion...!
In a blink of an eye, Lin Hao and Minglan had been married for three days.

According to the etiquette of that era, the newlyweds had to bring gifts and visit the bride's home on the third day after their marriage, commonly known as Guining, which is the modern equivalent of returning to the bride's home.

So, the couple got up very early today.

Since it was the Prince of Yan's wife who was returning home, this happy day naturally had to be grand. The Prince of Yan's specially made super carriage had been escorted all the way by hundreds of personal guards, and there were also several carts of gifts behind it.

The group returned to the Sheng family in a grand procession. The scene was so spectacular that countless people along the way stopped to watch. They all talked about the luxury of the Prince of Yan's Mansion and expressed their envy of the Prince of Yan's wife.

In the carriage, Minglan looked out the window at the magnificent procession outside and suddenly said to Lin Hao:
"Sir, isn't our grand display a bit too ostentatious?"

Lin Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Why? Don't you like it?"

"Of course I like it!" Minglan said truthfully.

Everyone has vanity, and Minglan is no exception. Seeing such a grand ceremony for her return home satisfied her vanity greatly. It would be strange if she didn't like it.

Over the years in the Sheng family, he has been suppressing himself and being cautious in everything, for fear of doing something out of line and bringing trouble to himself and his grandmother.

Over the years, if Lin Hao had not often met her in her dreams, often comforted her, and told her so many novel stories, she didn't even know if she would have been suppressed to the point of going crazy!
But while she was happy, she couldn't help feeling a little worried, fearing that Lin Hao's high profile would bring him unnecessary trouble.

So I carefully reminded:

"But if you show off like this, I'm afraid that tomorrow the court and the civil and military officials will be dissatisfied and suspicious of you. If that happens, it won't be good."

Minglan had heard from her father about Lin Hao's majesty when he caused bloodshed in the court that day, and Lin Hao had already hinted at certain things to her.

If that is the case, shouldn't he keep a low profile so as not to arouse the suspicion of the court before he is fully prepared?

"Haha, suspicion! Ever since the bloodbath in the imperial court that day, do you think that even if I keep a low profile, I won't arouse suspicion from those people?"

Lin Hao sneered:

"No matter whether I am high-profile or low-profile, as long as I am alive, they will be unable to sleep at night!"

"Ah!" Minglan was shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect that her husband had reached this point with the court!

Minglan was extremely worried when she heard this. If it succeeded, everything would be fine. But if it failed, the family would be destroyed and all their property would be confiscated.

"Don't worry, everything is under your husband's control!"

Seeing Minglan's worried look, Lin Hao couldn't help but give her a reassurance, then hugged her in his arms and said:
"Silly girl, your husband has a hundred thousand strong troops under his command, and your father has hundreds of thousands of border troops under his command, what can they do to me!"

"Besides~!"

"What's more?" Minglan asked in confusion.

"Haha! You will know later!" Lin Hao ignored Minglan's coquettishness and smiled proudly!

"Hate!"

"Hey, we seem to have arrived!" Lin Hao said as he lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Upon hearing this, Minglan immediately straightened her clothes!
Today is the happy day when Minglan returns home, so the Sheng family has naturally made preparations long ago. When Lin Hao and Minglan got off the car, the Changbai couple were already waiting at the door.

In the past, when Lin Hao came to the Sheng family, Sheng Hong would personally wait at the door to greet him. But now his status is different. Lin Hao has become Sheng Hong's son-in-law, and with the status of father-in-law, there is naturally no need for him to be greeted at the door.

Besides, today is Minglan's day to return home, so naturally Changbai and his wife will do it!

Seeing the two get off the car, Changbai and Zhang Cuifen hurried over to greet them.

"Brother, do you think I should call you my brother-in-law?" Then Zhang Cuifen shouted seriously: "Ah! My brother-in-law is here!"

Lin Hao pretended to hit his sister on the head and threatened:

"Begging for a beating!"

"Eh~! Then I have to call second brother brother-in-law too!" Minglan also said mischievously.

"Hey~!" Changbai and Lin Hao looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. It's true that no creature like younger sister can be worry-free!

Changbai could only say helplessly: "Let's go in!"

Then several people came to the Sheng family.

Naturally, the two of them had to pay their respects to the old lady first.

As soon as they met, before Minglan even greeted the old lady, the old lady couldn't help hugging Minglan, muttering:

"My Ming'er is finally back, let my grandma take a good look at my Ming girl!"

Changbai said at this time: "Grandma, Minglan is now a princess!"

The old lady glared at Changbai and said:

"What does it matter if it's Princess? You're still my little girl Ming!"

"Grandma, no matter when or where, Minglan will always be your girl Ming!" Minglan said, supporting the old lady.

Then the old lady looked Minglan up and down, as if she wanted to see if Minglan had been treated unfairly by Lin Hao in the past three days.

Minglan said playfully, "Grandma, I haven't lost a hair or an ounce of flesh, and I've gained a lot of weight!"

Hearing this, the old lady laughed happily, and then the grandfather and grandson started chatting affectionately.

(End of this chapter)