Chapter 105: Wedding Night (2)

A group of people drank and chatted. By the time this meal was finished, the moon was already high, and it was nearly midnight. As the groom, Lou Xiyan was naturally forced to drink quite a bit during the banquet, becoming so drunk he couldn't even walk. In the end, it was only with the support of Mo Bai and Zhuo Qing that he staggered back to Lanyue Lou.

Outside Lanyue Lou, Qi Tianyu insisted on entering to "tease the newlyweds," but was blocked outside the courtyard by the cold and stern Jing Sa: "The master is already drunk. Young Master Qi, please return."

Compared to Lou Xiyan's drunken state, Qi Tianyu, apart from his slightly flushed complexion, was clearly clear-headed, his eyes bright. Placing his hand on Jing Sa's shoulder in a rogue-like manner, Qi Tianyu smiled, "That won't do. We haven't teased the newlyweds yet!"

Yan Hongtian's group had originally intended to leave, but seeing Qi Tianyu's insistence on teasing the newlyweds, they simply weren't in a hurry to leave anymore, all surrounding the outside of Lanyue Lou.

Jing Sa remained unmoved, replying coldly, "The hour is late. Young Master Qi, please return!"

Qi Tianyu rolled his eyes. How could Xi Yan find such a blockhead to be a steward? He had no sense of fun at all. Patting Jing Sa's shoulder hard, Qi Tianyu continued relentlessly, "Jing Sa, don't be so serious! Teasing the newlyweds is festive! Xi Yan won't mind."

Jing Sa retreated a step, this time simply ignoring his words, his tall figure blocking the courtyard gate, determined not to let them in.

Lou Xiwu, who was standing beside Qi Tianyu, had drunk a few too many cups, her face flushed and her steps unsteady, but she still joined in the fun, shouting loudly, "That's right, that's right! We want to tease the newlyweds! Tease the newlyweds!"

Seeing her swaying and shouting even though she couldn't stand steadily, Jing Sa stepped forward helplessly to support her swaying body, whispering a reprimand, "No rowdiness allowed!"

Qi Tianyu watched Jing Sa's rare gentleness with interest and couldn't help but smile, "Tsk tsk tsk, what favoritism! It seems that in the three months I was away, the Prime Minister's Mansion has been filled with peach blossoms!" This rock had finally opened up! He seemed to have chosen the wrong time to go out, missing quite a few good shows!

Such obvious teasing made Lou Xiwu blush so much that she gently broke free from Jing Sa's hand, calling out in a low voice, "Brother Qi! What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Nonsense?" Qi Tianyu crossed his arms, glanced at Jing Sa sideways, and chuckled, "I thought I would soon have wedding wine to drink. So, I saw wrong?!"

Even with such obvious teasing, Jing Sa remained expressionless, his face cold.

Mo Bai happened to be coming out of the courtyard at this moment. Seeing this group of people outside who were clearly not yet satisfied, he knew what they wanted to do. Without needing to say more, Mo Bai stood side by side with Jing Sa, the two of them blocking the already small courtyard gate tightly from left to right.

Lou Xiwu had thin skin. Being teased by Qi Tianyu like this, her already flushed face was now almost burning. Glaring at him angrily, Lou Xiwu shouted, "You only know how to make fun of people! If you really have the ability, find a way to get past these two door gods!"

Qi Tianyu raised his brows lightly. Getting past them was impossible! When it came to martial arts, if it were only Jing Sa, he could try, but now that Mo Bai was also here, he definitely wasn't a match. Looking back at the group of people waiting to watch the show behind him, they wouldn't help. Qi Tianyu sighed, better to rely on himself.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Tianyu suddenly smiled cunningly, "I have a way!"

After Qi Tianyu finished speaking, he turned and ran toward the backyard. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what he was going to do, but seeing his confident look just now, they were a bit curious and expectant.

Inside the courtyard, Zhuo Qing cursed Mo Bai from head to toe in her heart. He knew Lou Xiyan was drunk, yet he only supported his master to the door and left. At the very least, he should have helped his master to the bed!

Zhuo Qing supported Lou Xiyan with one hand and went to push the door with the other. Who knew the solid wood door was very heavy? She pushed it, but it didn't open, and Lou Xiyan kept leaning against her shoulder. Zhuo Qing gritted her teeth, hugged Lou Xiyan's waist with both hands, lifted her right foot, and kicked hard. The door made a loud bang and finally opened.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Zhuo Qing supported Lou Xiyan, and the two of them staggered into the room. But because the threshold was a bit high and Zhuo Qing was wearing a long dress that trailed on the ground, she tripped, and the two of them fell forward together.

Zhuo Qing's heart went cold. This time it was a disaster. She let out a wail, waiting for the impending pain. Just before she almost knelt on the ground, Zhuo Qing only felt her waist tighten, and she was already held firmly in a pair of large hands. Lou Xiyan's nervous inquiry sounded in her ear: "Careful! Did you fall?"

Zhuo Qing looked up and saw Lou Xiyan looking at her with a face full of worry, his eyes clear and his steps steady, showing no signs of drunkenness at all. Zhuo Qing snorted coldly, "You aren't drunk?"

Damn it, he wasn't drunk, yet he let her support him for so long, making her drenched in sweat!

Holding her in his arms, Lou Xiyan narrowed his phoenix eyes and laughed, "On a night like tonight, I couldn't bear to be drunk on fine wine."

The heat in his palms combined with his ambiguous tone made Zhuo Qing's heart ripple. But seeing him looking refreshed now, and thinking of how she had been exhausted to death just now while he pretended to be drunk, Zhuo Qing couldn't help but get angry, snorting coldly, "You really are a fox."

Lou Xiyan frowned slightly and replied in distress, "Your husband cannot hold his liquor. If I didn't pretend to be drunk, I would have really been carried back!" Su Ling always had a huge capacity, Hongtian could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, and Tianyu was even more so, having grown up in wine jars. How could he compete with them?! Dan Yulan had left early with an excuse. If he didn't pretend to be drunk, he estimated they could have drunk until dawn!

Through the fabric, Zhuo Qing could still feel the heat of his palms. Patting his hand away, Zhuo Qing poured him a cup of hot tea and sighed, "Drink some tea first. You drank quite a bit of wine tonight." The wine Yan Hongtian brought was very strong; only Yun could drink it without changing her expression. She and Xiwu had both chosen the milder Flower Carving.

Taking the hot tea from Zhuo Qing's hand and placing it aside, Lou Xiyan's hand wrapped around her slender waist again, pulling her gently, and holding her on his lap. Lou Xiyan picked up the wine cup he had prepared long ago, poured two cups of wine, put one in Zhuo Qing's hand, and held one in his own hand, smiling, "I think we should drink the nuptial wine first."

Still drinking? He had already drunk enough tonight. Putting down the wine cup in her hand, Zhuo Qing persuaded, "We already drank it the day we bowed to heaven and earth. Let's not drink anymore tonight."

Thinking of the vow she made after drinking the nuptial wine that day, Lou Xiyan felt warm inside. Looking down at the wine in the cup, Lou Xiyan smiled cunningly and replied, "Alright, let's not drink the nuptial wine. I will feed you this cup."

Before Zhuo Qing could react, Lou Xiyan had already finished the wine in the cup, and his warm lips quickly covered hers, slowly feeding the fine wine into her mouth. With Xi Yan's unique clear breath mixed with the sweetness and spiciness of the wine, Zhuo Qing let out a low, slightly intoxicated hum: "Hmm..."

After a long while, Lou Xiyan finally released her, still wanting more. Zhuo Qing's face was flushed. Glaring at his triumphant smiling face, she scolded in a low voice, "Don't think about continuing to pretend to be drunk. You are simply like a rogue now!"

Lou Xiyan didn't care, resting his chin on her shoulder, squinting his eyes, and laughing comfortably, "Hmm, I really am drunk. Drunk... under the beauty."

"I never noticed you were so glib before." The shallow breath sprayed on her shoulder, itchy and numb. Zhuo Qing pushed away Lou Xiyan's handsome face, feeling itchy. Thinking of not seeing Lou Muhai tonight, Zhuo Qing asked, "By the way, where is your father?"

"He went back."

"Oh." She responded in a low voice and didn't say anything else, but Zhuo Qing still felt some regret in her heart. In the end, she still couldn't win the favor of the elders.

Feeling the person in his arms suddenly become depressed, Lou Xiyan raised his head and whispered mysteriously in her ear, "Before he left, he said..."

Said what? Zhuo Qing looked at Lou Xiyan curiously, only to see him suddenly lean over, his lips against Zhuo Qing's ear, whispering ambiguously, "To let you give him a grandson soon. So..."

Pushing his handsome face away, Zhuo Qing deliberately played dumb, "So what?"

"So we cannot let the old man down!"

"Ah!" Lou Xiyan suddenly picked her up horizontally, and Zhuo Qing let out a low cry in fright.

Taking large strides into the inner room, Lou Xiyan gently placed Zhuo Qing on the bright red bed. Lou Xiyan slowly leaned over. The two looked at each other, their noses touching, breathing each other's breath. Gradually, their breathing began to become unstable. His slender hands gently stroked her slender shoulders. Lou Xiyan raised his phoenix eyes, his deep gaze lingering on Zhuo Qing's chest, and he smiled meaningfully, "I heard that Mother-in-law's tattooing technique is unparalleled in the world. Last time by the hot spring, I didn't see it. This time, I want to appreciate it properly."

"Xi Yan!" This person was becoming more and more improper! Both of them thought of the scene by the hot spring. Lou Xiyan was still wanting more, and Zhuo Qing also rarely blushed.

Lou Xiyan pulled the curtains, and the thin gauze slid down leisurely, covering the room in beauty.

Outside the Lanyue Lou courtyard, a group of people with nothing to do couldn't get in and refused to leave, standing in front of Lanyue Lou waiting to see what Qi Tianyu's so-called "way" was.

Before long, Qi Tianyu walked over with a smile, holding two wooden basins and dragging several tree branches thinner than a woman's wrist in his hand. Everyone was confused. What kind of way was this?!

Placing the wooden basins on the ground, Qi Tianyu stuffed the tree branches in his hands into the hands of Su Ling and Yan Hongtian, who were still looking confused, and smiled triumphantly, "We can't get in, so let's make them come out!"

Gu Yun glanced at Qi Tianyu with a look of "looking at an idiot": "Come out? How?" A moment of wedding night was worth a thousand gold; at a time like this, there was no way Lou Xiyan would come out!

Qi Tianyu chuckled, and amidst the confused gazes of the crowd, he raised the tree branches, beating the wooden basins to make strange banging sounds while shouting at the top of his lungs: "Fire! Help put out the fire!"

"Come quickly! Help put out the fire!" In the silent night, the abrupt shouting immediately pierced the night sky, with great penetrating power!

Looking dumbfounded at Qi Tianyu, who was beating the wooden basins and shouting with all his might, Gu Yun gently stroked her forehead and sighed, "Heaven..." How could Lou Xiyan have such an idiotic friend?!

Lou Xiwu was also stunned. Was this the way Brother Qi mentioned?

Although this so-called way was truly both idiotic and boring, for two men who had been drinking all night and were in high spirits, such a crazy act seemed quite attractive. Seeing Su Ling and Yan Hongtian look at each other, they actually waved the tree branches in their hands, beating the wooden basins and howling like ghosts. Gu Yun and Qingfeng retreated to the side, unable to laugh or cry.

Hearing the shouting, the servants and guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion rushed over, some carrying water buckets and wooden basins. But seeing the scene before them, everyone was dumbfounded.

Steward Jing and Guard Mo stared darkly at the few people shouting in front of the courtyard, but they didn't dare step forward to stop them. The "troublemakers" were the Emperor, General Su, and the master's good friend, Young Master Qi. How could they handle this?!

Thus, in front of Lanyue Lou, several men were acting drunk, a group of servants were confused, and in the middle of the night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was in chaos.

Outside, the shouting was in full swing, and inside, the room was filled with spring scenery. Zhuo Qing's clothes had long been thrown to the ground by Lou Xiyan. Pulling up the thin quilt to cover her body, she turned her head slightly, dodging the light kisses Lou Xiyan was planting on her neck. Zhuo Qing asked, panting slightly, "Is there a fire? Do you want to... go out and take a look?"

The man, immersed in the beauty, replied muffledly, "No." Today he must make her his woman; no reason could stop him. Besides, if their safety were really threatened, Mo Bai would naturally come in to say so. Making such a racket—it was definitely those idle people making trouble!

"But..." Zhuo Qing wanted to say something else, but Lou Xiyan's hands slowly tightened, their bodies pressed tightly together. The scorching body temperature made Zhuo Qing's breathing increasingly unstable.

"Let it burn." Gently biting Zhuo Qing's shoulder, Lou Xiyan's hoarse voice was low like mellow strong wine, making one slightly intoxicated.

The night grew darker, the autumn wind was biting, water rippled outside the courtyard, and voices were clamorous! Inside the room, candlelight flickered, and beautiful moans were heard!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 106 =====