Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 787 - 785

Chapter 787: 785

Shangguan Ruixi woke up the next day at noon.

Last night, they had squeezed out his remaining strength, and it was already dawn when he fell asleep, arm in arm with Du Yijin, who was extremely tired.

Thinking about the madness from last night, Shangguan Ruixi carefully sat up, and cast a glance at Du Yijin next to him. He had indeed left her covered in bruises, some areas were even severely red and swollen.

Shangguan Ruixi gently got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and applied a balm to her from a box in the cupboard.

Du Yijin was awakened by the chilly sensation on her skin. She lifted her heavy eyelids to look at Shangguan Ruixi, and the memories of last night flooded her mind like a tide.

She was so scared that she subconsciously tightened her grip on the quilt, drawing it closer to her. Was this what their wedding night was supposed to be like? It was terrifying.

Shangguan Ruixi saw the fear in her eyes, and it pained his heart, "Yijin, I didn’t mean to do it last night, I was drugged, at first, I couldn’t control myself at all, did I hurt you last night? Did it hurt a lot?"

Du Yijin saw the remorse in his eyes. To be honest, at the beginning, it was incredibly painful, as if she was being torn apart. However, the next two times, Shangguan Ruixi was much more gentle. Besides the pain, she also felt an unusual sensation, yet it still hurt.

When Shangguan Ruixi saw Du Yijin remain silent, he became a bit nervous: "Next time it won’t hurt, really!"

Hearing there would be a next time, Du Yijin was somewhat scared, but she still nodded her head. This was the marital relationship, and every couple had to go through it. Even if she was scared of the pain, she had to endure.

Giving birth to children was also very painful, but which mother doesn’t wish to give birth to one child after another?

When Shangguan Ruixi saw her nod her head, he sighed a breath of relief; it was good she didn’t reject him.

"Are you hungry? How about I carry you to wash up and then we can eat?"

"I can do it myself." Du Yijin was too embarrassed to let him carry her.

Shangguan Ruixi wanted to say she probably could not get out of bed, but seeing her obvious embarrassment, he decided to wait until she really couldn’t stand before carrying her.

"My Lord, I want to get dressed." Du Yijin said, blushing. He was always in front of her, how could she get dressed comfortably?

"I can help you!" Seeing Du Yijin’s face as red as an apple and not daring to even glance at him, Shangguan Ruixi thought this was unacceptable. They were going to be naked in front of each other for the rest of their lives, she would have to get used to it.

Du Yijin was scared and quickly shook her head after hearing his words: "No, no need, I can do it myself."

"Yijin, I have seen and touched every inch of your skin, even more familiar with your body than you are. Why are you shy? See, I am also generously allowing you to look at me! We are husband and wife, this is normal, you don’t need to be shy!"

Du Yijin’s face became even redder after hearing his words, how could he say things like having seen and touched her! Du Yijin didn’t know how to face Shangguan Ruixi, she chose to bury her head in the sand:

"My Lord, I am still sleepy, let’s sleep a bit longer."

After saying those words, Du Yijin simply covered her head with the quilt to hide.

Shangguan Ruixi looked at her like this and couldn’t help but chuckle quietly. Seeing that she was genuinely embarrassed, he said: "Alright, let me call the maid to serve you in a bit."

He was not in a hurry; he had a lifetime to make her get used to being naked with him!

"Don’t!" Du Yijin thought about her wounds being seen by the maid, which made her feel even more embarrassed, so she hurriedly stopped him.

If this didn’t work, and that didn’t work, Shangguan Ruixi simply picked her up, quilt and all, and headed for the bath.

Du Yijin screamed in fright, but she didn’t dare struggle in case she fell.

...

As she prepared to sit down for lunch with a smile on her face, the wife of Prince An asked the old lady sitting next to her, "Has the Crown Prince and Crown Princess woken up yet?"

"In response to your ladyship, they have awoken and are about to come over here."

Hearing that they were about to come over, the Crown Princess was even more excited:

"Is there a nourishing health and blood-replenishing soup for Crown Princess in the kitchen? And what about the perfect nutrition tonic soup for the Crown Prince?"

She must make a soup for her son and daughter-in-law every day, so that she would hold her grandson sooner!

This method really worked. See, the couple finally consummated their marriage last night!

Thought Prince An’s Princess happily.

"The princess gave special instructions last night, so how could we forget? This is the soup for the Crown Princess, and this is the soup for the Crown Prince."

Prince An’s Princess nodded.

At that time, Shangguan Ruixi helped Du Yijin to the main courtyard. He actually wanted to carry her, but Du Yijin was adamant about not allowing it, so he could only help her walk over.

Upon seeing them, Prince An’s Princess was even more delighted: it seemed that after last night, the couple’s relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds!

The two greeted Prince An’s Princess.

Prince An’s Princess smiled and said, "We’re all family here, no need for such proprieties. Quick, sit down and eat."

So the couple sat down. Prince An’s Princess looked at the bashful shyness visible on Du Yijin’s face and was even more satisfied. "Come, eat and drink your soup."

Prince An’s Princess personally placed the two bowls of soup in front of them.

"Thank you, Mother. Mother, please have some soup too." Shangguan Ruixi and Du Yijin said before lowering their heads to drink the soup.

"No need for me to drink, these two bowls of soup are specially made for you two, to nourish yourselves. Yijin, you bled last night, this soup is for blood supplementation! Ruixi, you used a lot of strength last night, this soup is to boost your vitality, you must eat well, keep it up tonight, and fight until dawn!"

Bleeding, need a tonic! When Du Yijin thought of the bloody spots on the pink bedsheets, she blushed.

Fight until dawn, hearing these words, Shangguan Ruixi directly spat out his soup!

"Mother, you didn’t put more medication in it again, did you?"

Don’t scare him! He was so embarrassed yesterday, Shangguan Xuanyi must still be laughing at him!

"What are you talking about! Is your mother that kind of person? Yesterday was only because you forced me! If it wasn’t for your...", man’s reluctance. Seeing Du Yijin looking at her, Prince An’s Princess quickly shut up and glared at Shangguan Ruixi, "That’s enough. If you don’t strive hard in the future and let Yijin give me a chubby grandson, I will give you medicated tonic soup every day!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Ruixi quickly surrendered: "Mother, no, I will try my best, don’t worry!"

"You’ve promised, don’t agree outwardly while opposing inwardly!"

"I won’t! Rest assured, I know I was wrong!" He wasn’t afraid after getting the hang of it! He was worried about exhausting himself to death last night!

If that were really the case, he reckons he would probably go down in history!

Du Yijin mulled thoughtfully over what they had just said – the Crown Prince was drugged by Prince An’s Princess yesterday? Why? And what did ’agree outwardly while opposing inwardly’ mean?

She remembered that Shangguan Ruixi had suddenly run out yesterday, was caught back by Prince Rui, and then the Princess had locked them up.

Could it be that the Crown Prince actually didn’t want to consummate the marriage with her, and was forced to do so with the help of the drugged soup?

But why? Could the affection he has shown her be fake?

Du Yijin shook her head at this thought, believing in her intuition - Shangguan Ruixi’s tense concern for herself wouldn’t be fake!

Probably because she had been hurt and then fell ill, the Crown Prince did not bear to consummate the marriage with her, but the Princess could not wait any longer, hoping to hold her grandchild sooner!