Chapter 136 - 134. The Wedding I

Third person POV

After laughing quite hard, Hong er's nervousness about the marriage more or less subsided. Then the maids massaged Hong er's body with fragrant oil to make her skin smoother and shinier. They led Hong er to her dressing room and put on the wedding dress on her, the dress had a plenty of layers which Hong er somewhat dislike.

Hong er: ' It is gonna be hot.'

Hong er slightly pouted, yet, even after the maid had put on the last layer, she didn't feel suffocated.

Laojin: " Are you wondering why Miss Xu didn't feel hot despite layers of fabric?"

Hong er: " Jin Momo! Since when?"

Laojin: " Hahaha, my job outside was done, now I came to do Miss's hairstyle."

Hong er: " Oohh~ I'm curious of the fabric, it feels cool and soft."

Laojin: " This fabric has a slight cooling effect and has a good airing therefore one won't feel humid even with layers of cloth."

Hong er: " Wahh~"

Laojin: " His Majesty specially ordered this fabric for Miss Xu knowing that Miss Xu dislike heat."

Hong er: " His Majesty did?"

Laojin: " Yes."

Hong er: ' How did he know? Were our security in the residence so loose?'

Hong er: " Please pass my regards to His Majesty for his thoughtfulness, I can't thank him enough for everything he had gave me."

Laojin: " Aiyo, Miss Xu~ You can thank His Majesty yourself tonight~"

Hong er laughed awkwardly to Laojin's joke, she really hope that the emperor won't come to her room but it would tarnish her family's name.

Hong er: ' Sheng ge, I'm sorry. I love you but I've got no choice.'

She sat down in front of her dressing table and Laojin started to do her hair while the maids were choosing accessories and doing her make-up. They were stunned when Hong er took off her mask for the first time in front of them, her black eyelashes were so long and full contrasting to her bright golden eyes. Even Laojin's hands stopped moving when she saw Hong er's reflection in the mirror.

Laojin: ' Her beauty can bewitch any man…'

Then Laojin glanced at Hong er's mask, she was relieved that Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing decided to put mask on Hong er or else, many unnecessary troubles would come.

Laojin: ' It is the beautiful bird that gets caged.'

The maids were still gawking at Hong er with wide eyes, even though they had seen many beautiful noble ladies make an appearance in the palace, they never saw this kind of beauty. The red lotus mark on her glabella complimented her fair skin, Hong er's face exuded calming and serenity aura, they contemplated if they were going crazy because their eyes saw Hong er's body emitted light.

(A/N: Glabella= the area between eyebrows.)

Hong er felt that it was funny by how the maids just stopped all of their movements just to look at her. She looked at them and showed them her brightest smile. They immediately squinted their eyes from the radiance of Hong er's smile.

Maids: ' MA EYES! Holly molly! Is she a goddess?!'

Meiyun: " HAH! All of you have fallen for my Young Miss doncha?"

Meiyun appeared behind them out of the blue and made the maids shrieked.

Huayun: " *sigh, Meiyun, stop teasing the poor girls. We haven't been here for two days and you almost killed them from heart attack."

Meiyun: " Nahahaha~ Sorry sorry, it was on purpose."

Meiyun patted their back and apologized with bright smile, the maids turned their head around and almost got a heart attack when they saw Meiyun's face. They didn't know how to describe Meiyun's face, she was pretty but at the same time handsome and considering Meiyun's voice was lower than most women which were gentle and soft like Huayun and Hong er.

Maids: ' Flower boy…'

After they saw Meiyun's handsome face, they became curious of Huayun's face as they hear that they are twin sisters. They couldn't imagine that the gentle woman like Huayun to have the same face as Meiyun. They peeked over Meiyun's shoulder and saw that Huayun had a completely different face from Meiyun.

Maids: ' Noble lady's face…'

Huayun had a slightly droopy eyes which made her appearance fragile and delicate, the opposite of Meiyun's face. Hong er chuckled seeing the innocent reaction coming from the maids, she didn't want to disturb them but their time was not that much. Yet, Laojin was a step ahead of her.

Laojin: " Alright alright, get your hands moving. We don't want to pass the auspicious time."

Maids: "Yes, Jin Momo!"

They swiftly continued what they were doing before while occasionally took a quick look of the trio sisters (Hong er, Huayun, Meiyun). Hong er glanced at Meiyun and smirked evilly.

Hong er: " Hohoho~ Who's that beautiful lady over there?"

Huayun giggled at Hong er's teasing.

Meiyun: " Of course! It's me! Meiyun!"

Meiyun puffed up her chest and swept her hair with her hand while showing her sly grin. The maids' heart thumped for a moment just from looking at Meiyun's grin.

Meiyun: "Mm mm~ Looking s.e.xy there huh Your Ma.jes.ty."

Meiyun glided her finger across Hong er's shoulder seductively. Couldn't hold back anymore, Hong er and Huayun burst out laughing. Initially, Laojin wanted to scold Meiyun for her behavior towards Hong er but seeing that she made Hong er laughed happily, Laojin let this slide.

After an hour, Laojin finally done with her hairstyle and was going to put on the hair ornaments. She took the hair ornaments from the maid and carefully slide it into Hong er's hair one by one.

Hong er: " Jin Momo…"

Laojin glanced at Hong er and saw a white jade hair ornament on her hand.

Hong er: " Can you put this one?"

Recalled the words that the Qi brother told her, she guessed that that was the hair ornament that Weisheng bought for Hong er 8 years ago. She took the hair ornament from from Hong er's hand and slide it into her hair.

Laojin: ' She still couldn't forget about him.'

Hong er: " And Jin Momo, I wanted to kept wearing this thumb ring, it is fine right?"

Even though Hong er asked her, it felt more like a command to Laojin.

Laojin: " Of course, Miss Xu."

Hong er: " En."

Hong er rubbed on the thumb ring while staring at it with downcast face.

Hong er: ' I had promised Sheng ge to never take it off.'

And she would always kept her promise.