Chapter 4

  It wasn't until she had finally completed all the rituals that Bai Min was escorted into the bridal chamber, where she sat on the edge of the bed. She let out a sigh and was just about to lift her veil when Chun Liu hastily reminded her, "Miss, you can't remove your own veil. You have to wait for the groom to do it for you or it won't be proper. If you break the rules, the Fourth Prince will definitely get angry. I think he's not a very easy-going person, completely different from the Eldest Prince."

  Bai Min sighed, and could only endure it. It had already come to this, if something really went wrong, it would harm the hundreds of people in the Murong royal family for her own sake. She couldn't bear it. This fourth prince had no feelings for Murong Feng at all. If he was truly a heartless person, with his identity as the current fourth prince, he wouldn't be able to avoid making things difficult for her.

  They waited until nightfall before the Fourth Prince returned, drunk and staggering, reeking of alcohol.

  As soon as he entered, he completely ignored Bai Min's existence and flirted with Chun Tao, from his words, it seemed that he had been to Murong Fu before and had seen Chun Tao.

  Bai Min initially endured it, but she was really thirsty and hungry, tired and weak. When she heard the Fourth Prince's frivolous words, she saw that they were still hugging each other under the curtain, Bai Min felt a surge of anger choking her throat, eager to get out.

  "Is it the Fourth Prince?" Bai Min felt that his voice was somewhat hoarse, fortunately he still had control over his temper and didn't need to get angry with an ancient person, so he just treated it as a later generation not remembering the past. "Can you help me take off this wedding veil first, then flirt with Chun Tao girl?"

  Simarui was startled, and Bai Min's voice appeared very suddenly. When he came in, he didn't think much of Bai Min sitting there. He originally wanted to marry Murong Xue, but unexpectedly, Murong Qingliang that guy intervened and replaced her with Murong Feng, a wooden lump from the Murong family. Moreover, he even let his brother Sima Zhe personally intervene and persuade their grandmother and mother.

  He didn't actually intend to get married, he just happened to see Murong Xue when he accompanied his brother to the Murong Wang Fu for a visit, and was immediately smitten. His mother had been urging him to get married, so he said okay, I'll marry Murong Xue then. But unexpectedly, in the end, they sent him a Murong Feng instead. He had also seen Murong Feng that day at the fu, and compared to Murong Xue, she was like an ugly duckling, dull and uninteresting.

  Simarui sneered and said in a sinister tone, "You stinky girl, I, Sima Rui, have always hated being manipulated by others. Your family's old man actually dared to deceive me by switching the beautiful woman with a wooden one. It's already a great mercy that I don't bother him. You dare to order me to lift your wedding veil? Believe it or not, I'll punish your entire family for the crime of offending a superior!"

  "I believe you." Bai Min said lazily, what did the Mu Rong family have to do with her anyway? Moreover, it wasn't like she wanted to marry him. It seemed that this Fourth Prince probably wanted to marry Mu Rong Xue, but unexpectedly ended up marrying Mu Rong Feng instead. "This is even better, you like Mu Rong Xue, and I don't care about you either. Mu Rong Feng wants to marry you as her husband, it's just a parental order, I couldn't disobey. Since you're heartless, and I'm uninterested, it's best if we just mind our own business. I only want to ask you to use your noble hand to help me take down the wedding veil, you can still hold Chun Tao in your arms, how free and easy that is for you. I just want to remove the wedding veil and take off the phoenix crown, so my head can feel lighter, and I can drink some water and eat something. You're full and have energy to argue with me, but I'm both tired and hungry. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't need you to give me a death sentence, I'll already be famous in history."

  Chun Liu's eyes widened to the point where they couldn't get any bigger, and Chun Tao was also frightened to the point where her hands and feet went soft, with fear in her heart. If Murong Old Master were to find out about her affair with the Fourth Prince, she feared that even killing her would be too light a punishment.

  This wretched Third Miss, how did she manage to be so ill-tempered after falling ill, daring to haggle with the Fourth Prince.

  Simarui was stunned again. The Murong Feng he saw that day had hardly said a word, how come he's so sharp-tongued today?!

  "What if I just don't agree?"

  Bai Min sighed, "My head is hurting now, can't you stop asking questions?"

  Simarui lightly pursed his lips, turned around and walked out, reached the door, paused for a moment, swung his right hand, and Bai Min only felt a flash in front of him, and the red cloth had already floated onto his knees.

  "Spring Willow, quickly bring me a cup of water to drink, I'm dying of thirst." Bai Min didn't even glance at the Fourth Prince who had disappeared from the doorway. "Forget it, Spring Peach, you go and get me a cup of water, Spring Willow, hurry up and help me take off this phoenix coronet on my head, why is it so heavy, it's giving me a headache."

  Chun Tao hastily brought a cup of water, and Bai Min drank it in one gulp. "Go get another cup, see if there's anything edible around. I think there should still be some pastries left. Bring more over, you must all be hungry and thirsty too, don't hold back, eat and drink as you please."

  As she spoke, she sat down at the table and let Chunliu help her take off the phoenix crown. In the mirror, she could see that a faint blood mark and a bluish bruise had already appeared on her forehead.

  She took off the heavy phoenix crown, loosened her long hair, and drank five or six cups of water in a row. After eating some snacks, she fell asleep on the bed without even changing out of her wedding dress.

  Before falling asleep, Bai Min thought drowsily: This Great Xing Dynasty seems to be quite prosperous and developed, with exquisite clothing and delicious food. When I stayed at the Murong Wangfu before, I had a few meals that were both fresh and nutritious, and tonight's dessert is not bad either.

  Simarui did not return for one night.

  "Miss, wake up and get ready. After you've washed and dressed, you still need to go pay your respects to the Empress Dowager and the Queen by serving them tea." Spring Willow's voice rang out just as Bai Min was sleeping sweetly.

  "Hmm." Bai Min responded lazily.

  Still in the wedding dress, I had a really tiring sleep last night, my head is throbbing slightly, and the marks from the tightness are still visible. In the mirror, that face with makeup still on looks a bit strange, fake, and full of confusion.

  After undressing, Bai Min soaked herself in the warm water, her eyelids still fluttering as she drowsily allowed Chun Liu to help her wash up.

  "Miss, how about wearing this?" Chun Liu asked, holding up a red dress.

  Bai Min furrowed her brow, "Go pick out something with a lighter color. Yesterday, Zhen Zhen was blinded by this color, let's get that pale pink one instead, it's festive and won't blind me. - No, put those gaudy things aside, my head still hurts. See if there are any jade hairpins, just pin up my hair and I'm done. Hmm, this one is not bad, simple yet elegant, let's go with this one."

  Pushing aside the dazzling gold hairpins, Bai Min chose a jade hairpin, which was entirely emerald green in color, with a simple yet elegant design. It was cool and calm, exuding an air of nobility, which complemented her black hair and fair skin even more.