The biting cold wind blew the hems of his clothes, and occasionally a few birds flew by, but they didn't dare to stay longer, as if they were afraid that if they stayed on the branches for a second longer, they would risk turning into ice sculptures.
It's really cold in the north.
Ah Xi stood in the hall neatly, but his eyes couldn't help but look around secretly.
The palaces of the wolf demon clan are very different from the palaces of the human race. They have no color. Most of them are built of white-gray stones and are piled with various fur-type decorations. The demon king sitting on the throne looks like an ordinary person, but his aura and force are many times stronger than others. He gives people a sense of calm and self-power, but he is not as green-faced and fanged as the world says.
"Xiao Liu, is this your bride?" The woman in a yellow skirt sat on one side and looked at the two of them, "She is extremely beautiful, and she is a perfect match for you."
"Thank you, Third Princess." His Highness Shi Shiran saluted in her direction, and Axi quickly followed suit: "Thank you, Third Princess."
"Serlenman, of course you want a shark to match someone, how could it not be a good match, hahaha." The man on the left of the third princess sneered loudly without caring about his image: "Two inferior races, a perfect match, a perfect match a ha ha ha!"
"Xingyuan, don't be so presumptuous." The man in black across from him scolded softly, covering his face with his hands like a fist to hide his cough. His face was sickly and without any trace of blood. It seems that this person should be His Highness.
"Brother, the fifth brother is also outspoken and tells the truth. It's not wrong." The man on the right of His Highness waved his hand indifferently, "Today the sixth brother accepted the trophies sent by the human race. After all, it is not something worth publicizing. I don’t think there’s any need for a wedding ceremony, just eat this meal and it’s done.”
"Your Highness, how can the marriage be so hasty!" The third princess interrupted him aggressively, "Xiao Liucheng is an event that everyone is happy about. How can you omit the etiquette process? What are you talking about!"
"Third Sister, what you said is wrong." The woman in pink on her right curled her lips, "This is not something everyone is happy with, I'm afraid it's something embarrassing."
"Fourth sister is right. How dare you publicize this kind of thing? You can just do it secretly." Another boy who looked younger agreed: "Sixth brother is really good at it. He is indeed the next one." Wait for the horse to be equipped with a lower saddle, tsk tsk.”
For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the palace.
Axi looked them over secretly, recalled in his mind His Highness the Sixth Prince's evaluation of them yesterday, and roughly gave each of them a number.
His description of his family was absolutely correct.
"Xingheng. Do you have any objections to this marriage?"
The demon king in the palace finally spoke. Although it was a question, his tone was undeniably cold.
"Go back to your father, I dare not, but I have no objection." His Highness the Sixth Prince bowed respectfully when his name was called, and answered without missing a beat.
"You are that Yi...Yi..."
"Yi'an." Axi interrupted, "Hui Demon King, I am the human princess, Yi'an. The memory of memories is the peace of An."
"Princess Yi'an." The demon king glanced at her meaningfully, "She is quite courageous. However, this place is not as cold as your Central Plains, with severe cold all year round. I hope you can adapt to it as soon as possible. The prince who can marry me is the wolf demon clan. You are lucky. Now that you have come to the territory of the Monster Clan, from now on you will keep to yourself and take good care of Lao Liu, and I will not treat you badly."
"Thank you, Demon King." Axi followed the etiquette of the demon clan and returned the greeting, quietly glancing at His Highness the Sixth Prince next to him.
It turns out his name is Xingheng.
"Today our family will have a reunion dinner together. We will consider it a wedding." The Demon King looked around. Everyone in the audience had different expressions. "Xing Heng has no objections, right?"
"Go back to my father, my son and I have not..."
"Returning to the Demon King, Yi'an doesn't think it's appropriate."
Xingheng's unfinished words were interrupted by Axi and swallowed, and he turned his head to look at her in surprise. Axi gave him a comforting look and continued: "This is the first marriage between the human race and the demon race. It is a symbol of friendship between the two races. How can we do it hastily? Without a ceremony, it is not a ceremony. No. It counts as a marriage. If you don’t have a wedding ceremony, it doesn’t count.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience could not sit still.
"Who do you think you are? How can you be allowed to question my king's decision here in the main hall of the demon clan!" His Highness the Second Highness was the first to stand up. As soon as he finished speaking, His Highness the Fifth Highness took over again: "That's right! What qualifications do you have as a human being to run wild here! You don’t know the heights of the world!”
"I see, they are the same as Lao Liu." The fourth princess sneered and added: "You don't know what is good and what is evil."
"I see that what Princess Yi'an said is not inappropriate." The third princess took a sip of tea leisurely and said mockingly: "It's just you two. You are more anxious about other people's marriages than they are. Unknown to you, you thought it was you who were getting married."
"Third sister, how can you say such a thing! Why are you turning your elbows outward!" His Highness the Seventh Prince stomped his feet angrily, "Why is there any need to hold a ceremony for a newlywed who can't stand the stage! It's not a glorious thing. Third sister, please don’t be unable to carry it!”
"That's right! Xing Yan is right! Third sister doesn't take her seriously, and we don't want to be embarrassed." The fourth princess nodded in agreement.
There was so much chatter and excitement.
"Alright!" The majesty spoke in a deep voice. Accompanied by a moderate cough, the noisy hall instantly fell silent. "Just say a few words to me."
Seeing that His Highness was coughing again, the Demon King showed a somewhat distressed look on his face, and asked, "Xingchi, what do you think?"
Axi found it a little funny.
The Sixth Highness is getting married, but what he is asking is not His opinion. When I got married, no one considered my thoughts. This family is really harder to understand than my family.
"Back to my father, I believe that this is a lifelong matter for the sixth brother and Princess Yi'an, and it should be decided by them themselves." His Highness glanced in the direction of Axi and Xingheng indifferently, without any change in emotion. The tone was also light, "But if you don't wear wedding clothes and don't have a ceremony to get married, it is indeed against the etiquette."
"Okay." The Demon King nodded, then frowned and motioned to the maid next to him to hurry up and bring the medicine to His Highness, "Then it's up to you. But I'm tired too, Lao Liu, so tonight you two can just pay a visit. Let's go through the process, you can handle this matter yourself, let's start the party."
Everyone stopped talking, A Xi and Xing Heng bowed together and took their seats in the far corner.
Yes, it’s okay to go to a church to get married, without parents, relatives and friends attending, and let them figure it out on their own.
Axi angrily picked up the dishes on the table, biting her chopsticks with her teeth, feeling very upset.
This is her first time getting married. Reading the description in the script, it is all decorated with red makeup and eight-carriage sedans. The groom will ride a big horse to pick him up. By the way, the book also said that a woman's wedding dress is as red as the sunset on the horizon, embroidered with auspicious patterns with gold thread, with a phoenix crown and a halo, which is the most beautiful moment in a woman's life. She can look forward to it.
A Xi looked down at her clothes, shook her head and sighed.
The ruffles at the end of the skirt are layered, flowing with a light blue like water, and the top is embroidered with a white magnolia pattern, which is her favorite style she brought from home. After all, I don't know the customs of the demon clan, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to get used to dressing up in a foreign land for a while.
Pity. No matter how much you like it, this is not what you should wear when getting married.
"Do you want to kill all these vegetables?" Xingheng touched her arm gently, then put a new piece of chicken into her bowl, "There's no need to kill it again. Before serving it, This chicken has already died once.”
Looking at the piece of chicken in her bowl that had been smashed up with her chopsticks, Axi suddenly felt embarrassed and said: "I'm not..."
"Are you unhappy?" Xingheng smiled slightly and served her another bowl of soup, "Drink something hot."
"Aren't you unhappy when they say that about you?" Axi took the soup, which was warm. The depression in her heart suddenly eased a lot, but she still couldn't help but ask: "I read in books that there is a relationship between relatives. It’s the deepest bond and the strongest affection in the world. But I think they’re saying bad things to you, and they don’t look like family members at all?”
"In the book?" Xingheng raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "What do you mean?"
Consciously making a mistake, A Xi closed her mouth in annoyance.
Seeing her silence, Xingheng smiled and said, "What about your relatives? Are they good to you?"
Okay? Axi shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"Don't know?" Xing Heng heard the words, and the curve of his mouth deepened, "Princess Yi'an, you are really curious."
Axi lowered his head and did not dare to say any more.
A meal that tastes so good that you don’t know the taste.
"This is my dormitory, and you will live here from now on." Xingheng led her to Guyue Palace and pointed in the direction of the guest room. Red silk is hung in the hall, and a pair of dragon and phoenix candles are placed in the middle of the lobby.
"It's too late to prepare the wedding dress, but I have prepared a glass of wine." He bowed his head to Axi apologetically, and asked her tentatively: "I will make up for it in the future, okay?"
"That's all we can do." Axi nodded magnanimously, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, but still holding back and not showing it, "Thank you for preparing these."
Judging from the attitude of those in the main hall towards this marriage today, I am afraid that these simple flowers, candles and red silk were all prepared by Xingheng himself in private. Having this kind of heart is already a sign of respect for her, so there is no reason to dislike her.
"From now on, when you sleep in the guest room, I'll ask the demon servant to clean it up. Don't worry, I won't cross the line." The two of them exchanged drinks. Xingheng looked at her reddish face, with a faint look in his eyes, "We The wine here is strong, so drink less."
It's really strong, and it feels like a ball of fire is burning in your throat when you take the first sip.
"Aren't we going to sleep together?" Axi looked at him with some doubts, "The book says that husband and wife should sleep in the same bed, why aren't we going to sleep together?"
"Ahem, cough, cough." Xing Heng drank half of the wine and suddenly couldn't breathe. When Axi saw this, he quickly patted his back and asked with concern: "Are you okay, Your Highness?"
"You...you..." Xingheng was speechless by her words, angry and funny, "What kind of wonderful person are you?"
"Ah?" Ah Xi scratched his head in confusion, "Isn't it like this? But that's what it says in the book... How could it be wrong..."
"It's not wrong." Xingheng shook his head helplessly, there was really nothing he could do against her. Knowing that asking her would not lead to anything, he simply stopped asking and started to reason with her: "Husband and wife, of course, have to sleep together. But you and I cannot be considered husband and wife without paying homage to each other." ,do you think so?"
Axi nodded confusedly, her eyes still blank.
"Moreover, a husband and wife are two people who are in love with each other and come together to decide to sign a contract to never betray each other and stay together for a lifetime. Neither are you or me, right?" Xing Heng saw her nodding again and couldn't help but chuckle. He patted her little head and said, "So, we can't sleep together."
"Well, what His Highness Sixth Prince said makes sense." Axi nodded heavily to confirm his statement, and Xingheng couldn't help laughing even more: "Okay, okay, go and rest quickly, don't think about it."
"That's right." After a long pause, Xingheng spoke again.
"Um?"
"Just call me by my name from now on, no need to be so polite."
Axi thought for a moment, then broke out into a bright smile.
"Okay, Xingheng."
