Li Chengjing took Cheng Yujin’s hand into his, placed it on his lap, and nodded slightly, “It’s done.”
Cheng Yujin subconsciously raised her eyebrows. She seemed a little anxious, but she tried to stay calm: “What is the situation now?”
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Du Ruo quietly entered the hall, walked to Cheng Yujin, and whispered something in her ears. Cheng Yujin nodded in response without saying a word.
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Dou Xiyin was trembling with anger, and Yang Yan also cried for several days before running back to complain to her parents. Yang Fucheng obviously felt sorry for his eldest daughter. When the eldest daughter got married, his official position was still low. Yang Yan married Dou Da, who was mediocre in everything, while her younger sister married an emperor and became the Empress. The gap between the two sisters was indeed too big. Therefore, Yang Fucheng always felt that he owed his eldest daughter. If he could marry Dou Xiyin to the Second Prince, not only would it consolidate the power of the Yang family, but he could also make it up for the eldest daughter, which was the best for everyone.
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The days after the New Year passed day by day, and the Lantern Festival was coming soon. Cheng Yujin still remembered how the Emperor took the Empress and many of the imperial consorts out of the palace to ‘enjoy the festival with the common folks’ last year. Now that the Crown Prince was back, the Emperor seemed to lost his interest to mingle with the common folks and stayed in the palace for the Lantern Festival as per the customary.
Seeing this, Empress Yang snorted coldly inside.
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Sure enough, the next moment, he heard Cheng Yujin said, “Your Highness, this consort just thought of a Zen principle.”
When Cheng Yujin spoke, she never finished it in one breath. She had this habit of moving around in circles and spoke of high-sounding reasons of the world’s philosophy before finally allowing herself to get to the point. Li Chengjing sighed and said, “It’s rare for you to talk about Zen principles. Alright, I will listen.”
Cheng Yujin cleared her throat, and started from an abstract philosophy, “Your Highness, as the saying goes: when the moon is full, it is waning, and when water is full, it is overflowing. People are also the same. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
“We should exercise restraint in everything. Otherwise, doing too hard is easy to break. Anything too excessive will only bring negative effects.”
Li Chengjing pondered for a moment and couldn’t help but say, “Why are you always so long-winded?”
Cheng Yujin’s emotions were already stirred enough. When she heard Li Chengjing’s nonchalant words, she looked up and glared fiercely. Li Chengjing accepted her glare with a calm and innocent face, “I’m just telling the truth. If you want to say something, just say it directly. You can obviously finish in one sentence, but always go in a circle and make me tired of listening.”
Cheng Yujin was interrupted when she was still in the process of building her argument. At this moment, she no longer bothered and spoke directly: “Your Highness, I have thought about it carefully and felt that grandmother’s words today made sense. We should focus on having children and stop wasting too much energy.”
Cheng Yujin’s words were vague, but Li Chengjing understood immediately. He couldn’t help raising his eyebrows, totally dumbfounded: “This makes no sense, right? It’s our children’s fault for not coming early enough, so why are you wronging me for this?”
At this moment, there were still servants in the hall. Cheng Yujin quickly glanced around and coughed softly, “Your Highness, too much is as bad as too little. If the water is too full, it will lead to nothing. Don’t you think so?”
Li Chengjing sat upright and said slowly, “No, I don’t think so.”
Cheng Yujin couldn’t help glancing around again. She always paid attention to her manners, yet here they were, discussing this kind of thing in front of the palace servants. Even though she knew they couldn’t hear their conversation, Cheng Yujin still felt very nervous. In this world, probably only Li Chengjing alone could sit upright and talk about his opposition to reducing bedroom activities with such a serious face.
Just at this moment, a palace maid came in to change the tea. Cheng Yujin immediately shut her mouth and straightened her back. In contrast, Li Chengjing still looked very relaxed. He picked up the pot of freshly brewed tea, heated the cup, poured the tea, and said: “In my opinion, Zen principles should be used differently. The midnight glow dies and grows again, just like the tide rises and falls. Yin and Yang make a whole, always in each other’s company and inseparable. When there is Yin, there is Yang, and when there is light, there is shadow. It is impossible to separate and take only one of them. Just like my name ‘Jing,’ a jade lusters, but when the luster creates a shadow, it is called a defect. Just like how the marsh contains pollution from leaking or how the mountains keep the disease from spreading, a beautiful gem (jinyu)1 hides the defect. Defects are inevitable, and there is no need to deny them.”
Li Chengjing repeated slowly, emphasizing certain words: “A beautiful gem (jinyu) hides a jade’s defect.”
Li Chengjing was talking about the meaning of several phrases taken from scriptures. It was obviously a solemn topic, but Cheng Yujin always felt that something was not right.
A series of rolling pictures suddenly emerge in her mind. After realizing what she was thinking, Cheng Yujin hurriedly scolded herself fiercely inside. How could she be so dirty? It was a solemn scripture!
After Li Chengjing finished speaking, he solemnly praised himself: “This allusion is well used.”
Cheng Yujin’s face turned red with a bang. She thought her brain was too dirty, but it turned out the dirty one was not her!
That’s what this guy actually meant. He said obscene words so openly and brazenly!
Cheng Yujin blushed. She bit her lip, unable to speak. At this moment, there were still many palace servants around. When they saw the Crown and Crown Princess discussing Zen philosophy so seriously, they all cast admiring glances at the two.
Almost dying of embarrassment, Cheng Yujin’s face was so hot that it was about to burn. However, the person on the opposite seat was looking at her with a smile, “Jing has defects, while Jinyu hides the defects. Our names are truly fit, which shows that we are indeed destined to be husband and wife.”
It was simply a public embarrassment, and a very obscene one on top of that. The tips of Cheng Yujin’s ears were burning red, both by anger and by embarrassment. Seeing her reaction, Li Chengjing tried his best to endure his laughter. It was at this time Liu Yi came in, reporting that a court official was waiting outside to give the Crown Prince a New Year’s greeting. Li Chengjing could only temporarily leave his blushing Crown Princess and go out to receive the greeting.
Li Chengjing was full smiling when he left.
Cheng Yujin was about to be killed by embarrassment and anger. When Li Chengjing spoke, he was so upright and dignified. There were so many people around, but none saw his true face.
Cheng Yujin gritted her teeth soundlessly. After the Crown Prince left, Du Ruo and Lian Qiao stepped forward to serve Cheng Yujin. When Lian Qiao poured tea, she asked with admiration, “Crown Princess, what were you discussing with Crown Prince just now? It seems that you two quoted so many phrases from scriptures, very deep and profound. This servant can’t understand at all.”
Lian Qiao wanted to make Cheng Yujin happy with this compliment, but contrary to her expectation, Cheng Yujin glared at her with a cold face. Lian Qiao was puzzled and asked cautiously, “Crown Princess, did this servant say something wrong?”
Seeing this, Du Ruo hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege: “Crown Prince and Crown Princess are very knowledgeable; how can we as mere servants understand their profound talk? If this servant is allowed to say, Crown Prince and Crown Princess have not only similar names, but also very similar in temperament. Both of Your Highnesses are extraordinary in demeanor and equally are very dignified people.”
Du Ruo wanted to smooth the scene, but was unaware that she was pouring oil into the fire. After she finished speaking, she was stunned to find Cheng Yujin’s face became even colder. Cheng Yujin snorted softly and said, “Who is like him?”
Du Ruo was stunned: “Huh?”
Cheng Yujin waved her sleeves and said coldly, “Unlike him, I’m dignified both inside and out.”
The Crown Princess was dignified both inside and out, but what did she mean by ‘unlike him’? Du Ruo was confused. She and Lian Qiao exchanged a glance and didn’t dare to say another word.
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Again with Li Chengjing and his kinkiness 😂😂
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At first, Old Madam Cheng was not very optimistic about Cheng Yujin’s marriage. When two calm and rational people were put together, no one would take the initiative to show emotions to the other. It was better to put a charming and innocent woman next to the Crown Prince, who surely would please him more. After all, men didn’t like women who were too smart. Like Huo Changyuan and Cheng Yumo, one was a formidable man, and the other was an innocent woman who knew nothing of the world. The man was the absolute authority, and the woman was relying wholeheartedly on the man, which was doing good for their relationship.
Cheng Yumo was in a daze. When she finally regained her sense, she found that she was the only one left in the outer hall. Huo Changyuan had already entered without giving her a word.
Cheng Yumo clenched her fist tightly, her nails embedded deep into her palm. That was her husband, her natal family. Because she was clenching too strong, Cheng Yumo accidentally broke her little fingernail.
Li Chengjing was still holding Cheng Yujin’s hand. His other hand was probing her forehead as he asked in a low voice, “Do you still have a headache?”
Yesterday, it was unavoidable for Cheng Yujin to drink some alcohol. When she woke up this morning, she had a headache, but it was not serious and would not affect her activities today. Cheng Yujin shook her head and replied, “I’m not fragile porcelain; how can I be so delicate? The headache has long since subsided.”
Cheng Min sighed inwardly. Cheng Yujin deserved to be the Crown Princess — she had become even more refined and meticulous after entering the palace. Cheng Min began to chat with Cheng Yujin and slowly moved the topic to ask about Shu Consort. Cheng Yujin did not delay, and ordered Du Ruo to hand Cheng Min the package that Shu Consort asked her to send to the Xu family.
The Grand Assembly on the first day of the New Year was the most important ceremony of the year. Cheng Yujin was taken by Li Chengjing until the middle of the night. The next morning, she had to wear the heavy nine pheasants and four phoenix crown and crown princess’ diyi formal gown, then stood for the Grand Assembly for a full day.
