Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1078 - 1080: Coronation and Grand Wedding (7)

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1080: Coronation and Grand Wedding (7)

The bridal chamber was resplendent with gold, jade, and exquisite treasures. The Eastern Warm Pavilion had two open sections, with the Emperor’s throne against the north wall of the east side, to the right of which was a jade Ruyi, symbolizing "auspicious wishes." In front of the pillars connected to the kang bed, there were vases and precious utensils arranged on the kang table, and to the left of the kang, a pair of double happiness table lamps was placed on a long table.

In the northwest corner of the Eastern Warm Pavilion, there was a dragon and phoenix auspicious bed, on which was spread a thick red satin quilt embroidered with the double happiness character and dragons and phoenixes. The beddings included a bright yellow satin and a vermilion colored satin wedding quilt and pillows, whose patterns were graceful and the embroidery was fine, unmatched in opulence. On the wall inside the bed, a pair of celebratory couplets hung, and in the middle was a peony flower picture, with a pair of treasure Ruyi cabinets placed against the wall.

Cai Wei looked back and forth and was simply dumbfounded, this, wasn’t it too luxurious!?

How could it be so luxurious?

In her stupefaction, suddenly her head felt lighter, and her phoenix crown had been removed. Nangong Yi pinched her cheek, teasing her, "Silly girl, weren’t you just acting like you were so tired you were beyond caring?"

"This is just, too extravagant, aren’t you afraid the ministers will have objections?" Cai Wei’s question was off topic.

Nangong Yi embraced her shoulders, laughed, and said, "The Great Jin Nation has set standards for the maintenance expenditures of the Imperial Harem throughout the dynasties. The more concubines the Emperor has, the less silver each concubine can receive each month, hence the poorer their treatment; I am only marrying one in this lifetime, so naturally I am spending all the silver on you. Even with this, there’s still a lot of stipulated silver unspent!"

Cai Wei’s heart overflowed with sweetness. She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder, coquettishly saying, "Then from now on I won’t do anything but spend money at home, to prevent you from having spare silver to support other women!"

Nangong Yi grabbed her face with one hand and pulled it outward as if punishing her, his tone feigned annoyance, "You heartless little thing, I have already declared to the world that I will only marry you in this lifetime, yet you keep nagging me about this matter, see how I am going to deal with you."

As he spoke, his hands suddenly reached downward, causing Cai Wei to instinctively protect her chest as she ran around the pillars in the hall, begging for mercy while running, "Your Majesty, please, spare my life, I shall not dare again..."

Although her body was light, Nangong Yi possessed profound martial arts skills, and with his tall stature and long legs, it only took him a few steps to catch her.

Nangong Yi pulled her down onto a nearby babu bed. He breathed onto his hands and reached for her armpits, tickling Cai Wei so much that she flailed her arms and legs wildly, laughing heartily, "Ha ha ha... Your Majesty... spare me... ha ha ha..."

She laughed so hard that she became breathless and even shed tears of mirth, and Nangong Yi too was laughing happily. Throughout the palace, the sound of their joyful, youthful laughter echoed...

After enough play, Nangong Yi ordered the meal to be served, and they ate together. They had gotten up at the second watch of the morning, and he hadn’t eaten anything yet, so he was also very hungry by now.

The Emperor’s imperial meal had long been prepared, and as soon as it was called for, it was immediately brought forth.

This was the first meal the Emperor and Empress shared together after their grand wedding, so the chef had truly expended a lot of effort. During the meal, a succession of fifteen dishes was continuously brought to the table by the maids, including all sorts of delicacies—meat, vegetarian, creatures that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, swam in the sea, or burrowed in the earth—nothing was missing.

Flower cooked quail, triple crisp soup, sprouting belly lotus, mandarin duck fried belly, sandfish slices, eel stir-fried with horseshoe crabs, goose gill palm soup, crab stuffed oranges, dairy jade pistil soup, fresh shrimp trotter slices, south stir-fried eel, wash-hand crab, mandarin fish (gudgeon) fake clam, five-treasure slices, crab clear soup, quail crystal slices, pork belly fake river oyster, shrimp orange slices, shrimp and fish soup, raw clam, blood powder soup...

In addition, there were eight rank insert dishes, which included stir-fried white kidney, moxibustion belly lotus, moxibustion quail breast, moistened chicken, moistened rabbit, moxibustion pancakes, non-moxibustion pancakes, and sliced bone; ten types of fruits were offered for toasting drinks, including scented fresh fruits, honey fried with carved flowers, the latest fresh fruits, specially packed olives, salty and sour honey fried, packed large kumquats and small olives, specially packed fresh coconuts, four seasons fruits in four colors, spring lotus paired with old pears.

There were also supposedly ten flavors of kitchen toast offerings, namely, fried river oyster belly, raw river oyster, sailfin crab skewers, ginger vinegar live snail, fried oyster belly, ginger vinegar fake public power, stewed oysters, fried oyster belly, fake public power fried belly, fried cockroach belly...

The table was laden with food, and even if twenty more people were to join, they would not be able to finish so much!

Cai Wei and Nangong Yi were famished. Facing a whole table of delicacies, they ate unrestrainedly...