11 In That Nigh (1/2)

I open the red veil that covered my face. See the room where I am now. A bedchamber was decorated with lots of red ornaments. I sit on the bed and this bed covered by red bedcover too.

I feel like I'm dreaming. Still fresh in my memory about my mother's words when she covered my face with red veil. I can still feel her warm embrace.

I looked at my surroundings. My tears dripp. I am married now. I left my parents' house. Now I'm at Xiao Wangfu (the prince's manor).

All passed like a dream. The words of Eunuch Zhu who led the procession rang in my mind.

'First, bow to Heaven and Earth! '

'Second, bow to Ancestor! '

'Third, bow to parents!'

'Fourth, bow to supouse!'

That sentence came to my mind. The scene where I bow my body came to my mind too. I remember that I did my wedding ritual without enthusiasm. Actually, I was trying to hold back my sadness at the time so I didn't care about anythink.

I don't care who is come to my wedding party. I don't care who congratulates me. I don't care about their present for my wedding.

I even didn't pay attention to Xiao Junwang.

I feel my mind is floating. It was like my body was at the wedding ceremony, but my spirit was somewhere else.

When I realized from my daydream, I was already in this bedroom.

Suddenly I feel scared. Tonight is my wedding night. How can I pass this tonight with a man who I don't know?

The sound of the door being opened was heard. I immediately covered my face again with the red veil. My fear is increasing. I could feel someone sitting next to me on the bed.

”Are you feel cold?” The man who sat beside me. asked me. Is this my husband's voice? His voice is so calm. Doesn't sound arrogant.

”Your hands are trembling,” he continued, and I see my hands. Without realizing it, my hands trembled. His hands hold my trembling hands.

”Your hands are cold too. Are you sick? ”He asked me and his voice showed that he was worried. I'm too scared to answer.

He took off his hand. Then he took off the red veil that covered my face. Immediately, I can see the face of the man who is now my husband.

Xiao Junwangye's face looks like Bixia. Even though he wasn't as handsome as Guo Wei Wangye, he is a handsome man. His head is oval. He have thick eyebrows. Both of his eyes were light brown.

The clothes he wears are so suitable for him. He looks elegant in the clothes.

He smiled at me. His smile looks sincere. His cheeks flushed red. He looks healthy. The shadow of the thin and pale boy appeared in my mind . Why he is very different from his condition when he was a boy?

'Is this the prince called the waste prince by people? Is this man really my husband? 'I ask my self. I was shocked and doubted that the man in front of me was my husband. This man is different from my image about That Waste Prince.

”Is my Junwangfei)*sick?” He asked me again.

[Junwangfei: the main wife/consort of the prince of second rank]

”No, Junwangye. Chenqie)* is not sick, ”I answered slowly. He nodded his head then smiled at me again.