Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 23

Chapter 23
With a rustling sound, Li Zhi threw their pants to the corner of the bed.
Through the red candle lights, he saw his bride’s face, which was pale like a white paper.
It showed her resistance.
Li Zhi sighed quietly, sat down next to Shen Qingqing, and wrapped her in his arms. He realised she was shaking as well.
“Don’t be afraid.” Li Zhi said in her ear, with a hoarse voice.
When Li Zhi’s slender fingers came over, the girl’s fear turned into shame and surprise! “You…”
Her words were cut off by Li Zhi’s breath on her ear.
Shen Qingqing bit her lips.
The couples’ breathing got increasingly heavier in the tight wedding tent.
About half an hour later, Li Zhi put on his middle coat, opened the tent, and shouted to the maid outside to prepare water.
Yuchan and Yudie had been prepared due to the high level of activity in the room. The enormous wooden bucket in the west chamber, which could accommodate four persons bathing together, was half full of cold water. They put hot water into it.
“Master Marquis, the water is ready.” Yuchan expressed respect as she walked beyond the inner chamber door.
Li Zhi hummed before turning around and asking the bride, who was still tucked in. “Shall I carry you over?” He knew the girl would have difficulties walking at the moment.
“No, tell the maids to come in.” Shen Qingqing muttered, with a slight breath in her voice.
Li Zhi then sat on the bedside, hung up the curtain, and called the maids in.
Yuchan and Yudie came in with their heads bowed.
As soon as they walked around the screen, they were met by a strange odour. Both were naïve girls who had never smelled this smell before and did not have the time to follow it right now.
“Help Madam take a bath.” Li Zhi spoke in a polite tone.
Yu Die and Yu Chan waited for a while, but their master remained grumpy in bed. Thinking about the young girl’s quiet pleas for mercy and scolding they had just heard in the yard, they assumed that their master was being tortured by the tall and terrible Marquis. ‘It was so miserable that the girl couldn’t even get out of bed.’
Trying hard to ignore Li Zhi, who was only wearing a middle coat, Yudie knelt down on the bed first and lifted the quilt.
Shen Qingqing on the bed had her eyes closed; her cheeks were flushed, and a few strands of broken hair were wet and stuck to her cheeks. More importantly, she looked like a bloomed flower.
Upon seeing that, Yudie’s heart trembled.
Shen Qingqing couldn’t wait to have a bath, so she couldn’t help but urge. “Help me up.”
Yudie came back to her senses and hurriedly held her master’s shoulders and pulled up.
Shen Qingqing couldn’t help but sigh. She felt as if her waist had been run over by several carriages. It hurt so much when she moved.
Yudie was terrified, and just as she was about to ask her master what was wrong, a man’s calm command came from behind her.
“Get out of the way.”
At the same time, a delicate hand gripped her master’s shoulder from one side.
Yudie got out of bed, knowingly.
Li Zhi grabbed Shen Qingqing’s shoulders with one hand and her legs with the other, effortlessly pulling her up.
The bed was draped with a Yuan handkerchief. Shen Qingqing could predict what kind of mess would be on the handkerchief without looking.
As the maids were all watching, Shen Qingqing felt ashamed and could only bury herself in Li Zhi’s arms.
Li Zhi carried Shen Qingqing to the West Room as if nothing had happened.
“Put me on the couch, and you go out.” Shen Qingqing lowered her head and said angrily.
When Li Zhi heard this, he couldn’t help but think about his utterly unique bridal chamber. The bride’s top was not allowed to be taken off, and the lower parts had to be covered under the quilt, and he was not allowed to look at her. For half an hour, he just looked at her pale and crimson face. Fortunately, this alone was enough to give him a taste of bliss.
“Okay, you wash first.” Knowing that she was afraid of pain, Li Zhi put her down very carefully.
Shen Qingqing continued to hang her head.
Before departing, Li Zhi gave a quick peek at the snow-white nape of her exposed neck.
Yuchan and Yudie approached Shen Qingqing, concerned, and asked what was wrong.
Shen Qingqing didn’t know what to say.
After a while, she asked the maids to undress her.
The red middle coat was untied one at a time. Yuchan and Yudie silently sighed a sigh of relief when they saw that their master was safe and sound, as white and immaculate as ever. Regarding the areas that must have been damaged, they stated that no newlyweds could avoid it.
Following this occurrence, the two girls did not ask too many questions in order to avoid embarrassing their master.
After entering the bathtub, Shen Qingqing’s painful bones were finally relieved. When she came out, she felt much more at ease down there.
The two maids assisted Shen Qingqing in changing into her new attire. When she lifted the curtain, she noticed Li Zhi sitting in the main room.
Shen Qingqing thought Li Zhi was waiting to take a bath, so she didn’t think much about it.
But Li Zhi walked straight towards her, with gentle eyes. “I will carry Madam back to the room.”
Shen Qingqing: “…”
Yudie and Yuchan were so pleased with the Marquis’ kindness to their master. So they let go of Shen Qingqing at the same time.
So Li Zhi took up Shen Qingqing again and brought her back to the inner room as if she were a treasure.
The bedding on the bed had been replaced with new ones, which were quite comfy.
Li Zhi covered Shen Qingqing with the comforter, peered into her closed eyes, and murmured, “You go to sleep first, and I will return after washing.”
Shen Qingqing said nothing.
Li Zhi left with a smile.
In the hall, Yudie and Yuchan hesitated whether to go in and help the Maruis.
Li Zhi saw through the two maids’ thoughts and simply said, “Wait outside.”
The two girls immediately relaxed.
Li Zhi entered the west chamber alone. There was a mirror in the room. Li Zhi removed his shirt and walked over. He looked in the mirror and noticed that his chest was covered in deep and shallow scratches. Looking sideways, he noticed scratches on his back. It was extremely hot at the moment, and she refused to remove her clothing. However, Li Zhi stripped off all of his clothes, but he never expected to wind up like this.
However, looking at those scratches, Li Zhi was not angry at all.
She cried in pain, so it was only fair that she should grab him a few times.
He just didn’t know when she would be willing to be honest with him.
Li Zhi felt a twinge of regret as he reflected on this.
After washing absentmindedly, Li Zhi put on his middle coat, tied his belt, and walked towards the inner room.
The inner room was really silent.
Li Zhi stepped around the screen and noticed the small girl lying with her back to him again. He smiled. Sitting on the bed, Li Zhi was going to ask her how she was when he noticed her shallow, protracted breathing before speaking.
When someone pretends to sleep, they frequently hold their breath.
‘So she actually fell asleep?’ Li Zhi leaned over and noticed her little flushing face; cherry-red lips barely open, and she was already asleep.
Faced with a face like a begonia dripping with dew, Li Zhi’s heart warmed as he remembered her screams of suffering throughout the ordeal.
‘Forget it; let it stew slowly. Sooner or later I will coax her to be willing.’
After putting down the gauze curtain, Li Zhi opened another quilt she had specially left for him and fell asleep not so contentedly.
End of chapter 23
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