CH 2.2

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A mama gave Song Jinning yuanxiao [1] and asked loudly: "Niang Niang [2], when will you have a son?

Someone had already told her that she needed to eat Yuanxiao during the wedding. But Song Jinning couldn't help but be disgusted when she saw it. 

Why are all these people talking about children? In the future, there will be many concubines who will give children to Li Chengxuan and Song Jinning is not one of them.

Seeing this bowl of yuanxiao, Song Jinningl feels sick to her stomach.

So naturally, her hand that stretched out to take food bypassed the bowl of yuanxiao, and she instead reached to take some peanuts. 

The servants in the hall bowed their heads, holding their breath.

They heard that the empress was courageous when she was a child and even bullied the emperor, but now on their wedding night, she actually keeps the emperor in the cold?

But the truth is, Song Jinning just didn't know what to say to Li Chengxuan, and at the same time she was competing with Li Chengxuan, so she kept her eyes down and kept peeling peanuts.

Song Jinning peeled two  peanuts slowly, but then she had a problem.

She is hungry!

This morning, she woke up, took a bath and put on her makeup. When the makeup was finished, the servants were worried the makeup would be ruined so they didn’t allow her to eat. 

Later, because of the tedious etiquette, there was no chance to eat.

But she was not hungry before, so she didn’t care. But after eating two peanuts, her hungry stomach recovered and began to protest. At this moment, she felt very hungry, and every second was extremely difficult.

In her last life, she had constant stomach aches, so Song Jinning never wronged her stomach in this life.

Seeing Li Chengxuan, she didn't know when he would leave. Or,  if he will even leave tonight. So Song Jinning called Gu Yu and Bai Lu to come so that she could give instructions 

"Ask Zhao Mama to cook Bengong [3] some noodles. The one with the beef broth that’s good for hangovers.” 

Gu Yu looked at Song Jinning blankly. Is her mistress stupid? During the wedding night, she eats noodles? Who does that!  

Bai Lu didn't have the slightest surprise on her face, and she answered calmly, turning around to leave the hall.  Obviously she was obedient to Song Jinning's words. It didn’t matter what the Emperor thought, he is not her master. 

Song Jinning then looked at Li Chengxuan and graciously asked: "Your Majesty, do you also want some noodles?”

Li Chengxuan's reaction to this was a cold snort, his voice as cold as broken ice.

"No need!"

Song Jinning then glanced at Gu Yu, who reluctantly turned around and followed Bai Lu.

Song Jinning continued to peel peanuts, and Li Chengxuan continued to sit on the edge of the bed. The two people never exchanged words or even looked at eachother.

Song Jinning chuckled softly in her heart.

It seems that the power of Empress Dowager Song is not going to leave tonight. He is still planning to sleep with her?

However, with Li Chengxuan’s indifferent look, he’ll probably choose to die rather than to sleep with Song Jinning. 

Footnotes:

1) 元宵 (Yuánxiāo):  a dumpling ball made of sticky rice flour stuffed with different fillings. I don’t know why SJN described it as disgusting, to me it’s pretty good lol. 

2) 娘娘 (niáng niang): Your Highness

3) 本宫 (běn gong): Lit. this palace. illeism for the empress and imperial consorts.