Chapter 283: Chapter 283

Chai Eying heard it, and her whole body felt as if it were set on fire.

"I, I, I... I’ll find it myself." Chai Eying blushed and walked to the wardrobe to start searching for her clothes.

The wardrobe had three doors, one held hers, another held Li Xingmao’s, and the last held the children’s.

Most of the clothes in the wardrobe, for the whole family, were new.

The new clothes she brought with her.

When she and Li Xingmao were wed, they were sorted into categories by Nanny Jiang and placed in the wardrobe.

The clothes weren’t placed by herself, so searching for them was slow.

Being a woman, Chai Eying had many types of clothes. She stood in front of the wardrobe and searched for a long time, but could only find a mid-inner garment. She couldn’t find innerwear and pants no matter how hard she looked.

She only saw a pile of outer garments.

As for the inner clothes and pants, she was embarrassed to search for them in front of Li Xingmao.

Li Xingmao found his own clothes for changing, stood behind her, and softly asked, "Did you find your clothes? If not, I can help you look."

"Ah, I’ll look myself." Chai Eying turned her head, pushed Li Xingmao aside, and continued searching.

But the result was Chai Eying flipped the clothes in the wardrobe until it looked like a stall selling scraps at the market; she saw a mess of colorful fabrics without a complete piece of clothing.

The more chaotic, the more anxious; the more anxious, the more flustered.

Chai Eying’s face turned even more crimson with urgency.

Li Xingmao asked again, "Haven’t found them yet?"

"Almost." Chai Eying was sweating on her forehead with urgency, "Why don’t you go wash first? I’ll join you in a bit."

"We agreed to go together." Li Xingmao chuckled, supported her shoulders, and pushed her aside, "Let me help you search." Content orıginally comes from 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝙣𝙚𝙩

Seeing her wardrobe in a mess, Li Xingmao widened his eyes.

Chai Eying said embarrassedly, "I wasn’t at home. At that time, I mostly organized the clothes myself, and I could easily find them, but today’s clothes weren’t placed by me, so I can’t find them..."

Li Xingmao smiled faintly, "It’s alright, let’s organize them together."

He took out all of Chai Eying’s clothes and placed them on the bed.

Started sorting them.

Chai Eying breathed a sigh of relief and walked over.

Li Xingmao glanced at her and said, "I’ll sort them, after folding, you can put them back, so it’ll be easier to find next time."

He first picked out the outer garments, folding them one by one.

If outer garments aren’t folded well, they get creased and look unattractive.

Li Xingmao folded them slowly and carefully.

Chai Eying thought for a moment and asked him, "Jin Lang, do you usually fold the clothes yourself?"

Li Xingmao nodded, "When I’m not too busy, I like to do these little things myself."

Chai Eying wanted to ask if Xue Family didn’t help before, but she reconsidered, thinking mentioning Xue Family might make Li Xingmao unhappy, so she didn’t ask.

Once the outer garments were organized, Chai Eying gathered them up and neatly placed them back into the wardrobe.

Returning to the bedside, she saw Li Xingmao shaking out an inner garment.

Chai Eying’s face turned red all of a sudden, swiftly snatching it from his hand, "I... I’ll do it myself!"

Li Xingmao was momentarily taken aback before being pushed aside by her.

He suppressed his laughter, "Alright."

With Li Xingmao’s assistance, Chai Eying folded all the clothes she had messed up again and even found her clothes for changing.

She took off the hairpins and the outer layer of her wedding attire, blushing, and followed Li Xingmao into the bathing room.

The bathing room’s tubs, basins, and the racks for clothes were all new, all part of Chai Eying’s dowry.

Both tubs were filled with warm water, with spare hot and cold water in two large buckets nearby.

Brand new cloth towels were placed in each basin.

After entering the room, Li Xingmao unfolded his change of clothes, hung them on the rack, and turned back to see Chai Eying hesitantly standing there.

He chuckled softly, walked over, took her clothes from her hands, unfolded them one by one, and placed them on the rack as well.

"Eying, if you keep dawdling , it’ll be dawn soon, won’t you sleep?" Li Xingmao turned her shoulders and began to untie her waist sash.

Chai Eying panicked again, "I... I’ll do it myself."

"Eying does everything herself, does that mean there’s no need for a husband?" Li Xingmao teased her.

Chai Eying froze, remembering Nanny Jiang’s advice, and blushed, saying, "Not really..."

She glanced at Li Xingmao, smiling, and reached out to untie his clothes.

But, even though they agreed on one bathtub each, Li Xingmao pulled her into his own bathtub.

Chai Eying became even more flustered.

The two of them emerged from the washroom and entered the large bedroom after half an hour. Nanny Jiang, who hadn’t yet gone to bed, waited until the door of that room was closed, then smiled to herself and went into the washroom.

Newlyweds require extra bath water.

Happily, she carried a lantern in one hand and a bucket in the other, heading to the kitchen to fetch hot water.

In the kitchen, tonight the small stove stayed lit all night, continuously heating the water in the clay jar with charcoal fire.

As Nanny Jiang had expected, the young couple went in and out of the washroom three times, taking three baths.

They finally calmed down as dawn approached.

Nanny Jiang stretched lazily, suppressed her drowsiness, and happily went to bed to catch up on sleep.

In the North Courtyard, Princess Consort Luling, however, did not sleep well. She had only gone to bed in the middle of the night, and woke up before dawn.

Unable to sleep, she pulled Prince Luling up to talk with her.

But Prince Luling was too tired.

He sat up, yawning, and muttered, "What’s going on, making a fuss so early in the morning?"

Princess Consort Luling glanced at the two children sleeping quietly on the small bed in front, sighed and said, "I had a dream last night that E Ying had a baby."

Prince Luling suddenly became wide awake, slapped his thigh, and laughed, "Hey, that’s a good omen, means we’re about to have additions to our family."

But Princess Consort Luling gave him a sideways look, "What about Guoguo and Jingjing? If E Ying has her own child, she won’t take care of Guoguo and Jingjing."

Prince Luling huffed, "What nonsense are you talking? E Ying has always been good to Jingjing and Guoguo."

"I know she’s good to the two kids, but... after all, they aren’t her own, and if she has a child..." Princess Consort Luling was unsure of what she was saying, stopped halfway feeling it was inappropriate.

Prince Luling’s drowsiness was completely gone thanks to her words, and he seriously talked about the matter, "Ah Zhu, no matter who the eldest marries, they will have more children, Guoguo and Jingjing will encounter a stepmother, that’s just something that can’t be helped."

"Furthermore, even if Guoguo and Jingjing were E Ying’s own, and she had more kids, she couldn’t look after three children alone, Guoguo and Jingjing would still have to rely on us to help care for them, she can only care for the youngest. The words you just said were pure overthinking and troubling yourself unnecessarily."

Princess Consort Luling came back to her senses, realizing he was right. How was she pointlessly worrying?

Her mind’s troubles eased, she felt lighter in spirit and body, and succumbed to sleep again.

On the small bed, Guoguo opened his eyes, turned over, and looked towards the South Courtyard.

The weather was hot, Chai Eying didn’t sleep well, and woke up.

The day was already bright, it was time to get up.

When she twisted her body, she found a man’s arm around her waist, surprised by the sudden discovery.

Once she realized, she couldn’t help but laugh.

Li Xingmao opened his eyes, reached over to brush her cheek and asked in confusion, "E Ying, why are you laughing?"

Chai Eying turned over and sweetly called him, "Husband, good morning."

Li Xingmao smiled slightly, "Good morning, my lady."

Chai Eying was startled by his intense gaze, pushed him away, and sat up, "It’s already bright... not early anymore, time to get up."

Li Xingmao’s smile deepened, and he pulled her back into his arms, "No rush, no rush, look at the sky outside, dawn hasn’t come yet."

Chai Eying blushed and whispered, "People might laugh at us."

Li Xingmao reached over to straighten her hair, laughed, "Just a little while, won’t delay getting up."

Chai Eying bit her lip, "Alright then, just for a short while."

Li Xingmao smiled, "Okay."

Chai Eying thought a short while meant as long as a cup of tea, but Li Xingmao’s short while turned into a quarter of an hour.

By the time the two got up, the sun had already shone into the room.

Chai Eying, blushing, glanced at her dashing man, and walked over to open the door.

Nanny Jiang was standing outside the door, holding a half-filled copper basin of water, smiling, "Good morning, Miss," and when Li Xingmao followed, she smiled, "Good morning, Sir. Congratulations to both of you."

Chai Eying’s face turned even redder. She stepped aside to let Nanny Jiang into the room.

"This is for washing your face. It’s hot, so I also prepared bath water for you. A morning bath will cool you off," Nanny Jiang placed the copper basin on a special wooden stand in the corner of the room meant for basins, and smiled at them.

At this moment, Chai Eying indeed needed another bath, but after her nanny mentioned it, and thinking about the earlier situation, she felt as if she was being roasted like a shrimp, all her body feeling hot.

Would the sounds she and Li Xingmao made inside the room have been heard by the nanny standing outside the door?