Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Chen Mo didn’t consider himself a gentleman.

Everything that needed to be said had been said, Yi Yao had gone to this extent.

If he refused again, he wouldn’t be a normal man.

”No rush.” Chen Mo’s lips curved, and he said, ”Because of our identities, I can’t marry you with great pomp, but we can still go through the proper proceedings.”

Just as Yi Yao was puzzled, Chen Mo picked up the lifted red veil and placed it back over her head, saying, ”Let’s perform the marriage ceremony here.”

Hearing this, Yi Yao was stunned. She had read books and said, ”We need elders to witness the ceremony. My... my parents are gone, and your parents... have also passed. How can we do it?”

Chen Mo was taken aback, then said, ”Wait a moment.”

He said and then left the room.

Jiang Ruoqing, who was always keeping an eye on the bridal chamber, was surprised to see Chen Mo come out so soon: ”So quick?”

”That girl is really pitiful.”

...

When Chen Mo returned to the room, he was holding a statue of the Celestial Venerable.

Chen Mo placed the Celestial Venerable Statue on the table and pointed at it: ”We’ll bow to this.”

Yi Yao gently lifted the red veil and glanced at it. As a disciple of the Su Nv Sect, she was considered a Daoist, so she naturally recognized the Celestial Venerable Statue.

Moreover, the Celestial Venerable could be considered an ”elder,” which seemed appropriate.

Yi Yao lowered the veil again, her face turning red. Once they completed the ceremony, she would truly be his wife.

As the saying goes, marry a chicken, follow a chicken; marry a dog, follow a dog. For the traditional her, there would be no turning back after completing the ceremony.

”Are we really... really doing this?”

”You don’t want to?”

”No... it’s not that.”

”Then let’s proceed.” Chen Mo came to the bedside, grasped Yi Yao’s right hand, and helped her up from the bed.

Yi Yao’s body trembled, instinctively wanting to pull her hand away from Chen Mo’s grasp, but his grip was strong, and she couldn’t break free.

The two of them stood side by side in front of the statue, then knelt down. Chen Mo, looking serious, saw Yi Yao beside him still nervous, and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, softly saying, ”Relax.”

Yi Yao’s expression was complicated; shouldn’t she be resisting him? Yet here they were, performing the marriage ceremony...

Chen Mo gave her no chance to regret, softly saying, ”First bow to the heavens and the earth.”

With that, Chen Mo tugged at Yi Yao’s wedding dress, and they both turned around and bowed towards the back.

”Second bow to the parents!”

They turned back to face the Celestial Venerable Divine Statue, and gave a respectful bow.

”Husband and wife mutual bow!”

When Chen Mo mentioned the husband and wife mutual bow, Yi Yao’s eyelashes trembled violently, and her fingers clutched tightly at her clothes.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo had already turned to face her, the red veil covering her face. Without activating the Ancient Heavy Pupils, he was unaware of her expression, but could sense her hesitation.

Chen Mo repeated softly the husband and wife mutual bow and then bowed.

Yi Yao finally snapped out of it, quickly bowing in return.

Thud!

Their foreheads collided, making a soft sound.

Yet Yi Yao didn’t mind the pain on her forehead; the moment their foreheads touched, her mind buzzed, and a tear slipped from the corner of her eye.

From this moment on, she was the wife of this ”man” before her.

Chen Mo lifted the red veil off her head in one swift motion and carried her in his arms: ”Ceremony completed, bring her to the bridal chamber.”

After laying her on the bed, he looked at the beauty, her face radiant and shy under the dim candlelight.

Yi Yao bit her lower lip gently, her gaze complicated as she looked at the man in front of her, her heart pounding wildly. In the end, her face flushed, she turned her eyes away towards the window.

Chen Mo lightly touched her dainty nose, then brought over the nuptial wine for her.

Their arms entwined.

After drinking the wine in their cups.

Chen Mo gave her shoulder a gentle push, letting her fall onto the bed, then leaned over her, gazing deeply into her eyes: ”My dear wife.”

”Hu... husband.”

That word ’husband’ seemed to drain all the strength from Yi Yao, and she closed her eyes, turning her head slightly, looking utterly as if she were yielding to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo chuckled lightly, waved his hand gently towards the back, and the red candle was extinguished, and then he let the curtain fall.

He then slowly began to undo Yi Yao’s wedding dress.

As button by button was undone, Yi Yao’s breathing became rapid.

At the same time, her heart was filled with doubt.

How was he going to consummate the marriage?

But soon, she found out.

From her throat came a cry of suppressed pain as Yi Yao suddenly hugged Chen Mo tightly, biting into his shoulder, her ten fingers scratching lines of marks on his back, feeling on the verge of death.

”He... he’s not a eunuch...”

...

”Is he trying to kill someone?” Initially dozing off while watching the bridal chamber, Jiang Ruoqing was suddenly awake after hearing cries of pain coming from the bridal chamber, her face full of ”fear.”

After all, she had just decided to agree to Chen Mo’s proposal.

But the sound was somewhat familiar?

However, Jiang Ruoqing didn’t dwell on it.

As more and more odd noises came from the bridal chamber, Jiang Ruoqing’s face turned crimson, muttering: ”Scoundrel.”

...

Not sure what time it was.

The lights in the Imperial City gradually dimmed, leaving only the lights of the Weiyang Palace burning bright.

On the Phoenix Couch, Xiao Yunxi, wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal veil, sat sideways on the edge, looking out of the window, her eyes filled with longing.

In her hand, she held a white robe.

When she left the palace the day before yesterday, she took it with her, intending to give it to Chen Mo.

But on that day on the boat, Chen Mo had thoroughly confused her, and fearing discovery, she urged him to leave.

As for the robe, it slipped her mind completely.

She had no choice but to bring it back again.

She could have handed it to Zhao Fujin; then, by night, Zhao Fujin could have passed it to Chen Mo.

But then the meaning would change. Xiao Yunxi wanted to give the robe to Chen Mo personally.

”So late, what’s that rascal doing? Thinking of me, maybe?”

”Ah, I nearly forgot. Today, Yi Yao entered the estate, so tonight should be the bridal chamber night for that rascal. Now, they should be passionately entwined...”

Thinking of the bridal chamber reminded Xiao Yunxi of that day on the boat.

And once thought of, it’s hard to forget.

Like being possessed, Xiao Yunxi felt as though her body was being caressed by Chen Mo’s big hands.

Making her body curl up instantly, legs entwined, her eyes misty with spring water, her face flushed.

...

Nanyang County, Celestial River City.

”No, no... don’t kill me...”

Luo Zhen was awakened again by a nightmare. In the nightmare, her parents were slain before her by the Black Shadow’s people to protect her, urging her to run.

Then a glint of a blade came cutting towards her, and she awoke.

She raised her hand subconsciously to touch the side, but it was empty.

She sat up, hugging her knees. After Chen Mo left, she began to have nightmares.