On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness Chapter 617: More Intimacy

During the discussion, Leng Yu Yan realized that the armrest of the Jade Chair was designed very humanely, almost as if afraid soone would slip into the water, enabling one to grasp firmly.

Ye Yiheng’s voice was calm and steady, "When I hold you to bathe, naturally we sit together."

Leng Yu Yan suddenly realized sothing was amiss and glared at him angrily, "Is this your idea of romance?"

"Yanyan, you actually understand?" Ye Yiheng laughed.

His devilishly handso face radiated a unique charm, and his deep eyes held a hint of indescribable aning.

Seeing him like this, Leng Yu Yan was montarily dazzled, and thinking about his question, she quickly blushed, "I don’t understand."

Ye Yiheng coughed lightly, "You’ll understand in ti."

The atmosphere in the bathroom was strange, and instinctively, Leng Yu Yan did not want to stay any longer. She lifted her foot and quickly walked toward the door.

Ye Yiheng, tall with long legs, took three steps as two and encircled her into his arms, hugging her from behind. His thin lips ca close to her ear and he whispered, "I have spoken of my desire to be close to you."

Sohow, Leng Yu Yan felt nervous, "Just, just to be close, right?"

Ye Yiheng’s voice was hoarse as he murmured, "Mm," then plaintively asked, "Would you not want that?"

The only thing she could think of was cuddling and hugging, and at worst his hands might wander a bit, but how far could it actually go?

With this thought, she nodded, "After we are married, you and I will be husband and wife. If it’s about being close, naturally I am willing."

Upon hearing her words, Ye Yiheng felt an uncontrollable burst of elation.

He turned her around and kissed her forehead, exercising restraint.

The contact was brief and fleeting.

In recent days, he had only kissed her cheek, her hair, her forehead. This made Leng Yu Yan slightly relaxed, and she also felt inclined to express her feelings.

She tiptoed to kiss his cheek.

It was like a gentle breeze but enough to stir the deep restrained emotions of Ye Yiheng.

He pinched her chin, his voice low and deep, "In fact, I want even more."

Leng Yu Yan was startled, then softly comforted, "Your Highness, don’t trouble yourself, it’s better to take things lightly."

Ye Yiheng suddenly coughed violently.

"Your Highness, what’s wrong?" she patted his back.

He waved his hand, "It’s nothing, it’s nothing."

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Days passed, and Ye Yiheng conducted the Six Rites of marriage—proposal, asking for the na, receiving the auspices, requesting the bride, requesting a date—all over again.

Even though the proposal, asking for the na, and receiving the auspices had been done in Beilan City, for a perfect wedding, these steps were perford once more in the capital city.

When it ca to requesting the bride, the procession delivering the betrothal gifts to the Prince Zhenbei Mansion was so grand that the tail end of the group was still setting out from the Eastern Palace, captivating onlookers throughout the capital city.

As for setting the date, it had been fixed during a morning audience days ago, but was ceremoniously confird again.

With the Six Rites completed, all that was left was the Wedding Reception.

Now, only a few days remained until the grand wedding of Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan.

On this day, the Prince Zhenbei Mansion was bustling in preparation for the dowry.

Amidst the busy work, soone from the Zhang Family of Jiangzhou arrived.

Learning that they were from Leng Yu Yan’s maternal grandparents’ ho, Lai Ran quickly distracted Mrs. Yun and went to the main hall himself to et the Zhang Family mbers.

Upon entering the hall, Lai Ran saw two large boxes covered with red silk and tied with big red flowers.

Zhang Yuming stepped forward to give a salute, "Greetings, Prince Zhenbei!"

"Who are you?" Lai Ran’s handso eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He did not recognize anyone from the Zhang Family, which was awkward.

Zhang Yuming respectfully said, "This humble one is Zhang Yuming, from Jiangzhou, a nephew of the Mrs. Zhang. My grandmother and father have sent ahead to the capital to deliver wedding gifts for my cousin. In a few days, they too shall arrive in the capital. My aunt is no longer with us, and my cousin is a concern of my grandmother and father. Although the journey is long, they are determined to co for her wedding."

Lai Ran nodded repeatedly, "It should be so!"

However, the Yun Family was unaware of the Zhang Family’s existence, much less that Leng Yu Yan was not Li Fei.

Now that a person from the Zhang Family had arrived, how was he to handle this?

For a mont, Lai Ran was quite troubled.

But upon thinking that the man before him was Yanyan’s close cousin, he felt it inappropriate to obstruct their eting due to their kinship connections and added, "Yanyan is at the Yanyue Residence, you should visit her first, and then I will arrange a place for you to stay."

"Thank you very much, Prince!" Zhang Yuming saluted again.

Lai Ran nodded and pointed to two large boxes asking, "What are these?"

"They are the wedding gifts for my cousin," Zhang Yuming replied.

"In that case, have them moved to Yanyan’s courtyard."

Lai Ran never gave it a second thought, assuming the contents of the two large boxes were special local products from Jiangzhou.

The Zhang Family guards who had just delivered the two large boxes to the Prince Mansion had now left the premises.

On their way, to ensure the safety of the gold bars, they had scarcely eaten anything. Now that they had safely delivered the boxes to the Prince Zhenbei Mansion and obtained permission from their young master, they headed for a tavern in the capital.

At that mont, Zhang Yuming said awkwardly, "Could you please send a few people to help lift the boxes?"

Lai Ran casually pointed to the servants standing outside the main hall, "Co, help lift them."

Several n answered affirmatively and grabbed the handles of the boxes, one on each side, and exerted effort yet couldn’t lift them.

As servants of the Prince Mansion, how could they lack strength?

They exchanged glances, secretly exerting all their strength, and managed to hoist the boxes.

With a loud "clang," one of the boxes fell to the ground and gold bars spilled out.

This left everyone present stunned, only Zhang Yuming casually looked on, "Sorry, they are a bit heavy."

Lai Ran couldn’t help but ask, "Why aren’t the gifts local Jiangzhou products?"

Zhang Yuming smiled sheepishly, "Prince, our specialty is this. Oh, I an, there’s no better way to express our feelings for my cousin’s wedding than with these!"

Although the Prince Zhenbei Mansion was not short of money, Lai Ran was still shocked by the amount, "Such a sum for a wedding gift?"

Zhang Yuming honestly explained, "My grandmother and father said that since my cousin is marrying into the Eastern Palace, money is useful. Although it’s not everything, being without it is absolutely unacceptable. The Zhang Family failed to take care of her when she was young, which was our fault. Now that we have a chance to add to her happiness, this sum for a wedding gift is most appropriate!"

Lai Ran nodded, then realizing that the Zhang Family was a well-known wealthy family in Jiangzhou, he felt relieved and quickly ordered his trusted aides to help carry the boxes to the Yanyue Residence.

Since it was a gift from Yanyan’s maternal grandparents’ ho, the decision was hers to make.

Soon after, the two boxes of gold bars were delivered to the Yanyue Residence.

Leng Yu Yan was delighted to see Zhang Yuming and happily accepted the two large boxes of gold bars.

"If I don’t accept them, it’d be troubleso for my second cousin to take them back. Besides, how could I refuse the intentions of my maternal grandmother and uncle?"

Zhang Yuming smiled broadly, "Exactly!"

The cousins enjoyed a pleasant conversation.

An hour later, Lai Ran appeared.

"Not to hide from you, my consort treats Yanyan as another daughter of mine, and she is unaware of your aunt’s existence. Hence, your visit to the mansion today might cause you so inconvenience." Lai Ran awkwardly told Zhang Yuming, "You will be staying in the guest pavilion. Just say you are Yanyan’s friend, is that okay?"