The Lucky Farmgirl

As soon as Elder Aunt left, Changyu quickly opened the box and took out the book, flipping through it, "What kind of book is this that’s so mysterious, sent here late at night... Oh dear, it’s so embarrassing."

Changyu flung the book away, but due to her panic, it veered off course and headed straight for Manbao’s face.

Manbao reached out to catch it and opened it, "What is it?"

Changyu dashed over and slapped the book down, exclaiming, "You’re not allowed to look either."

The palace maids heard the commotion and rushed outside the screen, "Princess?"

Mingda was curious too, but waved them off saying, "It’s nothing, we’re just playing around. You can go."

The two worked together to snatch the book from Changyu’s hand and leaned together to read.

As Manbao opened it, Mingda couldn’t help but cover her eyes with her hand, but soon peeked through her fingers.

Manbao marveled, "The drawings are much clearer than in our medical books and even colored."

Mingda agreed, "It’s even clearer and more three-dimensional than the yab-yum Mother gave me. Really, who drew this?"

It definitely wasn’t printed.

Changyu had seen small yellow books before, also given by the aunts in the palace. Before marriage, a princess could only learn from these books, but none were as embarrassing as this one.

Manbao’s face also blushed, and after flipping through it, she placed it in front of Changyu, asking, "Are you going to look?"

Changyu pushed it away, "Not looking, whoever wants to look can look."

"Alright then, I’ll put it in the cabinet for you so you can take it out whenever you want to look." Manbao sat cross-legged on the bed, "But girls need to know about some things. Let’s not talk about the erotic side, but start with the conception of life, shall we?"

Mingda put down her hand, "Conception of life?"

Manbao nodded, cleared her throat, and said, "Yes, since it’s still early, let’s start with the differences between men and women."

She continued, "We all know that men and women are different, but do you know the differences between them?"

Mingda and Changyu wanted to say they knew, but as the words were about to come out, they realized they didn’t, so they obediently shook their heads.

So the three of them snuggled under the covers, as Manbao explained the differences between men and women, how life is conceived, and even the precautions during the process of conception.

Mingda and Changyu were stunned by what they heard—it was much more useful than the small yellow book, leaving them unable to sleep well all night.

Manbao, however, slept soundly and woke up early the next morning. By the time Changyu and Mingda were woken up, looking weary, Manbao had already washed up and was practicing a set of boxing forms in the courtyard.

Changyu looked at her blankly, "How come you have so much energy?"

Manbao said calmly, "I’ve been through this before, naturally I’m composed."

Changyu snorted, then got up to wash and have breakfast.

After breakfast, she bathed and changed, putting on her wedding dress and doing her makeup.

The groom’s task of marrying the princess doesn’t involve breaking through any doors, but he needs to bid farewell to the Emperor and Empress together with the princess, and then take the wedding procession around the inner city in a circle before returning to the princess’s residence.

Manbao’s role today was to accompany Princess Changyu, waiting for Wei Yu to come to take her, and then go together to the princess’s residence.

After many years, the Emperor was marrying off his daughter again, and couldn’t help but personally stand at the front gates of the Taiji Hall to see them off. Watching the newlyweds gradually walk away, the Emperor couldn’t help but have moist eyes. He was reluctant, reluctant to have a daughter he’d raised for twenty years suddenly become someone else’s.

Thinking this way, the Emperor resented Wei Zhi even more.

Manbao mounted her horse and rode alongside the festive carriage. On this day, Changyu didn’t sit in a flower sedan but a flower carriage. The princess’s carriage was draped with red veils and covered with fresh flowers, while Changyu sat properly dressed inside. People outside could see hazy silhouettes through the veils.

Many people in the city knew today was the princess’s wedding day, so they came to the streets to congratulate and some threw flowers at the princess in the carriage and at the groom-to-be riding in front.

Manbao got hit by several flowers. One flower was aimed at her eyes, but after Keke warned her, she caught it, finding it was a peony, quite pretty. So she tossed it into the flower car, saying to Changyu, "For you."

Changyu: ...

Wei Yu had invited his friends and classmates to form the wedding party. Bai Shan and others were also in the procession, but because they belonged to different factions, Bai Shan only glanced at Zhou Man from afar without approaching.

Manbao also had the spirit of a "maiden’s family," firmly refusing to associate, so she only exchanged a distant glance with him before turning away.

Everyone arrived lively and bustling at Princess Changyu’s residence. Wei Zhi and his wife weren’t present because, according to ceremony, today the high halls being paid respect to were the Emperor and Empress. The following day, when visiting the uncles and aunts, would they go to the Wei Family to meet the couple.

The same would be true for Mingda.

Mingda’s wedding was just as grand as Changyu’s. On the day of the Flower Festival, before dawn, Zhou Residence was already bustling.

Bai Shan pulled Manbao up, saying, "Hurry up, people from Longzhou have arrived."

Manbao struggled to open her eyes and asked, "Weren’t they always in the capital?"

May, who was outside listening, quickly reported, "This time it’s people from the main house who came. They said they arrived yesterday and originally wanted to come over to discuss matters with the hall master. But just as they tidied themselves up, the curfew fell, so they had no choice but to come over early this morning. Old Madam and the hall master are already entertaining them at the front."

Manbao then groggily got up, washed her face with warm water to barely wake up, and the two hurried over to Old Master Bai’s courtyard.

Inside, the lights were bright, with many people coming and going.

Bai Shan held her hand, bypassed the servants, and just before they entered, they heard someone inside saying, "After all, we are at someone else’s place, it’s not as convenient as at our own home. Isn’t there anyone from the clan who has a big house in the capital, how could they borrow an outsider’s mansion?"

"Yes, while there’s still time..."

"Where’s the time?" Old Madam Liu interrupted them, "Everything has already been set up here, and we are not exactly outsiders."

"It’s not Bai Shan’s residence though."

"But it’s Senior Sister Er Lang’s," Old Master Bai chuckled, saying, "Same master, Mr. Zhuang is still around, Zhou Man is Er Lang’s fellow senior sister. Affection among fellow apprentices is natural, and I don’t see anything wrong. It’s unexpected that Second Uncle personally came to celebrate, and I’ll make sure Er Lang and I toast two good glasses to him later."

If one were to discuss closeness, the relationship between clan brothers indeed couldn’t compare to the camaraderie of fellow apprentices of this era, so they fell silent.

Bai Shan paused for a moment, then led Manbao inside, "Grandmother, Elder Uncle..."

Everyone turned their heads to look, seeing the young couple coming hand in hand, they immediately curtailed their expressions and looked at the two with smiles.

Manbao walked straight up, greeted them without averting her eyes, and called out "Grandmother," waiting for an introduction.

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