Xiao Wangye's Beloved Wife

Chapter 25. The Tradition of Eating Holy Fruit

Huang Mingxiang walked out of the cold Palace, Su Mama who saw that Huang Mingxiang had returned also heaved a sigh of relief. He was worried, because Huang Mingxiang had been inside this gloomy Palace for quite a long time.

"Wangfei .." said Su Mama, then her eyes realized that the hair prick that Huang Mingxiang had changed. But, Su Mama did not ask much. He returned his focus to Huang Mingxiang.

"Wangfei, are you okay?" ask Su Mama.

Huang Mingxiang nodded, he was a little relieved that Su Mama did not ask much. So she did not need to think of any complicated lies to answer Su Mama.

"I'm fine, Su Mama. Come, soon we go to Huangtaihou Palace." Huang Mingxiang without saying much more rushed into the horse carriage, Su Mama quickly asked the coachman to return to run the carriage to Huangtaihou Palace.

While inside the carriage, Huang Mingxiang's hands were unceasingly squeezing his golden hair skewers. Somehow he felt disgusted using Xiao Jihuang's forced hair piercing.

Arriving at Huangtaihou Palace, the woman quickly descended. Huangtaihou's senior personal servant ran out to greet Huang Mingxiang with a friendly smile, the woman knew that Huang Mingxiang was Huangtaihou's eternal important guest.

"Greetings, Wangfei." The personal servant Huangtaihou bowed, smiling warmly at the figure of Huang Mingxiang.

Huang Mingxiang nodded thinly. "Stand up, An Mama. You don't have to bend down too long for this Wangfei. Ah ... Where's Auntie?" asked Huang Mingxiang.

"Huangtaihou Niangniang is currently waiting for you in the middle room. He wants to attend this event with you" replied An Mama.

Huang Mingxiang frowned. Attend an event with him? Can't it be? For an unmarried woman, it may still be possible to attend the event with relatives or anyone she cares about. However, for married women, as per the rules, they are only allowed to bring their husband or father.

Seeing the puzzled look on Huang Mingxiang's face, An Mama understood what Huang Mingxiang was thinking. So An Mama immediately explained. "There is no need to misunderstand, Wangfei Niangniang. Huangtaihou Niangniang just wants to come to the event with you, not to do the tradition with you."

Huang Mingxiang nodded in understanding after hearing this, ah. Huang Mingxiang could not think properly after meeting Xiao Jihuang.

"Then, I'm sorry to bother An Mama. Please take me to see Auntie" Huang Mingxiang said. An Mama unhesitatingly nodded, just as she was about to turn her body, Wu Zeyuan's horse carriage suddenly appeared.

Huang Mingxiang smiled faintly, then looked back. Wu Zeyuan carefully got off his carriage, the woman displaying her best smile in public. An Mama who saw Wu Zeyuan coming felt strange, she was not told by Huangtaihou that Wu Guifei would be present with Xiao Wangfei.

But, An Mama had not had time to react, the woman was already made shocked because suddenly Huang Mingxiang walked towards Wu Zeyuan and greeted the woman warmly.

"Wu Guifei, you've finally come. Wangfei's eyes had been glancing back and forth to find beauty like your flower." Huang Mingxiang threw a warm smile towards Wu Zeyuan.

Wu Zeyuan turned out beyond Huang Mingxiang's expectations, the woman could well follow his acting play.

"Greetings, Xiao Wangfei Niangniang. You've been praising me too much since the first time we met. It turns out that it is true, flowers cannot know their own beauty. Look, you look so pretty with that red hanfu. Xiao Wangye really noticed you."

"Huangtaihou is waiting, we better hurry in." Huang Mingxiang then glanced into the central chamber of the Palace. The two of them went hand in hand, completely like very familiar old friends.

"Mingxiang!" Huangtaihou stood up as soon as he saw his beloved niece coming, then when his eyes caught the figure of Wu Guifei, his forehead could not help but fold.

Huang Mingxiang and Wu Guifei bowed together towards Huangtaihou, the old woman could only nod while continuing to cast questionable gazes. Huangtaihou had always kept an eye on who Huang Mingxiang was hanging out with, as he recalled Huang Mingxiang had never had a close relationship with Wu Zeyuan.

"Auntie, what's wrong? Ah .. yes, forgive Mingxiang for visiting you late. Before coming here Mingxiang stopped by Wu Guifei's residence Palace for a while, we decided to attend this Valentines event together, you don't mind, do you?" huang Mingxiang.

Huangtaihou nodded briefly, although he rarely had any interactions with Wu Zeyuan, but since Huang Mingxiang was being nice to him, Huangtaihou had no other choice but to believe.

"Of course it doesn't matter, attending the Affection event with your favorite niece and daughter-in-law is a happy thing," Huangtaihou replied, the woman smiling warmly towards Huang Mingxiang and Wu Zeyuan.

Wu Zeyuan was stunned. This was the first time he had gotten Huangtaihou's warm smile, the last time he had been to Huangtaihou Palace to visit along with Huang Liyue's visit, the woman had rejected them on the grounds of not feeling well. Then on the second visit Huangtaihou received their arrival, but the look on Huangtaihou's face strongly indicated that he was uncomfortable with the meeting. His visit lasted only a few dozen minutes.

Teng! Teng! Teng!

The bells signaling the event was about to begin sounded, making Huang Mingxiang and the others turn their heads outward.

"Better now we hurry. The show will begin, Niangniang." Wu Zeyuan looked at Huangtaihou, trying to dare to talk and get closer.

Huangtaihou nodded, then looked bitterly at Huang Mingxiang. "Mingxiang, how will you eat the sacred fruit?"

In this celebration of Compassion has a tradition of eating sacred fruit. So the fruit that has been given a blessing from the temple will be sent to the Palace, then the women will be fed by their partners to be able to eat the fruit. If their partners have the same gender because of family or relatives, then they will take turns feeding each other. With the intention when eating the fruit their relationship will be closer and closer. But if they are a married couple, then the husband will feed the fruit personally to his wife, then reciprocated by the wife a cup of fresh quality wine.

This has the intention that their relationship is more romantic and the relationship needs each other more awake. When the husband feeds the sacred fruit to his wife, it has a sign that the husband will be fully responsible for caring for and caring for the wife. Then when the wife replies by giving fresh wine, it has the meaning of the wife is conditioning their husband. After the husband takes care and takes full responsibility, tired of working all day for them, then the wife will provide comfort and a sense of freshness again.

If a married woman like Huang Mingxiang attended this event without her father or husband, then she could not eat the sacred fruit during the event as well. That is unfortunate, because in order for the benefits of the sacred fruit to be more real, they must be eaten at certain times. It would also be considered a disgrace to the woman, her reputation would also be threatened.

But this rule did not apply to the residents of the Emperor's Harem, because the concubines that the Emperor had were numerous, so they were allowed to eat the sacred fruit with their own hands. It was impossible for the Emperor to meet them one by one, considering that on the show the Emperor only had two escorts. Huanghou and concubine selected.

Huang Mingxiang smiled, his smile making Huangtaihou's heart warm. "Auntie, you don't have to worry. Mingxiang is fine. Mingxiang had a compelling reason why Mingxiang's father and husband could not accompany him here, so that such a bad view would not occur."

At Huang Mingxiang's sentence, Huangtaihou's heart was calm. They finally decided to go to the front yard of the Palace, there was a huge area. The event was held in an open space.