Chapter 775: Gentle and Loving
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Su Yingxue suddenly felt a strong force on her face as Chu Yihan’s lips fiercely covered hers. His voice was intense and domineering, “No! Su Yingxue, I won’t allow such a day to come!”
Su Yingxue reacted by wrapping her arms around his neck. They were intimately entwined until Su Yingxue’s hand touched the box that Chu Yihan had brought out.
“What’s this?” she asked as a cool sensation attracted her attention.
Instinctively, Su Yingxue opened the box and was momentarily blinded by its brightness.
Su Yingxue took a step back, discovering that as the box opened, a golden phoenix sprang forth. Upon closer inspection, she realized it wasn’t a real phoenix but floating in the air.
Chu Yihan’s elegant fingers gently caressed the floating phoenix. In a low voice, he said, “This is Phoenix Satin.”
Su Yingxue’s eyes flashed with surprise. She had heard that a famous weaving workshop from the previous dynasty required a hundred embroiderers a year to produce just one piece of this precious fabric.
After the previous dynasty fell and the workshop was destroyed, Phoenix Satin disappeared. Several empresses of the Great Cheng Dynasty had sought Phoenix Satin to make their robes, believing it represented true imperial grace. Yet none had ever found it. And now, Chu Yihan had it?
Chu Yihan explained, “A surrendered general offered this to me ten years ago during a campaign in the desert. Phoenix Satin does not decay for a hundred years, and to this day, it remains as bright as new. When exposed to light, the phoenix floats in the air, vivid and lifelike. There is no other like it in the world.”
Su Yingxue was both shocked and delighted. “Your Highness, are you giving this to me?”
“I have already tailored it into a wedding dress for you, according to your measurements,” Chu Yihan said.
He held the Phoenix Satin with deep affection in his eyes. “Put it on and let me see.”
Su Yingxue was utterly surprised. Even the wedding dress had been prepared by Chu Yihan with such care.
She changed into the wedding dress in front of him. Inside the Feiquan Pavilion, the soft light from luminous pearls and the reflections from glazed tiles made the room as bright as day, creating a beautiful ambiance.
But the most breathtaking sight was Su Yingxue in her Phoenix Satin dress.
The golden phoenix on the train of her dress seemed ready to take flight, shimmering as if it were soaring through the air. It was stunningly beautiful.
Chu Yihan gazed at Su Yingxue, unable to look away.
She had grown into an extraordinary woman. Her face no longer held the softness of youth, but her clear, bright eyes were just as he remembered.
“To offer my whole life…” These were the most beautiful words of love he had ever heard.
“Your Highness,” Su Yingxue’s sweet voice was like a gentle stream flowing through the heart.
Chu Yihan was drawn to her, stepping closer.
Though she was not petite, standing before him, she only reached his chest. He gently wrapped his arm around her waist, and she sank into his embrace, soft and delicate, inviting tender affection.
“Your Highness, you kept this Phoenix Satin for ten years, which means you have been waiting for me all this time,” Su Yingxue sighed softly. She was deeply moved by his devotion.
“Thirteen years,” Chu Yihan corrected. “Every day in my dreams has been this day, and every day has been about you.”
Every word from Chu Yihan was etched into Su Yingxue’s heart.
The night was long. Inside the Feiquan Pavilion, the temperature steadily rose as their bodies entwined in an intimate embrace, bathed in the glow of the glazed tiles.
Tenderness and affection enveloped them..