With such an inauspicious start to his day, it was understandable that Chu Yun would be in a bad mood.
He shooed Xiao Zai back to his old quarters so that he could get dressed alone, with only the servants to hoover around him, instead of Xiao Zai and his constant concern.
"Are you sure you're well enough to attend the ceremony?" he asked, halfway out the door already. "We don't need to go if you aren't well."
Chu Yun pushed him out the doorway the rest of the way and closed the door in his face.
Hua Nanyi, who had been watching all this from the corner of the room let out a loud laugh. "My, what could have happened to turn his Highness into such a conscientious husband?"
Chu Yun had no patience for her jeering, but soon other servants filed into the room and she could say no more as everyone descended on him like magpies who instead of absconding with glittering trinkets bestowed them upon the unsuspecting.
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