Chapter 179: The Issue of Room
Chapter 179: The Issue of Room
The soft morning breeze made its way inside the bed-chamber and greeted Xiang Ling who was still fast asleep. She stirred in her sleep and her eyes finally fluttered open. The familiar celling of her chamber greeted her as her vision got adjusted to the brightness.
Slowly, she sat up on the bed and was immediately greeted with a sharp pain in her head that made her groan out loud in response. One of her hands moved to grab her head as she closed her eyes due to the overwhelming pain.
She summoned her powers and was ready to heal the hangover when she picked on the sound that came from the other side of the room. As she followed the direction of the sound, her gaze landed on a very surprising sight. Sitting around the wooden table near the moon window were her six husbands, all of whom looked like they had been through a very rough night.
She then looked at Fu Xiao who was standing not far from her bed while keeping her gaze fixed on Xiang Ling. Noticing that her lady was awake, the young woman stepped closer and handed Xiang Ling a cup of warm hangover soup.
"What happened?" Xiang Ling asked while she finished the soup that tasted just as bad as it smelled.
Shaking her head, Fu Xiao whispered in response, "The Young Masters have been here since I arrived couple of minutes ago. It seems like they all stayed the night here... sitting at the table."
A deep sigh escaped Xiang Ling’s lips as she handed back the empty bowl to Fu Xiao. "Prepare bath water for me." She told the young woman who accepted the task and left immediately.
"We should also return to our rooms now since she’s awake. I need to rest properly for a few hours. I will skip the morning meal." Zhe Yuan spoke as he stood up and stretched his body to get rid of the stiffness in his muscles. All the other five men followed his suit and stood up to leave.
While five of them made their way toward the door, Zhang Xuan made his way toward Xiang Ling who was watching the six of them in silence.
"Xiao Ling, let’s bath together."
Zhang Xuan’s words stopped all the other five men in their tracks and they all turned their attention toward him immediately.
"What?" Xiang Ling asked as she too wasn’t ready for his sudden request. "Aren’t you leaving too? You can bath in your own chamber."
The happy look immeditely left Zhang Xuan’s face. "Will I be living so far away from you? Even though that guest courtyard is right next to yours, it is still far away. We just got married yesterday, are you already abandoning me?"
Xiang Ling hadn’t thought about this issue before and now she was left in a dilemma. There were only six rooms in her courtyard and they all were already occupied. There was no more room left to Zhang Xuan, but making him live in the nearby courtyard was also not a good idea as it would make everyone think that he had already fallen out of her favor.
"Well..." She started speaking after she pondered on the topic for a moment or two. "... you are already aware that there isn’t an empty room in this courtyard for the time being. But don’t worry, I will give the order to built another room immeditely. Until the room is ready, you can-"
"Stay with you!" Zhang Xuan quickly proposed.
"Huh?"
Zhang Xuan gave her a cheeky smile as he added, "I don’t mind if it takes even weeks for the room to get ready. I can always stay with you in this room. Since we failed to spend our wedding night together, will it not be great to spend these coming days together to build this new Chapter of our lives?"
Xiang Ling noticed the sparkle in his eyes and immediately reprimanded him in a whispered tone. "Stop teasing them so early in the morning. They already don’t like you."
"Who cares about them? The only person who matters to me is my dear wife." Every word coming out of Zhang Xuan’s mouth was filled with so much sweetness that it did little to melt Xiang Ling, and made her shiver more in embarrassment.
"You can’t share this room with her. That’s a privilege no one got among all five of us, and neither will you." Dao Ming was quick to destroy the bubble of Zhang Xuan’s daydream.
"I’m not you. Who knows? Maybe my Xiao Ling will pamper me the most. Right, wife?" Zhang Xuan wasn’t the least bit fazed by Dao Ming’s words. Instead, he was the one causing chaos in the hearts of the other five.
Xiang Ling opened her mouth to remind the man again that he shouldn’t test her other husbands’ patience too much, but she was stopped by him as he placed his index finger against her lips.
"Let me give you a morning gift first." He said out loud enough for everyone to hear. At first, Xiang Ling was confused about what he planned to do, but when she noticed him inching his face closer to hers with his gaze fixed on her lips, it didn’t take her long to realize what he intended to do.
However, before she could have reacted or he had kissed her, a sword came to rest between them. Xiang Ling’s eyes went wide when she noticed that it was almost pressed against Zhang Xuan’s lips. But contrary to her, the man didn’t even blinked his eyelashes as if he was already prepared for such an outcome.
"You should come along with us. I’m sure Zhe Yuan can share his room with you for a couple of days." Xin Cheng looked over his shoulder at Zhe Yuan and the latter quickly voiced his agreement.
Xiang Ling pushed Zhang Xuan away before she pointed at Xin Cheng. "Stop bringing out your sword at every chance you get. You might actually hurt someone with it. All of you leave now, we will have another discussion about this later this evening."