Chapter 707: Sister-in-law Night Chapter
Chapter 707: Night Talk between Sister-in-law and Aunt
Just when Melanie was blackmailed due to her momentary negligence and had to reluctantly give out dividends, Princess Veronica had already changed out of her wedding dress and pulled Anna, who had changed into casual clothes, back to her room.
After taking off the gorgeous but cumbersome and heavy wedding dress, Princess Veronica's energy and spirit disappeared in an instant. After barely changing into pajamas with the help of her maid, she threw herself directly on her big bed.
"Finally it's all done..."
After burying her face in the mattress and sighing, Princess Veronica turned sideways and waved to the somewhat reserved Anna with a smile.
"Come on, come on! Now there is only one step left. As long as you sleep with me for the whole night, I will be a member of your Ryan family tomorrow."
"Sister Veronica!"
Anna blushed at the princess' ambiguous words. She was very soft-hearted except for education issues. She couldn't help but shook her head and refused with a red face:
"No need, I'll just sleep on the sofa..."
"Hey! Come on!"
After patting the empty space beside her, Princess Veronica said with a hint of resentment:
“Why do you like to sleep on my sofa just like Leon? Do you really have to force me to move the sofa out?”
"I……"
"Leave me alone, come here!"
Walking barefoot on the carpet in the room, Princess Veronica ran over and pulled Anna over. She hugged her and said with a smile:
"I know you're not used to it, but on the day before the wedding, the groom's female relatives sleep with me, which is also part of the entire wedding process. If you don't sleep with me today, it will be difficult to get married tomorrow~"
"oops!"
After falling on the soft big bed, Anna, who was tightly hugged by the princess, twisted her body twice, but found that she couldn't struggle free. She couldn't help but complain with shame:
"Isn't this process too weird? It's you two who are getting married, why do you want me to accompany you?"
Why do I need you to accompany me during the wedding process? Of course, it's to help your brother check things out~
Seeing Anna blushing all the way down to her neck, Princess Veronica couldn't help but smile, but she didn't explain.
For some special reasons, the purity of blood is very important to the royal families of various countries. However, before the Kingdom of Korok invented an instrument for using blood to detect kinship, there had been a lack of testing methods in this regard.
So on the eve of most weddings, the bride will ask the groom's female elders to sleep with her, and then... perform some relatively primitive small examinations to ensure the "purity" of the bloodline.
Although this kind of examination is no longer necessary, the custom of having the groom's female relatives accompany the bride on the eve of the wedding has been retained as part of the process as an ancient tradition that has been maintained for hundreds or thousands of years...
Well... what a pity. If the person I'm hugging now is Leon, I could tell him about this old-fashioned tradition to tease him, but the person in my bed now is Anna, so it's better not to say it. Otherwise, if she embarrasses her tender face and runs away, I'll be in trouble.
……
"I do not know why either."
After telling a little lie, Princess Veronica hugged Anna to her, buried her head beside her neck, sniffed the smell of someone else's detergent, and then said in a relaxed voice:
"The kingdom has existed for so many years, and there have been countless kings. If anyone leaves behind some requirements, it might be regarded as a tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years... But this tradition is not bad."
"No! Don't move! Ouch!"
Seeing the princess burying her head in her neck and sucking like a female hooligan, Anna felt numb all over and couldn't help but reach out and push her, then she rarely got a little angry.
"Sister Veronica! If you touch me again, I...I will leave!"
"That won't do~" Faced with Anna's soft and sticky threats, which even had a little tremor in her voice, the extremely thick-skinned princess naturally ignored them. Not only did she hold her arms tighter and tighter, she even buried her head and teased:
"How about this, if you call me sister-in-law, I'll let you go a little, okay?"
"I……"
Ok?
After waiting for two seconds and hearing no reply, and noticing that the body in her arms was slightly stiff, Princess Veronica couldn't help but raise her head in surprise and looked into the hesitant eyes of the thin girl.
"what happened?"
After looking at Anna's expression, Princess Veronica hesitated for a moment, then loosened her arms slightly, stared into her eyes, and asked softly with a hint of guilt:
"Am I giving you a hard time? If you're not used to changing your words..."
"no!"
After hurriedly shaking her head, Anna subconsciously grasped the hem of her skirt, then mustered up the courage to look back and asked in a low voice:
"I just want to know...Sister-in-law...Sister Veronica, did you really choose to marry my eldest brother because...because you like him?"
Good man, so you really are here to help him “keep the check”!
Faced with her sister-in-law's slightly childish questions, Princess Veronica couldn't help but smile and subconsciously wanted to make a joke. But when she met Anna's anxious eyes that contained a little worry, her heart softened a little.
The reason why the weak-willed Anna mustered up the courage to ask herself such a question must be that she was afraid that she actually had "ulterior motives" and was eyeing the things behind Leon, and was worried that her brother would be harmed in this "political marriage."
So, like Leon, she didn't care about the significance of marrying into the royal family, nor did she consider the interests behind this marriage, nor did she care about the glory of the prince's identity and the benefits she could get. The only thing she worried about was whether her brother could be happy after the wedding.
Oh, she is really worthy of being Leon’s sister, very special... well... or you can say that maybe Anna is the most normal one, and the people I have come into contact with in the past, and myself, a woman who is full of calculations, are the truly "special".
After a slightly self-deprecating smile, Princess Veronica couldn't help but hug Anna tightly and kissed her on the cheek with love and pity. Then, amid Anna's screams and rejections, she confessed seriously:
"To be honest, it was definitely not at the beginning. I chose Lyon at that time because of his identity as the Duke of Lionheart and the convenience that this identity could provide me."
"Then...then you now..."
"Now it is."
The princess, whose cheeks were also slightly flushed, suppressed her shame, stared into Anna's eyes, and said sincerely:
“Although it sounds a bit strange, there is something about Leon that really attracts me. He… I don’t know how to describe it specifically, but the way he looks at me is really different from everyone else’s. There is no possession, no awe, and no greed.
I can vaguely sense that he doesn’t care about my identity, my wealth, the power and status I represent, or my appearance… um…”
At this point, Princess Veronica paused, recalling the time when Leon and she had a "secret meeting", she couldn't help but occasionally steal a glance at him, and then changed her words:
“He doesn’t really care about my looks or figure… Anyway, in Leon’s eyes, I’m not the first princess, nor the future queen, but just Veronica herself.
In front of him, I don’t have to play a certain role, nor do I have to worry about disappointing anyone, and I don’t have to become a symbol in anyone’s heart. When I am with Leon, I am most relaxed... Anna, do you understand what I mean? "
(End of this chapter)