Emperor Mingqing brought the empress to the main seat at the top of the hall and sat down. He smiled and said, "Stand up."

Everyone then stood up.

"Today is my birthday. You don't have to care about those red tapes. Don't be restrained. Just sit down." Emperor Mingqing said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Everyone responded respectfully and sat down obediently.

Emperor Mingqing looked at the eunuch standing beside him, and the eunuch immediately understood what he was going to do.

He waved his sleeves, and beautiful music sounded in the hall.

A group of dancers in exquisite dance dresses danced gracefully, and various delicious dishes were brought up by palace maids.

Everyone enjoyed themselves while eating delicious food and watching the dance.

When everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Emperor Mingqing announced Jiang Taohua's identity as the Princess of Duke Jiang's Mansion in front of everyone in the hall, and granted marriage to Long Jingyan and Jiang Taohua.

Everyone was shocked. No one expected that the daughter that Duke Jiang had raised for more than ten years was not his biological daughter.

His biological daughter was switched and raised in the countryside since childhood. She has only just been found.

No one expected that Prince Jin would eventually become the son-in-law of Duke Jiang. All the noble ladies who liked Long Jingyan were heartbroken.

After the marriage is granted, the next step is to choose an auspicious day for the wedding.

Long Jingyan wanted to marry Jiang Taohua as soon as possible, so Emperor Mingqing asked the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to find an auspicious day for the wedding.

Finally, the auspicious day was set for half a month later, on the fifth day of September.

When the auspicious date for the wedding was set, Duke Jiang was very dissatisfied and raged in anger.

Originally, he planned to keep his daughter at home for a while and let her marry Long Jingyan next year.

I didn't expect that Long Jingyan was so anxious to marry his daughter. The wedding was to be held in half a month. The schedule was really too tight.

However, the emperor had already issued an edict to confirm the auspicious date for the wedding, so he couldn't say much and could only anxiously start preparing for his daughter's wedding.

He has only one daughter, so naturally he has to pay attention to her.

He wanted to prepare a generous dowry for her so that she could marry into the Prince of Jin's Mansion with great fanfare.

After the wedding date was set, everyone in Duke Jiang's mansion was very busy, except Jiang Taohua, who continued to live a leisurely and comfortable life.

In the Prince of Jin's Mansion, Long Jingyan's marriage was directly handled by the Ministry of Rites, and Long Jingyan only needed to ask someone to arrange the Prince of Jin's Mansion.

Ever since the wedding date was set, Long Jingyan had not sneaked to Duke Jiang's Mansion to find Jiang Taohua. Instead, he listened to Emperor Mingqing and stayed obediently in Prince Jin's Mansion waiting for the wedding. However, he felt very tortured every night.

With Long Jingyan's earnest anticipation, the wedding day finally arrived.

The wedding of Prince Jin and the Princess of Duke Jiang's Mansion was extremely grand. Prince Jin's marriage was a major event, and the people gathered on both sides of the street to watch.

Looking at Long Jingyan sitting high on the majestic Ferghana horse, the people all praised his outstanding appearance and tall stature.

Long Jingyan married Jiang Taohua from the Duke of Jiang's Mansion to the Prince of Jin's Mansion with great ceremony.

The Prince of Jin's mansion was filled with guests coming in an endless stream.

After worshiping the sky under the supervision of an official from the Ministry of Rites, Jiang Taohua was sent to the bridal chamber under the guidance of the matchmaker and the female officials, while Long Jingyan was left outside to greet the guests.

Long Jingyan had a cold personality and didn't like to socialize with guests, so he just said a few polite words to the guests, then left and walked towards the bridal chamber.

Everyone knew that Long Jingyan had a cold personality and always did what he wanted. He never interacted with officials or relatives.

Everyone was used to his temper and didn't care about him leaving. They happily drank the wedding wine.

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At this time in the bridal chamber, Jiang Taohua sat obediently in front of the bed under the supervision of the matchmaker, without lifting the red veil, ready to wait for Long Jingyan to come back and help her lift the veil.

Just as she was getting impatient and was about to lift the veil, footsteps were heard outside the door.

"Princess, the prince is coming." The little maid guarding outside the door reminded inside.

After hearing this, the matchmaker was delighted. When Long Jingyan came in, she walked up to him and said a few auspicious words to him.

Long Jingyan said, "Go to Uncle Fu and get your reward."

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Jin." The matchmaker thanked them happily and then withdrew. Before she left the room, she was considerate enough to help them close the door.

After the matchmaker left, Jiang Taohua and Long Jingyan were the only ones left in the room.

Long Jingyan looked at Jiang Taohua who was sitting obediently in front of the bed with a red veil on her head. He walked over quickly and lifted her red veil with the golden scale prepared at the side.

When the red veil was lifted, a face of unparalleled beauty came into view.

Today she was dressed up and put on makeup, which made her already beautiful face even more beautiful.