Watching Tang Yinong get into the bridal sedan chair, Xu Ji was overjoyed. He knew that this marriage was a sure thing and there would be no trouble, but he couldn't stop worrying until he brought her home.
He mounted his horse and, full of pride, led the wedding procession away.
Prince Yanping and his group first helped Tang Ze act as roadblocks, and then went to the Ministry of Justice Minister's residence to attend his wedding banquet.
The bridal sedan chair had to circle the capital, and it was quite some time after the Prince of Yanping and his entourage arrived at the Ministry of Justice's residence before the firecrackers and suonas finally went off.
The wedding ceremony is the same for all couples.
After the wedding ceremony, the newlyweds are escorted to their bridal chamber.
Xu Ji was thinking of saying a few words to his wife before going to the banquet, but as soon as he stepped into the new house, Tang Ze and Lu Cheng dragged him away.
Tang Ze did it on purpose, and Lu Cheng even more so.
His wedding night was a nightmare he couldn't bear to recall; his brothers only added fuel to the fire, making his wedding night unbearably painful. He hadn't forgotten it.
Xu Ji's legs were dangling in the air as he was being supported. "I'll walk myself, I'll walk myself..."
"I'll save you some energy so we can have a good wedding night."
Xu Ji, “…”
He's not so weak that he needs to conserve his energy.
Tang Ze and Lu Cheng carried Xu Ji from the bridal chamber to the wedding banquet. As soon as Xu Ji arrived at the banquet, people came over to toast him, congratulating him on his marriage, wishing him to have two children in three years, and that he and his wife would be loving and grow old together.
"This wine must be drunk," Xu Ji said, downing it in one gulp.
Many people toasted him, and even more people needed him to toast them.
The wedding banquet at the Ministry of Justice's residence had nearly a hundred tables. Even if each table was toasted with one cup, it would still make everyone quite tipsy. Prince Yanping and Tang Ze had to be toasted separately, and one cup wasn't enough; they had to drink at least three cups.
However, Xu Ji was in a good mood and toasted each table in turn.
The wedding banquet was noisy and lively. Minister Xu and his wife greeted the guests, their faces almost stiff from smiling.
Xie Jingyan and the Prince of Yanping sat at the same table, drinking and chatting, just as happy as when they got married.
When it was their table's turn, the servant was about to pour wine for Xu Ji, but the Prince of Yanping changed the wine for the servant instead.
The servant looked somewhat bewildered, but still poured wine for Xu Ji.
Xu Ji first offered a toast to Xie Jingyan, then to the Prince of Yanping, making a round of toasts, and then said, "I'll go toast them first, and then I'll come back later."
Prince Yanping and his companions wanted to pin Xu Ji down on the table, but since Xu Ji was the groom, it was his duty to offer a toast, so they could only restrain their impulsive hands.
Lu Cheng looked at the Prince of Yanping and asked, "Why did you switch his wine?"
The Prince of Yanping said, “Look at him, he’s drunk dozens of cups and he’s not even red in the face or out of breath. I think it’s not that the wine is watered down, it’s that the water is mixed with wine. It’s one thing to toast others, but to drink with us with watered-down wine is just not right.”
He wanted to see just how fake the wine was, so he poured himself a glass.
He tilted his head back and drank it all—
Cough cough!
He choked so badly he almost coughed himself to death.
Tang Ze asked, "What's wrong?"
The Prince of Yanping said, "The wine was not diluted with water."
Tang Ze said, "How could that be? Xu Ji's alcohol tolerance isn't as good as ours."
But it wasn't fake that the Prince of Yanping was choking.
Tang Ze also poured himself a glass.
I tried it.
As expected, it wasn't diluted with water.
Tang Ze asked curiously, "Then why was he so drunk at the Ling Prince's residence last time?"
Although it seemed strange, no one thought much of it.
Xie Jingyan looked at Xu Ji.
Xu Ji is offering a toast.
He remained unfazed.
He wasn't drunk at all.
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