Regardless of the nature of the title, Su Wanyan was aware of this custom.
I scooped up a piece and bit into it; sure enough, it was raw.
Su Wanyan simply smiled, chewing and swallowing without saying a word.
The matchmaker stared wide-eyed expectantly, and even Qiu Ye and Huang Ye craned their necks, but Su Wanyan just kept chewing and chewing without uttering a single word.
"What does the bride think of this gold ingot?"
Su Wanyan nodded: "Mmm, it's delicious."
This completely baffled the matchmaker, who, still trying to maintain a smile, asked, "Would the bride like to have another one?"
Su Wanyan scooped up another one and put it in her mouth, still chewing slowly with a slight smile on her lips. The matchmaker's eyes were practically glued to Su Wanyan's mouth, but she didn't utter a single word.
I couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"
"It's delicious."
"This..." The matchmaker was taken aback. She had welcomed at least eighty or a hundred brides, and each one had followed the proper procedures. Why was this one so different from the norm?
"Pfft." Yu Nanqing couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly.
He spoke gently: "You may all leave."
"Ah!" The matchmaker also suddenly realized, and hurriedly offered her congratulations: "May the two of you be happily married, may your marriage last a long time, may you be in perfect harmony, may you have a son soon, and may you grow old together."
Whether Su Wanyan realized it or not, these festive words were still essential.
Qiu Ye took out a bag of lucky money from her bosom and handed it to the matchmaker. The matchmaker smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared: "May the groom be blessed with boundless good fortune, and may the bride have boundless happiness. May the couple grow old together, enjoying both happiness and longevity. Their mutual love is worth a thousand pieces of gold!"
Huang Ye stepped forward: "Please, Granny."
If she didn't stop her, she felt the matchmaker would keep talking indefinitely.
The matchmaker realized what was happening and said, "Well then, this humble woman will take her leave."
After the matchmaker withdrew, Qiu Ye, Huang Ye, and the other maids also curtsied and left, and the noisy bridal chamber finally quieted down.
Su Wanyan raised her sleeve to wipe her mouth; the taste of the two half-cooked dumplings still seemed to linger in her mouth.
Yu Nanqing walked to the table and poured her a glass of water: "Yan'er can be surprisingly stubborn sometimes."
Stubborn to the point of being adorable.
Su Wanyan took a sip of water, then covered her mouth and laughed, saying, "Just teasing them a little."
Of course she knew the procedure for eating dumplings. If she didn't, her reaction might have been the same as everyone else's. But since she already knew, how could she pretend?
So she simply kept quiet, leaving the matchmaker anxious.
Coming and going is not a big deal.
She glanced at Yu Nanqing: "You just stood there watching. You clearly knew what I was doing, but you still had the matchmaker coax me into eating the second one."
Yu Nanqing smiled, clearly pleased. He was actually looking forward to seeing how Su Wanyan would react, which was why he remained silent.
At this moment, Yu Nanqing took out Su Wanyan's red veil from his bosom: "Yan'er..."
Su Wanyan could tell what he wanted from his expression, and she twitched her lips: "Then why did you hide my red veil so early?"
“I said it so that the world would know that you belong to me alone.”
Su Wanyan was speechless at Yu Nanqing's logic. This had nothing to do with whether or not the red veil was on.
"Yan'er, is it alright?" Yu Nanqing looked at Su Wanyan with pitiful eyes.
Su Wanyan confronted him for a long time, but finally gave in and said helplessly, "Whatever."
Yu Nanqing's eyes lit up immediately, and he slowly placed the red veil over Su Wanyan's head.
He then picked up the ceremonial scales and gently lifted Su Wanyan's red veil.
Su Wanyan sat upright on the edge of the bed, letting Yu Nanqing do whatever he wanted. When the veil was lifted, Su Wanyan looked at Yu Nanqing with a speechless expression: "What else do you want to play?"
"And... the nuptial wine."
Su Wanyan looked at the two wine glasses on the table and smiled, "Then bring them here."
Yu Nanqing hurriedly put down the wedding scale, poured two glasses of wine, brought them to the bedside, and handed one to Su Wanyan.
It would be a lie to say that Su Wanyan looked at Yu Nanqing without feeling; on the contrary, she felt that this affection was too heavy, which was why she cherished it so much.
After handing the wine to Su Wanyan, Yu Nanqing realized, "Oh right, Wanyan doesn't drink..."
As he spoke, he took Su Wanyan's wine back.
Unexpectedly, Su Wanyan reached out and gently took her hand, instantly closing the distance between them.
As their eyes met, Yu Nanqing's heart skipped a beat. An ambiguous atmosphere enveloped the two of them, and Su Wanyan had already placed the rim of her wine glass to her lips.
Yu Nanqing felt his heart pounding. He swallowed hard, not daring to meet Su Wanyan's burning gaze, yet unable to look away from her.
With his eyes lowered, the wine instantly went down his throat, but Yu Nanqing had no idea what it tasted like. He only felt as if the blood in his body was boiling at that moment.
Sensing something was wrong with his body, he quickly turned his face away and distanced himself from Su Wanyan.
Su Wanyan curled her beautiful lips and suddenly reached out, turning Yu Nanqing's face back towards her. Her soft, red lips unexpectedly pressed against hers.
Yu Nanqing's heart skipped a beat, and her eyes widened in disbelief at what she was seeing.
The soft lips pressed tightly together, and before he could savor it, a warm, cool current suddenly flowed down from the corner of his lips, and the fragrant aroma of wine entered his nose, making Yu Nanqing unable to resist swallowing.
Before Yu Nanqing could react, Su Wanyan had already pushed him away.
She covered her lips, her face flushed, and looked at him with a smug expression.
It was as if some wicked spirit was openly teasing him.
Seeing this, Yu Nanqing felt his mouth go dry. He reached out and wiped away the drop of wine that had dripped from the corner of his lips. It seemed to carry the sweet scent of a woman, and Yu Nanqing's face turned bright red in an instant.
Su Wanyan was naturally embarrassed, but not as much as Yu Nanqing.
She glanced at him and said, "Look at you, that's all you've got. I really don't drink this wine, so... you can have it."
"Cough!" Yu Nanqing turned her face away, clenched her fist to her mouth, and coughed violently.
Su Wanyan's face was still flushed, and she was also very shy: "After all, it's my wedding day. If I don't do something, I feel like I've wasted my time."
It was a rare occasion that Yu Nanqing held a wedding ceremony for her.
"..." Yu Nanqing lowered her eyes, her face turning even redder.
Suddenly, he grabbed Su Wanyan's wrist, not daring to even look up: "One more time...one more time."
"..." Su Wanyan's face instantly turned as red as an apple, and she shook off Yu Nanqing's hand: "I knew it! You always know how to push your luck!"
"Just once more!" Yu Nanqing shouted, her face flushed!
"No! If you make a scene again, I'll throw you out!" Su Wanyan's face was also flushed.
Yu Nanqing pursed his lips, staring intently at Su Wanyan. Su Wanyan was equally determined, meeting his gaze directly. After a long while, only after Yu Nanqing was certain that there really hadn't been another one did he finally soften his expression: "Really... no?"
"No!" How could I ask her to do that a second time!
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