The Queen Mother was also dressed in her best today. Looking at the newlyweds kneeling before her, her eyes were filled with joy, yet also with an unignorable sadness.
"Today is an auspicious time, heaven and earth are in harmony, and you are tying the knot. May you two be united in heart, respect your elders and love your children, and enjoy long-lasting blessings and prosperity for generations to come."
Xue Zhiyi and Huo Wuyou bowed three times and kowtowed, saying, "I accept the Empress Dowager's teachings. May the Empress Dowager live a thousand years."
The Queen Mother only smiled lovingly and said, "Go, don't miss the auspicious time."
Xue Zhiyi was put on a sedan chair carried by eight people, Huo Wuyou got up and mounted the horse, and the two of them left the palace together.
Outside the palace gate, the honor guard had been waiting for a long time. Jiang Xu, as the elder brother, also sat on horseback to see the bride off.
His family was of meager means, and they managed to scrape together 15 loads of dowry. The empress dowager and several concubines gave him another 80 loads. The wedding procession was huge and went all the way to the Lin'an Marquis' Mansion.
The wedding was held to bring good luck and happiness, and was as lively as possible. The procession continued almost all the way from the palace gate to the Lin'an Marquis' Mansion. People along the way rushed to pick up the scattered wedding money and wedding cakes, and many people living in the suburbs also came to join in the fun.
Amid the clamor, the carriage from Prince Gong's mansion seemed less conspicuous.
Gu Shichong, who was originally heading towards the palace, was blocked by the onlookers. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked in the direction of the sedan chair and the person on horseback, and found it extremely annoying.
His face was terribly cold, and the humiliation of being betrayed was boiling in his heart...his stomach was churning with acid.
Here, the sound of ritual music was so loud that Xue Zhiyi could not hear the discussions and laughter outside. He just felt like he was in a dream full of flowers.
The breeze blew the curtain of the sedan chair, and she saw Huo Wuyou's back. It was so familiar. In her painful memories of her past life, there seemed to be a place with a faint glow. In the faint glow, a man came from the other world on a horse, stretched out his hand to her, and gently invited her into his arms.
Outside the Lin'an Marquis Mansion, Huo Wuyou lifted the curtain of the sedan chair with his bony hands.
Without hesitation, Xue Zhiyi placed her hand on his palm, and he helped her out of the car, and the two of them walked into the door holding hands holding red silk.
The person beside her followed her with a vague glance. Xue Zhiyi covered her face with a fan and could not see clearly. She could only hear the rustling of the fancy jewels and jades on the two people's bodies, which was really too noisy.
At whose wedding, the bride and groom dress themselves up like the wish-fulfilling tree in the temple?
Thinking of this, Xue Zhiyi laughed for no reason.
Huo Wuyou saw this scene and smiled softly.
When they bowed before the tablets of General Huo, Princess Lin'an, and the ancestors of the Huo family, Huo Wuyou lowered his head very low for the first bow. At an angle where no one could see him, he tilted his head and called her quietly, "Awan?"
Xue Zhiyi looked in the direction of the voice.
The second time he bowed, he chuckled and said, "Are you so happy to marry me? You can't stop laughing."
Xue Zhiyi clicked her tongue. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was watching, she really wanted to kick Huo Wuyou hard.
But when it came to the third bow between husband and wife, she raised her eyebrows and saw the wish-fulfilling tree bowing to her. Their eyes met, and in an instant, they laughed out loud in perfect tacit understanding and clearly.
Many court colleagues and noble families came to watch the ceremony. The two men quickly turned their eyes away and stood up straight again: after all, it was a wedding to bring good luck, and it would not be appropriate to appear too happy and excited, as if they were too happy to make the emperor seriously ill.
The wedding was a complicated one and it was already afternoon when the ceremony was finished.
The Lin'an Marquis Mansion was not small, and when Xue Zhiyi was sent to the bridal chamber, it took him a long time to arrive.
According to the rules, Xue Zhiyi should enter the bridal chamber first and wait, while Huo Wuyou had to go to entertain the guests and would come after nightfall.
At this moment, Xue Zhiyi was finally able to relax a little and temporarily loosen his arm that had been holding the round fan all the way.
Qiuyun rubbed her shoulders skillfully while Suyue brought some snacks over: "Miss, please have something to eat."
The two of them followed here from Jiang Mansion together, and will stay in the Marquis Mansion with Xue Zhiyi in the future.
Xue Zhiyi ate some pastries, stood up and looked around the room. He didn't know if this was Huo Wuyou's usual residence. The objects looked both new and old, and many of the gold-painted and gem-inlaid furnishings looked like they were newly added for the wedding.
She stroked her hand on the table. The furnishings looked like they had been used for a long time and were very simple. Compared with him, who was like a peacock with its tail spread out, they were not very gorgeous.
Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi was startled. She turned her head and looked at the bookcase beside her. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be some movement in the cabinet on the bottom shelf...
She became alert and approached slowly, step by step.
Seeing this, Su Yue followed over: "What's wrong, Miss..."
Xue Zhiyi just made a gesture to keep quiet and was thinking about how to convey the abnormality here so that he could escape safely without causing any disturbance. Just as he was thinking, he heard someone scream "ouch" and fell out.
Xue Zhiyi looked closely and saw that it was a little boy with a round head and a round face, about ten years old, wearing an apricot-yellow brocade robe and a golden unicorn necklace around his neck.
She quickly recognized that it was Huo Wuhui.
"Huo Xiao..." Xue Zhiyi paused and changed the subject: "Why is Third Brother here?"
When he stood up in a hurry, the back of his clothes was still messy and covered his head. After struggling for a while, his hair was all messed up. Huo Wuhui looked a little embarrassed: "Second sister-in-law..."
Relieved from his earlier nervousness, Xue Zhiyi leisurely walked to the table and sat down. Huo Wuhui, belatedly realizing what was happening, trotted over and sat down across from Xue Zhiyi. "I'm here because my sister always told me how wonderful you and her were in the palace. But I've only met my second sister-in-law once, and we never even got to speak. I also want to know what kind of person she is."
After saying that, he quickly added, "After meeting her today, I can see that my second sister-in-law is indeed a very good person. Her bearing is as extraordinary as an orchid in the valley, her appearance is more than a fairy in the sky, and her beauty is even more beautiful than before. She is more than enough to match my second brother!"
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