Time flies, and the wedding day is gradually approaching.
Ji Shu slept for just a few hours before being picked up from the bed.
After cleansing her face and applying makeup, Ji's mother walked in with the wife of Duke Zhongyi.
Mrs. Zhongyi was well-known as a blessed person in Beijing. She had a happy family and many descendants. She was the one who wanted to comb the hair of every married daughter.
Ji Shu stood up to greet him.
Mrs. Zhongyi smiled and took the wooden comb from Xi Niang's hand, and led her to sit down in front of the mirror.
"The county master has the appearance of blessings that come late. After surviving the difficulties, there will be a happy reunion. I will definitely be able to live with the Marquis for a long time and have both children."
Ji Shu blushed, and the sisters in the room laughed.
Mother Ji's eyes were gentle as she stood aside and said, "I accept your good advice."
Mrs. Zhongyi took the wooden comb, held Ji Shu's green silk hair in one hand, and combed it from beginning to end.
Singing in the mouth: "One comb to the end, two combs to the white hair to the eyebrows, three combs to the children and grandchildren, four combs to the four silver bamboo shoots..."
After finishing dressing up, Xitao brought the wedding dress and wedding shoes for Ji Shu to change into.
The auspicious time to welcome the bride is coming soon.
Xitao went out to get the wedding fan, and the other female family members in the house all left the house sensibly.
Ji's mother took Ji Shu's hand and looked at her with red eyes.
"Every year, my mother wishes you and the champion a happy life and a harmonious life. What happened in the past... my mother was wrong."
Ji Shu hugged Ji's mother and whispered:
"Mom, I'm leaving. You should be careful at home and don't listen to Fourth Aunt."
Ji's mother opened her mouth but said nothing, and stroked her head.
"It's getting late, and Xitao should be back soon. Keep this secretly."
With quick eyes and quick hands, Ji's mother took out a small rolled up book from her sleeve and gave it to Ji Shu.
Ji Shu caught a glimpse of the little man on the cover and his face turned red.
"Although the champion is stable, he is still unmarried at this age and lacks some experience..."
Ji's mother coughed several times. Talking about this in front of her juniors, she blushed somewhat and managed to finish:
"Then you two watch it together... you can suffer less."
"..."
Ji Shu opened his mouth and was speechless. Suddenly, the sound of playing outside the house started.
Xitao: "Miss! My uncle has arrived at Long Street! It's time for us to leave!"
Ji Shu panicked and threw the small book into the open dowry box next to it.
Xitao ran into the house, handed the Xifan to Ji Shu, and straightened her skirt and hairpin for her.
Ji Shu: "Mom, I'm leaving."
"Let's go."
Ji's mother still couldn't hold back her tears, and Wen Pingting and Ji Chengfeng came together.
Wen Pingting supported Ji's mother, and Ji Chengfeng bent down with his back to Ji Shu.
Xitao helped Ji Shu climb onto Ji Chengfeng's back, and the tip of his nose suddenly felt sore.
Ji Chengfeng took her step by step to the main entrance of Ji Mansion, and the sound of blowing and beating could be heard outside the door.
Ji Shuneng saw Qi Ye standing on the stone steps, wearing a bright red wedding robe.
From the time they got engaged to now, they haven't seen each other for half a month.
As soon as she leaves this door, she will be his wife.
Ji Chengfeng placed her under the stone steps in front of the house, held her hand and said seriously:
"Every year, big brother will always be behind you."
Ji Shu quickly blinked away tears, took one last look at his parents, brother and grandmother, and walked out.
When he reached the eaves of the door, Qi Ye, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't help but came forward to greet him.
Ji Shu handed over his hand, and when it was wrapped in Qi Ye's palm, Ji Shu felt more at peace than ever before.
The suona played louder, and Ji Shu sat in the sedan chair. The sound of her heartbeat suppressed all the noise around her. Xiniang stood beside the wedding sedan and sang with a smile -
"The bride is getting on the sedan! She is getting up and going back home!"
The wedding team began to rush to the Hou Mansion, and the streets were crowded with people. The streets where the wedding sedan passed were full of people picking up wedding candies and money.
They played and played all the way to the champion prince's house, where the ceremony officer sang auspicious songs. Ji Shu held the wedding fan and waited quietly until the sedan curtain was raised.
A familiar hand held a piece of red silk and handed it to her.
Ji Shu walked down from the wedding sedan, and the noise around him reached a new level.
"The bride is so beautiful! It's like an angel descended from heaven!"
"The Marquis is rich and handsome, and the county lord has conquered the country and the city. It's really a good story!"
Xitao stood by and smiled from ear to ear, scattering silver candies wherever she said something nice.
After Qi Ye picked up Ji Shu, she quickly followed Ji Shu.
He supported her across the brazier and went through the complicated etiquette. Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, she first went to the ancestral hall to worship her ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth.
The next step is to worship heaven and earth.
In the wedding hall, Wu Dingbo and Mrs. Li were waiting quietly.
The expressions of both of them were not good-looking, especially Li's. No amount of heavy makeup could hide her dissatisfaction and perfunctory expression.
When she saw Qi Ye and Ji Shu walking side by side, she hated herself so much that she cursed in her heart:
Pooh! Dog men and women!
Qi Chengxu was also in the hall. He didn't want to come. He wanted to strangle Ji Shu to death for not keeping his chastity for him.
But the days before the wedding ceremony were tossing and turning, and every night Qi Chengxu would dream about the time when he married Ji Shu seven years ago.
The happier you are in your dream, the emptier you feel when you wake up.
Qi Chengxu had to admit that he really regretted it.
The guests waiting in the hall said excitedly: "Come on, come on! The newcomer is here!"
Wu Dingbo and Mrs. Li sat upright. Qi Chengxu squeezed through the crowd and came to the front. He immediately saw Ji Shu walking towards him holding a fan.
She looked brighter and more charming than in her memories, like a fairy from the Moon Palace.
He unconsciously took a step forward, and his arm was pulled.
Ji Feifei lowered her voice and said, "Second Master, what are you doing?! This is the wedding ceremony of my sister and eldest brother!"
Her words brought Qi Chengxu back to the cruel reality.
Ji Shu and Qi Ye walked into the hall, and Mrs. Li straightened her robe sleeves, straightened her back and raised her chin.
The ceremony officer was about to sing when Qi Ye suddenly said: "Wait a minute."
Everyone was confused, and the servants behind them quickly ran forward and placed a tablet in their hands on the table in the middle of Wu Dingbo and Li's family.
Wu Dingbo's face stiffened.
Mrs. Li looked at the words on the tablet, her eyes widened, and her whole body was shaking with anger.
The spiritual place of Wu Dingbo’s wife Qi Ji’s Wan Wan.
Li's lips trembled: "W-what do you mean?"
The fan in Ji Shu's hand lowered slightly, revealing a pair of eyes, and said warmly:
"We bow to heaven and earth during the wedding ceremony and bow to our parents. I am not the general's biological mother, so she shouldn't sit in the high hall. Please give up your seat."
"what is this!"
Mrs. Li screamed: "I am also the step-brother of the Marquis who married three books and six betrothals! Qi Ye, you are disrespecting your concubine by doing this!"
Qi Ye was too lazy to talk nonsense to her.
With a gesture on his hand, someone came forward and dragged Ms. Li from her seat.
"Qi Ye! You are such an unfilial son..."
Wu Dingbo remained silent. He looked at the memorial tablet beside him and felt as if there were ants crawling all over his body.
Qi Ye glanced at the ceremony officer and said, "Continue."
The ceremony officer swallowed his saliva and continued singing according to the procedure.
Everything went much smoother in the future. After three bows, Xitao was about to help her go to the new house to rest when someone came running outside to spread a message.
"Master Marquis, madam, Eunuch Cao from the palace is here to convey the imperial edict!"
Ji Shu and Qi Ye had no choice but to go out side by side to receive the order.
Eunuch Cao brought a lot of things. He first congratulated the two of them, and then read out the imperial edict.
"The wife of the Champion Marquis, Qi Ji, is dignified and gentle, beautiful and smart, gentle and respectful... I am conferring her the title of Madam of the Second Grade. I admire her."
