Feng Wushuang was also watching from the side, thinking in her heart that the stunning beauty would surely bring the nation to its knees and capture every heart if she were to don bridal makeup and wear the phoenix crown with the bridal robe.
Thinking of that scene, Feng Wushuang couldn't help but smile.
After all, they were just scholars, knowing how to make fun during the wedding night, but they wouldn't go too far, so they took the opportunity to leave the bridal chamber.
Since Liao Shijie's parents hadn't come and his family wasn't from around here, there weren't many guests, just barely three tables. Among them, Feng Wushuang held the highest official position, and besides the groom, it was Feng Wushuang who led the toasting today.
Feng Wushuang was delighted in her heart and didn't refuse any of the drinkers.
Bridal Chamber
Looking at the delicate and lovely Yun Zihan, Liao Shijie's face instantly flushed red.
The matron saw this and laughed, "It's time for the bride and groom to drink the bridal cup!"
Liao Shijie picked up the bridal cup and handed it to Yun Zihan, "My lady!"
"My lord!" Yun Zihan called out softly, and the two drank from the bridal cup.
They exchanged glances, both feeling a bit shy, swiftly turning their heads away only to find themselves unable to resist looking back, catching each other's gaze once more.
Yun Zihan laughed, and Liao Shijie laughed too.
Though they had only met once before, they were getting on harmoniously now.
"My lady, you should wash up and rest for a while, and maybe have something to eat, I'll go and toast the guests!"
"Alright, but drink less!" Yun Zihan said, and her face blushed with shyness.
Liao Shijie felt quite happy, nodded, and left the bridal chamber.
Getting married felt good.
From now on, there would be someone who would share his joys and sorrows, follow him through life and death, grow old together, and raise children.
As long as she was sincere, he would never let her down!
Nanjiang
Drinking the decoction made from the Snow Lotus every day, Yun Jinnian's injuries healed quickly.
Today was the eighteenth, Tianci's birthday, but Tianci did not come.
Yun Jinnian knew all too well, it was probably because Tianci didn't trust Amdo, and since Chu Yu and the others hadn't returned from their search for her, he was afraid to follow, in case it was a trap.
"I want to leave the valley!" Yun Jinnian said this with resounding determination.
She made it clear to Telan and the others that she was serious.
"Saintess, you've been injured and your body isn't fully recovered, you should rest properly…" Liuka began, only to scream and jump back several steps.
Because Yun Jinnian had just thrown the teacup from the table beside her.
"Since I am the Saintess, what I say goes. You've been told to bring someone back and after so many days, you still haven't succeeded, and now you dare argue!"
A few days earlier, she couldn't move without hurting all over, each movement brought on cold sweat, but now she felt much better and couldn't sit still anymore.
Liuka's pretty face flushed with anger.
Quickly, Telan said, "Please wait, Saintess, I will immediately instruct someone to prepare the carriage!"
She was also going to inform the five elders.
Yun Jinnian gestured with her hand for Telan to go quickly.
Only Liuka was left beside her.
It was then that Yun Jinnian looked indifferently at Liuka, "You don't like me, why is that?"
Liuka, startled by the question, pursed her lips, "Why should I like you? Without you, I would have been the Saintess!"
"In all these years without me, you didn't become the Saintess, did you?"
"That's because…" Liuka started to say, then suddenly fell silent.
Her little hands clenched into fists.
She couldn't possibly tell Yun Jinnian that without the Sacred Relic, and with the Spiritual Poisonous Insect not preferring their blood, refusing to excrete essence even if it fed, they wouldn't be acknowledged by the five elders. But if the Spiritual Poisonous Insect was willing to drink their blood, it meant they weren't ordinary either!
But with Yun Jinnian's arrival, they were suddenly demoted from their lofty status to the bottom of the valley, turning into mere maidservants, unable to fight back — how could she possibly not hate her!