The bridal chamber glowed with candlelight, as the fallen petals bore witness to purity.
In ancient times, this was taken seriously, to the extent that many prominent families would even show the blood-stained sheet to the matriarch the following day.
Only after confirming the girl's purity would she be acknowledged as a member of the family.
Such practices undoubtedly contained feudal elements, as most girls in those times obeyed matchmakers' arrangements and parental agreements, often never having met their husbands before marriage.
With no time to cultivate affection, they married, so this method became the only way to ensure that both started anew together.
Of course, in today's society, almost everyone is free to love, and things have changed from buying a ticket before boarding to boarding first and buying the ticket afterward.
With different times come different standards of right and wrong.
