He Wenjie, who presided over the ceremony, also felt like there was a thorn in his back, and their awkward eye contact revealed a mutual desire to retreat.
Sangmo, gathering her courage, approached Bai Mucheng and forced out a smile uglier than crying, "Congratulations, Chief Bai Feng."
Bai Mucheng looked at her disdainfully and snatched the coronet to put it on herself.
Sangmo awkwardly stepped aside.
The next part was up to He Wenjie, who, with a tense face, passed the unlit incense to Bai Mucheng.
Bai Mucheng gave him a deep look, graciously raising her hand to accept it.
Dragging the three-foot-long skirt, she walked to the stele, lit the incense, bowed thrice, and inserted it into the incense burner.
Afterwards, it was time to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense, and then to have her name recorded in the family register.
Infuriatingly, throughout Bai Mucheng's journey to the ancestral hall, only the two of them accompanied her.
