Chapter 137 - 135. The Wedding II

Third person POV

With the help of Qiyi and Qier, Weisheng dressed up coolly for his big wedding. He had invited all of his ministers and famous people from around the world. But since some of them were military officers, they couldn't leave their post to attend the wedding ceremony. Nevertheless, they sent apology gifts to Weisheng beforehand together with congratulatory letter, hence, he was reading every letter in expressionless face.

It were the usual formal letter for him but he knew that these old men wouldn't let him go without teasing him. He scrutinized the scroll carefully with keen eyes then he opened the top of the jade and found a small paper in it.

' Ya kiddo got a gurl, hope ya quickly got many dragon buns from that Xu Tingfeng's beloved daughter.

-Wang Guizhi-'

(A/N: If anyone forget, Wang Guizhi is Xu Tingfeng's bestfriend and the one that introduce Bai Huiqing to Xu Tingfeng.)

In spite of the informal word that Wang Guizhi used, this message worth much more than those formal kind of message. Then he took the next scroll and opened the hidden letter without reading the scroll.

' Ya kiddo better treat my daughter well, or else, I will take my daughter home with me and won't allow you to get close to her more than 1 km. Ya got that?!'

Even if there was no name of the writer, Weisheng could instantly tell who was the writer. The writing was very rough and it seems like the writer put too much pressure on the brush in the last sentence that the ink was so thick and became unreadable.

Weisheng: ' No one can take Hong er away from me.'

(A/N: I don't know how ancient chinese marriage works, especially for royalty, so it might be incorrect in some parts. And some of it I made it up myself. I'm sorry if there were too many author note.)

Weisheng proceed to read the other letters until Qiyi called him as it was nearing the auspicious time. Then Weisheng noticed how Qiyi's left hand slightly trembling.

Weisheng: " What happened to your left hand?"

Qiyi: " Th-this…"

Weisheng: " Speak."

Qiyi: " This servant got this injury from two days ago when this servant was following Her Majesty Empress as Your Majesty's command."

Qiyi knelt on one knee with his fist cupped.

Weisheng: " Stand up. It is not healed yet?"

Qiyi: " No, Your Majesty. It seems like the weapon that caused this injury was enchanted with spell to slow the healing process."

This spell was one of the high spell that ever created for its usefulness. Slowing the process of healing in every cut it made could raise the chance of killing the opponent and it was very useful for tracking as it would give time from one to recognize the injured opponent by the injury that they managed to laid on them.

However, as good as its ability, it consumed much more Qi whenever it was used and the cost to apply the spell was extremely expensive.

Weisheng: " Meiyun?"

Qiyi's eyes widened in bewilderment when he heard Meiyun's name.

Qiyi: " Ye-yes, Your Majesty."

It was an easy guess for Weisheng as the creators of the spell were Bai Huiqing and Lin Zhenxin. For the sake of her daughter's safety, Bai Huiqing wouldn't mind to strengthen the power of Hong er's weapon and her bodyguard's weapons. And the main reason that Weisheng could guess that it was Meiyun rather than Huayun was because Qiyi had been thinking about Meiyun lately. Therefore, he assumed that Qiyi lost his concentration and leaked his presence to Meiyun then caused Meiyun to be on alert.

Weisheng: " Hm, don't let your guard down again. She attacked just because she didn't who it was."

Qiyi: " Yes, Your Majesty."

Weisheng thoughtfully mentioned the last sentence so there wouldn't be another misunderstanding between them. Just as he predicted, Qiyi almost doubted Meiyun hated him and purposely attacked him to get her revenge as that's how Meiyun's brain worked, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

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*Auspicious time ( idk what time it is, just say it was morning.)

Laojin: " Miss Xu, the carriage has arrived. Let me put on the veil for you."

Hong er: " En."

Laojin took the long veil from the maid and placed it on top of Hong er's head. Meiyun and Huayun went behind her and held on her long skirt. A little girl walked towards Hong er's side and offered her hand.

Girl: " My Lady."

Hong er saw a little hand from below her veil, she gently placed her hand on top of the little hand and walked out of her room to the carriage. Her soon will be husband didn't want an eunuch to touch his bride therefore he used a little girl to guide his bride. She entered the carriage and sat silently while looked vacantly at her thumb ring.

(A/N: Check ig for the image of the dress.)

The carriage headed towards the main palace with the groom waiting for the bride in front of entrance of the palace. Hong er's accessories clinked as it swayed along with the carriage, she wondered how her husband looked like, she hoped that her husband wouldn't threaten her family like Long Quan always did.

She could hear the hustle bustle from inside of the carriage and guessed there was about 1000 people came to her wedding.

Hong er: ' The officials brought their whole family here.'

As there were women and children voices in the crowd. Not long after, she felt the carriage lowered down and made an inaudible thump sound.

Huayun: " Young Miss, we have arrived."

Hong er: " En."

The Yun sisters opened each side of the curtain and bent their waist with their head lowered down in respect. The little girl came and offered her hand once again, Hong er gracefully walked down the red carpets with the little girl guiding her. The Yun sisters followed Hong er's every step while holding onto Hong er's long skirt to keep the skirt straight. Maids lined up at the side line throwing rose petals up to the sky, showering the red clothed bride with blessing from the gods.

(A/N: It looked like they were fallen from sky = blessing from god. Lol)

The audience clapped their hands and congratulated the bride for the wedding which Hong er didn't hope for. Since most of them were officials that worked under the emperor, they tried to get the bride's favor by complimenting her and gave her flattery sentences as they were aware of the emperor's favor towards the new bride.

Little girl: " Please be careful of the stairs, My Lady."

Hong er: " En, thank you."

Little girl: " M-my pleasure, My Lady."

The little girl fl.u.s.tered when Hong er thanked her as it was very rare for a noble, especially a royalty extend thanks to lowly servants like her. After the 99 steps of stairs, Hong er finally reached the top of the stairs where the groom was waiting her whilst holding onto a long red silk. The groom offered the end of the red silk to the bride with him holding on the other end. The little girl guided the bride's hand to hold the red silk and retreated to the side.

Huayun caught a glimpse of the groom and saw that he was using a black and gold mask.

Huayun: ' Why is he so familiar…'

Meiyun: " Psst, concentrate."

Meiyun whispered from the side. Huayun took her eyes off from the groom and focused to the front.