The Great Vi had been in peace for more than 100 years. Although the civil administration had collapsed in recent years, and the state had signs of decay, the capital was still magnificent and spectacular. The present crisis could not be seen at all.

The weather on the seventh day of April was very good, with cool breezes and a clear sky. Seen from a distance, the tall and towering city walls had indescribable majesty and gorgeousness. On both sides of the highway leading straight to the city gate, the willow twigs were like clouds of mist. The orioles hiding in the mist of willow twigs were frightened by the drum music, and flew up one after another. The agitating songs of the orioles resounded through the highway, which, however, added a touch of spring and jollification to the bridal procession.

At the end of the willow mist and the songs of the orioles, there was a sea of flickering shadows.

...With just one glance, the sedan curtains were concealed decisively by Mrs. Huang. Across the curtains, Wei Changying heard that Mrs. Huang whispered to the bearers who lifted the sedan, "Go steadily...The curtains are spreading."

Today was the day for Wei Changying to enter the door of the Shen Family. Qin'ge and Yan'ge didn't get on the sedan. As the day when she went out, Wei Changying earnestly put on makeup as crow started, dressed in alluring clothes and exquisite hairpins. Her whole body was constrained so that she could not act lightly, and it was even hard for her to nod slightly...She was supposed to be frightened and anxious, but after being tormented like this, her only thought was to get through it a bit quicker—

After all, the hairpins like clusters of trees and flowers, together with the garland adorned with brilliant jewels and pearls, were piled on her head. Moreover, they should be stuck in the positions not to cover each other's brilliance and splendidness, which highlighted the nobleness of Wei Changying... Even though she had the knee-length hair, which scattered a half of the couch fully when she left it loose, now coupled with two kinds of classic chignons, she still had a headache because of pulling of the complicated chignons and the cumbersome hairpins.

At this time, Wei Changying had no intention of thinking about whether her mother-in-law would give an unpleasant look after she moved in, whether her sisters-in-law would talk gossip and whether her husband's two sisters would be satisfied with her. She prayed with all her heart that this grand wedding would be over soon...

No wonder that people said that girls should take good care of themselves before they got married. Those people with bad health might be exhausted and fainted soon after they wore this set of outfit, let alone marrying someone.

In such a cranky thought, Wei Changying was both curious and headache-stricken. She wanted to be distracted for some time. Unexpectedly on the road, she secretly lifted the sedan curtain and peeked at the appearance of the capital.

Fortunately, Mrs. Huang kept an eye on her and found her out immediately. While no one else noticed, she put the blame on the bearers.

Then Wei Changying couldn't see anything at all, she could only listen—they gradually approached the city gate, and they were getting closer to the buzzing crowd, following with a new drumming sound.

Afterwards, the outside of the sedan seemed to be dark, and she thought that they had entered the gate of the city... As expected, it didn't take long for it to light up again.

In addition to the Ruilin incense hanging on the sedan, after entering the city, there was a touch of mellow and wonderful exotic fragrance. Wei Changying recognized that it was the Sanyun incense, which was a symbol of wealth and rank. It was probably known to the Shen Family that there were perfume sachets hanging at Wei Changying's sedan corners and they had added the Baiyan incense to mediate so that the various fragrances would not conflict, which might cause an unpleasant smell. Wei Changying didn't know if the Shen Family specifically burnt the Sanyun incense to welcome her because they had known the fact that the Wei Family had burned the Chenguang incense all over their city.

Due to the noise of drums, Wei Changying only heard the sound of the crowd in the music, but she could not hear clearly what was said.

All in all, she sweated it out and finally got to the time of inviting the newcomer to get off the sedan.

The bridal veil obscured Wei Changying's sight and it was inconvenient for her to lower her head because of the garland and the hairpins. Therefore, she could only rely on the maidservant's support and whispers of reminding and walked carefully, not daring to be distracted to listen to people's comments or congratulations on the roadside...Anyhow, she was told that the black cloth tent which was used for holding the wedding was just ahead. But even before the maidservant finished saying her words, the clangorous musical sounds and the loud bangs of firecrackers were just around the corner, which suddenly frightened Wei Changying. Though she was very tired after dressing in such splendid attire, after all, she wouldn't have any impolite behaviors due to the fact that she had learned martial arts from a very young age and her pace was extremely stable.

In the black cloth tent, the master of ceremonies found that the new couple had arrived and began to sing the blessing loudly. After the new couple entered the room with the songs and stood still, the master praised them with words of a heaven-made match, and then recited the steps of performing the formal wedding ceremony—first, bow to the heaven and the earth; Second, bow to their parents; Last, the couple bow to each other...

Wei Changying's sight was obscured, but when she was led to pay a formal visit to her husband's parents in the hall, she could still perceive the gaze of the inspection from the left-hand seat. There was such a moment that it was extremely fierce as if her expression could have been seen through the veil.

She was so astonished that she didn't dare to look up. Also, she didn't know whether it was Shen Xuan or Madam Su?

In a moment of abstraction, Wei Changying was touched by the maidservant. Then she got up and continued to bow to Shen Cangfeng.

After the new couple bowed to each other, a group of people came up and surrounded them to the bridal chamber merrily. This journey was extremely long, which might be attributed to the spaciousness of the Shen Family Mansion. On the way through the corridors, young women's laughter and jokes could be heard, and others also sang songs to wish the newlyweds' harmony and happiness.

With the cover of the veil, Wei Changying acted as if she had heard nothing, and paid her attention to her feet.

Finally, after being reminded to lift her foot, she entered into an inner room.

In the hubbub, she was helped to sit straight on the edge of the couch. Wei Changying just felt that her eyes suddenly lit up.

Her eyes were covered all the way. At this moment, bouquets of flowers and brilliant candles flooded her eyes. Everyone was well dressed and surrounded by pearls and jade, shining brightly in the room. It took her a while to see the scene clearly. But not far away, Shen Cangfeng was smiling and handed a steelyard to the entourage beside him.

The sister-in-law who had come into the room had seen the face of the bride as soon as possible—shining and beautiful, even if she was placed among a group of beauties, she could still get the approval of being a radiant and enchanting girl. The rarest thing was that the bride didn't look vulgar within the priceless treasures all over her body, instead, her grace and elegance were demonstrated.

In a big family, a person's appearance was a factor, but his or her demeanor was more important. Seeing that the beauty and the grace of the bride were not overshadowed by the grandeur of the hairpins and the bridal gown, which were worn steadily, everyone looked at each other and nodded slightly. No matter what kind of gossip about the bride had been spread before she got married, she was still the first wife, the lineal daughter who was personally educated by the Old Madam of the Wei Family. She never lost her grace and ease as a lineal daughter of gentlefolks.

A beautiful woman in luxuriant clothes took the lead in applauding the beauty of the bride and teased that Shen Cangfeng had a lot of good fortune in love affairs, and everyone followed. After laughing for a while, Shen Cangfeng called the woman "sister-in-law." Answering a few words back, he couldn't withstand Mrs. Liu's eloquence, smiling bitterly to beg her for mercy. After a lot of noise and excitement, a prudent granny stepped forward and urged the newlyweds to perform the ceremony of eating the food from the same animal and sharing drinks in each other's cups.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly organized Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying to sit together. The food from the same animal was brought up by two people who were blessed throughout their lives, and they figuratively fed the new couple a quick bite. Then, ladles filled with turmeric wine were handed up by a pair of children decorated with white powder and jade in a beam of joy. The wine was glittering in the pair of ladles taken from the gourd, which set off the bright red silk tied to the ladle tail even more radiant and beautiful. However, the gourd had a bitter taste and it was mixed with wine, so the wine seemed to be sweet and mellow, in fact, it became quite bitter in the mouth.

However, Wei Changying was hungry and thirsty at the moment, and had no leisure for frowning. After changing with her cup with Shen Cangfeng, she gulped it down, taking the opportunity to quench thirst.

A well-blessed person came up, took the ladles in their hands, and threw them down the couch in front of the crowd. When they saw one ladle was upturned and the other was inverted, they were all radiant with joy, and the well-blessed person who threw the ladles laughed with praise, "It's a great thing that the two ladles lie in two opposite directions! Congratulations to you, third young master and third young madam!"

Wei Changying's cheeks were gorgeous and brilliant. She bowed her head and said nothing. But Shen Cangfeng smiled and made polite conversations with others.

Then someone else went forward with scissors and they cut a bundle of hair off the newlyweds respectively. After tying the hair with multicolored ribbons, they carefully put it into the silk bag.

The concluding ceremony of tying the hair together was completed. Everyone again wished the couple a lasting marriage and forever love. Wei Changying was shy and timid, rubbing the handkerchief silently. Shen Cangfeng thanked everyone for her...After the noise and excitement, Mrs. Liu saw someone crane their neck to peer at the door of the inner chamber. She said with a knowing smile, "There is still a little time. Third brother, you should go out and exchange some toasts with others, and we'll take care of the bride for you."

Shen Cangfeng answered immediately, "Thank you, my sister-in-law!"

"Go ahead." Mrs. Liu nodded with a smile. Seeing that he agreed, but he was hesitant, she said deliberately, "If you don't go out, others will doubt that you leave all the guests behind because of the beautiful and bright bride. Then they'll come in together to see her, I'm afraid my third younger sibling will be frightened.”

Her words made Shen Cangfeng's handsome face flushed and he said embarrassedly, "The ceremonies have been finished. Here...uh, please take care of her, sister-in-law, Cangfeng had to go now."

Hearing that he was going out to entertain guests, Wei Changying subconsciously looked up at him. Unexpectedly, just in time Shen Cangfeng also looked at her, and their faces turned redder when they looked at each other. Mrs. Liu and others looked at the couple and drove Shen Cangfeng away with a smile, "If you don't leave now, the bride will look at you more and you will be unable to move."

Among them, a girl in colored clothes who was twelve or thirteen was lively clapping and said, "The first sister-in-law is extremely right. All the guests are waiting for you, my third brother, to propose the toasts. You are not going yet. Are you afraid that we'll eat the third sister-in-law here?"

The young girl had a pretty oval face with curved eyebrows and almond eyes. Her dark eyeballs were spinning round and round while talking, which was very cunning. Wei Changying compared the people of the Shen Family to that Mrs. Huang had told her before, and she thought that this might be Shen Cangfeng's lineal younger sister, Shen Cangning, Fourth Miss who always climbed the trees and failed to come down.

While she was thinking, Shen Cangfeng had been driven out by his sister-in-law and sister together.

Only Wei Changying sat on the couch and she saw that everyone looked at her with a smile. She inevitably clenched the handkerchief—Mrs. Liu noticed her nervousness, and showed a much softer smile. She no longer bore the shrewdness when she teased Shen Cangfeng, instead, she turned to be soft and generous, and said kindly, "Third younger sibling, today I am afraid that you got up before dawn and have been very tired now, do you like something to eat at this moment?"

Wei Changying didn't eat or drink anything for a whole day. Originally, she had been practicing martial arts for many years, so her food intake was larger than that of ordinary people. Because of her distinguished background, she had been offered nourishing dishes of every kind from a very young age, so as not to get hurt during the process of practicing martial arts. When had she ever been so hungry? Once, she didn't drink or eat for two consecutive days and nights because of rumors, but at that time her heart was like dead ashes, and she was even unable to eat the delicious food in front of her. She had been lying on the couch for two days.

But today it was not that Wei Changying didn't feel like eating, but that she couldn't eat. What's more, she had to wear the heavy hairpins and wedding dress along the way, and she had been tired and hungry for a long time. After listening to Mrs. Liu's words, she was really grateful and nodded without thinking. Mrs. Liu at first thought that this younger sister-in-law would inevitably be shy due to the fact that she was just married. Mostly she would choose to hold on, and Mrs. Liu was going to persuade a few more words. If Wei Changying insisted on refusing, Mrs. Liu would stop it and never force her to eat, which might make her nervous.

She didn't expect Wei Changying to be so real. She was stunned for a while before she ordered the servants, "Go and get some delicate desserts, pour a glass of goat's milk, and mix it with honey." Before the servants left, she then asked Wei Changying, "Do you have any eating taboo, my third younger sibling?"

"I have no taboos, my first sister-in-law, and thanks for your asking." Wei Changying answered immediately.

Shen Cangning who stood beside, looked at her new sister-in-law with great interest, and said at the moment, "First sister-in-law, the sophora flower cake made this morning was put on the outside chopping board!"

Wei Chang was shocked, and Mrs. Liu also asked strangely, "Sophora flower cake? The family had been busy in the past two days. I remembered there was no such a snack at the banquet. Who brought it?"

"Third elder brother told me specially." Shen Cangning proudly said, "Two days ago, he sent someone back for this order. People working in the kitchen went to the garden to pick the sophora flowers. I happened to meet them and asked a question—the manager woman also told me that third brother suddenly wanted to eat sophora flower cake. In my eyes, my third elder brother had never cared about food. How could he send someone back specially for this order before the wedding? I didn't expect that it was prepared for third sister-in-law."

This made everyone in the room laughed, and a woman who had been smiling all the time started to talk, "No wonder that third younger brother hesitated to go out and entertain the guests!"

Shen Cangning obviously had the desire to stir up trouble. She immediately burst out into laughter and said, "What you said is true, my second sister-in-law!"

Wei Changying was originally flushed. At this moment, her blush went all the way to her neck— Mrs. Liu ordered the maidservant to bring the sophora flower cake in and handed it to her. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether she should take it.