Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Just as it was getting late, the Emperor and Empress and the Fourth Princeâs mother, Consort Shu, rushed over. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Everyone immediately went forward and bowed to them.
Next was the wedding ceremony.
Zhou Ying took the opportunity to take a good look at Sun Miaokeâs wedding dress. It was a bright red dress with patterns of birds and beasts embroidered with gold thread.
The back of the dress stretched out six feet long. Overall, it looked both stylish and beautiful, making her envious.
Looking at the Empressâs luxurious attire, she finally understood why women fought so hard to attain a higher status. At least, they could dress better than others.
âFirst bow, to heaven and earth.â
âSecond bow, to your ancestor.â
âThird bow, to each other.â
âHead into your bridal chamber.â
The Emperor looked at the backs of the newlyweds and laughed, âHahaha, 1 have succeeded in completing another major milestone in my life.â
âCongratulations to the Emperor. Long live my Emperor.â Everyone immediately stood up and bowed to him.
âEveryone, please rise. Today, Iâm attending the wedding as a father. Letâs all have a good drink.â After saying that, the Emperor looked at Butler Feng and said, âLetâs begin the banquet.â
âThank you, Your Majesty.â Everyone stood up and bowed before taking their seats at the banquet.
Zhou Ying and the other women returned to the backyard. After they sat down, Mingyu looked at Wanning and asked, âWanning, whatâs wrong?â
Yang Wanning was surprised by the question. âNothing. I just thought of something.â
âI see.â Mingyu didnât ask any more.
Yang Wanyu sneered at her, saying, âIâm sure sheâs just envious of Sun Miaokeâs red wedding dress.â
âAs if you can wear it too.â Yang Wanning replied unhappily.
âYouâ¦â Yang Wanyu was about to retort when Yang Wanning shook her head. She added hesitantly, âIâm just worried about our dowries. Look at her 88 sets of dowries; 1 donât even know what you can gather when you get married at the end of the month.â
Yang Wanyu was so angry after hearing that she picked up the chopsticks in her hand and was about to hit Yang Wanning.
Mingyu raised her head and pinched Yang Wanyuâs chopsticks with her fingers. âDonât forget where we are.â
Yang Wanyu angrily glared at Mingyu, glared at Yang Wanning, and finally let go of her hand and changed tables.
Mingyu smiled and shook her head when she saw this. She winked at Yang Wanning and said, âWell done; you finally know how to counterattack.â
Yang Wanning smiled silently at that.
However, she couldnât feel happy even doing so.
Because Wanyu was right, she was envious of the red wedding dress when she had to wear a pink one as the secondary consort. She also knew that she shouldnât have these feelings, but no matter what, she was envious.
Zhou Ying saw Yang Wanningâs mind wandering off and coupled with her reaction moments ago, she more or less guessed her thoughts. However, Tang Wanning had chosen her own path, and there was no way to retreat. She knew that she had to bite the bullet and rush forward from here on.
Mingyu had the opposite thought. She felt that Yang Wanning was worried about her dowry. After all, the Yang family went broke, and she doubted if they could even take out a decent, sizable dowry.
âWanning, are you worried about your dowry?â
Yang Wanning shook her head and replied, âIâm more worried about Wanyuâs dowry. Her wedding date is coming soon, but thereâs nothing in the residence that we can take out.
âWhen 1 came out today, my mother even asked me to borrow money from my cousin-in-law.â
âWhat are you saying? Even if they want to borrow money, they should borrow it from Wanyuâs motherâs family. Why would they ask you to borrow money from Sister Zhou?
âMoreover, the dowry of a secondary consort is at least 80,000 taels of silver. Even if Sister Zhou and the others could take it out, they would have to empty their familyâs coffers. Why would they?â
âI donât agree either. But now, sheâs having ideas about my betrothal gifts. She wants me to send a letter to King Rui through Brother Zhou to ask His Highness to send my betrothal gifts as soon as possible..â