Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 999 - 997_1

Chapter 999: Chapter 997_1

"It’s about time, we should get to the restaurant now, otherwise the guests may arrive before we, the hosts, do." Shangguan Xuanyi walked over to Xiao’er, puzzled as to why she was glaring at him. He wondered if he said something wrong, "What’s the matter?"

"It’s your fault for showing up late!" Xiao’er glared at him.

Zhu Yan and Jingrui couldn’t help but laugh quietly.

"..." Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t understand why, so he looked at Jingrui for some explanation.

Jingrui, of course, wasn’t going to tell him; he could figure it out for himself! All he did was smile and say, "Let’s go!"

Shangguan Xuanyi: I should have stayed with the girl last night, made her unable to leave the bed, and unable to help him today! I wouldn’t mind not having such a brother-in-law!

The four of them set off.

Outside the main gate of Marquis Shengping’s mansion, there stood a beautifully crafted pumpkin-shaped carriage.

Zhu Yan couldn’t help but laugh when she saw the pumpkin carriage, "A pumpkin carriage, like Cinderella?"

"Sister-in-law, remember when you said you’ve always wanted to ride the pumpkin carriage from the fairy tale? My big brother had this made especially for you. How do you feel, are you moved?" This time, Xiao’er was telling the truth. There’s a children’s book in the toy store, and Xiao’er had written down the story of Cinderella, which included illustrations. Zhu Yan saw the pumpkin carriage in the book and mentioned how interesting it might be to ride in it. Jingrui remembered this and asked Xiao’er to draw the design so that he could have it made.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yan indeed felt touched. She had only said it casually, but Jingrui remembered.

A crowd had gathered around them, the bystanders were also seeing a pumpkin-shaped carriage for the first time.

Some children who had read the story of Cinderella recognized the pumpkin carriage from the book. They clamored to ride in it, but their parents held them back to prevent any mischief.

Jingrui felt a bit embarrassed after Xiaor revealed the story, but he couldn’t do anything about it. He could only support Zhu Yan: "Let’s get in the carriage first!"

Zhu Yan blushed as Jingrui helped her into the carriage. She nodded and pretended to be calm while getting on.

Yun’er and Brother Ri stood on the side, smiling as they watched. Brother Ri secretly felt glad that he attended Jingrui’s wedding. Otherwise, he would have missed out on such a romantic affair. He was amazed at the final rehearsal yesterday. If he were to have a wedding with Yun’er in the conventional manner, it would lack many interesting memories. And if others came to know, they would feel he didn’t treasure Yun’er enough and didn’t put much thought into the wedding. Brother Ri absolutely couldn’t let that happen.

He thought, why not have a wedding ceremony in Minze Country first, and then another one in Eastern Jin Dynasty?

"Yun’er, how about we have our wedding in Imperial City first, and then another one in Eastern Jin Dynasty?" Brother Ri said "go to" Eastern Jin Dynasty, not "return to" Eastern Jin Dynasty. In his subconscious mind, Minze Country was his true home.

"That sounds too troublesome." Yun’er frowned upon hearing this.

"How could it be troublesome? We could have a modern wedding like this. When we grow old, we’ll have a lot of wonderful memories from our youth. So, it’s settled. After Jingrui’s wedding, we can start planning ours."

"Let’s talk about it later, let’s get in the carriage for now. Big brother and the others are already far ahead." Yun’er didn’t immediately agree. She didn’t like to cause trouble for others.

"It’s settled then!" Against the odds, Brother Ri was resolute. He then helped Yun’er into the carriage.

Surely, this kind of modern wedding must have been Xiao’er’s idea. When the time comes, he would discuss it with Xiao’er. Maybe Xiao’er would have even better ideas. In any case, he wanted to give Yun’er an unforgettable wedding.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er were standing not far from them, eavesdropping on Brother Ri and Yun’er. Shangguan Xuanyi felt a bit bitter, he also wanted to give Xiao’er a romantic, modern wedding! He wondered if Xiao’er felt any regret because of this!

Xiao’er tugged at Shangguan Xuanyi’s hand: "What are you thinking about, hurry up and get on the carriage!"

Shangguan Xuanyi came back to his senses, lifted Xiao’er into the carriage, then climbed in himself: "Girl, how about we have our wedding ceremony again?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er’s eyes widened, and without thinking, she flatly refused: "No!"

"Why?" Whatever others had, he wanted Xiao’er to have too.

"You don’t mind the hassle, but I find it tiring!" She had been busy in and out these past days, helping Jingrui prepare for his wedding, and she was tired enough!

Moreover, she was already married, to go through a wedding ceremony again, wouldn’t it be extremely troublesome?

"How about we have another wedding like this on our fifth anniversary?"

"We’ll talk about it later!" Xiao’er responded vaguely, she was not planning to do it - she was lazy!

Seeing this, Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t press further.

The pumpkin carriage, under everyone’s gaze, slowly headed towards the Four Seasons Restaurant.

All the other relatives and friends also got into their carriages and followed behind the pumpkin carriage.

Everyone along the way were marveling!

Many people didn’t understand, when the son of Marquis Shengping was getting married, why on earth should he parade his bride around the streets! Wasn’t that absurd! It’s unthinkable that the bride, after entering her husband’s house, would run out again instead of staying in the new house! They were not afraid of commiting taboos!

Although many people did not understand, many girls, seeing that dreamy pumpkin carriage, wondered what it felt like to get on it!

Once they arrived at the Four Seasons Restaurant, Xiao’er accompanied Zhu Yan in a private room waiting for the wedding to start. Fortunately, Zhu Yan had been helping her father run the business for many years, she had seen many scenes and was a bit nervous, but not to the point of losing her composure.

Xiao’er chatted with the calm Zhu Yan and truly felt that her older brother had chosen the right wife. In the future, the business of Marquis Shengping’s Mansion, under her management, would definitely get better and better, and flourish.

She hoped that Jinghao and her younger brother, after getting married, their families could unite, instead of each having their own agendas and being petty with each other.

In the main hall

Men like Shen Chengyao, Shen Chengzu, Shangguan Xuanyi, Brother Ri, Jinghao, Zhiwen, Zhiwu, and Jie’er were responsible for entertaining the male guests.

Women such as Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Tan, ...Yun’er, Xi’er, Liu Jingshu, etc., were responsible for welcoming the female relatives.

Men and women sat on either side of the main hall, and the entire hall was beautifully and dreamily decorated with flowers and ribbons.

The stage in the middle of the hall was even more stunning. The entire backdrop was decorated with flowers. Yellow and pink roses formed the main background. In the middle was a large heart shape composed of red roses. The words "Shen Zhu Wedding" were arranged in large characters on the heart with red roses.

On either side of the backdrop, there were turquoise curtains hanging down from the ceiling for decoration. Besides, there were rag dolls of the newlyweds, clay figurines, flowers, plush toys, etc. as ornaments.

The centre of the hall had a red carpet aisle. The sides of the aisle were decorated with champagne roses and pink ribbons. At the entrance of the aisle, there was an archway of flowers. The overall impression was: Walking down this red carpet led to a world of happiness and joy.

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