After taking a bath, Lady Bian helped her put on the bright red wedding clothes, Cui Wen and Cui Lu approached to assist; so brushed her hair, so scrubbed her face, and so applied her makeup. It took them about one Shi Chen of bustling liveliness to finally finish dressing up Xiang Yun, who was now so stunningly beautiful that she put flowers to sha and radiated brilliance.
She wore a bright red brocade embroidered with colorful golden threads forming phoenixes, adorned her neck with a string of glossy red coral necklace, wore a phoenix crown with five spread wings made of red gold inlaid with jewels on her head, and draped a rosy clouds cape embroidered with peacock feathers over her shoulders. Her delicate makeup, with eyebrows reminiscent of distant mountains, a face like peaches and plums, cherry lips, a small nose, and skin like creamy jade, made her incredibly good-looking.
The won of the Wu family had all arrived, and upon seeing Xiang Yun like this, they uniformly complinted her beauty. Xiang Yun herself was also surprised; the last ti she got married, she also dressed up extravagantly, but it wasn’t as fetching as today.
Upon reflection, she understood why—last ti she got married against her will, and she was still anxious and unsettled right before getting onto the bridal sedan; but this ti, she was entirely willing, and her eyes overflowed with joy and bliss. This joy, erging from within, made her radiant and glowing, an allure that no makeup could ever achieve!
The auspicious ti arrived, and with the help of the wedding attendant, Xiang Yun got into the bridal sedan amid the blessings of nurous relatives, full of joy as she departed from Mansion of Marquis Jian’an and proceeded towards the palace...
Inside the Palace
Queen Namu Khan was bustling with joy, intermittently sending people to check the whereabouts of the newcors’ bridal sedan and instructed her attendants to prepare the luggage, planning to head back to Qing Luo Kingdom imdiately after the wedding ceremony ended.
She was in a hurry, her husband was far away in the palace of Qing Luo Kingdom, and she had been anxiously awaiting for days, yearning for their return!
After sharing life’s ups and downs for over twenty years, she understood her husband deeply. He missed their son as much as she did, his heart nearly broken with longing. If he could see his son returning with his daughter-in-law, he would certainly be overjoyed, perhaps his illness would suddenly be greatly relieved!
Anyway, ever since she saw her son, her health had improved significantly compared to before; many common illnesses healed on their own. She speculated that once her son had a grandson with Xiang Yun, perhaps her own chronic ailnts might completely heal!
A palace maid walked in, reported in a soft and careful voice: "Your Majesty, everything is packed. Twelve carts of dowry from the daughter-in-law of the Prince, and another twelve carts of gifts from Empress Mu, totaling twenty-four carts!"
"Understood, you may leave."
Queen Namu Khan waved her hand, dismissing the palace maid, feeling another wave of emotion.
This ti visiting, she only prepared thank-you gifts for the Emperor and Empress of Great Jin Nation and didn’t prepare a bridal price for her son. The bridal price for the Wu family was taken from the gifts she presented to Empress Mu, who kindly paid half on her behalf, and used the other half to make a dowry for Xiang Yun. Furthermore, she took out many items from her private treasury, and married Xiang Yun off gloriously as if she were a princess.
Although Queen Namu Khan did not care much for wealth, what Empress Mu did moved her deeply, and within her emotions, she made a silent vow—her descendants must beco the most faithful allies of the Great Jin Nation, generation after generation, unchanging in heart!
anwhile
In the Qiu Shuangzhai at Duke Li Guo’s House, Mo Zili slowly woke up from his coma. After a mont of daze, he suddenly sat up vigorously, swinging his legs as if to leave the couch.
"My adversary, you’ve just woken up, where do you think you’re going?"
Next to the couch, Lady Bai saw her son wake up, and in her surprise and joy, seeing him trying to get off the couch, she hurriedly ran over in three steps and grabbed him tightly in her arms.
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