Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 539 Another Bird Flies In At Night (4)

The bride only sat on the bridal bed after the lucky elder lady had finished her tasks. Following that, a group of women and the bride’s friends who had been watching the festivities at the doorway squeezed into the room, giggling and laughing, leaving the groom somewhat neglected to one side.

Qinmeng stayed in the bridal chamber, keeping an eye on the new bride as if worried they might frighten her. The matchmaker saw the groom still standing there foolishly, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the bride. Fan Guihua, with a light smile, said, "Groom, take the weighing pole and lift the bride’s headscarf, and from this moment on, may the bride and groom find contentment in each other."

Feng Xi, nervous, picked up the weighing pole from the table and stepped up to the bride. He gently lifted the red headscarf to reveal a delicate, blushing face that instantly captured his gaze.

Some of the women began to tease, laughing heartily and pointing with their hands, commenting from head to toe and making a series of ’tsk tsk tsk’ noises, all very envious that Zhang Jiaojiao was marrying into such a fine family.

"Bride and groom, drink the nuptial cup of wine." At this moment, a maid came over carrying a tray with two small wine cups, both filled with wine. Feng Xi reached out and took one, Zhang Jiaojiao extended her delicate little hand to take the other. Then, with intertwined arms and blushing faces, they drank the nuptial cup of wine.

After the maid collected the two cups and stepped back, Fan Guihua smiled and said, "Bride and groom, perform the hair-combing ceremony."

Feng Xi brushed aside a strand of hair and took the scissors prepared by the matchmaker, cutting off a lock with a single snip. Zhang Jiaojiao took the scissors in turn and cut a lock for Feng Xi, then handed the scissors back to the matchmaker.

Feng Xi carefully tied the two locks of hair into a knot and placed them in a silk pouch by the bedside, completing the ceremony.

At this point, matchmaker Fan seemed to burst with joy, for the wedding rituals were all done. Although there had been some hitches along the way, nothing had been botched, and she would soon get the rest of her silver. What was even more important was that her career as a matchmaker seemed set to sail smoothly from now on. Hahaha, everyone would think she was the one who made the match for the Empress’ brother. This meant she would no longer need to seek out contracts; people would come to her, allowing her to raise her prices just by sitting at home. In her mind, she envisioned the threshold to her home being worn down by those rushing to seek her services.

Feng Xi frowned, looking at the matchmaker with an odd expression on her face. He stepped forward and gave her a gentle nudge, "Fan Guihua! Matchmaker?"

"Ah, oh, yes, the ceremony is complete." Fan Guihua, brought back to her senses and realizing everyone’s eyes were on her, quickly added the last few words she had forgotten and said a few pleasant things to the bride and Feng Xi before turning to leave.

As soon as Qinmeng heard "ceremony is complete," she straightened her face and addressed the crowd of gawking women in the room, "Everyone has seen the bride; please leave now. The feast has already begun outside, and today’s wedding banquet is prepared by the chefs of Zuiyun Pavilion. Everyone is welcome to go and enjoy it."

The room emptied in an instant, as everyone was afraid of missing out on the feast. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Qinmeng could only imagine a flock of crows flying over her head, cawing as if mocking. The last one passed by, its black feathers twirling, landing on the head of someone.

Qinmeng pursed her lips awkwardly, looking at the couple, "You two chat for a bit; I’m going out to get some food for my sister-in-law."

"Thank you, cousin-in-law." Feng Xi expressed her gratitude with a glance.

Qinmeng merely waved her hand and couldn’t wait to dash out.

The banquet outside had officially started, and Dugu Chen and Feng Xuxu led their two children into the great hall, sitting by a large table all to themselves, along with a little over one-year-old toddler. The hall was relatively quieter compared to outside.

Qiqi and Yueyue quickly finished eating, their eyes wandering restlessly, constantly thinking about sneaking into the bridal chamber while their mother and father weren’t paying attention. They were curious to see what their new aunt looked like and whether she was a fierce, shrewish woman.

Feng Xuxu saw the two of them squirming in their seats, as if there were nails on their chairs. She sighed softly and put down her chopsticks, "You can go take a look at your new aunt if you want."

"Oh yeah!" Yueyue didn’t wait for her mother to finish speaking; she jumped off the chair and ran out. Feng Xuxu flicked her wide sleeves, and the long silk ribbon, as if it had eyes, wrapped around the little body and rolled it back.

Yueyue was tossed in midair, her joy revealing two small tiger teeth: "I’m a flying bird, flying bird."

"I wanna fly too, fly." Seeing his sister flying so high, Xuanyuan Yu also wanted to join. The little boy climbed off the chair, his chubby little hands tugging fiercely at Feng Xuxu’s skirt without letting go, his mouth blowing bubbles as he babbled his way out, "Fly, fly, fly."

Feng Xuxu looked at him with a bit of a headache. Then seeing Yueyue’s excited face still clapping and saying it was great, Feng Xuxu glared at Yueyue fiercely, "Keep on yelling, and I’ll lock you in the ’Lotus Garden’ until we say you can come out."

Yueyue paused upon hearing this, immediately standing obediently on the ground. With a trembling voice, she approached adorably, her hands just about to touch her mother’s arm when she tripped over some creature at her feet. Looking down at a pair of tearful, misty eyes, the little heartless Yueyue knocked away some breathless creature with her butt. Poor Xuanyuan Yu didn’t even understand what happened as he was sent tumbling to the ground, sitting with his split open crotch pants, shamefully exposing his little bird.

Yueyue rolled her eyes at someone’s thing and hugged her mother’s arm with a pout, "Mommy~ I’ll be good, I promise not to run around. If you don’t believe me, let brother watch over me."

Feng Xuxu poked Yueyue firmly with her finger, "Come back right after you’ve seen her."

"Yes ma’am!" Yueyue darted off as if she had just been freed from a birdcage.

Qiqi followed behind Yueyue, running off into the distance together. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Yu seemed to have realized that his sister hadn’t been playing with him. He pouted his little mouth and teared up, looking at Feng Xuxu with an expression that said, "If you don’t play with me, I’m going to cry for you to see."

Feng Xuxu gazed at her adorably silly nephew, her heart melting. Compared to her own two little troublemakers, she always felt that such a child was more normal.