readytorunbook Chapter 178 Getting Married
Chapter 178 Getting Married
On the day when the Marquis' Mansion held the wedding banquet, the weather was fine and the sky was clear blue.
But the next day, when I woke up in the morning, the sky was overcast with dark clouds, and the air was so depressing that it seemed as if a heavy rain would pour down at any time.
This day is not chosen very well...
When the Imperial Astronomical Observatory woke up in the morning and saw the sky, it seemed as if everything in front of its eyes went dark.
The Emperor has granted the marriage, so even if the Second Prince is unwilling to give Miss Shen the position of principal wife, he still has to go to the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion to pick up the bride in person. It would be fine if it rained after the bridal sedan entered the mansion, but if it rained halfway, wouldn't the Second Prince be soaked like a drowned rat?
This day was chosen by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory based on the horoscopes of the Second Prince and Miss Shen. It is an auspicious day. As the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, their daily work is to observe the celestial phenomena. They can't even be sure when it will rain. What use are they?
The officials from the Imperial Observatory who went to the Second Prince's mansion for the wedding banquet kept praying in their hearts, "Don't rain, don't rain..."
The second prince did not like Shen Xian, especially since Shen Xian had been engaged to Xie Guimo. After being broken off, she still wanted to marry him again. As a result, at the Queen's palace banquet, he inexplicably fell for her and had to give her a status.
I was already in a bad mood, and then I encountered such bad weather. I suddenly felt extremely unlucky.
Shen Xi is getting married today, so Shen Tang got up two quarters of an hour earlier than usual. After breakfast, Shen Tang went to Songhe Hall.
She and Shen Xian are twins. On Shen Xian's wedding day, her sisters should be by her side. After all, she will not be able to live in the mansion anymore after she gets married. But Shen Tang really doesn't want to put herself in such a difficult position. They had already held a wedding banquet yesterday, and today the mansion would be bustling with the wedding, so she didn't pretend to be so.
Shen Luo accompanied Shen Xian, and Shen Tang went to Songhe Hall. The old lady didn't say anything and waited patiently for the second prince to come and marry Shen Xian.
When Shen Xi got married, almost all the famous ladies in Kyoto came in person to send dowry, but Shen Ran did not come back. She only sent a maid to deliver a jade bracelet. In the past, her granddaughters were joking around in front of her, but now Shen Ran was found by Princess Jinde and her husband, Shen Xi got married, Shen Tang was engaged, and Shen Luo was also of marriageable age. The old lady didn't dare to think about how deserted the mansion would be if they all got married.
I just hope that Yan'er can return to his ancestral home as soon as possible, marry the Crown Prince's wife, and have two more grandchildren.
Shen Tang sat with the old lady until she was almost out of patience when a maid came to report, "Old lady, the sedan chair has arrived at the front street and will be there in a quarter of an hour."
It's finally arrived.
The old lady was waiting anxiously, but was reluctant to let Shen Xian get married. No matter how noble the Second Prince's status was, being a wife was not as comfortable as being a girl in the boudoir. Especially since Concubine Ye and the Second Prince did not want her to be the main wife, the old lady was afraid that Shen Xian would not be happy if she married the Second Prince.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the sounds of gongs, drums and firecrackers were heard from the front yard. The matchmaker brought Shen Xian over. Shen Xian was wearing a bright red wedding dress and a phoenix crown on her head, and she was crying with tears in her eyes.
She really cried, and her crying was heartfelt. Anyone would be reluctant to leave the place where they grew up, especially since the old lady always loved Shen Xi, so it would be abnormal for her to be reluctant to leave.
The second wife was both reluctant and happy. However, Shen Sui, who was used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, and had accepted the fact that Shen Xi was most likely not his daughter, was really reluctant to let Shen Xi get married and didn't even say a word.
The second prince has arrived, but since it is a marriage of a daughter, he has to make some things difficult for him. The second and third young masters just gave him two questions as a token of their appreciation and then let him go.
The second prince, dressed in a bright red brocade robe, went to Songhe Hall to welcome Shen Xian. Shen Xian knelt down to bid farewell to the old lady and Shen Sui. The old lady covered her with a bright red veil, and the second young master carried Shen Xian out on his back and put her on the bridal sedan.
The second prince mounted his horse and left with the bridal sedan amidst music and fanfare.
Just as the sedan chair was lifted up, there was a loud thunder in the sky and the lightning seemed to split the sky in two.
The thunder and lightning made everyone in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, except Shen Tang, nervous.
It doesn't look like the rain will last until the bridal sedan arrives.
For fear of rain, the wedding procession moved very fast. They had originally planned to go around the city, but now they had to return to Prince Qi's Palace as quickly as possible.
As the speed increased, the sedan began to shake. Shen Xian, wearing a heavy phoenix crown, had her eyes blackened from the shaking, and tears of grievance fell like beads from a broken string.
But what frightened her even more was the constant rumbling sounds and the increasingly dark sky.
The old lady used the betrothal gifts sent by the royal family as a dowry for Shen Xi. Adding to that the dowries prepared by the Marquis' Mansion and those sent by other mansions, it was a grand wedding with a ten-mile-long red wedding dress. Many people should have come out to watch the excitement, but the weather was too bad. No one was willing to get wet in the rain and catch a cold just to watch the excitement.
There were people on the street, but not many, not even as busy as usual.
In addition, Shen Tang was previously rumored to be unlucky in marriage. Shen Xian and Shen Tang are twins, born on the same day and at the same hour, with the same birth date and time. Getting married in such weather is definitely a sign of unlucky in marriage.
The bridal sedan left, and the sound of music faded away. The old lady couldn't stop crying. Shen Tang said, "Grandma, don't cry yourself to the point of hurting yourself..."
Before the old lady could say anything, the maid ran in and said hurriedly, "No, it's bad! It's raining!"
Old lady, “……!!!”
Second wife, “……!!!”
Shen Tang tried hard to restrain the corners of his mouth from curling up.
The wedding procession had been gone for less than a quarter of an hour when it started to rain. It would be strange if the Second Prince didn't go back soaked to the skin.
The Second Prince was a precious and noble person. He had probably never been caught in the rain in his life. The Second Prince didn't like Shen Xi to begin with, and after she suffered such a torture on the day of their wedding, he hated her even more.
The weather was bad, but Shen Tang was in an unprecedentedly good mood. The Second Madam's face was very gloomy. As soon as the maid reported to her, she went out. Seeing the rain as heavy as Dadongzhu falling on the ground, her heart sank.
The second prince was riding on horseback, and the rain had dyed his bright red brocade robe dark red. The guards had prepared an umbrella, but the rain was falling at an angle and could not be stopped at all. The wedding procession was also complaining bitterly, and Concubine Ye in the palace was even more furious.
Originally, the Second Prince was going to have a wedding banquet in the palace when he got married, but because of the time constraints, the palace had no time to prepare, so it was held outside the palace. Because the Emperor said that other princes would do the same in the future, Concubine Ye did not force it, but she pestered the Emperor to agree to accompany her to the Prince of Qi's Mansion for the wedding wine. Now it was raining, so the Emperor gave up. The rain was so heavy that Concubine Ye could not ignore the Emperor's health. She left the palace with a lot of anger, and some rain even fell on her clothes while she was in the carriage.
Very unlucky.
Concubine Ye was even more worried about her son. Although the weather was hot, he was bound to catch a cold. Fortunately, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory said that this was the best day in recent months.
Could it be that the Imperial Observatory is the eldest prince's people, deliberately making things difficult for her son?!
On this happy day, Concubine Ye was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.