Chapter 2279

Chapter 2279: The Wedding Begins

Although the grudge between Xie Jingyu and Xie Chengyu still existed, they did not deliberately confront each other at Zhu Yanyi’s wedding. Xie Chengyu simply ignored Xie Jingyu.

Also present was the family of Xie Xinlian.

Besides the Xie family, the Qi family also attended. Qi Jizong came with Luo Wenhua. They did not bring the younger generation, planning to invite them when Zhu Yanyi visited Sicheng Town later.

In short, while not many members of the Zhu family came, their presence expressed their respect. Although only Qi Jizong and her wife from the Qi family attended, it showed how much they valued Zhu Yanyi.

Another essential family was the Cheng family. The entire Cheng Baokun family arrived. Since Cheng Xu was already married, everyone came together.

Chen Ailian looked at Zhu Yanyi and said, "When I first met you, you were a cute little baby. Now, in the blink of an eye, you are getting married."

"Why? You didn’t have so many feelings when Brother Cheng Xu got married," Zhu Yanli laughed from the side.

"Taking a wife and giving away a daughter are different. When Brother Cheng Xu married, our family just gained one more person. But now Ani is marrying out, and my heart feels reluctant to let her go." Chen Ailian truly regarded Zhu Yanli and Zhu Yanyi as her own daughters.

"When my sister married, you didn’t have so many feelings either, Godmother," Zhu Yanyi teased.

Chen Ailian glanced at Zhu Yanyi. "How could I not? I only complained to your Godfather then, saying An’ni married too early."

Zhu Yanli smiled slightly. Her marriage wasn’t actually that early, but it was hard to say that aloud.

"However, girls grow up and must eventually marry," Chen Ailian sighed. "Fortunately, Little Yan is a good man. We have seen how well she treats you over the years. Although we don’t want girls to marry early, as the saying goes, it is easy to find priceless treasures but hard to find a loving partner. With such a good husband, she certainly won’t be wronged."

Hearing Chen Ailian’s words, Zhu Yanyi nodded in agreement. "Godmother is so right. Aohan is truly good to me."

"You haven’t even married yet, and your heart is already with your husband. That’s not right," Chen Ailian said, rolling her eyes at Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi smiled brightly. "I’m speaking from the heart. Aohan and I registered our marriage years ago, but we didn’t hold a wedding. She never complained, only supported me."

Zhu Yanli added, "Ani, understanding between husband and wife is mutual. Since your husband understands you, you must also understand him more in the future."

"Yes, I will," Zhu Yanyi nodded.

"Alright, put on the phoenix crown," the stylist said, styling Zhu Yanyi’s long hair to match the crown.

The phoenix crown was a simple Chaitou Feng. The front featured a nine-tailed phoenix made of gold wire and kingfisher feathers, while both sides had gold wire phoenix hairpins. Once the crown was on, Zhu Yanyi looked particularly elegant and noble, as if she had stepped out of an ancient painting of ladies.

"It looks like I’m seeing an ancient empress," Chen Ailian laughed. "The empress in the TV drama I watched a few days ago didn’t have as much nobility as Ani."

"TV props are just props. Although they look nice, they lack authenticity. Ani’s crown is real, so it naturally looks more noble," Zhu Yanli said with a smile. "But Ani looks really beautiful in this outfit. I told you, our traditional Chinese bridal wear is beautiful. It looks much better than those Western wedding dresses."

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "Aohan and I think so too. More importantly, we both value traditional culture. Of course, we don’t reject Western wedding dresses either. We wore them for our wedding photos."

"Come, come, eat the sedan chair rice quickly," Xie Xinyan said, bringing in a bowl of rice. A whole chicken was placed on top, with lotus seeds, dates, and longans scattered around.

However, the so-called "sedan chair rice" was just symbolic. One only ate a few grains of rice, as it would be improper to disturb the items on top.

After the ritual, Zhu Yanyi sat in the center of her bed in her room, waiting for the groom to pick her up. Meanwhile, all the bridesmaids prepared to make things difficult for the groom.

Soon, the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers could be heard outside, indicating the groom’s arrival.

Taishu Yuanxiang, along with Zhu Zhibin and other cousins of the same generation, blocked the way first. Of course, making things difficult was necessary. After the uncles’ challenges, it was the bridesmaids’ turn.

Yan Aohan was in a good mood today, so he didn’t mind the difficulties. He happily accepted the challenges and gave out red envelopes after passing each stage.

In reality, these challenges were for everyone to let the groom know that the bride’s family had backing. If she bullied the bride, her family would not let her off. This demonstrated that the bride’s family was her support and proved she was not a rootless duckweed.

Yan Aohan passed through the various checkpoints and entered the room. Seeing Zhu Yanyi, his eyes were full of amazement. Zhu Yanyi rarely wore such elaborate makeup. Even without makeup, as a cultivator, she possessed a charm others lacked. Now, with makeup, this charm seemed even deeper.

It was the first time Yan Aohan had seen Zhu Yanyi dressed so grandly. "Wife, I’m here to pick you up."

Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile, about to speak, when Zhu Yanli stuffed a candy into her mouth. "No talking until we reach the hotel."

Zhu Yanyi was speechless. She remembered Zhu Yanli didn’t have this rule when she got married. This was clearly intentional teasing.

Zhu Yanli smiled lightly. "Since I didn’t make things difficult for your husband when he came to pick you up, I’ll make things difficult for the two of you. No talking on the way."

"Pfft." The people following behind laughed, thinking this was a good trick to learn for the future.

Zhu Yanyi glared at Zhu Yanli, but she couldn’t do anything about it. During the three days of marriage, there is no distinction between elder and younger, let alone since Zhu Yanli was her older sister. So, this joke was acceptable.

Yan Aohan smiled. Following everyone’s request, he found the sedan chair shoes and then carried Zhu Yanyi downstairs. At the door was a flower sedan. Today was a traditional wedding, and Yan Aohan took tradition to the extreme.

She had even ridden a horse to pick her up.

Of course, the other bridesmaids and groomsmen got into dozens of cars behind them.

Zhu Yanyi kowtowed to Zhu Shun Yao and Xie Xinlian to bid farewell. Then, Zhu Zhibin carried her onto the flower sedan. The others began arranging the trip to the hotel.

Don’t think the farewell here was enough; there were still rituals at the hotel. So, Zhu Shun Yao and the others drove over.