However!
Quite naturally, they stole the limelight from the hosts and drove Li Tianming's Imperial soldiers friends to the back of the procession!
Acting entirely like the masters, they clustered behind Li Tianming and Princess Mo and continued onward!
As for the order of picking up the brides, the imperial clan had decided it. There had initially been two opinions: one said that arriving at the Imperial Court Palace last would display orthodox status, making Zi Zhen and An Ning travel a little farther; the other said that picking them up first and leaving first was the posture of the master—the first one taken in hand would be the first to enter the household!
In the end, Princess Yueji's side adopted the latter argument. After all, there was no precedent for this. No matter what they chose, they would pick up the Divine Tomb Cult second, ensuring that Zi Zhen of the Divine Tomb Cult would not become the most important one under either interpretation.
Of course, such details meant nothing to the high-level powerhouses of the three sides. Only the common people would discuss them and make mountains out of molehills!
Now that the imperial clan's procession had stolen the host's role, even Princess Yueji, who had arranged for Li Tianming, was one of their own. This bridal procession had seemingly transformed in the blink of an eye into the imperial clan's procession, heading to the Divine Tomb Cult to fetch a bride!
Thus, the Xuanting imperial clan had assumed the air of the master, going to the Divine Tomb Cult to take something away. When the procession returned to the streets of the Imperial Ruins, its grandeur soared at once. Seeing all that resplendent gold and jade, the people of the Imperial Ruins sighed over the initiative held