At daybreak, two suns hung in the firmament while the bright, vivid moon radiated a pure, pristine brilliance.
Although it was the top scholar's joyous occasion, everything was kept simple, and by noon Fairy Xiaoduan was placed into a sedan chair and carried through Chen Shi's front gates. Then came the banquet for the guests, with the opera troupe blowing horns and plucking strings quite diligently, and by dusk, it was the exact hour when the Qi of Yin and Yang intertwine, which was why it was called a wedding, making this the auspicious hour for bowing in the ancestral hall and becoming husband and wife.
Chen Shi went to the bridal sedan chair to take Fairy Xiaoduan's hand, only to receive a slap on the hand from Old Lady Wuzhu, who handed him a length of red silk and told him to use the red silk to lead the female immortal out of the sedan and into the hall to bow.
The so-called wedding bows consisted of bowing to heaven and earth first, bowing to the elders second, and bowing to each other as husband and wife last, before entering the nuptial chamber—nothing more than that.
Chen Shi and Fairy Xiaoduan were ushered into the bridal chamber, which truly featured a moon-shaped gate with red borders and hanging red silk.
Crossing the moon gate, a dou of grain filled with the five grains was placed inside the chamber, symbolizing a bountiful harvest of all crops. A bronze mirror sat in the corners on both the left and right walls: the one on the left was an evil-reflecting mirror, while the one on the right was a Sui-reflecting mirror. If an evil spirit or monster transformed into the groom or bride, the mirror's light would expose their true form upon