On the fourteenth day of the eighth month, the entire Jiang Family Manor had turned into a sea of red overnight.
Bright-red lanterns hung high, vivid ribbons fluttered in the wind, and the character "Double Happiness" was plastered everywhere.
Even the greenery in the garden and the Western fountain at the center of the courtyard were adorned with bright-red decorations.
The Jiang Family's White Lotuses had also mobilized on a massive scale, as if they had planned it together.
Judging by their numbers, they were even more outrageous than last time.
Young and old alike, they were all as excited as if they had been injected with stimulants, circling Li Wei, who was undergoing the Hairpin Ceremony, round and round.
Compliments and flattery spilled out by the basketful.
"Oh my, our Xiao Xue is prettier every day. This skin—tsk, tsk—is even more delicate than a shelled egg!"
"With that bearing and figure, you couldn't find a second one in the entire imperial capital!"
"I'm telling you, when that Gu family young master sees her tomorrow, she'll hook his soul right out of him!"
Li Wei let them praise her from every angle, a proper smile always hanging on her face.
Behind her, a Fully Blessed Woman invited by the Gu Family combed her hair with a brand-new comb while reciting auspicious words.
"With the first stroke, comb from crown to end—may husband and wife raise their brows in mutual respect;
"With the second stroke, comb from crown to end—may mandarin ducks fly together in pairs;
"With the third stroke, comb from crown to end—may there be no illness and no calamity..."
After a busy day, she finally got a moment of peace that evening.
Li Wei had just sat down on the sofa in the main hall and was