"First bow to Heaven and Earth."
"Second bow to the High Hall."
"Husband and wife bow to each other."
Li Huaigu, dressed in a green official's robe and a black gauze hat, smiled as he and Yunxiang, her head covered by a red bridal veil, respectfully completed the three great bows.
Then, surrounded by several ritual matrons and maidservants, they were escorted off to the "bridal chamber."
There were still several rites to complete there, such as lifting the veil, the shared-cup rite, and the hair-knotting rite. Those were not for the gathered guests to witness.
Chen Yi and Xiao Die stood outside the main hall and watched them depart, unable to help feeling somewhat moved.
After all, he had played no small part in Li Huaigu and Yunxiang being able to marry.
"May all lovers become united at last. I hope they grow old together."
Of course, if they failed to spend their lives together, that would not be on him.
Chen Yi looked around and saw the three "elders" in the hall chatting and laughing together. His regard for Li Huaigu's character grew all the more.
Though it appeared to be Yang Ye alone facing Li's father and Li's mother, no one dared slight the old man, much less point fingers at Yunxiang's family background.
Li Huaigu must have put in no small amount of effort for Yang Ye to accept Yunxiang as his adopted daughter.
As Chen Yi pondered this, Xiao Die beside him had already become a pear blossom drenched in rain, tears streaming down her face.
Luckily, she never wore powder or rouge and always went bare-faced, so she did not end up with the embarrassing sight of makeup smeared all over her face.
"Son-in-law, Third Place Scholar Li and Miss Yunxiang finally, finally came