"Imperial Consort, the auspicious hour has arrived~" A palace maid soon came in, and the women naturally could not continue their conversation. Qin Hongmian and Yelü Nanxian accompanied Mu Wanqing out to attend the ceremony.
Weddings among ordinary families were already quite complicated; royal weddings were even more so. There were sacrifices to Heaven at the altar, ancestor worship at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, receiving the congratulations of civil and military officials... By the time the entire process was over, the day had quickly passed.
When Mu Wanqing was finally sent back to her chambers, she could not help complaining to Qin Hongmian, "Getting married is really exhausting. I never want to experience it a second time."
Qin Hongmian could not help laughing as she scolded, "Silly child, how could marriage happen a second time? Unless... ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! How inauspicious."
Mu Wanqing, however, did not care at all. "I've set my heart on Brother Song. Even if he doesn't want me, I won't marry anyone else, so naturally there won't be a second time."
Yelü Nanxian, standing nearby, could not help laughing. "Don't say that too soon. You really might get married a second time."
"Ah, why?" Mu Wanqing was greatly startled.
Yelü Nanxian said with a smile, "You should know that today, in name, you married the Western Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo. Once the situation is settled in the future, won't you have to marry Brother Song again?"
Mu Wanqing blushed and said somewhat shyly, "Sister Xian'er, you're teasing me too. Actually, I've already thought it through. This way, Brother Song will remember me forever. It's a one-of-a-kind wedding. If I had to do it again with him, it would only be inferior by comparison."
Yelü Nanxian's eyes were full of amusement as well. "It's good that Wan'er