The wedding of the Marquis of Bowang's Mansion's heir apparent and the adopted daughter of Court Consultant Yi Xingchen was a grand affair indeed.
It had been the most eye-catching event since the start of the new year in Qi State.
As the Luan groom, the Marquis of Wu'an had, rare as it was, spent an entire day without cultivating. He bustled about before and after, accompanying the newlyweds through the whole ceremony. First they bowed to Heaven and Earth, then to their elders, then husband and wife bowed to each other, and finally they were sent into the bridal chamber.
For Name Gates such as the Earl of Shuofang's Mansion and the Marquis of Bowang's Mansion, a grand marriage displayed the stability and prosperity of Qi State after its conquest of Xia Kingdom. Bao Yi and Chongxuan Yunbo had both fought and scrambled their way through Qi State's military and political spheres for many years. Choosing this moment to arrange a marriage for juniors of their direct lines could also be considered a political statement.
Of course, beneath that broader political premise lay the complex internal reasons of the two families.
And naturally, the world did not scheme for Qi State alone.
Not to mention how Chongxuan Sheng was forcibly hauled off to some remote mountain wilderness for "special training" the very day after his wedding, nor how Yi Huaimin, the Yi family's second young master, was attacked by a mysterious assailant the day after the wedding and forced to copy out an Angama Sutra. The Capital Patrol Inspection Office initially suspected the remnants of Wither-Bloom Monastery and declared that it would pursue the matter with all its strength, but it had yet to find any useful leads...
Every corner of The Present World had its own stories unfolding