In his room, Zhong Baiye was thinking of ways to escape. Suddenly, a group of servants came in carrying a tray with something red on it.
Zhong Baiye looked up and saw that one of the servants was someone he knew very well: Kujou Sara.
Kujou Sara quickly approached, lowered her head, and spoke to Zhong Baiye.
"This is your formal attire, my lord. The Shogun hopes you will put it on before the ceremony begins."
With that, Kujou Sara handed Zhong Baiye the red outfit from the tray.
Zhong Baiye did not resist. Instead, suspecting what it might be, he unfolded the outfit.
As he looked at the outfit, identical to traditional Liyue wedding attire, his suspicions were confirmed.
Meanwhile, Kujou Sara gave Zhong Baiye an envious look and said,
"The Shogun even invited an expert from Liyue specifically for your wedding. The decorations outside and this outfit were personally designed by that expert. I'm so jealous of you."
Zhong Baiye felt uncomfortable under Kujou Sara's envious gaze. Although the Raiden Shogun was generously endowed, Keqing was the one he belonged with. Being abducted by the Raiden Shogun to become her groom was hardly his intention.
After giving it some thought, Zhong Baiye asked Kujou Sara when the wedding would take place.
Kujou Sara did not hide it from him. In fact, she was puzzled that he did not know when his own wedding was being held. Had the other party not been the Raiden Shogun, she might have thought he had been kidnapped to become some bandit chief's bride.
Kujou Sara hurriedly banished that thought from her mind and told Zhong Baiye,
"I heard that the expert from Liyue recommended holding the ceremony in five days, but Her Excellency thought that was a little too late, so she