Journey to the End of the Night-Chapter 1263 - 824: Muddy Wine
In a relatively small inn, the interior was adorned with red silk. Big red silks stretched from the first floor to the second, with floral decorations crafted from red silk hanging high on the corners of the roof beams.
Baili An sat idly in his room for an entire day, watching a young waiter personally decorate the bridal chamber with red candles and happiness character stickers.
The three members of the Moon Accompanying Palace, especially Zhao Baixun, felt no sense of blessing towards this wedding at all and intended to simplify it as much as possible.
However, the enthusiastic young waiter somehow managed to invite dozens of musicians to this godforsaken place.
All day long, the sounds of music lingered incessantly, and outside the inn, two rows of firecrackers were noisily crackling away.
Thus, Zhao Baixun and Tie Yun both looked at the young waiter as if they were about to eat him.
Despite the commotion, the wedding was ultimately a sham.
There were no parental orders or matchmaker’s words.
Nor was there an elderly fortune-teller to check the compatibility of the couple’s birth characters, or any talk of the six etiquettes of marriage.
Since both bride and groom were staying at the same inn, there was no grand bridal sedan chair procession with Ten Miles of Dowry.
This simplified the process a great deal.
The bride merely needed to be moved from the room next door to Baili An’s room.
Of course, they still needed to pay respects to heaven and earth.
However, the bride’s head was covered, naturally obstructing her view and making movement quite difficult.
The enthusiastic young waiter had no idea that the young girl was a powerful cultivator and that even blindfolded and with her ears covered, her movements would remain unhindered.
He eagerly invited a familiar woman from town to assist the bride in paying respects and performing the ceremony.
The originally quiet inn turned lively, making it seem quite real.
Excluding Li Fuyuan, who was only interested in eating, the other two members of the Moon Accompanying Palace sat at the wedding table with grim faces, remaining silent.
At the young waiter’s call, Baili An stepped out of the room ahead of the bride, descended the stairs, and patiently waited in the main hall for the bride to arrive.
"You have to admit, this boy looks rather handsome and charming in his wedding attire," Li Fuyuan mumbled with a mouthful as he bit down on a roasted pig’s nose that he had fetched from the kitchen.
The faces of the two sitting beside him grew even darker.
Zhao Baixun snorted coldly, "Just putting on airs."
Tie Yun shot a cold glance at the chubby youth, "Today we are here to capture the pig demon. If he were to see you cruelly eating his braised companion, I suspect... you’d be the first he targets."
These words frightened Li Fuyuan into quickly discarding the pig’s head he was holding.
"The auspicious hour has arrived!!!" the woman’s voice rang out, full of excitement.
The old woman thought to herself that it had been a long time since a wedding was held in town. Moreover, this bride was exceptionally beautiful and enchanting.
Everyone looked up in unison.
A young girl appeared, dressed in a crimson gown with a pattern of birds returning to their nest, her hair all tied up, adorned with a golden phoenix crown. The delicate neck was faintly visible beneath the veil, slender and graceful. As she moved with grace, her long red gown splayed out behind her. The red nail polish on her slender fingers lent her a touch of maturity, adding a hint of allure to her youthful appearance.
No one could see the stunning face beneath the veil, but the onlookers were already entranced.
Yet, Baili An’s gaze passed over her briefly as he pondered the early hour and wondered when the pig demon would appear.
Regardless, she was the most vulnerable today!
Because the pig demon... was obsessed only with brides.
No matter how profound her cultivation, the pig demon was still slightly superior to her.
The suggestion of the fake marriage was his idea, and he would protect her no matter what.
Even though it was the wedding ceremony and carrying weapons was not allowed, the Quansheng Sword imbued with Shou had already been placed early into his storage bag.
Should anything go awry, he could summon the sword with just a single thought.
Baili An was busy strategizing when unknown to him, the young girl beneath the veil was already grinding her teeth in frustration.
This foolish boy is driving me mad! Marriage is the most important moment in a woman’s life, and wearing a wedding gown is when she looks most beautiful.
Everyone else can’t take their eyes off me, yet you as one of the newlyweds, have no anticipation whatsoever and just swept a glance?
Is this boy’s heart made of iron?
Though this is a fake wedding, you could show a bit more interest. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
The young woman was still grinding her teeth as she entered the hall, crossed the brazier at the staircase, and took hold of the red silk in displeasure. Feeling the silk being firmly gripped from the other side, the two proceeded to pay respects following the young waiter’s loud instructions.
She was then escorted into the bridal chamber, as if going through the motions.
Since there were no guests, and Baili An had no desire to drink with the Moon Accompanying Sect trio.
He stood idly for a while before eventually following along.
Zhao Baixun watched his back as he ascended the stairs, feeling extremely frustrated.
He took a hard swig of the poor-quality, sandy wine, gulping it down as if to swallow his irritation along with it.
With a "thud!" he slammed the wine jar on the table and sneered: "Look at him, acting as if he’s really about to enter the bridal chamber. Just a fake wedding, and he’s acting like he’s really the groom of a beautiful bride."
