At the main gate, the clan leader's wife waved the prepared incense around Lü Yun, symbolizing the blessing of the gods on the journey and sending good wishes.
Mu Nan stood at the door, looking at Lü Yun just a few steps away. His heart was filled with excitement. He was finally going to marry Yun'er, and they would be a family from then on.
"Stinky boy, I'm warning you. If you treat my daughter badly in the future, I'll break your dog legs!" No matter how reluctant the clan leader was to part with his daughter, he had to let her go. But before that, he didn't forget to threaten Mu Nan, making him know that his daughter had someone to back her up.
"Father-in-law, please rest assured. I will definitely take good care of Yun'er and never let her suffer the slightest bit of grievance." Mu Nan looked at the clan leader and his wife sincerely.
Seeing Mu Nan's sincerity, the clan leader didn't make things difficult for him anymore. He directly handed Lü Yun over to Mu Nan. "Treat her well." This was a father's exhortation.
Mu Nan nodded solemnly, then led Lü Yun, who was sitting in the bridal sedan chair, back to his residence.
Although he usually lived in the Marquis Zhongning's Mansion, he also had his own mansion. He just didn't come back often. But now it was different. He had a wife, and from now on, this would be their home.
When they arrived at Mu Nan's mansion, a large group of people were already waiting. They were all the brothers he trained with on weekdays. Mu Nan helped Lü Yun out of the bridal sedan chair, and the two held a red silk ribbon in their hands.
"The bride is here—" the wedding attendant standing at the door shouted loudly.
"The bride steps over the brazier to welcome a new life. May the days be prosperous—" Lü Yun looked at the brazier on the ground and slowly stepped over it.
Mu Nan led Lü Yun to the main hall. Since his parents had passed away, the main seats in the hall were empty.
"First, bow to Heaven and Earth!"
"Second, bow to the elders!"
"Third, bow to each other as husband and wife!"
Mu Nan turned around and faced Lü Yun. Although he couldn't see Lü Yun's face clearly, he knew that Yun'er must be very beautiful today.
The two newlyweds bent down and bowed to each other.
"The ceremony is completed! Send the bride to the bridal chamber—"
Mu Nan helped Lü Yun leave amidst the surrounding cheers and came to the bridal chamber. There was also an old woman in charge of the wedding customs waiting inside.
"Please, groom, lift the bride's veil and let us see the bride." The old woman joked.
Mu Nan slowly lifted the red veil on Lü Yun's head. Suddenly, Lü Yun's face appeared in front of everyone.
"Yun'er, you are so beautiful." Mu Nan looked at Lü Yun and couldn't take his eyes off for a moment. It was not until the noisy sound came from outside that Mu Nan came back to his senses. He told the servants to take good care of Lü Yun and then went out.
He couldn't let those people see Yun'er's appearance. Otherwise, those bachelors would surely make a ruckus. Yun'er was shy. What if she got angry?
Fortunately, Mu Nan went out quickly. The people outside noisily dragged Mu Nan away. On weekdays, Mu Nan was the right - hand man of their master and their superior, so they didn't dare to act rashly. But today was different.
Today was Mu Nan's wedding day, and the more lively it was, the better. So they had already discussed that they would take turns to drink with Mu Nan. No matter how good Mu Nan's drinking capacity was, they would get him drunk.
But their plan was in vain. Suddenly, several people appeared and easily defeated them all.
At first, Mu Nan was about to collapse under the pressure of continuous drinking, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only force himself to drink. Fortunately, just when he was about to be completely drunk, Zhu Yan, Hong Yi, and Lou Ming showed up.
Mu Nan looked at them gratefully. They were really good brothers. Mu Nan was helped back to the bridal chamber staggeringly.
Zhu Yan and the others stayed behind to drink with those people. Hong Yi came mainly because Mu Nan was his brother, and it was natural for him to come and help.
Zhu Yan came because Mu Fengqie was worried that Mu Nan would get drunk at night and not be able to consummate the marriage, so she asked Zhu Yan to come.
Lou Ming came because Zhu Fei saw that her elder brother had gone to help, and she didn't want to be left behind. Although her drinking capacity was not very good, Lou Ming's was.
Just like that, the three men drank those people under the table.
"I'm not convinced! The wine you're drinking must be different from ours!" Otherwise, how could they drink so much without showing the slightest sign of drunkenness?
"Then come and have a try and you'll know." Zhu Yan gave the wine jar in his hand to the man who had just spoken. After tasting it, the man shut up.
It was the same wine. They could only admit that they were not as good at drinking. But they were really not reconciled. So many people taking turns couldn't drink the three of them under the table. It would be too embarrassing if this got out.
Zhu Yan looked at them amusedly. Competing with him in drinking? This was just looking for trouble. He could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. How could he be drunk with just this much wine?
He was a bit surprised that Hong Yi and Lou Ming could also drink so well. It seemed that he could find them to drink with in the future.
Mu Fengqie looked at the people filling the yard and was a bit speechless. "Didn't you say there wouldn't be many people?" Mu Fengqie felt deceived.
"I said there would only be Mu Nan's brothers." Jing Xunche blinked innocently. He wasn't wrong. These were all the brothers who trained with Mu Nan.
Mu Fengqie twitched the corner of her mouth speechlessly. She didn't want to say anything more.
Jing Xunche happily put his arm around Mu Fengqie's waist and watched the group of people making noise beside them.
He didn't expect that the three of them could drink so well. It seemed that when he and Qie'er got married, he would let them help him block the drinks. Zhu Yan and the others didn't know that they had already been arranged.
If they knew Jing Xunche's thoughts, Hong Yi might not say anything, but Zhu Yan and Lou Ming would definitely not agree. Instead, they would drink with Jing Xunche.
After all, they were the family of the mistress (Mu Fengqie). How could they help Jing Xunche? He was really thinking too much.
On this side, after Mu Nan was helped back, he looked at the cute girl sitting on the bed. He felt a bit excited, but he didn't forget that they had to drink the nuptial wine before consummating the marriage to make the wedding perfect.
Mu Nan staggered to pour two glasses of wine and came to Lü Yun. "Yun'er, let's drink the cross - held wine."
Lü Yun looked at Mu Nan, who was drunk but trying hard to stay sober, and smiled. She took the wine glass from his hand, crossed their hands with him, and drank the cross - held wine.
Mu Nan originally wanted to tie their hair together himself, but Lü Yun was worried that Mu Nan might hurt himself, so she took the scissors on the table, cut a lock of their hair, tied them tightly together, and put them in a small pouch.
Mu Nan looked at the pouch and laughed stupidly. "From now on, we are a married couple. We'll stay together until we're old and never be separated."
"Okay." Lü Yun looked into Mu Nan's eyes and replied seriously. They would never leave each other for a lifetime.