Su Wan'er watched Qingcao's shy face and felt as if she was infected by this joy. "Qingcao, you'll surely be happier than me in the future."
"I don't dare to think so, miss," Qingcao said in a fluster and knelt down.
Su Wan'er laughed. "There's nothing you should be afraid of. It's a compliment. Once this wedding is over, I'll call you sister - in - law. Brother Jingtian will surely keep you at home like a precious treasure, and you won't need to go out." Su Wan'er thought that with Brother Jingtian's mindset as a scholar, he would probably do so.
"Miss will surely be happier than this servant. Miss is so kind - hearted and has fought on the battlefield for the Jin Kingdom. You'll surely be rewarded," Qingcao thought to herself that Su Wan'er was just in someone else's position.
Su Wan'er seemed to see through her thoughts. "Don't think blindly. After you marry Brother Jingtian, only you can bear such a life. Besides, I never had feelings for him. Your business with him has nothing to do with me." After this wedding, she planned to go away for a few days. She had already decided that since the southern border had just been taken back by the Jin Kingdom, she would go there. For some reason, she had been thinking about that place these days. She had just returned, and there was nothing for her to miss there, but she just wanted to go for a visit.
"Miss, after the wedding ceremony, it won't be difficult for the family to hide you in the Su Mansion. A young lady in the boudoir doesn't need to go out every day. We can trust our own family members," Qingcao was very worried about her safety. Although she knew that Su Wan'er was never idle at home and always went out to play, this situation was different.
"Don't worry about me. Your miss is one of the best in martial arts in the world. Who can do anything to me?" Su Wan'er had practiced martial arts hard since childhood, not for the sake of being imposing in the martial world, but for the sake of freedom and the ability to travel anywhere without restrictions.
The wedding was so grand that if it hadn't been in the imperial city, it would have been a sensation all over the world. But in the capital, there were many wealthy and powerful families. So people just admired the noble backgrounds of the two newly - weds and didn't say much about the extravagant wedding.
However, on that day, what really caused a stir was something else.
The Gu family was getting married, and the Su family was giving away their daughter. The emperor himself came! And he used the highest - level imperial carriage and brought several wedding gifts, which really added a lot of honor to the Su and Gu families.
Naturally, since the emperor was here, the seat of honor should be reserved for him.
"Miss, this servant heard from people outside that the emperor seems to have come in person," Qingcao had prepared the same set of clothes as Su Wan'er and was about to change. But when she heard this news, she was really panicked. If that was the case, wouldn't they be suspected of deceiving the emperor?
Why did the emperor come? Why did the emperor come to a subject's wedding? Su Wan'er was also very puzzled, and her impression of the emperor was getting deeper. Why didn't he just stay in the palace and do his job as an emperor?
"Miss, what should we do? Should we still carry out the original plan in front of the emperor and everyone?" Qingcao seemed to want to back out.
"What else can we do? Maybe the emperor just came for the wedding banquet. He won't follow us all the way. Since he came to the Su Mansion first, maybe it's for father's sake and he won't go to the Gu family," Su Wan'er thought for a while and felt that this was the only reasonable explanation. Otherwise, she really couldn't figure out why Si Junlin had come.
Qingcao hesitated. She knew very well that maybe the emperor came for her miss. Maybe he wouldn't just follow them all the way, but might even try to snatch the bride! What could she do? She couldn't tell her miss. Even if she did, she couldn't stop her.
"Miss, if the emperor... if someone tries to snatch the bride later, what should we do?"
Su Wan'er, who was tidying up Qingcao's clothes, suddenly stopped. Was this girl too excited? What nonsense was she talking about? Did she listen to too many stories from the storyteller?
"You silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Did you not sleep well last night and are you confused today?"
"Miss... Miss is so beautiful, talented, and virtuous. Maybe there are already many young men secretly in love with you. Now you just returned from the battlefield, and in just a few days, you're getting engaged and married today. Maybe someone really will come to snatch the bride," Qingcao was very panicked now. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the emperor might really come to snatch the bride. Otherwise, why would he come in person? They had been busy with the wedding these days and hadn't seen any actions from the emperor. The emperor didn't know about their plan to switch the brides. Maybe he had planned to snatch the miss back in the palace.
"Qingcao, your words make me very happy. But at this moment, you don't need to flatter your miss," Su Wan'er usually liked it when Qingcao praised her, especially words like being highly skilled in martial arts, beautiful, and kind - hearted. At this moment, she took it seriously to some extent.
"If you keep saying this, I'm really afraid that your miss will be snatched away before getting on the sedan chair. Then we might as well spread the news now.
Hey, if someone were to snatch you away because of your beauty and virtue, what would you do?" Su Wan'er seemed to be deliberately teasing her, but saw that she was getting more and more panicked.
"No, no, that person will only snatch you, miss. He won't snatch this servant."
"Pfft..." Su Wan'er couldn't help but laugh. This silly girl still said such things at this moment. It was really worth taking her as a younger sister. Brother Jingtian was really lucky. If it weren't for seeing how they had suffered for more than a decade, she wouldn't have been willing to marry off such a cute and considerate girl.
Just as she was about to call someone to bring today's headdress, when she opened the door, there was Gu Jingtian standing outside.
It was really strange. It was as if the sun was rising from the west. Since he was scolded by the grandmother that day, Brother Jingtian had been staying in the Gu Mansion obediently. Why did he come out at this critical moment instead of staying at home to prepare for the wedding?
"Brother Jingtian, why are you here?" Su Wan'er saw his embarrassed face and somehow felt that something was wrong.