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The man’s robe was large and somewhat uncomfortable. The shoes with high soles underneath were very uncomfortable. Probably because it was the first time she was doing something alone, Xuanji felt restless and took one sip after another of the tea on the table.

The lady of the Zhuang family, who was accompanying her, gently reassured her: “Miss, are you feeling unwell? Why don’t you sleep for a while?”

Sleep? Xuanji looked out the window and saw that it was almost dusk. The fairy goddess said she would send someone to pick them up right away, so she didn’t have time to sleep.

She tied her loose-fitting belt and got up to walk twice, but the thick shoes on the soles of her feet were so uncomfortable that she was afraid it would be inconvenient for her to move. But there was nothing to do about it, can’t go on but also have to go on.

“Auntie, after the fairy goddess has picked up the people, does she going straight up the mountain? Will you meet up with the other selected people on the way?”

Madam Zhuang thought to herself, “I heard that she will stop halfway up the mountain and put on a phoenix crown and cape, and then a flower-drum troupe will play and carry the sedan chair up the mountain.”

The bridegroom is actually a bride. When Xuanji sat down at the dressing table, her face in the mirror was darkened and her eyebrows were thickened. The lady of the Zhuang family was worried she might be recognised, so specially provided her with a mustache to put on. At a glance, she really resembled Zhuang jing.

The lady saw that she had nothing to do, so chatted with her. They were in the middle of the conversation when she heard a clamor outside the door, followed by the old butler knocking on the door and calling out in fear. “Madam, the groom… the fairy goddess has sent someone to pick them up!”

The woman had been mentally preparing herself for this moment, but when it actually arrived, she couldn’t help but panic and said urgently, “Miss… my son, you should take care of yourself, we…”

Xuanji stood up, bowed to her like a man, and said, “Mother, I am going to go now. I can’t continue to serve the two elders, so please forgive me for being unfilial.”

The old housekeeper and the Zhuang’s wife couldn’t help but weep, as if their own child was really leaving.

Everyone was bustling around, and they led Xuanji out the door. The carriage was parked at the entrance. The strange thing was that there was no one to drive the horse. As soon as Xuanji arrived, the door of the carriage opened automatically.

Xuanji got into the carriage and the door closed by itself. It stopped for a moment to allow her to say goodbye to the Zhuang family before it slowly left the Zhuang residence. The carriage was unmanned, but it moved swiftly and steadily and left Zhongli City in a short while. Xuanji opened the curtain and peeked out to look around, but she found that the body of the carriage was wrapped in a pale purple smoke and a sweet smell was pervading.

The smell of demon qi. Xuanji covered her nose and frowned slightly. The smell was exactly the same as the one I smelled last time at Gao’s ancestral hall, so it seemed that the fairy goddess was really a demon.

The carriage suddenly slowed down after running for a while on the mountain road. Xuanji only heard the faint sound of bamboo instruments in front of her, and there was a flower-drum troupe playing and dancing. The carriage door suddenly opened, and a woman’s voice suddenly said, “Please get off the carriage and change your clothes and get into the sedan.”

Xuanji was unable to hide any longer, so she simply went down to see what kind of demons were there. However, there was a row of women in palace costumes standing outside, wearing white veils, each holding an exquisite glazed lantern in her hand and holding a white cloth in the other, waiting for the sedan chair. Four red sedan chairs are leaning against the side, with a flower-drum troupe in front of them, each playing more and more joyfully.

The first woman in the palace dress welcomed her with a greeting and said in a soft voice, “Welcome, Your Excellency, please change your clothes.”

After saying this, she shook off her red wedding gown, followed by two women, one holding a phoenix crown, the other carrying jewellery and a cape. One by one, the other women unrolled their white cloths and partitioned off a simple screen for her to change.

Although the night was dark, the wedding dress and phoenix crown, under the reflection of the glazed lantern, were surrounded by pearls and jade, and were extremely beautiful. Xuanji’s heart thudded and she was reluctant, but there was no turning back now, so she had to follow the women to the back of the screen to change into the wedding dress and phoenix crown.

I don’t know how Sifeng and the others felt about putting on their wedding dresses here… Xuanji thought silently, this is one of the most strangest experiences in life, and it’s really a lot of work to get rid of demons.

It was not easy to put on the complicated clothes neatly. The phoenix crown on the head weighed seven to eight pounds, and the neck was so sore that it hurt. Xuanji held it carefully, fearing that it might roll off in the middle of the journey, which would be very bad.

Seeing that she didn’t cry and didn’t say anything, the woman in palace costume laughed and said, “This noble man is a quiet and steady person, not like the last few years, when everyone cried and wanted to go back when they heard that they had to change into wedding clothes.”

Seeing that she was talking to her, Xuanji could not refuse to answer, and said in a heavy voice, “Why would they cry? Everyone wants to be chosen by the fairy goddess, right?”

The woman said happily, “That’s right. It’s a great blessing to serve the Fairy Goddess, something no ordinary person could ever ask for, not to mention being husband and wife with her, it’s really a blessing in three lives.”

Husband and wife? She’s married to four husbands at once! You’re blessed to have four husbands in one year?

Xuanji cleared her throat and was about to ask her if the other three had come, when she suddenly heard the sound of flower-drums, and bamboo instruments coming from the front. The woman who was talking to her went up and said the same thing she had said to her earlier.

It seems that the other three arrived at the same time.

Xuanji was helped into the sedan, and in her ears, she heard Zhong Minyan screaming the loudest: “Don’t touch me…….Uh, don’t take off this one…. All right, all right, I’ll do it myself! Change it myself!”

Ruo’Yu’s refusal was very gentle: “Ladies, please allow me to change my own clothes.”

Yu Sifeng was cold: “No need to serve, leave us.”

Xuanji opened the curtain a bit and peeked out, and saw that all three of them were dressed in phoenix crowns and cape capes, three slender figures with black hair and red clothes. Yu Sifeng and Ruo’Yu’s Ashura masks are still on their faces and it is strange that no one reminded them to take them off.

As if sensing that someone is looking at him, Yu Sifeng turns his face towards her for a moment, but then turns it back and never looks back.

Is he shy? Xuanji suddenly wanted to laugh, a big man, forced to put on a wedding dress to marry a woman, it is quite depressing, not to mention that Sifeng and the others are very arrogant, this must be a angry at this moment.

The four people got into the sedan chairs, the palace women holding lamps, actually lightly flying up, in front of the road, leading the way.

The sedan chair rose into the sky with them, flying through the black trees of the forest, the night wind whooshing, the sedan chair curtain and the red cape were blown up, the sound of bamboo instruments underneath suddenly sounded very distant. The moonlight shines upon this scene. The four of them saw that the sedan chairs were not being carried by anyone, but flying very fast. Their hearts are shocked, only fearing that the Gao Fairy is an old demon that has been building its strength for many years, they don’t know about their chances of victory.

After flying like this for about three minutes, a light suddenly appeared in the middle of the wild mountain. Xuanji pulled off the cover and poked her head out, but she saw the magnificent peaks and forests around her in the moonlight. And upon the highest peak, a brightly lit palace.

This is no kind of hermitage, she is clearly occupying the mountain as a king. I’m afraid even the Emperor is not as luxurious as she is.

The sedan, with its four people, stopped steadily in front of the huge palace. In front of the palace, a row of women in palace attire, holding glazed lanterns, smilingly said, “Have you received the four noblemen?”

The woman who had led the sedan said, “I have received it. This is the time to worship heaven and earth and send them to the bridal chamber.”

On hearing this, those women in palace costumes pulled open the sedan chair curtain, helped Xuanji and the four of them down, and went to the palace with them in tow.

With a red cloth over her head, Xuanji couldn’t see anything, but she could only feel the fragrant breeze around her, and there was an unknown amount of demon qi hidden inside. The crystal tiles on the floor were so shiny and dazzling that one didn’t know where to go, but fortunately there was someone leading the way, otherwise one would be lost.

After walking for a while, they entered a large hall, which was brightly lit, and the fragrance was even more strong here. When she smelled it, her eyes watered and her bones felt soft, as if she was about to float away.

The demon qi! Xuanji paused. It must be the fairy goddess! She is here.

The woman who was leading the way stopped and said with a smile, “Fairy Goddess, the four noblemen have arrived, and the auspicious time has come, and they are ready for the wedding ceremony.”

Someone standing above said ‘hmm’. The sound was indescribably beautiful and touching. Just by hearing it, their heartbeats quickened, as if they had drunk the sweetest wine, and their faces were on fire.

Xuanji hung her head and saw a pair of light purple satin shoes with two delicate flowers embroidered on them.

The shoes stopped in front of everyone, and it seemed that the fairy goddess was checking them out. No one spoke, the hall was quiet, only the sound of their own breathing, four people’s heartbeats accelerated, forced by this dull atmosphere, the heart almost popped out of their throats.

I don’t know how long I waited, but then that beautiful celestial voice rang out again, “Very well. Let’s perform the ceremony,” she said.

And then, immediately behind her, the auspicious officer sang, “The auspicious time has come – bow to heaven and earth!”

Someone pushed her from behind, and Xuanji kneeled down on the futon in the ceremony of heaven and earth. Out of the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of the person beside her, his pale hands with an iron ring on the last finger was Yu Sifeng. She seemed to feel that he was looking at her, and that hand moved slightly and reached out, holding hers tightly.

Xuanji was trembling in her heart, she didn’t know whether to pull back or not.

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