Chapter 4: Situation Suddenly Changes

  The voices of the people around her grew louder, and through the hem of her cloak, Yixin carefully glanced at the endless stream of people, which made her mouth twitch.

  Damn it, even in ancient times, a princess's wedding could be so grand and luxurious, but now she's been locked up and her confidence has been shattered.

  I thought her wedding ceremony was already grand and beautiful, not luxurious, but compared to a real princess, she seemed a bit fake at that time.

  She was the ninth princess of the southern kingdom, who, despite her royal status, did not live a life more comfortable than those of the palace maids. Empress Pei could not stand her and constantly made things difficult for her.

  The two siblings rely on each other for survival, and no one can truly believe that the ordinary people are actually living a happier life than them. Without noble status, but what they have is not something that can be bought with money.

  "Welcome Her Royal Highness...... Welcome Her Royal Highness......"

  A jumbled mess of thoughts filled her mind, as she listened to the cries of the people of Ye Guo, watching them kneel along the entire long street, her small frame unconsciously straightened a bit, and she felt somewhat ethereal.

  Look at her, the ninth princess is truly worthy of being worshipped by millions of people. In modern times, it's impossible to receive such high-quality treatment. Suddenly, my heart is bursting with joy.

  An excited and flustered woman didn't have time to withdraw her foot, when the small hand held by Ye Juechen suddenly pulled her lightly. Yixinran's body leaned towards Ye Juechen, her delicate nose bumped into his sturdy arm, hurting so much that she was on the verge of tears and wanted to loudly ask him "Mother".

  Ye Jue's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and with his exceptional hearing, he naturally heard the soft exclamation from Yixin. He raised an eyebrow at her small action of covering her nose, a flash of dim light swept across his eyes, instantly disappearing into the unfathomable depths, as if nothing had happened.

  "It hurts."

  "Your Highness, according to the wedding customs of Night Country, the newlyweds must hold hands and step over nine fire basins, pass through the Sweet Dew Forest, then the bride sits on a flower sedan chair, the groom rides a fine horse, circles the city once, and finally returns to the Imperial Palace for the grand ceremony."

  Sun Auntie's heart was raised high, watching as Yixin's veil on her head was about to fall off due to her unseemly movements, the smile on her face almost collapsing, she of course didn't know that Yixin was rubbing her poor little nose because of pain.

  "What?"

  Crossing what fire basin, what is Ganlu Forest, it turned out that they didn't have to keep walking back to the imperial palace, she was really scared to death.

  She was used to taking a carriage whenever she went out, and had developed a lazy bone in her body. Normally, if she walked for less than five minutes, she would be so miserable that she would cry. If she were asked to walk for one or two hours to the imperial palace, it would be easier to just 'chop' her off and save energy.

  "Your Highness, just mind your manners and don't worry about anything else. The War King will take care of you, just follow him obediently, understand?" She coaxed her like a three-year-old child, afraid that she would make another embarrassing mistake.

  "Oh."

  Holding grudges is one of the characteristics of a petty woman, and unfortunately, His Highness War King, who had done nothing wrong, was being held in resentment by the narrow-minded Yixin.

  She admitted that she was distracted and didn't notice his footsteps, but since he had to stop, couldn't he have opened his golden mouth and told her once?

  Whatever, whether it's the cool type, the indifferent type, the melancholic type, the charming type, the icy type, the gentle type, the sunny type or the elegant type, she has eight of them at home, and she is naturally immune to handsome men.

  Don't think you can bully her just because she looks good.

  "Look at this king's feet walking."

  Crossing the fire basin is a new wedding custom in Ye Guo, where the newlyweds hold hands and cross the fire basin together, saying it's nine times, but actually it's nine pairs, meaning long-lasting. Hand in hand through the Ganlu Forest has the meaning of purification, symbolizing the love between husband and wife, forever united in heart.

  His heart was still scolding himself a moment ago, but the next moment he saw the flames rising up, and his whole person suddenly became numb, with cold sweat bursting out of his palms.

  Who on earth came up with the idea of having nine consecutive days off for the Lunar New Year, waaah, one day would have been enough, but noooo, it has to be nine.

  Clean and refreshing hands soon became sweaty, Ye Jue's good-looking eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and the calm and peaceful ink pupils flickered with a hint of hidden light.

  The majestic Ninth Princess of the Southern Kingdom, known as the number one talented woman in the Southern Kingdom, skilled in archery and martial arts, was actually trembling with fear in front of several fire pits, her hands constantly sweating cold sweat, stuttering and wanting to hide behind him.

  The hand held in his palm was really small, so small that he could wrap it up completely without using much effort. It was easy to tell whether she had any martial arts skills or not, and the result was obvious - she didn't have a bit of skill, and her body was extremely weak.

  "Don't be afraid."

  "Mm." Her tense and anxious heart calmed down miraculously in his low, thick voice, and Yixin Ye leaned into him again.

  I'll let it go for now and focus on getting through this difficult time first.

  Ye Jue's eyes twitched slightly at the corners as he deliberately ignored her small movements, his black boots with gold trim advancing forward to directly step over the first brazier.

  Yixin Yan, who had been constantly giving herself psychological hints with her head down, had already thrown the words that Ye Juechen had entrusted to her to the back of her mind. Unconsciously, she lifted her foot and stepped forward. Ah no, it was terrible - the step she took was too small, and she was about to step into the fire pit. Yixin Yan was so frightened that she forgot to react, and wanting to withdraw her foot was already impossible.

  She resignedly closed her eyes, accepting her fate, thinking that she might as well die since she had been having a streak of bad luck lately. Accompanied by a cry of surprise, her body was lifted into the air and nearly fell into Ye Nuo's arms.

  Damn it, is she brainless? She almost fell into the fire pit when crossing over it.

  If it wasn't for his quick reflexes, Yixin's foot would have definitely landed directly in the fire pit, and the consequences are too terrible to imagine.

  "Thank... thank you..." Zhang opened his mouth and finally found his voice again.

  "If you cause trouble again, I'll throw you directly into the fire pit."

  "I know, I know." The good impression she had just formed of him was instantly drenched with a basin of cold water. Ai Xiang swung her small fist and the little woman refused to give in to the big man.

  "Go."

  "Oh."

  The first fire pit, Yixin almost stepped into the fire pit and made her own feet roasted pig's feet.

  The second brazier, Yixin's skirt was singed and her sleeves almost caught fire.

  The third fire basin, Yixin's dress was stained with soot from the past, and her sleeves were intact, but her long skirt had been burned by the fire, leaving a large hole. Fortunately, the back of the wedding dress had a long, elegant train that could cover up the hole, without affecting its external beauty.

  The fourth fire basin

  The fifth fire basin

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  The ninth fire basin

  After barely crossing all the fire basins, Yixin's appearance was a hundred times more stunning, astonishing the citizens of the entire city and making them break out in cold sweat. At the same time, it also deeply engraved the image of the Princess of Nanguo into the hearts of the people of Ye country. This wedding ceremony was also passed down for a long time among the people.

  Many years later, it was passed down as a legendary tale of a prosperous era in the Night Country.

  Finally, Yixin came to a conclusion: she was naturally incompatible with Huo Fan.

  She was so careful all along, how could she still have one accident after another?

  "You'd better give me some peace, otherwise...". Others could finish the fire pit ritual in just a short while, but they took an entire quarter of an hour.

  "As long as I don't cross the fire pit, I'll be good."

  The palace maidens in pink dresses each held a transparent crystal cup, filled with sweet dew, and there were twelve pairs of palace maidens, which was the highest-ranking ceremony for the king to marry his queen.

  A willow branch, dripping with dew, facing the night, dusting off her heart's stains. Cool water droplets fell onto the back of her hand, refreshing and comfortable.

  What a disastrous wedding ceremony! She almost got burned to death by the fire basin ritual and almost got splashed to death by the sweet dew liquid. Who did she provoke?

  "Enter the palace."

  "Yes."

  The guards who had come to welcome the bride in the dead of night responded respectfully, and Sun Shangshu helped Yixin into the flower sedan chair, her heart racing with fear.

  How could she not know, when did Your Highness become like this...

  Good heavens, the trouble that Princess had stirred up in this short moment was simply astonishing. It seemed intentional, yet it didn't look like it; who could have acted so convincingly?

  If it really falls into the fire pit, it will be fatal.