My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Seeing Gu Li blushing and shy, Chang An's eyebrows curved even deeper. But at this time, Gu Li suddenly coughed twice, and she remembered that she was only busy with makeup and dressing up at noon today, and got on the sedan chair before taking the medicine.

She quickly picked up the cup beside her and drank the hot water in it, and then she felt better. As soon as she put the cup back on the table, Chang An refilled her cup.

"Drink some hot water first. The medicine should be ready. Huaiqin will bring it to you later." he said.

"Medicine?" Gu Li frowned and asked in confusion, "What medicine?"

"Oh, I went to the clinic some time ago and asked some questions about your illness." Chang An explained.

"Later, Doctor Zhang from the clinic told me that you had to take the medicine three times a day. I was afraid that you would not have time to take the medicine because you had to dress up during the wedding, so I prepared some medicine in advance just in case."

Gu Li was moved by what she heard, and looked at Chang An with her watery eyes, but Chang An still had that gentle smile. She remembered that Chang An had always had that expression after she slapped him.

At this time, the curtain of Qinglu was lifted, and Chang An and Gu Li looked over together - Huaiqin came in with medicine, and walked in front of her under Gu Li's gaze.

"Sanniang, this is the medicine that the master specially ordered to be boiled." Huaiqin put the plate on the table, "This medicine should be the same as what Sanniang drinks on a daily basis."

Gu Li looked at Huaiqin, then at Chang An, then picked up the medicine bowl and put it to his mouth. His eyes remained on Chang An as he drank.

Chang An saw her looking over and asked, "Is it the kind that Gu Niang usually drinks?"

Hearing the name "Mother Gu", her cheeks, which had finally cooled down, started to heat up again. She nodded quickly and said, "Yes."

"That's good."

Chang An nodded, seeming to be relieved. After Gu Li finished drinking, Huaiqin went out with the empty bowl.

"How long do we have to wait here?" After drinking the medicine, the room became quiet. Seeing that the room was quiet, Gu Li asked.

"I don't know. They said we have to wait until the next auspicious time to continue," Chang An thought carefully and said. "If it's faster, we can wait. If it's later, I guess we have to wait until dusk or night."

Gu Li nodded, then stretched his neck slightly to look at the sky outside the hut.

"Why do you ask? Are you tired?" Chang An asked when he saw this.

"No, I'm not tired." Gu Li shook his head. "What about Chang... Chang Lang? You've been busy with the ceremony for so long today, are you tired?"

"I'm not tired either." Chang An listened and grinned foolishly.

Gu Li looked at Chang An and felt that he seemed very happy to be called "Chang Lang", and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Do you know?" Du Chengming's voice came from outside the Qinglu, and he seemed to be talking to the guests who came to watch the ceremony, "Yesterday, when our groom was drinking with us, he suddenly heard someone in the private room next door making up rumors to slander the innocence of the bride."

"Do you know how our groom does it?"

"The groom heard those people's rumors go too far, so he picked up his weapon and rushed to the private room next door. The groom just looked at those people who spread rumors, and they were scared..."

Listening to the heated discussions outside, Gu Li in Qinglu also tensed up. He looked at Chang An and asked hesitantly, "Is what they said... all true?"

"What those people said was indeed outrageous and excessive. Later, the owner of Zuiyunlou came down personally, drove them out, and banned them from entering Zuiyunlou." Chang An said.

"No... no, my reputation is nothing. Chang Lang, did you really confront them?" Gu Li frowned, with some worry in his tone, "Are...are you injured?"

Chang An was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the girl wanted to ask if he really confronted the other person and was worried about whether he was injured. Seeing that he had not answered, Gu Li kept staring at him, almost checking his whole body. He nodded a little at a loss, scratched his head and replied awkwardly:

"No... I wasn't injured. The situation was just as Brother Du said outside. Everything you heard was true."

Gu Li nodded with relief, then pricked up his ears and listened to what people outside were saying about Chang An. From time to time, he would ask the people around him whether what they said was true. This way he managed to kill a lot of time.

They listened like this for an unknown period of time. The sky outside had already turned a little dark. The two people who were sitting in the Qinglu also heard the loud shout of Wang the matchmaker outside the tent:

"The auspicious time has come!"

After the shouts, Chang An and Gu Li saw the curtain in front of them being pulled open and hung up. At this time, Huai Qin and Zhen Er came in and stood beside their respective masters. Then a maid came in with a tray and put it on the table. On the tray was a dish of pork and two bowls, which were used for the later ceremony of sharing the prison.

Huaiqin and Zhen'er each took a bowl and placed them in front of Chang'an and Gu Li. Then they picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece of pork from the plate and placed them in the bowls in front of them.

"The bride and groom are imprisoned together!"

After the voice fell, Chang An and Gu Li bowed to each other, then each picked up the chopsticks to pick up the meat in the bowl in front of them and ate it. After the two of them finished eating, Huaiqin and Zhen'er put the bowls and chopsticks back on the plates and followed the maid who brought the plates out.

From time to time, Huaiqin and Zhen'er each came in with a plate. Huaiqin's plate contained a gourd that was split in half, while Zhen'er's plate contained a wine pot. The two walked forward, Zhen'er took the wine pot off the plate, and Huaiqin placed one gourd from the plate in front of Chang'an and Gu Li respectively.

"The bride and groom are consummating their marriage ceremony!"

Matchmaker Wang called out, and Chang'an and Gu Li picked up the gourds in front of them. Matchmaker Wang, who was standing by, used the wine jug in Zhen'er's hand to pour wine into the gourds of the two one after another, filling half of the gourds.

After Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other, they held the gourd and drank half of the wine in it. Then they exchanged the gourd in each other's hand and drank the remaining half of the wine in the other gourd.

At this time, Huaiqin walked forward, put down the plate, took the gourds from the two people's hands, tied the two gourd ladles together with red silk thread into one gourd, put it on the tray, and walked out of Qinglu with Zhen'er.

Finally, another maid came in with a tray and placed it on the table. This time, the tray contained not wine or food, but a pair of scissors, a brocade box, and a brocade bag.

"Groom, you can now untie the bride's tassel." Matchmaker Wang said with a smile.

Then, Gu Li lowered her head slightly and moved closer to Chang An, and Chang An reached out his hand and touched the back of her head. His fingertips slid across Gu Li's black hair, and soon he touched the engagement tassel on the back of her head and untied it. After placing the engagement tassel on the tray, he picked up the scissors, with the tip of the blade facing himself, and handed them to Gu Li with both hands. Gu Li also took the scissors with both hands.

After Gu Li took the scissors, Chang An leaned her head slightly towards her, and she reached out her hand, gently pulled out a strand of hair and cut it off. Then Gu Li returned the scissors to Chang An's hand, and tilted her head slightly towards him, and Chang An followed suit, slowly pulling out a strand of Gu Li's hair and cutting it off.

After cutting the hair, Chang An put the scissors back on the tray and handed the lock of hair to Gu Li. Gu Li tied their hair into a bun, tied it with red silk thread, put it into a brocade bag, and finally put the brocade bag into the box and closed it.

Finally, the two stood up, bowed to each other again, and then sat back in their original seats. At this point, the wedding was considered complete, and Matchmaker Wang also shouted:

"It's done!"

As soon as the words "The ceremony is over" fell, the guests watching the ceremony outside began to applaud and cheer. At this time, Chang An stood up and stretched out his hand to Gu Li. Gu Li looked at Chang An, put his hand on it, and stood up. So just like that, Chang An took Gu Li out of the Qinglu. At this time, the sky outside the Qinglu had darkened, but it did not affect the crowd watching the ceremony in front of the Qinglu, because they all wanted to see the beauty of the new bride.

The lights in Chang's house were bright, and the guests were crowded together. When everyone saw Gu Li's face, they couldn't help but admire her beauty. Chang An stood in front of Gu Li, fearing that the guests would push his new bride.

After finally reaching the door of the bridal chamber, Chang An turned around and walked backwards while leading Gu Li into the bridal chamber. After the two entered the bridal chamber, matchmaker Wang, who had been following them, pulled them together and asked them to sit down in the order of man on the left and woman on the right.

After Chang'an and Gu Li sat down, a female member of the family came in with a basket in her hand and scattered six-zhu coins and grains to the two of them. This was called scattering the money.

After the ceremony, the women and matchmaker Wang left the room, but the commotion at the door continued. This was the "making fun of the bride" part of every wedding. Chang An glanced at Gu Li and found that she had started coughing again.

"Have you started coughing again?" Chang An asked with concern. "It must have been just after nightfall. You caught a cold when you walked here."

Chang An stood up and walked to the door. He stretched out his hand to calm the people who were in a turmoil, smiled, and said:

"My new wife is ill and cannot meet you all again. Please consider this as a favor to me, Chang, and I will drink with you all later, okay?"

After everyone heard this, there was another commotion:

"The groom really dotes on his wife..."

"I think the groom is a little anxious!"

"I think so too..."

"..."

Although the guests said this, they all left. Chang An watched everyone leave, closed the door and went back inside. He sat down at the low table and said to Gu Li, "I will go out and toast to the guests later. You can rest here."

"Yeah." Gu Li looked at Chang An and nodded, but then asked, "When will you be back?"

"Well... I'll go and toast and eat something to fill my stomach. It shouldn't take long." Chang An relaxed his shoulders. "I'll ask Huaiqin to bring you food and medicine later. Eat first and then take the medicine."

"I understand." Gu Li looked at him, his eyebrows slightly curved.

Chang An looked at her, saw that she was smiling, and smiled too.

"Well, Mother Gu, I'm leaving." Chang An stood up.

"Well, Chang Lang, I'll wait for you..."