I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

The inner court.

A room with red lanterns hanging at the door and red silk wedding characters pasted all over the room.

Xu Youzhi, wearing a red wedding dress and a red veil on her head, sat quietly in front of the couch.

However, her small hands tightly grasping the hem of her skirt indicated that her mood at the moment was not as calm as she appeared.

"It doesn't matter. I was originally his child bride and was supposed to marry him."

Xu Youzhi, under the veil, bit her teeth lightly and quietly prepared herself mentally.

"But he is not... Never mind, it was fake in the first place, for, for..."

Just when Xu Youzhi was struggling with her conscience, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The maid with a smile on her face said,

"Miss, no, master, the prince has sent someone to inform you that the auspicious time has arrived. You should go to the front hall to worship."

Xu Youzhi sighed slightly, and followed the maid to the front hall.

"Master, the prince is really good to you. This style, even if you marry the prince's wife, it will not be more than this."

Hearing the little maid's flattery, Xu Youzhi's nose slightly raised under the veil, and she complained in her heart,

"It's Ling'er. She's worried that their child will be wronged, so she did this."

"That must be Miss Su. I've seen her before. She's so beautiful."

"Not only that, that day she and His Royal Highness rushed into the palace together. I was in the inner courtyard at the time and saw it so clearly."

"I didn't expect Miss Su to be able to only be a concubine. Such a fairy-like figure, ah."

"Hush, keep your voice down. Look at this situation, does it look like you're taking a concubine? No one else mentions it, which makes you look smart."

Listening to the maids' whispers along the way, Xu Youzhi couldn't help but roll her eyes.

At this time, a voice that was obviously older was heard, scolding the maids who were whispering to each other.

"You are not allowed to discuss the master's affairs at will. If you girls think Miss Su is a concubine and neglect her, don't blame me for not reminding you."

The maids were not stupid. Looking at the style of the wedding, they each had their own guesses in their minds.

He quickly bowed to the old woman and thanked her.

Xu Youzhi pouted her cherry lips slightly under the red veil and thought to herself,

"You wouldn't do this, Ling'er, really."

Xu Youzhi was immediately certain that this old woman was most likely arranged by Li Ling'er, because she was afraid that there would be some ignorant maids and servants in the palace who would neglect Su Yuwei.

Then he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

I thought to myself that Li Ling'er was really straightforward in doing things.

Listening to the maids' whispers along the way, they soon arrived at the front hall.

At this time, the hall was full of people both inside and outside.

Just as Li Linger had expected, the date was moved forward.

The dignitaries and noble families who had come from all over the place to attend the wedding banquet did not show up.

Those who came were officials and wealthy people in Yanshan City.

Even so, there were still many people who came to congratulate but were unable to enter the front hall and were arranged to go elsewhere.

Originally, Li Ling'er was afraid that the date would be postponed at the last minute, resulting in no guests today and a deserted atmosphere.

Therefore, he specifically instructed the guard at the gate that anyone who came to congratulate could enter the house and have a drink of wedding wine.

But I didn't expect that these people would come here just after hearing the news released last night.

At this time, there were still many people waiting outside the palace with gifts, but the banquet prepared in advance by the palace was no longer able to accommodate everyone.

Originally, these ordinary wealthy families did not think of entering the mansion to watch the ceremony, they just wanted to give their gifts and leave.

However, because of Li Linger's casual instruction, Li Mu gained another label of being approachable in everyone's mind.

in the hall.

Li Mu was wearing a bright red groom's suit and a mask on his face that Xiao Zhao had specially customized for him, the same one as the Condor Hero.

He thanked everyone who came to watch the ceremony one by one.

Then he walked aside, bowed and said,

"Thank you, great scholar, for personally congratulating the student."

Mu Zhen, sitting in a wheelchair, had no expression on his face as he looked Li Mu up and down.

Then he raised his hand and waved lightly, and the wine cup on the table beside him flew straight towards Li Mu.

Li Mu did not hesitate. He reached out to take the wine cup, bowed slightly to Mu Zhen, and then raised his head to drink it.

Seeing this, Mu Zhen smiled and nodded.

"Well, the progress is indeed rapid."

Li Mu handed the wine cup to the servant beside him and asked doubtfully,

"I don't know what I did to upset the teacher."

Mu Zhen put away the smile on his face, hesitated for a moment and said,

"I heard that you disdained my Bamboo Courtyard Record and gave it to the maid beside you."

When Li Mu heard this, he remembered that with his current level of martial arts attainments, he was completely unable to understand such insights.

He also called Mu Zhen an old liar.

As a result, Xiao Zhao relied on "Zhu Ting Lu" and her kung fu skills improved by leaps and bounds.

He laughed dryly twice and was about to explain when Mu Zhen waved his hand and said,

"Forget it. It's your business how you deal with the things you sent out."

Li Mu was secretly complaining.

"The old man is very bad. He clearly tried to test me just now, but now he is pretending to be magnanimous."

At this time, Li Wu, who was behind Mu Zhen, saw that the two had stopped talking, ran to Li Mu and asked,

"Brother, where did you buy this mask?"

Before Li Mu could answer, he heard the servant's shout from outside the hall.

"The bride has arrived."

Then, the maid led Xu Youzhi into the main hall with lotus steps.

Seeing this, Li Mu bowed slightly to Mu Zhen, and when he saw her nod, he turned around and strode towards Xu Youzhi.

When he got closer, he took Xu Youzhi's fair little hand and led her into the hall.

The moment Xu Youzhi was grabbed by Li Mu, her body trembled noticeably, but she quickly recovered.

Although I have never experienced marriage, I know that holding hands is not necessary at this time.

However, Xu Youzhi was so confused at the moment that she didn't think much about it. When Li Mu pulled her like that, she just let him do it and followed him into the main hall.

Seeing the newlyweds enter, the originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Li Mu and the others.

Because of what happened before when Li Mu appeared on stage wearing a mask, it was not so hard to accept seeing the bride and groom walking into the hall hand in hand.

However, Li Mu was a time traveler, so how could he understand any etiquette?

Even at the wedding before he traveled through time, what impressed him most was probably just the money given as gifts.

At this time, Li Linger, who had changed back into women's clothes, supported Zhang Hanrui and slowly walked out from the back of the hall.

When everyone saw Zhang Hanrui wearing a purple skirt and a veil, they all started discussing her identity.

When Li Mu saw Zhang Hanrui coming out, he was also stunned and frowned. Fortunately, he was wearing a mask and was not noticed by others.

Then he looked at Li Ling'er, but saw that Li Ling'er just shrugged slightly and gave him a not-so-optimistic smile.

After Zhang Hanrui sat down, everyone stopped talking.

The emcee began the procedure.

At first, Li Mu didn’t think much of anything, whether he was worshipping heaven and earth or worshipping each other.

I can only sigh that this is my first time, whether before or after the time travel, and it is not as exciting as I imagined.

'Su Yuwei' on the side was a little hesitant at first, but then she obediently completed the procedure.

However, when it came to the tea-serving session, Li Mu looked at Zhang Hanrui with some suspicion.

I don't know whether the tea she was drinking was offered by the younger generation to the elder, or by the concubine to the first wife.

But Zhang Hanrui not only wore a veil, but also remained cool throughout the whole process. Li Mu did not notice anything from it.

Soon, the ceremony was over.

Xu Youzhi was led by the maid back to the inner courtyard.

Seeing that Li Mu was ready to compete with everyone in drinking, Zhang Hanrui spoke calmly.

"What are you doing here? Go and see the bride."

As soon as Zhang Hanrui spoke, everyone was amazed at her beautiful voice and couldn't help but cheer.

She urged Li Mu to go and accompany the bride as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Li Mu took the opportunity to back off. Anyway, he only knew two people here. Besides Mu Zhen, the other one was the boss whom he met once when he went to Lingyin Pavilion.

If others knew that he knew the great scholar and the brothel owner among the guests, who knows what they would think.

After Li Mu left, Zhang Hanrui picked up the wine cup in front of him, slowly stood up, and took two steps forward.

When everyone saw this woman, who was obviously of high status, had something to say, they all turned their eyes to her.

"Thank you all for honoring me today. On behalf of the Crown Prince and Youzhi, I would like to offer a toast to you all."

After saying this, she passed the wine cup behind her veil and drank slowly.