Forced to be a concubine? I turned around and married the scumbag's father.

Seeing this, Mu Feng quickly winked at the matchmaker.

The matchmaker announced loudly with a smile, "The auspicious time has arrived, light the firecrackers!"

Out of consideration for her reputation, Madam Wang had no choice but to push the weeping Gu Wanru towards Granny Zhou, asking her to bring her into the mansion.

"Quickly persuade them, they still need to go back to the Duke's mansion to entertain guests later."

Granny Zhou quickly helped Gu Wanru into the mansion.

Wang waved her hand, and someone lit the long firecrackers hanging on both sides of the gate.

A series of crackling and popping sounds mingled with the lively music.

Then, the Gu family members scattered the prepared tea leaves and rice grains on the top of the sedan chair.

The brothers Gu Ruiwen and Gu Jinwen traveled with the sedan chair, a custom known as "sending off the sedan chair".

Gu Hua sat in the sedan chair with a heavy heart, feeling uneasy.

Did Aunt Pei only plan to have three hooligans cause trouble?

The wedding procession, accompanied by music and fanfare, had been going on for quite some time. Gu Hua, feeling somewhat puzzled, quietly lifted the curtain to peek out.

Huh, how did we end up in a busy area?

As they walked, Mu Feng and his men scattered copper coins along the way, causing a frenzy among the entire city.

Fortunately, on both sides of the street stood a row of guards dressed in black robes, with red brocade belts and red headbands. Their faces were grim, which seemed a bit out of place with the festive red.

"Is Second Aunt feeling unwell?"

Mu Feng, who had been staring at the curtains, immediately rode forward and leaned down to ask.

Gu Hua quickly lowered the curtains: "I'm not feeling unwell... Liu Lang, this isn't the right way."

If Mu Feng hadn't personally escorted her to the wedding, she would have suspected that someone was plotting to take her away.

The fear of being kidnapped has not yet dissipated.

Mu Feng's heart clenched.

Yesterday, he learned that some of the women in the Mu family had been kidnapped. He was so anxious that he wanted to rush to his second uncle's Duke's mansion overnight, but his parents held him back tightly, crying and begging him not to go.

Fortunately, the Duke's mansion sent someone to invite him to the wedding the next day, and he was finally relieved.

Just now, someone actually tried to smear Gu Hua, which made him so angry that he wanted to tear those people apart.

Gu Hua is such a well-behaved and pitiful girl, why does everyone bully her?

He was practically lying on the horse's back, whispering into the curtains, "My second uncle instructed that the wedding should be conducted according to the ceremony for marrying a principal wife. Therefore, the bridal sedan chair should circle the city once, and then circle the Tianfa Altar once, where a high monk is waiting with incense burning, bestowing the blessing of 'a thousand years'."

Gu Hua remained silent.

My heart was instantly enveloped in warmth, and my eyes welled up with tears.

Mu Junyan was announcing to the entire capital that he was treating her with the respect due to a principal wife.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Liu Lang."

Upon hearing this, Mu Feng felt a pang of sadness.

He straightened his back and tried hard to suppress the stinging sensation in the corner of his eye.

Tianfatan was a place where the people of Bianjing prayed for blessings, and its incense was always burning brightly.

The wedding procession stopped here. Mu Feng stepped forward, bowed to the high monk, lit the incense in the incense burner, bowed to the top of the Heavenly Dharma Altar Pagoda, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

The brothers Gu Ruiwen and Gu Jinwen stepped forward. Gu Jinwen held a red lacquered incense box with carved decorations, while Gu Ruiwen took three incense sticks from the high monk, lit them, and carefully placed them into the incense box.

The medicine was taken back to the mansion and placed in a fire pit, a practice known as "receiving the fire."

The two brothers returned to the bridal sedan chair and bowed to it.

"Second sister, we're going back."

Gu Hua nodded and instructed the two to study hard.

The two brothers clasped their hands in greeting and prepared to return to the Gu Mansion.

Gu Jinwen held the incense box, turning back every step of the way, her eyes gradually filling with tears.

From then on, he would rarely see his only sister who loved him.

He wanted to cry so much.

The wedding procession then proceeded in a grand procession toward the Duke of Yong's mansion, and Gu Hua finally felt relieved.

On the gray tiled roof of an inconspicuous building sat a person dressed in a gray robe.

You wouldn't notice there's someone there if you weren't looking carefully.

Ji Xuanyu stared intently at the bridal sedan chair, watching the lively wedding procession, the silver half-face mask he was holding almost breaking in his hand.

His handsome face was completely bloodless, appearing sickly pale.

He originally intended to snatch the person away.

But given his current status, even if he successfully takes her away, what can he give her?

If he really takes her away, the people of the capital will definitely assume that she is the one who was kidnapped.

He has already hurt her once; he cannot hurt her a second time.

Gu Hua, who had just breathed a sigh of relief while sitting in the sedan chair, suddenly felt inexplicably panicked again.

Peeking out from behind a corner of the curtain, I saw the wedding procession already passing through the Imperial Street and heading towards the inner city. After passing through three more neighborhoods, we would arrive at the Duke of Yong's mansion.

The inner city is under stricter control, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Suddenly, Gu Hua heard a commotion. The wedding procession had stopped, and there were screams and hurried footsteps.

The sedan chair bearers panicked and carefully put the sedan chair down, quickly crouching down to avoid it.

Gu Hua was startled and was about to lift the curtain to ask what was wrong when she saw three arrows whizzing toward her face.

Zhou Zhilan drew her sword and flew over, deflecting one of the attacks.

She cried out, "Hua'er, get out of the way!"

Gu Hua broke out in a cold sweat and immediately lay down.

The remaining two arrows failed to penetrate. When she got up and looked outside, she saw two figures, one in red and one in gray, standing facing each other on horseback.

The two of them, each wielding a sword, deflected the other two arrows.

Several masked men were being escorted over from a short distance away.

The girl's trembling voice softly called out, "Master!"

Mu Junyan turned to look at her and nodded.

The man opposite him, wearing a half-silver mask, also suddenly looked over.

Gu Hua was greatly surprised.

Isn't that the kidnapper leader?

"Master, be careful! He's ruthless!" Gu Hua rushed to the bridal sedan chair, calling out anxiously.

Ji Xuanyu stared intently at Gu Hua, completely ignoring Mu Junyan's sword swing at him. The sword tip was pointing at his neck, and blood was about to splatter on the spot in the blink of an eye.

Gu Hua quickly closed her eyes.

However, there was no movement for a long time.

She cautiously opened one eye, and her eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the man wearing the silver mask with some confusion.

His eyes, like those of her when he saved her from falling off the cliff, revealed a kind of inexplicable sadness.

She felt a sudden, inexplicable prickling sensation in her chest, a dull ache spreading through her.

Mu Junyan's sword tip had already pierced his neck.

But he stopped and did not continue stabbing.

Although this man was the leader of the group that kidnapped Gu Hua, he saved Gu Hua from danger twice.

Mu Junyan was deeply moved by his willingness to die for the person in front of him.

Mu Junyan couldn't help but doubt his identity.

Seeing Gu Hua's nervous expression, Ji Xuanyu's lips twitched slightly. He really wanted to tell her that he was her Brother Ji!

Gu Hua's heart clenched immediately; she was afraid that Mu Junyan would get hurt.

"Junyan, don't hold back. This kind of person is extremely treacherous."

Mu Junyan looked over in surprise.

She called him Junyan?

This is the first time we've called each other so intimately.

It sounds so good.

Ji Xuanyu's eyes instantly reddened, her heart aching terribly.

He suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, and Mu Junyan's sword tip stabbed his neck several times as he shook.

Unable to discern the newcomer's background, Mu Junyan sheathed his sword and said, "Today is my wedding day with my wife. May we complete our ceremony, and then we can host a banquet for you another day?"

Gu Hua's eyes welled up with tears.

He referred to himself as "Madam".

Ji Xuanyu's laughter ceased, his eyes turning sinister, his tone icy: "I will come back for you!"

He pointed at the three men who had been bet on: "They're not my men. My men wouldn't be that stupid!"

Mu Junyan nodded.

Ji Xuanyu leaped down, quickly left the crowd, and disappeared into the alley.

Mu Junyan rushed to the bridal sedan chair and asked with concern, "Were you frightened?"

Gu Hua shook her head: "No."

"Yes, don't miss the auspicious time."