Chapter 125 \nJust before Chu Jiao blew her top, the celebratory palanquin came to a steady halt.\nChu Jiao had yet to finish knowing the entire plot and hurriedly paused it, abruptly sitting in an upright and still manner.
The maid slowly lifted the hanging screen of the palanquin to extend a hand to support Chu Jiaoâs arm and led her forward, guiding her to where she should be.
Chu Jiaoâs eyes turned dark, full of unacceptance. Now, she could only inwardly pray to the heavens for something disastrous to happen to prevent this wedding from happening.
Otherwise, once she had tied the knot, she would have to capture her father-in-law in such a feudal society! Wo-Wouldnât this be considered as extremely immoral? This was just simply against the wills of this world!
This damned system, every mission wasnât easy to accomplish!
Unfortunately for her, the heavens turned a deaf ear to her desperate prayers.
She elegantly stood in the congratulatory hall and without a fuss, completed the marriage ritual.\nBut, what Chu Jiao didnât expect was Shen Zhongxingâs illness to be so severe. So much so that he couldnât even attend such an important event like this in his life.
Although she had only seen these kinds of ceremonies in TV shows, she knew that newlyweds were supposed to hold a long piece of red silk with a joined knot at the altar. Each person holding one end of the cloth. This was called the âSilk Pulling Ceremony,â which signified that the couple would always share the same heart.
In reality, however, since she was the only person present during this ceremony, she only held onto one of its ends and felt extremely embarrassed to have finished this ritual alone.
Even if her husband was breathing and had a pumping heart, marrying such a man still felt like being a grass widow.
Through her veil, Chu Jiao could feel the incessant mockery and ridicule in the eyes of the surrounding guests looking at her. She never thought that members from big families would have such unseemly etiquette. For the sake of a large dowry, they would go as far as to harm another familyâs innocent daughter.
The old matriarch, Zhu Wanning, sat at the seat of honor and looked on with cold dead eyes, sneering. One was willing to fight while the other was willing to suffer. All of this was for the sake of protecting the Shen familyâs glory.
Even though she did not know the backgrounds of these bright-faced dignitaries and nobles present here today, she could clearly see that the emperorâs movements were gradually getting bolder and bolder. She would surely take delight in seeing how these shameless family members would scramble to preserve their empty glory. \nUnderneath her veil, Chu Jiao did not know that not only did her ânew husbandâ did not attend, but even her targetââher âfather-in-lawâ did not attend as well.
This wedding was really making a mockery of her.
Chu Jiao was quickly ushered by the maid into the marriage room.
Sitting on the bed all alone, the peanuts and dried fruit pressing underneath her felt painfully sharp.
When everyone had finally left the venue, she resumed receiving the plot as she indifferently took out peanuts and dried fruits from underneath the marriage quilt and ate them.
The original owner of this body probably hadnât had a single meal the whole day today since she was starving to death.
The original owner was just a sad supporting female character in the book. Her existence was merely used to bring out the gloominess and darkness within the Shen familyâŠ
\nHuh, why did it taste sweet?
She then remembered that this jar was prepared for the formal exchange of wine cups earlier and that it was probably filled with wine.
The strength of alcoholic drinks in ancient times wasnât that strong. Chu Jiao smacked her lips. En, it didnât taste half bad at all.
Lifting her hand, Chu Jiao gladly poured herself another glass until she suddenly caught something out of the corner of her eyes, the figure of a person behind the hanging screen.