Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1062 - 1064: Mo Ziqi’s Marriage Proposal (4)

Chapter 1062: Chapter 1064: Mo Ziqi’s Marriage Proposal (4)

Fei’er said sincerely, "I was really just joking... So, how can I make you believe me?"

Mo Ziqi said coolly, "If you want me to believe you, prove it with your actions."

"How can I prove it?"

The man thought for a moment and said, "In a few days I will come to your home to propose, and by the way, fix a date for our wedding. When your parents discuss the wedding date with you, you should suggest next year’s Shangsi Festival."

Next year’s Shangsi Festival!

She would be only twelve by then, her body not even yet matured. How could she get married?

Fei’er pleaded with a bitter face, "Can it be two years later? I’m still young, I haven’t even..."

Before she could finish, Mo Ziqi’s oppressive look killed the rest of her words, "Are you saying that you weren’t joking just now and that you truly don’t want to marry me?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Fei’er shook her head repeatedly, fearing what this cold-hearted man might do if she dared to say she would not marry him.

Mo Ziqi frowned displeasedly as he looked at her, "How can you prove you didn’t mean it?"

The familiar sense of oppression came over her again, and Fei’er frantically said, "I, I will speak to Dad and Mom..."

"Hmph, at least you know your place!"

Finally satisfied, Mo Ziqi still wore a stern face, "I will come to propose the day after tomorrow. By then, we will discuss the wedding date with your parents, and I hope you won’t disappoint me."

Having said that, he turned around, the corners of his mouth slightly lifting.

He had achieved his goal, and staying in the Inner House was ultimately unseemly, so he quickly left.

Fei’er stood in disarray, regretting so much that she wished she could bite off her own tongue. Due to a slip of the tongue, in just over half a year, she would have to marry and leave her home, but she was still a child, her body not yet developed. How could she get married?

Alas, the difficulties of life are not easily avoided.

...

Two days later, the day came for Duke Li Guo’s Mansion to propose the marriage.

Early in the morning, Duke Li Guo busied himself for the event. Second Lady Bai, leading several housekeepers’ wives inside the home, checked the wedding confections, cakes, and reward money; Lady Wu helped Mo Ziqi dress and look his best, while Old Madame Liu personally inspected the seventy-two lifted bridal gifts. Finding everything in order, she instructed them thoroughly until the auspicious time, finally stopping her instructions to let them set off...

Today, Mo Ziqi had dressed with special care. He wore a dark red robe with a repeating design of pine and cypress embroidered with dark purple silk thread, a gold crown on his head, and a pair of Shu Brocade boots with a re-entrant pattern on his feet. Sitting high above on his steed, he looked handsome and spirited.

Behind him, the seventy-two lifted bridal gifts were decorated with big red silk flowers. The bearers were all twenty-year-old strong men, dressed uniformly in brand-new dark cyan jackets and green cloth high-top shoes, each with a red waistband that added to the festive and spirited air.

Following the bridal gifts was a horse carriage bearing the mark of Duke Li Guo’s Mansion. Inside the carriage, Lady Wu and Lady Bai, in their festive clothes, chatted and laughed, discussing everything. A proposal was a significant occasion, naturally requiring elders to accompany them. Mo Ziqi’s birth mother, Lady Wu, and his aunt, Lady Bai, took on this duty, coming to accompany Zi Qi for the proposal.

Musicians in auspicious clothes with instruments in hand followed before and after the engagement procession, playing as they went, creating a bustling and glorious scene that drew the onlookers of the Capital.

It was a joyful occasion when the groom’s side proposed marriage, so Elder Mu, the Hanlin Academy editor and the house master of Mu Mansion, specifically took leave from his superior and invited many friends and colleagues to join in the festivities at home.

The Mansion had been cleaned spotlessly and festively decorated, with little boys sent ahead to observe and continually report back on the progress of the bridal gifts.