Chapter 880: Becoming Husband and Wife

On the day of the wedding, the palace was decorated with lights and colors. Although it couldn't compare to the grandeur of her own wedding, which had spanned ten miles, it was clear that Xue Jing had put in great effort. Xie Yun received 108 chests of dowry, and even in a place like the capital, where nobles were ubiquitous, the spectacle was quite impressive.
秀秀身着嫁衣来拜别她，一个头还没磕完就哭了起来，妆几乎都花了。
谢蕴连忙劝她，秀秀却根本不听，仍旧哭得稀里哗啦，按规矩主子是要教导几句的，可谢蕴却根本没机会说出口，只能抓着帕子给她擦眼泪，却是一连换了几条都没能擦干。
薛京认命地将袖子递了过来。
秀秀抓着用力擦了擦脸，一边哭一边好奇：“你这袖子，好吸水……”
薛京：“……你喜欢就好。”
Perhaps he had a premonition of the unexpected twist that would come today, so he chose cotton cloth that absorbs water, instead of luxurious silk or delicate brocade, when making the wedding clothes.
Xiu Xiu nodded, indicating that she liked it very much. Xue Jing noticed that her attention was drawn and intended to make her say goodbye to Xie Yun quickly so that they could leave the palace together. However, Xiu Xiu looked up and began crying again as soon as she saw Xie Yun's face, crying harder and even hiccuping louder than when she found out Xie Yun didn't die.
“娘娘，我要去了，你保重自己，你一定要保重你自己……呜呜呜……”
殷稷憋笑，谢蕴扶额，薛京的脸颊控制不住地抽动了一下：“祖宗，别哭了，知道的是咱们要成亲，不知道的还以为要去刑场。”
Xiu Xiu obediently answered with an "okay," but even though she promised, she was still crying.
Xue Jing's scalp numbed, and for a moment, it seemed as if he had returned to five years ago, on the day when he saved Xiu Xiu in the Palace Procuratorate.
虽然他的确想过秀秀要是能便会以前那般天真烂漫的样子该多好，但绝对不包括这么能哭，眼睛都肿了啊，这明天肯定得疼。
Seeing that Xiuxiu really had no intention of stopping, he finally ran out of patience and picked up Xiuxiu, carrying her away without caring about rules or etiquette, just finding a place to calm her down.
“臣失礼了，改日来和皇上娘娘赔罪。”
话音落下，他抬脚就走，那样子活像身后追着洪水猛兽。
玉春极有眼力见，当即抬手奏乐，喜乐瞬间将秀秀的抽泣声压了下去。
Xie Yun's face was full of complex emotions. When she looked up, she saw Yin Ji enjoying the show with a smug expression, which made her feel speechless. "How can you openly enjoy other people's misfortunes like this?"
Yin Ji raised his hand to pat her shoulder. "I just think his future days will be interesting."
谢蕴没理会他的言不由衷，径直看向玉春：“你也去吧，代我们观礼。”
玉春连忙躬身退下，带着赏赐去了薛宅，虽然谢蕴出了嫁妆，但面上的赏赐还是不能少的，这是给秀秀的脸面，不止她要赏，殷稷要赏，连太后也得赏，只是对方现在那副样子，赏什么也都是谢蕴说了算的。
So Yu Chun left the palace not long ago, and Yao Huang from Changxin Palace also left with her.
Xue Jing is still leading the wedding procession through the streets, and they have arrived at the Xue family's estate ahead of schedule. The two have met before in the midst of the chaos in the palace, and Yao Huang helped them a lot.
At that time, Yuchun was still a young eunuch who would go weak at the knees upon seeing the empress dowager, and Yaohuang was only a second-grade palace maid in the Changxin Palace. But now, one has become the head eunuch in charge, capable of single-handedly managing everything; while the other controls the Changxin Palace and exercises the empress dowager's authority.
White clouds and green dogs, things have changed while people remain the same.
The two of them smiled amiably and didn't mention the past, only chatting with Cai Tianxi.
Just before the auspicious hour, the wedding procession finally entered the door. Normally, the bride's mother should go to meet the bride, but Qingming Si had too many enemies. Xue Jing and several deputy envoys talked it over and feared that someone would cause trouble in secret, so they didn't invite the bride's mother and gave this task to Su Xiaoxiao.
The other party rarely changed back into women's clothing and stepped forward to receive Xiuxiu.
As he watched his godson about to get married, Cai Tianxi excitedly stood up but was stopped by Yu Chun: "Teacher, you are a respected elder now, you cannot act recklessly."
“是啊，蔡老，等着喝媳妇茶吧。”
蔡添喜这才按捺着心情继续坐了回去。
迈火盆，跨马鞍，秀秀踏着红绸一步步进了正堂，暗吏们欢呼起来，薛京眼底却闪过担忧，他牵着秀秀的手进了门，压低声音问她：“姑奶奶，你好些了吗？咱们可要拜堂了。”
秀秀吸了下鼻子，声音哑哑的：“要吃两碗甜甜的乳酪才能好。”
薛京笑起来，心放了下去。
“早就让人备上了，不止有乳酪，还有樱桃煎，苏家铺子的七样点心也都有。”
Xiu Xiu didn't speak again, but Xue Jing could see her swallowing through the gap in the headscarf.
He unconsciously tightened the hand that he was holding, his eyes filled with a smiling expression like spring water. After waiting for four years, he finally married her.
“吉时到，拜堂~~”
傧相高声开口，薛京抓着秀秀的手，引着她一同跪在软垫上拜过了天地，可拜高堂时，蔡添喜却有些做不安稳，他连连摆手：“莫跪了，使不得。”
"Godfather, I cannot survive without you," Xue Jing said sincerely, "You deserve it."
Cai Tianxi glanced at him and said, "I didn't mean you, I meant Xiuxiu."
Xue Jing choked up and Xiuxiu couldn't help but laugh, "Grandfather, please sit down. When I was in the Qianyuan Palace, you took care of me a lot. I remember it all, and if it weren't for you choosing me to serve my aunt, I wouldn't be where I am today. I am kneeling out of respect for you."
Cai Tianxi's eyes turned red and his voice trembled with emotion: "Good, good."
He sat back down and accepted the two people's blessing solemnly.
The grand wedding ended with much joy and celebration, but chaos broke out at the end when they found a child at the door. Xue Jing recognized the child as belonging to the Xiao family, who had previously been adopted by someone else but was now being sent back.
"What's going on?"
He asked, and the secret police immediately went to check. Soon they got the news that after the family adopted the child, they had a happy event at home and didn't want to raise this non-biological child anymore. Seeing the happy event happening here, they took advantage of the chaos and brought the child over to abandon him.
"How outrageous!"
Xue Jing's face turned green, and he immediately wanted to go to that household to settle accounts, but was stopped by Xiu Xiu: "Let him go, anyway, we won't have children."
Xue Jing was taken aback. The identity of this child was too sensitive. If they kept him…
He couldn't help but glance at Cai Tianxi, and suddenly remembered himself as a child.
Round and round, it seemed like destiny was repeating itself.
Perhaps, it was fate.
"Okay."