After being choked to death by a copper coin, she became a demon Jin Ji in the other world

Ji Yi had to first ask a matchmaker to come to Shen Yuelan to propose marriage. Only after getting Shen Yuelan's tacit consent could he personally present the wild geese as a gift and formally propose marriage, which was called the [Nacai Li].

The person Ji Yi invited to act as a matchmaker was also of considerable background. He was Le Jian, Lord of Changguo, the son of Le Yi. Although Le Yi had a grudge against the current King of Yan, Le Jian's status was still noble and not someone that ordinary people could afford.

Prince Changguo was also at the banquet and revealed Ji Yi's identity to Shen Yuelan. This boy was actually the son of King Hui of Yan.

Although Shen Yuelan had known from Ji Yi's surname that this guy was not an ordinary person, she did not expect that he was the son of King Yan. Out of curiosity, Shen Yuelan instigated Gan Yuelong to check the boy's background.

It would be fine if I didn't check, but once I did, I was shocked to find out that this guy could actually become the King of Yan a few years later. He was the 41st king of Yan, King Wucheng of Yan. To be honest, this kid is really promising.

However, although this guy had a prominent status and would be the ruler of a country in the future, according to historical records, after he succeeded to the throne, in order to consolidate his throne, he married the daughter of King Huiwen of Zhao as his queen, which went against the promise he made to Alua.

No matter what the reason, Ji Yi was destined to break his promise.

[Sister Yuelong, can't we take Alua to the other world after she dies? ]

[Heh, Yue Lan, have you forgotten? Ah Luan was saved by you. She should have died a long time ago. She is still alive today thanks to you. After death, people only have one chance to choose to enter the other world. If you miss it, you miss it.]

[It is impossible to have the best of both worlds. ]

[Her future life will be like walking on thin ice. Maybe that revision will affect her, erasing her deeds as the wife of the King of Yan from history, and turning her back into the Hu woman who died on the coast of Liaodong.]

【That’s it. 】

After the Nacai ceremony, Ji Yi sent the Prince of Changguo to ask Shen Yuelan about Aluan's basic situation, which was similar to the eight characters in later generations. He asked about Aluan's name, ranking, and date of birth.

Originally, he wanted to ask the girl's biological mother's name to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children, but Ji Yi already knew about Alua's situation, so he didn't ask these unnecessary questions.

After asking about the woman's situation, the man needs to send her off with a gift of wild geese, and Shen Yuelan needs to host a banquet to entertain the man's envoy. This is the [inquiry ceremony].

Chang Guojun praised Shen Yuelan's family banquet highly and said frankly that he had never eaten such delicious food and wine in his life. He also wanted to ask Shen Yuelan for a few cooks as a dowry on behalf of the man.

But the one who prepared this meal was Shen Huanyan. Even if Shen Yuelan gave Yan State to Ji Yi, she would never give Shen Huanyan away. However, just because Shen Huanyan can't do it doesn't mean that others can't do it.

Whether it was to look after Aluan or for the mission, it was necessary to put a nail in the Yan court. Therefore, Shen Yuelan finally agreed to the request of Lord Changguo and sent Yiliji out again.

After getting relevant information about Aluan, Ji Yi went to his family's ancestral temple, which was the ancestral temple of Yan State, to divine, mainly to ask about the good or bad fortune of his marriage.

If the result is auspicious, the man needs to send a messenger with a wild goose to the woman's house to announce the good news, which is called "Naji". If it is an ominous sign, the marriage will be called off, which is called "Naji Li".

Shen Yuelan naturally hoped that Ji Yi could ask for a bad omen, but unfortunately, she received a wild goose, which seemed to be a good omen.

After the Naji ceremony and meeting the ancestors, the marriage relationship between Ji Yi and Aluan was truly confirmed. The man could then proceed to the next step and send the betrothal gifts to the woman's home, while announcing their engagement to relatives, friends and neighbors. This is called the [Naji ceremony].

This ceremony is similar to the custom of [giving a betrothal gift] in later generations, but the Zhou people were more simple. The etiquette required not to give gold, silver, jewelry, etc., but [black and purple silk bundles] and [Li leather].

[Xuanxun Shubo] is five pieces of silk including three pieces of black silk and two pieces of red silk, and [Lipi] is a pair of deerskin.

Looking at the wild geese, five pieces of silk and a pair of deerskins delivered to her, Shen Yuelan couldn't help but sigh that although the wedding etiquette of the ancients was a bit complicated, people got married for the sake of getting married, not for money.

The man's betrothal gift has greater symbolic significance, and the woman's dowry does not exist. Compared with marriages in later generations that are often linked to money, marriages under the Zhouli system are simpler and more romantic.

After sending the betrothal gifts, the next step is to determine the wedding date. This is basically determined by the man. For families like Ji Yi's that have the conditions, it will be more formal. They will perform divination in the ancestral temple to determine the wedding date, which is called the [date-asking ceremony].

After choosing an auspicious date, the man will send an envoy again, bringing wild geese to seek Shen Yuelan's consent. Because it is just a courtesy notification, it is also called [Announcement of the Date].

After the appointment ceremony, the whole wedding is half completed. The next step is the final [bride-welcoming ceremony], which is the most important and tedious part of the whole marriage ceremony.

Before that, Shen Yuelan had to erase Aluan's memory. Under Aluan's earnest pleading, Shen Yuelan did not simply and rudely delete all her memories related to the other world.

Only Aluan's memory about the other world itself, the turmoil between the king and the queen, etc., which might affect her normal life, was erased. However, all the details of her and everyone else's lives over the years were successfully preserved with Shen Yuelan's careful selection.

From then on, there was only the female doctor Alua in this world.

Targeted memory erasure is not an easy task. Even though Aluan has been very cooperative, the whole process has left Shen Yuelan exhausted.

[Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you out of breath? Do you want me to ask Master Gan to come and take a look at you? ]

[It's okay, I'm just a little tired, just take a rest, time flies, I didn't expect you're already old enough to get married.]

[Hehe, actually A-Luan is still very young. If she hadn't met A-Yi, it wouldn't have mattered if she had waited a few more years. But now it's fate.]

[Is that so? Haha, then Master wishes Ah-Luan happiness. By the way, this is for you.]

[Thank you, Master. What is this? ]

[This is the wood carving that the master carved for you. Inside the wood carving, there are more than a dozen gold coins hidden. This is the dowry that the master gave you.]

【Dowry? What is that?】

[This is the private money that your master gave you. If Ji Yi treats you badly in the future, beats you or scolds you, you can take this money and run away.]

[Is that so? Then I don't want it. Master, you can keep it for yourself. Ayi is not that kind of person. He promised me that he would treat me well for the rest of his life and would never marry a wife.]

[Master, you should have a good rest. I have to get married tomorrow. I have to go and clean myself up. I can't embarrass you and Master Gan.]

After Aluan finished speaking, she skipped away, leaving Shen Yuelan alone staring blankly at the wooden sculpture in her hand. The wooden sculpture was none other than Aluan herself, an Aluan holding a magic sword.

Chapter 162 A Spring Night

Time always passes by inadvertently, and soon it is time to carry out the [wedding ceremony]. The [wedding ceremony] must first carry out the [welcoming the bride], which is the most troublesome thing, and it is the same in ancient and modern times. However, it is mainly the troublesome thing for the man, and Shen Yuelan does not need to do too much.

The groom has to wear a [Juebianfu] and a light crimson [Shang] with black edges, and bring a group of followers wearing [Xuanduan], driving a black lacquered car to the bride's house to marry the bride.

Because in ancient times people would always welcome their brides at dusk, and if the journey was far, it would be dark by the time they arrived at the bride's house.

Therefore, on the way to pick up the bride, someone is needed to lead the way with a torch, and the entire motorcade, in addition to the car that the groom rides in, must be followed by at least two servant cars and a wedding car for the bride.

Of course, those who can afford a car are nobles, and the wedding ceremony for ordinary people will be relatively simplified.

When the convoy arrives at the bride's gate, it will stop and wait for the bride's father to come out and pick up the groom. In practice, this role is played by Shen Yuelan.

During this process, Shen Yuelan also got a wild goose. After Ji Yi entered the house, both the man and the woman had to bow to the guests and the woman's relatives who came to attend the ceremony, but because there were only a few bird people in Shen Yuelan's family, it ended quickly.

After the ceremony, the groom can take the bride out. Looking at the bride who keeps looking back every few steps, Shen Yuelan lamented. If she had been tougher on this matter, would it have been better?

But now it's too late to say anything. I just hope she can be happy for a relatively longer time.

After seeing off Aluan, Shen Yuelan will lead the women's party to the man's house for a banquet. This is the second step of the [Wedding Ceremony], which is [Banquet].

Because Shen Yuelan's relative is the Prince of Yan, the wedding banquet was also held in the Prince of Yan's palace. However, Shen Yuelan's so-called relative seemed to have no intention of paying attention to Shen Yuelan. The man only showed up at the banquet and then left directly.

Humph, quite arrogant. I wish he was as capable as him in governing the country.

At the banquet, the newlywed couple Ji Yi and Aluan, in addition to the pre-banquet etiquette, also had to eat the sacrificial offerings together, symbolizing that they were of equal status and supported each other.

The offerings that the newlyweds eat include the lungs and livers of cattle and sheep, vegetable sauce, meat sauce, millet, pork and other foods. There are requirements on how to eat them, and they must be eaten three times in total.

After eating the offerings, the newlyweds will hold the "Heqin Ceremony", which involves cutting a gourd in half, and each party holding one to drink wine, and rinsing their mouths with the wine three times, which is called "Heqin".

After the wedding ceremony, the public part of the six rites of marriage is basically over, and the next step is the time for "Spring Night".

After the servants prepare the wedding room for the newlyweds, the bride and groom will take off their formal clothes. The groom's suit will be given to the woman's people, and the bride's suit will be given to the man's people.

The groom personally took off the "ying" (headband) on the bride's head. This was given to Aluan by Ji Yi. After the engagement, Aluan had been using it to tie her hair. It could only be taken off by the groom after the marriage. It was similar to the "veil" in later generations.

After that, the candles in the room will be removed, and irrelevant people will leave. The two will then begin the Zhougong ceremony. Normally, the bride's maidservant is required to stay at the door, so that she can be replaced in time when the bride can't stand it anymore.

But Aluan didn't have any maids as dowry, and Shen Yuelan couldn't find a few Qin Ruishi to pretend to be maids and give them as dowry to Aluan. The man might not be able to accept that.

Therefore, she had to rely on herself on her wedding night.

On the first day after marriage, the bride has to get up early, bathe, wear [Li Ji and Xiao Yi] to meet her parents-in-law, and serve her parents-in-law meals amid a series of tedious procedures.

However, in the royal family, it should not be that complicated. At most, it would just be serving tea.

As the saying goes, a daughter who is married off is like water poured out. The things that happened later had little to do with Shen Yuelan. In fact, she couldn't control it even if she wanted to.

Now that things here are done, it's time to leave Jicheng.

After Shen Yuelan and others left Jicheng, a newlywed couple rushed over after hearing the news. Although they tried their best to run over, they were still a step late. They could only stand on the thick city wall of Jicheng and look at the figure gradually disappearing on the horizon.

[Aluan, we are still young. You can definitely stay with your master for another two years. I can wait. There is no need to rush to get married.]

[Don't be so conceited. We've already had our wedding night, and you're talking to me after the fact. You're not sincere at all.]

[Hey, hey, this...that...]

[Okay, Ayi, you know what? The day before the wedding, I forgot a lot, but I only remember one thing clearly, that is, if I don't choose to marry you now, then there will never be any possibility between us. ]

[In this case, do you still want to persuade me? ]

[I see. Thank you, A-Luan, thank you for choosing me.]

[Aluan, don't worry. I am serious about my promise to you. Although I am the son of the King of Yan, I am not very popular among the other sons. You saw that day that my arrogant father was unwilling to stay at my wedding banquet for even a moment.]

[It may sound a bit cowardly to say this, but I am relatively free and can choose whether to remarry. And I can even swear to you that you will never see another woman around me in your lifetime.]

[We are already married. It won't be long before my father will give me the fiefdom. Then we can leave here and go to my fiefdom to be a pair of free mandarin ducks.]

[Hmph, no matter how many sweet words you say, they are not as useful as actual actions. If they are still as useless as yesterday, then you don't have to go into the bedroom again.]

[Um, A-Luan, A-Luan, I can explain this. I drank a little last night, so I can't do it. Don't worry, I will behave well tonight.]

[Oh? Then I'll wait and see.]

Although Alua did not accept the money and goods given by Shen Yuelan that day, she asked Shen Yuelan for a tiger and wolf medicine that was harmless to the body that night, which was specially used to treat all kinds of macho men. After practicing it for one night, the actual effect was quite good.

This incident directly caused Ji Yi's status in the family to plummet. Now he has no confidence when talking to A Luan.

Looking at her husband heading towards the herbal medicine shop, Alua sneered.

[Hehe, man, if you meet me in this life, don’t even think about turning over. ]

[Hehe, Master is not lying to me, this medicine is really effective, tonight I will make him doubt his life! ]

Shen Yuelan, who had already walked ten miles out of Jicheng, suddenly sneezed. She rubbed her nose, turned around, and looked at the two people who had already walked down the city wall. She couldn't help but muttered:

[Really? That bastard A-Luan must have been saying bad things about me behind my back again. She really forgot her mother after marrying a husband. Sigh.]

Chapter 163: Unwilling to Live Alone

A week after leaving Jicheng, Shen Yuelan and her group returned to their home in the Liaodong fishing village, but there was one less innocent girl in the returning team.

[Is this the house you built? It's made of thatch. You are lucky to have been able to use it until now without being blown down by the typhoon.]

[Lucky, I studied the terrain here and specifically looked for this leeward spot.]

[I would like to build a stone house, but I have seen that the stones here are all honeycombed stones eroded by the sea water, and the walls built by them look like they are not built, and the wind blows through them.]

[Even the villagers around here are not willing to use that stuff to build houses. They would rather run farther away and cut down a few trees to build wooden houses than pick up rotten stones from the seaside.]

[Yes, you are right. The stones here are indeed not suitable for building houses, but we don’t need to use thatch, right? Won’t that thing fall apart if the wind is a little strong? ]

[We don’t plan to live here permanently, and if a typhoon really comes, what’s the difference between a wooden house and a thatched house? ]

[That's true. By the way, I have to leave for a few days to do some work in my hometown in the north. You guys can just rest here for two days.]

[Eh? So mysterious, you don't even want to take me with you? Well, it looks like you don't love me anymore, let's go early and come back early. ]

[Don't talk nonsense, this is a serious matter, and you won't like it, just fish honestly. ]

After saying this, Gan Yuelong walked out of the house and headed towards the north. Wan Chuan was traveling with her. At this time, Wan Chuan had become a mature beauty, and her figure was basically the same as Gan Yuelong's.

In other words, in terms of three dimensions, Wanchuan is better than Huanyan. Huanyan has been complaining to Shen Yuelan for a long time about this. After all, her body template was based on Shen Yuelan's data.

[Oh, what's the point of making it so big? It's most appropriate to hold it in one hand. ]

[Hmph, I see, you like your own style, Master. Come to think of it, you've been in quite a few relationships, and although they were always passionate, I've never seen you fall in love.]

[Huh? What? Of course I was moved. Have you forgotten how frustrated I was in those two years when Lao Zhao was gone?]

[Master, please don't change the concept. I'm talking about falling in love, not other emotions. But I have to say that you are still very full of emotions in other aspects, but you are only missing the part of love. ]

[No, the word "missing" is not accurate. The most accurate description is "so far, there is no one who can really move your heart." ]

[Hiss, my little ancestor, don’t let Su Chang hear you saying this. If she knew, she would eat us alive.]

[Humph, what are you afraid of? Master, do you really think Sister Sushang doesn't know about this? She knew it from the beginning. She even liked this point of yours and was willing to follow you.]

【Huh? Why? 】

[She said, people like you will never fall in love with anyone. Although I don't want to admit it, in reality, only ruthless people like you can live longer.]

[And what Sister Su Shang wanted was a master who lived longer. She was tired of the miserable life of "either seeing her master to his grave or on the way to seeing her master to his grave."]

It was the first time that Shen Yuelan realized that this was how her subordinates viewed her. But she had to admit that these guys were really good at judging people, even though Shen Yuelan retained her memories of being a male in her previous life.

But after decades of familiarity, this body has long lost its initial freshness, and as a result, he no longer feels any attraction to the women around him.

To be honest, Shen Yuelan still had a good impression of Liu E and Zhao Yuanxian. After all, these two were the first ones to confess their love to Shen Yuelan. But because they were too young when they confessed their love, Shen Yuelan could not say that she liked them very much, but more of a regret.

But what really made Shen Yuelan feel upset was Luo Ning'an. After all, this guy died in a very glorious way, but he really left her nothing except a promise that could never be fulfilled.

[Alas, Huanyan, it’s not that I haven’t been moved, but all I have added up is that I’m over 50 years old now. As the ancients said: At 30, one is established; at 40, one is free from doubts; at 50, one knows what is destined.]

[As for me, I have long passed the age of romance. It’s not that I don’t want to have romance anymore, but I no longer have the innocent feelings I had back then. If you miss it, you miss it. It can’t be recovered.]

[I remember when we first entered the Song Dynasty, Sister Yuelong was indifferent to everything. She didn’t even look at the things we found interesting, as if there was nothing in the world that could arouse her interest. She was terribly indifferent.]