Empress Dowager Mo instructed the Imperial Nanny to guide Wan Baozhu on etiquette at the Wan Family, and at the same time, a eunuch was proclaiming an Imperial Edict at Prince Jin's Mansion. The whole text of that eloquent edict sounded like gibberish to Wufu.
Simply put, the content of the edict was about the eternal bond between Beiyan and Nanyue. The County Magistrate Ruifu of Nanyue married Prince Jin of Beiyan. They had already completed the wedding in Nanyue, but there would be another grand wedding in the capital in the first month of the 23rd year of the Yonghe Era...
In short, these two had already tied the knot; all that was left was the formal wedding ceremony for the public.
Once the edict was issued, everyone found it quite baffling. Which royal prince marries a Main Consort this way? Even in a cross-national marriage, the chosen bride is sent over only for the wedding ceremony, right?
