"Every woman feels reluctant to leave her parents when she is getting married, and parents are even more unwilling for their daughter to leave their side. But they will offer their sincerest blessings to their daughter. I believe that the blessings of the elders will surely bring happiness to the newlyweds!" Yang Qingyin’s emotions had calmed down while Ling Jinhua was speaking. Holding the microphone with both hands, she looked at the guests present and raised her voice: "The elders have given their blessings, so is it time for the newlyweds to appear?"
"We are both hosts of today’s wedding and also the best man and maid of honor." Luo Ziling said as he reached out to Yang Qingyin, and after taking Yang Qingyin’s hand, he announced to everyone: "Next, we will accompany the groom and bride to bring the wedding to its climax."
Luo Ziling holding her hand publicly, Yang Qingyin was a bit surprised, but ultimately did not refuse and handed her hand over to Luo Ziling.
Luo Ziling took Yang Qingyin by the hand and returned backstage.
Ling Ruonan, with tears smudged makeup, was touching up.
Luo Xusheng, dressed in a fiery red groom’s outfit, stood beside Ling Ruonan, somewhat at a loss.
Ling Ruonan’s wedding attire today was a bright green.
The wedding of Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan today is a classic Chinese-style wedding, and their wedding attire respects the ancient customs.
Before the Ming Dynasty, wedding attire for men and women followed the "red man green woman" format, meaning the groom wore bright red and the bride wore bright green.
"A night in the bridal chamber, achieving fame in examinations" are life’s two happy events, and Chinese people use red to symbolize joy, while the official robes of officials were mostly red, hence for weddings "red man" symbolizes a man’s success and status. Han Chinese women’s formal dresses mostly followed the shenyi system, symbolizing women’s "rarest virtue and loyalty", with "flower hairpins and green attire", "green attire" wedding dresses were standard attire for brides before the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, brides wore a true red front-opening wide-sleeved robe with a phoenix coronet and scarlet robe.
Luo Ziling arranged for the wedding ceremony to follow the Tang style, so the two together became "red man green woman".
The bright green wedding dress looked very dignified and elegant on Ling Ruonan, and the red wedding attire didn’t seem odd on Luo Xusheng.
Luo Xusheng is a standard soldier, even his walk is rigid.
Ancient men walked with very straight postures. Although Luo Xusheng is very soldier-like, wearing ancient wedding attire with a serious expression made him look quite like an ancient official, very dignified.
Ling Ruonan has long hair that can be easily styled into various forms, allowing her to wear hairpins and other accessories.
But Luo Xusheng has a crew cut that can’t be styled into an ancient hair bun, so he had to use a wig.
Seeing Luo Xusheng looking uncomfortable, Luo Ziling couldn’t help but want to laugh.
"Dad, you look far less handsome than me in ancient attire!" Luo Ziling walked up to Luo Xusheng and whispered.
Luo Ziling had already decided that he would also have a classic Chinese wedding in the future.
He believed, if he and Yang Qingyin got married, this couple would be so stunning that everyone would be envious.
Today Yang Qingyin wore white ancient attire and was already dazzlingly beautiful.
Luo Ziling was also in ancient attire, in a white outfit like Yang Qingyin’s.
The ice-pure princess and the mesmerizingly beautiful man in white stood together, Luo Ziling felt they were stealing the spotlight.
Ling Ruonan had touched up her makeup but did not go to the stage with Luo Xusheng.
Luo Ziling accompanied Luo Xusheng to the stage, waiting for Ling Mingrui to bring Ling Ruonan to them.
Actually, Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan’s wedding can’t be considered a purely Chinese-style wedding.
It’s not easy to host a purely traditional Chinese wedding now.
Offering gifts, asking the name, exchanging tokens, setting a date, the ancient six rites of marriage required offerings of live geese, which is not something most people can do. Modern Chinese weddings only strive to give viewers a classical feel.
Ling Mingrui held Ling Ruonan’s hand and solemnly handed her to Luo Xusheng.
"From now on, I entrust her to you. She has suffered greatly over the years, and I hope she won’t have to endure such hardships anymore."
"I understand." Luo Xusheng solemnly nodded and made a deep bow to Ling Mingrui and Xie Enhua.
Ling Ruonan also respectfully bowed to Luo Liansheng standing on stage.
With that, Ling Mingrui, Xie Enhua, and Luo Liansheng’s performance ended.
After Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan bowed to each other, they held hands and walked to the front of the stage.
In the Tang style wedding, the bride doesn’t wear a phoenix coronet and scarlet robe, so the groom doesn’t need to lift the veil to meet the guests.
Ling Ruonan has seen many large events, but in today’s scene, already emotionally stirred, she felt a bit shy and nervous being led to face everyone by Luo Xusheng.
Luo Xusheng was also quite nervous in this situation.
Being on stage as a groom, something he had never experienced before, without any experience, naturally made him uneasy.
But he still calmly led Ling Ruonan to the front of the stage to face the guests up close.
All the guests below were holding their breath, wanting to see how this not-so-young couple would perform at the wedding today.
"I am forty-four years old this year!" Luo Xusheng managed to blurt out this sentence amid everyone’s anticipation.
Gentle laughter erupted from below, some people sensed Luo Xusheng’s nervousness and couldn’t help but laugh, though embarrassed to laugh out loud.
Luo Ziling very much wanted to rush up and kick his bargain dad off the stage. The atmosphere had already been set by everyone, yet you come out like this, saying something that leaves everyone speechless, lacking any groom’s charm.
"I met her when I was twenty-four, she was twenty-one at the time, still a junior in college!" At this point, Luo Xusheng’s expression was no longer so rigid, but revealed a sense of nostalgia, "The first time I saw her, I was stunned, thinking, how could there be such a beautiful woman in the world. But then, I asked her a very untimely question. I said: Hello, do you know where the kitchen is? I’m hungry!"
While saying this, Luo Xusheng looked a bit shy.
Ling Ruonan’s face turned red immediately.
But standing beside them, Luo Ziling clearly saw that Ling Ruonan tightly gripped Luo Xusheng’s hand.
"She looked at me for a while and said: Get lost..."
With a "pfft", some people drinking tea or beverages in the audience suddenly spat out.
Standing on stage, ready to support his dad at any moment, Luo Ziling stood there dumbfounded, completely disbelief.
This dad of his is really something else, even says things like this.
Why didn’t he ask where the bathroom is?