Chapter 1: Marriage, Ji Baniang
March 8th, Wuchen month, Jimao day, suitable for marriage.
On this day, the pampered young lady of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion was getting married, and it was a groom who was marrying into the family.
The Zhenguo Duke's mansion was decorated with lanterns and streamers, a scene of celebration, until the head maid who served Ji family's eighth daughter closely screamed in terror, "It's bad, it's bad! The young lady has fainted—"
Not long after, the Ji family's master and young masters, who had heard the news, all rushed into Ji Baniang's bridal chamber.
Zhenguo Duke Ji Dachui roared with his loud voice, "Where is the fifth one? What happened to our little treasure?"
Ji Sanlang also roared, "Did some gossiping servant say that Baniang is stupid behind her back again, and Baniang heard it and fainted from anger?"
Ji Erlang rubbed his temples, "The fifth one didn't come back this time, but Doctor Zhao has already taken her pulse. The pulse is normal, it might be fainting caused by fatigue."
Ji Silang, with two dark circles under his eyes, looked half-asleep, "What about the wedding now? Just now, the seventh one sent a message saying that the brother-in-law will be here soon."
Zhenguo Duke snorted, "Don't say my little treasure is fine, even if she's not, he still has to get married. Fourth, go to the chicken coop in the fifth one's courtyard and catch a chicken, pick the prettiest one!"
...
The guests at the Zhenguo Duke's mansion had dispersed, and a shocking piece of news quickly spread throughout Yanjing.
Ji family's Ji Baniang suddenly fainted before the wedding ceremony, and Zhenguo Duke, in order not to delay the wedding, actually made the son-in-law who married into the family bow to a little yellow chicken.
If it were someone else, it would be fine, but that was Young Master Kongli!
Marrying into the family and bowing to a chicken, Young Master Kongli, such an ethereal and otherworldly person, was repeatedly humiliated by the Zhenguo Duke. Secretly, countless young ladies in their boudoirs cried their eyes out, twisting their handkerchiefs and cursing the Ji family's group of old and young bandits.
"Rumble—"
Perhaps even the heavens couldn't stand the Ji family's behavior. Not long after the ceremony was completed, thunder rumbled in the sky.
That night, a loud thunderbolt streaked across the night sky, landing directly above Ji Baniang's bridal chamber.
A hole was struck in the roof by the lightning, and a small, blackened figure lay unconscious on the bridal bed.
"Pfft—cough cough!" Ji Zhenzhen spat out a puff of black smoke.
Damn it, she was struck by lightning.
As soon as she opened her eyes, a flood of memories rushed in.
Ji Zhenzhen's head ached. She lowered her head and looked at her small, blackened hands. Although they were blackened by lightning, it was completely clear how fleshy these hands were.
Ji Zhenzhen quickly moved her little chubby butt, climbed out of bed, and with her short legs, pattered to the bronze mirror.
In the mirror was a small, blackened baby bride who had been struck by lightning. The bridal gown she was wearing was particularly exquisite, very much like a Q-version bridal gown of an adult bridal gown, and she was also wearing a small phoenix coronet on her head.
Although she had just been struck by lightning, look at this tender little face that even the lightning strike couldn't conceal, look at this round little body...
Ji Zhenzhen twisted left and right, striking various poses, trying to see her complete self in the small bronze mirror.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, she met a pale ghost face in a corner of the mirror.
Ji Zhenzhen suddenly stepped back a few steps, "Ho ho ho, where did this little ghost come from, daring to be presumptuous in front of me!"
The little milky voice that came out struck Ji Zhenzhen's old, scarred heart hard.
She was really so cute.
"Is Madam well?" The ghost in the corner suddenly spoke, his tone gentle.
Ji Zhenzhen's little heart was shot again. Low and yet elegant, like pearls hitting stones, the voice was incredibly pleasant to listen to, a male god's voice that could make ears pregnant.