On the Wedding Night, Ms. Cui Realized

Youth

The winds of fortune shifted suddenly, and the once desolate South Courtyard of the Xining Mansion was now the center of attention and envy. Cui Ti emerged as the newfound authority figure, with visitors flocking in to offer their well wishes and compliments. It all felt like a dream, yet it was a surreal reality.

Bai Ge, Cui Ti's maid, beamed with happiness as she squeezed her mistress's cheeks. "Mistress, it's true! Did you hear what they're saying? You're going to be the wife of the No. 1 Scholar, the young man of the Pei family!."

She was overjoyed not only for Cui Ti but also for her own future, which no longer seemed bleak and uncertain.

"Pei Xuan is a man of his word and a trustworthy person. I swear I will never scold him again!."

The air was fresh and fragrant after the rain, and Bai Ge couldn't help but sing Pei Xuan's praises to the sky. In her opinion, it was good to see her mistress finally be treated like a normal girl.

"They've opened my eyes today," she said. "People used to have such high and mighty attitudes, but now they're finally saying good things."

After tirelessly repeating Pei Xuan's 'feat' of proposing a marriage, and as if she had actually seen the situation happening, she was no worse than the old woman who came outside to congratulate her.

Cui Ti listened patiently and tenderly to her, her eyebrows curved slightly, her voice soft and helpless. "Bai Ge, why aren't you tired?."

"How amazing this is! Why should I be tired?" Bai Ge exclaimed with delight, accentuating her features as she grinned from ear to ear. Her cute demeanor shined as she stood with her hands on her hips made her even more endearing.

But then, she suddenly remembered her manners and playfully covered her mouth, teasing Cui Ti, "Oh, I'm sorry. How can I talk to the new Madam like that?."

Cui Ti was taken aback by the title "Madam" and felt a bit irritated but then tried to remain calm, telling Bai Ge, "Be serious, don't you have anything to do? Go and do your work."

Bai Ge chuckled in response.

With the good news spreading across the mansion, people began to bring gifts, a treatment they had never experienced before. As a result, Bai Ge had to finish the important work at hand and deal with the influx of visitors.

Then, she wandered around the courtyard, touching the blue broken bricks of the wall and even the straw mat that cushioned Pei Xuan when he fell.

She couldn't deny that she had witnessed the beautiful encounter between Cui Ti and the scholar.

As she watched Bai Ge leave, Cui Ti sat alone on the stone steps in front of the door with her knees bent.

Soon, other maids came rushing over, eager to share the details of how Pei Xuan sealed the marriage. They whispered in her ear with excitement, repeating the story over and over again. It went in Cui Ti's left ear and it came out in her right ear.

At that time, her mind was filled with complicated feelings.

'I'm really going to marry this person again.'

'Will it be the same as last time?.'

'Or, am I destined to never have my love reciprocated?.'

As the sun shone just right, a brilliant rainbow appeared in the sky, and Cui Ti gazed up, letting out a contented sigh. She hoped to spend a long and happy life with Pei Xuan.

He didn't love her in the last life, what about this life?.

Despite the uncertainty of Pei Xuan's feelings towards her, Cui Ti couldn't help but ponder over him.