Chapter 681: Getting Married (2)

Xiao Zhengshi was not like her husband, who could summon a smile; her face streaked with tears and her eyes brimming with them, she choked back sobs as she helped her daughter up from the ground. She said nothing in the end, merely clutching her daughter's hands tightly with both of hers.

The matchmaker, noting that the auspicious time was almost upon them and fearing any further delay might jeopardize it, stepped forward to gently assist the Prime Minister's wife. She consoled her, "Madam, the auspicious hour has come. There is no need for such sorrow. After all, the Commandery Princess is destined to marry, and now she is to marry the emperor, becoming the mother of the nation. Madam should be happy."

"Madam, please sit back down," the Prime Minister intended to add a few more words, but the words he had reached his lips were abruptly swallowed back. He himself wished to delay his daughter's departure if only for a moment longer.