It was still a long time before the Ceremony of Conferring the Gods was about to begin, but the South Gate of the Heavenly Palace was already packed with people inside and outside.
The Welcoming Hall of the Heavenly Palace is very spacious, but the Conferring Gods Stage is mainly large, with fewer seats, only about 100. When the Conferring Gods Ceremony is held in the Conferring God Hall, it is considered lively if only half of the 100 seats are occupied.
However, the God of Ceremony, who was preparing for this deification ceremony, had already anticipated that the deification ceremony of the God of Fortune would be crowded with guests. Therefore, in addition to issuing one hundred seat invitations, the God of Ceremony also prepared two hundred standing invitations.
But he was still too unprepared.
Ruan Qiuping stood on tiptoe to take a look at the crowd outside the Nantian Gate not far away and felt that there were at least a thousand people coming to attend the ceremony.
The Nantianmen was divided into two teams for ticket checking at the entrance, but the efficiency was really slow and the team didn't move for half a day.
The slow efficiency was also a reason. After all, there were only 300 invitations, but more than a thousand people came, and most of them wanted to sneak in secretly.
Someone forged an invitation letter, someone claimed to be a relative of the ticket inspector, someone held an invitation letter but insisted on bringing 70 or 80 friends to enter together…
All in all, it's a mess.
Ruan Shengfeng looked at the long line and was very anxious: "Such a long line, so many people... When can I get in and see the lucky god?"
Ruan Dongdong rode on Ruan Shengfeng's shoulders and said excitedly, "Dad, what is Jishen? I want to see it too!"
"Yes..." Ruan Shengfeng glanced at Ruan Qiuping and said, "He is a lucky god, and he is also the one who is going to marry your brother."
"Getting married?" Ruan Dongdong patted his chest, eyes wide open, face full of anticipation, "Wow! Is it the bride? I want to see her! I want to see the bride!"
Ruan Shengfeng laughed and said, "Okay, I'll let your brother take you to see the bride later!"
Ruan Qiuping: “…”
Ruan Qiuping lowered his head and turned the ring on his ring finger with some uneasiness.
He was indeed looking forward to meeting Yu Huan.
But now that the meeting is almost here, I feel a little nervous and uneasy.
After all, the Yu Huan he met for the last time had already drunk the Love Potion and became a lucky god followed by the entire fairy world like a star.
What is Yu Huan like after drinking the love potion
What is Yu Huan like after becoming the god of luck
Will Yu Huan change a lot
Will he hate him as a god of bad luck as other gods do
After all, although the God of Fortune in people's eyes is handsome and gentle like jade, he also dislikes noise and prefers quietness, treats people coldly, and has a distant temperament.
It is still very different from the mortal Yu Huan.
Ruan Qiuping wanted to see him now, but was a little afraid to see him.
As soon as Ruan Qiuping walked to the end of the team, the team became a little agitated.
"Oh my god, the bad luck god is coming!"
"What should I do? I came here to get some good luck, but before I could get any good luck, I got some bad luck."
"Where is the lucky god? Please come and take away his bad luck. Otherwise, I will have trouble breathing if the bad god stands here."
Ruan Qiuping frowned and took a few steps back.
But the discussion has not stopped.
A familiar-looking woman glanced at Ruan Qiuping and said in a sharp voice, "You're crazy! Don't you know who you are? How dare you come to such a crowded place? Or is this evil star deliberately disgusting everyone and trying to bring bad luck to us?"
Ruan Shengfeng opened his mouth and was about to speak when Xia Fushui pushed him aside, walked up to the woman, grabbed her by the collar, and said viciously, "Lin Li, who are you saying is sick? Who are you saying is the disaster star? Who are you saying is intentionally trying to bring bad luck to you?!"
Ruan Qiuping suddenly remembered why he felt that the woman looked familiar.
Linli was a good sister who was born in the same pond with Xia Fushui before she became an immortal. After they both became immortals and started a family, they became neighbors and their relationship became closer. They often played mahjong together.
But since Ruan Qiuping was born, Lin Li never came to the Ruan family again and quickly severed her relationship with Xia Fushui.
Lin Li has a son and has a good relationship with Qi Yue.
One day he followed Qi Yue to bully Ruan Qiuping, and on the way home he accidentally fell into the river, nearly drowned, and broke both arms.
Lin Li is a person who loves her son dearly. After learning that the child had "contacted" Ruan Qiuping before the accident, she concluded that it was Ruan Qiuping who passed the bad luck to her child, and she immediately went to the Ruan family to make a scene, demanding that the Ruan family apologize, compensate and move out immediately.
Xia Fushui knew that Linli's son was one of the people who bullied Ruan Qiuping. She was already furious. Now that Linli was holding the Ruan family responsible, she became even more furious. After arguing for a while, the two of them had a big fight in front of the Ruan family's door.
Lin Li won the fight and cursed at Ruan's door for three days in a row. On the fourth day, she and her family moved away.
Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, the hatred between them has been formed.
Lin Li was caught off guard and grabbed by Xia Fushui's collar. She screamed immediately and shouted, "Everyone, come and see, the Meishen family is beating people up! They almost killed my son when he was a child! Now they dare to beat people up in broad daylight!!"
Seeing that things were about to get out of hand, Ruan Qiuping hurriedly said, "Mom, let her go first. You guys are arguing too. I... I won't stand in the queue anymore. You guys stand here. I'll go to the back first..."
"You are not allowed to leave!" Xia Fushui raised her eyebrows and scolded, "Just stand there, you are not allowed to go anywhere!"
Ruan Qiuping immediately froze in place, not daring to move.
Xia Fushui glanced at the invitation in Linli's hand, and suddenly sneered, loosened the hand that was holding her collar, and said sarcastically: "Some people use fake invitations to participate in the Jishen ceremony. As Jishen's fiancé, how can you be qualified to stand in line?"
Lin Li felt a little guilty and put the invitation in her pocket. But after she straightened her clothes, she raised her head and said arrogantly, "What are you dreaming about? Do you think you can get in touch with the God of Fortune just by reading the two lines of words on the Heavenly Marriage Stone?"
"Doesn't a marriage destined by heaven explain everything? Besides, don't you know that the Yu family has even sent a betrothal gift?" Xia Fushui sneered.
"Mother of the Yu family worships destiny the most. It is something that everyone knows. She is kind-hearted. Maybe she thinks that a lucky god and a bad god are a one-on-one poverty alleviation!" Lin Li looked at Xia Fushui with contempt and said, "I guess your family has never even seen the face of the lucky god? You chose to get engaged when the lucky god is not around. Aren't you afraid of opposition? Xia Fushui, you really took great pains to marry the lucky god, but you probably forgot that the lucky god is coming back from the tribulation and will be deified. After the deification, there will be forty-nine heavenly thunders, even if it is four hundred and ninety, he can bear it! How can he be bound by a mere heavenly marriage stone and marry a man?!"
Lin Li glanced at the "audience" who were mostly watching the excitement, and her tone became more and more smug: "Since your family got engaged to Ji Shen, I'm afraid you haven't heard a single word of congratulations. Why? Because no one believes it?! He's a disaster star and a bad guy... Ha! Do you think Ji Shen likes to help the poor as much as his mother? Ask everyone in the audience, does anyone believe that your son is getting married to Ji Shen?! Does anyone believe it?"
"I believe it." A man raised his hand silently.
Ruan Qiuping turned around and saw that it was his father.
"Give it back to me!" Ruan Dongdong laughed without knowing why. He also happily tilted his head and raised his little dog.
Lin Li almost laughed to death, and many of the "audience" queuing behind her also laughed without hesitation.
Seeing that the whole family had become a laughing stock, Xia Fushui glared at Ruan Shengfeng fiercely.
Ruan Shengfeng scratched his head, and put it down with some embarrassment, not knowing what he had done wrong.
Ruan Qiuping: “…”
He was confused at first. It turned out that Ji Shen was a person who could cause widespread discussion by simply canceling his invisibility and appearing somewhere. How come such a big thing as getting engaged to him did not cause any waves at all? It turned out that no one believed it.
Yes, it's okay that his status is too different from Ji Shen, and he is also a man. There are many old gods in the heaven who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and their thoughts are much more conservative than those of the mortal world.
To be honest, if Ruan Qiuping was a spectator at this moment, he would probably not believe that the God of Bad Luck was marrying the God of Good Luck.
He even felt that although Lin Li's words were a bit vicious, they were reasonable. After all, he and Ji Shen had met before, and it was a bit absurd to get married just based on the two lines of words on the Heavenly Marriage Stone.
However, after he goes to pick the thousand lotus this afternoon and feeds Jishen with the Love Soup tomorrow morning, everything will be completely different.
Thinking of the Love Remembrance Soup, Ruan Qiuping felt relaxed again, and even the nervousness he had about meeting the God of Fortune was slightly dispelled.
That's right, he actually had nothing to be nervous about. Even if the current Ji Shen had changed a lot, even if the current Ji Shen had no memories of the mortal world, once he drank the Memory Soup, he would naturally turn back into the mortal Yu Huan.
"Add me one more."
A clear and cool voice was heard.
The entire Nantianmen fell silent.
Hearing the familiar voice, Ruan Qiuping's breathing stagnated and he slowly turned around.
There were some virtual waves behind the man who was walking over, as if he had walked out of the air.
The man had black hair and a white crown. He had a light and aloof temperament. His beautifully shaped thin lips were tightly pursed into a line, and even his dark pupils were tinged with a hint of indifference.
Probably because he came to attend the ceremony, his clothes were more delicate. At first glance, it was just a plain white robe, but when you looked closely, you could see that the hem of his robe was embroidered with a few flowing clouds with fine silver-white silk threads. The clouds swayed slowly as he walked, flashing colorful colors, as if they were really flowing.
Ruan Qiuping's throat gradually tightened.
His eyes slowly moved to the person's right leg.
How long had it been since he saw Yu Huan walking normally
He felt that the person in front of him looked like Yu Huan, but not like Yu Huan.
He had never thought about what Yu Huan would wear.
He had never imagined before that Yu Huan would appear in front of him with such a cold and sage-like appearance.
But amidst the strangeness, he also had a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him in that outfit somewhere before.
Just then, Jishen suddenly stretched out his hand and waved it gently in the air.
In a flash, countless invitation letters flew out from the arms of various immortals and turned into a pile of ashes in an instant.
Only the ashes from the invitation letters of some people fell on their bodies, while the ashes from the invitation letters of other people all fell on their faces.
Ruan Qiuping looked more closely and found that those people whose faces were covered with ashes happened to be the group of people who were laughing the most happily just now.
For example, Linli.
Jishen said with a cold expression, "In order to reduce the difficulty of the work of the ticket inspectors at the Nantianmen Gate, I just handled a batch of unusual invitations without authorization. The seats for the Conferred God Ceremony are limited, and I hope you will forgive me for my inadequate care. However, for the wedding on the 15th of next month, we will definitely learn from the lesson and reserve more seats."
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Everyone seemed to finally react, and there was an uproar and a lot of discussion.
Ruan Qiuping was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Jishen.
The next moment, Jishen walked towards Ruan Qiuping and took his hand without permission.
He gently curled up the corners of his lips, and even his eyes were filled with a gentle smile:
"I'm so sorry, I forgot to tell you in advance that family members don't have to queue."