The queen of Qing Qiu

Part 3

Feng Jiu was glad to see her companions having a good time. She herself was starting to relax and laugh again, something she hadn't done in a long time. She knew that Zhe Yan's new wine had a lot to do with it. This wine was much stronger than his usual batch but she hadn't realized just how much the affect of the liquor would sneek up on her until she had become a little drunk. She remembered at one point seeing her father looking in her direction and she decided to start trading her drinks for water. The small reminder her uncle gave her about not causing any drama and the look from her father were enough to remind her where she was. It would be expected at a wedding banquet for her to have drinks and laugh within a group of friends and family but she could not get drunk and become loud or make a scene. She would not lose face to these immortals in Nine Heavens.

She munched on a handful of nuts and watched as her uncle picked up a bottle and looking at the label he grinned mischievously. The bottle was very small compared to an ordinary wine bottle and she wondered about it before but had forgotten to ask why it was so small. Mo Yuan and Zhe Yan seemed engrossed in some conversation about a guqin and didn't see her fourth uncle pour the wine from this new bottle into Mo Yuan's glass. She giggled seeing her uncle's eyes light up. She had no idea what the label said but it must be something good for him to act so. She desperately wanted to ask her uncle what kind of wine it was as she knew that Zhe Yan had a knack for growing peaches that would have certain effects on the person that consumed them.

She didn't get to though because at that moment everyone began to stand and bow. Not sure why she stood up to see what was going on and seen her GuGu and Ye Hua making their way through the hall. They were leaving to head to their palace as husband and wife for the first time. Her GuGu seemed to glow, her happiness was obvious to everyone. Ye Hua smiled and lifted her up into his arms just as they exited.

Feng Jiu was quite certain that she would never really be able to think of Ye Hua as her uncle, infact she didn't see him as family at all. Secretly she still had trouble thinking he actually deserved her GuGu. She didn't hate him or even dislike him really, it wasn't in her nature to hate someone and she had no grudge against him. He had never done anything to harm her so she still wasn't sure what it was that bothered her. Her GuGu had forgiven him for the past when she was SuSu and he had done everything he could to make it up to her so in the end Feng Jiu could only be happy that they were able to get their happy ending. Then her mind wandered as it had a tendency to do and she thought that if things had ended happily for her she would be married to Dijun and that her GuGu might not accept him as part of their family. Then she realized that none of it mattered because her GuGu had left to marry into the celestials in Nine Heaven. She wouldn't be in QingQiu anymore. She stared at the archway they had left through, regret filled her heart. She had distanced herself from her GuGu for almost three hundred years for reasons that didn't seem that important anymore. She sat back down feeling much more sober than when she had stood up a minute ago.
Turning around she noticed Mo Yuan staring into his now empty glass with a far off look. He must have seen them leave as well, she had failed to cheer him up and she was beginning to feel pretty sad herself. Perhaps it was time to leave she thought to herself until she heard a familiar voice calling her name.

"Feng Jiu" Cheng Yu called to her friend waving her arm about as she, Si Ming and Lian Song made their way to where the four of them were sitting.

"Cheng Yu, I'm so happy to see you." Bai Feng Jiu exclaimed as the two girls embraced. "I thought that the two of you had left." She said to Si Ming and Lian Song.