Song Ning is dress in her white garment. She put on some plain hairpins around her hair. She powder her face and put on her blusher. With her new eye powder she just purchase, she apply them carefully and aline her eye with a charcoal brush. After blowing her lips, it looks bring red and oily. She check herself in the mirror before she stands up. She sigh as she does that, today is the wedding day of Lady Wen and Zheng Nan Feng. Her heart is heavy and she feel that her legs are weak. She slip in her new pair of shoes that The Third Prince had purchased for her two days ago. It is sew with clouds and a crane. Outside, The Third Prince stands and walk around the small courtyard. When finally she comes out, he smile. She is beautiful, a different beauty that makes his heart pump fast. Song Ning did not smile and bow to him. Together they board the carriage.
Arriving at the mansion, there is a small crowd outside. Everyone is there to register and present their gifts. The nobilities see that The Third Prince have arrived. The gossipers starts to whisper among themselves. The see Song Ning and the men speculate that she might be a courtesan but base on her dressing and manners, she might be a rich person in the city. The ladies are unforgiving knowing that Song Ning arrived with The Third Prince. They slander her reputation immediately. They dislike it more when she have manners and grace. The group of women leave Song Ning alone and slander her reputation moving from group to group. The men and women are separated seating in the room. Thus Song Ning sit alone and eat her finger food that is place in front of her. She look around the room and see some of her client that she had painted picture of them. Each of them did not recognise her and ignore her. Song Ning sigh a relief at least no one can testify that she is Painter Hong.
The Bride and groom soon arrive in an auspicious time. Outside the mansion, the musician is playing their music as loud as possible. Song Ning and The Third Prince stand at the garden waiting for the arrival of the bride and groom. After the music stop, for awhile there is no sound. Suddenly the match maker in her loudest voice announce that the couple is walking in. Song Ning watch as they walk together holding a big red cloth. An Alter is place in the middle of the garden. Two chairs are place in front of it. Song Ning recognised one of the elder from the Zheng clan is here. He sit on one of the chair. He is neither smiling nor angry. He have a natural face expression. While Minister Wen is displaying an unhappy expression. The couple walk and stand in front of the two elder men. They bow and kowtow following the instructs of the matchmaker. When finally the young couple have to face each other. Nan Feng see behind his bride standing in a distance is Song Ning. For a moment nothing register in his mind. For a moment he wonder if what he is doing now is correct. He is leaving his childhood sweetheart behind. Song Ning at that moment her eyes fill with tears. She cannot control herself. Her tears keep rolling down. All her life she thought that she will be the bride and he will be her groom. Today she finally realised that they cannot go back to how things was like in the past. He is now a married man. She have to totally let him walk his own path with his wife.
The Third prince saw the tears rolling down and he gently wipe it with his sleeves. Song Ning look up to him. He now regret to bring her here. He thought that bringing her here will make the married couple at ease that Song Ning will be taken care by him but he did not realise that he had forgotten that Song Ning is not a doll. She have her own emotions. Quietly, he hold her head and lead her away from the crowd and Nan Feng only can quietly watch as he preform the rest of the rituals.
That evening, Lady Wen asked the maid to bring Song Ning to her bridal room. Song Ning arrive and said some auspicious words. Lady Wen smile and take her hands warmly.
"I am now the wife of Nan Feng. I will take care of him. So don't worry."
"Lady Wen, i know you will take good care of Feng gege."
"In future, i hope you will not appear in front of him."
Song Ning look surprise and Lady Wen smile as she pat the hands of Song Ning.
"This … is unavoidable. I hope you can marry someone that will accept that you have broken an engagement. After all it's difficult for women to marry when the men breaks it off. It brings a bad reputation. Besides that …"
"Lady Wen is now a married woman. I hope whatever comes out from your mouth, should be sweet and pleasant to listen to."
The Third Prince appear from the door behind and stand there looking that the two ladies. Everyone bow to him and most of the maids are afraid to look at him.
"Don't forget. Without my help and Lady Song letting go of the engagement, how are you going to marry?"
Lady Wen let out a loud laugh and said sweetly.
"Of course without both of you. There won't be such a grand wedding!"
"I am glad you know that much. Come Ning'er it is late. I will send you home."
He raise his hand and ask her to hold him. Song Ning is started to hear him calling her in an intimate addressing. Never less she reach out and hold his hand and leave. Lady Wen watch them walk off, she is feeling unhappy but she console that she have won the battle. Nan Feng is her husband now. No one can break them off not even her father.