The official name of this ceremony is "The Cup of Three Three Nine Degrees", or it is also known as "The Ceremony of Three Offerings".

The bride and groom exchange three wine glasses with each other in front of God to prove their eternal contract.

There is a fixed order for the exchange of wine glasses - the first glass of the groom → the bride, the second glass of the bride → the groom, the third glass of the groom → the bride.

Odd numbers were auspicious numbers in ancient times, so "use three wine glasses and drink three times from each cup" is a good omen. Exchange each wine glass three times, which is nine times.

The miko who pours the wine will light the bottle three times and then actually pour the wine for the last time.

When the bride and groom drink, the first two sips are like touching the wine glass with their mouths and lightly pecking it, and then they drink the third sip.

The first cup is to honor the God who cares for the new couple.

The second cup is to honor the parents who raised me.

The third cup is for relatives and friends.

In this way, every glass of wine has a very profound meaning.

Qingden held a large red exquisite wine glass, and the witch beside him poured wine for him with gentle movements.

This wine glass is very small, and the miko will not fill it up, only half.

With such an order of wine, it's only half a mouthful at most.

Ayoto obeyed the etiquette obediently, drank the glass to the bottom three times, and handed it to Mai Kinoshita on the left.

The seats of Aoto and the three girls are as follows - from right to left are Aoto, Mai Kinoshita, Souji and Sanako.

There is no special meaning in choosing such a seating arrangement. It is simply arranged in the order of "getting acquainted with Qingdeng".

Aoto first met Kinoshita Mai, then Souji, and finally Sanako.

In this way, the big problem of "who will sit next to Qingdeng" can be solved fairly, and no one will complain.

The miko moved to Kinoshita Mai's side and poured her wine.

Buzz buzz buzz...

Suddenly, Qingdeng heard a strange sound.

At first, he thought it was bees.

But after following the sound, he realized that it was not the chirping of bees, but Kinoshita's hand shaking...

Fortunately, the wine in the glass was not completely full, only half, otherwise it would have been spilled all over the floor. At this moment, Qingto seemed to understand why the miko only poured half of the glass of wine.

Kinoshita Mai's hands were shaking so violently, it was like shaking a sieve.

So after taking the wine glass, the body of the glass made a strange "buzzing" sound from the violent shaking.

Because he was covered by a wide white cotton hat, Ayoto couldn't see Kinoshita Mai's current expression.

But he guessed that his face must have turned pale due to extreme nervousness.

A magnificent temple, thousands of guests, a once-in-a-lifetime wedding... It is inevitable that the introverted Kinoshita would feel nervous about the dance.

Seeing this, Qingdeng lowered his voice and comforted softly:

"Ah Wu, don't be afraid, just follow the process I just followed."

After listening to Qingto's encouragement, Kinoshita Mai's "hand tremors" got a little better.

She closed her eyes tightly, drank the wine in the glass in three quick gulps, and then handed the glass to the next person, the Director-General.

Qingden originally thought that the carefree and informal Souji would not feel nervous.

But I didn’t expect——

Buzz buzz buzz...

The same “bee chirp”…

However, even though she was nervous, her movements were not slow at all.

As soon as she took the wine glass with her front foot, she drank the wine with her back foot according to the procedure, and then passed the wine glass to the last person.

Before taking the wine glass, Sanako muttered in a helpless and confident tone:

"Really...why are you so nervous? It's just getting married, it's no big deal."

As she spoke, she stretched out her slender hand with high spirits and took the wine glass in her hand.

Then--

Buzz buzz buzz...

Qingdeng: "..."

Kinoshita Mai: "..."

Director-General: "..."

One man and two women had expressionless faces, looking straight at Sanako, whose other parts were motionless except for his wildly trembling hands, as if he were petrified.

Sanako stared at the wine glass in her hand, neither making a sound nor moving.

After a while, she drank the wine quietly, and then quietly handed the glass back to the witch.

Qingto belatedly discovered that Sanako's nerves were quite strong - even after being slapped in the face by the speed of light, she could still put on a calm appearance of "nothing happened".

Finally, after changing three wine glasses and everyone drank nine times, the "cup ceremony" ended.

After that, there is another very important and indispensable link - the reading of the oath.

Just from the name, you can recognize the content of this link.

The groom took out the vows he had prepared in advance and read them in front of everyone.

Interestingly enough, Aoto's oath was written by Kiryu's boss.

"I have attended many people's weddings before, so I learned how to write wedding vows." - Boss Kiryu said.

As expected of Boss Kiryu! He can even write a wedding vow! - Aoto said with emotion while entrusting this important task to Boss Kiryu.

I don’t know whether it was to increase the sense of ceremony or something else, but the oath made by Boss Kiryu was actually written in the ancient Japanese language from thousands of years ago...

Qingdeng didn't recognize most of the words in it.

He practiced it many times before he finally read the oath smoothly.

Qingdeng took out the neatly folded oath from his arms, unfolded it, cleared his throat, and then said loudly and clearly:

"Choose this auspicious day to hold the wedding."

"From now on, we must love each other, form a family, share joys and sorrows, and live forever."

"May we be happy forever, and hereby pledge this together."

"In the third year of Wenjiu, December 30th."

"Husband: Yuan Ju stays with you Qingden Shengqing."

After Qingdeng finished speaking, the three women followed up and said loudly:

"Wife: Chiba Sanako."

"Wife: Mai Kinoshita."

"Wife: Tsukasa Okita."

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There was a mishap in the last chapter. The parents of the three girls should be from the "mother's family", not from the "law-in-law's family".

The virgin Leopard is stupid! (Leopard in tears Leopard head.jpg) Leopard has corrected this flaw at the speed of light!
Chapter completed!