Night came and everyone started the banquet in the spacious courtyard and began eating and drinking, congratulating the groom and the General of the union of the two families. More relatives and friends arrived as the day goes on. It was a celebration which lasts from the morning till night.

“Miss… Oops, sorry I should call you Mistress now, instead of Miss,” said Xiao Hua. “Mistress, are you hungry? I bought you some food.”

There was no reply and she called out to YuQiao again, but there wasn't any answer again, so without asking she opened the door into the room. Even though there was a screen dividing the room, she could see that YuQiao had fallen asleep on the bed through the transparent screen. “The Miss must have been tired,” thought Xiao Hua.

She closed the door and walk on tiptoes, placing the tray on the table as quiet as possible, but when she tried to leave, she accidentally bumped into the table and dropped the chopsticks and woke the mistress.

“SanGeGe (Brother San), are you there?” asked YuQiao, waking up.

“No, Mistress, it is me Xiao Hua,” said the maid as she bends down to pick the fallen chopsticks.

“Oh,” said YuQiao disappointedly. “It’s so strange, how you are calling me Mistress. Xiao Hua, just call me Miss as you always do. I feel more comfortable like that.” Xiao Hua nodded.

“Miss are you hungry?” asked Xiao Hua as she wiped the chopsticks with her shirt, hidden from the YuQiao’s view.

By the matter of fact, after Xiao Hua said that YuQiao started to feel hungry, she hadn't eaten anything since the breakfast in the morning. “Yes, I am hungry,” said YuQiao and she lifted her veil away. With it in her hands, she walked towards the table and looked at the small plates of food that Xiao Hua prepared for her.

She sat down and placed the veil on the table and then, Xiao Hua handed the chopsticks to YuQiao. “The food seems to taste a little like dirt,” commented YuQiao. Slyly Xiao Hua said, “Nothing wrong Miss, nothing wrong, it must be your imagination.”

“Did you drop the chopsticks again, Xiao Hua?” asked YuQiao as she slowly turned around to ask Xiao Hua.

“No, miss. I did not. I swear,” said Xiao Hua as she crossed her hand behind her back. YuQiao caught the hand behind Xiao Hua and took it out.

“You are lying to me. You crossed your fingers again. I am going to punish you,” said YuQiao and she grabbed Xiao Hua and tickled her. “You drop the chopsticks again?”

“Miss, stop. Miss ha-ha…ha-ha,” laughed Xiao Hua until tears trickle down her face. “I did. I admit it, so miss, stop, please,” begged Xiao Hua. “I will go get you some new ones,” said Xiao Hua.

“Fine, I will let you go this time,” said YuQiao and she stopped. “Hurry, I am starving and bored. I have never stayed still for such a long time in my life. I miss SanGeGe and mostly the banquet. Why does, the bride has to miss her own wedding celebration?” she sighed.

Xiao Hua laughed at her comment. “Mistress, it is the custom. You can't argue with it. Although you can't go to the banquet, but just be a little more patient, at least the Master will surely come here soon. After that you would have years and years to be together. And have many children and grandchildren.”

“Yes,” answered YuQiao red faced.

“Do you want to relay a message?” asked Xiao Hua.

“I note to who?” asked YuQiao, puzzled by Xiao Hua's question.

“To the Master Yong, your husband,” teased Xiao Hua.

“Yes. That would be nice. Wait for me,” replied YuQiao shyly. And she went towards the study table and gotten out the paper and ink. Xiao Hua began grinding the ink stone while YuQiao thought of the things she wanted to write. When the ink was ready, she wrote a small note which she folded and handed to Xiao Hua.

“Come back soon,” said YuQiao who was still sitting behind the desk, waving goodbye to her maid.

“Yes, miss. I will be back in a flash.”

“Do not go wandering, go straight to the kitchen and back or I will have to punish you again and remember to deliver the note on the way.”

“Yes, miss,” replied Xiao Hua and she opened the door again and went on her way.

However, before she even left corridor the door to her mistress's room opened and YuQiao called out to her, “Xiao Hua, tell my father, tonight the wind is going to be strong.”

“Your sixth sense again,” asked Xiao Hua.

“Yes, it's been tingling all the while as I was sleeping.”

“Anything else?” asked Xiao Hua.

“No. Nothing anymore. Go on,” said YuQiao waving goodbye to Xiao Hua again. “Be careful,” thought YuQiao. She doesn't understand why as well but as the night progresses her nerves were getting more to her, it felt like something bad would happen.

“Maybe I am just nervous,” thought YuQiao and after watching Xiao Hua's figure disappeared around the corner, she went back inside of her room, sat on the bed with the red veil overhead and waited, just in case YongSan came into the room.

Time passes by, but there was no news from Xiao Hua and she had this gut feeling that something was very wrong and the strange quietness that was enveloping her surroundings made it even stronger. YuQiao was getting anxious, and she even started to pace around the room instead of sitting calmly, “Why hasn't Xiao Hua come back? It's just a few simple tasks.”

At last, when her patience had run out, she decided to go outside of the room to search for Xiao Hua.  She walked towards the door and just at that moment when her hands touched the door, she heard a scream.

The voice was not far from her room and as a daughter of a general she was braver than any ordinary girl and she pulled her veil away and she rushed out of her room to see what was happening. The sight that was in front of her was too much that she was at a loss for words.