bookrebus Chapter 408
Chapter 408
Shangguan Yun looked at the city walls, which were slightly smaller than those of their Qinling State, with an unspeakable sense of disdain. Whenever she thought about the possibility of being trapped in this small city for the rest of her life, she felt even more unhappy."Obviously, isn't it written up there?" Shangguan Mu said casually.
"Don't be so smug. Maybe you'll be the one staying behind, not me!" Seeing Shangguan Mu acting like this, Shangguan Yun was incredibly annoyed.
She wondered why she wasn't born a man. Why did the burden of a political marriage have to fall on her, a princess?
Couldn't men also be sent off for political marriages?
She thought indignantly, how wonderful would it be if men could be sent for political marriages?
Thinking of this, Shangguan Yun sized up Shangguan Mu, praying in her heart that this Lannuo State also had some highly favored princess who would insist on keeping him as a royal consort. How great would that be?
"What are you looking at me for?" Shangguan Mu was already a bit impatient, but Shangguan Yun's gaze was so intense that it was hard for him to ignore.
"If you weren't looking at me, how would you know I was looking at you?" Shangguan Yun wouldn't tell him that she was secretly cursing him to catch the eye of a Lannuo State princess.
"Alright, once we're in Lannuo State, behave yourself." Shangguan Mu didn't continue asking why she was staring at him like that.
"Oh!" Shangguan Yun just gave a soft reply, not arguing back.
After all, now that they were in Lannuo State, this third brother was the closest person she had.
There were quite a few guards at the city gate questioning the commoners going in and out.
"Go deliver the letter to that guard." Shangguan Mu handed a document to a guard.
In fact, Shangguan Mu had brought Shangguan Yun here secretly in advance. Right now, their identities were just ordinary merchants.
The purpose was to choose a suitable marriage prospect ahead of time.
"After entering the city, behave yourself. Don't put on your princess airs. You must know that right now, our identities are just ordinary merchants," Shangguan Mu warned Shangguan Yun once again.
"I know, my ears are growing calluses from hearing that," Shangguan Yun said in dissatisfaction.
She thought to herself that she naturally knew what kind of husband to pick.
If she could pick one that caught her fancy and whom she genuinely liked, that would naturally be even better.
After checking Shangguan Mu's documents, the city guards didn't say anything and let them into the city.
"Tch, these Lannuo State guards are nothing special." Shangguan Yun felt that since they got into the city so easily, their security awareness was really lacking.
"Enough, this is also because of the identities we arranged beforehand." Shangguan Mu lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.
People were coming and going on the streets, and street vendors were enthusiastically peddling their wares.
However, if one looked closely, there was still a clear difference between these people and them.
The people of their Qinling State had more prominent noses and larger eyes.
"Be careful when you go out in the future. It's best to wear a veiled hat." Seeing this, Shangguan Mu didn't want to expose their identities too early and instructed Shangguan Yun.
"Got it!" Shangguan Yun didn't take the matter to heart.
Meanwhile, Li Zhiwei happened to be with Wen Xiu and Cheng Qingli at the entrance of Jinhua Pavilion, organizing the preparations for its opening.
Today was the twenty-third of the ninth lunar month. Her wedding with Xu Heming was set for the sixth of the tenth month.
Taking advantage of the time before the opening, Li Zhiwei was busy with her wedding preparations while also finding time to oversee the work here.
"Sister Li, aren't you at ease with the way I handle things? I've arranged everything that needed to be arranged," Cheng Qingli patted her chest and promised.
"If Wen Xiu said that, I might believe it a little. But you..." Li Zhiwei shook her head as she spoke, looking as if she didn't quite believe it.
"Hey, what do you mean by that? You should know, it's not just the three of us here, but also my older sister. Would I dare mess around?" Hearing this, Cheng Qingli was displeased.
Indeed, the Empress had also bought shares in Jinhua Pavilion. The few of them each held thirty percent, and the remaining ten percent was given to the Empress.
"Oh my, who knows if some people might even scheme against their own sister?" Li Zhiwei didn't actually doubt Cheng Qingli; she was just used to this way of bantering.
"Fine, you're making fun of me again!" Hearing this, Cheng Qingli went to chase after Li Zhiwei.
"Hey, you'd better be careful. Your future sister-in-law is watching right here. Watch out, or she'll go back and tell her brother that you're too fierce."
Seeing that Cheng Qingli was about to cause a ruckus again, Li Zhiwei quickly stopped her.
"Oh my, I'm a bit torn too. Should I tell my older brother about this or not?" Wen Xiu also covered her mouth and chuckled on the side.
"Fine, you guys are actually laughing at me! Wen Xiu, I'm your future sister-in-law, and you're not helping me!" Cheng Qingli stomped her feet in anxiety.
"Oh dear, Wen Xiu, what should we do? Will this future sister-in-law of yours find you a formidable in-law family in the future?" Li Zhiwei continued to joke.
"Ah?" Now it was Wen Xiu's turn to be dumbfounded. She looked at Cheng Qingli with a troubled expression and then at Li Zhiwei.
Pulling a long face, she said, "If that's the case, I wouldn't dare offend my sister-in-law!"
Wen Xiu said with a fearful look.
"Miss Wen, what a coincidence. How come I run into you here too?"
A discordant voice rang out from outside.
The few of them, who had been joking around, all stopped.
"Why is that obnoxious guy here again?" As soon as Cheng Qingli heard the voice, she knew it was that detestable Zhang Yanchu.
"Has he been pestering you lately?" Li Zhiwei frowned. This pair of Zhang siblings was simply lingering like ghosts.
"I always run into him." Speaking of this, Wen Xiu was also extremely speechless.
But she really couldn't bring herself to like this Zhang Yanchu.
"These Zhang siblings are truly shameless. Back then, that Zhang Zifu even tried to steal Sister Li's dowry, and now this Zhang Yanchu is trying to latch onto you," Cheng Qingli said indignantly.
"But him showing up every day like this isn't a solution either." Looking at that Zhang Yanchu, Li Zhiwei also felt that this couldn't go on and they needed to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
"How about I go to the palace and ask my emperor brother-in-law to arrange a post for him? Send him to a remote little county to be a minor magistrate?" Cheng Qingli thought for a moment and asked.
"Look at that Zhang Yanchu. If he became a magistrate, wouldn't that just harm the commoners?" Li Zhiwei didn't think that such a person becoming an official would do any good.
In her view, the reason Zhang Yanchu pestered them time and again was simply because Wen Xiu hadn't been engaged yet.
He was thinking about whether he could become the Wen family's son-in-law and enjoy the benefits that came with it.
"I don't think he's cut out to be a good official either. To be honest, all the scholars from his year have entered officialdom, except for him." Cheng Qingli was well aware of these rumors.
Actually, for someone like Zhang Yanchu, he logically should have had the chance to enter officialdom, but he had been delayed until now.
There was definitely a problem here, they just didn't know whose problem it was.