Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot
Chapter 143 - 138 April 16, An Auspicious Day

Chapter 143: Chapter 138 April 16, An Auspicious Day

When Madam Du first received the task of delivering the Spring Breeze Painting, she was shocked. She knew that when the young miss married into the Lu Family, she was only twelve years old. It was more of becoming a child bride than an actual marriage.

Even if Lu Lingxiao hadn’t gone on an expedition on their wedding night, the two wouldn’t have consummated the marriage. Since there was no consummation, no one would give the young miss this.

But then Lu Lingxiao returned, didn’t he? The young miss had grown up as well, Madam Du thought. Shouldn’t Nanny Li start preparing for the consummation?

Yes, in the end, it didn’t happen, and the two fell out. But some advance preparation is always necessary, right?

However, Nanny Li said she forgot because she was too angry with that brat Lu Lingxiao.

Madam Du, ordered in the face of a crisis, prepared for the young miss to be shy, blushing deeply, and desperately wanting to dive into bed.

And then... what did the young miss say?

What, what was there too little of?

Madam Du stood there dumbfounded for a long time before finding her voice: "Young, young miss... have you seen it?"

Meng Qianqian nodded: "Yes, ’Seventy-nine Leisurely Techniques,’ ’Spring Breeze Thirteen Diagrams,’ ’Eighteen Techniques of the Imperial Concubine.’

Madam Du staggered!

"I also want to see."

"Hmm?" Her murmuring was too quiet for Meng Qianqian to hear clearly.

Madam Du asked seriously: "I mean, where did you see it?"

Meng Qianqian said calmly: "Oh, at the Governor Mansion."

In Nanny Li’s room, she and Nanny Wan, Nanny Hu were anxiously waiting.

Nanny Wan often craned her neck out to look: "Why has it taken so long?"

Nanny Hu said: "The young miss is inexperienced, and usually only loves swordplay, surely she doesn’t understand this. Madam Du has to talk more about these things."

"Ah."

Nanny Wan nodded heavily, agreeing with Nanny Hu’s reasoning.

After some time, Madam Du finally returned to Nanny Li’s side, expressionless.

The three looked at her nervously, also glancing at the booklet in her hand.

Nanny Wan asked: "Finished? Does the young miss understand?"

Madam Du shook her head, then nodded.

Nanny Wan was puzzled: "What does that mean?"

Madam Du murmured: "The young miss hasn’t finished, but she understands."

Nanny Li’s face darkened: "Stop spouting nonsense! How could the young miss understand these things?"

Madam Du said with a grieved (and envious) look: "The young miss had already seen it at the Governor Mansion."

Seventy-nine techniques, who can understand? I’ve never seen so many techniques in my life.

A moment later, Nanny Li’s rage-filled roar echoed from the room.

"Lu Yuan, you beast! Let me go! Everyone, let me go! Today I will risk my life to beat him to death!"

Nanny Wan held Nanny Li tightly: "If you kill the young master, the young miss will become a widow again!"

Nanny Hu was also sweating as she blocked: "Yes, yes, we can’t let the young miss lose two husbands! Such a good man is hard to come by even with a lantern!"

Nanny Li saw the two acting as if siding with outsiders, and resentfully snapped: "Tell me! Did you take Lu Yuan’s silver?"

"No!"

The two spoke in unison.

Nanny Li didn’t believe them: "Swear it!"

The two raised their fingers: "We swear to the heavens that we definitely did not take the Grand Commander’s silver!"

They clearly took gold instead.

...

In the bamboo forest thirty miles outside the city, Ji Li met an old friend whom he hadn’t seen in ages.

"It’s been years, and you haven’t changed at all, still... so annoying."

As the top Commander Guard among the twelve, Ji Li didn’t allow anyone to outshine him. Yet Si Snake had a pair of deep blue eyes that were naturally charming, making him stand out even without trying.

Si Snake, well aware of Ji Li’s behavior, couldn’t be bothered to engage in banter and said coldly: "Since we bumped into each other, I have some news for you."

Ji Li raised an eyebrow, playing with the folding fan in his hand: "Oh? Coincidentally, I also have news to tell you."

Si Snake said: "Let’s say it together."

Ji Li: "Okay."

"Yin Hu is dead."

"Chen Long is missing."

They spoke simultaneously and then stopped, staring at each other in surprise.

Si Snake frowned: "Yin Hu is dead?"

Ji Li opened the fan, showing his own handsome portrait: "It’s a well-known fact by now. You haven’t heard?"

Si Snake pondered: "I came from the Western Regions and didn’t inquire much along the way."

Ji Li waved the fan: "Oh, he died at Yumen Pass in the north. If you were in the Western Regions, it’s plausible you didn’t hear. What about Chen Long?"

Si Snake said: "Not sure, last October I received a letter from him. He said if he didn’t meet me in the Western Regions in January, it likely meant misfortune."

Ji Li raised an eyebrow: "Another one gone."

Si Snake said: "Not quite."

"Hmm?" Ji Li looked at Si Snake oddly.

Si Snake recalled: "He mentioned in his letter that he has already passed the Chen Long command to his successor."

Ji Li’s face darkened as he snapped the fan shut: "He also has a successor? All of you secretly taking disciples without telling me! Blue, you didn’t take on any, did you?"

Si Snake said: "No. What do you mean by what you just said?"

Ji Li’s eyes lit up with laughter: "I mean your nemesis Yin Hu, he also left a Little Yin Hu, who’s currently in the Capital City! So, how about going to fight?"

Si Snake stood up: "I need to find Chen Long’s successor first."

Ji Li watched as he turned away and coaxed: "Hey, don’t be so reasonable! Taking revenge is more important! As old friends, I’ll find Little Chen Long for you if you go deal with Little Yin Hu first!"

Si Snake stopped and turned back: "Almost forgot, you’re a diviner, can you calculate where the Chen Long command is?"

Ji Li’s face darkened: "Blue, how many times have I told you, I’m not a fortune-teller!"

Si Snake: "Then can you actually divine things?"

Ji Li: "...I can."

Ji Li first divined using copper coins, then took out a Feng Shui Compass. When the final result appeared, he gasped!

"The Chen Long command is actually in..."

--

April 16, an auspicious day according to the calendar.

Before dawn, Meng Qianqian was woken up by Nanny Li.

Today was her wedding day, and after today, she would have a new status in the Capital City.

Meng Bo and others had been busy since midnight, checking the dowry one last time, then spreading red carpets throughout the alley, transforming the dreary alley into a festive one. Passersby couldn’t believe their eyes.

Isn’t this the alley full of cursed houses? How could there be a celebration here?

Today, Tan’er didn’t sleep in, and she came to Meng Qianqian’s room early with Ban Xia.

Though it was her second marriage, back when she went to the Lu Family she was still young, and had traveled thousands of miles, skipping all these processes. Therefore, this was Meng Qianqian’s first proper experience of being a bride.

First came the bath, using over ten pounds of flower petals just for the bath, causing Meng Qianqian to sneeze continuously.

"Achoo! Achoo!"

Nanny Li wanted Ban Xia to keep adding petals, but Meng Qianqian held onto the basket: "Enough, enough, it’s fragrant enough! Any more and I’ll faint."

After the bath, Meng Qianqian donned a red bellyband embroidered with mandarin ducks, changed into a soft, light, and sheer crimson silk gown, her figure elegant as water, her skin smooth and jade-like.

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