I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 336: Gathering of Heroes_1

Chapter 336: Chapter 336: Gathering of Heroes_1

Grandmother took a few steps with you, then turned to look at the lake wrinkled by the cold wind, and asked indifferently, "You should already know about Little Yun’s past life, right?"

"Yes."

"Sigh, you two really share a tragic fate." Grandmother turned to look at you again, "Do you understand the curse deep within Qiyi’s soul?"

"Yes, according to what the Empress said, she was the one who placed the curse."

Upon hearing the title "Empress" from your lips, she momentarily froze and asked, "You’ve met the Empress?"

"Yes."

"She didn’t attack you?"

"She did, but she didn’t try to kill me. However, she’s probably thinking about how to kill me all the time, but she can’t do it right now."

"Why not?"

"There’s someone by her side, no, to be precise, by my side. Her name is Zhao’er. Because of her, the Empress can’t kill me."

Clearly, Grandmother wasn’t aware of Zhao’er’s existence. After hearing what you said, she slowly walked over to a vine chair at the side and gently sat down.

"Come, tell Grandmother about Zhao’er and your story."

"Hm?"

Seeing your slight surprise, Grandmother smiled, "Silly boy, you are my dear grandson, with your trivial schemes, do you think Grandmother wouldn’t know?"

"Heh heh." You scratched your head and walked over with a laugh.

Just as you started to recount the details of your time with Zhao’er to Grandmother, there had already arrived four distinguished and extremely handsome young noblemen in the main hall ahead.

Shangguan Wenxiu, seated in a high position, looked at each of the four men but felt satisfied with their appearance; of course, that was only as far as appearances went. As for the rest, that would have to be observed in other ways.

If everything had gone according to the original plan, she would naturally have had these four men go through some form of assessment. Only, Wu Qiyi’s heart already belonged to another, and this so-called marriage proposal was just a way to test Cen Jinghua.

"Cen Family of Yenjing, Cen Jinghua pays respects to the elder madam, and greets Miss Wu." The Young Marshall stepped forward and bowed to Shangguan Wenxiu and Wu Qiyi, who had her eyes closed the whole time while seated in the high position.

Next to the Young Marshall, a tall and scholarly-looking young man also stepped forward, bowing as he said, "Gusu’s Wu Family, Wu Weixiang pays respects to the elder madam, and greets Miss Wu."

No sooner had Wu Weixiang finished speaking than a playful voice came from his side, "Lu family of Chang’an, Lu Chenghao greets the elder madam and Miss Wu; oh my, what a rare occasion, to see a living goddess, I’m simply too excited."

Lu Chenghao’s laughter was somewhat sleazy, yet this sleaziness didn’t make him unlikeable, it just made him seem a bit unreliable.

The last man was taller than the other three, with skin so pale it seemed almost excessive; no ordinary girl would dare stand beside him. He stood expressionless, his eyes looking upward, clearly showing no interest in this so-called marriage proposal.

Shangguan Wenxiu smiled at the man and asked, "Which family’s child are you?"

The man coldly replied, "Linyi, Jiang Leng."

"Oh, the legitimate grandson of Old Master Jiang, it seems you’ve inherited Old Master Jiang’s teachings; you’re radiating chilliness from your body, and even this temper is just as foul as his."

Shangguan Wenxiu’s comment made Jiang Leng somewhat embarrassed. He paused and, giving a formal bow to Shangguan Wenxiu, said, "Old Madame, we of the Jiang Family never act unprepared. Although I knew this trip would surely be fruitless, since the Old Madame has requested, I could only come and make up the numbers."

Shangguan Wenxiu immediately laughed, somewhat surprised, and asked, "Oh? Why would you say that? There’s no catch to this marriage proposal."

Jiang Leng coldly smiled: "Indeed, there’s no catch, but perhaps the Old Madame has forgotten that my Linyi Jiang Family and the Xiao Family of Yenjing are related by blood, our families have been friendly for generations. The current head of the Xiao Family is my grandmother."

Shangguan Wenxiu nodded her head: "I am certainly aware of that. Does it prove anything?"

Jiang Leng shrugged and, looking towards Wu Qiyi, who had her eyes closed, resting or seemingly sleeping, he smiled and said, "I have a cousin, his name is Li Muyun."

Wu Qiyi abruptly opened her eyes, looking towards Jiang Leng with a surprised expression. She truly didn’t know you had another cousin!

"Hmph! If you have no confidence in yourself, better leave early!" the Young Marshall coldly huffed, clearly Jiang Leng’s words had provoked his discontent.

"Although I also think I don’t stand much of a chance, being able to witness the Goddess’ elegance is worth the money for the round trip plane tickets," Lu Chenghao said with a giggly smile.

At that moment, Wu Weixiang nodded and said, "I agree with what Young Master Lu has said. To witness Miss Wu’s grace makes this trip worthwhile. Moreover, I have relatives here as well. This trip to Yuhang also gives me the opportunity to visit them."

Shangguan Wenxiu suddenly found these three frank young lords amusing and asked, "Master Wu, don’t tell me you also have a cousin called Li Muyun."

Wu Weixiang said with a clasped hand and a smile, "The Old Madame jests, although I’ve long heard of Master Li’s fame, I have yet to have the chance to meet him."

"Oh? When did the Li Family boy become so famous?"

Wu Weixiang explained, "It’s not that Master Li has that much fame, but one of my cousins is good brothers with him."

Upon hearing this, Wu Qiyi immediately reacted, glanced at Xi Yu beside her, who nodded. Xi Yu then said to Wu Weixiang, "The cousin Master Wu mentioned, could he possibly be the Young Lord Wei of the Wei Family from Suzhou, Wei Shuxian?"

"Precisely."

Lu Chenghao immediately laughed, "I knew it. Before coming here, I made it clear to my old man, this is not really a match-making event, it’s practically a family reunion."

"That’s because you lack confidence in yourselves. I don’t think so," the Young Marshall asserted with a straight back and a slight smile, addressing Wu Qiyi, "All men possess a love for beauty, and Miss Wu with her heavenly grace and national beauty, any man would..."

"Enough, save that talk for your maids at home. They might even be grateful and moved to tears; but here, it makes you seem much less intelligent."

Jiang Leng immediately interrupted the Young Marshall.

"You..." The Young Marshall wanted to erupt, but thinking of the plans he had next, he could only bottle up his anger.

Seeing this, Lu Chenghao wore a sun-sets-at-night expression and promptly took out his phone, snapping a photo of the Young Marshall’s expression with a "click": "Yeeha, this is really rare, the Young Marshall who is known to ’cover the sky with one hand’ in the Chu Sect actually holding back his anger. Wow, this is big news, I have to post it to my circle of friends."

Seeing the Young Marshall’s expression become increasingly dark, Xi Yu spoke up, "Alright, time waits for no one. We don’t need to waste everyone’s time on this issue. Normally, the marriage proposal would follow several procedures to showcase the strengths of the four gentlemen. However, due to time constraints and after seeking the opinions of the Old Madame and young lady, all procedures are omitted. Four gentlemen will only need to answer one question."

"Oh? That direct?" Lu Chenghao said, smiling.

Wu Weixiang nodded his head, "That’s better."

Jiang Leng remained silent, his gaze lowered to a small, unnamed grass beside his feet.

The Young Marshall still wore his ultra-confident demeanor, saying with a smile, "Let’s begin."

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