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Chapter 860 - 715: Yue Qianqian Lacks Martial Virtue (Please Support with Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 860: Chapter 715: Yue Qianqian Lacks Martial Virtue (Please Support with Monthly Tickets)

Within the Fen Yang Prince Mansion, Li Xuan was breaking out in cold sweat, his heart trembling with fear.

At this moment, he had just ushered Jiang Hanyun through the door, preparing to pay respects to his parents and to heaven and earth, when the voice of Li Sihai could be heard from outside.

"Luo Yan, Fumo Xiaowei of the Liudao Division, presents her wedding congratulations to the newlyweds, offering a gift of 30,000 taels of patterned silver, one festive canopy, a pair of congratulatory scrolls, one set of festive scroll paintings, one top-grade magical implement, three rare treasures, three sets of jade artifacts, and a bundle of Longxu noodles—"

"Mr. Xue, the Young Heavenly Master of Tianshi’s Mansion, for the couple’s grand wedding gift, donates 30,000 taels of patterned silver, one festive canopy, a pair of congratulatory scrolls, one set of festive scroll paintings, one top-grade magical implement—"

Luo Yan and Xue Yunrou had been late in arriving, but after Jiang Hanyun was welcomed into the mansion, both chose the same time to visit and offer their congratulations. Along with Ao Shuying, Yue Qianqian, and Leng Yurou who had already arrived earlier, the group of girls who shared a close relationship with Li Xuan had all gathered at the Fen Yang Prince Mansion.

The only one who could not appropriately appear at the occasion was Princess Jianguo Yu Hongchang, who had people send gifts on her behalf.

Luo Yan and the others hadn’t actually done much, merely the normal practice of giving gifts, yet Li Xuan finally understood the feeling of those scoundrels who encountered their ’ex-girlfriends’ at their wedding ceremonies.

In his case, however, they were not exes, but his current partners.

During the wedding ceremony, Li Xuan felt the gazes of the few girls piercing through him like needles and knives.

Their expressions weren’t really angry, nor did they think to chop him right then and there to serve as an example to all the scoundrels in the world.

However, their looks were complex, filled with varying degrees of hidden resentment, unwillingness, and envy.

This made Li Xuan feel as uncomfortable as sitting on pins and needles, internally uneasy.

Fortunately, until he and Jiang Hanyun had completed paying respects to heaven and earth, and to the high hall, and had bowed to each other as husband and wife, nothing untoward happened.

Jiang Hanyun, although tangled with fear and reluctance before the wedding, cooperated very well during the ceremony. She did whatever the Ritual Officer asked, appearing meek and mild like a young bride.

After sending Hanyun back to the main court bridal chamber and coming back out, Li Xuan’s expression relaxed, his spirit at ease.

Having completed the ceremony of paying respects to the high hall, the major part of the ceremony was done, and little could go wrong thereafter. Even if some unforeseen event occurred, it would not affect the overall situation.

The next step was to propose toasts to the guests. Now a County Prince and de facto Chief Fuzheng Minister of The Court, his wedding was naturally attended by many prominent guests, a veritable sea of coronets.

Nearly all civil and military officials of the court had come, with those below the 6th-rank having no way to enter the mansion and instead arranged to be in nearby restaurants.

Among those remained in the mansion were not to be neglected, fortunately, Li Xuan himself was among the realm’s esteemed martial artists with a ’Vajra Invulnerability’ Golden Body, impervious to inebriation by ordinary worldly liquors.

However, after only a few toasting rounds, Li Sihai brought him some bad news.

"Your Highness! This old servant has failed your task and could not keep them apart," Li Sihai said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, his face pale. "Xiaowei Luo and the others have all gathered at the Tingtian waterside pavilion."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but startle, his hand trembling with the wine glass: "How could this be? Didn’t I ask you to arrange their seats a little farther apart?"

His original plan was to isolate the girls and manage them separately.

If they were separated, there would be no conflict, and without conflict, there would be no risk of things turning chaotic.

"It was after Mr. Xue, the Young Heavenly Master, said a few words to Xiaowei Luo that somehow they wanted to have a drinking contest, and then the others also wanted to join the excitement, and they all gathered at the Tingtian waterside pavilion."

Li Sihai inwardly tasted bitterness, thinking that he couldn’t possibly stop what these girls wanted to do.

Each one of them was either Li Xuan’s sweetheart or his close female confidant. Moreover, each had formidable cultivation and was well-versed in Martial Law. At a mere gesture, they could leave him and Li Dalu unable to escape their wrath.

Hadn’t Earl Chengyi and his wife been treating them with the utmost respect?

Li Xuan immediately took a deep breath, knowing that this wasn’t Li Sihai’s fault, and it was absolutely necessary for him not to panic at this time.

He carefully considered the situation, thinking that with Luo Yan’s temperament, even if she was dissatisfied with him, she wouldn’t cause trouble at his wedding with Jiang Hanyun; Xue Yunrou was all the more a person of decorum, she wouldn’t let her cousin lose face.

So the two women were merely engaging in a drinking contest, and the likelihood of them fighting was slim.

Li Xuan’s mind settled, and he answered calmly, "Since it’s a drinking contest, there should be no harm for now. You can have the kitchen serve them the best "daughter’s red" wine. Then, pass a message privately to Immortal Master Shuide, asking her to keep an eye out for me, and if anything happens, she can signal immediately."

"Daughter’s red" was a type of yellow wine, a low-alcohol beverage, with an alcohol content similar to beer.

Although this kind of wine was enjoyable and easy to drink, drinking a lot of it won’t cause intoxication. This is why Wu Song could drink eighteen bowls and still have the strength to fight a tiger.

Yet, Li Xuan hastened his pace in toasting the guests, prompting playful jeers from the guests about how the groom couldn’t wait to enter the bridal chamber.

At this time, what Li Xuan did not know was that on the rooftop of a building in Princess Changle’s mansion directly north of Fen Yang Prince Mansion, Yu Hongchang was surveying him from afar with her Spirit Eye.

"Your Highness!"

Accompanying Yu Hongchang out of the palace was the chief butler of the Sili Bureau, Qian Long, who said with a resigned expression, "Shall I speak to the County Prince and have him come over to talk to you?"

"No need," Yu Hongchang said, contemplating the recent scene where Li Xuan and Jiang Hanyun bowed to each other as husband and wife, her eyes slightly dimming. She shook her head, "I just came to have a look, I’ll leave shortly."

Qian Long could guess the reason, and he sighed inwardly, "Perhaps Her Highness should find another place; this is directly in the draft, which isn’t good for the child."

Yu Hongshang glanced at the young Yu Youlong in her arms and gave a slight nod.

Actually, with her Zhenyuan protecting him, even the fiercest wind here couldn’t harm Yu Youlong in the slightest, but Yu Hongshang was no longer in the mood, feeling listless and dispirited.

She had already intended to return to the palace, but then her expression changed as she noticed something unusual in the direction of Tingtian Water Pavilion in the backyard of the Fen Yang Mansion.

Yu Hongshang immediately stepped forward, "Let’s go and have a look over there."

There were openings on all four sides of the Fen Yang Mansion’s compound, and the mansion’s backyard wall had a large gate connecting it to the Princess Mansion.

So when Yu Hongshang entered the Fen Yang Mansion, her passage was unimpeded. But as she was heading towards the Tingtian Water Pavilion, she noticed Tingtian Ao staggering towards the pavilion as well.

It seemed drunk from alcohol or perhaps it was trying very hard to suppress and control something; it advanced five steps and then retreated four and a half, barely making it half a step in a long time.

Yu Hongshang smelled a whiff of alcohol from afar, shook her head, and decided not to pay any attention to the drunken dog.

When she arrived at the Tingtian Water Pavilion, she heard Xue Yunrou’s voice inside, "This cup of wine, I toast to you and me! For him, I’m haunted by obsessive thoughts and ends of reasoning; after countless twists and turns, in the end, it’s like dreaming of Xu Ke, an illusory shadow within a fantasy."

Upon hearing this, Yu Hongshang’s eyes instantly brimmed with tears.

She thought to herself, isn’t it just so?

She loved Li Xuan deeply, but at this moment, other than the child in her arms, she had nothing else.

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When Li Xuan had visited all the banquet tables and hurried to the Tingtian Water Pavilion, his emotions were complicated.

What eased his mind was that nothing had happened here after all, but what gave him a headache was that these girls had all gone crazy with drinking!

However, Luo Yan and Xue Yunrou were competing in a drinking contest, while Yu Hongshang, Ao Shuying, and Yue Qianqian were also drinking sullenly by the side, each downing a large pot of wine, and the wooden barrels next to them had already emptied over a hundred. The kitchen was in a crisis, reporting that their stock was running low.

Leng Yurou was somewhat better off, for today she had unusually not spent her time on mechanical devices, but was leisurely enjoying her wine while admiring the lake view.

After seeing this, Li Xuan felt both heartache and guilt.

He knew he was the reason for this, that he had wronged these women.

But the most pressing matter at hand was to resolve the current shuraba and prevent any danger before it could arise.

Li Xuan’s eyes darted around, and he came up with an idea, "Didn’t the Yuquan Courtyard of Huashan send us thirty pots of Baiyun Immortal Brew a while back? Bring them all out."

The Yuquan Courtyard of Huashan is the sacred ground of the Quanzhen Sect, also known as the Huashan Sect in the martial arts world.

After Prince Yi raised his army, the Yuquan Courtyard of Huashan was directly under the eyes of Xi’an. Thus, when The Court called upon various Daoist sects to send disciples to the army to fight the rebels, only the Yuquan Courtyard of Huashan was not ordered to do so.

However, they did not join the rebels either. They simply dispersed their scriptures, treasures, and disciples among the hills and forests. They neither resisted nor cooperated with the Rebel Army of Prince Yi in Xi’an. Instead, they cleverly presented generous gifts to the powerful in The Court, showing their submission.

This Baiyun Immortal Brew was a tribute from the Yuquan Courtyard of Huashan to Li Xuan, said to be the strongest Immortal Brew in the world. Even those at the heavenly level could only handle ten pots at most, and it wouldn’t cause any harm to the body after drinking.

Li Xuan’s plan was to drink with these girls; confident in his Henglian Golden Body Vajra Invulnerability, he intended to get each of the girls drunk first.

The first one Li Xuan picked was Yue Qianqian.

He thought to pick the softest persimmon first, and Yue Qianqian looked easy to bully. Not only was her cultivation the weakest, but she also didn’t drink much usually.

But after seven pots with Yue Qianqian, she was none the worse for wear, while Li Xuan himself started to feel slightly dazed.

Li Xuan could no longer contain himself, astonished, "Qianqian, your tolerance is so high? Even after seven pots of Baiyun Immortal Brew you’re not drunk?"

It felt like playing a video game where one planned to save health for the boss, but ended up depleting half health on minor enemies.

"I’m really bad with alcohol," Yue Qianqian looked at him curiously, "But just now, I used Houtu Immortal Descending. It wasn’t me drinking; it was Houtu Empress. She’s using my body to drink."

Li Xuan was instantly so frustrated that he trembled, "Why didn’t you say so earlier, Qianqian? And besides, just for drinking, you had to use Descendence to find someone to drink in your place? This is simply—simply—"

He thought hard for a moment but was unable to find an appropriate adjective. In the end, he could only helplessly say, "This is simply preposterous! It’s a breach of Martial Law, an insult to the wine."

Yue Qianqian puckered her lips, feeling wronged, "You didn’t ask."

She was simply full of melancholy and wanted to experience the sensation of drowning sorrows in wine, not really aiming to get drunk.

Li Xuan had given up on Yue Qianqian and was looking among the ladies to pick the next soft target when he spotted Tingtian Ao swaggering drunkenly in.