Chapter 99 - 99. Bride Selection I

Third person POV

The ride from Xu residence to the palace was silent, Hong er didn't spoke even a word nor her breathing sound could be heard. Hong er could hear the hustle bustle of the people that watched the luxurious carriage passing through. Even though they were whispering, with years of training, Hong er could clearly hear what they whisper.

P1: " It is Great General Xu's daughter, I hope that she is as good as her father."

P2: " Don't you know the rumors flying around her? It says that she is very spoiled and arrogant."

P3: " No way…"

P1: " It is just a rumor, even though it make sense that she is a spoiled and arrogant Young Miss because her family is rich and powerful, it doesn't mean that its true."

P2: " But isn't that how society works?" ( with mocking tone.)

P3: " But not all of them like that, just look at Great General Xu and his deceased brothers. They never flaunt the wealth nor their status, they even used their own money to help the slums from hunger and disease."

P2: " What if they just make it up to build a nice person mask?"

P1: " You never went to Xi An before?"

P2: " Why do I have to go there? It is just a place near border where it will be the first place to infiltrated when wars come."

P1: " Pfft, that's why you don't know anything and just spout nonsense." ( in sarcastic tone.)

P2: " Wha-"

P3: " Figured it out, you should go there at least once."

P2: " Why the hell do I have to go there?"

P1: " *sigh, Xi An is comparable with capital, actually better than capital. Foreign merchants are welcomed there and they established some foreign system in their city, surprisingly it worked quite well. That's why there are some people purposely moved there for business or peaceful life and it works. My friend become happier after he lived there for a week and he love the Xu family so much that he prayed to the god for them."

P1: " Right?! My aunt live there and she get monthly allowance because there are no youngster or anyone that can work and she almost enter 80 years old. Only her grandkids and her sick husband in that house so she couldn't leave them and go to work. It really helped her a lot."

P3: " En, it really is helpful for elderly."

P2: " Humph, they only want to let people know that they are rich."

P3: " Wtf man?! You are just being jealous. This is ridiculous."

P1: " You better not talk bad about Xu family in front of Xi An's citizen."

Hong er smiled knowing that the system that she and both of her parents discussed brought a good effect to the citizen in Xi An. She didn't care about them talking bad about her but she was quite pissed when they talked bad about the Xu family.

( Her carriage is the one that use human to lift up, 4 hoomans)

After 20 minutes of ride, the carriage stopped and slowly lowered down to the ground. Huayun gently called Hong er from outside and lifted up the curtain. Hong er elegantly stepped out from the carriage and looked around without moving her head. Right now she was at the main gate of the palace and there were many carriages beside her carriage.

One by one the passenger inside came out with eyecatching accessories and clothes. Gold and jades hanging on their hair and whole body, the girls walked towards their other girl friends leaving Hong er standing alone in the middle of gate. Hong er noticed the largest group had Li Qianzi standing in the middle of the crowd like an innocent fairy, she wore a light pink hanfu with cute make up on her face. Li Qianzi suddenly looked at her direction and slowly walked towards Hong er with a gentle smile leaving the group of girls behind.

The girls' eyes immediately on Hong er, Hong er could see the hostile in their eyes despite the cute smile they were showing. Li Qianzi stopped in front of Hong er and politely greeted Hong er with a gentle smile. Hong er bowed to her because Li Qianzi was older than her. Li Qianzi had to look up to Hong er because she is a head shorter than Hong er. Inside her heart, she was jealous of Hong er's body proportion especially her S line body. But she didn't show it on her face, she need to maintain her innocent and gentle image.

Li Qianzi: ' Xu Feihong, how dare you take my spotlight! I will defeat you in every subjects!'

Li Qianzi: " My, my, long time no see Miss Xu. How long has it been? Maybe since the Spring Tournament 7 years ago?"

Hong er: " Yes, Miss Li. Pleased to meet you again."

Li Qianzi: " Why you didn't participate another year's tournament?"

Hong er: " Hahaha~ No reason for that."

Hong er laughed at the question, Li Qianzi was stunned by Hong er's laugh, it was very relaxing and calming to hear her laugh. Li Qianzi widened her eyes after she realized what she was just thinking about. She fisted her hand under her sleeve and showed her brightest smile. Her eyes and the girls around them were observing Hong er from tip to toe.

Hong er only wore a simple white hanfu with golden embroidery on the end of the clothes and sleeve. Even though it was simple and nothing extravagant about the dress, they had to admit that the dress was very beautiful and elegant. It gave Hong er a mature and gentle vibe then they looked at Hong er's mask and hair. Her hair was tied into a ponytail with a gold little crown and a simple white jade hairpin holding her hair together. Two little white phoenix earring gracefully hanging on her earlobe. ( Just like the cover but with mask and white dress.)

And what really caught their attention was her height and body posture, her shoulders were quite broad for women in general and she was taller than most of the eunuch here. After all of the participants arrived, Eunuch Zhu guided them to the hall where their teacher waited for them. They would be taught palace etiquette and everything that needed to learn to be the bride of future emperor.

Hong er bowed her head towards Li Qianzi before she walked away to line up. Since Hong er was the tallest among them, she stood at the last of the line and they could see her head poked out from the crowd. All of their personal maids or servants that followed their Young Miss to the palace had to line up behind and they shouldn't help their Young Miss during the training except when the training was done for the day. Hong er had the least servant from all of them since most of them had more than 4 servants by their side.

Meiyun and Huayun's mask and aura intimidated all of the servants that lined up with them, including the palace's servants. Even though they had a basic level of magic, they knew that they couldn't compare to Hong er's personal maids. They stood further away from both of them with pale face and trembling body. Meiyun and Huayun noticed it and smirked evilly underneath their mask, they purposely scared the servants a little bit to warn them who they shouldn't mess with. They didn't care what others think about them, their first priority was their Young Miss.