Chapter 114 - 112. Let's Run Away I

Third person POV

After a few seconds of no movement from both Meiyun and Huayun, the 6 men started to get agitated, afraid they went too hard on the girls. And when they wanted to retract their magic, metal clashing sounded out and sparks from the clashing could be seen inside the storm. Then an energetic voice shouted out.

Meiyun: " THIS IS FUN!"

The four of them flinched and gripped their fists, they put more concentration in locking Meiyun inside the storm. On the other side, the 2 men that were facing Huayun also felt the ground vibrated, they could feel a strong Qi acc.u.mulating inside of the cocoon.

An enormous whirlwind appeared inside of the sandstorm, Meiyun's ring swords were flying around the whirlwind while clashing with the swords. At the same time, inside of the tree cocoon, water was spinning around Huayun in high speed. Huayun brought her fan in front of her face with her eyes closed.

She took a deep breath and the water spun faster. She opened her eyes and closes her fan at the same time, the water exploded, the trees and the rocks around her destroyed into dust. While on the other side, Meiyun's whirlwind had swallowed the sandstorm and blew all of them away.

The 6 of them lying lifeless on the ground, Meiyun landed on the ground and catch her flying ring swords. Huayun went to Meiyun's side and smacked her head with her fan.

Huayun: " Don't you ever invite anyone into a fight again."

Meiyun: " Ehehehe~ Oh! Young Miss! We won! Yey!"

Meiyun turned around and jumped up and down while waving her hand towards Hong er. Hong er laughed and waved back to Meiyun.

Lu Ping: " What a great relationship Miss Xu have with her servants."

Hong er: " They are more like sister to me."

Lu Ping: " Hoo~"

Lu Ping: ' What a beautiful relationship they have.'

Shu Zhiruo tended their injuries and brought them to her infirmary with Xu soldiers help. Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing praised the Yun sisters' improvements in combat and magic before they left to their rooms. Xu Tingfeng appointed his soldiers to protect Lu Ping until the 6 men recover. After that, Lu Ping went back to his room with his new bodyguards, he had to admit that Xu Tingfeng's a very responsible person. The bodyguards that Xu Tingfeng appointed were stronger than the 6 of them.

Lu Ping: ' Hoo~ He didn't want me to die in his house.'

Meiyun and Huayun brought Hong er to her room and Meiyun could see the sadness in Hong er's eyes. She just hopes that the wedding would be quicker so Hong er and Weisheng could meet again. After Hong er went to her bed, they walked out and guarded the front door like how they usually would do. But since they have a match with those 6 men, their clothes were quite messy and dusty. So Huayun went to their shared room to change her clothes while Meiyun was guarding the room.

Few minutes later, Huayun came back with fresh clothes and it was Meiyun's turn to change her clothes. She walked through the corridor and entered her room, the moment she closed the door, she dropped down to the floor. Her head was so dizzy and it felt like everything around her multiplied. Then she felt a liquid flew down from her nose, she took off her mask and touches the liquid with her finger. She saw a red liquid on her finger and only after a while she finally realized that it was blood.

Meiyun: " Eh?"

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Lu Ping taught Hong er the history and everything revolve around Da Qi, both politics and culture. Meanwhile, Laojin trained Hong er how to walk and speak like an empress, since Hong er was very good at balancing, Laojin showed the walk to Hong er only a few times, Hong er could imitate Laojin perfectly. Then, Laojin told Hong er about the activities as an empress and the rules in the emperor's harem. But Laojin straight away said that the emperor has no concubine nor consort in his harem.

Laojin: " Miss Xu, you don't need to worry. The emperor said that he only wanted Miss Xu as his wife and no one else can take that place from you."

Hong er: " Thank you, Jin Momo." ( A/N: Laojin is Weisheng's nanny when he was still little. So basically Hong er had to call her momo in the meaning of nanny. I know this from other story so correct me if I'm wrong.)

Hong er thought that there was no way an emperor would only have one wife. In every history she had read before, every emperor have at least 2 or 3 consorts beside him. They weren't necessarily had to be in love with each other, mostly the emperor make the woman become his consort because of the woman's family's power. So Hong er didn't believe what Laojin said to her, in her mind, she assumed that Laojin said that only to give a good impression of the emperor on Hong er.

Five days passed by like wind and the dowry finally arrived at the gate of Xu residence. The citizens followed the train of dowry with their eyes and mouth agape. Who hadn't thought that Da Qi's emperor would be so generous in marrying their beloved Young Miss. Even the chests were made by black wood and gold, their eyes were blinded by the l.u.s.ter of luxury. Drools oozed out from their mouth thinking what if they take one chest out of hundreds of it, they would be rich! But they quickly wiped off their drools and reminded themselves of everything that Xu family had done for them. They believe that Xu family deserves all of the fortune they got.

One by one the carriages filled up Xu residence's front yard, the soldiers swiftly carried the chests from the carriage to storeroom with Lu Ping reading out loud the list. Before they placed the chest in the storeroom, they opened the chest and let the Xu family members to check the content. Xu Tingfeng told them to just carry it into the storeroom and didn't need to check it anymore because he was pretty sure that Weisheng wouldn't let anything go wrong in the matter of marrying Hong er.

Hong er indifferently watches the soldiers walked back and forth carrying the chests then she looked at her parents' mood, in Hong er's eyes, they seems relaxed and content.

Hong er: ' Weird..'

Hong er felt that it was very weird for Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing to be this relaxed when Hong er will be married to another country's emperor just in a few weeks. She knew that many aristocrat family used their daughter to gain power by marrying them to another aristocrat family. Even if Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing used her as a tool to gain power, Hong er didn't really mind it seeing that they had picked her up from slavery and feed her until she became a respectful lady.

But what bugged Hong er was why would they agree to Sheng ge when he asked for their blessing. Sheng ge was from a rich family but his adoptive family didn't have any position in the court nor they have noble blood running in their veins. If they had planned marrying Hong er to another aristocrat family or powerful groom, they wouldn't have agreed to Sheng ge marrying Hong er. The best thing to do was get rid of any potential obstacle like how they always annihilate the assassin guilds that attacked them.

While she was in her own thoughts, a figure stood silently in the sideline of the crowd staring at her. When he saw how Hong er wasn't enthusiast about the dowry, a wide smile crept up his face. He still had a chance, he thought.