However, no matter how dissatisfied they were with the city lord's wife, since the city lord himself was happy with it, they could only grit their teeth and accept it.

Faced with the sarcastic remarks of these outsiders, they could only pretend not to understand, otherwise they would be rushing to admit that their city lord's wife was someone others admired but didn't want, and had chosen their city lord as a second choice.

They still have any shame!

The leader of the delegation from Yanyun City was a military officer who tried his best to suppress his displeasure, but he still didn't have a smile on his face, looking as if someone owed him money.

He gave a mock cough, and waited until the room was quiet enough before speaking:

"Your Excellencies have come from afar and have had a long journey. I have come on the orders of the city lord to lead you to present your gifts."

However, the hall has limited space, and each delegation can only have a maximum of six people inside. If the envoys have no objections, please follow me now with your gifts.”

He quickly glanced at the people present, and without waiting for their objections, turned and walked inside.

The envoys from each group stood still and exchanged glances. In the end, none of them said anything more, but simply followed the instructions, leading their people and gifts behind the person.

Yan Xiao was among them, just like Yi Wan and the others. She was holding an exquisite wooden box, which contained the wedding gift for Qi Chengfeng and Jiang Xinrui.

She kept her head half-lowered the whole way, just like a normal maid, which made it easy for her to secretly observe the nooks and crannies.

They found a few ants crawling around haphazardly in those areas, and overheard some women dressed as maids whispering among themselves.

"What's going on today? Why are there so many ants? I've swept this area several times already."

"I don't know. It's been climbing everywhere since tonight. Just now, one fell from a tree onto my shoulder and bit me. It hurt so much. Look, it's all swollen."

"It really is! Should you put some medicine on it? I think there are some small blisters."

"I'm not that precious. Let's get rid of these ants quickly. It's fine if they bite us, but if they crawl on some important person, we'll be in big trouble."

"Yeah, do you think the weather is going to change? I heard that when the weather is about to change, the ants come out of their holes."

"Maybe..."

Yan Xiao withdrew his gaze without revealing his expression, a wicked smile playing on his lips. He thought to himself: These two are quite shrewd. Putting everything else aside, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the City Lord's Mansion is indeed about to undergo a major upheaval.

She calculated the time and thought she should see results soon.

The group followed the guide and soon arrived at the entrance of the main hall.

"Please wait a moment while I go in and inform them."

After the person leading the way went inside, about half a cup of tea's time later, two men who looked like eunuchs came out.

She first bowed slightly to them, then said in a shrill voice:

"Distinguished guests, the city lord and his wife have been waiting for a long time. Please follow me inside."

Yan Xiao glanced at the two eunuchs, her expression somewhat complicated.

Qi Chengfeng really seems to want everyone to know what he's thinking. Eunuchs are only found in the palace, yet he's already using them.

I don't know if he wanted to experience being an emperor in advance, or if he had some kind of special hobby, but it's pretty perverted anyway.

Judging from the expressions of the other envoys, they probably thought similarly to Yan Xiao, but no one showed it.

General Cui remembered what Yan Xiao had said, so he deliberately walked at the back. Yan Xiao naturally followed behind him, so when they entered the main hall, their position was very close to the main hall door. If anything happened, it would be much easier for them to escape than for others.

As soon as Yan Xiao entered the main hall, she caught a glimpse of a man and a woman sitting at the head of the table.

She had never seen the man before, but she could guess his identity just from where he was sitting.

As for the woman, she was naturally an old acquaintance of hers, plus Jiang Xinrui, the target of this adventure.

Fearing she would be exposed, Yan Xiao only glanced at Jiang Xinrui's location out of the corner of her eye. Then, she looked around her waist to make sure the silver needles were still there before waiting for an opportunity to kill Jiang Xinrui in one fell swoop.

Jiang Xinrui's gaze, however, was much more blatant.

After the various delegations entered the main hall, her gaze remained fixed on the Jiangbei City delegation members, especially the four maids, Wan Zi and Qian Hong. She carefully observed almost every one of them, but did not find the person she was looking for.

She had heard that Yanxiao's appearance had changed, but based on her two lifetimes of medical experience, it was impossible for a person to transform from a black person into a white swan in such a short period of time.

Some even suspected that Yan Xiao had hired a stand-in to represent her in public. Although this idea was unusual, given Yan Xiao's unconventional nature, anything was possible for her.

She frowned slightly, still not believing that Yan Xiao would really do nothing, so she also checked all the maids from the other delegations who were carrying gift boxes.

In the end, of course, they still gained nothing.