Chapter 99 (Update 1)

Here, Chen Yi went out. When he passed the Yanshui Bridge, he bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction and stopped in his tracks.

Jiang Baohe, wearing a long dress of Xiang Fei color, came slowly with her maid. When she saw Chen Yi, she was also stunned.

The beloved girl stood at one end of the bridge, with the white durian flowers behind her, like a fairy in a painting.

Like...how beautiful she was when he first saw her.

Although he had accepted the fact that he would marry Princess Wu Jing, Shen Yi's heart still ached when he saw Jiang Baohe.

Neither of them spoke, they just stood at one end and looked at each other silently.

In the end, Jiang Baohe calmed down and bowed gracefully and politely, just like old friends.

She was calm and composed, as if nothing had happened to her heart. "Master Shen has resigned? Master Shen, please leave. I'm not in a hurry."

She moved aside to make way.

Chen Yi's throat moved, but he said nothing in the end. He nodded and thanked her, then passed by her.

Returning to his residence, Chen Yi felt a little damp, as if he had been caught in the rain.

But from a distance, I saw Princess Wu Jing standing at the door.

He looked unhappy: "What are you doing here?"

Princess Wu Jing and Chen Yi haven't seen each other for more than half a month since their marriage.

Princess Wu Jing has lost weight and looks a little haggard.

She said awkwardly: "Chen Yi, I came to see you because I want to talk to you."

"We have nothing to say."

Wu Jing bit her lip and continued, "I wanted to talk about our arranged marriage."

Shen Yi didn't want to pay attention to her and walked around her to go inside, but was stopped by Princess Wu Jing.

"I know you don't like me, and later I also wanted to ask your emperor to cancel this marriage. But... my brother said it couldn't be canceled. I don't know why it couldn't be canceled. But my brother said that when he became the crown prince of Lu, he would allow me to return to Lu."

"So, Chen Yi..." She asked cautiously, "Please don't be angry with me, okay? I promise, it will be three years at most. After three years, I will divorce you and return to Lu State."

Shen Yi stopped, still not looking at her.

But he understood that this marriage could not be cancelled. It was a deal between the emperor and Prince Wenle, not a simple marriage of choice, so of course it could not be cancelled.

However, he was unhappy at the thought of marrying Princess Wu Jing. If it weren't for her, he would not have missed the girl he liked.

"Does the princess keep her word?"

"Of course!" Princess Wu Jing forced a smile and pretended to be relaxed: "Chen Yi, let's just...just treat it like the past, okay? I don't want you to do anything after we get married. Just treat me as your friend and don't be angry with me, okay?"

Seeing her good attitude, Shen Yi's hatred for her dissipated a little.

Then he thought, she might not be able to return to Lu in three years, and she was a pitiful person. So, the remaining complaints disappeared completely.

"The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed. So, let's do it this way. Three years later... we will do as you say."

"Yeah." Princess Wu Jing smiled.

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Luyang County.

Early in the morning, many people gathered at Caishikou in the west of the city, and gathered under a high platform to watch the excitement.

There was still an incense table on the high platform, and three incense sticks were burning in an incense burner shaped like an eight-legged giant beast.

Behind the incense table stood three cages, each containing a person. There was a half-grown child, a woman with disheveled hair, and a young man in rich attire. But despite his finery, the young man's face was pale, and he was filled with shame and fear when he saw anyone, constantly lowering his head and not daring to look at them.

A man who had just come from another place saw it and was very confused: "What is this for?"

"Are you from out of town? Oh, you've come at the right time. The magistrate of Luyang County has asked the Fairy Lady to perform a ritual to exorcise evil spirits."

"Who's in that cage?"

"He's been possessed by an evil spirit. His family locked him up in a cage and sent him here. Do you see that young man?" The man pointed at the richly dressed young man in the cage. "He was originally the son of a wealthy family in the county, but since the beginning of the year, I don't know what evil spirit befell him and he suddenly went insane. According to his servants, he sometimes talks to himself, and sometimes he suddenly becomes a different person, babbling nonsense."

"Why is that woman here?"

"That woman has also been possessed by an evil spirit. She holds a piece of wood as if it were a child all day long."

"Where's the kid?"

"This child is from the village. His family thought he might be possessed by an evil spirit, so they sent him to a shaman today for a ritual." He said, "Every three months, the county magistrate invites a shaman to perform rituals on those possessed by evil spirits. I heard this shaman is incredibly powerful, possessing unparalleled abilities in slaying demons and monsters."

"Oh!" The stranger was in awe when he heard it, staring at the platform with full anticipation.

At this time, a group of two, one big and two small, came from the entrance of the alley on the east side.

Zhuang Wan took Erya by the hand and walked her to a corner to give her some instructions. She asked, "Did you remember what I told you?"

Erya nodded heavily: "Sister Ruyi, I will remember it."

Zhuang Wan turned to look at the other child: "Tiedan, what about you? If you do well later, I'll buy you some candy."

Tiedan was a neighbor's son. At the age of four, he shaved his head, leaving only a small braid at the back. He wiped his nose and said, "I know. You keep your word."

Zhuang Wan pinched his little cheek and said with a smile, "Sister is a man of her word. I'll buy you lots of candy later."

"Let's go," she encouraged. "You'll follow my orders later."

She led the two of them to the bottom of the platform, squeezed into the crowd and waited quietly.

Not long after, a man came up to the platform, beating drums and gongs: "Silence! Silence! The Fairy Goddess is about to begin, you all keep quiet!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone quickly quieted down.

Soon, the Fairy Lady arrived dressed up. She looked quite like a Fairy Lady today. She wore a tall crown adorned with colorful flowers and birds, and two large copper rings hung from her ears, each with tiny tinkling bells.

She still had a golden silk cloth like a Hada draped around her neck, and her waist still had strange things hanging from it, such as ivory and copper coins.

The obese figure stood on the podium, and everyone below fell silent.

The fairy woman muttered softly for a while, and gradually, her whole body began to shake inexplicably, and as she shook, the sound of her muttering became louder and louder.

After a while, she picked up the peach wood sword and danced around the cage, waving the peach wood sword this way and that way.

The child in the cage was frightened by her and cried for his parents, but his parents remained indifferent, and the people below the platform also had numb expressions.

At this moment, the woman in the middle cage began to scream wildly, as if possessed by an evil spirit. Her screams were both miserable and terrifying. Everyone was terrified when they saw this.

The fairy walked to the incense table, picked up a cup, walked towards the woman and poured it over her. Miraculously, the woman suddenly calmed down.

Some people said, "The Fairy Lady is very powerful. She has suppressed the evil spirits in her body. Just wait and see. The Fairy Lady will take away the filth in her body in a moment."

Zhuang Wan glanced at him and saw his face full of admiration and excitement, and sighed softly.