Time flies, and soon it was the annual Tianhuan Festival. Huangzhou, whose city gates were tightly closed, was now wide open, bustling with people. The city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and was lively and bustling, unlike the deserted scene of the previous days.
Ji Mohan, Yan Wan, and the others stood on a high place looking at the gate of Huangzhou City. Those who entered Huangzhou this time included Yan Wan, Ji Mohan, Jiang Bai, Jing Xi, Shangguan Wei'er, and Li Shang.
Shangguan Wei'er and Li Shang were arguing because of their differing opinions, while Yan Wan and the others were observing the movements at the city gate.
Li Shang looked at Shangguan Wei'er with a cold face and said in a cold voice, "No, I don't agree to you going in."
“I’m going in. If I don’t go, only couples can go in. How can you go in alone?” Shangguan Wei’er shouted confidently.
“I’ll figure something out myself. You should go back. Huangzhou City is fraught with danger. Don’t be so willful. Go back now.” Li Shang said with a headache. He should have sent Shangguan Wei’er back to Lingnan much earlier. If anything happened to her, he would never forgive himself.
It was clearly him who made up an excuse to bring Shangguan Wei'er to Yunzhou City, and things got out of control after that. Even now, he's dragging her into this adventure with him.
"Li Shang, I want to go with you." Shangguan Wei'er said with dissatisfaction. She knew that Huangzhou was dangerous, but she couldn't let Li Shang go and take the risk.
Since it's dangerous, let's go together. That way, we won't be afraid, and we can keep each other company.
"No, I don't agree." Li Shang gritted his teeth, refusing to back down no matter what.
"You, you can't disagree. Anyway, I'm already here. If you won't let me go in with you, then I'll go in with someone else. No matter what, I'm going in," Shangguan Wei'er said arrogantly.
Li Shang pinched the corner of his eye, feeling a headache coming on. "What a troublesome old man."
Jing Xi came over, raised an eyebrow, and asked teasingly, "Which of you two won?"
Li Shang glared at Jing Xi. "Hmph! You just want to laugh at me. It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!"
Jing Xi glanced at Li Shang's expression and understood immediately that he was bound to lose. Sigh, he always had to reason with a girl.
Now look what happened, a simple frown and you've already lost.
When Shangguan Wei'er saw Jing Xi arrive, she knew that the persuader had come. She ran to Jing Xi's side and said in a coquettish tone, "Sister Jing Xi, can I go with you?"
Jing Xi lifted Shangguan Wei'er's chin with one hand, raised an eyebrow and said, "What my sister says doesn't count; what he says counts." Jing Xi raised one hand and pointed at Li Shang, the meaning of which was very clear.
Shangguan Wei'er snorted lightly. What Li Shang said didn't count; what she said counted.
"Let's go. We're going to enter the city." Ji Mohan and Yan Wan walked over and said. They had observed for a long time and found nothing unusual in Huangzhou City. Taking advantage of the large number of people, they were the first to sneak into the city.
“Okay, let’s go.” Shangguan Wei’er replied excitedly.
She grew up in Lingnan and had never seen such novel scenes and sights before. She felt very excited and thrilled.
Ji Mohan and his group slowly walked into the city gate and entered the city very smoothly, as if it had been deliberately arranged by someone.
As soon as Ji Mohan and his group entered the city, they were spotted. Several people in the distance exchanged glances, and then one of them ran down to report.
"Reporting to Prince An, they have entered the city," a soldier outside the study reported.
"Yes, proceed according to plan." Ji Mo'an's voice came from the room.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Inside the study.
Ji Mo'an stood next to Gongsun Gua and said, "Mr. Gongsun, the fish have taken the bait. I'll catch them and bring them to you."
Gongsun Gua snorted and said, "Hmm, speed things up, my experimental subjects are almost gone."
"Yes, I will send it to you as soon as possible," Ji Mo'an replied.
Looking at the bustling street, Ji Mohan sensed something was amiss and suggested, "Let's find an inn to stay in first."
"Okay, sure." Yan Wan nodded. For some reason, as soon as she entered Huangzhou City, she felt a bit suffocated and couldn't even summon the system. It was really strange.
They quickly found an inn. "Boss, we need five of the best rooms," Jiang Bai said as he stepped forward.
"Are any other guests coming? Why do three couples need five rooms?" the innkeeper asked, puzzled.
"Oh, we, we..." Jiang Bai couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Jing Xi said, "Because we had a fight, and I don't want to live together anymore."
After hearing Jing Xi's words of help, Jiang Bai also put on an act, "Wife, I was wrong, please sleep with me."
Jing Xi pretended to glare at him and said angrily, "No, I can't forgive you today. I want to sleep separately from you."
The innkeeper, watching the two arguing, rolled his eyes and said softly, "Gentlemen, please stop arguing. It's not that I don't want to give you five rooms, it's just that there are only three inns left. Why don't you take a look at other inns?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Xi and the others didn't say anything more. The Tianhuan Festival in Huangzhou City had attracted many visitors, and many inns were already full. They had asked at several inns when they arrived, and now only this one had available rooms.
Jiang Bai understood what everyone meant and continued his act: "My wife, as you can see, it's not that I don't want to buy you a separate room, but there isn't one. I'm sorry, my wife, I was wrong. Please make do with living with your husband."
Jing Xi also chimed in, "Hmph! Fine then, I'll forgive you for now."
"Alright, innkeeper, I'd like three excellent private rooms," Jiang Bai said, feigning delight.
The innkeeper promptly handed over the keys to three rooms, saying, "Rooms four, five, and six are the 'Heavenly' tier. Please turn left after going upstairs."
“Okay,” Jiang Bai replied. He turned to Jing Xi and the others and said, “Brothers, sister-in-law, wife, let’s go upstairs and rest for a bit.”
“Hmm,” Ji Mohan said coldly.
The innkeeper looked at the obedient Yan Wan and the cold-faced Ji Mohan, and thought to himself, "Such a beautiful young lady, married to an ice block. It seems the couple the guest mentioned earlier who were arguing are indeed this one."
After they had all gone upstairs, the shopkeeper smiled knowingly, thinking, "Hmph! A couple having a little quarrel, and he's got them figured out."
Couples who quarrel in bed usually make up before they get out of bed. With his help, they'll definitely reconcile soon.
Wow, he has such high emotional intelligence.
Just then, another guest arrived and said, "Manager, we need two empty rooms."
As soon as the shopkeeper went out, he saw the girl with a displeased expression and a somewhat annoyed expression. He immediately understood: another couple had quarreled.
"Gentlemen, there is only one room left in the inn. Would you like to stay?"
"Then let's take one room." The two of them quickly went upstairs.
Shopkeeper: Hmph, a little couple, you think you can mess with them!
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