"No." Qi Chengshuo quickly shook his head: "I know your rules. Except for blood relatives, everyone else has to pay money. I really want to have my marriage fortune told. My father passed away early, and I am his only son. My mother hopes that I will get married and start a family as soon as possible. I asked you to help me with the fortune telling so that I can have an explanation when my mother asks next time."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xianya took the silver note from his hand. With this one, she now had exactly five hundred taels of silver notes.
“Alright… since you put it that way, I’ll do another divination for you.” Jiang Xianya never consults the oracle twice about the same thing, but today is an exception.
Firstly, he was indeed short of money; secondly... Qi Chengshuo was a pretty good person; and thirdly... she felt a little unwilling.
Predicting marriages is a basic Taoist art, quite simple for her, but it's abnormal that she can't see through Qi Chengshuo's future or the bride's face.
After Jiang Xianya put away the silver notes, she tried again. This time, she specially used the mystical arts of the Taiyi Sect to enhance her vision and saw the scene of Qi Chengshuo's wedding day.
The bride's face was still blurry, but a little clearer than when the divination was done last time. The way the bride walked slowly gave Jiang Xianya a very familiar feeling, as if she had seen her somewhere before, but she couldn't quite remember.
"Tell me honestly, who exactly are you?" Jiang Xianya opened her eyes, looked at Qi Chengshuo in front of her, and frowned.
The last time such a situation occurred was during the Taiyi Sect period.
Because the esoteric masters of the Taiyi Sect are all cultivators, and they cultivate extremely profound esoteric arts, their fates are different from ordinary people. Therefore, if fellow disciples were to try to predict each other's fortunes, it would not only be inaccurate, but sometimes they would not be able to predict anything at all.
Jiang Xianya was somewhat incredulous that her tried-and-true divination skills had failed her against Qi Chengshuo.
Could it be that Qi Chengshuo is also a powerful cultivator?
However, when she helped Qi Chengshuo calculate the origin of the bronze mask, she clearly predicted Qi Chengshuo's grandfather and second uncle, and some future scenes were still very clear. This is enough to prove that Qi Chengshuo is not a cultivator.
“Miss Jiang, I am the heir apparent of Prince Duan. Don’t you already know my identity and have even deduced and confirmed it?” Qi Chengshuo said hurriedly.
He didn't lie to Jiang Xianya.
Jiang Xianya frowned upon hearing this: "Yes, my predictions about your identity and the things that happened to you were very accurate. So why couldn't I see the bride's face clearly when I was calculating your marriage?"
"I don't know either," Qi Chengshuo quickly shook his head.
He didn't actually want to calculate the marriage, he just wanted to give Jiang Xianya money, so he deliberately made up an excuse.
However, after Jiang Xianya said that, he really became curious about what his future wife would look like.
“You are not a cultivator. I’ve been very accurate in predicting other things for you before, but I can’t see through your marriage prospects unless…”
Jiang Xianya's eyes lit up at this point, and she couldn't help but reach out and pat Qi Chengshuo's arm: "Unless the person you are going to marry is a powerful cultivator, there are many uncertainties in the process, which is why I can't see her face clearly."
Qi Chengshuo's eyes widened upon hearing this.
Is that why?
“That must be it!” Jiang Xianya smiled after she understood. “I didn’t expect you to marry a cultivator. That’s good. You have good taste and good fortune.”
People both fear and respect those who are highly skilled in spiritual practice.
Very few nuns marry ordinary men.
Qi Chengshuo is quite lucky.
“With my skills, and even using the mystical arts of the Taiyi Sect, I still couldn’t see your future wife’s face clearly. It seems she’s quite capable too; she might even be a mystical arts master from the Taiyi Sect.” After Jiang Xianya finished speaking, she suddenly found Qi Chengshuo more pleasing to the eye than before.
Qi Chengshuo was stunned after hearing her words.
The person he will marry in the future might be a Taoist sorcerer from the Taiyi Sect.
Is this true?
Qi Chengshuo was somewhat incredulous, because the Taiyi Sect was too mysterious to him. Even though he was the heir of the Prince of Duan, he had never met anyone from the Taiyi Sect before.
Before inheriting the throne, Qi Chengshuo thought he would not have any dealings with the Taiyi Sect, so where did his wife come from?
Did it fall from the sky?
Qi Chengshuo's gaze fell on Jiang Xianya.
If I really had to say that I know anyone from the Taiyi Sect, so far, it would probably only be Jiang Xianya.
He remembered that Jiang Xianya had once said that her skills were due to the guidance of an immortal, and that she had learned the mystical arts of the Taiyi Sect.
Jiang Xianya can become a disciple of the Taiyi Sect at any time, as long as she is willing.
"Why are you staring at me?" Jiang Xianya saw Qi Chengshuo staring blankly at her and couldn't help but wave her hand in front of him.
"It's nothing!" Qi Chengshuo quickly shook his head.
What is he thinking about?
Jiang Xianya was a young girl who hadn't yet reached marriageable age.
And this girl is incredibly capable.
They might be able to predict what I'm thinking.
"It's getting late, I'll head back now." Jiang Xianya nodded to Qi Chengshuo and prepared to leave.
“Miss Jiang,” Qi Chengshuo called out to her, “Didn’t you ask your uncle to go to the prefectural city to buy precious medicinal herbs for you? It’s a long way from Weiyang County to the prefectural city, and your uncle is a weak scholar. It’s quite dangerous. If you trust me, I will send a guard to the prefectural city at full speed to buy the medicine for you.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xianya took out a silver note from the pocket inside her sleeve without saying a word and handed it to Qi Chengshuo: "Here are five hundred taels of silver notes and a prescription."
In fact, all five hundred taels of silver were earned from Qi Chengshuo.
Four hundred taels of it, which was earned not long ago.
"Okay." Qi Chengshuo nodded and immediately went to make the arrangements.
Jiang Xianya's face was full of smiles. It seemed that she wouldn't have to wait two months to go to the prefectural city to buy medicine.
Qi Chengshuo's bodyguards are highly skilled in martial arts and horsemanship; they should be able to bring the medicine back from the prefectural city within half a month.
Once she successfully establishes her foundation and her strength increases, bringing down the Jiang family will be a piece of cake for her.
Upon returning to the Ye family home, Jiang Xianya publicly announced that from that day forward she would take her mother's surname, "Ye," and would have no connection with the Jiang family.
"Xianya, are you really determined?" Ye Jinghuai looked at his granddaughter with a loving expression.
"Hmm." Jiang Xianya nodded gently and smiled, "Will my maternal grandfather allow me to share the same surname as my mother?"
"We couldn't be happier, Xianya. From this day forward, you are Ye Xianya, a member of the Ye family, and have no further connection with the Jiang family," Ye Jinghuai said with a smile.
Ye Jinghuai did not force his granddaughter to share the same surname as her stepfather, Qi Jiu.
He used to be a complete old scholar, but after Xianya came, many things happened, and Ye Jinghuai changed a lot.
He immediately took out the family genealogy and added his granddaughter's name to it.
It is worth mentioning that Qi Jiu's name is also on the Ye family's genealogy. Strictly speaking, Qi Jiu can also be considered to have married into the Ye family.
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