Merchants these days are so snobbish. As long as they can please the customers, they don't care about saving face at all. Didn't you see how the storyteller's face turned almost liver-colored? These idle young masters and ladies are really going too far. At least wait until the storyteller finishes before changing the storyteller. How can you change the storyteller halfway through? They are so ignorant. The world is going to the dogs.
I shrugged helplessly. The troublemaker looked at me warily and tugged at the rope binding my hands as a warning. I silently lowered my head and avoided looking at him. Then the storyteller took over, and the hall erupted in cheers, followed by a pleasant voice.
"I, Yan Wenchao, greet you all. Today, I will make a fool of myself and tell you about 'The Barbarian Girl Robs Her Bride,' which has been the most popular story among you all in the past six months. Without further ado, let me begin. Please listen carefully."
"It is said that last autumn, the Crown Prince of the current dynasty successfully proposed marriage to Anguo. The King of Anguo betrothed his youngest princess to the current Crown Prince Jiqing. The wedding took place on the ninth day of the ninth month of the twenty-third year of Zhenghe. On the wedding day, the red bridal procession stretched for ten miles from the Anguo embassy all the way to the Golden Palace. This wedding can truly be called the grandest wedding in the history of this dynasty, without exception."
The wedding was personally overseen by the current Prime Minister, Duke Anguo, demonstrating the importance the monarch attached to this marriage alliance. Moreover, Princess Meisheng was said to be the most beautiful woman in Anguo, and everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of her beauty. As a result, wherever she went, crowds thronged the streets, causing numerous stampedes. However, this could not dampen the people's curiosity about Anguo's most beautiful woman or their expectations for a prosperous era.
As everyone knows, since the end of the Taihe era, our Yi Kingdom has been in a state of constant warfare. In the past, we could still rely on the foundation laid by our ancestors to contend with neighboring countries, but if this continues, we will inevitably perish. Therefore, after the King assumed power, Crown Prince Jiqing proposed a marriage alliance with the most powerful of the feudal lords, Anguo. The King granted his request and dispatched the Crown Prince to Anguo to propose the marriage. If this marriage alliance succeeds, our nation will be safe and secure for a hundred years.
When I heard him say this, I became somewhat disdainful. If the peace of a country needs to be maintained by a woman, then this stolen prosperity is nothing but a mirage.
Wait, something's not right. How come the prince in this story has the same name as Ji Ruchen? And why do these things feel so familiar? Could it be that this story isn't fictional, but real? Or is there something wrong with my memory? Otherwise, how could I have inexplicably appeared in Jingjia Village after being knocked unconscious? I was so eager to see Ji Ruchen that I didn't have time to think about anything else. Now, it seems there are many doubts.
I stood up in a hurry, wanting to find the storyteller to ask for clarification. I turned around and left, forgetting that I had been silenced by a pressure point and could not speak, and also forgetting that my left hand was still tied with a rope. I was pulled back after walking a short distance.
I gestured to the troublemaker to release my speech acupoint, and he threatened me to listen carefully and not to make any more moves, or he would break my legs. I was frantic, but I dared not move again; some people become untouchable once they grow up.
"After overcoming numerous hardships, the Crown Prince finally succeeded in his marriage proposal, which naturally brought joy to the entire nation. However, unexpectedly, on the wedding day, a woman named Luo Qingyi disguised herself as a musician and, just as the wedding was about to take place, brazenly tried to steal the bride from the public."
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