That Damn Rich Man!

(I had no idea why that chapter had been banned. I used the line from The Peach Blossom Spring: "At the end of the waterway, he found a mountain...")

(Isn't a nightclub a place where "artistic gymnastics" is performed every day? I didn't study much, so don't try to fool me!)

When the chosen auspicious day arrived, Liu Bei's grand wedding began. The entire ceremony was conducted according to imperial standards. In that regard, Liu Bei had actually overstepped his bounds. However, the other party was a bona fide princess of the Han Empire, so no one could really find fault with it.

Although it was the dead of winter, the weather was clear and fine. It had to be—there were so many civil officials present that dispersing a few scattered clouds was effortless.

The procedure was not much different from an ordinary wedding. It was merely grander, more elaborate, more imposing, and more solemn... That was all. Wang Xuan felt no jealousy whatsoever.

Moreover, to make things even more earth-shaking, Wang Xuan had specifically added another procedure on top of all this—an inspection of the troops!

Most of these things had already become known to everyone anyway. Rather than letting the feudal lords speculate endlessly, it was better to take this opportunity to display everything openly and let them see it for themselves. Wang Xuan felt that giving them a clear idea of what they were dealing with would be better.

"Approaching us now is the infantry formation..."

Along the central avenue, a thousand infantrymen marched in step. Every one of them wore a half-body steel cuirass, carried a steel-reinforced square shield, and had a ring-pommel saber at his waist. Their movements were perfectly synchronized. From the viewing platform, their ranks and files looked straight in every direction. Each