After thinking it over, Qingyun considered that Kushina and Mikoto were close friends who had always gotten along well. Kushina probably wanted to attend Uchiha Mikoto's engagement ceremony too. With that in mind, he nodded and said calmly, "Sure. Tell me when it is, and I'll bring Kushina along!"
Uchiha Fugaku brightened when Qingyun accepted his invitation. "It's in three days. I won't disturb you any longer. See you then!"
With that, Uchiha Fugaku turned and left the Forest of Death.
Watching Uchiha Fugaku walk away, Qingyun shook his head, then went back to preparing the medicinal herbs.
Before long, Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki finished rinsing the rice and came over to Qingyun.
"Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku are getting engaged in three days. Uchiha Fugaku just invited the two of us to attend, and I accepted!"
Qingyun smiled as he spoke to Kushina, who was holding the rice and waiting for his next instructions.
"Really? I can't believe Mikoto has settled on marriage so soon! That's unbelievable!"
Kushina's beautiful eyes widened at Qingyun's words, her face full of surprise.
Qingyun smiled. Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku's marriage was purely a political arrangement. Uchiha Fugaku might be quite fond of Uchiha Mikoto, but the same was not necessarily true of her.
In the original story, Uchiha Mikoto had seemed very gentle and virtuous. Yet from Qingyun's previous interactions with her, he knew that beneath her gentle exterior, she had a mischievous streak. Deep down, Uchiha Mikoto was not someone who wanted to settle on marriage so early.
But having been born into the Uchiha Clan, she had no way to resist. Uchiha Fugaku was the greatest prodigy of his generation, as well as the grand elder's son, and the Uchiha Clan Head thought very highly of him. In