Ouyang Xuan noticed that her aunt was looking at her differently.
There was worry mixed with conflicting emotions, distance mixed with affection, and reproach mixed with concern.
Unease stirred in her heart, and she asked the system, [Did Aunt discover something?]
[Host, stay calm. Yesterday was so chaotic that no one knows who started it.] [Just focus on completing your mission. I'll take care of everything else.]
To reassure Ouyang Xuan, the system lied through its teeth.
In truth, aside from erasing evidence of its host's crimes, it couldn't do anything else.
It couldn't level up, nor did it have a System Shop. It was just a wild system that could only swindle a little life force out of its host.
Luckily, this host was rather stupid and had no sense of caution whatsoever. Anyone else would never have dared form a contract with it so casually.
If Tang Shiba had heard its thoughts, she would definitely have lit a candle in mourning for Ouyang Xuan.
Just as Ouyang Xuan was preparing her next move, someone arrived from the palace.
"Everyone in the General's Residence, receive the imperial decree!" The shrill cry brought everyone in the residence running out.
Tang Cheng took the lead and knelt at the front.
"By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Tang Xuan, eldest son of the General's Residence, is loyal, courageous, resolute, and righteous. Ouyang Xuan, eldest daughter of the disgraced Ouyang family, is gentle, virtuous, talented, and beautiful. Their marriage is hereby bestowed, and the wedding shall be arranged and completed within ten days. On the day following their wedding, the couple shall depart immediately for the border... Thus decreed!"
Was this an imperial marriage decree?
Had it arrived so soon?
Tang Cheng looked delighted. He hadn't expected the emperor