"I'm sure everyone learned about our Chancellor's great achievements in their history books, so we won't go into those at length here. This is an entertainment livestream, after all. Let's talk more about the gossip, hehe."
After a mischievous chuckle, Xiao Ran continued.
"They say that, at the very beginning, our Chancellor wanted to woo Nuannuan. Although she was still too young to be his wife back then, starting out as friends wasn't a bad idea.
"But Nuannuan had so many people around her at the time that our dear Chancellor couldn't even get a place in line. The turning point came during her travels, when she happened to meet someone posing as his relative and using his influence to throw his weight around.
"After Nuannuan told him about it, she casually added a bit of everyday chatter. Well, that did it! The Chancellor replied right away, even making a point of writing about things that interested her. As the letters went back and forth, the two grew close.
"Their correspondence never stopped throughout the years Nuannuan spent traveling. Unfortunately, Nuannuan hadn't awakened to romance yet and thought he'd found himself a personal shopper to buy local specialties all over the country, hahaha..."
At this point, Xiao Ran laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up.
"Pfft!"
Cen Xue couldn't help laughing, either.
Everyone else looked as though they were struggling to hold back their laughter, too.
Jiang Nuan felt helpless. She didn't think there had been anything wrong with her reasoning!
"Whatever the process was like, our Chancellor finally managed to strike up a conversation with Nuannuan, and the two spent several years as pen pals.
"There's a rumor that, when Nuannuan was about to return to the capital after her travels, a certain duke mentioned that he remembered her