After one upheaval after another, the once-quiet Dream Capital City boiled over again with news of a joyous occasion for all to celebrate-the Third Miss Thousand was taking a wife.
Yes, "taking" a wife.
The name Qian Wanyu already carried weight in Dream Capital City. Once the news broke, it frightened the people of the Spirit Exorcist Guild out of their wits, especially those who had opposed joining forces with her. They were terrified that she would use the absurd business of "taking" a wife to turn Dream Capital City upside down again, so they gathered to discuss whether they should visit the Thousand Family to investigate or arrange for spies to monitor its every move.
At the Thousand Family estate, several people gathered in Qian Yiling's courtyard.
"What Third Miss? I think we'll have to ask your grandmother to confirm that again." Because of Dan Qi, Qian Wanyu had gone from a perfectly good Third Miss to Fourth Miss.
Although Qian Zihang had committed acts that wronged the Thousand Family, the Old Madam had locked him in a secluded courtyard within the estate without saying how she intended to deal with him. Qian Yiling and Qian Ziyan, however, acted as though they knew nothing and nothing had happened, as though those wounds from twenty years ago had never existed.
Qian Wanyu did not care whether she was Third Miss, Fourth Miss, or Fifth Miss. What mattered far more to her was marrying Ninth Sister. "Mother, there's only about a month left. Will there be enough time?"
Dongfang Minghui, who was nourishing the pair of Merfolk Pearls with Spiritual Power, divided her attention between two things, her ears pricked up. Her little heart pounded wildly beyond her control. It was only thanks to the two Merfolk Pearls Wei Junlan had