"Who would want to go be mistress of that filthy puddle of yours? Dream on!
"So that's why you shameless snake kept beating around the bush and refusing to leave! This was what you wanted to say!
"Take that shabby bamboo basket right now, pack up all those treasures of yours, and go hide them away for your River Lord! Don't lose them!"
Those few remarks left Siliuer thoroughly battered.
What was going on?
As she had imagined it, with the Ji River in its current impoverished state, the moment she announced that the River Lord wished to propose marriage, everyone there should have rejoiced, cleaned up their Chief Sacrificer, dressed her nicely, and sent her off to the Yellow River Water Palace.
Instead, after being given little attention earlier, she had received a tongue-lashing once she revealed that she had come to propose marriage.
This Chief Sacrificer was certainly pretty, but had she lost her mind?!
Just then, the Turtle Chancellor beside them coughed and strolled over with his hands behind his back, saying:
"Lady Inner Chancellor, can't you tell? Our Chief Sacrificer already has someone in her heart. Don't waste any more words. Please head back while it's still early!"
Siliuer turned her head, looking at the Turtle Chancellor as though he were some strange rarity.
She was a woman with her head full of romance, so it was one thing if she failed to understand. But you were a Water Palace Chancellor-couldn't you see the benefits involved?
The Turtle Chancellor naturally understood the meaning in Siliuer's eyes, but he merely shook his head and said nothing as he escorted her out of the Jidu Shrine.
Closing the gates and shutting Siliuer's venomous gaze outside, the Turtle Chancellor turned and headed toward the Water God's sacrificial hall.
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