Naturally, Gu Hanyu could not be received in his own little courtyard.
The Wang Clan Main Residence also had a proper hall for receiving honored guests. According to the rules, Gu Hanyu had already been invited by the steward into the main Reception Hall for welcoming guests.
The moment Wang Shouzhe walked into the Reception Hall, he saw the lovely profile seated upright in the guest seat.
She was a tall, slender woman. Her clothing was quite plain, and in terms of appearance she could not be called top-tier, yet her bearing was pure and unworldly, like a white kite gazing at its own reflection by the water—bright and radiant in its grace, making it very difficult for anyone to feel ill will toward her.
"Fairy Gu, your honored arrival truly makes my humble Wang Clan shine." As a matter of courtesy, he quickened his pace by two steps, cupped his hands in salute with a face full of spring breeze. "It is only a pity that Fairy did not send someone ahead to inform us, so that Shouzhe might have gone to Changning Guard to welcome you."
"Patriarch Shouzhe is too courteous." Hearing Wang Shouzhe's words, the figure in the guest seat rose gracefully and gave him a delicate salute, her voice crisp and moving. "Hanyu is merely a trifling Rogue Cultivator. I do not deserve such weighty treatment from the Patriarch."
"Not at all, not at all~ Ever since our Changning Guard suffered disaster, plagues have broken out frequently in various places. If not for Fairy forgetting food and sleep, developing a fine prescription to dispel illness at the fastest speed, and cooperating with the Academy and the City Governor's Office to control the plague in advance, how could our Changning Guard have its present peace? Such sky-drenching