<h4>Chapter 1574: The Little Princess’ Happiness (1)</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>StarveCleric <strong>Editor: </strong>Millman97
It was a bustling sight within the Luo n. Festiventerns were hung all around, and auspicious red cloth cloaked the buildings throughout Shrouding Ethereal City, indicating a joyous celebration.
On this jolly day, the First Elder of the Luo n, Luo Qingchen, was dressed in a grand robe stitched with golden lining as he stood at the entrance to the main hall of the Luo n with a radiant smile on his wrinkled face.
“The head of the Jiang n, Jiang Fangyou, has arrived with thirty Saint 8-dan beasts to congrattion the Zhang n and the Luo n on their engagement!”
“The head of the Mu n, Mu Hengzhen, has arrived with three boxes of thousand-year-old medicinal herbs and ten stalks of the Truespirit Pipa Tree to congratte the union of the Zhang n and the Luo n!”
“The head of the Shui n, Shui Fangtian, has arrived with three thousand Wateranima Crystals, five thousand Southern Sea Diamonds, and two hundred 7-star Dragon Eyes to offer early congrattions to the Zhang n and the Luo n for their matrimony!”
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Such derations sounded one after another as eminent figures of the Master Teacher Continent arrived one after another with wide smiles on their faces.
Even a stomp of one of these figures’ feet would resound loudly throughout the continent, but at that moment, they were personally delivering invaluable gifts to the Luo n, not daring to show the slightest hint of impoliteness.
Looking at the bustle all around, one of the elders in charge of weing the guests could not help but remark in awe. “It seems like the entire continent has heard of Zhang shi’s affairs in the Empire Alliance just a few days ago. This is just the engagement ceremony, but they are already delivering such generous gifts. I can’t begin to imagine how long the queue of gifts will be for the official wedding...”
While the Luo n wielded considerable influence on the Master Teacher Continent, it was far beyond its means to gather so many powerhouses together on the spur of the moment.
In fact, even the Zhang n would have trouble pulling something like that off.
But Zhang Xuan, the current head of the Zhang n, had managed to do it during a mere engagement ceremony. There was no doubt that the official marriage ceremony would be far grander than this, such that even the Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters would feelpelled to send an envoy down to ry their blessings.
Of course, the reason for this unprecedented grandeur could only be attributed to the magnificent show of power from Zhang Xuan a few days earlier. By now, the news should have already spread far and wide across the entire continent.
In the tens of thousands of years since the establishment of the Master Teacher Pavilion, no one had ever sessfully escaped from its arrest warrant before. However, Zhang Xuan had created history on that very day. Not only did the world learn that the future head of the Combat Master Hall, the master of the Poison Hall, the chief of the cier in Court, and so on were all his students, he was even the head of the Sanctum of Sages and Yang shi’s senior.
That news had really shocked the entire world.
With so many distinguished identities to his name, how could these shrewd powers possibly remain oblivious to the stance that they ought to take?
It was also with knowledge of this that the Zhang n did not hesitate to conduct the inauguration ceremony to officialize Zhang Xuan’s position as the n head. Under Zhang Xuan’s halo, the Zhang n’s position was immediately brought to an unprecedented height. With so many formidable powers under the Zhang n’s sphere of influence, the Zhang n would only grow stronger with time.
Given so, who would dare snub the Zhang n’s dignity and refuse to offer their congrattions?
Putting aside something as important as an engagement ceremony, even if Zhang Xuan suffered the slightest cold, there was no doubt that an army of n heads and sect leaders would swiftly deliver medicine and artifacts over as a disy of goodwill!
“Indeed. How many years has it been since our Luo nst enjoyed such splendor?” another elder by the side replied deeply.
Even when their little princess had shocked the world by sessfully assimted the Dimension Silencer, thus elevating the reputation of the Luo n to new heights, only a couple of ns hade to the Luo n to offer their congrattions. Yet, in this very moment, nearly all of the notable powers throughout the Master Teacher Continent had arrived to convey their best wishes.
It was no wonder the two elders felt as they did.
“Previously, when there waspletely no news from the young prodigy of the Zhang n, I had still beenmenting at how unfair the engagement was for the little princess. Who could have thought that the young prodigy would suddenly appear before our eyes once more with such magnificence, reminiscent to how it was when he was born back then!”
“Indeed, indeed! Born as a Connate Saint, even Kong shi’s sculpture levitated into the air to pay its respects to him, and the Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters specially sent an envoy down to ry their goodwill. There was no one in the world back then who didn’t know about the extraordinary young prodigy of the Zhang n! Truly, he didn’t disappoint us even after all these years!”
“Well, a star will eventually shine, but more importantly, who could have thought that person the little princess likes would actually be him too! I can’t even begin to describe how happy I am for the little princess. After all the heavy tension over the past few months, it seems like everything will be resolved perfectly...”
Many elders nodded delightfully in agreement at those words.
Despite the glory cast on the Luo n as a result of the marriage with the Zhang n, as long as the little princess was not fond of her fiancé, it would be like dynamite had been nted in their midst, waiting to explode at a trigger.
Fortunately, it had been found that the little princess and the young prodigy actually had mutual feelings for one another, and this was the best ending that everyone hoped to see.
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Away from the bustle at the forefront, there was a small residence deep in the Luo n that was filled with resplendent flowers. Within one of the rooms, a youngdy sat before a mirror, carefully dressing herself up.
A maid standing behind the youngdybed her hair carefully as she excitedly eximed, “Young Mistress, doesn’t it sound very lively outside? I heard that many distinguished figures havee to our Luo n!”
“I know, I know. This is the third time that you have said that!” The youngdy shook her head with a helpless smile.
“Back then, I couldn’t understand why someone as outstanding as our Young Mistress would fancy a principal from a Tier-1 Empire’s Master Teacher Academy, but it turns out that the future Young Master is actually a remarkable figure! Without saying a word at all, so many powers have alreadye to offer their congrattions. Other than the Master Teacher Pavilion, I can’t think of any power that could possibly wield such influence!” the maidbing the youngdy’s hair remarked with admiration twinkling in her eyes.
“Not to forget, the Master Teacher Pavilion is without its real pavilion master at the moment, so it would be difficult for it to rally so many people at once!” another maid chirped in with a chuckle.
“Our Young Mistress is truly a person blessed by the heavens!”
Just like that, the two maids chatted delightfully among themselves.
The youngdy seated in front of the mirror looked at her impable appearance in the mirror, and a blissful smile crept onto her lips.
All of a sudden, the youngdy turned around to look at the maid behind her, and the blissful smile on her face was reced by uncertainty and apprehension. “Have you found out what I asked you to investigate? Zhang shi... did he say anything when he arrived yesterday?”
“This...”
The maid was taken aback by the youngdy’s sudden actions. Just as she was about to speak, footsteps abruptly sounded outside, and cheerfulughter filled the air. “There’s no need to ask them. I have already checked on your behalf!”
“Young Master!” Upon seeing who the person who had just walked into the room was, the maids quickly bowed down.
“Un!” Luo Xuanqing waved his hands, gesturing for the maids to rest easy. Looking at his younger sister, he chuckled. “When I spoke of you before thed yesterday, he was so agitated that he would have flown right to your side if he could. If not for me holding him back, he really might have done so!”
“He was... agitated?” The youngdy’s face reddened in embarrassment. “Elder Brother, please don’t make fun of me! Are you certain that he was agitated because of me?”
“Aren’t you asking the obvious? He’s already here to ask for your hand in marriage, so how could he not know who you are? There’s no need to worry!” Luo Xuanqing shook his head, not understanding his younger sister’s worries.
Perhaps this was how brides were. The closer they were to their marriage, the more unnerved they became.
“That’s a relief. I was just thinking that when I had disguised my appearance when I first met him...” the little princess replied with an awkward smile. “I was afraid that he wouldn’t recognize me after seeing my true appearance.”
“Young Mistress, rest assured! I have seen your disguised look, too, and the current you looks at least ten times prettier than you did back then! There’s no way the future Young Master wouldn’t be charmed by your beauty!” a maid remarked joyfully.
“That’s surely the case, Young Mistress. I can swear on my life that if you meet him with your current looks, he will swiftly fall in love with you all over again,” the other maid teased with a smile.
“The two of you only know how to tease me!” the youngdy retorted with a crimson blush on her face. Turning her gaze back to Luo Xuanqing, she asked, “Elder Brother, where is he at the moment?”
“He has some matters to attend to, so he’s currently out at the moment, but he should be returning very soon. Yuxin, you don’t have to worry about anything. I’m sure that you don’t want him to see you with a fretful frown on your face, right?” Luo Xuanqing chuckled as he massaged the youngdy’s be to loosen the deep creases there.
“Un!” The youngdy nodded with a smile.
As far as she could remember, she had always carried the burden of an engagement. She had thought that this was the only path that she could follow, and the only thing that she could do waspromise. As such, she had never dared imagine a life where she walked down the long journey of life with the person whom she loved till the end of their time.
Perhaps, the heavens were not as heartless as she thought.