Chapter 196: Miss Bai, What Is This?

“At that moment, I secretly made up my mind! I must marry this girl!”

Listening to the words of the man before her, Jiang Yuerou’s eyes flickered slightly.

Despite having lived for over two thousand years, Jiang Yuerou was still single, but regardless, she had indeed lived for over two millennia.

In these two thousand years, Jiang Yuerou had seen all sorts of people; the people she had met truly outnumbered the grains of salt Lin Xun had eaten.

So she could tell that this man was speaking from the heart.

However, what Jiang Yuerou wasn’t sure of was whether this man would still say such things if he knew the woman who saved him was the Saintess of Zilin Holy Land.

Who was also the top of the world’s Qingyun Ranking.

And even the top of the se jia ranking among the ‘Three Rankings of Peerless Beauty: Jia, Yi, and Bing’.

Jiang Yuerou let out a soft sigh and looked directly into Lin Xun’s eyes. “Xiao Pei, have you ever considered Qinger’s identity?”

Lin Xun nodded. “Qinger’s behavior is dignified and elegant, her aura like a secluded orchid. She is well-educated, well-mannered, and possesses broad knowledge. She is no ordinary girl. In my heart, I have a rough guess.”

“Could it be that you already know Qinger is…” Jiang Yuerou’s small mouth opened slightly.

“Yes.” Lin Xun nodded. “If this Junior has guessed correctly, Qinger should be a relative of the Qian Kingdom’s imperial family!”

“Huh?” Jiang Yuerou, who thought Qinger’s identity had been exposed, blinked her eyes.

“Senior need not be so surprised.”

Lin Xun said with a smile.

“Qinger is the sister of Luo City’s City Lord Qu Ke, and she has a relationship with the Empress of Qian Kingdom.

That time when I was invited to Zilin Holy Land, the Zilin Saintess Jiang Qingshang also told me to treat Qinger well.

At that time, the Zilin Saintess’s gaze was extremely serious, as if she would fight me to the death if I didn’t agree.

It was as if that Zilin Saintess was entrusting herself to me.

With so many clues, if I couldn’t guess that Qinger is a relative of the Qian Kingdom’s imperial family, then I would be far too dull.”

“Indeed… you really are quite dull…”

Jiang Yuerou’s brows twitched slightly. Her heart, which had been on a roller coaster ride, finally reached its destination after its constant ups and downs.

As for Lin Xun’s mention of being “invited to Zilin Holy Land.”

Although Jiang Yuerou didn’t know the specifics, she could guess.

This was definitely Qingshang’s behind-the-scenes manipulation during the last Zilin Grand Ceremony, allowing Lin Pei to get a spot to observe the ceremony.

Not only that, she heard that last time Qingshang toured Zilin Holy Land with a man; it was definitely this Lin Pei.

Qingshang must have intentionally had Lin Pei accompany her to tour Zilin Holy Land.

In the end, Qingshang even said something like ‘treat my sister Qinger well’.

Wasn’t that just the little girl’s roundabout way of saying ‘you must treat me well’?

Usually, in Zilin Holy Land, Qingshang’s actions were direct. She didn’t have so many twists and turns.

How come as soon as it involved this Lin Pei, Qingshang had so many schemes?

“Xiao Pei.” Jiang Yuerou’s mood was very complex. “In your understanding, it’s not wrong that Qinger is a relative of the imperial family, but Qinger’s status far exceeds that.”

“Hmm?” Lin Xun was a bit puzzled.

Far exceeds a relative of the imperial family?

Could it be that Qinger is the biological younger sister of the Empress of Qian Kingdom?

No, isn’t the biological younger sister of the Empress of Qian Kingdom Jiang Qingshang?

Could it be?!

As if realizing something, Lin Xun’s pupils constricted slightly!

Could the previous Emperor of the Qian Kingdom have had an illegitimate daughter? And that illegitimate daughter is Qinger?

“Some things I cannot say too clearly, otherwise Qinger will blame me.”

Jiang Yuerou took a small sip of tea.

“But, I want to say, Young Master Lin, for you to be with Qinger is definitely something every man in the world would envy. However, in the future, you will bear unimaginable pressure.”

“Unimaginable pressure?”

Lin Xun was stunned for a moment.

Could Auntie be saying that in the future Qinger might return to the Qian Kingdom’s imperial family, truly acknowledge her ancestors, and then he would become a Prince Consort, facing the pressure of being one?

Wait, what pressure could there be as a Prince Consort?

The pressure of just eating and waiting to die?

‘Oh! I get it!’

Lin Xun felt he had gained another realization.

Auntie likely meant that when Qinger truly acknowledges her ancestors and returns to the imperial family in the future, he would face a series of trials.

Auntie thought the Empress of Qian Kingdom might find him very disagreeable,

After all, he wasn’t some famous scholar or top graduate; he was just an ordinary School Teacher. How could he become a Prince Consort?

But Lin Xun felt that Sister Mimi finding him agreeable shouldn’t be a problem.

However, as for the pressure… that truly would be quite large.

After all, Sister Mimi wouldn’t let him off so easily,

If Qinger acknowledged her ancestors and returned to the imperial family, according to etiquette, Sister Mimi would need to personally bestow the marriage again.

And since Qinger was Sister Mimi’s half-sister, how could Sister Mimi, according to etiquette, fight her own sister for a man?

How could a Princess of the Qian Kingdom possibly be a secondary wife?

Similarly, it was even more impossible for the Empress of Qian Kingdom to be a secondary wife!

This truly was a mess.

But!

“Please rest assured, Auntie.” Lin Xun stood up, his gaze extremely sincere. “No matter how great the difficulties and pressure ahead, no one shall even think of separating me from Qinger!”

That’s right! It’s impossible for him to abandon Qinger!

“You…” Jiang Yuerou hesitated, “You don’t know what you will encounter on the road ahead.”

Lin Xun only smiled and looked directly into Jiang Yuerou’s eyes:

“This Junior indeed does not know, but I know that no matter what the road ahead is like, no matter what Qinger’s identity is, in my heart, Qinger will always be my wife.”

On the street, Jiang Qingshang carried two soy-braised pork hocks wrapped in oil paper and tied with string.

The young woman’s pace was hurried; she wanted to return to her courtyard in an instant.

But Jiang Qingshang also knew that even if she went back immediately, she would just be sent out again.

Master would not rest until she had a private chat with her husband.

“After half an incense stick! Give Master another half an incense stick’s time.” Looking at the courtyard with its tightly closed gate a hundred meters away, Jiang Qingshang paced back and forth on Dongma Street.

And right then, Jiang Qingshang’s delicate nose twitched; there seemed to be a burnt smell.

Jiang Qingshang looked up and found that thick smoke was already rising from the small courtyard behind the Tofu Shop.

But in less than a breath’s time, that smoke was quickly extinguished.

Immediately after, the door panels of the Tofu Shop slowly opened, and a graceful young woman in plain clothes set down the door panel and walked out slowly, carrying a small clay pot.

Still that veil covering her face, still those cat-tailed peach blossom eyes that one could never forget after just a single glance.

The moment the door opened, Bai Luoxue’s cat-tailed peach blossom eyes met Jiang Qingshang’s clear eyes.

“Miss Bai, what is this?” Seeing Bai Luoxue, Jiang Qingshang couldn’t very well ignore her, so she exchanged greetings.

“Feeding a kitten…” Bai Luoxue looked at Jiang Qingshang and answered her question calmly.