The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 181 : Night Attack

Translated by : Moondancer

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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What Qi Feng said was indeed correct. Not much time passed before Tian Jin admitted defeat to Great Jin, although no one had expected this war to last so long in the first place. Tian Jin was just a tiny kingdom, so it made people wonder where the ability to compete with Great Jin had come from. But in any case, they could only incite Great Jin a bit before being defeated in the end. Consequently, their envoy accompanied Great Jin's army back to the capital to meet the emperor with a letter of surrender. Rumors flew about some of its terms, but everyone had their own opinions and it was impossible to tell which would become reality.

It was a long journey from the borders to the capital. Even so, the Jinying Wangfubegan to busy itself from top to bottom and Steward Lin spent every day arranging things for when Xiao Shao returned. Of course, the task attracting the most attention was the upcoming grand wedding between Xiao Shao and Jiang Ruan. The Empress Dowager had decreed that Xiao Shao could only get married after returning to the capital with victory, and now that Jiang Ruan had also finished the required mourning period, her days as 'Young Furen' of the Jinying Wangfu were just around the corner. Steward Lin had started planning when the decree came a year ago so Jiang Ruan assumed that everything would already be in order, but he still worried over every little detail, from the pearls for the wedding invitations to the engravings on the ivory chopsticks guests would use during the banquet.

Lu Zhu circled around Steward Lin, making a gesture of begging for mercy. "Steward Lin, we've already changed the dessert menu dozens of times. I really can't think of anything else, so please let me go. I'm just a maidservant."

Steward Lin looked at Lu Zhu and declared righteously, "Since you've been with Young Furen for so long, you also know who she usually spends time with. We can't be sloppy with the banquet. The better it is, the more they can see how much our Wangfu values Young Furen. This is good for both Young Furen and you. Besides, since you've followed her into our Wangfu, you're also one of us. How can a little girl be so impatient? Come on, take a look, how about making this entree porridge a bit lighter like the flavors from Jiangnan?"

Rolling her eyes, Lu Zhu sidestepped Steward Lin and walked into the house without looking back.

Inside, Lian Qiao and Bai Zhi were standing around Jiang Ruan for some reason, and even Tian Zhu was watching from nearby. Lu Zhu asked curiously, "Hey, what's going on?"

Something lay on the daybed in front of Jiang Ruan, and when Lu Zhu stepped closer to take a look, she couldn't help exclaiming, "What a beautiful wedding dress!"

In regards to wedding dresses, most were embroidered by the young ladies themselves, who started many years prior to their wedding; this custom also showed off their sewing skills and typically the young ladies would be in a sweet mood while embroidering. It's just that in the time between Jiang Ruan receiving the Empress Dowager's decree and then moving into the Jinying Wangfu, she hadn't thought about it at all. And now, since there was far too little time left, she simply didn't bother at all. Therefore, her plan was to use a dressmaker in the capital when the time came, as long as it didn't let the Jinying Wangfu's side lose face. However, unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of Bao Yue Lou came today with a wedding dress in hand, saying that Xiao Shao had ordered them to make it before he left the capital. Who was Jinying Wang? As long as they could fulfill this order, they wouldn't need to worry about eating for the next three years. The shopkeeper invited the best embroiderer, plucked up 120,000 points of motivation, and managed to deliver the dress to Jiang Ruan before Xiao Shao returned.