Chapter 252: Three Wives and Four Concubines: Lan Xue

After discussing all matters, everyone left the Imperial Study.

Xun Yu had, of course, gained Nan Tianchen's approval; inside the Imperial Study, Nan Tianchen was still excitedly looking over Xun Yu's memorial.

He discovered that Xun Yu's political ability might already be superior to his own.

All those years of crazily reading books and absorbing knowledge were indeed not in vain; this child's wisdom was simply astonishing.

"Haha, in the future, with Feihuang having the martial talent of Dian Wei and the civil talent of Xun Yu, and being so outstanding himself, I can completely rest easy when the kingdom is handed over to him," Nan Tianchen laughed heartily.

"It's more than that; it should be martial talent, civil talent, and the wife, Lv Lingqi. I told you our Feihuang has a great eye. Bringing three people out of Yeyouting back then, he got one civil official, one martial general, and one virtuous helper," Lan Xue added. She had completely changed her opinion of Lv Lingqi now.

This girl had a simple and lovely personality, peerless talent, and extraordinary beauty. So what if she was born a slave? Her strength was enough to change her own destiny.

Hadn't this tournament proven that?

The promotion tournament of this year's competition had already been hailed by busybodies as a tournament belonging to Lv Lingqi alone; she had swept through all the academies by herself without a single loss. Now, who would dare criticize her background?

At most, they would just say she was a mute, lacking only one perfection out of ten.

"What, you don't object to Lingqi being your daughter-in-law anymore?" Nan Tianchen asked with narrowed eyes. Previously, Lan Xue, this son-obsessed mother, had very firmly demanded that Nan Feihuang must marry a lady from a prestigious family.

Then he had shamelessly approached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, only to be miserably rejected.

Fortunately, that fellow Xue Ye still gave some face.

Lan Xue said bluntly, "I stopped objecting long ago. Our Gu Lei Kingdom has the saying of 'three wives and four concubines.' I don't know if my son will take concubines in the future, but the candidates for the three wives are all there."

Ancient books record that the so-called "three wives" refers to a famous story about a monarch of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn period. Legend has it that the monarch of Qi could not decide on an empress, leading to much discussion at court and among the people. Later, the monarch jokingly claimed to appoint three empresses, hence the term "three wives." People of extreme nobility in ancient times did indeed have three wives: the Main Palace, the Eastern Palace, and the Western Palace; the "four concubines" refers to one maidservant bestowed by the parents and one personal maidservant for each of the three wives.

The various customs of the Gu Lei Kingdom were truly very similar to the ancient times Nan Feihuang once knew, and they also had records similar to this.

"Three wives? Besides Ke'er and Lingqi, who else? A 'heaven-sent' one?" Nan Tianchen asked in confusion. He didn't pay much attention to his son's emotional affairs; the only women around his son he knew of were his fiancée Xue Ke and his childhood sweetheart Lv Lingqi.

Could it be that there was another "heaven-sent" one?

Lan Xue smiled slightly, "You have seen her too. I think that 'heaven-sent' one is the one who will have the deepest bond with Feihuang in the future. Ke'er is too gentle and lacks strong aptitude, unable to walk side-by-side with Feihuang. Lingqi is too rigid; although her combat power is fierce, her temperament is too simple and straightforward. It's fine to let her fight for Feihuang, but as for other things like management and planning, forget it. As for that 'heaven-sent' one, she is both rigid and gentle. I just don't know if I will have the honor of becoming her mother-in-law in the future."

Although she had only met Qian Renxue twice, among the three girls, she admired Qian Renxue the most.

She was the most beautiful, the smartest, held the most noble status, and had the strongest aptitude.

When she was at the Spirit Hall, she even saw her son walking hand-in-hand with her through the Douluo Hall; it seemed their relationship must be very good.

At this moment, Nan Feihuang was writing letters to Qian Renxue and Xue Qinghe. Although they were the same person, he had to write two copies.

After all, he wouldn't be able to write to her for over a year, so he had to report it slightly.

Nan Feihuang did not immediately tell Qian Renxue his true destination, only saying he was going out for training. He figured she wouldn't allow him to go to a place like Slaughter City anyway.

Qian Renxue was not as easy to talk to as Lan Xue. If he pushed her too far, out of excessive worry, she might just send people to capture him and lock him in a secret room.

It was better to act first and report later; once he entered Slaughter City, even if Qian Renxue wanted to stop him, it would be too late.

It was just hard on Snake Spear Douluo. Ever since Nan Feihuang returned to the Gu Lei Kingdom, he had been running between the Spirit Hall and Tiandou City all day long.

There was no help for it; the letter to Qian Renxue was, of course, sent to Wuhun City.

Qian Renxue had him go and retrieve it for her.

Snake Spear Douluo, this laborer, felt like crying without tears. The contents of the two letters were roughly the same; was it necessary to make a dignified Title Douluo work part-time as a messenger?

But Qian Renxue said that although the contents of the letters Feihuang wrote to Qian Renxue and Xue Qinghe were the same, the tone was completely different. The tone toward Xue Qinghe was respectful, while the tone toward Qian Renxue was full of longing and affection.

Therefore, no matter what, she had to see the letter belonging to Qian Renxue.

Snake Spear Douluo expressed that he completely failed to understand this "love-struck" psychology. However, he decided that if these two fellows got married in the future, sitting at the main table would definitely not be enough for him. He wanted to be an elder, sitting on equal footing with the Great Elder, and receiving a cup of tea from the two newlyweds. That shouldn't be too much to ask to comfort his hard work over these years, right?

After resting for a few days, there were about four days left until the birthdays of Feihuang and Lv Lingqi. Four days later, Feihuang would prepare to set off for Slaughter City.

And Xun Yu would also be departing as an envoy to the Tianshuang Principality at that time.

For the sake of the future, even the closest partners must still walk different paths, and sooner or later, they would meet at the peak.

This day, just after everyone finished two hours of Meditation practice, a palace maid came to report, "Reporting to the Crown Prince, there is a girl outside the palace asking to see you, holding your Crown Prince Token, saying she is here to find Viscount Xun."

"My Crown Prince Token? It must be Senior Sister Lingling," Nan Feihuang stood up and said, "Invite her in quickly! Let her go to my Eastern Palace reception hall to talk."

"Yes!" The palace maid then went to carry out the order.

"Great, it must be Lingling!" Xun Yu was overjoyed. When Ye Lingling said she would come to the Gu Lei Kingdom to find him, he hadn't expected her to come so quickly.

Even though he was a wise man, now that his sweetheart had arrived, he looked no different from a love-struck youth.

"Alright, Wenruo, your good days have arrived. Let's go, let's meet our kingdom's future strongest healer!" Nan Feihuang patted Xun Yu on the shoulder. Being able to win over the Heavenly First Healing, Nan Feihuang had to credit Xun Yu for this.

The group arrived at the Eastern Palace's reception room to wait.

Before long, they saw the palace maid leading two women, one big and one small, walking in.

The two women looked as if they were cast from the same mold; both had short silver hair and were wearing silver dresses, only one was a long dress and the other a short dress.

The girl in the short dress was, of course, Ye Lingling.

And the one in the long dress was her magnified version, with a more elegant and gentle temperament. It stood to reason that this should be her mother.

She was also the true strongest Healing-type Spirit Master of the current age, and like Ye Lingling, she possessed the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.

The only two Nine Heart Begonias in the world were both here right now.

(End of chapter)