Chapter 865: with translation of chapter title

The matter of holding a supplementary wedding was inexplicably approved by everyone.

Except Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu really felt that Liu Junyan had done it on purpose, insisting on dropping such a bombshell at that occasion, just when she was feeling moved and dazed.

Xiao Jiu wanted to refuse, wanted to have a good talk with Liu Junyan to make him abandon the idea.

But even though they spoke softly, this sentence was still heard by the people nearby.

No one knows who started it, but it was literally a call that drew a hundred responses.

Liu Junyan's reason was: "Xiao Jiu, holding a supplementary wedding is not to collect gifts with great fanfare, but to make up for my indebtedness to you in my heart, and to take this opportunity to gather everyone together to properly renew our feelings; later, when I truly begin to handle affairs impartially, it will be hard to gather like this again."

Xiao Jiu immediately understood Liu Junyan's intention.

Yeah, he has taken up a divine post.

When they first moved into Jiuzhou Fu, they gathered everyone together to celebrate.

Once he truly starts working in Jiuzhou Fu, how could he still be as casual as at the beginning?

Just like Li Qingying's City God Temple, isn't it the same?

"Alright." Xiao Jiu finally compromised, "but I have to say up front: no wedding ceremony, no decorations, just set out the banquet, no accepting gifts or gift money…"

Liu Junyan was obviously not very willing, but seeing Xiao Jiu's solemn expression, he had to agree: "Okay, okay, everything as you say."

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After returning to Yin Dang Hang, Li Qingying and Hui Moqiong began to calculate, wondering how many people to invite and how many invitations to write.

The two of them, as they calculated, began to find it difficult.

Too many, too many.

These two masters of their household have an overly complicated network of connections.

In heaven and earth, connections can be found everywhere.

Some people can be sent invitations, but some people cannot be sent invitations.

Since you've written the invitations, you can't leave anyone out, can you?

As they talked, Li Qingying and Hui Moqiong's opinions diverged, the couple started bickering, neither yielding to the other.

Liu Junyan and Xiao Jiu were originally discussing matters in the east wing of the main hall; hearing the quarrel up front, they hurried over, holding little three.

After asking, Xiao Jiu immediately complained to Liu Junyan: "Look, it's all your doing, insisting on laboring spirit and strength to hold a supplementary wedding—how do you plan to settle these details?"

"No need to settle." Liu Junyan put his arm around Xiao Jiu's shoulders and said, "As I said, it's just a pretext for the Big Family to gather; whoever wants to come can come, and those who can't make it, we won't hold it against them."

In other words, no invitations, no deliberate spreading of news, everything casual.

Xiao Jiu thought this was pretty good.

Hui Moqiong also silently breathed a sigh of relief, then began to coax Li Qingying with a grin.

Over the next few days, Xiao Jiu came to understand Liu Junyan's intention for holding the supplementary wedding even better.

Because too many people came to congratulate Liu Junyan on his investiture.

If it weren't for this pretext of the supplementary wedding a few days later for everyone to gather again, Xiao Jiu felt that these days the steps of Yin Dang Hang would be trampled to pieces.

She felt in her heart that Liu Junyan was more far-sighted.

The days were busy, but with Li Qingying and Hui Moqiong as two good helpers, Xiao Jiu didn't have to worry too much.

When they had a little free time, Li Qingying asked Xiao Jiu a very practical question: "Xiao Jiu, in the future Seventh Lord will be working in Jiuzhou Fu, his authority is so great he may be very busy; Jiuzhou Fu has his sleeping quarters there, he will sleep there, but you have to guard Yin Dang Hang—will you two live apart?"

This question is quite private.

Li Qingying asked because, first, she and Xiao Jiu are close, so there's nothing embarrassing about it; second, she can empathize.

When she first took over the Jūnzhú Shān City God Temple, she was very busy, and Hui Moqiong always dug a hole at midnight to sneak into her sleeping quarters; only Old Five Hui could do such a thing.

Xiao Jiu is not Old Five Hui; when Yin Dang Hang has business, the gate closes only at three in the morning, so it's not realistic for her to stay at Jiuzhou Fu.

Xiao Jiu hadn't expected Li Qingying to ask this question; a blush rose on her face: "Well… it's not… not necessary to live together every day, is it?"

She is definitely going to guard Yin Dang Hang.

As for where Liu Junyan lives, Xiao Jiu thinks he'll come back when he has time.

Originally Li Qingying just mentioned it casually, and Xiao Jiu didn't take it to heart.

But she didn't expect that Liu Junyan had his own arrangement for this question.

On the third day after Jiuzhou Fu was completed, the imposing vermilion-lacquered main doors swung open, banquet tables flowing like water filled the entire front hall; before dawn, Jiuzhou Fu was already buzzing with voices, lively and bustling.

The news spread too quickly; friends Xiao Jiu thought of and those she didn't think of all came.

From three in the morning until midnight, Xiao Jiu felt the corners of her mouth never stopped being upturned.

Although it was stated that no gifts would be accepted, many people still slipped gifts to Xiao Jiu; Li Qingying helped her collect them all and took them to the rear chambers of Liu Junyan's sleeping quarters.

What Xiao Jiu never expected was that in the evening, Bai Shulan actually came to see her!

After Bai Shulan went to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find Guyun Que that day, she had been out of contact for a long time.

Xiao Jiu thought the news wouldn't reach her ears here.

But this time seeing her again, Xiao Jiu felt Bai Shulan's condition was off; the whole person looked like she had just recovered from a serious illness, appearing extremely weak.

She took Bai Shulan's hand and went into a side ear chamber, closed the door, and only the two of them remained inside.

Xiao Jiu anxiously asked: "Shulan sister, a few days ago I heard from Bai Qiong that something happened to you at Guyun Que; at this time you should be in closed-door cultivation, right? How did you come back so suddenly?"

"I'm fine." Bai Shulan smiled and said, "This is a long story; for years I've been stuck at a bottleneck, my cultivation unable to advance further—I never expected to meet… him, and instead he helped me out, I have successfully broken through the bottleneck; as for closed-door cultivation, it's the same wherever you are, Seventh Lord and you are so important to me on this day, how could I not come?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jiu relaxed a little, lowered her voice and asked: "Will that brat let you come back alone?"

Bai Shulan pinched Xiao Jiu annoyed: "If I want to come back, I come back; he can't control it."

Xiao Jiu stared at Bai Shulan.

That gaze seemed to say: "How could I not believe your nonsense?"

Bai Shulan, feeling uneasy under Xiao Jiu's stare, gave in: "All right, he came along too; but I need to soak in a medicinal bath for my closed-door cultivation, and that bath requires some special worm powder, so he went back to the clinic first to prepare the bath for me…"

Xiao Jiu said with a wicked smile, "I just said, that kid is really stubborn, the type who won't give up until he sees a rabbit and doesn't release the hawk—hard to have forced you over to his side, how could he possibly let you go easily." "Turns out you've lured someone back to Wufu Town again..."