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Chapter 402 The Prince of Qi Arrives! [2 Updates]

Prefect's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness!"

Cheng Wanli sighed:
"If Your Majesty succeeds in this great undertaking, your younger brother will naturally be granted a title and a generalship!"
"But……"

"No buts!"

Cai Fu said firmly:

"If you think my second brother is not good enough for your daughter!"
"We'll turn around and leave, and come back to ask again next time!"

And next time?

Cheng Wanli was confused. Cai Fu already controlled eight prefectures this time. Wouldn't he take half of the country next time?

Of course, it's also possible that their entire family has already been exterminated.

Slow!

Cheng Wanli blinked his small eyes:

The execution of nine generations of relatives... surely that won't implicate my family, right?
That’s all!

Cheng Wanli shook his head with a wry smile:
"In that case, I will hand over Dongping Prefecture to Your Majesty!"

"I only hope for a worthy son-in-law—"

Cheng Wanli looked at Lu Junyi with a complicated expression:
"Don't let my daughter down!"

Lu Junyi immediately bowed and said, "Father-in-law, I swear I will never betray Wan'er, even if it means my death!"

Hiding behind the screen, Cheng Wan'er heard Lu Junyi's words and tears of joy welled up in her eyes.

She waited patiently in Dongping Prefecture for a year, and finally this day came.

“Uncle has a good reputation in Dongping Prefecture. In my opinion, it is Uncle who should have been appointed as the Prefect of Dongping Prefecture.”

Since Lu Junyi's matter had been settled, Cai Fu changed his form of address:
"Second brother, you will temporarily guard Dongping Prefecture, so that you can spend more time with your wife."

Cheng Wanli and Lu Junyi both thanked Cai Fu.

Cai Fuming and Wen Huanzhang chose an auspicious day and time for Lu Junyi's marriage.

……

Jingmen Town.

"Oh my, Old Master Liu!"

The gossipy old woman wouldn't let go of Old Man Liu:
Why haven't you replied to the scholar I introduced to your daughter last time?

"I've said it so many times!"

Old Master Liu frowned: "My daughter's marriage is already arranged, so you don't need to worry about it, you busybody!"

"Grandpa, that's not very honest of you. We're all from the same village. How could I not know whether your daughter is engaged or not?"

The gossipy woman curled her lip: "Since Grandfather says your daughter is already engaged, why don't you tell me which family she's engaged to?"

"I'm not bragging, but there's no young talent in this whole area that I don't know!"
"Grandpa, tell me, let me see if they're a good match!"

Old Master Liu fell silent.

He couldn't very well tell the gossipy woman that his son-in-law was a rebel from Liangshan, could he?

"What did I tell you? What did I tell you?"

Seeing that Old Man Liu was speechless, the gossipy woman said triumphantly:
"Grandfather, I know your daughter has high standards!"

"But it doesn't matter, I have plenty of talented young men in my hands, there's no match I can't make!"
"It doesn't matter that the scholar's daughter didn't like you last time, I just happen to have a wealthy man named Wang here..."

"Master Wang?"

Upon hearing this, Old Man Liu became anxious: "Doesn't he have a wife?"

"It's gone! It disappeared this month!"

The gossipy woman said with a grin, "That's why I said it's just right!"

"You know that Master Wang's family is no worse off than yours!"

"Being older isn't a problem, they know how to care for others..."

"No need for further words! Show them out!"

Even an honest man like Liu Taigong got angry, got up, flicked his sleeves, and headed back to the backyard.

Having received a large sum of money from Master Wang, the gossipy woman was unwilling to leave so easily, and immediately grabbed Old Man Liu in a tight embrace:

"Grandpa, don't be anxious. Master Wang has fallen in love with your daughter at first sight and is willing to offer a dowry of one thousand strings of cash..."

Old Man Liu: "Let go..."

"I won't let go!"

The gossipmonger used her trump card:

"If you kick me out, I'll go to the authorities and report you for indecent assault!"

Just when Old Man Liu was at his wit's end, a servant rushed in and shouted:

Congratulations, Grandfather!

I'm about to be accused of sexual assault and you're congratulating me?
While trying to push the gossipy woman away, Old Man Liu pressed her for answers:
"Where does joy come from?"

Although they didn't know why Old Man Liu and Granny Gossip were embracing so tightly, that didn't matter. The servant said cheerfully:
"Grandpa, our son-in-law has now become the General of Jizhou and has come to pay his respects!"

"General?"

Old Master Liu was bewildered: "What kind of general-in-chief position does our dynasty have?"

"It was bestowed by the King of Qi!"

The servant said excitedly, "The general has immense power; I've heard he commands the army on horseback and governs the people on foot!"

The gossipy woman laughed loudly: "Make it up! Make it up as much as you want! Where in our dynasty is there a King of Qi?"

Just as the servant was about to explain, countless government troops rushed in from outside!

Surrounded by a crowd of stars, the two generals were both over eight feet tall, with dignified appearances and imposing presence!
One of them bowed deeply to Liu Taigong and said, "Your son-in-law greets Mount Tai!"

The gossipy woman pointed at them: "Hey? Hey? It's you guys?"

Cai Fu ignored her and just chuckled at the bewildered Old Man Liu:
"Grandpa, we're here again."

"Now that my seventh brother is the General of Jizhou, he can openly and legitimately marry your daughter into the family."

The gossipy woman released Liu Taigong and circled around Cai Fu with a look of surprise and doubt:

"Who exactly are you...?"

"Shh-"

The surrounding soldiers unanimously pointed their guns at the old woman: "Insolence! Get back now!"

"Oh!"

The gossipy woman turned pale with fright and fell to the ground with a thud!
Cai Fu waved his hand, and the surrounding soldiers withdrew their guns and stepped aside, but still glared angrily at the old woman.

"You gossip, you'd better leave now!"

A servant introduced, "This is His Highness Prince Qi, and my son-in-law is the General of Jizhou!"

The gossipy woman was terrified by the scene and dared not bother Liu Taigong any longer. She stammered and retreated.

Once outside, the gossipy woman saw that the entrance to Liu Taigong's manor was already surrounded by a huge crowd of onlookers.

Upon seeing the gossipy woman emerge, a group of women immediately surrounded her:
"Old hag, how's it going inside?"

"How would I know!"

The gossipy woman said with a miserable expression, "I don't know where this Prince Qi has come from..."

"You don't even know this?"

A plump old woman started showing off her knowledge:
"His Highness Prince Qi was originally the King of Justice of Liangshan Marsh!"
"Since the uprising began in Qingzhou, we have occupied Qingzhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Lingzhou, Dongchang Prefecture, Dongping Prefecture, plus Runzhou and Mozhou, a total of nine prefectures!"

"I heard that he will soon declare himself king, and our Jeju will then belong to the Qi Kingdom!"

"hiss--"

The gossipy woman couldn't help but gasp:
"No, aren't you afraid he'll lash out if you all stand here?"

Why did it flare up?

The large woman said with a strange expression:
"The King of Justice is the most just man, and he never kills the innocent indiscriminately!"

"When King Gongdao came just now, he gave us red envelopes, saying that we should share in his good fortune!"

"Guess how much money is in the red envelope?"

I won't guess!
The gossipy woman felt a pang of jealousy. She turned around and saw that everyone was indeed holding a red envelope...

That's a huge mistake!

No, the mistake of losing a billion is a small matter. If only I had arranged for my daughter to marry that Jeju general in the first place...

At that moment, the gossipy woman burst into tears. How could she have missed such a wonderful marriage opportunity!
Listening to the surrounding onlookers' chatter, all praising how powerful King Qi was, the gossipy woman's heart was bleeding:

If I had insisted on arranging for my daughter to marry the King of Qi from the very beginning, wouldn't my daughter have become the queen?
Sin!

At the same time, Liu Taigong was overjoyed and helped Wu Song up. Seeing Wu Song fully armed, tall, imposing, and dignified, he happily said:

"My dear son-in-law, we've finally waited for you!"

This is my foundation!

Cai Fu was deeply moved, reflecting on his more than a year of dedicated work in Shandong, Hebei, the Beijing area, and parts of Jiangnan.

His name spread throughout Shandong, and he also established a solid foundation of popular support in the province.

Therefore, after he started his uprising, the people did not resist him at all, and in some places they even lined the streets to welcome him.

Huh?
Cai Fu glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that a finger had poked a hole in the window, revealing a large eye!

Those big, blinking eyes were all fixed on Wu Song, and Cai Fu knew who she was.

Liu Xianglian's fate was tragic in the original story, but fortunately this time she met herself and Wu Song.

So, this little butterfly flapping its wings has unknowingly changed the fate of many people...

That being said, even if Cai Fu were to declare himself king, he still wouldn't be able to marry Fang Jinzhi for the time being.

There's no other reason than that Fang Jinzhi is still in mourning, and even if he were married, he couldn't be touched.

Besides, the State of Qi and the State of Nan are not even on the same border.

Once the states of Qi and Nan border each other, it will be easier for me to marry Fang Jinzhi.

Otherwise, should I go to the South to hold the wedding, or should Fang Jinzhi come to the Qi Kingdom to have the wedding night?

Neither of them are suitable, right?

……

"Tang Niu'er?"

Xu Ning, Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun could hardly believe their eyes when they saw Tang Niu'er:

"you are not……"

Tang Niu'er sneered: "Shouldn't I already be dead?"

Xu Ning, Zhu Wu, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. According to Song Jiang, Tang Niu'er was dead, wasn't he?

And it was the kind where no remains were ever found!
"Hmph! I should indeed be dead already, but alas..."

Tang Niu'er, with a resentful expression, recounted how Song Jiang had schemed against him:
"If it weren't for Brother Cai Fu saving me, the grass on my grave would be taller than me!"

"hiss--"

Xu Ning, Zhu Wu, and the others couldn't help but gasp:
"Is there such a thing?"

Tang Niu'er looked at them with a strange expression:

Are you surprised?
"Zhu Wu and the other three are one thing, but Brother Xu Ning, do you not know what kind of person Song Jiang is?"
"How did you go from being a teacher in the Golden Spear Class of the 800,000 Imperial Guards in Tokyo to a rebel in Liangshan?"

Xu Ning's face turned green: "But you're his savior! How could he treat you like this?"

"Ah! My benefactor!"

Tang Niu'er shook his head with a wry smile: "Haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Loyalty was merely one of Song Jiang's weapons!"
"He used loyalty as a weapon to subdue so many heroes, all in order to achieve his goal of being granted amnesty!"

He'll only be loyal to you if you're useful to him!

"Those who are useless to him, like me, are superfluous!"

The crowd was speechless.

After a long pause, Xu Ning shook his head: "Song Jiang probably has no chance of being granted amnesty."

"Brother Cai Fu is about to declare himself king, and once he does, there will be no room for reconciliation!"

"Even if Song Jiang goes to Shaohua Mountain and stays far away from us, the imperial court will not let him go!"

Tang Niu'er curled his lip: "I'm afraid he won't even make it to Shaohua Mountain before the imperial court takes him down!"

At the same time, Song Jiang sighed silently and asked Wu Yong:

"Strategist, can I make it to Shaohua Mountain?"

【Don’t worry, there’s more to come】

(End of this chapter)