Quick Transmigration and Childbirth: The Target is Not Human

"Bang--!"

The deafening sound of gongs and drums made Xia Yangyang, who had just arrived, shudder.

The entire area is decorated in festive red; without careful observation, one might mistake it for a murder scene.

My neck feels like it's carrying a heavy weight, and it's incredibly sore.

She looked down at herself, wearing a bright red embroidered jacket, holding a red apple in both hands, and a red veil covering her head completely obscuring her vision.

"Young lady, sit firmly in the sedan chair, may your good fortune rise step by step!" Granny Xi's high-pitched, shrill voice came from outside the sedan chair.

"Once you cross the Taiping Bridge, you'll be free from worries for life!"

"A jolt in the sedan chair brings gold and silver to every home!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the sedan chair lurched again, and Xia Yangyang almost lost her balance and fell off.

The sounds of gongs, drums, and celebratory tunes gradually filled the air.

Seriously? She's getting married right from the start?

Looking at her attire, it doesn't resemble a modern Chinese wedding at all. What era is she supposed to be dressed in?

She called out to the system in her mind, but there was no response for a long time, perhaps due to a delay in data transmission.

Just then, the bridal sedan chair came to a stop, swaying precariously.

Granny Xi, who was standing by the sedan chair, half-lifted the curtain and said to her, "Princess, the Lu family is just ahead. It is your duty to be filial to your parents-in-law and get along well with your sisters-in-law in your husband's family... Nowadays, the world is becoming more open, and you have been literate since childhood. In the future, you will be able to help your husband, manage the household and educate your children. You will naturally be able to understand things and know the big picture."

Princess?

Could it be ancient times?

Xia Yangyang remained silent and nodded demurely. After Granny Xi finished giving her instructions, the sedan chair swayed and moved forward again.

Just as they were about to reach the Lu family's gate, a series of hoofbeats came galloping towards them, scattering the wedding procession. The onlookers all gasped and retreated.

"Snap—!" A soft whip pierced the air, shattering the red silk flowers on the sedan door.

The red sedan curtain fell down with a whoosh.

The bride, dressed elegantly in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, sits gracefully in the sedan chair.

In the previous worlds, Xia Yangyang cultivated a keen sixth sense.

Therefore, before the next whip could strike her face, she leaned back, and the slender tip of the whip snatched away her red veil, throwing it to the ground along with the veil.

“Pah!”

The whip on the ground hurt like a whip on the face.

"Oh dear, young marshal!" Upon seeing this, the matchmaker slapped her thigh and began to wail, "Young marshal, this is unacceptable! The veil falling to the ground is extremely unlucky!"

The man on the saddle was tall and straight, his long legs tightly encased in riding boots and military trousers.

His skin was pale and cold from years of weathering, his jawline was taut like a drawn sword, his nose was high and straight, and his thin lips were pressed into a thin line.

What's most captivating are his eyes; their sockets are slightly deep, and their color is as black as a cold pool, currently glancing sideways at everyone.

"Hurry up and pick up the princess's veil!" the matchmaker ordered.

"Let's see who dares!" This innate, menacing tone forced the sedan chair carriers, who stood seven feet tall, to stoop.

He looked disdainfully at the woman sitting in the sedan chair.

The other person was looking over at them too.

She wore a red dress with a tasseled shawl draped over her shoulders. Her hair was thick and black, with willow-leaf eyebrows, cherry lips, and fair skin with a pinkish tinge, like the most delicate flower bud on a branch, so tender that you could squeeze water out of it if you pinched it.

Despite the tight collar that covered her from neck to toe, it couldn't hide her lively and pretty demeanor.

Her large, dark eyes looked directly at him without flinching or avoiding his gaze.

Lu Xize was momentarily dazzled by what he saw. When he came to his senses, he frowned in disgust and took a few more steps forward, stepping on the stirrups.

But it wasn't to see her clearly; rather, it was to announce to the surrounding crowd: "Blind marriages and arranged marriages are feudal customs, abolished long ago by the former Marshal Lu! The government has issued a new decree: marriage is a matter of personal choice; men and women can come together or separate. Anyone who arranges or coerces a marriage is considered to have violated the law and will be prosecuted!!"

System: [System Notification! The target, an SSS-level Guardian Black Gold Python, has appeared! It is recommended that the host wait until the environmental danger level decreases to a safe level before proceeding with the breeding mission.]

What is that?

Is this tall, muscular guy in front of me a snake?!

Why a snake of all? That cold, slippery thing—just imagining the feeling of it makes my hair stand on end.

Before Xia Yangyang could curse the system as a piece of trash, a sharp pain shot through her head as the story's background information was transmitted.

It turns out that this was during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, a time of warlord conflicts.

Rather than the early Republican era, it is more accurate to describe it as an alternate history, detached from the real world.

The Lu family was the largest and most powerful warlord in the north. The Xia family was also a prominent official family in the previous dynasty, but due to internal political struggles, they gradually declined and were branded as feudal remnants.

Xia Yangyang, the only unmarried daughter of the Xia family, is still respectfully addressed as "Gege" by others, but she has long since lost all status.

Speaking of which, the man Xia Yangyang is marrying today is not the new head of the Lu family, the young marshal Lu Xize.

It was the former young marshal, Lu Shaohuai.

The marriage agreement between the Xia and Lu families was originally a childhood betrothal arranged by the older generation. Now that the Xia family has declined to this point, they should have avoided it at all costs.

But unexpectedly, a month ago, Lu Shaohuai was assassinated by his enemies while heading south. A bullet hit his head, and although he survived, he became a vegetable that he would never wake up.

Seeing that the second son, Lu Xize, had taken over the position of power, the Lu family was filled with resentment.

Lu Xize is five years younger than his elder brother. He has an unpredictable personality and is ruthless. However, he has defeated the enemy several times on the battlefield and is Lu Shaohuai's right-hand man.

But unfortunately, he is not a biological descendant of the Lu family!

Instead, it was a child that Lu Shaohuai rescued from the tomb of a feudal royal family.

Throughout the entire Lu family, he listened to no one except Lu Shaohuai.

Now that Lu Shaohuai is in a coma, Lu Xize claims he's helping his elder brother protect the country, but who knows, he might turn against him one day and take his place.

Just then, the Xia family brought up the arranged marriage between their children.

The older generation of the Lu family clapped their hands and immediately agreed. Firstly, Lu Shaohuai needed a bedmate to accompany and care for him day and night, while also preventing Lu Xize from harboring malicious intentions to assassinate him. Secondly, since the eldest sister-in-law was like a mother, and Lu Xize, who obeyed his elder brother's orders, would not dare to disrespect his eldest sister-in-law even if he wanted to rebel, he could be used to restrain her. Thirdly, the Lu brothers' power had grown stronger in recent years, and it would be best to take advantage of his illness and use this feudal marriage to curb their arrogance.

Thus, Xia Yangyang became the sacrifice in this family marriage.

But the Lu family never expected that Lu Xize would be so arrogant and rude as to brazenly prevent his elder sister-in-law's sedan chair from entering the house in broad daylight.

Xia Yangyang groaned: [How could this be so heavy-handed? Uncle and sister-in-law, isn't this incest... especially in this era?]

You'll be talked about behind your back for the rest of your life.

The system offered a comforting message: [Oh dear, he's not even related by blood. How can a snake be compared to a human?]

As soon as Lu Xize finished speaking, his third uncle and fifth aunt came out from the main room in a few scattered ways. One or two of them looked at Lu Xize's posture and their faces turned pale with anger.

"Lu Xize! Have you gone mad? This is your elder brother Shao Huai's marriage, arranged by our parents, the matchmaker, and decided by the entire clan! How dare you block the bridal sedan chair from entering in broad daylight?"

Lu Xize's cold, damp gaze swept over the lonely sedan chair.

The little girl in the sedan chair had her hands neatly folded on her lap, her slender, fair, and lovely fingers peeking out from her sleeves.

A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips: "Third Uncle, I remember my elder brother more than anyone else. My elder brother was enlightened by the West and detests feudal dregs the most. Precisely because I remember him, I cannot allow this sedan chair of dubious origin to tarnish the Lu family's reputation and dishonor my brother's name."

"You scoundrel!" Third Uncle slammed his cane down. "Yangyang is a princess of noble birth! She was married in a proper ceremony to bring good fortune and take care of Shao Huai! An elder sister-in-law is like a mother; now that she's entered the family, she is your rightful sister-in-law! Your actions are disrespectful to your elder brother and disloyal to the family!"

"Eldest sister-in-law?" Lu Xize lashed out with his whip, the sound of it cutting through the air deafening. His imposing aura made the group of uncles and aunts tremble and retreat. "Where did this eldest sister-in-law come from? Where did this sedan chair come from, into the Lu family's gate?"

He randomly picked one of the lucky sedan chair carriers: "Did you see her go inside?"

"Young Marshal, I...I...no."

He glanced sideways at the matchmaker: "Did you see her come in?"

The matchmaker was terrified by the long whip he raised, and shook her head meekly, "This old woman... my old eyes are failing... I can't see clearly..."

Finally, his gaze swept across the faces of the onlookers: "Did you see her go inside?"

The people all shook their heads in fear: "No...no."

Seeing this, the third uncle's face turned bright red, and his hands trembled with anger: "You...you're trying to rebel!"

Lu Xize curled one corner of his lips, his half-drooping eyelids conveying a contemptuous and lazy air, making him appear utterly repulsive.

"Lu Xize, don't forget, Shao Huai is only unconscious, he's not dead! As long as he has a breath left, you won't be able to control the Lu family! You've been disrespectful to your elder sister-in-law; wait until Shao Huai wakes up and see how he deals with you!"

"Then let's wait until he wakes up before we talk about it."

Lu Xize stood firm, gripping the reins, his voice low and authoritative: "Until he wakes up, I call the shots in his courtyard. I'll manage his affairs. Anyone who tries to take advantage of his illness to interfere in his life or in this household—"

He paused, his hand seemingly casually resting on his holster, then spoke clearly, his menacing glint in his eyes directed at the woman inside the bridal sedan chair:

"Don't blame me, Lu Xize, for being ruthless."

"..."

"I said this marriage is off, and it's off. The person, wherever they came from, go back to where they came from."