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Chapter 5

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Wen Qiao looked at the man sitting on the long couch.

He looked like a young man around 18 to 19 years old, wearing an embroidered royal jade robe along with a noble appearance. His handsomeness and smile made him seem kind and gentle, which won him people’s favourable impression.

He was a stunning young man with a strong imperial appearance.

Although Wen Qiao rarely went out, she had heard about the Seventh Prince of the Tanglin Kingdom. According to the word out there, the Seventh Prince was the most stunning in the Ning royal family. Even though he was not able to cultivate, Emperor Cheng Hao doted on him due to his nobleness. Every person who met him pitied his cultivation roots that had been destroyed, if not there would have been another genius cultivator in the Ning royal family.

“It’s my first time meeting you, Miss Wen, I am Ning Yu Zhou.” The Seventh Prince, Ning Yu Zhou stood up and introduced himself.

Wen Qiao returned a salute, she hid her thoughts inside her eyes and replied softly “Greetings, Seventh Prince His Royal Highness.”

The Seventh Prince looked at Wen Qiao’s pale face, his voice turning softer “Please feel free and have a sit, Miss Wen.”

There were not many people in the room, except an imperial bodyguard with an unknown rank of cultivation, there was also a clean young man who looked like the eunuch of the royal palace. After serving tea, the imperial bodyguard and the eunuch left the room together with Lian Yue who was clueless.

All of a sudden, there are just Wen Qiao and the Seventh Prince staying in the spacious room.

Ning Yu Zhou handed over a cup of tea from the table to Wen Qiao and said: “This is a spiritual tea made from Dendrobium macrophyllum Lindl, you can have a try, Miss Wen.”

Wen Qiao took a sip of the spiritual tea, the tea was warm and purified, it tasted slightly bitter at first then became sweet after a while. Her cold body due to the insufficiency of vital energy and blood turned warm, the spiritual energy brought by the spiritual tea healed her frail pulses.

It was a fine spiritual tea.

Wen Qiao lifted her head and looked at the man sitting opposite her. She realised he was gazing at her with his clear eyes and a warm smile that made her feel comfortable and secure.

“I heard your health is not well and you can only consume spiritual food.”

“The spiritual energy in the Tanglin Kingdom is thin, spiritual ingredients are rare, normal medicine will be fine to me.” Wen Qiao replied flatly, she was used to this inescapable pain.

After listening to her words, Ning Yu Zhou looked distressed.

“You’ll have me in the future.” Ning Yu Zhou looked at her while feeling tender and protective towards her.

Wen Qiao felt her fiancé was strange. She put the cup of tea on the table and asked Ning Yu Zhou, “Seventh Prince His Royal Highness, can you answer me a question?”.

Ning Yu Zhou chuckled and asked, “Is it about our marriage ordered by the Emperor?”

Wen Qiao: “En”.

Ning Yu Zhou poured another cup of tea for her. After she finished the tea, he said, “Our marriage was decided by Wen Bo Qing.”

Wen Qiao’s calm face became astounded, she never thought that the marriage between her and the Seventh Prince was ordered by her deceased parents.

“During the demon’s raid, Wen Bo Qing saved my life. Before he passed away, the Emperor agreed with him to send an imperial decree for our engagement on the day of your coming of age.”

Wen Qiao quickly got the main point in his short answer.

By coincidence, her father saved the Seventh Prince during the demon’s raid. Emperor Cheng Hao betrothed the Seventh Prince to her as compensation. The connection between her and the royal family was the best way to protect Wen Qiao from her parent’s death and her weak constitution.

Only now did Wen Qiao find out the reason she didn’t get any severe mistreatment over these years except for the deduction of daily necessities and medicine supply. The Wen family won’t raise a sick child who could not contribute much to the family. Without the engagement, she might have become Wen family’s possession but she grew up prosperously due to the beneficence left behind by her deceased parents.

In the past few years, the Emperor was worried that Wen Qiao would die anytime. Thus, the Emperor did not reveal the engagement of Wen Qiao and the Seventh Prince. Emperor Cheng Hao might have had an axe to grind because the Emperor was unwilling to match his most doted on son to marry a sick young lady. Furthermore, the young lady was short-lived but took up the position of becoming the wife of his most favourable son, how would a father be happy for it?

It would be better without revealing the engagement and secretly putting her under the royal family’s protection.

In just a few seconds, Wen Qiao chewed the whole situation over and felt relaxed after understanding it.

Ning Yu Zhou kept Wen Qiao in his sight, he continued, “Now you have reached the marriageable age, the agreement should be performed. Hence, I requested Father Emperor to send a decree for our marriage.” He paused and asked her, apologizing, “Miss Wen, do you have any opinion on our marriage?”

“I have no opinion.” Wen Qiao replied after thinking.

Wen Qiao felt the marriage between her and the Seventh Prince was quite good. In the past few days, the Ji Shui Yard received many benefits due to him and her status in the Wen Family became higher. Lian Yue was thankful to the Seventh Prince and she even wished to worship him.

Ning Yu Zhou looked surprised as he did not know she would give him a flat response.

His fiancée seemed different from other young ladies.

Next, he heard Wen Qiao say, “Actually, you are the one who suffers the loss, the Seventh Prince might be knowing that I am diagnosed by pharmacists to not live past my twenties. I am afraid that you would become involved in trouble after I pass away.”

Even though the Seventh Prince was a waste cultivator, it was still easy for him to extend his lifespan due to the supply of various valuable ingredients by the Ning royal family. In contrast, even if Wen Qiao ate as many valuable ingredients as she could, it was still impossible for her to live past her twenties, the Seventh Prince got the worst of it.

Ning Yu Zhou was stunned and continued saying seriously, “I won’t let you die!”

Wen Qiao took a glance at him without commenting.

Ning Yu Zhou just said it once but he did not continue this matter, he quickly changed their talking point to the date of their marriage.

Cultivators were usually late in matters regarding their marriage and childbirth, it would be better if the two parties who had chosen to perform dual cultivation to have a higher rank of cultivation so that they could yield a better result. However, the Seventh Prince and Wen Qiao should stick to the common custom which was to get married at an early age as one of them could not cultivate and the other had a weak constitution.

Wen Qiao acknowledged his message and the reason for their marriage, plus she heard the words from the Seventh Prince, so she was not opposed to their marriage.

Their marriage was not related to a love relationship, it was just a form of protection.

“How about a month after?” Ning Yu Zhou asked.

Wen Qiao: “……Isn’t it too rushed?”

“Nope, it is not.” Ning Yu Zhou answered calmly, “After one and a half months, Lin Tai Hunt Valley will open, this event is held once every three years in the Tanglin Kingdom, the geniuses in the Tanglin Kingdom will gather around there, don’t you want to participate?”

Once again Wen Qiao was startled by the words of the Seventh Prince, “Me?”

Ning Yu Zhou nodded, his handsome face did not seem like he was joking.

Wen Qiao stared at him for a few seconds and reminded him, “Seventh Prince His Royal Highness, you probably know that my rank of cultivation is just in the medium stage of the Entering Yuan Realm.”

The rank of Entering Yuan Realm corresponded to the beginning of cultivation. A cultivator with this rank could be overwhelmed by any low tier beast. Entering the Lin Tai Hunt Valley with this weak cultivation level would be a disgrace! Wen Qiao did not aim beyond her grasp, she never thought of courting death when she could stay alive.

“I know, I will make an arrangement.” Ning Yu Zhou looked at her with his smiley eyes and asked, “Do you want to attend?”

Of course!

Even though she had a frail body, she was also eager to cultivate.

As a cultivator, everyone wanted to achieve a higher realm, becoming the most powerful cultivator who could discard restrictions of the human body to achieve the strength of an Upper Realm.

She did not convey her feelings, but Ning Yu Zhou knew her thoughts.

The feeling of being protective towards her once again arose in his eyes, he sounded gentle as if she would be frightened as he spoke louder, “Don’t worry about your safety, Miss Wen, I will pull off the arrangement since I am the one who would bring you there, all you need to do is to take care of your health and cultivate.”

Wen Qiao looked at him surprisingly, wondering where did his confidence originate from, was it due to Emperor Cheng Hao?

While she still didn’t understand the situation, Ning Yu Zhou once again started discussing the arrangements about their marriage.

Although Wen Qiao was not a dense person, she grew up without many connections with her siblings in the Wen family and turned her to have a naive personality. Due to her personality, she couldn’t battle with the sly prince who grew up in the royal palace but continued the topic of discussion regarding their marriage.

When Wen Qiao realized the situation, he had done the arrangements for her betrothal gifts. Once she agreed, the betrothal gifts would be delivered by the next day.

“……” Wen Qiao found the situation weird.