Chapter 47 Change of Identity
"Sister Yun!

My uncle won’t send you off!
Take care of yourself!"

Cui Zongji found Cui Shuyun again and said apologetically.

"I understand, uncle!"

Cui Shuyun also understood that under the current circumstances, it would be impossible for the Cui family to send the bride.

So many tribesmen were killed or injured!
Cui was too busy dealing with the funeral arrangements.

"Sister Yun, when you get to the Marquis' Mansion, be low-key!

Your mother and I will come to see you!"

Before leaving, Cui Zongyan gave Cui Shuyun some instructions.

“Father, take care!

Please also tell my mother that Yun'er will live a good life!

Please rest assured!"

Cui Shuyun's voice was choked with sobs.

Cui Shuyun was very fortunate that her mother was stopped by her father and did not violate etiquette to see her off.

Otherwise, with the methods used by the witch Wanwan, the powerless mother would definitely be in great danger.

“General Zhao, President Dai, Chief Steward Gao, Huo Lian has been handed over to you!
I, Cui, will not get involved in the rest of the matters!
Please excuse us from taking our leave!"

After giving the instructions, Cui Zongji formally bid farewell to the people from Fu'an Marquis' Mansion.

"We will report Cui's efforts to the Marquis truthfully!
Please rest assured, Chief Zongji!"

Zhao Xinghan said goodbye to Cui Zongji politely.

This was the most polite Zhao Xinghan had shown since he had come into contact with Cui Zongji.

First, Cui Zongji did not play any tricks and handed over the Fire Lotus honestly.

His and Dai Fayan's initial suspicions were ultimately proven to be overthinking!
Second, when facing the witch Wanwan, Cui not only joined forces with the Marquis's Mansion to fight the enemy, but also suffered heavy casualties.

The eldest elder of the Cui family can be said to have saved Zhao Xinghan's life.

Third, Zhao Xinghan stopped Cui Zongji from holding Su Xiangqi accountable, and Cui Zongji also gave him face and did not say anything more.

Zhao Xinghan felt somewhat guilty!
All these are worthy of Zhao Xinghan giving some face to Cui Zongji, the patriarch of the Cui family.

"General Zhao, Chairman Dai, Manager Gao, Sister Yun is still young, so it's inevitable that she will behave inappropriately!
I hope you can take good care of me along the way!"

Cui Zongyan was still a little worried about Cui Shuyun, so he asked Zhao Xinghan and others to take good care of Cui Shuyun.

Poor parents in the world!

Although Cui Zongyan regarded Cui Shuyun as a tool for marriage and further advancement, this does not mean that Cui Zongyan no longer loved Cui Shuyun, his legitimate daughter.

Love and exploitation can often coexist in the adult world!

"sure!"

"We will definitely protect the lady!"

He was more polite and respectful to Cui Zongyan, Zhao Xinghan and others.

After all, this person will have a lot of contact with Zhao Xinghan and others in the future.

Moreover, with Cui Shuyun, the wife of the Marquis' Mansion, his status in the Marquis' Mansion would not be low.

On the roadside, Cui Shuyun looked at the Cui family members leaving, with mixed feelings in her heart!

After today, she is like a married daughter, like water spilled.

She is no longer the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Cui family - Cui Shuyun.

It was the wife of Marquis Fu'an - Cui Shuyun.

This is what Cui Shuyun doesn't want!

But it is something Cui Shuyun cannot change!
...

With the Fire Lotus in hand, Cui Zongji took most of the Cui clan members away, and the wedding procession from the Fu'an Marquis's Mansion also began to unpack and set out again.

At this time, the careful Cui Shuyun discovered that there was one more person in the wedding procession of the Marquis' Mansion.

And he is a very important person.

Because Cui Shuyun discovered that both Zhao Xinghan and Dai Fayan would keep an eye on that person from time to time.

Seems a little nervous.

There is a feeling of worrying that others will find out that they are paying attention to that person, and at the same time, afraid that something unexpected might happen to that person.

Not only them, it seemed that those elites from the Marquisate who had followed Zhao Xinghan into the mountains and returned alive were all paying vague attention to that person.

Before leaving, father Cui Zongyan also used his eyes to remind Cui Shuyun to stay away from that person.

"Is he an important figure in Fu'an Marquis Mansion?
Or is he the Marquis of Fu'an?

After all, that witch Wanwan said that Marquis Fu’an was hiding in the dark, and even launched a sneak attack and severely injured that witch Wanwan…”

Cui Shuyun thought secretly.

"However, judging from the fact that my father asked me to stay away from that person, that person should not be Marquis Fu'an...

So, is it because of the Fire Lotus? The Fire Lotus is on his body..."

This is what is meant by "You can guard against thieves day and night but not house thieves!"

As long as the "family" together is attentive, it is always easier for them to discover the flaws and weaknesses of the "family" than outsiders.

Although Cui Zongyan asked Cui Shuyun to stay away from that person, Cui Shuyun would not obey Cui Zongyan's wishes in everything. She had her own ideas.

"Qiuyue, who is that?
How come I haven’t seen this before…”

Finally, Cui Shuyun found an opportunity and asked Qiuyue, who had returned to the carriage, curiously and unintentionally.

Qiuyue looked in the direction Cui Shuyun was looking, and there was an obvious fluctuation in her eyes.

"he?

He is from the Internal Affairs Department of our Marquis' Mansion. Maybe you didn't notice it before, Madam!"

After a slight hesitation, Qiuyue chose to answer like this.

From the Internal Affairs Department?

Didn't you notice before?
What a liar!
Such obvious attention...

Cui Shuyun pondered secretly.

I already have a decision in my mind.

"Qiuyue, go call the man from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have something to ask him."

Cui Shuyun suddenly gave Qiuyue an order.

"Madam, if you have anything to ask, you can ask Dongxue and me!

We know almost everything about the Marquis' Mansion!

There is no need to trouble Gao... and others!"

Qiuyue did not obey Cui Shuyun's instructions immediately, but suggested this.

"That's what I wanted to ask him!"

Cui Shuyun stared at Qiuyue and said so.

Just like a little girl having a tantrum.

Cui Shuyun's request really stumped Qiuyue for a moment.

Fire Lotus is very important!
No one can be allowed to get close to Butler Gao.

This is the consensus among General Zhao, Chief Steward Gao, and Chief Steward Dai.

But the person in front of him was Cui Shuyun, the future wife of the Marquis's Mansion.

Now, for the Marquis, the Fire Lotus, this rare treasure of heaven and earth, is definitely more important...

But what about the future?
And what if Cui Shuyun gave birth to a legitimate son for the Marquis?
The next Marquis of Fu'an...

Among the four maids, Qiuyue had the best background.

But sometimes, this best background, this relatively broad knowledge and relatively long-term vision will actually restrain Qiuyue.

Qiuyue was not as fearless as the other three maids, and she only followed Zhu Chengwu's orders.

"Madam, then I'll go ask him if it's convenient for him?"

In the end, Qiuyue still couldn't withstand the pressure brought by Cui Shuyun, who was wearing a red wedding dress.

Qiuyue didn't know that her conflicted words had revealed too much information.

"it is good!"

Cui Shuyun silently replied with one word.

"Manager Gao, the lady wants to see you!"

Qiuyue walked up to Gao Yao under the gazes of many people in the dark and spoke in a low voice.

"lady?
Who is that?

Gao Yao heard this and glanced towards the bright red wedding car.

"Yes!
Chief Manager Gao, do you want to go and meet him?"

Qiuyue looked at Gao Yao carefully.

"Do you know anything?"

Gao Yao frowned.

"Not sure.

The lady just said that she wanted to ask you something.

I told Madam that she could ask Dongxue and me, but Madam said she had to ask you first!

Mr. Gao, tell me, does the lady know something or is she suspecting something?
After all, that witch Wanwan mistook you for the Marquis, and Wanwan had met the Madam before..."

This was the biggest possibility Qiuyue came up with after brainstorming during the few dozen steps she walked.

"possible!

But I am not the Marquis... and the Fire Lotus is too important...

I am not fit to meet my wife!

How about this, you go back and find an excuse to report to Madam, saying that I have a serious disease and I am afraid that it will infect Madam...

We can’t meet!”

Gao Yao thought about it and finally decided not to meet Cui Shuyun.

"Yes! Chief Steward Gao!"

Qiuyue retreated.

Even with the pressure from Cui Shuyun, Qiuyue was still only responsible for passing on messages, and whether to meet or not was decided by Manager Gao.

Qiuyue would not try to persuade her.

Between the future and the present, the present is more important!

"Contagious disease?
What a coincidence?!"

After hearing Qiuyue's report, Cui Shuyun sneered and looked at Qiuyue with a strange look.

"Yes, ma'am!

It's such a coincidence!
Madam, you are getting married soon, so you should not come into contact with people who are infected. It will be troublesome if you are infected!"

Qiuyue's expression remained unchanged.

Qiuyue brought the words!
It was Manager Gao’s decision not to meet.

The responsibility cannot be blamed on Qiuyue.

"All right!
Since the guy from the Internal Affairs Department is sick, let it go!"

Cui Shuyun no longer forced herself.

As this episode ended, the wedding procession continued on its way.

The security in Jiangnan is good, and with hundreds of guards clearing the way, no blind bandits dare to come up and cause trouble.

After all, there are not many experts among those who become bandits!
A true master can make it anywhere!

Why become a bandit?

In this world where people are often implicated and their entire clan is punished, how many people, unless they are forced into it or are born evil, can put aside their family ties and friendships, disregard the future of their descendants, and become bandits?

In Zhu Chengwu’s previous life, one drunk driving incident would affect his children’s education, so how many drunk driving incidents were reduced!
Of course, when passing by some villages, there would occasionally be children playing on the roadside following the wedding procession to seek some joy.

The adults just stood aside smiling and saying nothing.

Whenever this happened, an old man in the Marquis's wedding procession would step forward, wrap up the wedding candies, silver and copper coins that had been prepared long ago in red cloth, and hand them to the children.

This is an old custom of the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River when they pick up their brides!

Have fun with the people!

In this way, the wedding procession traveled smoothly for dozens or nearly a hundred miles.

Just as the wedding procession was passing a narrow mountain road again, the guards walking in front to clear the way suddenly found a huge rock blocking the way forward.

Behind this huge rock are dozens of slightly smaller rocks.
The entire pile of rocks is like a small stone forest.

"careful!
alert!

Come on, let's go to the front and take a look!"

The leader Zhao Xinghan immediately stopped the team's advance.

The rocky forest before us is obviously not formed naturally.

And Zhao Xinghan and his team took the same road when they came.

These rocks were not here at that time.

The person who came here is not kind!

Zhao Xinghan felt uneasy.

Under Zhao Xinghan's order, several guards from the marquis' mansion quickly stood out from the crowd.

After walking into the huge rock in front, it disappeared.

"General, it's okay..."

The guard's loud reply behind the rock suddenly stopped.

"Xiao Qi!"

Zhao Xinghan shouted angrily in grief.

Although the Marquis's Palace Guard has always maintained a staff of 500 people.

But many of them were added later.

At the beginning, the 500 guards who followed Zhu Chengwu to Xuzhou City had become less and less in number due to various battles and accidents over the years.

Although, the individual strength of these old people is becoming stronger and stronger.

Because the number of old men in the guard team is getting smaller and smaller, Zhao Xinghan has a lot of affection for each of these old men.

Xiao Qi, who had just entered the rock, was one of the 500 guards who first followed Zhu Chengwu to Xuzhou City.

Therefore, after discovering that Xiaoqi had an accident, Zhao Xinghan couldn't help but feel sad and shouted out in anger.

Old veterans like Xiaoqi have been in the guard for a long time. They are strong and experienced. Many times they are the first choice for various tough and difficult tasks.

They have a much greater chance of surviving danger than newcomers.

This has resulted in Zhao Xinghan being reluctant to part with these elderly people, but having to use them on the other hand.

"alert!"

"Crossbow loaded!"

An accident occurred while Xiaoqi and others were exploring the stone forest.

Various voices of "alert" and "prepare for war" were heard throughout the wedding procession.

"What's wrong?
What happened? "

Cui Shuyun also quickly noticed something was wrong. She instructed her maid Xiaowei to open the curtains of the wedding car and asked the guards who were passing by and shouting "Be alert" beside the wedding car.

"Ma'am, something has happened up ahead.

I'm afraid there is an enemy!

Madam, please stay in the carriage and don't go out.

We will fix everything!"

Hearing Cui Shuyun's question, the guard stopped and first bowed to Cui Shuyun in the wedding car, and then answered.

Then, he continued shouting "Be alert" and left.

"I'll go down and take a look. Dongxue, and... Xiaowei, you keep an eye on the Madam!"

After the guards left, Qiuyue glanced at Cui Shuyun in her red wedding dress and said this to Dongxue and Xiaowei in the wedding car.

After saying that, Qiuyue got out of the wedding car.

This wedding car was a large horse-drawn carriage specially customized by the Marquis of Fu'an Mansion for the purpose of picking up the bride, in accordance with the wedding specifications for the wife of the Marquis.

There was enough space inside to accommodate the bride and several maids.

"Be careful, Qiuyue!"

Dongxue opened her eyes which had been closed, looked at Qiuyue and gave instructions.

Among Zhu Chengwu's four close attendants, Dongxue has always been the one who practices the most diligently and hardworkingly.

In terms of making use of all her time to practice, Dongxue is no less capable than Zhu Chengwu and Li Shijie, two famous geniuses in Xuzhou Prefecture.

Among the four close attendants, Dongxue and Qiuyue have a good relationship!

The current situation must have been an accident.

Dongxue was a little worried about Qiuyue who got out of the car to check.

"I see!

The same to you!
No matter how hard you practice and how much you want to accumulate inner strength, you still have to remain vigilant now.

It’s best not to practice Qigong anymore!”

Qiuyue also gave Dongxue the same instructions.

Although Qiuyue knew that in this situation, even if Dongxue was using his internal energy to accumulate internal strength, he would still remain vigilant.

But Qiuyue couldn't help but remind him.

The other three of the four attendants all knew that Dong Xue had become obsessed with cultivation.

Qiuyue was really worried that Dongxue would get too obsessed with his practice and be completely absorbed in it at this moment.

After all, Cui Shuyun, the soon-to-be-married wife of the Marquis's Mansion, still needs Dongxue's protection!
"I see!"

Dongxue nodded to show that she understood.

Cui Shuyun looked at Qiuyue, who was looking around for the situation after getting off the carriage, and then looked at Dongxue, who closed her eyes again after Qiuyue got off the carriage, with inexplicable thoughts in her mind.

The two maids sent by the Marquis of Fu'an's Mansion are by no means ordinary people.

I wonder if they...will cause any hindrance?

Cui Shuyun took one last look at the place where the person who was suspected to be carrying the fire lotus was.

"Hmm~~
who!"

Cui Shuyun's gaze triggered a stress response in Gao Yao, a first-class master.

Gao Yao raised his head and met Cui Shuyun's bright eyes.

Then he silently lowered his head again.

Along the way, Cui Shuyun had blatantly looked at Gao Yao more than once.

Gao Yao has long been accustomed to it.

He even started walking around the wedding car where Cui Shuyun was, while avoiding Cui Shuyun's gaze.

After all, Cui Shuyun is the future wife of the Marquis's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)