60: I'm not a mule, I need to rest!

"Rest assured, nothing will happen to the wedding."

Just after returning to the Princess's Residence, Mo Yingqi told Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning about today's events and his own speculations. The two sisters exchanged a smile, and then Luo Yongan took his hand and comforted him: "Yingqi, you don't need to think about these irrelevant things. No matter how the political winds blow in the imperial court, it won't affect our wedding. Besides, if that Old Scoundrel wants to fight, he's fighting against my father, The Emperor. It's no problem."

"That may be true, but I just feel..."

It was too smooth. To be honest, after the series of actions by The Emperor, aside from inciting The Emperor to appoint a Crown Prince and stirring up the maternal families of the other princes, Grand Chancellor Zhou seemed to have done nothing else.

As for his own incident, it couldn't really be considered a matter; it was more like an internal conflict within the Pacification Bureau between Pacification Commissioner Zhao Jiguang and Thousand-Man Commander Fang Wenbo.

"Yingqi, the matter of your assassination attempt has been temporarily suppressed by my father. We will discuss it after our wedding," Luo Yongan said, seemingly able to read his thoughts. "Rest assured, you won't be wronged."

"It's fine, that was a small matter, and that person didn't really want to kill us," Mo Yingqi said, unconcerned. "By the way, my master..."

"Don't mention it. We arranged for people to wait at the city gate; by the calendar, he should have arrived by now," Luo Yongning shook her head. "But for some reason, we can't find the Senior Master. I don't know if he was delayed on the way or what happened. Don't worry, Yingqi, we've already sent people to look for him. You know what his personality is like."

Indeed, Mo Yingqi was very clear about what his master was like. Lazy and gluttonous. If he didn't arrive today as scheduled, then in all likelihood... he had encountered something delicious on the way?

As if to verify Mo Yingqi's guess, at an Estate outside the capital, an old man was sitting in the courtyard, holding braised bones in both hands, with a jar of wine placed beside him.

"Old Master, if it's not enough, I can add some more for you," a woman in her thirties or forties said, leading a small child as she walked out. "The bones in our home are all braised by us. I didn't expect that when you passed by, you would smell the aroma and come over."

"I've been traveling for too long, and I was hungry for a moment, so I wanted to find a safe place to rest," the old man said, putting down the bones and taking a large gulp of wine. "This wine is well-brewed, too. I've been sleeping in the open and eating in the wind all the way, and I haven't had a proper meal."

The woman was amazed. This old man had suddenly appeared at her home, and he had paid with a silver ingot without asking for change. As long as there was wine and meat, letting him stay for the night was fine.

"Old Master, where are you coming from?"

Hearing the woman's question, the old man continued to gnaw on the bones, saying indistinctly: "The Northern Territory. I've come to the capital this time to attend my disciple's wedding."

"Ah? The Northern Territory?" The woman couldn't help but marvel. "That's so far away... By the way, is your disciple getting married, too?"

"What do you mean by 'too'?" The old man looked up, somewhat puzzled. "Isn't marriage and death the most common thing in the world?"

"You just came from the Northern Territory, haven't you heard along the way? A huge event has happened here in our capital!" The woman became animated at this point. "Both of our Emperor's daughters, the Legitimate Princesses born to the Empress, are actually going to marry the same man!"

"Oh, that matter, I've heard of it," the old man said, looking indifferent. "That's nothing, right?"

"Sigh, you don't know. Everyone on this Estate has heard about it. Those two princesses are truly fairies descended to earth, and The Emperor dotes on them like the pearls in his palm!" The woman clicked her tongue. "But now, they are marrying a Captain of the Pacification Bureau! However, who can say anything about the affairs of the Imperial family? The Princesses are marrying that Yaksha from the Palace of Hell, tsk tsk tsk..."

"Is that so... Is that Captain very famous?"

"Of course! Who in the capital doesn't know him? The 'Smiling Yaksha'. They say his looks are more beautiful than a woman's, but he is ruthless. He even kills people in the street. It's said that at the vegetable market in the capital, he chopped off the heads of over a dozen people and drank their blood in the street!"

Pfft! The old man sprayed out the wine he had just drunk, then laughed out loud: "If the rumors continue like this, I fear he will really become the King of Hell! Hahahaha!"

"Achoo! Achoo!"

Mo Yingqi, who had just changed into casual clothes, sneezed several times in a row. He rubbed his nose, feeling confused, and couldn't help but mutter: "I haven't caught a cold, right? Why am I sneezing non-stop for no reason?"

"Yingqi, what are you doing?" Luo Yongning came over and pulled him. "Come quickly, the wedding clothes made for you have arrived. See if the size fits!"

Pulled back into the bedroom by Luo Yongning, he saw Luo Yongan sitting on the edge of the bed, gently arranging the bright red wedding clothes on the bed. Seeing Mo Yingqi enter, Luo Yongan came over and took hold of Mo Yingqi's other hand: "Yingqi, come, try it on and see if it fits."

After Mo Yingqi's symbolic protest proved ineffective, he could only be "attended to" by the two sisters and changed into his groom's attire.

"Not bad, not bad. We had the tailor adjust it according to the measurements, and it really fits perfectly!" Luo Yongan said with great satisfaction, while helping Mo Yingqi straighten his sleeves. "Yongning and I measured your build before, it seems there wasn't much difference."

"My build?" Mo Yingqi asked, feeling curious. "When did you measure it?"

"Oh, it was... after 'that'. You were sleeping too soundly, so my sister and I took the opportunity to measure you," Luo Yongning explained with a smile. "For this kind of thing, relying on a man like you is certainly not as meticulous as us girls, right?"

"No, why did you do it yourselves... wait, while I was asleep?" The more Mo Yingqi thought about it, the more problematic it seemed. "You can measure like that? How did you two measure?"

"Oh, we just needed to get the measurements, right?" Luo Yongan looked a bit confused. "Yingqi, why are you suddenly caring about this sort of thing?"

Mo Yingqi had already imagined the scene of himself sleeping soundly while they were... measuring him on his body. It was so embarrassing. However, since it had already happened, it didn't seem to matter anymore.

"As for why we didn't let anyone else do it, Yingqi, you have to understand that Yongning and I have a bit of a strong possessiveness," Luo Yongan pouted, acting coquettishly. "We don't want anyone else touching you. You can understand us, right?"

That was indeed understandable. Mo Yingqi was all too clear about this point; it wasn't as if he hadn't experienced similar things back in the Northern Territory.

"For example, right now, Yingqi, we heard that you went to Lord Wang's residence today and had contact with his young daughter, is that right?"

Luo Yongning looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and this fool still hadn't realized it yet, subconsciously saying: "Oh, her? It's not my first time having contact with her... wait, don't pull my clothes! This is the wedding attire!"

"It's fine, Yingqi. Just in case, we made three sets of wedding clothes; this is just one of them," Luo Yongan said, her tone still gentle, but her grip was quite strong. "Be good, Yingqi. That little girl is still wet behind the ears; how could she possibly love and cherish you like your sisters do?"

"No, Sister Yongan, what kind of wild words are you saying? She and I only..."

Before he could finish, Luo Yongning had already pushed him down and pressed herself on top of him: "But we are angry, Yingqi. You have to compensate us, okay?"

"...I am not a mule, and even if I were, you have to let me rest!"