Chapter 99 - 99. Bride Selection I (1/2)

Third person POV

The ride from Xu residence to the palace was silent, Hong er didn't spoke even a word nor her breathing sound could be heard. Hong er could hear the hustle bustle of the people that watched the luxurious carriage passing through. Even though they were whispering, with years of training, Hong er could clearly hear what they whisper.

P1: ” It is Great General Xu's daughter, I hope that she is as good as her father.”

P2: ” Don't you know the rumors flying around her? It says that she is very spoiled and arrogant.”

P3: ” No way…”

P1: ” It is just a rumor, even though it make sense that she is a spoiled and arrogant Young Miss because her family is rich and powerful, it doesn't mean that its true.”

P2: ” But isn't that how society works?” ( with mocking tone.)

P3: ” But not all of them like that, just look at Great General Xu and his deceased brothers. They never flaunt the wealth nor their status, they even used their own money to help the slums from hunger and disease.”

P2: ” What if they just make it up to build a nice person mask?”

P1: ” You never went to Xi An before?”

P2: ” Why do I have to go there? It is just a place near border where it will be the first place to infiltrated when wars come.”

P1: ” Pfft, that's why you don't know anything and just spout nonsense.” ( in sarcastic tone.)

P2: ” Wha-”

P3: ” Figured it out, you should go there at least once.”

P2: ” Why the hell do I have to go there?”

P1: ” *sigh, Xi An is comparable with capital, actually better than capital. Foreign merchants are welcomed there and they established some foreign system in their city, surprisingly it worked quite well. That's why there are some people purposely moved there for business or peaceful life and it works. My friend become happier after he lived there for a week and he love the Xu family so much that he prayed to the god for them.”

P1: ” Right?! My aunt live there and she get monthly allowance because there are no youngster or anyone that can work and she almost enter 80 years old. Only her grandkids and her sick husband in that house so she couldn't leave them and go to work. It really helped her a lot.”

P3: ” En, it really is helpful for elderly.”