After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 201 - 200: This is My Wife! (Seeking Monthly Pass)
Chapter 201: Chapter 200: This is My Wife! (Seeking Monthly Pass)
Fu Zhen and Pei Zhan’s wedding is set for May 18th.
The Crown Prince’s coming-of-age ceremony is on May 9th.
It’s already May 3rd, meaning that the ceremony is only a few days away, and it’s time to start military exercises at the palace gates.
Each side of the palace gates is guarded by major generals, and although Prince Rong is the chief commander, he merely holds a titular position.
Pei Zhan and Liang Chen are both responsible for guarding different palace gates, so they haven’t had time to appear at the Ning Family recently, presumably because they’ve been busy with the consecutive days of exercises.
Today’s exercises are concentrated at the East Hua Gate, but all the related military generals and civil servants are present.
After years of warfare, there are few old generals left in the court, and the emperor is keen to cultivate young generals, so nearly all attendees today are young descendants of various Generals’ Mansions, with the old generals merely observing as consultants from high platforms, while at the front of the formations, young generals like Pei Zhan and Liang Chen lead the exercises.
The exercises outside the city gates are not very interesting in themselves; the internal defense is crucial, though the external defense is also important, it won’t be showcased so prominently.
Nevertheless, the area by the moat is crowded, simply because such a spectacle is eye-catching, the last time being when General Pingxi led the troops back in triumph last year. However, that battle, which stretched over several years, was too brutal for the populace to have the heart for festivities.
Things are different now, the war is over, and the nation has the energy to prepare for such a grand ceremony, coincidentally showcasing national prowess, with everyone both excited and expectant, ladies and maidens all turned out, discussing fervently the generals on horseback.
The defense is set along the moat, only a few zhangs from the embankment streets, so standing in the front row, one can clearly see the face of each general.
The most conspicuous, of course, are Pei Zhan and Liang Chen, but since Liang Chen already has a wife and children, people don’t want to waste words on him.
Pei Zhan, the legendary General Pingxi, has been a major topic in the capital’s teahouses and taverns due to his years of bachelorhood; now that he’s finally marrying into the Ning Family, everyone naturally wants to discuss his wedding.
Most often, it’s deemed an unmatched marriage, with this great opportunity being seized by the sickly one of the Ning Family.
Fu Zhen, with Xie Yu, squeezes through the crowd, watching from afar the valiant young men over there, and beside her are Li Jiang, Li Huai, Zhang Cheng, and Yang Tong escorting her on all sides.
Xie Yu whispers in her ear, "They’re all talking nonsense. The wife of General Pingxi is right here."
Fu Zhen smiles without speaking, surveying the scene ahead.
All four gate commanders are gathered here. Fu Zhen knows Pei Zhan is responsible for the East Hua Gate, Liang Chen for the Xuanwu Gate. By order, the other two should be the West Hua Gate and Meridian Gate.
Fu Zhen seriously looks at the two; one is also a descendant of old generals, his face is familiar, but she can’t recall his name. He’s listening to Liang Chen speak, possibly a descendant of a subordinate from when Liang Ning’s father once campaigned across the land.
The other, who should be responsible for the Meridian Gate, though his appearance has changed from her memory, she immediately recognizes him as Zhe Yu, whom Princess Rong promoted from her clan!
Cheng Chili deceived Zhang Shicheng to Baihe Temple that night by luring him with promises of a good position from the Prince Rong’s Mansion.
Naturally, such a good position would be first known by Princess Rong, who would also be the first to attempt to seize it.
The Zhang Family formed an alliance with Prince Rong and his son due to a bloody incident. With Mrs. Zhang’s resources, intercepting the position shouldn’t have been impossible.
But that night, Zhang Shicheng got scared by a "ghost," and Yang Zhan angrily took him down the mountain. Although Mrs. Zhang later tried to salvage the situation, they ultimately failed to seize the position.
Thinking of this, she takes the opportunity to ask Li Jiang while Xie Yu is absorbed in watching the young men, "Did the Heir of Prince Rong or Princess ever contact the General afterwards?"
Li Jiang answers, "After the General’s marriage news was released, the Princess sent a screen as a congratulatory gift."
"What screen?"
"A large folding screen, inlaid with jade and gold, featuring poems and calligraphy from the renowned poet Liu of the former dynasty."
This just sounds extraordinarily lavish from the lengthy name alone.
Fu Zhen says, "How did the General handle it?"
"The General accepted it, but because he’s busy preparing the defense exercises and the wedding, he hasn’t met with them."
Fu Zhen nods and falls silent again.
At the vegetarian hall that day, she proactively showed goodwill to Pei Zhan, knowing Mrs. Zhang would seize the chance to maintain contact with him. Since the act was started, Pei Zhan naturally shouldn’t turn cold too soon.
Sitting on the high horse in the front, Pei Zhan had long noticed Fu Zhen in the front row of the crowd and couldn’t help but frequently glance her way.
Liang Chen noticed, glanced over, and immediately frowned, "What are you looking at? You’re on duty!"
Pei Zhan curved his lips into a smile, "I’m looking at my wife, what’s it to you?"
Having said that, he arranged for Guo Song to clear some space on the civil servants’ side, inviting Fu Zhen and her company to sit there.
Liang Chen added, "It’s hot, prepare some tea for them too."
Pei Zhan glanced at him.
Liang Chen obstinately raised his neck, "What? Only you’re thoughtful?!"
Pei Zhan chuckled.
The people below watched Pei Zhan’s smile and widened their eyes to look, but as soon as Liang Chen glared, they quickly lowered their heads.
Xie Yu didn’t expect to benefit from Fu Zhen’s company, feeling extremely pleased. Fu Zhen observed the arranged seating and pointed to a corner near Zhe Yu’s standing position to sit.
Zhe Yu, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, was tall and imposing, with handsome features, but unfortunately always had a frown and a perpetual hint of gloom.
In the past, whenever Yongping appeared, Zhe Yu would always follow behind to escort, seldom speaking. When Yongping played with others, he would stay neither too close nor too far away.
Liang Ning had no particular feelings for him, but occasionally seeing him standing alone, would call Liang Zhi and others to invite him, but he rarely joined, or if he did, he would soon return to his spot.
Yongping never showed him a pleasant face, yet he never seemed to protest.
"Change formation!"
A command was heard below, as the formations began their counter-exercises.
Just then, a deep male voice was heard nearby, "Ah Yu!"
It turned out Xie Zhang, who was also sitting not far away, approached.
Fu Zhen stood up and bowed, "Mr. Xie."
Xie Yu was startled, "Father, why are you here?!"
Xie Zhang sternly replied, "Why are you being mischievous again?!"
Fu Zhen smiled and said, "I felt sleepy and wanted to take a walk, so I invited Ah Yu along, please don’t blame her, sir."
Xie Zhang glanced at Xie Yu and sighed, "My girl is usually mischievous, she must have coaxed it out of you, Miss Fu doesn’t have to cover for her." However, he didn’t dwell on it, seeing that Guo Song was there, he instructed them a few words and returned to his seat.
The attending civil servants were unrelated to the exercises, just there to get a sense of things and coordinate when needed.
"Watch out!"
Guo Song had just brought over the tea and snacks when Fu Zhen took the tea and heard an exclamation from the crowd!
Amidst the field, chaos had already erupted, with several horses running wildly, and Zhe Yu, who was leading the charge, suddenly lunged forward!...
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