There were tons of people kneeling on the floor in the side pce. They were like the surface of a calm ocean. As the middle-aged woman walked by, the ocean was split and it induced a wave. A servant leader coughed two times and the other servants on the floor kneeling all stood up hastily and left the pce without a sound.


    That servant leader had wrinkles all over his face which represented his old age. He carefully lifted that middle-aged woman’s hand and said quietly and respectfully, “Even if that youngster’s background has some problems, why is the Queen so bothered?”


    That middle-aged woman was the Divine Queen. Hearing the question of the servant, she said without expression, “If he’s just an ordinary person, then obviously I don’t need to bother with him.”


    The servant leader knew that “ordinary” meant if the youngster could xiuxing or not. He thought deeply for a moment and said, “I checked that rmendation letter. There is no problem with it. The Pope gifted it to Lady Mo Yu and Princess Ping Guo back in the day.......from messages of Pce Li, the Pope has nothing to do with this. The youngster was dragged into this trouble by ident. Although his marriage vow with Pce Xu (General’s Mansion) was surprising, I can’t really see anything special about him.”


    The Divine Queen stopped walking and nced at the darkness behind the side pce. She was silent for a moment and asked, “Have you ever seen a person not afraid of death?”


    The servant leader knew this question of the Divine Queen contained a deeper meaning so he started thinking seriously.


    People all say the heroes of this world treated life and death lightly, but only the people who experienced countless times of struggle between life and death understand that their fearlessness was a result of their unbreakable will which overcame the fear. Their fear of death always existed in their hearts.


    This servant leader lived in the Zhou Pce for several hundred years and had a great influence in the politics. Twenty years ago, after thest emperor passed away, all of the royal family disagreed with the Divine Queen ascending the throne and tried to rebel. The Queen easily put down the rebellion. It wasn’t only due to the strong and clear support from the Pope, but also because this servant leader yed a major role.


    He was a character who experience countless departure between life and death. He’s more than sure that no one was not afraid of death. Even a great man like the First Emperor was still not calm in his death bed. He stared at the stars in the night sky and the only expression in his eyes were fear and sadness.


    He was beside the emperor that time. He saw that view clearly.


    “No one is not afraid of death,” he answered.


    “Then in the precise moment earlier, that youngster was actually not afraid of death. He’s not a normal person.” The Divine Queen thought back to the words the youngster said in front of the ck Mighty Dragon, “I always thought only the child from Family of Qiu Shan could pair with that girl, but now.......I’m not quite sure.”


    The leader servant was a little shocked, he thought to himself, will the Queen change her attitude about this entire event?


    The side pce fell into a silence again.


    The night wind blew through the flower pot outside of the hallway lightly. The stems in the pot shook slightly and the squirrels ran faster on the tree branches far away in the woods.


    “Tonight’s the night of Qi Xi. It will be lively outside the pce. I’m thinking about going out to see the view.”


    “Queen.....I thought you were going to wait in the pce for the result of the Ivy Festival?”


    “Waiting for what? Which student of what academy is the best? I’m not interested.”


    The leader servant was confused, “Don’t you want to know if this proposal will be sessful or not?”


    The Divine Queen said, “Whether the General’s Mansion will marry with the Family of Qiu Shan orplete its promise of taking Chen Chang Sheng for its son-inw is not something they can decide.”


    The servant leader bowed and said, “Everything in the world follows the will of the Queen.”


    The Divine Queen said calmly, “You are wrong again. This event is not something I can decide either.”


    The leader servant was a little shocked, he thought, who else besides you could decide the result of this marriage?


    “The person who is going to marry is You Rong. Then whoever she will marry to should depend on her attitude.”


    The Divine Queen said, “That girl has her own thoughts. No matter what other people do is meaningless. It’s will all be a joke.”


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    There is a street outside of the south of royal pce. It’s a little from other ces which were filled withmps and lights of Qi Xi. This ce was isted and quiet. Perhaps it’s close to the royal pce. Perhaps a lot of ice was transported out of this ce, and the streets were filled with leftover cold water. No one was willing to set up their shops here.


    This ce is named Bridge Bei Xin but there are no bridges here. Or more precisely, that bridge made out of green stone is fake. River Luo circled around the royal pce but went around this ce. Not a single water drop was beneath this bridge.


    Not too far from the Bridge Bei Xin was a well. The temperature inside the well was freezing, as if the inside wasn’t water but rather unmeltable ice. It’s already deep into the night and the light of the royal pce couldn’t get to here. The willow branches were like brushes filled with ink as they dipped lightly around the well.


    The Divine Queen stood inside the well and in her hand held a Nightly Pearls she picked up in the tform of Dew. She opened her hand above the well and the Nightly Pearl lit up the walls of well and fell rapidly. Gradually, it was devoured by the darkness of the well.


    A while passed and a sound was heard from the bottom of the well. Perhaps due to the well’s height, the sound wasn’t loud, but rather it was like the echo of water hitting the walls of the well. She knew that it was not the sound of hitting water but an angry roar of the ck dragon.


    The ck dragon was furious because it felt that humans have deceived it again. She promised to give a Nightly Pearl, but that youngster took one. Therefore she should give it two Nightly Pearls instead of one. Even if it couldn’t challenge her, she shouldn’t bully it like this!


    The Divine Queen was a little unhappy. “You brute, that Nightly Pearl was his. Did your elder dragon not teach you math when you were young?”


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    Chen Chang Sheng’s skill of mathematics was good. Or more precisely, he was good with anything rted with knowledge. But his sense of direction wasn’t the best. After leaving his previous location and entering the royal pce. He quickly realized that he was lost.


    The stars were above him andmps were in front of him. He knew where the north was and therefore knew where the south was. He could even faintly see themp lights emitted from the Wei Yang Pce. However, there are tons of trees in the royal pce and the roads were twisting and turning everywhere. He was afraid to encounter any guards and so, he didn’t walk on the main roads. Now he was confused of where to go to get to his destination.


    Next moment, a light noise was heard from a garden.


    A ck goat walked out of the darkness of night silently as if it was a part of the darkness.


    Back in the Tradition Academy, Chen Chang Sheng saw it. Earlier outside of Wei Yang Pce, Chen Chang Sheng encountered it as well. For some mysterious reason, he was sure that this ck goat was friendly to him. He thought for a moment and said, “You.....want to help me?”


    That ck goat looked quietly at him for one peek and turned around and walked into the night.


    Chen Chang Sheng didn’t dare dy. He quickly followed and looked at the southern Wei Yang Pce before he left. That ce was still filled with light but the music stopped. Where in the process of proposal were the southern ambassadors up to? Will he get there in time?


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    The Ivy Festival was already half way done. The southern ambassadors started to propose officially.


    There were many big characters in the Wei Yang Pce such as the elder of Mountain Li, Xiao Song Gong, that woman from Mountain Virgin, the principal of Heavenly Academy Mao Qiu Yu, Xu Shi Ji, Prince Chen Liu and Mo Yu. In the process of proposal, they represented different roles.


    There were witnesses, there were custom observers, and there were acknowledgers.


    The beautiful dances on the tform have just stopped. Although the food was getting cold, no one continued eating. People smiled and looked up at the tform.


    The leader of Family of Qiu Shan stood up and greeted. Mo Yu represented the Divine Queen and thanked him. She represented the Zhou Dynasty and was happy to see the sess of this marriage and wished that humans would be bound closer together because of this marriage. She thought this would lead to the sess of fighting against the demon race.


    That woman from Mountain Virgin was the Aunt of Teaching of Xu You Rong. She represented the Virgin of Southern Sect and agreed to this marriage. Xu Shi Ji was next, he greeted and weed the southern guest and showed his approval.


    What is a official and sessfully proposal?


    The proposal is the beginning, approval is the custom, the vow is the proof. This made up a sessful proposal.


    The heaven, the earth, the ruler, the parent, then the master.


    Right now, the Divine Queen has approved this marriage, Xu Shi Ji approved this marriage, and the Virgin of South Sect has approved this marriage.


    The heaven and earth were silent. Currently the ruler, parent, and master all agreed to this marriage. Everyone thought this proposal was sessful but no one thought about the attitude of Xu You Rong toward her own marriage. Of course, no one also thought Xu You Rong would object to this herself.


    As the most famous and glorious pair of young man and young woman, the marriage between Xu You Rong and Qiu Shan Jun was treated as a destined action by everyone. The stories between them were told all over the world and everyone thought it would be a story with a happy ending.


    Coming up next would be thest questioning of the Three Questions in the proposal process.


    The customs of the Zhou Dynasty weren’tplicated. It mainly originated from the literature of the Tradition. As the Tradition grew, Zhou Customs spreaded to the south. Today, the southern ambassador’s proposal followed Zhou Custom entirely. It wasn’t entirely respecting the female say of the family, but their customs were the same.


    The aforementioned Three Questions were Questioning the Heaven and Earth, Questioning the Family, and Questioning the Ruler and Master. They are asking for the approval from these people. Thest question was Questioning the World.


    The reason for the Three Questions in Zhou Custom, especially for thest one, it seemed, was to give a chance for the people to point out a problem between the bride and groom. However, a disagreement rarely urs. It was more of a chance for the bride or groom to back out in the marriage.


    Under normal circumstances, no one would question or disagree in the proposal process. Doing so would trouble both the male and female side of the family. It was clear that both side of the family were sure about this marriage and so, thest Questioning the World was just to follow the customs.


    Prince Chen Liu stood in front of the tform and looked at the several hundred people in the pce. He smiled and asked, “Qiu Shan Jun desires to be the husband of Xu You Rong, does anyone object?”


    The pce was silent, but the mood wasn’t oppression. Everyone’s faces were filled with smiles. In a beautiful moment like this, people only wanted a blessing. They just want to congratte both sides of the marriage after the questioning of Prince Chen Liu.


    In the corner at the seats of Tradition Academy, there was no smile on Luo Luo’s face. It was pale due to extreme shock. She has already opened the tiny bag in her sleeve and saw the marriage vow. Only until she saw the two names on the marriage vow did she know that her joke that day was actually true. Now she knew what the trouble between her master and Dong Yu General’s Mansion was. Now she knew why Mo Yu and other people went out of their way to take her master out of the field.


    Questioning the World is asked three times.


    Prince Chen Liu smiled warmly and asked again, “Anyone object?”


    The pce was still quiet and people’s faces were filled with blessing smiles. The world was beautiful.


    Prince Chen Liu looked at Xu Shi Ji and smiled to congratte.


    Xu Shi Ji rubbed his beard lightly and nodded.


    Prince Chen Liu nced at leader of Family of Qiu Shan and smiled while nodding.


    Head of Family of Qiu Shan smiled without speaking, it was clear that he was in joy.


    Prince Chen Liu nced at the people and asked onest time, “Anyone object?”


    The entire world agreed to this marriage, no one objected.


    Therefore, the entire world was happy. Everyone was waiting.


    In the corner, Luo Luo suddenly stood up.


    But no one noticed her.


    Because at this moment, a voice was heard outside of the pce.


    “I object.”


    A youngster enter the pce from the door.


    He was wet, his ck hair was untied and his shirt was in pieces.


    He looked at the people in the pce. His eyes were bright and his expression was still.


    The pce fell into a silence.