“I’ll take all the help I can get I guess.” Zhang thought as he headed to his room to get ready. However, when he arrived to his room Sima Yi could be seen standing in front of the door.
“Some more help?” Zhang thought as he remembered that Sima Yi said something about a gift when they had met on the city streets.
“My lord! I’m glad I was able to see you before the festivities begin. I have a gift for you.” Sima Yi said with a smile.
“You going to give me something to sharpen my sword?” Zhang said jokingly.
“Sharpen your sword? If you wish you can give it to me and I’ll have one of the men sharpen and polish it for you. But I wanted to give you this before the guests arrive. However, I think it would be best if we talked inside.” Sima Yi said as he opened the doors to Zhang’s room.
After Zhang entered the room, Sima Yi had shut the doors and from his robes produced a red interspatial ring with a sword carved onto it.
“My lord this is the interspatial ring that we’ve acquired from the previous lord of the Heavenly Sword Province.” Sima Yi said as he presented the ring to Zhang.
“How’d you get this interspatial ring? Didn’t you allow the previous lord and his men to leave the Heavenly Sword Province?” Zhang questioned as he examined the interspatial ring.
“The previous lord of the Heavenly Sword Province had met an unforeseen accident and had encountered a pack of thousands of demonic Silver Wind Wolves. By the time we arrived the pack was nowhere in sight except for a few of their corpses. As for the previous lord of the Heavenly Sword Province and his soldiers not a single survivor was found. As a show of our respect we gave them a mass burial.” Sima Yi said with a straight face.
“Good, in the future they won’t be able to cause us any problems. But tell me what actually happened. Also stop with the my lord stuff we can be considered brothers.” Zhang said in a happy tone as he patted Sima Yi’s back.
“Ha-ha if you wish I will refer to you as brother Zhang. If you wish to know what happened to the previous lord of the Heavenly Sword Province, then please have a seat it will be a long story.” Sima Yi said with a laugh. He was fairly happy that Zhang was able to see through his lie, as a person whom Sima Yi deemed to be of equal intellect, it would have been sad if Zhang was not able to see through his lie.
“No need to worry everything has been taking care of accordingly.” Sima Yi replied.
“As a thank you for that gift of yours I would like to give you a gift in return.” Zhang said as he took Sima Yi’s hand and placed an interspatial ring into it. To be exact it was the same interspatial ring that Sima Yi had given to him a few moments ago.
“What’s the meaning of this my lord?” Sima Yi asked as he held the interspatial ring with a confused look on his face.
“By your gift I meant the entire Heavenly Sword Province, so keep the ring and its contents. A duke of the Aurora Kingdom can’t be penniless you know.” Zhang said with a grin as he tried to hint Sima Yi about becoming a duke and the creation of the Aurora Kingdom.
“Duke? Aurora kingdom?” Sima Yi murmured but after an instant he quickly got onto one knee and said, “Sima Yi thanks Prince Zhang.”
“No need to be so formal Duke Sima Yi.” Zhang said.
Once Sima Yi got up Zhang told him that from now on he will be given control of the Red Mist Province and after some more chatting Sima Yi departed so Zhang could change into his wedding outfit but of course not before he left a small jade bottle on Zhang’s desk.
“Of course I’ll have to have someone send funds to the Heavenly Sword Province as this but for now everything should be fine.” Zhang thought as he picked up the jade bottle and smiled while looking at it. After storing the jade bottle away, he hurriedly began changing because the guests would arrive soon.
Elsewhere in the mansion the four beauties were busily getting into their bridal gowns, teams of maids were helping the already world class beauties apply makeup and getting dressed. Before wearing any make up any of these four was already considered extremely beautiful but once make up was applied their beauty was elevated to the next stage.
“Do I have to wear this? It’s so heavy.” Ai complained as a maid placed a headdress atop her head.
“Miss you have to it’s part of the outfit.” A maid said as she combed Ai’s long silky hair and adorning it with hairpins.
“Ai stop complaining.” Yuying said to Ai as a maid was helping her into a red bridal gown.
While the girls and maids were hurriedly trying to get ready a knock could be heard from the other side of the door that led into the room. Moments later the door opened and two middle aged women entered. These two were the former flowers of Blue Tear city, Zhen Ji and Xue Qingren.
“Are you girls ready yet?” Zhen Ji said in a motherly tone.
“Madam the misses are just about done.” A middle aged maid who seemed to be the one in charge of the other maids said respectfully.
“Once you're all done you may leave; we would like to have a word with the brides.” Xue Qingren said with a smile as she gazed as her only daughter. Although a part of her did not like the fact that Zhang was marrying someone else besides her daughter, after engaging in conversation with the other three beauties and seeing the harmony amongst the four she was not as much against it as she was before.
As for Zhen Ji one could say that she was the happiest mother alive on the planet. Her son being able to marry four such beauties meant that he was a man above the rest. This of course made her very proud of her son and to add her joy the more brides Zhang had the more cute grandkids she’ll be getting.
It did not take long for the maids to finish up and leave the room leaving the four brides and the two mothers.
“Mother you wanted to talk to us?” Ling asked her mother.
“If there’s something you wish I’ll happily oblige mother.” Lingqi popped in. She figured if she got Ling’s mother to like her too then there would only be a positive and not a negative.
“Wait I think I’ve heard of this manual…” Lingqi who just so happened to be a highly skilled doctor pointed out while examining the manual on the table.
“Is this perhaps the manual that contains the nine lost forms?” Lingqi asked as she picked up the manual.
“There’s the Flying Dragon, the Tiger’s Walk, the Jumping Monkey, the Malting Cicadas, the Mounting Turtle… Wait the last part of the manual is missing.” Lingqi said after having flipped through the manual. Beside her Yuying, Ai and Ling had flushed cheeks simply from imagining themselves using those forms illustrated in the manual.
“It’s said that she who has mastered all nine forms will become the victor a hundred battles. The last part of the manual is missing because the first five forms are enough for you four I’m still Zhang’s mother and he after all is still my son.” Zhen Ji said with a chuckle.
“Note to self, get mother share the other four forms with me.” Yuying said in her mind as she eyed the manual in Lingqi’s hands. She vaguely remembered having ran into this book or at least a copy of it in the Underworld. The book was stashed away in a forgotten corner of the royal library and Yuying happened upon it while rummaging about but she never took the chance to read it.
After giving the girls the “Notes of the Bedchamber,” Zhen Ji and Xue Qingren left the room and once they left the four beauties began flipping through the pages of the manual once more.
“Lingqi stop flipping the pages so fast!” Yuying yelled.
“Yes we can’t see a thing if you keep flipping through like that.” Ai protested.
Despite looking like steam was about to shoot out of their ears due to how red their cheeks were Yuying, Ai and Ling continued reading the manual with Lingqi.
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Bridal clothes for Groom and Bride :D
Notes of the Bedchamber