She Only Cares About Cultivation

Chapter 1363: Chapter 988: Poison Doctor Unrivaled 49 (four thousand)

Now, it’s clear that Beiming Yi marrying her is to pave the way for his succession. How the internal struggles unfold within the Holy Dynasty, she doesn’t want to know, but as someone from the modern era, she can’t allow herself to live so passively. However, what she didn’t expect was that Beiming Yi would move so quickly; in just ten days, the engagement had already been announced to the world.

This was the most frustrating period for Jiang Xue since she transmigrated. The hope with Murong Yi had clearly vanished because after signing the marriage contract, he had already written her name into the family register, essentially acknowledging her status as the legitimate princess.

Previously, they hadn’t joined because they wanted to wait until the Seventh Princess and Eighth Princess came of age, unexpectedly being interrupted by Cheng Yaojin halfway.

Murong Han had already tried many methods, but unfortunately, none were successful. Murong Yi was even more resolute, firmly settling this marriage.

Although Xi Yue was alive, they had previously recognized Feng Xibai as Godfather, just to prevent her from recalling the past. Now, it’s even less possible to invite her out to make decisions. It’s not just her; the people of Xiran Island have become accustomed to an isolated life. She doesn’t plan to bring them back to Jianghu or the court because of this matter. Therefore, she can only rely on her brother, cousins, and Shui Yixuan, who had expressed several times wanting to marry her.

Jiang Xue reflected on the past ten years, feeling as though she hadn’t accomplished much. Her business hadn’t taken off, and ending it so hastily was irresponsible to herself and disrespectful to the task at hand. Weighing the pros and cons, she chose to compromise with Shui Yixuan because it was the fastest and most direct method.

Only by getting married, and to someone who could bear the brunt from two nations simultaneously, would it work. She was aware that once she agreed, the Shui Clan of Shui Yixuan would likely suffer greatly under pressure from the two countries.

"Money can always be earned again, even if it significantly drains one’s Essence for a few years. Life is short; not being able to spend the rest of it with the one you love is the biggest regret."

Shui Yixuan didn’t opt for eloping or swapping brides, but personally visited the emperors in the capitals of both countries. This matter didn’t even require Jiang Xue to step in. In just a month, he managed to change the previous edict from the Sixth Princess to the Seventh Princess. In other words, the person who would marry Beiming Yi in the future could only be the Seventh Princess Murong Ya, not the Sixth Princess Murong Xue.

As for the cost he paid for this, she asked, but he didn’t say. Jiang Xue speculated it wasn’t a small sum because it wasn’t just a case of one nation capitalizing on their misfortune; they still had her own father to deal with.

She didn’t even know how Beiming Yi had convinced Murong Yi to risk disdain from his children to collaborate with him. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Jiang Xue was grateful for Shui Yixuan’s commitment, not only readily accepting his proposal but also promising that she would find ways after marriage to earn back his losses tenfold.

They scheduled their wedding for next spring, during the season of blooming flowers. Meanwhile, Beiming Yi’s date remained the eighth day of December. But now, she loathed him deeply, having already chased away the people he sent to retrieve medicine: "Don’t bother coming anymore. I won’t treat his illness again. Find someone else."

"Princess Yunxi, our Prince said that as long as you completely detoxify him this time, he’ll pay you 300,000 taels of silver as a token of gratitude."

Jiang Xue really wanted to tell them, ’I’m not short of money,’ but Shui Yixuan was very magnanimous, jokingly analyzing for her.

"Go ahead and treat him. You’ve almost finished treating him anyway, might as well wrap it up completely to avoid rumors about not seeing things through. Moreover, it’s 300,000 taels. With your shop, making ten thousand taels a year is already quite good; how long would it take to earn 300,000 taels? Besides, even if you have a fief as dowry later, the annual tax revenue collected from the fief, combined with what you get in hand, would only estimate over 100,000 taels. So if you calculate like this, the 300,000 taels are indeed worthwhile, aren’t they?"

Ultimately, the ’money-eyed’ Princess Yunxi, eager to repay Shui Yixuan’s ’favor’ quickly, had to bow down once to the malignant forces, returning to Wind Valley in the Holy Dynasty. But this time, she returned as Shui Yixuan’s fiancée, akin to going back to her in-law’s house. Shui Yuntian was so happy he couldn’t close his mouth, and even the elusive Shui Wuhen couple traveled thousands of miles back to Wind Valley to meet and spend time with their future daughter-in-law ahead of time.