761: Chapter 500_2 761: Chapter 500_2 Even desired to possess these things.
Princess Long Feifeng watched the steward put each item into the new Storage Bag, preparing to hand the Storage Bag to Yan Weiwei.
“Wait,”
People were assuming the drama was over, ready to relish the fun of a commoner girl’s marriage dowry; those who had scorned and looked down upon had now turned greedy and envious.
Although they too were greedy, they knew these items belonged to Yan Weiwei.
Some guessed perhaps they were additional gifts from Ye Tian, meant to add face to Yan Weiwei’s dowry.
Only a few knew that Yan Weiwei, despite being a commoner, was in love with an heir of one of the Top Ten Clans, not for material riches.
Ye Tian didn’t mind that a commoner girl was about to become his betrothed fiancée.
This was a case of a man loving a woman without regard to her background.
Some knew that Yan Weiwei, a commoner girl, had a significant backer.
The dowry gifted by the strongest elite of the Cultivation World recently, Jiang Tang, the Sect Leader of the Saint Sect, was enough to make others believe these items were merely superficial wealth.
With the Sect Leader of the Saint Sect, a top-notch alchemist present, his elder martial sister, the sister he acknowledged, who would dare disdain his items as fake?
Who would dare question the legitimacy of Yan Weiwei’s items, suspecting they were ill-gotten or supplemented by the man’s side?
Others well understood this reasoning and dared not blatantly challenge it!
The women who had wanted to cause trouble were now blinded by the dowry, feeling a sense of inferiority within their hearts.
Seeing a love rival capable of obtaining such a plentiful dowry, they thought that even with all their clan’s resources, they could not match her.
Princess Long Feifeng had been lost in the arms of the Third Son of the Dragon King these past few days.
She had long forgotten about the lovesick Ye Tian, locked away as he was.
She even felt that Prince San was every bit as capable as Ye Tian, and also happened to be her first man.
According to his status as a presumed eunuch, upon discovery, he should have informed the King or the Empress, rejecting the man and either driving him from the palace or having him killed!
The King’s punishment of confinement and Ye Tian’s heartlessness tired her heart out, stirring her rebellious and spiteful spirit.
So, she let loose and played games of love with Prince San, immersing herself in sweet affection and forgetting the outside world for those days.
This morning, however, Prince San, who had been by her side continuously, mysteriously vanished.
She could not find the man with whom she had spent those happy days.
In her search, intent on leaving her chambers recklessly, she encountered the other princesses, her half-sisters who had come to pay their respects yesterday.
They mentioned to her about Ye Tian’s engagement banquet with the commoner girl that very day.
Upon hearing this, Princess Long Feifeng was stunned.
Though she had been caught up in a romantic play with a fake eunuch, temporarily forgetting Ye Tian,
Ye Tian was after all the man she had madly loved.
Now that the fake eunuch had disappeared, it sparked the madness in her thoughts.
She must ruin Ye Tian’s engagement banquet, she must turn his heart back to her.
She would put that commoner girl to shame, make her realize her lowly status,
And force her to relinquish her engagement to Ye Tian willingly.
She had seen the rumored beautiful commoner girl, Ye Tian’s fiancée of today.
Princess Long Feifeng herself paled in comparison to Yan Weiwei’s looks.
The other had greater charm and beauty than she possessed.
Princess Long Feifeng felt her noble status was her only advantage over the woman.
Initially, she thought that such numerous items in the dowry could only have been provided by Ye Tian.
Or that the items, though listed, were fake.
Among the items listed, she had once seen her father with one or two of them; she had pleaded with her father to gift them to her.
Her father had put the items away, saying that if she ever married and needed them, he would give them to her as her dowry.
Today, someone else’s dowry contained these same items she had been denied.
Her conviction solidified that it was the King who had given these items to Ye Tian, who in turn had gifted them to this woman.
Concerning the other items, Princess Long Feifeng couldn’t fathom why the woman owned so many fine things.
At this moment, her sole thought was to take back those two items she coveted.
As the steward was about to hand over the few Storage Bags full of dowry items to Yan Weiwei, Princess Long Feifeng launched an attempt to snatch them.
The steward froze, not making a move, not daring to offend the princess.
Adjustments had to be made, and they required the Young General or General himself to exert effort.
As Yan Weiwei’s fiancé, how could Ye Tian allow anyone to bully his betrothed, even a royal princess of noble standing?
He employed a technique of distant object retrieval, transferring the object in the steward’s hand to Yan Weiwei’s at top speed.
Yan Weiwei, harboring thoughts similar to those of Ye Tian’s maternal family, felt that his protection of her in front of the princess was very manly.
Princess Long Feifeng watched as the item was about to reach her hands, only for Ye Tian to shield the other woman, which infuriated her to the point of heaving breaths!
She let out a piercing scream:
“Ye Tian…!”
Ye Tian was irritated and helpless towards someone like Princess Long Feifeng who disrupted his engagement party.
“Summon the guards, escort the princess to the family hall and treat her well.
Princess, since you’re attending this Young General’s engagement party, I hope you enjoy the food and drink in the hall.”
At Ye Tian’s command, regardless of Princess Long Feifeng’s willingness, the elite women of the Ye Family allowed the princess to withdraw, taking her out just like that.
“Ye Tian, you bastard!” Princess Long Feifeng couldn’t free herself from the control of those women, as they dragged her out.
The maids followed Princess Long Feifeng out.
The royal princess failed to make a scene, so let alone the daughters of other ministers, no matter how noble or wealthy they considered themselves.
At that moment, they also dared not look at Yan Weiwei with sarcastic or disdainful eyes.
They silently watched the engaged couple head to the family hall to continue with the ceremony.
Jiang Tang, taking on the role of family from her maternal side, followed silently, protecting and supporting, and being a pillar for his Sister Apprentice.
Ye Family’s engagement party today was more splendid than other families’ weddings.
Leaders of the Top Ten Clans all attended, something unheard of before now.
The presence of the Top Ten Clans’ leaders at a single wedding was a rare sight.
Being among the Top Ten Clans, some families had strained relations with each other.
This time, however, they all appeared at General Ye’s estate to offer congratulations.
Many thought it was because of General Ye, the Guardian God of the family, that they showed face.
Yet, those from the Ye Family knew that the respect shown by so many was entirely because of Jiang Tang’s presence.
The leaders of the Top Ten Clans came to congratulate, all on account of Jiang Tang’s face.
They felt that the fiancée of the Young General, who was the Sister Apprentice of Jiang Tang, could someday lead to a marital alliance with the Ye Family.
So they were showing face early, laying the groundwork for a closer relationship sooner rather than later.
As leaders of the Top Ten Clans showed up, the women of the families, though not directly parents or close relatives, still wanted to pay their respects, and each woman wished to make an entrance at the banquet, shining alongside Jiang Tang.
However, today they weren’t the stars and had to be low-key, which meant they had to meet the elders on their own.
Each leader of the Top Ten Clans hinted to Jiang Tang in private that day, suggesting it might be time for him, as the Junior Brother, to also get engaged.
Could Jiang Tang simply say to take it slow?
Perhaps he could stall for time with elders from other families.
However, Jiang Tang felt a twinge of guilt facing the elders of Lin Dandan.
After spending a passionate night with Lin Dandan, he felt somewhat guilty when facing her elders today.
What if he had planted a seed last night and just said to take things slow?
Jiang Tang could only tell all the female elders that he would plan to visit their clans after some time passed.
These were elders from great clans, only pressuring Jiang Tang mentally to hurry, claiming the reputation of their women was of utmost importance.
Yet they dared not push too hard for fear of offending Jiang Tang.
At this time, they could only comply with Jiang Tang’s wishes, offering suggestions but refraining from using force or threats.
Yan Weiwei spent that day as a happy woman; her engagement party had some twists but ultimately concluded successfully.
That evening, Ye Tian held Yan Weiwei’s hand in the family courtyard, the two embracing as a surge of happiness flooded into their hearts.
Ye Tian was excited in his heart, wishing that today had been their wedding instead of just their engagement.