Chapter 168: He Would Not Even Spare a Glance

Jiang Xiaoxi's wedding was set for the last Sunday of the month.

Because the class monitor's family was also involved in business, the guest list consisted not only of former classmates but also a significant number of figures from Beicheng's business circles.

Jiang Xiaoxi had heard about the breakup between Lin Lu and Xu Yanchen, so she had only sent an invitation to Lin Lu.

However, her husband-to-be had invited Xu Yanchen; quite apart from their shared history as alumni of the Third Middle School, there was the matter of the Xu family's influence in the Beicheng business world...

Of course, she knew full well that she had brought this upon herself and could blame no one else. In truth, such a penalty was not entirely unjustified.

Sigh, enough thinking. I'll get my cake tomorrow and make a run for it. Having settled on an escape plan, Wang Yu felt much more at ease and drifted into a deep sleep.

The Empress Dowager's coffin had been prepared long in advance; now, it was merely a matter of bringing it in to lay her to rest.

"The color of her lips still isn't right..." Lin Su frowned, reached for a handkerchief, and wiped them carefully, but the color only seemed to turn a deeper, more vivid crimson.

"Sir, it's out of fuel," Chang Lin said, spreading his hands to indicate that they would need to refuel before they could fly.

The plague. To think it was actually the plague. The Imperial Medical Academy had yet to devise a cure, and the chances for Green Willow seemed slim. But how had Green Willow contracted it? She lived in the depths of the palace—how could she have been infected?

Tao Junlan gave a bitter smile—she feared she would never be able to rest easy again. With the Liu woman in such a state, how could she possibly be at peace?

She reached out and took the golden hairpin from Ding Rou's hand. "Rou'er," she said, "this hairpin was a gift from the Old Madam. I cannot give it to you; if she were to find out, it would be highly inappropriate." With that, she placed the hairpin back into the jewelry box on the vanity.

The imperial palace held grand celebrations; after all, this was the first heir of the current Emperor, Si Yue, and currently the only one, so the entire court attached great importance to the event.

Xiao Jingxuan and Chu Luoxi were both startled. They were fully disguised and wearing makeup—how had they been recognized? What kind of eyes did these people have?

But now that the Great Qin had been unified, it would be problematic if different regions continued to use different currencies.

Jin Daren did not tell him too much, as it was all too esoteric; he simply gave him a brief summary of these matters.

Seeing that her two sons could be so sensible, the First Madam, as their mother, felt a sense of relief...

"I am not your younger sister, and this jade pendant cannot absorb my divine power. Perhaps it is just because I am unable to use it at all right now," Yan Shu explained.

After a long silence, Zhang Liang stared at the centurion depicted on the Heavenly Dao Gold List, muttering with a hint of uncertainty.

She had been anxiously replying to the dean’s messages, but the moment she saw who was coming, she hurriedly tucked her phone into her pocket and greeted them with a forced, beaming smile, clearly terrified of them entering.

The root of the conflict was not between Chu Xue'er and Su Yuhuan, but rather the result of Qin Huaijing's inaction and his own machinations, which had led to the current situation.

"Why do you linger here?" An ethereal voice echoed in their ears, though they could not discern from which direction it originated.

Deep within the magma of the mountain range, a colossal magical beast let out a thunderous roar, feeling an immense sense of satisfaction.

Facing the old woman's look of utter shame, these grown men wept like children.

"A glass of cherry wine, please," Gordon said, placing five square silver coins on the bar.

Each fragment of memory, though brief in duration, represented a communion of hearts and a blending of voices that felt eternal.

In light of the fact that several generals were implicated in the "Xu Shuzheng incident," Yang Hongsen issued a decree as Chairman of the Military Commission to strengthen army management, ordering a comprehensive inspection of ideological and combat readiness work at all levels of the military. Meanwhile, Western governments and Japan paid close attention to this large-scale military exercise in China.