Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool

The Emperor gazed at the report submitted by the Astronomical Bureau. On it were written the auspicious dates for the Thirteenth Princess’s wedding: "October 18th and November 24th."

These calculated dates were the result of several days of the Astronomical Bureau’s members observing the celestial phenomena at night, deliberating repeatedly, and confirming them time and again. They were dates they could vouch for with absolute confidence.

Seeing this, Emperor Gu Yuanzhang finally relaxed. He folded the report, tore it twice, and casually tossed it into the wastebasket at his feet.

’That Lu Yuan kid knows a thing or two about divination, but how could he possibly compare to the experts at the Astronomical Bureau?’ the Emperor thought.

For the past few days, the Ministry of Rites had already begun preparing for Gu Ziye’s investiture and wedding.

Even though time was tight, the Ministry of Rites had prepared everything thoroughly.

Therefore, Gu Ziye’s wedding date was still set for October 18th.

Just as Gu Ziye had wished.

「Inside a Post House outside the Imperial City.」

Lu Yuan wasn’t idle either. He took out a thick stack of silver notes and gave them to his confidant, telling him to prepare everything needed for the betrothal gifts and so on.

Lu Yuan’s parents were gone, and he had few close relatives in Shige Village. His plan was to bring Yue’er back to Taiping City after marrying her.

When he was summoned to the Imperial Capital this time, Lu Yuan never expected to pick up a concubine to take home—and a Princess of the Current Dynasty at that.

Su Liyan was patting down the Python Robe Lu Yuan was wearing. Beside them lay the red wedding attire he had just tried on, which had been delivered together by officials from the Ministry of Rites early that morning.

The one who had come to deliver the Python Robe and wedding attire was the very same Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites who had received thirty strokes of imperial punishment from the Emperor a few days ago.

While delivering the robe and attire, the Vice Minister cut a comical figure, one moment cupping his hands in respect, the next clutching his rear end.

It seemed the Emperor had specifically named this Vice Minister for the task, purely to humiliate the official.

Normally, the Thirteenth Princess wasn’t just marrying down, she was marrying *way* down. Lu Yuan shouldn’t have been qualified to wear this Python Robe.

And now, Lu Yuan hadn’t even married Gu Ziye yet, but the Python Robe had already been delivered. Wasn’t this a tremendous blessing?

That’s right. The Emperor was determined to hold this wedding according to the highest standards.

Lu Yuan did a little spin. The Python Robe was a perfect fit, as if it had been tailor-made for him.

Su Liyan touched the Python Robe and said, "Brother, there are big snakes embroidered on this robe. It’s so beautiful."

Lu Yuan cupped Su Liyan’s small face in his hands and said, "No matter how beautiful it is, it’s not as beautiful as my wife’s big snake tail!"

"That’s true. Mainly because I’m alive, and the snakes on the robe are dead."

Finding the Python Robe a perfect fit, Lu Yuan took it off.

Lu Yuan just had to wait a few more days, go through the formalities, and then he could marry the Princess of the Current Dynasty.

"Wifey, put these two sets of clothes away for now. I need to refine some Elixirs, just in case."

After speaking, Lu Yuan retrieved the Space Storage Box he had previously given his wife.

This Space Storage Box was for his wife to use. It was connected to Lu Yuan’s System Space, but to outsiders, it looked as if everything was being taken from the box itself.

Only Lu Yuan and Su Liyan knew its secret.

The Human Level Middle Grade Elixirs he had previously refined using Star Spirit Grass had excellent healing effects, but only one remained, and its poison resistance was a bit poor.

Lu Yuan had already extracted the poison from the Silver Needle that had injured him that time and had refined a corresponding antidote.

Lu Yuan took out the Seven-Star Wind Pill Furnace and three herbs from it: Nine-Turn Spirit Grass, Nine Yang Unity Flower, and Heaven and Earth Fusion Grass.

Seeing this, Su Liyan asked, "Brother, all these herbs were gifts from the master of Guyang Temple. Are you...?"

Lu Yuan opened the box containing the herbs, sniffed them, and said, "I want to try refining a Human Level Superior Elixir. Without good ingredients, I’m afraid I won’t be able to make one."

"Isn’t that a bit extravagant?" Su Liyan was still a little worried. If the Alchemy failed, all these herbs would be wasted.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Don’t worry. After all the Alchemy I’ve done recently, my skill at refining Human Level Middle Level Elixirs has become masterful."

If he didn’t have a fair bit of confidence, Lu Yuan absolutely would not have taken them out.

Lu Yuan looked at the items before him and suddenly clapped his hands as he remembered something. ’I can just do a quick divination. I’m pretty confident, but there’s no harm in using divination to check, right?’

So Lu Yuan began to divine. A few minutes later, he felt a roiling in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.

This had never happened to Lu Yuan before. Previously, he had only ever used divination to figure out what color dudou or underwear his wife was wearing that day.

Using it for practice on such trivial matters caused Lu Yuan no harm.

After all, he could just see what color they were if he really wanted to, so there was no harm to himself.

But this time, Lu Yuan was divining about a Human Level Superior Elixir. This type of elixir had astonishing effects and could defy the heavens and change one’s fate once successfully refined.

When divining about something that could affect the destiny of the Human Race, if one’s Divination Calculation Skill was not advanced enough, it was easy to suffer a backlash.

Why are blind fortune-tellers so accurate? The ones who are inaccurate don’t get hurt!

Su Liyan, who was at his side, was shocked. He was perfectly fine a moment ago, so why was he suddenly spitting up blood?

"Brother, what’s wrong?"

Su Liyan quickly supported him and channeled her Inner Strength into his body, suppressing the chaotic energy within him.

Lu Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and reassured his wife, saying, "I’m fine. I just didn’t expect that forcing a divination could actually injure me."

A Human Level Superior Elixir was truly a priceless object. With Lu Yuan’s current Divination Calculation Skill, it was simply impossible to foresee.

Lu Yuan took out his last Healing Pill, tossed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it like a jelly bean.