I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 442 Let me sort this out from the beginning.
Inside the room, Chu Shangming clutched his wedding dress, holding it up to himself in the mirror. "It seems a bit short. Can I change it?"

"You..." Yan Chengtong's eyebrows twitched, his face twitched, and after a long while he finally managed to choke out, "You really plan to wear it?"

Chu Shangming nodded, then asked in confusion, "Brother Yan, aren't you wearing it?"

"No, no, no..." Yan Chengtong shook his head vigorously, almost shaking his head off. "I'd rather die than wear it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of elegantly dressed and handsome young men rushed in.

"Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

"let me help you!"

Where is the jade crown that held up her hair?

"Where's the veil?"

"Where's the belt?"

"Hurry, hurry, the auspicious time is almost here!"

Chu Shangming, who accepted the offer, said, "Thank you, thank you."

Unable to resist Yan Chengtong: "Help!!!"

With the sound of gongs and drums and the melody of suonas, the wedding procession picked up the four newlyweds from the city lord's mansion and paraded through the city along a pre-planned route.

Petals fluttered and ribbons flew all the way, and onlookers cheered loudly, scrambling to catch the scattered lucky money and candy.

Although this happens every few months, it's the first time four people have been married at once. The people are very enthusiastic, reciting auspicious words and craning their necks to see the bridal sedan chairs, eager to see what the four grooms look like.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Several men in black descended from the sky, broke into the bridal procession, snatched the groom, and ran away.

The incident happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned, staring at the empty bridal sedan chair. A beat later, they screamed, "Someone's trying to steal the bride!!"

"Someone, quickly go and report to the city lord!"

"They ran that way! Chase them!"

"Thieves, please leave!"

"stop!"

"stop!!"

Suddenly, a blue figure flashed out of the window of a private room on the second floor of the teahouse, stepping on the tiles and eaves, chasing after the direction in which the man in black had left.

"Miss!" Tongniang's outstretched hand grasped at empty air, so she had no choice but to use her lightness skill to catch up.

Young Master Cang stuffed the wedding candy he had managed to snatch into his pocket, hoping to soak up some of the joy. Hearing the sound, he looked up and saw that his beloved had almost disappeared. He hurriedly gave chase after her.

"Ah Yao, wait for me!"

As three people flew overhead, the people looked up and gasped in surprise, as if watching a grand spectacle.

Feng Jing, who was in the next private room, poked his head out and looked in the direction where everyone had disappeared. He muttered in confusion, "This is not what we agreed on."

*

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

[Wow! As expected of the city lord's wedding banquet, it's a continuous feast, and all the people of Guiyun City can go to eat. How much money must this cost? It's so extravagant!] Chu Liuzheng couldn't help but clutch his heart after only a quick calculation.

Ugh~ I want a city too.

After listening to the live broadcast of "Heartfelt Words" all morning, Xiao Jingfan slightly raised his eyelids, thinking absentmindedly: There are no cities, but there are quite a few islands.

In fact, Chu Liuzheng was just talking nonsense. Just thinking about how many things she would have to handle to manage the city made her eyes light up.

In her past life, she could do this kind of thing, but in this life, she just wants to lie down and relax.

Her biggest dream before was to open a small eatery. Now that the eatery is out of the question, if she's lucky, she might be able to make a living and have enough to eat and wear for the rest of her life. It's not bad.

After taking a big gulp of almond milk, Chu Liuzheng continued scrolling through the system's live stream posts.

[Tsk tsk, even taking a concubine in the City Lord's mansion has so many rules! This pomp and circumstance is almost as grand as marrying a principal wife. No wonder the City Lord Zhuang has so many male concubines and yet there's no trouble in his harem. He's a master of balance, much better than the tyrant of the past.]

Xiao Jingfan: ? ? ?

[The bridal sedan chair is supposed to parade through the city... Hmm? I remember it didn't have to go through such a big detour, could it be...? My brother got robbed again!!!]

Chu Liuzheng was so startled that he almost shoved the almond milk into his nose, and quickly looked down.

[Where did they go? Who's so despicable as to steal someone's groom?! And these weren't His Highness Prince Xiao's men!]

[Uh... a big fish? No, if you're a man, you should be robbing the city lord, not the city lord. What's with taking back four men? Are you trying to become sworn brothers?]

[Frog Fun! Wait a minute!]

Chu Liuzheng's eyes widened slowly as he read the related gossip in front of him three times.

[What do you mean by "Big Fish has long admired Lord Zhuang and will marry no one else"? Wasn't Big Fish a reinforcement brought in by Prince Li? How did he get involved with Lord Zhuang?]

Her mind was a little confused, and Xiao Jingfan was also completely bewildered. He unconsciously drew a fish on the document in his hand, wondering who this big fish was.
Wait, let me explain from the beginning.

Chu Liuzheng held the almond milk, sipping it intermittently, his mind starting to connect the gossip he had come across these past few days.

Prince Li did not want to confess easily, but he was not ready to turn against the tyrant. So he could only pretend to agree to go to the capital with Prince Xiao, while secretly having Lord Zhuang find an excuse to delay Prince Xiao and have him tied up.

[If the plan goes smoothly, with Prince Xiao kidnapped, the tyrant's men will definitely confront Guiyun City. Prince Li will then have the opportunity to escape back to Mengzhou under the pretext of calling for reinforcements, and with the help of the Tatars, resist the tyrant and free Mengzhou from the control of Dasheng.]

However, Lord Zhuang had long since grown tired of being coerced by Prince Li, so he turned the tables and revealed Prince Li's plan to Prince Xiao. The two quickly reached an agreement and cooperated.

[According to Prince Li's plan, Lord Zhuang was supposed to kidnap Prince Xiao within the city. However, Lord Zhuang used the excuse that it was inconvenient to act within the city and decided to go outside the city and have his guards disguise themselves as robbers to kidnap the hostage. Then, in the chaos, he deliberately kidnapped the wrong hostage.]

[Prince Li was furious and suspected that Lord Zhuang had ulterior motives. He wanted to find an opportunity to escape back to Mengzhou. However, Prince Xiao suddenly fell ill and clung to his younger brother, refusing to let go. His entourage consisted entirely of the tyrant's men, who only obeyed Prince Xiao's orders. Furthermore, with Yan Chengtong and two others watching, Prince Li had no choice but to stay and pretend to be a good younger brother.]

Lord Zhuang sent a wedding invitation to Prince Xiao, not only to cooperate with Prince Xiao's act, but also to send a letter to Prince Li, explaining that his subordinates had made a foolish mistake by arresting the wrong person, and now they could only go along with it, using the excuse of taking a concubine to keep Prince Xiao occupied, and also discussing with Prince Li to change the plan.

[At this point, Prince Li had no other choice. In order to move freely, he first instigated Ren Qingxia to go to the city lord's mansion to rescue people, and then instigated Pei Yunjian and Yan Chengtong to gather information, taking the opportunity to arrest all three of them and bring them to the city lord's mansion.]

This would both increase Lord Zhuang's leverage and further anger King Xiao, keeping him bogged down in Guiyun City and buying him time.

[Prince Xiao saw all of this and feigned illness to give Prince Li more room to maneuver. Without Yan Chengtong and the other two watching him, Prince Li seized the opportunity to cause trouble, hastily sending a message by carrier pigeon to his allies requesting support.]

Chu Liuzheng smeared the almond milk off his lips, his mind racing.

【Let me think… Prince Li’s plan is, on the surface, to agree with Prince Xiao to snatch my elder brother and his three friends back during the wedding procession, but in reality, he wants to take advantage of the chaos to escape back to Mengzhou, and incidentally have his allies kill Prince Xiao, causing chaos and forcing Guiyun City and Dasheng to confront him, thus buying him time.】

[Tsk tsk, royal products are all pretty ruthless.]

(End of this chapter)