News of the future 18th Grand Princess Consort being the reincarnation of the Lotus Goddess spread around Ping He Prefecture and the Capital.
I could only snort at the news when Nian Qu told me she heard the market-goers talking about it. Though from the looks of it, it may have been done intentionally.
The day before my wedding, the whole Han clan was on the move. Yi Fu was busy instructing the servants what they ought to do when my marriage palanquin makes its route to the Palace.
I had given Yi Fu Zheng's instructions about the embassy the day after the New Year's celebration on a cold morning. He didn't say anything, only took it with grim acceptance.
Because of the decree, he had also been arranging for tributes to be sent to Yin Shang the past week. He would be leaving the day after my wedding, bringing a retinue of people with him to negotiate the peace treaty with Emperor Lang.
