Chapter 2006: Lu Sanzhu's Competitive Spirit

Chapter 2006: Lu Sanzhu's Competitive Spirit


Familiar faces?

Following Ying Dongfang's gaze, Shu Yu looked over, only to see a bustling crowd.

"Since they're familiar faces, should we go say hello? We need to stop by the inn first," Shu Rui and the others hadn't joined them at the port and were waiting at the inn.

Ying Dong shook his head and climbed onto the carriage shaft. "No need, he's already gone."

"Alright, let's head back then," Shu Yu waved to the person from the Xu family who was with them, and the carriage quickly left the port.

After walking a long way, Ying Xi curiously asked, "Brother, who was the familiar face you saw earlier?"

"It seemed to be Lin Shu, the former deputy head of Quansheng Escort Agency," Ying Dong wasn't entirely sure.

Ying Xi was even more puzzled. She didn't have any memory of the deputy head. When Quansheng Escort Agency was disbanded due to the fire caused by Gongqiu, she was only four years old, and many memories had faded. Not to mention the deputy head of the escort agency, she barely remembered the other escort workers.

So Ying Xi just responded with an "Oh" and didn't ask further.

When the carriage stopped at the inn's entrance, it was already past noon. Shu Yu had originally planned to pick up Shu Rui and the others and head straight to Tianning County. However, when they got off the carriage, they found out that the three of them had gone to see a scholar who was giving a lecture nearby.

In that case, Shu Yu decided to have lunch here before leaving.

Da Bao had something to discuss with her, so the group chatted about the situation in Jiangyuan County while eating.

"Sister Ah Yu, when you return, there's something you need to be mentally prepared for."

Shu Yu took a sip of soup and raised her eyebrows in surprise. "What is it?"

Yuan Gui, who was sitting nearby, seemed to know what had happened and was slightly tilting his head, seemingly on the verge of laughter.

Shu Yu asked, "...?"

Da Bao said, "The news of you becoming the County Princess is already known throughout the entire county. Oh, wait, it's even spreading in the city."

Shu Yu was briefly stunned and then seemed to remember something, her lips twitching. "Was it Third Uncle who spread the news?"

"Yes, originally the news of you becoming the County Princess had reached the county office. However, Master Xie didn't publicize it too much; it seemed like he wanted to wait for you to return and then officially post a notice. But after Third Uncle went back, he felt that this was a matter of great honor for the family, so it shouldn't be too low-key."

Of course, initially, Lu Sanzhu had been promoting it quite normally. After returning to work in the Peach Blossom Forest, he would casually mention it when he met people.

He enjoyed the reactions when people found out, with their faces filled with shock, followed by congratulations.

However, during the Qingming Festival, when the Lu family returned to Shishi Village for the ancestral worship, they learned about Tang Wenqian becoming the county magistrate.

It was only then that Lu Sanzhu realized that before Tang's parents left, they had already spread the news of Tang Wenqian holding an official position to every corner of the village and beyond. Now, everyone was talking about how Tang Wenqian had a bright future, and the Tang family was going to have good days ahead, with him being an official, and soon, everyone would have to bow down to them.

Some even said that Tang Wenqian had been promising since he was a child and had now become the most powerful person in the entire Shangshi Village and even in Wenlan Town.

Well, this statement was like lighting a fuse, and Lu Sanzhu exploded.

His competitive spirit couldn't be restrained anymore.

What if Tang Wenqian was the county magistrate? Their Ah Yu was the County princess, which was even more prestigious, you know?"