Chapter 364: Chapter 200: Husband and Wife Meet
Translator: 549690339
With the confirmation of the marriage alliance, the relationship between Lu Yuan and Lan Zhaoyun became much closer.
Even the people standing nearby, like Yan Wangqiu, couldn’t help but hold Lan Zhaoyun in higher esteem out of respect for Lu Yuan.
Therefore, amidst the friendly atmosphere, Lu Yuan discussed the specific details of the marriage alliance with his future father-in-law, Lan Zhaoyun.
For example, they discussed the engagement, bride reception, and formalities.
Ultimately, under the guidance of the Daoist True Person Anqiu, it was determined that they would decide on the engagement on the third day of the First Month in the seventh year of Hongdao, and the wedding would take place at the same time in the eighth year of Hongdao.
Counting from now, it would be one year before the formal wedding ceremony, which was quite good.
Having a one-year buffer would also allow both sides time to adapt to each other’s personalities.
Most importantly, it was expected that Lu Yuan would be very busy during the entire seventh year of Hongdao, due to the anticipated battle between the imperial court and Zhou Country.
By then, no matter if he goes against the imperial court or forces a compromise, there would be no year without battles.
The only difference would be whether those battles were with the imperial court or with Zhou Country.
After the battles, there would be nation-building, which would also consume a significant amount of time and energy.
Lu Yuan even doubted if he could finish all these tasks within the next year without having them spill into the following year.
Since there were too many things to worry about, he naturally wouldn’t have much time or energy to commit to marriage.
Lan Zhaoyun understood and agreed, stating that as long as they decided on the engagement and established a formal relationship, everything else could be handled later.
Even if the wedding had to be postponed further, it would not be a problem.
If they were willing, he could even send his daughter over before the marriage to live with Lu Yuan, so that both of them could improve their relationship.
Lan Zhaoyun, as a father-in-law, showed great understanding and reason.
As for this arrangement, Lu Yuan agreed that moving her in before marriage was unnecessary since it didn’t fit the norms. However, letting her come earlier to get to know each other and communicate was acceptable.
This was not because he was greedy for her body, but because Lan Cai’er, an Inborn Grandmaster, would inevitably be involved in the upcoming battles and plans.
The strength of an Inborn Grandmaster was what Lu Yuan truly valued, and it was the reason he was willing to form a marriage alliance with her.
Everything else was secondary.
Faced with this request, Lan Zhaoyun had no objections and was even happy.
However, before agreeing, he made a small request.
That was for both sides to decide on the engagement first and then announce it to the world before sending his daughter over.
Alright.
Even though the marriage alliance had been verbally agreed upon, Sect Leader Lan was still not at ease, fearing that everything going on now was just a plot to lure his daughter.
Therefore, before allowing his daughter to come over, Lu Yuan was required to provide additional reassurance by publicly announcing the marriage alliance.
At their level, as long as they still wanted to maintain a presence in the world, face and reputation were essential.
As long as Lu Yuan agreed to the alliance and announced it, unless he lost all his face and reputation, it would be impossible for the girl’s side to renege on the deal as long as no major problems occurred.
In this way, his own daughter and the Poison Sect would be protected.
“This can be easily arranged. I will have a matchmaker send the betrothal gifts shortly,” Lu Yuan expressed his understanding and said with reason.
He genuinely wanted to incorporate the Poison Sect into his plans and highly valued Lan Cai’er’s Innate Combat Power.
Now, by strengthening the relationship between both parties through a marriage alliance, he had every reason to accept without any objections.
After all, he would not be at a loss by gaining a wife for free.
As for the little schemes that Lan Zhaoyun was harboring—like taking advantage of his son after his death—Lu Yuan had some idea about, but he just thought they could wait and see who would outlast the other.
Moreover, even if he were to marry Lan Cai’er or other women in the future, it wasn’t certain whether he would even want to have children. As an immortal being, the need to procreate and continue his lineage did not naturally exist within him.
As Lu Yuan could live forever, why would he need children to look after him and carry on his lineage?
If he really did have children, he might end up seeing them off one by one as they aged, making it truly a human “comedy”.
For this situation, Lu Yuan was naturally vigilant and would not allow it to happen.
However, regarding this matter, he wouldn’t talk too much about it and would just let people discover it on their own.
So, upon hearing his words, Lan Zhaoyun was overjoyed.
Even Anqiu, the Daoist True Person sitting next to him, seemed to be interested. After calculating the auspicious dates, he proactively said, “If Fellow Daoist Lu is willing, this Poor Daoist can serve as the matchmaker and help propose the marriage on your behalf.”
The elder Daoist’s initiative came from remembering the sacrifices Lu Yuan made for their Dan Ding Path, and he wanted to make up for it.
After all, the Inborn Grandmaster, who was initially expected to live for another 120 years, might only have two or three years left after fixing the Taiping Dao Book.
Therefore, in Anqiu’s eyes, even though Lu Yuan was currently an Inborn Grandmaster with hundreds of thousands of soldiers at his command and ruling over half of the region, it would all soon disappear since his death was imminent.
Now, by taking advantage of these last few years to marry a good wife, have a son, and carry on his lineage, he could say that his life hadn’t been in vain.
Thus, with this slightly guilty conscience, Anqiu wished to make amends to the great benefactor, Lu Yuan, before his death.