This news shocked everyone so much that their expressions changed drastically. Even Qin Huaiyu was shocked.
Immediately after, Qin Wanchou announced that Qin Mengli would be officially betrothed to Qin City's military advisor, Shen Lang, and the wedding would be held three days later.
This news shocked everyone to the point that they were speechless.
What was going on?
Could it be that Qin City and White Cloud City had completely broken off their relationship just like that?
One should know that White Cloud City Governor Ye Wucheng and Qin Mengli's current husband, Ye Wuzheng, were in the main hall at this moment.
After hearing Qin Wanchou's words, White Cloud City Governor Ye Wucheng's expression changed drastically, revealing an expression of disbelief.
Ye Wuzheng's face turned pale instantly. After the endless shock, his face turned ashen quickly.
However, what Yang Dingtian did not expect was that White Cloud City Governor Ye Wucheng walked out of the crowd after a short moment of shock and said loudly, "As everyone knows, my brother Ye Wuzheng and Miss Qin Mengli have long lost their feelings for each other.
However, for the friendship between White Cloud City and Qin City, they have no choice but to be together.
"However, these two people have underestimated the friendship between Qin City and White Cloud City. Lord Qin and I have been best friends for decades. Why would we need a marriage alliance to maintain our friendship?
"Moreover, I also feel that military advisor Shen Lang and Miss Qin Mengli are truly in love with each other. Therefore, I personally discussed with Brother Qin last night to let Ye Wuzheng and Qin Mengli get divorced so that military advisor Shen Lang and Miss Qin can have a beautiful marriage. At that time, Brother Wanchou was still determined to disagree. I was the one who got angry and he agreed to this beautiful matter."
Then, Ye Wucheng looked at Yang Dingtian and said, "Military Advisor Shen Lang, you've married a beauty, but please don't forget that I'm the real matchmaker."
At this moment, Yang Dingtian was extremely impressed by the White Cloud City Governor's acting skills.
Obviously, Qin Wanchou did not discuss this with him at all before announcing this decision. That was why he was so shocked at the first moment. However, he immediately used the smartest way to redeem himself. He took the initiative to express that this matter was his own decision.
If Yang Dingtian did not know the truth, he would really be deceived by his acting skills.
At least, Ye Wuzheng was deceived. At this moment, he looked at his elder brother with confusion and hatred.
However, Ye Wucheng's performance also made him understand that White Cloud City was bluffing.
Just like what Qin Wanchou had said, Ye Wucheng was even more afraid of breaking off relations with Qin City. Although Ye Wucheng had given his sister to Zhu Qingzhu as a concubine, and although Ye Feng kept calling Zhu Qingzhu his uncle, White Cloud City was just a fox exploiting the tiger's might. Zhu Qingzhu wouldn't put Ye Wucheng in his eyes at all.
Therefore, on the night of the birthday banquet, when Qin Mengli brought Yang Dingtian into the main hall intimately, Ye Wucheng was so furious.
At this moment, Qin Wanchou's actions were a huge humiliation to Ye Wucheng, but he accepted it with a smile. Not only did he not fall out with Qin Wanchou in public, he even helped Qin Wanchou to settle this matter.
A trace of disdain and sarcasm flashed across Qin Wanchou's eyes as he looked at Ye Wucheng. Then, he said to Shen Lang, "Advisor, why don't you go and thank City Lord Ye?"
Yang Dingtian was also happy to help with the act. He walked to Ye Wucheng and bowed, "Yang Dingtian thanks City Lord Ye for your help."
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
Ye Wucheng said, "Even if Wuzheng and Miss Mengli are divorced, Brother Wanchou and I are still in-laws, so you and I are also family.
Ye Feng is insensible and has offended you before, but from now on, you're his elder. If he doesn't improve, he still needs you to discipline him. Brother Wanchou, don't you think so? "
When Ye Wucheng said this, he looked at Qin Wanchou.
Obviously, Qin Wanchou had completely caught him off guard and frightened him. He was not sure if Qin Wanchou's actions were just to help Shen Lang and Qin Mengli, or if he wanted to completely break off with White Cloud City, so he spoke to test him.
If it was a complete break, then the engagement between Fourth Miss Qin and Ye Feng would be completely invalid.
After hearing Ye Wucheng's test, Qin Wanchou said, "Yes, Advisor Shen is knowledgeable and will be Ye Feng's uncle in the future. Ye Feng can ask for more advice."
After hearing Qin Wanchou's affirmative answer, Ye Wucheng finally felt relieved.
At this moment, everyone present recovered from the shock and went forward to congratulate Yang Dingtian.
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Three days later, Qin City was brightly lit again. Similarly, a large-scale banquet was held in the central main hall.
However, the main characters of this banquet were Yang Dingtian and Qin Mengli!
The banquet might not be as grand as Qin Wanchou's birthday banquet, and there weren't as many important figures present.
Especially when Third Lady Gongsun (Dugu Fengwu) and Dongfang Bingling weren't present. After Qin Wanchou's birthday banquet, they had left Qin City.
Dugu Fengwu's departure had really surprised Yang Dingtian. Could this demonic woman really not recognize Yang Dingtian? This was impossible. Previously, when they were on the ship heading towards the Northwest Continent, Yang Dingtian had also disguised himself, but Dugu Fengwu was still able to recognize him immediately.
If she recognized Yang Dingtian, why didn't she do anything?
Yang Dingtian was puzzled, but it was obviously not the time to be calculative about this matter.
At this moment, Qin Wanchou personally brought Yang Dingtian and Qin Mengli to propose a toast.
Of course, they didn't propose a toast table by table because there were a few hundred tables in the Hall of Light. Even if they proposed a toast until tomorrow, they wouldn't be able to finish it. They only proposed a few dozen tables selectively.
Yang Dingtian might be proposing a toast, but his heart had already floated to god knows where.
This world was simply too absurd. Yang Dingtian would never have thought that his first wedding in this world would actually be with Qin Wanchou's biological sister.
As for his real wife, Yanyan Ximen, she didn't even have a real wedding.
Even though this wedding was considered fake, Yang Dingtian was still filled with guilt towards Yanyan. He immediately made a decision in his heart. After he won the martial contest for the City Lord position, he would definitely make it up to Yanyan with a real wedding.
"Your niece-in-law, Ning Rou 'er, congratulates Aunt and Uncle for a lifetime of love and happiness."
Just as he was at a loss, Yang Dingtian heard a familiar voice. He raised his head and happened to see Ning Rou 'er's beautiful and gentle face. At this moment, she was smiling as she raised her wine cup and proposed a toast to Yang Dingtian and Shen Lang.
Next to her, little Ningning was sitting on Qin Huaiyu's lap with a blissful look on her face.
Yang Dingtian noticed that even Ning Rou 'er had a blissful look on her face. She was completely different from her previous haggard and uneasy self.
Previously, Qin Huaiyu was filled with wild ambitions towards Yanyan. Yang Dingtian originally thought that even if Ning Rou 'er returned to Qin Huaiyu's side, she would at most be a lover or a concubine. However, he didn't expect Qin Huaiyu to directly regard her as his wife. Regardless of whether it was Qin Wanchou's birthday banquet or Qin Mengli's wedding banquet today, he had brought Ning Rou' er along to attend both.