“We are from the Cang Lan clan, and the two aunts in front of us, they are from the Meng Lian clan, and we are escorting our young lady there this time.”
“Cang Lan? So you’re not the chosen candidates for the young princess’ tribe this time? Is Menglian too?”
Jing Yufei was very surprised to hear these two clan names.
That’s right, the candidates for the throne position that the royal court had chosen for their future successors this time were Cang Lan, Maya, Ji Yang, Meng Lian, and the clan that already had a grand concubine – Yang Rong.
But unfortunately, Yang Rong, last time, had been disqualified because of Ruo Ruo’s accident in the Blackwater Forest.
So, there are now four others left.
These four, in terms of strength, respectively, are again the most powerful Maya, they cover the widest area and have the largest population, and in the royal court, they are usually the ones who speak for weight, and even the chief will give a few favours.
The next most powerful family is the sub-council, which was formed after the two brothers split up at the beginning.
Therefore, since the second generation of the family is already capable of producing a great concubine, it can be imagined that the strength of the second generation is not that bad.
But this time, these two clans, in fact, didn’t even send their headman’s daughter over.
“Wouldn’t it be better if they didn’t even have a clan come? Now there’s only us left, Cang Lan and Meng Lian, so the competition won’t be very fierce, so big deal, we can let XVI Lang take them all.”
“Yes, yes.”
The aunts of the Menglian clan in front of them heard this and also smiled back, expressing their strong approval of this idea.
It seemed that the two clans were still getting along relatively well.
But Jing Yufei’s face fell.
Because, she thought of that little girl who had already left here.
That youngster, ah, was obviously someone she had hidden in her heart, and now she actually had to marry two at once, how sad she would be if she knew.
Jing Yufei was a little glad that that little girl was fortunate not to be here.
“No, you guys are still forgetting one more person, isn’t there another one from that Lan family too? I heard that she had lived in the King’s Court before the election, serving the Sixteenth Lang.”
Suddenly, in this crowd, another person spoke up.
As soon as the words fell, at once, Jing Yufei saw that these two young girls beside her, who were just chatting with her in a pleasant manner, immediately raised their willow brows.
“What is she? A daughter of a foreign married daughter, what qualifications does she have to come and grab the position of young concubine with us, the thousand girls of the community!”
“That’s right, the only reason she got in is because that uncle of hers is an errand boy in the royal court and picked up a bargain.”
“Well, don’t put her in your eyes, even if Sixteenth Lang took her in, then she’s only worthy of being a concubine!”
These people, surprisingly, did not put that woman called Ah Lan in their eyes at all.
When Jing Yufei heard this, her heart soothed.
She had heard about that woman bullying her little girl, and now that she was disliked and mocked by the group, of course she was happy.
At that moment, Jing Yufei followed them to the place where the royal court was holding this grand banquet.
Twenty minutes or so later, finally arriving at her destination, she was shocked to find that it was not held at the royal court, but at the altar that was the most sacred to their tribe and represented the supremacy of the whole tribe.
Goodness!
Jing Yufei was completely stunned.
The altar, that was a place that the Waj could only ascend during rituals, chiefly successions and royal christenings, and even at those times, commoners were not qualified to step on it.
It was a place so high above them that it was like their gods, and no one but the chiefs and high priests were allowed in at all.
But this time, when they came over, they found that apart from these two, there was also the head of a clan, and of course, the main character of this ceremony today, that stunningly beautiful young man, was also up there.
It seemed that this event was truly unprecedented!
“Gentlemen, today is the day of this young son of mine’s birth, and it has been a long time since we have held such a great event in Vai, and I have no other purpose than to liven things up a bit.”
When he saw that all the people of the tribe had arrived, the chief, who was sitting on the throne of the altar, began to speak.
He also did not use the tone of giving orders, as he had done in the king’s court, but simply told everyone to make a scene.
But to bring this ceremony here was, in itself, no ordinary thing, and it was clear that the chief, who did not look so well, took this ceremony very seriously.
The chiefs below the throne were already all sitting upright.
The tribesmen below the altar were even more afraid to squeak as they watched the high priest above them begin preparations to crown the young man in the golden robes.
“Young Highness Rog, with this crown, you are of age and will, in the future, take on the great responsibilities of our Vai.”
The high priest brought the magnificent golden crown, and after it came to the teenager, he looked at him with a kind face, waiting for him to stand up and put on this crown.
According to the chief’s current state of health, indeed, after the crowning, the teenager was going to start taking over the affairs of the tribe, something that everyone had been expecting and that they had helped to bring about.
Fortunately, the teenager also obeyed.
He told him to wear it and he stood up obediently.
The chief, seeing this from the side, also wore a very pleased expression, including the young girl who was sitting not far away in a palanquin, at that moment, changed out of her blue dress and draped in a phoenix crown.