Lifen stood in the courtyard, looking left and right, taking everything in.
No chickens, no ducks, not a single farm animal in sight.
She glanced at the kindly smiling Grandma Qin and forced a perfunctory smile of her own.
"Grandma Qin, please wait a moment. I need to have a word with Ah Niu."
After that, Lifen pulled Dong Aniu aside.
She lowered her voice. "Didn't you say your aunt is Princess Funing's grandmother?"
"The Commandery Princess... lives in a place like this? According to the legends, doesn't she live in a grand mansion in the mountains?"
Dong Aniu let out a cry. "Good heavens, would you dare live in those mountains?"
"That's where Princess Funing raises her wolves. Look, there's one in the courtyard right now."
Lifen turned to look. Wolf Three was sitting steadily by the door, licking its chops, a freshly plucked chicken pinned under its paw.
"Heavens!" Lifen jumped in fright, her face pale. "If we get married here, these wolves will scare everyone away!"
