The Cloud Feather of the Red Chamber: A Marriage Arranged with Gong Yuanzheng at the Start

For several days, the scroll remained unopened until the day before Gong Yuanzheng and Xue Chongzi were to depart, when it was finally opened once more.

This is a vast ocean.

The huge ship rose and fell with the surging waves.

Yukishigeko stood on the deck, looking at the blueprints in her hand.

Behind him, Young Master Xue was practicing swordsmanship with Daiyu and Qingyu.

A flock of birds flew overhead. Suddenly, Qingyu had a brilliant idea. He threw away his longsword, leaped lightly, caught a bird, and landed gracefully.

"Second sister, look!" The bird, having lost its freedom, was clearly terrified, swaying back and forth in Qingyu's palm, emitting sharp cries.

Daiyu looked at him reproachfully, "What are you doing? It's flying peacefully, why do you have to catch it?"

Qingyu smiled and said, "I just wanted to get you a little pet because I was worried you'd be bored."

"If you don't like it, I'll let it go."

Daiyu smiled, "Let's release them quickly."

Upon hearing this, Qingyu immediately released her grip, and the bird, now free, flew off into the distance to catch up with its companions.

Inside the cabin, Jia Tanchun and Jia Yingchun were playing chess when birds flew by at high speed, catching their attention.

"The Yellow River flows eastward for 30,000 miles to the sea, and the mountain rises five thousand feet to the sky." Jia Tanchun smiled as she looked at Jia Yingchun.

"Second sister, we shouldn't waste such a beautiful view."

Jia Yingchun put away the chess pieces in her hand, followed Jia Tanchun's gaze into the distance, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

“Indeed, Third Sister, let’s go out too.”

As soon as the two sisters stepped out of the cabin, they heard Qingyu exclaim, "Second sister, there's a whale over there!"

"Where? Where?" Daiyu asked anxiously. When she learned that the whale had already swum to another ship, she used her lightness skill to leap over.

Jia Yingchun quickly covered her mouth, suppressing the gasp that escaped her lips.

Lin Daiyu actually has such abilities!

Qingyu was so anxious that he jumped up and down. He was still good at catching birds with his light-footed skills, but the distance between the two boats was so far that he dared not fly over like that.

Young Master Xue couldn't help but chuckle, and carried him to another ship.

As soon as she landed, Qingyu rushed to Daiyu.

Young Master Xue quickly spotted Jia Yingchun and Jia Tanchun standing on the deck, gazing in this direction.

He hesitated for a moment, but still came to them and stood about three zhang away from them.

"Second Miss, Third Miss, would you like to see whales?"

Jia Yingchun smiled and declined, as she wasn't particularly interested in these things.

Jia Tanchun's eyes were full of longing, but she didn't have Lin Daiyu's ability to get on that ship, so she could only shake her head regretfully.

Young Master Xue hesitated. Jia Tanchun was not like Qingyu. Such a young lady valued rules the most, and he certainly could not get close to her.

He hesitated for a while before saying, "Third Miss, if you want to go there, I will take you there with silk. Would you be willing?"

Jia Tanchun was startled and was about to refuse, but when she thought of Daiyu's graceful figure and the legendary whale, she couldn't suppress her desire.

"Then I'll trouble you, young master."

The soft silk was tightly wrapped around her waist, and Jia Tanchun felt herself leaping high into the air, arriving on the opposite boat in the blink of an eye.

She landed suddenly, lost her balance, and almost fell over, but an invisible gust of wind caught her.

But Young Master Xue always kept a distance of three zhang from her.

Yukishigeko's mind was entirely focused on the sea chart, and she paid little attention to her surroundings.

This is a simple nautical chart that Lin Qingyue gave him, showing their destination for this trip.

This was also a suggestion made by Lin Qingyue.

Over the years, he and Xue Gongzi have searched for many islands. Although each island has people, it is not impossible for their palace to settle down if they want.

Gong Shangjiao was not very satisfied; he preferred to find an uninhabited island.

It was at this time that Lin Qingyue provided this nautical chart.

According to the nautical chart, this was an extremely vast land, no less than the present-day Daqing.

The climate is pleasant and the vegetation is lush.

It's just too far from Daqing.

Miyazaki found it strange that such a place could be uninhabited.

Xue Zhongzi still remembers the complicated look on Lin Qingyue's face at that time.

“This land is naturally inhabited, but some foreigners have forcibly occupied it.”

"In order to occupy this land, they slaughtered all the people who originally lived here."

"Moreover, their purpose in occupying this land was merely to use it as a place of exile for criminals."

Even Gong Shangjiao's expression changed. Seizing people's land and slaughtering them was no different from banditry.

He looked at Lin Qingyue and asked, "Sister-in-law, if you want us to go to this land, aren't you afraid that we will also encounter those foreigners?"

Lin Qingyue smiled, "We know martial arts and have the most advanced cannons. Those foreigners are no match for us."

"More importantly, this land is very rich in resources."

"We may not be able to use those resources now, but hundreds of years from now, our descendants will be able to enjoy them."

Her words successfully persuaded Miyazaki to agree to the voyage.

He also instructed Yukishigeko to make sure they captured that land, for the sake of the younger generation of the Miyamon family.

Lin Qingyue was afraid that Xue Chongzi and the others had come to the wrong place, so she drew a few particularly cute little animals.

He looks blank and a bit silly!

To prevent Yukishigeko and the others from confusing outsiders with natives, they even drew their portraits.

Foreigners are the easiest to recognize.

Yellow hair, white skin, blue eyes.

The difference between them is immediately apparent.

Jia She walked to Xue Zhongzi's side, looking at the nautical chart in his hand, "Is this your destination?"

Xue Zhongzi was not afraid at all, knowing that once on this ship, their palace gate was in charge.

Jia She stared intently at Xue Zhongzi, "What exactly is the purpose of your palace?"

Xue Zhongzi met his gaze calmly, "Our palace has only one purpose: to find a place where our palace can live for generations."

"Can't we live in Daqing too?"

"Is the emperor really at ease?"

Jia She fell silent. How could he be at ease? Such a powerful force, with such high martial prowess, would make anyone uneasy.