If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Situ Yidun discovered that there were always a few men hanging around Meixiang recently, in various occasions, several times a day.

One day, he finally couldn't help asking, "Sister Xiang'er, have you noticed that someone is always trying to show off in front of you recently?"

Meixiang, who was busy sorting herbs, looked up blankly, as if she didn't understand what he was talking about. "Really? Why didn't I see it?"

Well, it’s good that I didn’t notice it. Situ Yidong reached out and touched her head. “Maybe I saw it wrong. You can continue with your work.”

Ever since she told the Great Elder that she was leaving that day, Meixiang has been busier than usual. There are many things that need to be reconfirmed and various explanations need to be made. She doesn't want the things she proposed to be abandoned halfway.

Especially when it comes to medicinal herbs, she and Mr. Dou discovered that the people in the tribe were not good at handling them. They didn't want to get involved, but they felt bad seeing so much of them wasted. So they took time out in the past few days to teach them how to dig, transplant, pick, clean, prepare and preserve them. They even taught them how to boil the herbs to maximize their efficacy.

As more and more people ran back to the tribe, the elders became busier and busier. Although they had anticipated the outcome of the war, when it actually happened, they realized how many aftermaths needed to be dealt with.

What worries them most is how to give an explanation to Haoyue as a defeated country.

That day, the Great Elder came over while Meixiang was resting after dinner.

Seeing Situ Yidong was also in the room, he wanted to ask him to leave, but when he saw the red plum petal between his eyebrows, he shut his mouth.

Meixiang watched him sit there hesitating for a long time, unable to speak. She couldn't help but sigh, and had to take the initiative to bring up the topic: "It's just right that the Great Elder came today, I just happen to have something to talk to you about."

"What is it, Saint? Please tell me. I will do whatever I can do."

"It's nothing serious. I think things here have been almost arranged. We'll be setting off back to Haoyue in three days. There are still a lot of things waiting for us there." Meixiang said lightly.

"Ah," the elder was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "Will the Saint not stay in the tribe in the future?"

In his memory, the saint should stay in the tribe and serve the tribe at any time.

"Hmm?" Mei Xiang raised her eyebrows. "I wonder what the Great Elder means by this? Are you trying to force a sale?"

"No, I don't dare. That's not what I meant." The great elder saw Meixiang's reaction and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly explained, "It's just that the tribe has never encountered such a situation in its history. It's a subconscious reaction."

Since it has come to this, Meixiang might as well take the opportunity to make some things clearer, so that they won't bother her all the time in the future. "Grand Elder, I'll make some things clear today. You know I'm not willing to be the Saint, and I'm the eldest princess of Haoyue. My parents, relatives, friends, and families are all in Haoyue."

At this point, Meixiang paused, and when she saw the great elder nodded, she continued, "If one day, Haoyue has a conflict of interest with the tribe, I will definitely put Haoyue first, this is one reason.

"Secondly, my home is in Haoyue. I can't stay in the tribe for a long time, and I won't come here often."

Seeing the dejected look on the Great Elder's face, Meixiang sighed again, "Of course, if something major happens that concerns the life and death of the tribe, I will not stand idly by." The implication was that don't bother me with even the slightest thing.

Hearing this, the elder lowered his head and did not speak for a long time. Meixiang held the tea bowl and waited quietly for him to digest it. What she said were objective facts, and they had no choice but to accept them. In her heart, she still believed that as long as it did not violate the principles, she would help these tribesmen as much as she could within her ability.

The premise is not to go too far. People who are greedy are never likable.

The Great Elder raised his head only when Meixiang and Situ Yidong finished their second bowl of tea.

"I respect the Saint's wishes and will convey them to the clan leaders truthfully. But there are two things that the Saint must consider."

Meixiang motioned for him to speak.

"First, the tribe will hold sacrificial activities every Spring Festival, Spring Equinox, Autumn Equinox, and Winter Solstice. The saint girl needs to go to the altar to pray for the tribe and pray to God to bless the tribe with good weather, peace and good fortune."

If all four solar terms were present, she would not have to do anything for the whole year and would just travel back and forth. Besides, the emperor and her mother would have to go back sooner or later, and as the eldest princess, she would have to attend the palace banquet during the Spring Festival and would definitely not be able to leave. As for the other solar terms, she could not guarantee it 100%.

"The Great Elder knows that my other identity is Princess Haoyue and Liuzhou Prefecture is my fiefdom. I will also get married in the future, so there are some responsibilities that I cannot shirk no matter what. If I were to attend all the four festivals you just mentioned, I can tell you the truth, I really can't do it."

The Great Elder also knew that this was indeed a bit too much to ask, so...

"Then come over and join the three assemblies?"

"One, I can barely accept."

"Three."

"First, you don't know that it would take at least a month to get from here to the capital by fast horse without stopping."

In the end, the Great Elder compromised with his hands on his chest.

"What is the second thing? Tell me about it." Meixiang just wanted to solve the problem as soon as possible so that she could set off earlier. She missed her beautiful mother.

Situ Yidong, who was sipping tea calmly, suddenly felt his heart beating faster for no reason. He looked up at the great elder sitting opposite Meixiang. Could this second incident be related to him?

Sure enough, good things don't work but bad things do, and he got the truth.

"Ahem," the Great Elder glanced at Situ Yidong. He could only grit his teeth and said, "Every Saint Lady must choose a man of the right age from the family of the tribe leader to be the Saint Lady's husband."

With a clang, Situ Yidong threw the tea bowl in his hand directly onto the low table. Last time, he thought he was too suspicious. It turned out that those men really had bad intentions. "Don't even think about it!"

Mei Xiang reached out and patted him gently, then turned to look at the Great Elder, "All previous ones?"

"As long as the Saint gets married."

“How many men of marriageable age are there in the tribe now?”

"Not many, only six."

Snap, he broke off a large piece of the handle of the chair where Situ Yidong was sitting. Get married, get married immediately after returning. The four people in Liuzhou Prefecture who were eyeing Sister Xiang'er have not been dealt with yet, and now six more have come? !

The Great Elder wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced at the chair with a missing piece in fear. He had no doubt that if Meixiang had not been in front of him, he would have been thrown out long ago.

"What if I don't agree?"

"For hundreds of years, there has been no such rule."

"If there is no such rule, then make it. If there is such a rule, then change it!"