Long Jiaojiao glanced at Mu Lingchen, who had suddenly barged in, her eyes flashing with a sharp light. In the instant she blocked Xuan Yuanzhan's attack, she sucked her hand into the hot spring pool, and her outer robe, which was floating on the water, instantly returned to Long Jiaojiao's body.
With an outsider disrupting her rare time alone with Xuan Yuanzhan, Long Jiaojiao lost interest and looked at Xuan Yuanzhan with a wicked smile: "Ah Zhan, now that I, the Holy Maiden, have come to Eastern Chu, we'll have plenty of opportunities to meet in the future."
"Hahahaha~" Long Jiaojiao suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly, then leaped away and disappeared.
"Ah Zhan~ Remember to think of this holy maiden~"
As the lingering sweetness faded, Mu Lingchen felt goosebumps all over his body.
Even Xuanyuan Zhan felt so disgusted that he wanted to vomit.
Mu Lingchen looked around while rubbing his arms, then ran over to Xuan Yuanzhan excitedly: "Who is that glamorous woman?"
Xuanyuan Zhan ignored him, stared at the sky for a while, and after confirming that Long Jiaojiao had left, he grabbed his clothes from the shore and put them on, complaining, "The defenses here are too lax."
Upon hearing this, Mu Lingchen rolled his eyes: "How was I supposed to know that taking a hot spring bath would attract a woman!"
Hearing this, Xuan Yuanzhan glared at Mu Lingchen unhappily: "What do you mean, 'recruit a woman'? Don't talk nonsense in front of Ning'er!"
He didn't have any affairs; he's completely innocent!
Seeing that he was still thinking about Su Xuening, Mu Lingchen couldn't help but tease him, "Looks like you've really fallen for my little cousin!"
No matter what you say to this guy, he ignores you, but he always manages to bring up his cousin Ning'er.
Even if he says he doesn't love his cousin Ning'er, he can't believe it!
Xuan Yuanzhan did not refute this. No matter how arrogant or aloof he was, he had to admit that he really liked Su Xuening!
As a childhood friend, Mu Lingchen knew Xuan Yuanzhan's answer just by looking at his expression: "Alright, my little cousin has brought you good luck by marrying you. If you can treat her sincerely, it will be her blessing."
Their Dingping Marquis family had fallen on hard times, and their father had died unjustly. He and his mother had been running around trying to save the Dingping Marquis family, and they really hadn't been able to take care of Su Xuening and Su Yun'an, the siblings.
However, he had also heard a lot about the General's Mansion and the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. He heard that she had filed a complaint with the emperor and separated from the second branch of the Su family. Now that Su Renyi had been beheaded and stripped of his title and mansion, the second branch of the Su family was completely ruined.
However, she married into the Holy King's Mansion. Although it was to bring good luck to Xuan Yuanzhan, judging from Xuan Yuanzhan's appearance now, he is deeply in love with her. Moreover, the Dowager Consort is very easy to get along with. My mother said that the Dowager Consort likes her very much. Presumably, her days in the Holy King's Mansion will not be difficult.
When Su Xuening was mentioned, Xuan Yuanzhan's cold and stern expression softened: "Don't worry, I will treat her well."
Mu Lingchen believed him on this point, but... he was really curious!
"Who is that woman? She seems to like you a lot, so why did she fight with you?"
“The Holy Maiden of Southern Xinjiang, Long Jiaojiao.” When Xuan Yuanzhan mentioned Long Jiaojiao’s name, his expression turned cold again.
What Long Jiaojiao just said means she'll be staying in Dongchu for a while. What exactly is she doing in Dongchu? It can't be just to harass him!
Mu Lingchen was stunned by the answer: "The Holy Maiden of Southern Xinjiang? The woman who put the Love Flower Gu on you!"
No wonder she kept calling herself "this Holy Maiden" just now. He was wondering where that title came from, since there's no such title around here!
"It's her!" Just thinking about Long Jiaojiao made Xuan Yuanzhan so annoyed he wanted to strangle her.
Unfortunately, this woman's martial arts skills are not weak, and he might not be able to kill her in a fight alone!
Mu Lingchen was stunned. It really was the woman who had given Xuan Yuanzhan the Love Flower Gu: "No, why did she come looking for you? Oh, right, does she know that your Love Flower Gu has been cured?"
Xuan Yuanzhan scoffed, "Not only did she know, she also claimed that she cured me of the Love Flower Gu."
Mu Lingchen was stunned, staring at Xuan Yuanzhan in disbelief: "So it was her! Then you and her..."
Given this kind of relationship, how could they possibly fight?
"It's not her!" Xuan Yuanzhan looked disgusted, as if Long Jiaojiao had some kind of poison on her body that would cause her to fester and rot if she touched it.
Mu Lingchen blinked: "How can you be so sure it's not her? Don't we still not know who that girl is?"
"It's definitely not her!" Xuan Yuanzhan didn't offer much explanation, but his statement was resolute.
Seeing that Xuan Yuanzhan was so certain, Mu Lingchen didn't press the matter further: "We haven't found the real person yet, but the imposter has already appeared. Are you really not planning to look for that girl again?"
Xuanyuan Zhan fell into deep thought.
He didn't know Long Jiaojiao's purpose in coming to Dongchu, but since she had come to impersonate that woman, he should indeed look for this person.
But after thinking it over, he could only start the investigation from Su Xuening, since all the evidence pointed to Su Xuening, and she was the most likely person to be that woman.
He needed to find out whether Su Xuening was that woman or not.
Xuan Yuanzhan frowned and looked at Mu Lingchen: "I'm going back!"
Seeing his solemn expression, Mu Lingchen dared not keep him any longer and immediately arranged for a carriage to send Xuan Yuanzhan back.
Meanwhile, at Lingqing Temple, Su Xuening was checking the birth dates and times of the monks.
After checking the birth dates and times of people in the entire temple, not a single person with an extremely yang constitution could be found.
Su Xuening wearily closed the thick register and handed it back to the young novice monk beside her: "Thank you for your trouble, little master. The person I'm looking for isn't on this list."
She had been searching here all afternoon, but unfortunately, men born in the Shen month, Shen day, and Shen hour were extremely rare, and there wasn't a single monk in the entire Lingqing Temple who could match the birth date and time.
However, she should be on the right track. There are still several temples in Kyoto. She will search for them one by one. She doesn't believe she can't find a monk with a strong yang constitution.
The young novice monk, unsure of who she was looking for, asked curiously, "Who is this benefactor looking for? Tell me, and perhaps this humble monk can help you find them."
Su Xuening looked at the young novice monk, who addressed her as "benefactor" and "this humble monk" repeatedly, and couldn't help but feel a pang of pity. She shook her head with a wry smile and said, "No one can help me. I have to find it myself."
How could she possibly bring up such a thing? If it weren't for wanting her martial uncle to remove the curse from her body, she wouldn't even dare to ask her master and martial uncle, let alone anyone else.
If it weren't so difficult to talk about, why would she have waited until now to explain things clearly to Xuan Yuanzhan?
The young novice monk looked regretful: "If it's really inconvenient for you to say, then you can try looking at the White Dragon Temple?"
"Bailong Temple?" Su Xuening had some impression of Bailong Temple. She had heard that the abbot of Bailong Temple, Master Daoyi, was very knowledgeable in Buddhism, and many nobles in the capital would go to listen to Master Daoyi's sermons.
The young novice monk nodded: "Hakuryu-ji is the largest temple in Kyoto, and it has the most monks. Perhaps you can find the person you are looking for there."
Su Xuening smiled and said, "Thank you. I will go to Bailong Temple tomorrow."
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