"You once bloomed in the fireworks of this world."
"Carve a few people in my heart, and live alone from now on."
"The flowers of Jiangnan have already withered; how can we bear to ponder them any longer?"
"Alas, the good times are few and far between, and it seems there is no one to tell us."
Inside the Tianpin Pavilion room, behind a pink gauze screen, Yu Xuanji's singing voice was like heavenly music.
After the song ended, she smiled and said, "I was so stupid. So that Wuyazi was that kid."
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have been so upset. These lyrics have been on my mind for a lifetime, hahaha…”
The moment the veil was lifted, Mu Qiuyao, dressed in a pale yellow silk robe, smiled radiantly.
She lay quietly on the bed, one of her jade-like legs raised and suspended in mid-air.
Two gold threads wrapped around her jade-like ankles made her long, delicate legs appear even more beautiful.
"Kid, surprised?"
With a soft murmur, the door to the top-tier room was kicked open.
Shen Zhao stormed into the room, her face full of anger. She walked to the bedside, pushed aside the gauze, and knelt down in front of Mu Qiuyao, staring intently at her.
Meeting those burning eyes, Mu Qiuyao's heart raced, and a hint of nervousness flashed through her mind.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"What do you think, Yu Xuanji?"
One sentence made Mu Qiuyao smile awkwardly, and she involuntarily moved her body back a little.
"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you angry?"
Shen Zhao sat directly on the edge of the bed and, without saying a word, pressed her jade-like legs, which she couldn't pull back in time, onto his knees.
She tried to break free, but Shen Zhao's hands held her firmly in place, preventing her from moving an inch.
"Qiu Yao, I remember I said that my woman can only belong to me, right?"
Mu Qiuyao smiled gracefully: "I've always belonged to you..."
Shen Zhao continued, his face expressionless.
"So you're trying to test my limits? No man would allow his woman to hang out in a godforsaken place."
If you feel that I, Shen Zhao, do not meet your expectations and am not worthy to be your husband, then just say so, and I will immediately set you free.
But if you really want to be with me, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation for your current behavior.
Otherwise, when I start to go crazy, I'm afraid you simply won't be able to handle it.
Upon hearing Shen Zhao's words, Mu Qiuyao immediately explained, "Zhao Zhao, please listen to me first, okay? Actually, I had my reasons for doing this."
Qingluan said she had to personally settle the score with the Xu family.
That's why I accompanied her here; it wasn't that I intentionally hid it from you, but time was simply too tight.
Shen Zhao moved two inches closer to Mu Qiuyao: "Is time running out?"
"It's so urgent that you didn't even have time to notify me, Mu Qiuyao, can you please stop making up such lame excuses?"
Mu Qiuyao: "What I said is true. I did want to inform you, but I knew you were busy making plans and arrangements at the time."
I was afraid that telling you directly would disrupt your train of thought, which is why I entered the Holy Realm ahead of time.
Actually, I already had Qingluan inform you before, but you didn't respond.
"Are you kidding me! How could I possibly know that Yu Xuanji is you? I really had no idea at all."
Mu Qiuyao snorted: "It's because you're too serious. If you had thought about it carefully, you wouldn't have missed such an obvious hint."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhao couldn't help but snort: "Why do you seem to be the one who's right? Why did you have to come to a place like this?"
Mu Qiuyao wrapped her arms around Shen Zhao's neck: "This is Yu Pin Xuan, the best place to gather intelligence."
Those who come and go here are all scions of prominent families from various clans within the Holy Domain.
The Xu and Dong families, in particular, came in droves, using this as a starting point to gather information about the enemy.
That's much more reliable than just wandering around aimlessly. Besides, don't you think Qingluan, with her personality, would actively seek information from others?
Shen Zhao: "Then I'm even more curious. Jiang Qingluan is also someone who has been reborn, so how come she doesn't know anything about the Xu family?"
Mu Qiuyao chuckled softly: "That girl, in her previous life she was locked in a coffin with the dead for over a hundred years."
It's already a miracle that she's not gone crazy since she came back. What more can you ask of her?
So Zhao Zhao, we need your help with this.
After all, she's the bride I introduced to you.
"Please stop trying to arrange marriages for me, okay?" Shen Zhao was completely speechless. "There really is no romantic entanglement between Jiang Qingluan and me."
"Feelings can be cultivated, can't they?"
Mu Qiuyao smiled mysteriously.
"Take you and me for example. When we first met, we were thinking about how to kill each other. But now, aren't we together?"
Fate is a truly wondrous thing sometimes; you can't help but admire it.
Shen Zhao took a deep breath and suddenly pulled her into his arms.
"Yes, recalling the first time we met, when you were willing to stand up for Nalu Baichuan..."
I really want to slap you to death; you actually stood up for that scumbag.
"What can we do? The Heavenly Annihilation Holy Land is my territory in the Northern Region, and Ning Ruoxue is my disciple."
Even if they knew he was wrong, they couldn't afford to lose face in front of the entire Northern Region Profound Sect.
Besides, I already gave everyone a way out by making him face the wall for fifty years.
But you brat, how dare you show such disrespect to me, the Empress, by smashing someone's head right in front of me!
"As the ruler of the Northern Region, if I don't avenge this defeat, what will the various sects of the Northern Region think of me?"
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