"Could it be that someone framed me?" Mikado Baiharu couldn't help but ask.
Yi waved his hand: "That's unlikely. What kind of person is the Third Prince of the Golden Crow? If someone were to steal his feathers, how could he not know?"
Upon hearing his words, Mikado Beharu fell silent; what the other man said did indeed make sense.
At this moment, Yi cupped his hands in thanks: "Thank you both for the information. I will now go and track down the primordial spirit of that pig-headed man. If you find Chang'e, please be sure to inform me, or you can inform the Chang clan."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of jade and handed it to Zu'an: "If you find anything, you can contact me through this piece of jade."
Zuan put it away, then smiled somewhat awkwardly: "Okay."
Yi thanked the two of them again, then hurriedly flew away, clearly anxious to find his missing fiancée.
"You seem to care a lot about that Golden Crow Third Prince?" Zu An looked at Yumen Beiqing with a half-smile.
Mikado Hyoharu smiled naturally: "After all, I have been the Holy Maiden of the Demon Clan for so long and fought alongside the Golden Crow Clan for many years, so naturally I don't like him being the mastermind behind it all."
He then asked, "By the way, are you really not going to tell Yi about Chang'e's whereabouts? What if he finds out you're lying to him in the future? We might end up becoming enemies."
Upon hearing this, Zuan couldn't help but feel a headache coming on: "I can't hand the Mermaid Queen over to him. Now we can only take it one step at a time."
Because of her identity as the Mermaid Queen, Zaun didn't dare call her onto the deck again and hurriedly returned to his room.
The Mermaid Queen, who had been sitting there restlessly, finally smiled when she saw him arrive: "So that was Yi. You actually know him."
"Meeting him was a coincidence. I happened to run into him on his way to propose marriage, so I gave him a ride," Zuan recalled, still finding the whole thing somewhat unbelievable. "By the way, how did you get here?"
Hearing his question, the Mermaid Queen blushed slightly and stammered, "I don't know either. One day, I suddenly heard a woman's voice saying that she could grant my wish and asking if I was willing to pay a price..."
Zuan immediately became anxious: "What price should we pay?"
The Mermaid Queen pursed her lips: "There was no real price to pay. Maybe someone took pity on me and decided to help me. Then I opened my eyes and found myself in this world, and then... and then I actually met you."
She recalled the situation back then. After parting ways with Zaun, she returned to the Sea Clan and distributed the antidote to the Sea Clan members.
Watching the sea creatures return to their bustling state, she felt exceptionally lonely.
One day, she came to a reef in the sea and gazed at the moon, silently expressing her feelings for Zu'an.
Unfortunately, she also knew that the two of them were from different times and were destined to have no future.
So the more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and finally she couldn't help but cry.
She didn't know how long she had been crying when she suddenly heard a faint female voice asking her if she really wanted to be with her eldest brother.
The mermaid queen naturally nodded in agreement, and then the woman asked her, "If I could help you fulfill this wish, would you be willing to pay the price?"
"I do!" Although the mermaid queen thought it sounded absurd, she didn't hesitate at all at the time.
The woman's voice was clearly surprised: "You didn't even ask what the price was before answering 'yes'?"
"I'm willing to pay any price to be with Brother Zu." The Mermaid Queen knew that she and Zu An were from different time periods and could never be together, so even if the female voice was lying to her, she still wanted to hear it.
“Foolish child…” the woman’s voice sighed, “But if it requires you to endure endless years of loneliness just to be together for a short time, would you be willing?”
The Mermaid Queen was also stunned, but she wasn't hesitant about the question posed; rather, she increasingly felt that what the other person said made a lot of sense.
She was, after all, a knowledgeable and intelligent woman, and couldn't help but ask, "Who exactly are you?"
"You don't need to know who I am, I'm just asking if you're willing?" The woman's voice was ethereal and indistinct.
The Mermaid Queen's expression hardened: "I do!"
She knew that even if what the other party said was true, it would be worth it to be with Brother Zu at this price.
Moreover, she believed that most of it was fake, and she really wanted to find out who the other party was.
Who knew that after she answered yes, she was in a daze. When she came to her senses, she was already in the Chang clan, as a saintess, and had a fiancé who was about to propose marriage.
She was greatly surprised; she couldn't understand why she was there.
But there wasn't much time to think about it, because her fiancé's arrival made everything seem so urgent.
She had considered the possibility that her fiancé, Yi, might actually be her elder brother, but she dared not gamble, for if she lost, everything would be over.
So she decisively chose to elope.
She had barely escaped when she encountered a group of people chasing her. She used all her skills to temporarily shake off her pursuers.
She even thought she would never have the chance to see Brother Zu again, but the next second the familiar crystal boat appeared.
She cried out in disbelief, only to find that her beloved Brother Zu, whom she had been longing for day and night, had actually appeared before her. In that instant, she was so happy that she almost fainted.
She recounted everything in detail, omitting some things that made her feel embarrassed, and not telling him the specific cost.
If only Brother Zu were present, she wouldn't mind speaking her mind after experiencing so much. However, there was a demon saintess next to her, and the two seemed like a couple, so there were many things she couldn't say.
Even so, Zuan and Mikado Baiqing were extremely shocked after hearing this.
"Who exactly is that female voice? How could she send you directly to this world?" Mikado Baiqing's shock was a thousand times greater than what she showed. She knew that even in her prime, she didn't have such an ability.
The Mermaid Queen shook her head slightly: "I don't know where that female voice came from. After coming to this world, I tried to contact her, but unfortunately, that voice never came again."
"A female voice..." Zu An's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he already had a vague guess. "Could you imitate that female voice?"
"It should be possible." The mermaid queen was a natural musician with an absolute sensitivity to rhythm and sound. She closed her eyes, recalled the scene, and then slowly imitated the words spoken by the mysterious woman.
It might be impossible to imitate someone else so perfectly, but she was the Mermaid Queen. With a slight movement in her throat, she mimicked the voice exactly.
Upon hearing that voice, Mikado Baiharu's expression changed; it was actually her!
Zuan also had a complicated expression, and after a long while he sighed: "I think I know who the other party is."
Hearing this, Mikado Baiqing was stunned. She looked at Zuan with a puzzled expression, seemingly not expecting him to know.
"Who is it?" the Mermaid Queen asked hurriedly. This was the thing she was most curious about: who had done all this, and whether they really had the ability to help her.
Zuan took a deep breath and slowly uttered a name: "Houtu Niangniang".
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