Chapter 80: Comb your hair once for a wedding, and you won’t have to worry about wealth; comb your hair twice…
Fourteen days later.
Mu Xingchen placed the lustful soul he had just collected into the tower and returned to the Mu family.
She sat motionless by the window, gazing at the vibrant, blood-red wedding gown hanging before her. Embroidered on it with golden thread was a lifelike phoenix, shimmering in the sunlight...
She remembered that the person who delivered it this afternoon specifically emphasized to her that it was "embroidered by the prince himself."
Mu Xingchen sighed weakly. She stood up, walked to the bed and sat down, leaning her head against the corner of the wall in annoyance. She raised her hand to rub her slightly painful temples.
"Tomorrow's wedding is like going through a tribulation." She sighed softly.
Xiao Qi smiled and said, "Nothing, I'll be dead tomorrow."
Mu Xingchen raised the corner of her lips slightly. In these fifteen days, she not only completed the mission of the Seven Star Tower, but also found someone.
"Uncle." She raised her head and shouted out the window.
The next second, Wen He Batian appeared in the room silently. He said calmly, "Hmm? Xiao Qing."
Mu Xingchen sighed: "Tomorrow's wedding hijack will be very difficult, uncle..."
Wen He Batian smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, Xiaoqing. No one in this world can force you to do anything unless you want to."
Mu Xingchen looked at Wen He Batian, who appeared to be genuinely caring for his niece, but a chill settled in his heart. The real Mu Qing was already dead. It was too late for him to come out of seclusion to find his niece.
"But Xiaoqing, even if I, the useless prince, wasn't there, I wouldn't force you to get married. Your cultivation level is already very high now." He said with admiration in his eyes.
Mu Xingchen smiled and said, "Not as good as my uncle."
As a member of the Wenhe tribe who has lived for hundreds of years, her cultivation level certainly cannot be hidden from him.
Wen He Batian said with a distressed look on his face, "You've endured for more than ten years in the Mu family, pretending to be a loser and being looked down upon. You've really worked hard. Go with your uncle after tomorrow. Your uncle will protect you no matter what."
Mu Xingchen's eyes darkened, and he hesitated, "Uncle, is my mother...really dead..."
Wen He Batian frowned and said, "Your mother...is not dead, but I don't know where she went."
Mu Xingchen smiled immediately: "As long as she is okay."
Wen He Batian suddenly said nervously: "Don't be sad, Xiaoqing, your mother must care about you. Before she left, she deliberately arranged a way for you to protect you. She made you look like a waste before you grew up, and then she let you practice secretly in the dark..."
Mu Xingchen nodded. She had told him this two days ago. Oh, let alone Wen He Luoshang not paving the way for Mu Qing, even if he had, he still abandoned her.
More importantly, Mu Qing is dead.
Seeing that Mu Xingchen didn't answer, Wen He Batian continued, "Uncle rushed down the mountain because he heard about your marriage. If your mother knew you were getting married, she might show up tomorrow."
Mu Xingchen nodded: "I understand, uncle."
Wen He Batian nodded and disappeared into the room.
Mu Xingchen yawned and lay down on the bed. She complained in her heart: "Hypocritical, the Wenhe family is all hypocritical. A biological mother who doesn't care about her daughter's life or death, and an uncle who disappeared for more than ten years suddenly shows up to ask about her well-being, hehehe..." She really wanted to laugh.
Xiao Qi was speechless and said, "No wonder you had people publicizing your wedding date with the Crown Prince some time ago. It turns out you wanted them to come to you on their own initiative."
Mu Xingchen narrowed her eyes and said, "For a mother, her children's marriage is the most important event in life."
Xiao Qi: "But this only attracted Wenhe Batian, there was no trace of Wenhe Luoshang."
Mu Xingchen sneered, "Do you really think that someone who has been in seclusion in the mountains for a hundred years would know about my wedding?"
Xiao Qi was surprised and said, "That means Wenhe Batian actually knows Wenhe Luoshang's whereabouts, but he just doesn't want to tell you... Could it be that she really was the one who caused the Bone Erosion and is afraid to show up because she feels guilty?"
Mu Xingchen's eyes were extremely cold: "After all, she can't get away with it..."
Xiao Qi then sneered and said, "You have such bad luck, you only meet two of them..."
However, for Mu Xingchen, the more troublesome thing now is tomorrow.
She barely slept all night.
Looking at the faint white sky outside the window, Mu Xingchen's heart beat faster and faster.
From today onwards, the fight between her and Li Jing might never end.
There was a creaking sound outside and the matchmaker pushed the door open and came in.
She shook her handkerchief and said in surprise, "Oh, girl, I thought you were still asleep, but I didn't expect you to get up so early. It saved me the trouble of calling you."
Mu Xingchen said with a forced smile, "Thank you for your help."
"No way! Miss, you are embarrassing me. From today on, you will be the Crown Princess." The matchmaker walked to her side with a smile on her face.
It would have been fine if she didn't mention the words "Crown Princess", but she became even more nervous when she mentioned Mu Xingchen.
After washing up, Mu Xingchen sat on the dressing table. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror, her eyes slightly dazed.
Xiao Qi said speechlessly: "Can you please stop your heart from beating so loudly? It's making me unable to sleep."
Mu Xingchen closed her eyes. She was indeed a little panicked.
Xiao Qi sighed, "Seriously, Xingchen, I think you're in a bit of a pickle. What are you panicking about? In the past, you wouldn't have hesitated to kill Bai Xu."
Mu Xingchen pursed her lips: "......"
She had no way to defend herself. She thought that after dying once, she became softer than before. This was unscientific.
The first time he was soft-hearted was towards Feng Xue, and she ended up stabbing him. The second time was towards Li Jing.
Mu Xingchen couldn't help but have a headache. She knew that she must have a conflict with the Yuegan tribe!
"Comb your hair once, and you won't have to worry about wealth and prosperity; comb your hair twice, and you will be healthy and worry-free; comb your hair three times, and you will have many children and a long life; comb your hair three times to the end, and your eyebrows will be at arm's length." The matchmaker muttered behind her with a smile.
Mu Xingchen pursed her lips.
Suddenly, the matchmaker's face turned serious. She said to the person in the mirror with earnest words, "My dear girl, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot practice cultivation, he is a very good person. From now on, you and His Royal Highness will leave this capital and live a good life. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not let you down."
Mu Xingchen smiled and said, "Okay."
Xiao Qi suddenly realized, "It turns out this matchmaker is the prince's man."
"He's a useless prince. Who do you think will care about his marriage? He's so reluctant to send out even a maid from the palace. He must be using his own people."
Mu Xingchen looked at the person in the bronze mirror. The phoenix crown and bridal robe were dyed red, and the red makeup in the mirror was shining.
The matchmaker immediately exclaimed: "The girl is so beautiful."
Mu Xingchen had never worn such heavy makeup before. This dress of flowers completely overshadowed the little white flower temperament she pretended to have, and was more in line with her true aura.
Extremely gorgeous and aggressive, dazzling and unparalleled.
She smiled, stood up, looked at the sun outside the door and said, "Let's go."
The sedan chair was already waiting outside the door.
Li Jing was waiting for her outside the door on horseback. Behind him was a red sedan chair inlaid with oriental pearls, four bearers, six musicians playing suona, and a matchmaker behind Mu Xingchen. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
Mu Xingchen lowered the round fan in her hand slightly and looked at him.
People around were talking about it.
"Is this the Crown Prince's wedding? Isn't it too shabby? It's not even half as good as His Royal Highness Prince Yan's."
"Oh, what do you know? His Highness the Crown Prince is not favored to begin with, and he doesn't have any good things. The pearls on that sedan chair are so precious that I'm afraid they have already emptied the Crown Prince's mansion."
"I won't live long anyway, so making a grand ceremony would be ridiculous. It's better to keep it simple and low-key like this, so that no one will feel sorry when I'm gone."
"A sickly person and a loser, a match made in heaven."
"That's right, hahahahaha..."
Li Jing dismounted and walked slowly to Mu Xingchen. His face was pale, with a gentle smile on his lips.
"I'm sorry for making you feel wronged." He said with some guilt.
Mu Xingchen shook her head: "I don't feel wronged."
The smile on Li Jing's lips softened. Suddenly, he picked her up.
"Oh, the sickly guy is holding the bride. If he can't hold her, she'll fall down."
"Keep your voice down. Even if he's useless, he's still the crown prince. He shouldn't allow us to talk about him."
"Take it away, take it away."
Li Jing gently placed Mu Xingchen in the sedan chair and said, "Let's go."
Mu Xingchen nodded and glanced at the Mu family.
From the beginning to the end of today, no one from the royal family showed up, nor did anyone from the Mu family.
A smile slowly formed on the corner of her mouth. The good days of the Mu family were coming to an end.
Half an hour later, Mu Xingchen entered the Prince's Mansion.
She carefully looked around with a round fan.
Today was the Crown Prince's wedding, but not a single court official came to pay his respects. The entire Crown Prince's residence was deserted. Furthermore, the residence looked very desolate, not even a fraction of what the Mu Residence looked like.
Xiao Qi: "Tsk, what the prince did is really miserable."
Mu Xingchen sneered and said, "Who knows who will be more miserable in the future."
Li Jing took her hand and walked to the wedding hall. He coughed twice and apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Mu, I really made you feel wronged."
Mu Xingchen shook his head but said nothing.
He nodded to the matchmaker. Just as she was about to start the ceremony, a voice outside the door shouted, "Your Highness Prince Yan."
Ru paused and looked towards the door.
At this moment, Li Yan was dressed in black and walked into the mansion with a stern expression.
"As the Emperor, I should come and congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his wedding."
Behind him, officials began to come in one after another.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I had court matters today that delayed your highness's wedding. This is a generous gift for your highness."
"So do your humble servants. So do your humble servants."
"Count me in as one."
…
As a result of this, the wedding ceremony of the two was delayed.
The auspicious time is almost over.
A hint of coldness flashed in Li Jing's eyes. He turned around and said to the ministers in a gentle voice, "Could you please be quiet for a moment and allow Ah Qing and I to finish our greetings?"
Suddenly, there was silence. The ministers glanced at Li Yan, and when they saw that he didn't say anything, they said awkwardly, "Of course, of course, Your Highness, please come in."
Li Yan held up his wine glass and looked at Mu Xingchen, a faint smile on his lips. He immediately said, "So, you gentlemen and I came here to disturb His Highness's wedding ceremony? Tsk, it turns out His Highness doesn't really welcome us."
Li Jing's face suddenly changed, and he said palely: "Why do you say that, my royal brother? Ahem, it's just that the auspicious time is about to pass, and I want to finish my wedding ceremony with Ah Qing first."
Li Yan chuckled and said, "Wedding ceremony? Tsk, to marry a woman who has been engaged three times and still consider an auspicious time, I think my royal brother is just too kind-hearted."
The smile on Mu Xingchen's lips suddenly turned cold, and she took down the fan.
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