Chapter 44 Chaoyun Kingdom - Chaos Pearl (Part 8) She truly was in his eyes...
As soon as the words left his mouth, Wu Xiutang regretted them.
Because he saw that Shi Xianxue, whether out of fear, grievance, or both, had been stubbornly defiant and determined to fight him to the death just a moment ago, her eyes quickly reddened upon hearing this.
She glared at him resentfully, her eyes welling up with tears, and as her eyelashes fluttered, glistening, pearl-like tears rolled down her cheeks.
Seeing her expression, Wu Xiutang felt as if something sharp had pierced his heart, and a sudden pain shot through him. He pinched her cheeks with two fingers again, lifting her face up, and threatened, "You dare to cry."
Shi Xianxue turned her eyes away, her eyelashes trembling even more violently, tears welling up helplessly in her eyes. After being scolded by Wu Xiutang, she began to take deep breaths, trying to force the tears back, but the more she thought about it, the more wronged and helpless she felt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like beads from a broken string.
Her hands were wet with tears, which then disappeared like mist. She cried like a kitten, seemingly feeling very wronged, and even the tip of her nose was tinged with a faint pink.
The anger that had been building up in Wu Xiutang's heart inexplicably dissipated. His cheek softened beneath his fingertips, and his heart softened and hesitated at that moment. He realized that he could no longer lose his temper with her or say harsh words. As he peeled back the layers of her heart, a strange feeling of regret and heartache began to spread.
So, instead of pinching her face, he gently rubbed it, and said softly, as if to comfort her, "As long as you listen to me, I won't do that."
Compared to her initial panic and desperate desire to escape, Wu Xiutang is now able to patiently coax her.
Shi Xianxue began to sob.
Wu Xiutang placed his other hand on her face, cupping her face in his hands, his previous ruthlessness completely gone: "I may not be a good person, but no matter what you know or what you see, that's not the whole story."
Shi Xianxue, I will not hurt you.
So please stop going against me, okay?
If Wu Xiutang had given her some space to calm down, she might have healed herself in no time, but he insisted on coming over to coax her.
Therefore, the sense of injustice was doubled.
Shi Xianxue cried even harder, and even had trouble breathing. She sobbed incoherently, "Let me go, I hate you, you want to turn me into a puppet, I hate you."
He didn't listen to a word of the explanation; he only remembered his bad points.
Wu Xiutang released her in frustration, and Shi Xianxue immediately hid to the side and sobbed. She squatted down and buried her face in her knees, crying softly and pitifully.
He originally planned to release the Golden Toad to coax her, but the Boundless Bag contained everything except the little golden toad that could spit out gold.
He then remembered that since the day he gave it to her, the little thing had been so happy that she hadn't wanted to leave and hadn't returned to him at all.
He rummaged through the Wuliang cloth bag, but to no avail.
He threw the bag away angrily, and the crying in the corner stopped abruptly as if it had been startled.
Wu Xiutang's brows furrowed even more.
The flamingo poked its head out of the boundless bag: "Master, I read in a book that if a woman is being unreasonable, don't explain, just choke her, forcefully kiss her, and moo loudly! Tell her that if she continues like this, she'll definitely suffer the consequences!"
Wu Xiutang: "...Shut your mouth."
Meeting those red and swollen eyes from crying, Wu Xiutang tried to calm down and speak properly, but the door was knocked on the next second.
"Shishi, are you there?" Li Fuchao's voice came from outside the door.
The voice was like the best antidote to tears. When Wu Xiutang saw Shi Xianxue, he immediately stopped crying, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and stood up to open the door for Li Fuchao.
His barely suppressed anger flared up a bit, and he lowered his voice to command, "You're not allowed to go."
Shi Xianxue gave him a strange look, clearly not intending to listen to him.
Just as he was about to make a move, his wrist was pressed down by the person next to him.
"You've made up your mind not to talk to me?" Wu Xiutang pulled her into his arms, his knuckles tightening around her wrist. "Since you don't like talking, you might as well cut your tongue out."
Shi Xianxue angrily shoved him: "Would cutting off my tongue relieve your anger? You might as well cut off my head and limbs, just like your master did to you!"
As soon as she said it, she realized what she had said, her pupils dilated, and she covered her mouth as she looked at Wu Xiutang.
That's it, she's really going to die now.
The pressure on his wrist suddenly loosened.
She saw Wu Xiutang's expression completely change. His dark pupils seemed to be shrouded in the mist of the mountains, casting shadows like a flickering lamp without a flame, and endless cold anger overflowed from his eyes.
He looked at her with an unfamiliar expression she had never seen before, as if someone had seen into her most secret and shameful secrets. Her arms, hanging at her sides, trembled unconsciously, and his eyes were so deep that she could no longer see her own reflection.
But for a moment, she truly saw intense killing intent in his eyes.
"Shishi?" There was no response, and the door was knocked on again.
Li Fuchao wanted to discuss the marriage alliance agreement with her and give her some instructions. The evil spirits in the city had been dealt with almost completely, so the matter of her impersonating a princess should also be put on the agenda.
He knocked on the door for a long time but received no response. He had asked the waiter before he came, and the waiter said that he saw Shishi go upstairs and go back to her room.
His hand clenched into a fist as he knocked on the door. Suspecting something had happened to Shishi, he was about to force his way in when a figure in black opened the door first. He relaxed when he saw who it was.
“Ugh…”
The words stuck in his throat. He missed Wu Xiutang's figure and saw Shi Xianxue, who was slightly out of breath and had red and swollen eyes.
"Shishi?"
Neither of them seemed quite right. Young Master Wu's face was frighteningly pale; meeting his gaze felt like being torn to pieces.
It was obvious that the two were arguing, and that I had arrived at a very inopportune time.
Before he could say anything more to ease the tension, Wu Xiutang withdrew his gaze, walked past him, and went downstairs.
He and Shishi were of different genders, and the two had just had a quarrel, so he couldn't just go into the room to comfort her. He stood outside the door and made a few indifferent remarks before going to find Song Qingshu.
For the next two days, he probably didn't want to see her.
Shi Xianxue never spoke to Wu Xiutang again, and even eye contact was rare. Sometimes she would see him from afar, but before she could approach him, Wu Xiutang would have already disappeared.
Shi Xianxue began to complain that she spoke recklessly when her emotions got the better of her, daring to say anything. But when people are angry, they don't have much reason, so they naturally say whatever comes to mind.
She knew she was wrong. Arguing is one thing, but if someone brought up her past, she would definitely get very angry.
Wu Xiutang is such a proud person, he would be very embarrassed if she found out about these things.
Having exhausted all options and not knowing where to begin, she recklessly placed the Golden Boy on the table and earnestly asked for advice: "If someone makes your master angry, how can you appease him?"
The Golden Boy let out a croak.
Shi Xianxue: "It wasn't me, it was someone else. I asked on behalf of someone else."
The Golden Boy: "Quack quack quack." Feeling better? If that person really exists, you should help him avert disaster.
...
Shi Xianxue folded it up and stuffed it back in, staring wistfully at the fallen leaves outside the window.
Well, let's just take it one step at a time.
It wasn't until the two female protagonists set off for Beiyong that Shi Xianxue saw him again. She chatted haphazardly with Song Qingshu for a few minutes, her mind completely focused on the young man in the distance.
She really wanted to take the initiative to break the ice with Wu Xiutang, but before she could even take a step, the fist-sized crane received a command and, after circling in the air, it had transformed into a mount that could carry two or three people.
Watching the crane vanish in an instant, Li Fuchao wiped the dust from his face, turned his head and asked, "You two haven't made up yet?"
Dust got into her throat, making her feel itchy and choked. She covered her mouth and coughed twice. "I can't find a chance to make up with him. You saw it yourself, he completely ignores me."
If it were me, I'd probably be angry too. No matter what, you can't rub salt into someone's wounds. She clearly saw his dark past; how could she just casually mention it?
It was as if they were mocking him, ridiculing him for deserving it.
Shi Xianxue sighed.
Li Fuchao sighed along with her.
The two sighed for a while, then finally began to discuss the matter of impersonating a princess.
Li Fuchao handed her the hastily prepared letter of marriage proposal.
To be honest, it's almost identical to the one in her hand. It has a heavy weight in your hand, and the texture of the cover is 90% similar. If you hadn't seen it before, you might mistake it for the real thing.
Shi Xianxue asked, "And then?"
Li Fuchao's confident expression froze: "And then, what then?"
"I obtained this letter of marriage alliance, and then, how did I naturally appear before your father, the Emperor, and tell him how I evaded the officials searching along the way, as well as the Third Prince's search, and how I bravely made it to the final round by traversing thousands of mountains and rivers alone?"
Li Fuchao's expression went blank for a few moments. "Do we really need to consider all this?"
Shi Xianxue never expected that Li Fuchao's solution was to have her take the marriage alliance letter to Yuanwu Palace and loudly proclaim that she was the princess of Xiliang.
The reason Li Fuchao gave for this was...
"No one dares to forge the letter of peace between the two countries."
Seeing Shi Xianxue staring at him expressionlessly, Li Fuchao had no choice but to tell the truth: "The marriage alliance is not a circus troupe. If I use magic, it will increase the risk of being exposed. If I search extensively, I will attract attention and inevitably be targeted in advance. After thinking it over, if I say that you were captured by a monster and then rescued by the people of the Nine Heavens Immortal Mansion and escorted to the capital, it may be more convincing than me finding a fake marriage alliance."
“You are also a member of the Wushan tribe. I wonder if this is the reason why your Wushan tribe did not intermarry with other tribes in previous years—” Li Fuchao said, resting his chin on his hand. “I think you look somewhat similar to the portrait of the Xiliang princess in Father Emperor’s study.”
Shi Xianxue: "..."
She chuckled dryly twice: "Haha, maybe so. We people in Xiliang all look like me. I have a very common face, haha."
Li Fuchao nodded, seemingly believing him.
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Yuanwu Street is clean and wide, like a straight arrow pointing towards the heart of the city.
Shi Xianxue was carrying a small cloth bag and was talking in her head as she walked. She was lost in thought when she was suddenly bumped into by a drunk man. A strong smell of alcohol hit her, along with a suffocating salty and fishy odor.
Her shoulder didn't hurt much, but the man fell hard, and the dark circles under his eyes when he looked up made Shi Xianxue's heart skip a beat.
Are you blind? Don't you watch where you're going?
Shi Xianxue found the stench somewhat familiar, so she asked, "Have you been to Chang Le Ju before?"
"Whether I've been there or not is none of your business." The man cursed rudely, his face flushed, his forehead dark, and his eyes cloudy.
Shi Xianxue had important business to attend to and didn't want to get entangled with him any longer, so she left.
Unexpectedly, a blue vortex suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by three or four prison carts wrapped in silk cloth emerging from the vortex and landing abruptly in the center of Yuanwu Street.
The little fairy sat atop the prison cart, the lotus lanterns emitting a bright light as the sun set. Upon closer inspection, each prison cart was surrounded by the same shimmering light.
It's like a tightly sealed water cage.
Shi Xianxue's gaze fell on the prison cart.
Unlike the barrier of Chang Le Ju, the lotus mark on the prison cart was a twin lotus, and the lotus flowers were more fully bloomed, so much so that she did not smell any strange odor, but only vaguely felt that it was emanating an ominous demonic aura.
Inside the prison van, a fleeting silver-blue shadow swept past. The little girl whispered, pointing at the van and looking up, "Mother, it's a shark—"
The young mother quickly covered her mouth and carried her away before the little fairy could look over.
The Golden Boy emerged from her sleeve and climbed onto her shoulder.
"Quack quack quack?" Where is my master?
Shi Xianxue left without turning her head.
"Quack quack quack? Quack quack quack?" Where did you go? Why didn't you take me with you?
Why leave the frog alone?
"Beiyong. Don't you know? The people of Beiyong love to eat bullfrogs the most." Seeing the little golden toad twitch, Shi Xianxue pressed her index finger against its flat head and threatened, "You look so much like a bullfrog, do you want to be caught and made into bullfrog hot pot?"
"Croak croak croak croak croak croak croak croak." You're the one who's like a bullfrog, your whole family is like bullfrogs.
Just as the prison van was about to pass Shi Xianxue, a mournful song drifted from somewhere. The song was not human; the melody was strange and possessed a bewitching power. The man, who had been surrounded by the smell of alcohol, suddenly straightened up and tensed up.
Shi Xianxue was standing beside him, and when she turned around to look, she was met with his pupils, which were as vertical as snake eyes.
The sun had disappeared from the sky at some point, and dark yellow, murky clouds filled the entire sky overhead. The thick, shimmering shadows pressed down as if diving into a sinister and dangerous deep sea, while a fierce wind raged, overturning everything.
Shi Xianxue saw him raise his arm like a walking corpse, his five fingers forming a claw shape, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, and he reached over her to grab the necks of the mother and daughter.
The little golden toad was so frightened it turned into a little jumping frog, "Croak, croak, croak!" You humans may not have any other skills, but you excel at killing each other.
A sound even more penetrating than a suona horn pierced the ears of everyone present. Looking around, all they could see were humans with ferocious expressions, fighting fiercely. The scene instantly descended into chaos.
Why did only a portion of the people go mad, and why were men the majority of that group?
The horses were startled, but those within the area covered by the little fairy boy's lotus lantern were unharmed. Just as the soldiers were about to draw their swords, they heard the little fairy boy on the prison cart say lightly, "Go straight back to the palace."
He still wore that kind and gentle smiling face, and the dimples at the corners of his mouth revealed his childlike innocence when he smiled.
They didn't hide their conversation from others at all, so Shi Xianxue heard the revered little fairy boy say in his childish voice with perfect clarity: "Don't waste time on unimportant people, His Majesty is getting impatient."
"yes."
"It's unimportant..." Shi Xianxue's fist hardened upon hearing this.
She managed to rescue the mother and daughter, then casually took out an ice-sealing talisman and threw it into the irrational crowd, freezing some of them. After that, she threw a fireball talisman onto the back of the prison cart.
Amidst the wailing, howling, fighting, and cursing of the crowd, the sound of the fireball talisman exploding was particularly jarring.
As the little fairy looked over with great interest, a fireball unexpectedly and swiftly hurtled towards his face.
With a loud bang, sparks flew everywhere, and the little fairy's eyes appeared exceptionally long and deep behind the exploding sparks.
Where did this nosy, meddlesome monk come from?
He raised his palm, and the lotus lantern floated to a horizontal position. Dark clouds gathered eerily behind him, transforming into icy arrows that began to indiscriminately attack the defenseless civilians.
The little fairy's lips curled into a mischievous smile.
You hypocritical, stinking monk, let's see if you'll save yourself first or others.
Shi Xianxue never expected that he could be so arrogant as to attack ordinary people in broad daylight. The marriage proposal letter in her arms suddenly became hot. She held the little girl tightly in her arms, and the marriage proposal letter that Li Fuchao had given her fell out of her arms and floated in mid-air.
She knew that Li Fuchao had left a wisp of spiritual power in this marriage alliance document to protect her.
"Go and protect those people."
Upon receiving Shi Xianxue's order, the small scroll swayed in the air a few times before quickly transforming into a golden stick that hurtled into the riot.
While struggling to fend off the stray arrows and guarding against human ambushes, Shi Xianxue was caught off guard when the little girl saw her mother wounded by an arrow. She pushed her aside and ran away. "Mother!"
Shi Xianxue hurriedly gave chase, but little did she know that an arrow with black aura had already silently aimed at her heart. The moment the arrow flew out of the bow, Shi Xianxue's sleeve shone brightly, followed by bird calls and the size of a sparrow flew out of her sleeve.
Under her astonished gaze, the five-colored phoenix grew larger inch by inch, with red lines resembling a small crown hanging above its head. It spread its wings to protect her, and when it grew larger than a duck, it spewed out fiery red flames, burning away the hidden arrow that was heading straight for her.
Phoenix!
The little fairy boy, recognizing the phoenix's form, was startled.
The mythical phoenix, the imperial decree of marriage alliance—could this woman be—
Princess Huaiyu!!
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Author's Note: Ah! Baby! Another silent baby! I'll love you for a mere five hundred years!
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