parted ways
Rong Yan returned to the princess's residence first.
The princess created a new garden in the manor for Rong Yan to practice swordsmanship, and would occasionally send him snacks and tea. Furthermore, after Rong Yan entered the manor, she sent away all the beautiful concubines she had kept there.
One carload after another of young men, tears streaming down their faces, turned back three times as they parted, crying and shouting that they wanted to serve the princess like slaves.
Whether it's true or false, we don't know.
Others say that the princess changed her personality because the prince consort was of noble character, and the princess was beautiful and intelligent. They were a perfect match, envied by all.
But only the princess knew that Rong Yan had been depressed ever since he entered the manor, and the princess tried every means to cheer him up.
When there was a poetry gathering at court, she would bring Rong Yan with her. Rong Yan would only give her a slight smile at the banquet.
She sent him lychees presented as tribute from Lingnan, but he returned them untouched.
During their trip, the two remained silent.
When the news reached outsiders, it was simply said that the princess and her husband were deeply in love, and the story was even embellished and spread into the palace.
The Crown Prince knew this, and so did Lin Yueyao.
In the past few days, he and the wolf demon Benben have become quite familiar with each other, and both of them know each other's demonic identities.
"My sister and her husband have such a good relationship," the Crown Prince remarked.
The clumsy little face scrunched up, but all he saw was the smiles of the new bride, and he couldn't hear the cries of the old one.
"No, how can Master do this to Fairy Moon?" Benben said angrily, her little mouth pouting, looking like an inflated pufferfish when she was angry.
“Master belongs to the Moon Fairy. What the princess is doing is stealing someone else’s love.” Benben tapped his chest.
The crown prince didn't understand. "But aren't they siblings?"
“又不是真姐弟，管那么多干什么。”一想到他还娶月仙子，气不打不出来，跳起来揍了他一拳。
"Ouch—" the prince cried out in pain, squinting one eye and rubbing his head. "Why did you hit me?"
"Who told you to marry the Moon Fairy?" Benben retorted repeatedly.
The prince felt wronged and innocent. "It was the female demon. She forced me. You have no idea how terrifying she is. If I hadn't agreed, she could have killed me with a single sword strike."
He still bears a horrifying scar on his chest, all thanks to Lin Yueyao.
"Pfft—" Another punch landed, knocking the prince unconscious. His vision blurred, and he stammered, "This is too much of a bullying of demons..."
"Who told you to agree?" Benben put his hands on his hips. Now that his master and the Moon Fairy were having a fight, he couldn't eat grilled fish. Who would be responsible for this loss?
"What can I do?" The prince looked utterly innocent, his eyes now swollen like panda eyes from being punched.
"Isn't the princess always trying to please the master? Why don't you try to please the Moon Fairy? Maybe the master will change his mind and won't marry the princess." Benben suggested a solution for him.
The prince still didn't quite understand, "Then what should I do?"
"Are you stupid?" He had never seen such a stupid demon in his life. He sighed, "Didn't you just say that the princess gave the master delicious food and fun things, and even took the master out for a walk? You can learn from her."
Foolishly, he thought that doing this would make Rong Yan change his mind, so the Crown Prince immediately began preparations.
What do girls from ordinary families like most? Gorgeous clothes, exquisite jewelry, and money to keep them safe.
These are all for ordinary people, but that Moon Fairy is no ordinary person. She casually gave the gorgeous clothes sent to her to the palace maids.
The fact that gemstone objects are casually given away as gifts shows how much they are disliked.
Even after delivering the gifts, Lin Yueyao sent someone to say that if anyone dared to stuff junk into her room again, the Crown Prince would have to wash his neck and wait.
Since giving gifts was not an option, the Crown Prince began to think of ways to lure Lin Yueyao out.
When he stood outside the door, full of energy, and knocked on the door, Lin Yueyao opened the door with both hands, her face cold.
"do what?"
The prince's words were slurred, and his mouth trembled as he stammered, "It's nothing."
He slammed the door shut without a second thought.
Caught in a dilemma, the Crown Prince decided to consult with the civil and military officials. However, because the Crown Prince's absence would destabilize the court and could lead to the empire's collapse without a successor, the officials submitted a memorial advising against his actions.
The Crown Prince had no choice. There was a temporary palace outside the capital, which had always been a place for ancestral worship. Apart from being a bit old, its scale and layout were no different from the palace.
The Crown Prince took his future Crown Princess on a trip to the outskirts of the capital and stayed at a temporary palace to cultivate their relationship. This was all for the sake of stabilizing the country, and the officials no longer had any objections.
Although the Crown Prince had made up his mind, whether or not Lin Yueyao went was her decision. If she didn't agree, who would dare force her to leave the palace?
The news thus reached the princess's residence.
In the evening, Benben, having eaten his fill, curled up and lay down among the flowers.
A flash of inspiration, as powerful as a shooting star, plunged into the ground and exploded with a deafening roar.
Benben jumped up in fright. The rubble from the explosion cut his fur. Benben tucked his tail between his legs and hid in the grass.
After hiding for a long time without making a sound, Benben blinked and a spirit sword was stuck in the ground, a mournful cry.
The weeping creature swayed from side to side, struggled to be pulled out of the ground, and flew away along the top of the palace.
Benben understood immediately, lowered its body, stretched out its paws to the corner of the wall, dug a dog hole with a clatter, and nimbly crawled into it, climbing out of the palace.
I cried and grieved all the way, constantly sniffing the air.
I smelled the scents of cosmetics, hair oil, braised food, and barbecue...
Benben slapped his face with a paw and stopped in front of a grand mansion. It was here that the crying and sorrow disappeared.
Benben did the same thing again, digging through the corner of the wall and following the scent, stopping under the archway of a garden.
"Master—" Benben shouted excitedly, transforming into his original form and immediately rushing forward.
Rong Yan was sitting at the table drinking tea when he nimbly dodged the attack, while Benben missed and fell to the ground.
Benben wiped his face and got up without a care in the world.
"Enough with the nonsense, how are things between Senior Sister and that Crown Prince?"
The first thing he asked was this; it seems the master cares a lot about the Moon Fairy.
So Benben deliberately embellished the story, saying, "Great! The Crown Prince has ordered people to search everywhere for treasures to please the Moon Fairy."
"He goes to great lengths to prepare delicious food for Fairy Moon. The Crown Prince is truly the ideal husband in every woman's heart." Benben kept praising, occasionally stealing glances at his master's reaction.
Rong Yan was indeed fooled, and slammed his fist on the table. "I knew that bitch was trying to seduce my senior sister."
"How is Senior Sister?" Rong Yan couldn't help but ask about Lin Yueyao's reaction.
"Well..." Benben pretended to be deep in thought, not wanting to make something up.
"Tell me quickly."
"Hmm..." Benben scratched his head, a little embarrassed, then suddenly raised his voice at the end, "Master, you've heard about that matter, right? It's about the Crown Prince taking Fairy Moon to stay at the imperial palace in the suburbs of the capital for a while."
Rong Yan naturally knew, so he replied, "Senior Sister has agreed?"
Benben changed the subject, "Actually, the Crown Prince's intention in staying at the palace for a short time is to have a little prince as soon as possible."
"What?!" Rong Yan stood up in shock.
Benben nodded vigorously and continued, "And once we got there, he and the Moon Fairy consummated their relationship, and after it was done, they held a grand wedding, and even..."
“Even the children’s 100-day celebration and first birthday celebration were prepared by the Ministry of Rites.”
How could this be allowed? What kind of person is Senior Sister? How could the Crown Prince be a match for her?
"Master, you have to think of a way, otherwise Fairy Moon will really have to marry that good-for-nothing prince."
The crown prince, far away in the palace, kept sneezing.
Rong Yan laughed in anger, covering his clear eyes with his large hand, then removing it.
"I have no right to interfere or comment on what my senior sister does, but I hope she is safe and sound." Rong Yan comforted him, intending to comfort himself as well.
"Go back now."
Benben found it hard to believe. How could someone as beautiful as the Moon Fairy not even think about trying to win her over?
"Master." Stupid was furious at his lack of ambition and stormed off, rushing back to the palace that very night.
Clumsy climbed and climbed, but found himself stuck in the same place, slowly moving away from the ground, reaching a height of three feet.
How did he end up in mid-air, opening his eyes to see a pair of boots, and then looking up to see the cool and aloof gaze of the Moon Fairy?
"He hasn't come home all night, where did he go?"
Without waiting for any preamble, he grinned foolishly and revealed everything.
"Master knew that Fairy Moon was going to accompany the Crown Prince on his trip. Master was afraid that Fairy Moon would suffer a loss, so he told Fairy Moon not to agree to the Crown Prince's request."
Lin Yueyao found it amusing. "Who is he to me? What right does he have to interfere in my affairs?"
As expected, the owner was self-aware.
"But Master is very worried about Fairy Moon," Benben tried to mediate.
Lin Yueyao remained unmoved, her brows furrowed in determination. "He abandoned me first. What face does he have for speaking of fear and worry? It's a huge joke."
"But..." she wanted to say more, but was further interrupted, "You are you, and I am me."
The dream of wealth and glory ends when one awakens; one will not turn back until one hits a brick wall.
"He wants me to protect myself, but he also wants me to abandon the Crown Prince. What about the Crown Prince, and what about Rong Yan?"
Once she's made up her mind, there's no turning back.
“Go back and tell him that my affairs with the Crown Prince are not for him to interfere in.”
Benben thought to himself, "It's all over, it's all over." But for the sake of future peace, Benben decided to fight.
They ventured out of the palace and found Rong Yan again.
"Master, you have to think of something. Fairy Moon is in danger."
What exactly is the danger?
Benben was so anxious he spun around in circles, his lips breaking out in pimples from worry. Then, a sudden thought struck him: "It's because of that prince, the prince..."
"What's wrong with the Crown Prince?"
"The Crown Prince is a demon."
Rong Yan's face turned pale. He got up and walked to the door. Seeing that no one was around, he squatted down in front of Benben. "What else do you know?"
"All I know is that the Crown Prince is a demon; that's all I know."
Not only that, he also knew that the fake crown prince was using the energy of the real dragon to cover up his demonic power, and that the emperor was being drained of energy to the point of almost turning into a dried-up corpse.
If it weren't for the fox demon's tail supporting him, the emperor would probably be buried by now.
Benben originally didn't know that the Crown Prince was a demon. Perhaps because he had been away from Xuan Tong Zhenren for too long, his demonic power surged dramatically, leading him to discover the Crown Prince's identity upon close contact with him.
He simply didn't know the true identity of the demon beneath the mask; he couldn't discern its strength, cultivation level, or true form.
"You silly goose, I understand now."
It seemed she had figured it out, and Benben cheered inwardly.
Rong Yan composed himself and pondered deeply. He did not yet know the true identity of the fake crown prince, but this princess was also very strange.
As if she had taken the wrong medicine, she released most of the male concubines in the mansion.
Could it be that he's possessed by a ghost?
The most important thing right now is my senior sister. A monster that even my senior sister is afraid of must be very troublesome.
He wanted to return to his senior sister's side and protect her.
After he had figured out a solution, Benben said, "Moon Fairy and the others are on their way. They should have been gone for about two hours."
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