Chapter 173 Su Yuyao Returns to Hidden Deer Mountain
The Yuantun Hall was packed with people!
Qi Meng, who had just returned, stood to one side with his five beloved disciples. Inside the hall was the steward in charge of various matters, and some nearby immortals were also summoned to await questioning.
At the entrance of the main hall, two rows of solemn-looking fairies stood on either side, staring intently at the people inside.
Outside the main hall, a large group of Yu Chuanzi stood guard, each exuding righteousness and completely blocking the onlookers.
Qingyue, with her hair styled in a full moon bun and dressed in a fairy maiden's gown, sat on the throne with a cold face, her eyelids lowered as she flipped through the betrothal documents on the table.
"Who...wrote this?" Qingyue asked coldly.
Qi Meng stepped forward, bowed slightly, and replied, "Your Majesty! This was written by this old man!"
"Well written, so sincere and full of vows of eternal love, it almost brought tears to my eyes. But... how can a mere maidservant be qualified to use this?" Qingyue tightened her fingers slightly, and the betrothal letter slowly crumpled up.
Upon seeing that Qingyue was angry, Qi Meng quickly said, "Your Majesty, this betrothal letter was written according to Lord Xuanfeng's instructions..."
"Lord Xuanfeng's orders?" Qingyue sneered. "Even Mother Yi didn't allow the use of a betrothal letter, what right does he have to offer a betrothal gift to a mere maid?!"
The words had barely left his mouth when, with a soft "poof," the appointment letter turned into a wisp of dust.
Qi Meng smacked his lips, not daring to say anything more, and silently retreated.
Meng Yu was a little unconvinced, so she muttered, "What's wrong with them? They didn't even ask clearly..."
Qingyue glanced at him, and a gust of cold wind swept towards Meng Yu.
*Snap!* The sound was loud!
"Ah!" came the agonizing scream!
Thump! That was quite a fall!
Meng Yu covered his face, which had swelled up instantly, and rolled silently on the ground.
"Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this, Qi Meng hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his hands in a deep bow, and said, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger! Meng Yu is young and ignorant, and has offended Your Majesty! I will certainly teach him properly! Please calm your anger!"
Qingyue ignored him and continued to look through the reports on the table, leaving Qi Meng standing aside.
Meng Yu covered his face. Seeing that his immortal master had been implicated by him, he dared not say anything more and scrambled to hide behind Gong Meng.
"Did you build a dam at Wanhequ?" Qingyue asked, tapping the table lightly with her finger.
Qi Meng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the previous flood caused the water level of Wanhequ to rise sharply, so we had no choice but to surround Wanhequ..."
"It's fine to fence it off, but is it really necessary to fill in a whole piece of land?" Qingyue picked up a land deed with her fingertip, looked at the eye-catching words "Qilan" on it, and said leisurely, "Not bad, it's backed by a mountain, next to a river, and has a large area. It's a private courtyard, secluded and quiet. It's comparable to Feihua's courtyard!"
Qi Meng lowered his head again and said, "This was also instructed by Lord Xuanfeng, to let Miss Qi Lan have her own livelihood, so she doesn't need to..."
“You don’t need to…” Qingyue interrupted, “Afraid of having no one to rely on, right?”
Qi Meng sighed softly and remained silent.
"My lovely fairies, please let me in! Her Majesty is waiting to see me!" A soft voice, mixed with a rich fragrance, drifted into the hall.
The people inside the hall were all watching with anticipation, secretly glancing towards the door.
"Your Majesty," Su'e glanced at the palace gate and said softly, "Miss Qilan has arrived."
Qingyue flicked her fingertips and continued flipping through the reports as if nothing had happened.
"A mere maidservant, yet she brought so many people with her?" Qingyue muttered disdainfully. "One personal old nanny, two personal maids, and twelve lowly servants?! What a grand display!"
"Your Majesty! This humble servant, Qi Lan, please let me in. I will explain to you slowly!" Qi Lan called out anxiously when she saw Qing Yue's gloomy and uncertain expression.
Qingyue slightly raised her eyelids and looked at the palace gate. She saw Qilan wearing a brightly colored dress, with her hair styled in a snail-shaped bun, and a string of tender green jade beads hanging from the bun, making her look charming and beautiful.
"Let Qi Lan in," Qing Yue said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Qi Lan quickly lifted her skirt, stepped into the palace, swayed her hips as she walked to Qing Yue, and knelt down to say, "This humble servant Qi Lan greets Your Highness Qing Yue!"
Qingyue glanced at Qilan but ignored her.
Qi Lan waited for a while, but Qing Yue did not give her permission to stand up. She could only continue kneeling and said, "Your Majesty, my family is overjoyed to know about my happy event. My elder sister does not want me to suffer any injustice, so she has prepared a dowry, maids, and servants for me! This has at least helped to enhance Lord Xuanfeng's reputation!"
Qingyue sneered, "It's really tough on you! A concubine and a maid, and you still think about... helping the Heavenly Emperor to bolster his image?!"
Qi Lan sensed Qing Yue's dissatisfaction, smiled, raised her head, and said, "Your Majesty, although my sister and I are not the principal wives, we are still considered to have a title and status. Even if our rank is low, it is still better than that... wild one!"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone's hearts jumped into their throats, and they all looked at Qingyue in horror.
Surprisingly, Qingyue didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled faintly and said, "What a sharp-tongued woman. I'm quite curious, how did you manage to establish yourself in Hidden Deer Mountain?"
"Your Majesty need not worry. I am Lord Xuanfeng's maid, and naturally I will be taken care of by him!" Qilan said loudly with her eyes crinkling. "In the Heavenly Palace, I have already spent the night with you. Although I have not seen you since returning to Hidden Deer Mountain, judging from your care for me... you still remember me!"
"It's best if you think that way, otherwise, life won't be easy..." Qingyue said with a smirk.
"Your Majesty! Lord Qimen has returned!" Yu Chuanzi reported.
Qingyue suddenly looked up and saw a huge ivy running away into the distance, skimming the ground.
"Someone come here!" Qingyue shouted.
"exist!"
"Step on him!"
"yes!"
A row of Yu Chuanzi stepped up to the sky in unison, passing over the crowd and quickly trampling the fleeing ivy underfoot. The ivy hurriedly broke off branches to protect itself and fled into the soil!
Upon seeing this, one of the Yu Chuanzi quickly transformed into a rabbit and bit the stem of the ivy. The other Yu Chuanzi also transformed into rabbits one after another and carried the entire ivy in their mouths.
The ivy could no longer climb, so it helplessly transformed into human form.
Qingyue flew over and looked at Qimen, who was lying on the ground, unable to move, being bitten by a group of rabbits. She smiled and asked, "Lord Qimen, how have you been?!"
Qimen awkwardly looked up at Qingyue, "Your Highness Qingyue, how have you been? Hehe..."
"Where have they gone?" Qingyue's smile appeared slightly gloomy in the sunlight.
"I'll be back soon, Your Majesty. I've come back to deliver the news... Hehe..."
"Did you come back to deliver a message, or do you want to go back to deliver a message?"
"Your humble servant..." Qi Men awkwardly blinked.
"Let them come back," Qingyue said coldly, her smile fading.
"Hmm..." Qi Men swallowed hard, thinking to himself, "My lord... nothing's wrong..."
At the entrance to Hidden Deer Mountain, Su Yuyao tucked in her skirt, rolled up her trousers, and squatted barefoot in the stream, placing her naked Xuanmiao into the clear water.
She cradled Xuanmiao's large head in one hand and carefully wiped his fleshy body with a small handkerchief in the other.
Xuanmiao grinned, her small mouth agape and her big eyes narrowed, laughing heartily as she excitedly stretched out her short, stubby arms and legs, kicking and splashing the cool stream water.
Xuanfeng squatted on a rock by the stream, looking at Su Yuyao's clumsy yet earnest appearance, feeling both gratified and heartbroken.
"Little girl," Xuanfeng said softly, "I'll marry you!"
"What?!" Su Yuyao stopped what she was doing, looked up at Xuanfeng in surprise.
"Girl, the day you divorced me, I had Uncle Qi Meng prepare the betrothal letter! Since you won't marry me, then I'll have to marry you!"
"No!" Su Yuyao shook her head and said, "I've made it very clear to you, I don't want to be controlled by anything anymore!"
"Don't you want me even anymore?" Xuanfeng said pitifully. "I promise I won't restrict you, okay?"
Su Yuyao slowly raised her head and looked at Xuanfeng, "Xuanfeng, of course I want you, but I can't afford you! You are a Heavenly Lord, different from ordinary men. You are destined to have many women! Even if you truly only love me, I am not generous enough to share you with others..."
Su Yuyao lowered her head, looking at the plump and white Xuanmiao in the water, and said happily, "What I want to do now is to raise Miao'er well, find her a husband who can be devoted to her, and let her live a peaceful life."
Xuanfeng felt a pang of sorrow in his heart upon hearing this. He stood up, took off his shoes and socks, and slowly waded into the stream. He squatted down beside Su Yuyao, stroked her shoulder, and whispered, "Girl, I know I've done some wrong things that have made you lose faith in me, but you have to give me a chance to make amends! Let me marry you! Or... don't divorce me!"
Su Yuyao raised her head and looked at Xuan Feng, who had become increasingly haggard in the past few days. His chin was bluish, his lips were dry, his cheeks were rough, and his eyes were tired. She smiled and said, "You are the Heavenly Lord! You almost killed me back then because you secretly married into the wolf clan! And now you come to beg me?"
"So! Marry me!" Xuanfeng grabbed Su Yuyao's hand and said anxiously, "I'll give you a title! I promise to love only you in this life and marry only you as my fairy wife!"
"I already said I won't marry you!" Su Yuyao shook off Xuanfeng's hand, pouted, and said, "I'm not even a fairy! If I were to marry you, I'd have to be at least a fairy! Besides, if I married you, I'd have to abide by the rules of the Heavenly Palace! I'm so free now! Why should I add trouble and shackles to myself?! I'm not stupid!"
"Su Yuyao!" Xuan Feng grabbed Su Yuyao's chin, pressed his face close to hers, and said in a low voice with a frown, "Do you only think about yourself? Don't you think about me at all?!"
"Aren't you only thinking about yourself too?" Su Yuyao said angrily. "If you want to marry me, you insist on making me marry you! But you haven't thought about what you'll bring me after you marry me!"
“I…bring…” Xuan Feng suddenly choked up, because Su Yuyao was right, he really hadn’t thought of it, and even if he had, he couldn’t have imagined it. “Uh…you will be the Heavenly Lord’s fairy wife…and then…uh…”
"Then there's a whole bunch of rules, confining me to a tiny place like the Heavenly Palace! All that roundabout talk every day! Backstabbing, scheming, and all that overt and covert maneuvering! I won't stand for that!" Su Yuyao continued, picking up where Xuanfeng left off. "I yearn for freedom, I love being unrestrained! Before Miao'er was here, I put hatred first, but now that I have Miao'er, I only want to live for her! As for you? Let go of me right now! I still need to bathe Miao'er!"
"I won't let go!" Xuan Feng grabbed Su Yuyao's chin. "If you don't marry me, I won't agree to you divorcing me!"
This was the first time Su Yuyao had seen Xuanfeng act so shamelessly, and she said impatiently, "Xuanfeng, let go! Don't force me!"
"No!" Xuan Feng stared into Su Yuyao's eyes and said, "I won't let go!"
"Ah!" Xuanmiao slapped the water with her little fists, then kicked Xuanfeng with her chubby little feet, frowning and shouting loudly, "Ah! Ah—!"
Xuanfeng, having failed to control Su Yuyao and now being disliked by his own daughter, was furious and pinched Xuanmiao's chubby cheek, "Little brat! All you know is how to side with your mother!"
"Hmm... Waaah—! Waaah—!" Xuanmiao was stunned when Xuanfeng pinched her cheeks, then suddenly raised her arms and started wailing.
Su Yuyao quickly pulled Xuanmiao out and held her in her arms, tenderly examining Xuanmiao's face. She saw two red finger marks slowly appearing on Xuanmiao's fair and tender face.
"Oh dear! It's all red!" Su Yuyao was instantly filled with anger. She stood up abruptly while holding Xuanmiao, stepped ashore, and rushed straight to the carriage without even putting on her shoes and socks.
Hearing the mysterious crying, Langzhi jumped off the carriage and shouted anxiously, "Why is the little one crying?"
The thunderous sound caused Xuanfeng's wounds to throb with pain once more.
Su Yuyao pouted, tears welling in her eyes, and said, "Dad! I want to go back to the Snow Mountain! Please tell Mom that if she misses me, she should come to the Snow Mountain to see me..."
When Lang Zhi saw Su Yuyao's aggrieved look, he felt extremely sorry for her. "Good girl, tell your father, how did that brat bully you?"
Su Yuyao pouted, and tears streamed down her face. "He...hit the child..."
"What?! He dares to hit a child?!" Langzhi's red eyes rolled upwards.
"What?! I hit the child?" Xuanfeng pulled his foot back from the shore.
"You brat! How dare you hit a child!" Lang Zhi's every word seemed to resonate with the spider silk knot. He stretched out his strong legs and strode towards Xuan Feng.
Xuanfeng rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly. He stretched out his hand and suddenly released a wall of Qi to block the irritable Langzhi.
"Lady Langzhi! You don't really think I hit the child, do you?!"
Langzhi rolled her eyes back, blinked twice at Xuanfeng, and deliberately raised her voice, saying, "You didn't hit the child? Why is that little kid crying so loudly?!"
Xuanfeng looked at Langzhi's eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly, "I really didn't hit her! I just pinched her cheek!"
"You can't even pinch them! The baby's skin is so delicate! How could you do that?!" Langzhi said, pretending to dance with his feet while glancing at the carriage.
The wolf pack had already surrounded the carriage, each one baring its teeth and eyeing Xuanfeng.
Langzhi lowered her voice and said, "What are you still looking at?! Hurry up and say something nice!"
Xuanfeng, with his hands behind his back, said defiantly, "I did nothing wrong! I just pinched the little one's cheek! Besides, I'm her father. Even if I did discipline her, it would be perfectly reasonable!"
"You're stupid!" Langzhi said in a low voice. "Don't even think about reasoning with a woman! Did you see those wolves? If you dare to say another word, they'll rush at you! I guarantee that if you get bitten by the wolves, my daughter won't interfere! But if you dare to attack the wolves, my daughter will definitely not let you off easily!"
Xuanfeng looked at Ruixue, whose face was gloomy among the wolves, and scratched his cheek. "I... have to admit my mistake?"
"Admit it!" Langzhi said anxiously. "Go and admit your mistake right now! Whether you're right or wrong, admit it first!"
Xuanfeng was somewhat unwilling, but he knew that he had indeed done something wrong. He had not fulfilled his responsibilities and obligations to either Su Yuyao or Xuanmiao.
Langzhi glanced at the increasingly chilling wolf pack, then at Xuanfeng who was hesitating, and tapped the Qi wall that Xuanfeng had erected with his foot. "Take this thing away and go apologize!"
Xuanfeng raised his eyelids thoughtfully and looked at Langzhi, "Then take off my spider silk clasp first! Then I'll go apologize!"
Langzhi glared at him. "You brat! You're trying to negotiate with me?!"
Xuanfeng smiled slightly and said, "Langzhi, have you thought about this? The wolf clan practices monogamy! The girl has already come with me, so she can't be with anyone else! Besides, I am the Heavenly Lord. Who would dare to touch the Heavenly Lord's woman?! By trapping me, you are trapping her! Don't forget! The girl is still young!"
Langzhi smacked her lips, thinking, "That's right! If Xuanfeng is crippled, won't my daughter be left a widow?! This is terrible!"
Langzhi said somewhat embarrassedly, "To tell you the truth, I didn't leave myself any way out at the time, this thing is impossible to dismantle!"
"What the hell?! What did you say?!" Xuanfeng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he slammed the Qi wall at Langzhi!
Langzhi quickly stepped back, bracing himself against the wall of qi. "Hey! Quickly put this thing away!"
Xuanfeng stepped onto the Qi wall, placing his foot on top of Langzhi's head. He pressed down hard with both feet and said fiercely, "Langzhi, if I can't take this thing down, I'll take yours down! I advise you not to test my patience!"
Although Langzhi was born a mountain god and was thousands of years older than Xuanfeng, his Qi power was still not as strong as Xuanfeng's. Moreover, everyone knew that Xuanfeng was ruthless. Xuanfeng's only advantage was that he could keep his word!
Langzhi struggled to keep his balance with his feet. "You brat! How can you have such immense... power..."
Xuanfeng slowly squatted down, looking at Langzhi through the Qi wall beneath his feet, and said leisurely, "Langzhi, if I hadn't gone easy on you, do you think you could have gotten close to me so easily? I'll give you one last chance, if you still don't speak..."
Yellowish-green Qi slowly seeped from Xuanfeng's feet, flowing through the Qi wall and down his feet towards Langzhi's abdomen, where it wrapped around Langzhi's treasures. With a sinister smirk, he said, "I'll pluck these two things off and use them as walnut shells..."
Langzhi suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower body and quickly said, "Okay! I'll talk! I'll talk! Let go!"
Knowing Xuanfeng's methods, he had no choice but to honestly confess, "I really didn't leave myself a way out! So I didn't know how to undo it! But... um... mine was undoed..."
"How was it untied?"
Langzhi suddenly became shy and stammered, "It was that person... who used... that... mouth..."
"What?!" Xuanfeng frowned and looked at Langzhi in disbelief. "You want my aunt..."
"Huh?! No!" Langzhi firmly denied, "How could I bear to?!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanfeng sneered and said, "So you really are having an affair with Yuqing!"
After saying that, he withdrew his Qi wall, gently landed by the stream, put on his shoes and socks, picked up Su Yuyao's shoes, and walked towards the carriage.
"Xuanfeng!" Langzhi grabbed Xuanfeng by the collar, pressed against the back of his head, and whispered, "You can apologize as you please, but I'm warning you, don't you dare lay a finger on my daughter!"
"Idiot!" Xuanfeng rolled his eyes, tilted his head slightly, and said softly, "You're forcing me to betray Yaya! When she finds out, I'll say it was you who made her do it!"
"I didn't!" Lang Zhi let go of Xuan Feng's hand, straightening his collar as she spoke. "I'm just worried about my daughter!"
Xuanfeng brushed the dust off Su Yuyao's shoes and said, "Don't forget, you're the one who caused this trouble! You wouldn't let me ask Yaya to solve it, and you even forced me to betray her! You'd rather let Yaya suffer the pain of my betrayal than let her help me! Is this really how you treat Yaya?"
"Uh..." Langzhi knew he was in the wrong, but the thought of giving his daughter to this brat made him extremely unwilling!
He gritted his teeth, steeled his resolve, grabbed Xuanfeng's wrist, and said resolutely, "I will bear the consequences of my own actions! But I have a condition: you are not allowed to tell anyone!"
After saying that, he grabbed Xuanfeng and walked into the woods!
Completely bewildered, Xuanfeng was dragged a few steps by Langzhi before he finally realized what was happening and shouted angrily, "Get out!"
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