Chapter 183 The Wolf Clan Son-in-Law
Thump! The palace door opened, and a dusty boot landed squarely on Su Yuyao's head.
"Oh dear! Miss Yao'er! What are you doing here?! I'm so sorry..."
Su Yuyao dusted off her hair, lifted her ink-stained face, and said with a smile, "It's okay! I'm writing a report here!"
"Huh? Ah..." The boot landed awkwardly beside Su Yuyao and was carefully moved away.
Xuanfeng glared at Su Yuyao, who was kneeling and prostrate at the door, his nostrils twitching uncontrollably. "You brat! You're just embarrassing me!"
Su Yuyao glared back defiantly, saying, "If you're afraid of losing face, then talk to me straight!"
Xuanfeng watched as Su Yuyao twirled her fingers, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Immortal Master, call the next one in!"
Su Yuyao frowned, watching the palace doors slowly close with a huff.
"My lord, aren't you going to talk to Yao'er?" Qi Men asked softly.
"Let's not talk about it. Let's wear her down so we don't get led by the nose!" Xuanfeng said with a hint of smugness.
“But…” Qi Men said with some worry, “Given Yao’er’s temper, I’m afraid she might cause other trouble!”
"Immortal Master, didn't you say that I'm currently being held back by that girl?" Xuanfeng narrowed his eyes and said with unwavering determination, "I will take back control!"
Qimen smacked his lips, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"Ningbao, stop writing at the door, or people will step on it!" Ruixue said somewhat awkwardly. "Besides, it's a bit... embarrassing for you to be sticking your head out like this..."
"What do you know?" Su Yuyao said as she wrote, "Xuanfeng is very proud! If I don't embarrass him, how can he talk to me?!"
"Why don't you ask Young Master Guan Yue to write the report for you? If it's well-written, perhaps Lord Xuanfeng will talk to you?" Ruixue advised softly.
"You don't understand! Xuanfeng simply doesn't want to talk to me, that's why he's deliberately making things difficult for me!" Su Yuyao said through gritted teeth, "I'm going to make him lose face!"
"But why are the adults making things difficult for you? Why don't they just talk to you directly? Why do they make you wait outside?"
Su Yuyao looked up at Ruixue, thought for a moment, and said, "That's right, why do this? If he doesn't want to talk to me, he can just refuse me; if he does want to talk to me, submitting a report is not a problem at all!"
Ruixue scratched her head and said, "I don't know why, I'm just worried about you! It's so tiring for you to be writing like that! What if you're too tired to talk to me later? Or should I go and borrow a desk from Lord Qimen?"
"Let me think about it!" Su Yuyao sat up cross-legged. Could it be that he deliberately exhausted me, leaving me completely drained so he could take advantage of my weakness? Then he would control the situation, and I would have no choice but to obey him... How despicable!
Su Yuyao seemed to understand Xuan Feng's intentions. She frowned and pondered for a while, then a lewd smile gradually appeared on her face...
"Immortal Master, please call the girl in!" Xuanfeng straightened his clothes and said, "It's time to tell the girl about the Four Little Peaks!"
"yes!"
The palace doors slowly opened.
Qi Men cautiously observed the doorway, afraid of stepping on Su Yuyao again, but unexpectedly discovered that Su Yuyao was no longer at the door!
Qi Men looked around in confusion before finally spotting Su Yuyao, who was talking animatedly, in the crowd.
"Yao'er!" Qi Men smiled and waved, saying, "Come in! The master wants to talk to you about something!"
Su Yuyao laughed and replied loudly, "Uncle! I'm not in a hurry, let others talk first!"
Qi Men turned around and looked at Xuan Feng, who seemed somewhat surprised, then called out with a smile, "Yao'er! You've been waiting for so long, why aren't you in a hurry anymore?"
Su Yuyao walked out of the crowd with a smile, stood at the entrance of the hall, and deliberately raised her voice, saying, "I was just chatting with everyone! I was thinking that I've been the Snow Mountain Commander for over a year now, and I haven't celebrated with everyone yet. Miao'er is so grown up now, so I'm planning to invite them to a gathering at the Four Small Peaks when Miao'er turns one! Firstly, to express my feelings at the birthday banquet! Secondly, to show everyone the warmth and hospitality of our Snow Mountain!"
Xuan Feng's teeth itched more and more as he listened to Su Yuyao's words. He frowned and shouted, "Su Yuyao! Come in!"
Su Yuyao turned to look at Xuan Feng, whose face was grim. "Hmph! Do you think I'm stupid? Going in now is like walking on a knife's edge!"
"I'm not going in! I still need to fill out the roster!"
"What roster?" Qi Men asked.
Su Yuyao pointed to the crowd and said, "Look! I have to write down who wants to go, right?"
Qi Men stroked his beard and said, "Yao'er, why don't you discuss this with the adults first?"
"I haven't finished writing the report yet!" Su Yuyao took out the report she had just finished writing from her bosom, threw it on the ground, and said, "The report is not easy to write. I've written several, but none of them are good. Let me rest for a while!"
Qi Men smiled awkwardly and looked at Xuan Feng. "My lord, what should we do?"
Xuan Feng clenched his fists, looking at Su Yuyao with an unreadable expression. "Su Yuyao, if you don't talk about it now, you won't have another chance!"
"No chance?" Su Yuyao tilted her head and said, "The Four Small Peaks belong to the Snow Mountain territory, so they should naturally be in the hands of our wolf clan! I'm only talking to you out of respect and to inform you. It's also reasonable not to talk to you! So, whether or not I give you a chance is up to me, not you!"
Xuanfeng's face darkened. "Su Yuyao, it's true that the Four Little Peaks are branches of the Snow Mountain, but as I've already said, you have no experience managing a branch, and besides..."
"Hey! Lord Xuanfeng!" Su Yuyao interrupted Xuanfeng, "My report isn't finished yet, so... we can't talk about it!"
Su Yuyao glanced at Xuanfeng with a haughty air and said to Ruixue, "Ruixue, lay out the brush and ink for me. I need to think about it first before I start writing!"
After saying that, he turned around, walked into the crowd, and went back to chatting and laughing!
Qimen sighed helplessly and looked at Xuanfeng.
Xuanfeng smiled inwardly and said, "Call the next person."
Su Yuyao continued to fish for Xuanfeng with her self-righteousness, while Xuanfeng slowly and deliberately pulled at Su Yuyao until the sun was high in the sky and then began to set in the west...
"Ningbao, is this really going to work?" Ruixue shielded Su Yuyao from the sun and said, "You've been standing here for so long, why don't you hurry up and go inside to talk? I don't think Lord Xuanfeng is in a hurry at all!"
"This isn't something to rush!" Su Yuyao said, gazing at the palace gate. "If we want to get the Four Little Peaks back, we have to take it one step at a time!"
"Ningbao! I don't understand, why do you insist on the Four Little Peaks?" Ruixue said, wiping the sweat from Su Yuyao's forehead with her sleeve.
“The environment in the snow mountain is not good, so we can’t farm or raise livestock! However, the Four Small Peaks not only have a temple where we can collect incense money, but also a place to grow some crops and raise some livestock! In this way, we will have a fixed income and food rations! Then, we can use the money to buy things in the towns to the north, and at the same time, we can make a road to the north!” Su Yuyao looked at the sky and carefully planned.
"But...why do that?" Ruixue asked, tilting her head. "Isn't everything fine now?"
Su Yuyao rolled her eyes at Ruixue, "It's pretty good now! Don't you want it to be even better?! The snow-capped mountains are closed off by heavy snow all year round. Having your own food is much better than risking going out to hunt!"
"Oh...you're so thoughtful!" Ruixue smiled sheepishly.
Looking at the tall, strong but simple-minded Ruixue in front of her, Su Yuyao smiled and said, "What I need to do now is to secure a guarantee for the wolf brothers of Snow Mountain! We must take down these four small peaks! In case anything happens later, Snow Mountain will not be isolated and helpless!"
"Miss Yao'er!" Yu Qing walked gracefully over carrying a lunchbox, attracting everyone's attention.
Yu Qing didn't care and went straight to Su Yuyao, curtsied and said, "Miss Yao'er, Her Majesty sent me to bring you your meal!"
"Great! I was just about to get hungry!" Su Yuyao pulled Yu Qing to sit down by the palace door. "Quick, bring it out!"
Yu Qing looked at Su Yuyao in surprise, "Miss Yao'er! Aren't you... going in to eat?"
Su Yuyao straightened her skirt and said, "Xuanfeng won't let me in! I can only eat here!"
"Oh." Yu Qing opened the lunchbox and placed the food she had prepared in front of Su Yuyao.
While eating and drinking, Su Yuyao asked, "Where are Father, Mother, and Miao'er?"
"Her Majesty has found some time to visit the Fairy of Flying Flowers, while Brother Langzhi is at home looking after Miao'er!"
"Feihua..." Su Yuyao hadn't seen Feihua in a long time. Although she didn't miss her, she was still an old friend. "How is she now?"
"I heard she's in a relatively stable mood, but since you brought Miao'er back this time, I was afraid it would upset her, so I didn't dare let her out!" Yu Qing said, helping Su Yuyao pick up some vegetables.
"Oh..." Su Yuyao recalled the scene of Feihua frantically searching for Xuanfeng to have a child. If she were to see Miao'er, who knows what kind of chaos might ensue.
"Oh! Isn't this Miss Yao'er?" That pungent, fragrant smell wafted over again. "Why are you eating here? Why don't you come inside?"
Su Yuyao looked up and saw Qi Lan, who was striking a pose, walking over with her servants swaying their hips.
Su Yuyao didn't want to pay attention to Qi Lan, and Qi Lan didn't want to provoke Su Yuyao either. Seeing that Su Yuyao didn't respond, they led their people to knock on the palace door and went inside.
Su Yuyao, seething with anger, shoved food into her mouth, thinking, "It's none of my business! It's none of my business! Let him eat whatever he wants!"
“Miss Yao’er,” Yu Qing said softly, “why are you getting angry over a mere maid? If the master really liked someone like her, he would have lost control long ago! Since the master hasn’t shared a room with her for so long, it means that the master doesn’t like her!”
"What difference does it make whether she likes him or not? She's still in this position!" Su Yuyao muttered, pursing her lips. "Once I leave, she'll naturally climb into Xuanfeng's bed!"
“Back then, even though you and Fairy Feihua had a marriage agreement that lasted for a thousand years, you never overstepped your bounds. How could you possibly overstep your bounds with a courtesan like Qilan?” Yu Qing wiped away the tears from Su Yuyao’s eyes. “Most men are the same; they can’t resist temptation. But you are different. You must have faith in you!”
“Ningbao,” Ruixue said, scratching her head, “I don’t understand. Although you and Lord Xuanfeng are not officially husband and wife here in the Heavenly Palace, you are still husband and wife in the Wolf Clan!”
"But I divorced him a long time ago!" Su Yuyao suddenly lost her appetite. If only she hadn't divorced him back then...
"That day in the canyon, Madam Sa presented your tokens and marriage certificate to Lord Xuanfeng, and Lord Xuanfeng accepted them! This means that you have officially presented Lord Xuanfeng with your betrothal letter and gifts! And he did not refuse..."
"What do you mean by betrothal letter and betrothal gifts? I don't know anything about them," Su Yuyao asked in confusion.
"Ah...you didn't know?" Ruixue squatted down and said, "The betrothal gifts and marriage certificates of the wolf clan are extremely simple. One party makes a bone bead as a betrothal gift and sews an object from animal hide as a marriage certificate. Then they can go to propose marriage! If the other party agrees, they will accept the betrothal gifts and marriage certificate! If they don't agree, they will return them! That day, Lord Xuanfeng not only accepted the animal hide bag you sewed by hand, but also wore the bone bead on his wrist!"
"So..." Su Yuyao's expression gradually hardened, "He is still our wolf clan's official son-in-law!"
“Although I don’t know if the Heavenly Palace recognizes it, in the Wolf Clan, you are Lord Xuanfeng’s legal wife!” Ruixue said definitively.
Upon hearing this, Su Yuyao immediately perked up and stood up abruptly. "Since I'm the legal wife, I have to teach him a lesson!"
"My lord, I've prepared some food. I don't know if it suits your taste. Would you like to try it?" Qi Lan said, puffing out her chest and bowing her head.
Xuanfeng glanced at it and said coldly, "No need. You can leave now. Don't come in unless you're summoned next time!"
Qi Lan blushed and glanced at Xuan Feng, saying sweetly, "This servant knows she was wrong, and will not be so rash next time! However, the food has already been served, so please have a bite! This servant just saw Miss Yao'er eating outside, and I don't know if she asked you..."
Thump! The palace doors were suddenly kicked open!
Xuanfeng raised his eyes and watched as Su Yuyao strode in, arms outstretched and skirt hem raised, looking aggressive.
"Whether I asked him or not is none of your business!" Su Yuyao shouted at Qi Lan.
Xuanfeng frowned and glanced sideways at Qimen.
Qi Men was also puzzled. What was wrong with Yao'er? Why was she suddenly so confident in interfering with Qi Lan?
Su Yuyao walked to the front of the hall, mimicking Qingyue's gesture, and looked Qilan up and down. "Hmph! You vixen! Let me tell you, our wolf clan practices monogamy. If you dare to interfere, I have the right to kill you!"
Qi Lan's eyebrows twitched in surprise, but she quickly regained her charming demeanor, turned to Xuan Feng, and twisted her body as she said, "My lord! What do you mean by what Miss Yao'er is saying? I am the maiden bestowed upon you by the Mother Goddess!"
"You know you're just a maidservant?!" Su Yuyao circled around Qi Lan's servants. "A maidservant dares to bring servants?! A maidservant dares to openly act as the mistress?!"
"And what about Miss Yao'er?" Qi Lan glared at Su Yuyao without backing down. "You're not even a Nü'e, what right do you have to swagger around here?!"
“I am indeed not Nu’e! But I am Xuanfeng’s legal wife!” Su Yuyao said, word by word.
Xuanfeng raised an eyebrow and wiggled his butt.
“Miss Yao’er, you haven’t forgotten what you said, have you? You’ve already divorced him…” Qi Lan blurted out, then suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly shut her mouth.
"I'm divorced! But!" Su Yuyao stood up straight and walked up the steps, standing next to Xuanfeng. She grabbed Xuanfeng's wrist and squeezed it. Her expression changed. "Why isn't there anything?"
Su Yuyao squeezed Xuanfeng's wrist again and asked in a low voice, "Where's the bone bracelet?"
"Huh?" Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao, whose face was splattered with ink and rice grains, with a smile in his eyes. "A bone skewer?"
"You threw away the bone skewer?!" Su Yuyao gripped Xuanfeng's wrist tightly, glaring at him with a mixture of anxiety and anger. "That bone skewer was the wolf clan's betrothal gift! That animal skin bag was the wolf clan's betrothal certificate! You threw them all away?"
Xuanfeng curled the corners of his mouth, reached into his pocket, and showed Su Yuyao the animal skin bag containing the bone beads that was sewn inside.
"How could I dare to lose it?" Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao with tender eyes. "I've hidden the things you gave me very well!"
Su Yuyao smiled, pursing her lips. "I knew you wouldn't dare!"
"Qilan!" Su Yuyao arrogantly tugged at Xuanfeng's collar and said loudly, "You better watch this! This is our wolf clan's betrothal letter and gifts! Xuanfeng keeps it close to his body! I won't compete with you for the Heavenly Palace's status, but don't challenge our wolf clan's bottom line!"
Seeing the aggressive Su Yuyao and the lovestruck Xuanfeng staring at her, Qi Lan immediately lost her composure and said coldly in a low voice, "My lord, since you are not going to eat, this servant will take her leave!"
"Who told you to take your leave?!" Su Yuyao struck a haughty pose again, glancing at Qi Lan in the hall, and arrogantly tapped the table, saying to Xuan Feng, "Isn't everything reported here? Find the report about Qi Lan and let me see it!"
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