Xuanyuan Mo was sitting in the bathing bucket. The clear bite mark on his right shoulder was discernible in the water. He stroked the bite mark gently in a trance.

He couldn’t remember anything about the bite mark. He had no idea who left it on his shoulder.

As he suddenly thought of her touching the bite mark tearfully, he felt his heart aching. Why did he have some weird feeling every time he saw her.

Then, he exerted force on his palm to press the bite mark harshly. His mysterious power made the bite mark imprinted on his shoulder forever. He had no idea why he wanted to leave the bite mark.

After getting dressed, he got out of the room and looked at the full moon out of the window, thinking about the wedding to be held three days later.

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Mo shouted somewhere, “Go into the imperial palace to guard her.” The women in the imperial palace were not easily dealt with. He didn’t want anything to happen to her before the wedding.

Yu Ying hiding in the darkness was slightly dazed to hear that and then said respectfully after a moment, “Yes.”

Shortly after Yu Ying left, Lishang appeared.

“Your Highness.”

Xuanyuan Mo didn’t turn around and still looked at the full moon in the air, “Make some preparations. I will get married in three days. I want the most luxurious wedding.”

Lishang was astonished to hear that. His Highness was getting married. With Crown Princess of Zhuque? What about Qing?

Seemingly having felt Lishang’s feelings, Xuanyuan Mo turned around to look at Lishang and said coldly, “You mustn’t tell anyone about your sister, especially her.”

Xuanyuan Mo’s cold eyes made Lishang’s heart skip a beat. Lishang immediately said yes with a bow.

Lishang thought, “His Highness only loves Crown Princess of Zhuque indeed. Qing must have played some trick last night. She is too silly.”

“I will go into the imperial palace to offer the betrothal presents. Make the arrangement accordingly.”

Lishang immediately bowed and replied, “Yes, I will prepare the betrothal presents well.”

“No need. I will prepare all the betrothal presents on my own. You only need to deal with the personnel placement.” Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes slightly sparkled. He would give the best to her.

Lishang was slightly dazed and then said with a bow.

After staying silent for a while, Xuanyuan Mo said, “Hire several maids to serve the princess consort in the future.”

“Yes.” Lishang nodded. There was no mistress in the mansion before so it was fair enough that there were no maids here. Now that His Highness was getting married, it was necessary to have some maids then.

In the Le’an Palace.

After hearing the secret guard’s report, Guo Hui’er was so astounded beyond description.

“What did you say… Say it again…” It was hard to tell whether she was angry or shocked. Guo Hui’er’s voice was slightly trembling. She seemed to be gritting her teeth.

Feeling Guo Hui’er’s anger, the secret guard shivered and braced himself to repeat, “Prince Zhan proposed marriage to Crown Princess of Zhuque in the Baihu Hall. Crown Princess of Zhuque agreed and demanded getting married in three days.”

Hearing that, Guo Hui’er slumped in the chair in disbelief and then mumbled, “How come… How come…” Didn’t that bastard intend to marry into the Zhuque Empire? Why did he suddenly propose marriage to her? Was that woman an idiot? How could she agree to be the princess consort in Baihu rather than the crown princess in Qinglong and Zhuque?

A moment later, Guo Hui’er suddenly stood up and threw the teapot, teacups, desserts and fruits on the round table to the ground crazily. With the cracking sounds, there was a total mess on the ground. She still seemed to be very angry so she lifted the round stool and smashed it towards the secret guard.

Upon seeing the round stool thrown at him, the secret guard didn’t dodge it but waited for the pain with his eyes closed.

With a bang, the round stool hit the secret guard’s head. Instantly, he bled nonstop with blood streaming down along his forehead to the ground.

Currently, the secret guard felt his head was splitting and that his brain was in buzz. Despite that, he still didn’t wipe the blood off his forehead.

Guo Hui’er glimpsed the secret guard’s injured appearance and took a deep breath, shouting disdainfully, “Get out.”

Hearing that, the hidden guard immediately sighed in relief and disappeared in the room with a flash.

After the secret guard disappeared, Guo Hui’er started smashing things including antique vases, desks and chairs. These things were all smashed.

The palace maids and eunuchs guarding outside all shrank their necks in fear upon hearing the smashing sounds.

Standing in a mess, Guo Hui’er looked fierce, her triangle eyes glittering with malice. She thought, “Xuanyuan Mo, I will not let you go.”

In the room of an inn in the Imperial City.

After reading the message sent by Lishang, Liqing was dumbstruck! Her pretty face turned pale. She clutched the note with her knuckles whitening.

Liqing couldn’t help thinking, “Why? Doesn’t he forget Duanmu Xi? Why does he still want to marry her? No matter how hard I have tried or how much effort I have made, he just doesn’t care about me. Why? Why does he still want to marry that woman instead of me? What on earth makes me inferior to that woman?”

While Liqing was immersed in the endless sorrow, a man showed up in the room.

Upon seeing the man, Liqing immediately composed herself and knelt in front of him, saying respectfully, “Greetings, Region Master.”

The man grasped Liqing’s chin and lifted it, “What? He is getting married. Are you sad?”

Liqing felt pain but she didn’t dare to show it and only replied gently, “I dare not.”

Hearing that, the man sneered and exerted more force, “You dare not? Is there anything you dare not do in the world?”

“Ouch…” Feeling that her chin was about to be crushed, Liqing screamed in pain.

“I…don’t understand…what you are talking about… Please enlighten me…” Liqing endured the gut-wrenching pain and said with difficulty.

“Enlighten you? How many things have you done behind my back? Don’t think that I’m ignorant of what you have done. I haven’t punished you for your ruining her gate of Qi in the Spiritual Beast Forest and getting her to fall off the cliff last time. This time, you killed Princess of Xuanwu and framed her up without permission. You are clearly courting death,” the man said and then exerted his mysterious Qi to hit Liqing in the shoulder.

Liqing was immediately sent flying away and hit the table behind with a bang. Instantly, red blood streamed from the corner of her lips and the table was crushed.

The man glimpsed Liqing on the ground and his dark eyes glistened with a shimmer of killing intent, “If you dare to act on your own next time, I will destroy you and dispel your soul for sure.”

Hearing that, Liqing shivered and immediately rose from the ground, saying tremblingly, “I won’t dare to do it again…”

The man looked at Liqing and warned again, “Don’t do anything to displease me ever again. Stay here docilely to wait for my further instruction.”

“Yes,” Liqing immediately hung her head and replied. When she raised her head, the man had been gone in the room.

The next day, the news that Crown Princess of Zhuque was marrying Prince Zhan of Baihu was immediately spread to every place in the Hantian Continent.

Everyone was shocked by the news. This was even more astonishing than the news sixteen years ago that Crown Prince of Qinglong married Empress of Zhuque.

Now, Crown Princess of Zhuque was even more exalted than the then identity of her father, the crown prince of Qinglong. Besides, Prince Zhan of Baihu was less inferior to the empress of Zhuque.

Apart from that, it was said that Crown Princess of Zhuque was stunningly beautiful with an unparalleled manner and deportment. All the people who had met her just thought that she was like a fairy maid. On the contrary, the rumors about Prince Zhan of Baihu were quite negative. It was said that he was not only cold-blooded and ruthless but also a half-demon. He would turn into a brutal killer on full-moon nights. It was so beyond understanding why such a perfect woman as Crown Princess of Zhuque would fall for Prince Zhan of Baihu, a hideous half-demon.

Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che in Zhuque, Huangfu Cang in Qinglong, Situ Kong and the others in the Central State, all rushed to Baihu upon receiving the information.

Outside a palace in the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire, Phoenix Five was sitting on a stone bench with a frown.

After Phoenix Five sighed countless times, Long Yue finally couldn’t help saying, “What are you sighing for?”

Phoenix Five stared at Long Yue and said, “I’m worried about Her Highness! Her Highness is about to marry Mr. Xuanyuan. And you are not worried at all!”

Staring at the angry Phoenix Five in front, Long Yue was speechless. Of course he was worried but what was the point of worrying? Probably, no one could change Her Highness’s mind now. Unless Prince Zhan recovered his memory, Her Highness would marry Prince Zhan for sure.

After a silence, Phoenix Five stared at Long Yue and said, “I’ll see whether Her Highness is awake.”

Hearing that, Long Yue nodded.

Phoenix Five pushed open the door gently and walked to the bedside gingerly. When she saw Duanmu Xi was still sleeping soundly, she carefully tucked Duanmu Xi in.

Although Phoenix Five acted gently, Duanmu Xi was still awoken.

Duanmu Xi opened her eyes abruptly. Upon seeing Phoenix Five, she got relaxed at once.

“Your Highness, I’m sorry to wake you up!” Seeing that Duanmu Xi opened her eyes, Phoenix Five said apologetically.

Duanmu Xi slowly sat up and rubbed her forehead, saying, “What time is it now?”

“It’s just after 9 a.m.,” Phoenix Five answered while putting the pillow behind Duanmu Xi to let the latter lean propped against it.

“I’ll go and fetch some water for you to wash up.” Then, Phoenix Five walked out of the door.

After Phoenix Five left, Duanmu Xi didn’t get up but sat on the bed in deep thought with a frown. What was wrong with her? Since when did her vigilance become so low? She didn’t feel Long Yue’s Qi when he arrived at her room yesterday. Today, neither did she find Phoenix Five entered her room.

She grabbed her wrist and closed her eyes to check her meridians. Then, she grew even more flustered. In the end, beads of sweat stood out on her forehead. She suddenly opened her eyes and hurriedly wanted to focus her wind spiritual power but to her astonishment, she found there was no wind spiritual power in her body at all. Then, she checked the other types of spiritual power. And the results were the same.

She leaned back against the pillar in a trance. Why? All her seven spiritual powers were gone. The accomplishment she had made over so many years was gone. She had lost not only mysterious Qi but also spiritual power. She became a total wreck for real.

She felt as if becoming the old self when she had just come to this world. She had no spiritual power or mysterious Qi. Now, she even lost Snow.

A sense of deep incapability welled up in her heart, making Duanmu Xi feel so tired. She huddled herself up in a corner on the bed and buried her head in the crooks of her arms. Tears rolled down her face.

“Snow, would you please come back? I miss you so much!”

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