Chapter 122

It was them! The man in black had a twinkle in his eye when he saw Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo.

The officer first came to his senses and saw the young man’s amazement. After a short thought, he hastened towards the young man and said in a flattering tone, “That woman in white is a rare beauty. Do you want me to bring her…”

Before he finished his sentence, several sharp killing breaths were directed at him, and he didn’t dare to say more.

He stole a glance at the man beside the beautiful woman and then at the man in black behind the young man. It made him shiver twice. The two men were so horrible that he felt like his blood was almost frozen.

After patting the officer away, the young man ignored Xuanyuan Mo and smiled at Duanmu Xi, “I hope that you are well, Crown Princess. It must be fate that we can meet in this remote town!”

Duanmu Xi said tonelessly, “Indeed.”

However, her purple eyes fell not on the young man in an embroidered robe but on the man in black behind him.

She met Lian Zhengyu again. Before this, she met him in the Shengjin Academy, the Spiritual Beast Forest and the Qinglong Empire. Now in the Baihu Empire, they ran into each other again, wasn’t it fate?

Under Duanmu Xi’s gaze, Lian Zhengyu’s heart pounded uncontrollably. For a while, there were only her purple eyes and his heartbeat in his world.

Lian Zhengyu felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest and looked away from her with a blush.

Zhuge Weiming noticed Duanmu Xi staring at Lian Zhengyu instead of him, he said with displeasure, “Crown Princess, do you know Young General Lian?”

Duanmu Xi smiled, “I don’t know Young General Lian but Lian Zhengyu.”

From the beginning till now, Duanmu Xi had been starting at Lian Zhengyu.

Lian Zhengyu looked up and met Duanmu Xi’s eyes again. He was shocked and forced himself to look away, but he had mixed feeling for some obscure reason.

At this point, a shrill female voice came from outside the door.

“What’s going on? Have you guys settled our accommodation? How long will I have to wait?”

With that shrill voice, a gorgeous woman in fine clothes barged in.

Seeing her, Zhuge Weiming and Lian Zhengyu frowned at the same time. Zhuge Weiming’s face went gloomy, while a trace of disgust flashed across Lian Zhengyu’s dark green eyes.

Duanmu Xi sneered at this familiar face and thought, “It’s you! Xiahou Shan, you’re putting yourself into trouble, but you won’t be lucky to escape it this time.”

As soon as Xuanyuan Mo saw Xiahou Shan, he gave her a murderous stare and was about to kill her, but Duanmu Xi held his hand tightly. He looked down at Duanmu Xi and found her only sneering at Xiahou Shan.

Sensing a murderous stare, Xiahou Shan felt a chill in her back. She shrunk her neck, and turned to the stare source.

It was him! Xiahou Shan was happy to see Xuanyuan Mo and wanted to approach him, but she was frightened by his murderous stare. She looked beside him.

Duanmu Xi! Xiahou Shan turned pale with fright and said in a trembling voice, “You… You’re still alive…”

Why was Duanmu Xi here? Didn’t she fall off the cliff? Xiahou Shan was surprised she didn’t die!

Duanmu Xi gave another sneer at the sight of Xiahou Shan’s frightened face, “Are you disappointed to see that I’m not dead?”

Immediately, Xiahou Shan looked away in a panic and tried to remain calm, “You… What do you mean… I can’t understand…”

After hearing their conversation and looking at Xiahou Shan’s guilty eyes, Zhuge Weiming had some idea of what had happened between them.

Duanmu Xi didn’t want to pay attention to these people and turned to propose to Xuanyuan Mo, “Snow, let’s get out of here. Since Prince Regent and his companions want to stay at this inn, we just leave the inn to them.”

Xuanyuan Mo looked coldly at the crowd and nodded. Then he led Duanmu Xi down the stairs and walked towards the inn gate, followed by Phoenix Five and Long Yue.

When passing by the inn counter, Phoenix Five extended her right hand. In an instant, the innkeeper knew what she meant and put the blue crystal into her hands in a trembling manner.

The soldiers from the Xuanwu Empire saw the four of them and made way for them.

Seeing Duanmu Xi leave, Zhuge Weiming stopped her anxiously, “Crown Princess, please wait a minute.”

Duanmu Xi stopped but didn’t turn around.

Zhuge Weiming explained at once, “It’s late and snowing outside. This town is remote, so I’m afraid that you’ll have trouble finding another inn. Why don’t you stay here tonight?”

“No need. I prefer quietness.”

Duanmu Xi’s faint ethereal voice put Zhuge Weiming in a trance.

When he came back to earth, the four of them were far away.

Xiahou Shan looked at Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo’s back and thought, “Duanmu Xi is a lucky woman. She didn’t die after falling into an abyss.”

The four of them walked out of the inn and got back into their carriage.

“Why did you stop me from killing her just now?” Xuanyuan Mo tried to moderate his tone, but it still sounded cold.

Duanmu Xi smiled at Xuanyuan Mo’s murderous face and leaned against his chest, “I’ll kill her myself.”

She didn’t want Xiahou Shan to dirty his hands, so she would deal with her on her own, including Zhuge Weiming and Lian Zhengyu.

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Mo embraced Duanmu Xi tightly and had a distressed look in his eyes, “Okay, I’ll let her go for the time being. But if she does bad things to you again, I will bring her a tragic end.”

With Xuanyuan Mo’s concern and love, Duanmu Xi felt content and happy.

Phoenix Five and Long Yue found a new inn. In order to avoid attracting attention again, Xuanyuan Mo directly carried Duanmu Xi off the carriage and didn’t let other people see her beautiful face.

In the evening, Duanmu Xi asked Long Yue to investigate Xiahou Shan’s identity and the purpose of Zhuge Weiming’s visit to the Baihu Empire.

Two hours later, Xiahou Shan’s information appeared in Duanmu Xi’s hands.

Xiahou Shan was 17 years old and the eldest princess of the Xuanwu Empire. Her birth mother was Noble Consort Lian, the daughter of General-in-chief Lian. She was the eldest princess and supported by the Lian family, so she was usually arrogant and defiant. However, she was a bit stupid and often tricked by her siblings.

To put it simply, Xiahou Shan was a stupid woman with a good figure.

“How about the other thing?” Duanmu Xi closed Xiahou Shan’s information and asked Long Yue.

Long Yue immediately answered with respect, “Mistress, I’ve investigated it. They came to the Baihu Empire for a marriage union.”

“Marriage union?” Upon hearing it, Duanmu Xi cast her eyes on Xuanyuan Mo unconsciously.

Xiahou Shan had coveted Xuanyuan Mo for a long time, so her object was likely to be him.

When Duanmu Xi stared at him in a daze, Xuanyuan Mo smiled and teased her, “Why do you keep staring at me? Are you afraid I’ll marry that woman?”

Duanmu Xi immediately jumped up and shouted, “Snow, you are mine and can only belong to me.”

Seeing Duanmu Xi’s lovely angry look, Xuanyuan Mo kissed her face in a good mood and reassured her, “Yes, I only belong to you. I don’t want anyone but you.”

Watching they exchanging words of love, Long Yue disappeared into the room of his own accord.

“Really?” Duanmu Xi looked up at Xuanyuan Mo with rare nonconfidence in her purple eyes.

Xuanyuan Mo was distressed to see her frailty and embraced her with a sigh, “Silly girl, it is certainly true. I’ll never have another woman in my life but you.”

He loved her deeply and would never fall in love with or marry another woman but her in this life. No matter how good other women were, they were far inferior to her in his eyes.

After hearing his words, Duanmu Xi was as happy as if she had eaten honey. She stood on her tiptoes and gave Xuanyuan Mo a kiss on the cheek.

“Snow, I love you!” Duanmu Xi stared up at him with love in her purple eyes.

It tugged at Xuanyuan Mo’s heartstrings because he heard her direct confession for the first time. In ecstasy, he bowed to kiss her lips in a domineering and wild way, as if to tell her all his excitement.

On the second day, the four of them left the inn early. Because they didn’t want to run into Zhuge Weiming and the others, so they drove their carriage along a side road instead of an official road.

Although the side road was not as flat as the official one, it was more time-saving. The original two-day journey to the Imperial City was shortened to a day and a half after the route was changed.

After arriving at the Imperial City, Xuanyuan Mo didn’t go directly into the imperial palace. He first took Duanmu Xi back to his mansion because she was asleep again.

Outside Prince Zhan’s mansion, an inconspicuous carriage drew up slowly. A woman and a man jumped out of the carriage. Then the woman lifted the carriage curtain gently, while the man stood aside and waited there respectfully.

Soon, a handsome man in a black cloak got out of the carriage with a woman in his arms. A white fox fur robe was on the woman and hid her face.

The guards at the gate of Prince Zhan’s mansion were all shocked to see the handsome man.

It was Prince Zhan. He kept women at arm’s length in the past, but now he carried a woman back.

“Your…”

“Your…”

The guards came to their senses and began to bow to Xuanyuan Mo, but they stopped because of his sharp eyes. In this way, they froze there and couldn’t move.

It wasn’t until Xuanyuan Mo passed by them and entered Prince Zhan’s mansion that they restored themselves

Was he still their familiar Prince Zhan? When had he ever treated a woman so gently? Didn’t he throw all the beauties sent by the emperor out of his mansion mercilessly? Now Prince Zhan was not only carrying that woman back to his mansion but also afraid they would wake her up. Why did they feel so unreal?!

The guards pinched themselves to check if they were dreaming.