Chapter 123

Xuanyuan Mo was indifferent to women, so there wasn’t a side consort or concubine in Prince Zhan’s mansion. Even all his servants were men. For now, no one lived in the Southern Courtyard and Western Courtyard.

Ignoring his servants’ surprised eyes, Xuanyuan Mo directly carried Duanmu Xi to his Xuelan House. He gently put her on the arhat bed and covered her with a quilt. Then he brushed her hair off her face softly.

Xi must be exhausted after a long and bumpy carriage journey without a restful lodging.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at her quietly as if he could never have enough of this.

“Your Highness…”

Hearing the call outside, Xuanyuan Mo frowned slightly and bowed to kiss Duanmu Xi’s smooth forehead. He tucked her in and walked out of his room.

He gently closed the door and turned to look at Phoenix Five and Long Yue, who were standing outside the room, “Guard the door and don’t let anyone in.”

Xuanyuan Mo’s soft voice was deliberately lowered.

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

Likewise, Phoenix Five and Long Yue lowered their voices and answered respectfully.

Watching them communicate in whispers, Lishang, who was standing outside the Xuelan House, twitched his mouth with embarrassment. Did he call too loudly just now?

Lishang just heard from the gate guards that Prince Zhan carried a girl back. Now Prince Zhan’s behavior showed that it must be the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire in his room. Who else could receive such treatment from Prince Zhan except her?

Seeing Xuanyuan Mo coming towards him, Lishang bowed down at once, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

This time he wisely lowered his voice as they did.

Xuanyuan Mo glanced at Lishang and walked out of the Xuelan House.

Seeing this, Lishang followed behind him immediately.

Outside the Xuelan House.

With his hand clasped behind his back, Xuanyuan Mo stood looking into the distance for a while and asked, “How is my grandfather doing?”

Lishang was stunned to hear that. He thought Xuanyuan Mo would ask about Prince Zhan’s mansion or His Majesty first, but…

“He is doing well, except for missing you and worrying about your health.”

Xuanyuan Mo felt a tug at his heartstrings. Mixed feelings of self-condemnation, moving and missing welled up in his mind.

He calmed himself and turned to look at Lishang, “Tell my grandfather I’m fine. Let him not worry about me, and I’ll visit him when I’m free. ”

Since he left without saying goodbye in the snow mountain last time, Xuanyuan Mo hadn’t seen his grandfather for nearly five years. It was time for him to go back to visit his grandfather.

“Yes,” Lishang bowed and answered at the sound of this.

After a moment of silence, Xuanyuan Mo continued to ask, “Has Xuanyuan Hao returned to the Imperial City?”

Hearing this, Lishang was stunned again. When Prince Zhan became so concerned about Second Prince? Although they seemed to have a good relationship, they had no private contact.

“He came back several days ago. I heard that he brought back a lot of rare things this time again. His Majesty was very pleased and gave him many rewards.”

After hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo sneered and didn’t ask more. He just waved Lishang away.

Duanmu Xi woke up in the afternoon. She opened her drowsy eyes and frowned at the strange room.

Where was she?

“Are you awake?”

A familiar voice came to her ears.

“Snow.”

At the sight of Xuanyuan Mo, Duanmu Xi gave a smile.

Xuanyuan Mo stroked Duanmu Xi’s red face from sleep, “Are you hungry? I’ve asked the servants to prepare food for you. It should be ready soon.”

Duanmu Xi shook her head and sat up slowly, “Where are we?”

Seeing this, Xuanyuan Mo immediately sat behind Duanmu Xi and wrapped his arms around her waist to let her lean on him.

“We have arrived at the Imperial City. This is my mansion.”

“So soon?” How long had she slept? She was in the carriage before and now woke up in Prince Zhan’s mansion.

“Taking the side road is faster than traveling on the official one.”

Duanmu Xi nodded and looked around the room again. She looked at Xuanyuan Mo and asked, “Is this your room?”

“Yes! Xi, do you like it?”

Duanmu Xi blushed and looked away, “It’s not mine. Why would it matter whether I like it or not?”

Seeing her shy face, a hint of mischief crossed Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes, “Why is it not your room? We’ll sleep here as long as we’re in the Baihu Empire.”

Duanmu Xi pouted and glared at Xuanyuan Mo, “I didn’t say I’d sleep with you. Is this the only room in Prince Zhan’s mansion?”

“If you don’t want to sleep with me, I will sleep with you then.”

“You…” Duanmu Xi was speechless about Xuanyuan Mo’s shameless words. When did he become so knavish?

Xuanyuan Mo directly bent down to kiss Duanmu Xi’s rosy lips and began to savor the taste that only belonged to him.

In the imperial study of the Baihu Empire’s palace.

Xuanyuan Lie looked at Yu Ying who was half-kneeling on the ground, and said with excitement, “Is Mo really back?”

Hearing this, Yu Ying bent down again, “Yes.” After a silence, he added, “Prince Zhan brought a girl back this time.”

A girl? Xuanyuan Lie frowned and had a hunch that the girl was Duanmu Xi, the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire. Why did Mo bring her to the Baihu Empire? Was it because…

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Lie broke out in a cold sweat and beckoned Eunuch Hu over, saying, “Go to Prince Zhan’s mansion and summon him into the palace.”

Eunuch Hu bowed to answer at once, “Yes, Your Majesty.”

30 minutes later, Eunuch Hu came back.

Xuanyuan Lie looked behind Eunuch Hu and asked with a frown, “Where is Prince Zhan?”

Eunuch Hu lowered his head and braced himself to reply, “Prince Zhan… Prince Zhan said that it was too late to enter the palace to greet Your Majesty.”

Eunuch Hu had cold sweat on his forehead. He didn’t dare to relay Prince Zhan’s words directly to His Majesty and had to make up a lie. In fact, Prince Zhan only said to him, “I won’t go.”

Before Eunuch Hu finished his lie, Xuanyuan Lie pounded his desk angrily, “So impudent. How dare… How dare he disobey my decree…”

Eunuch Hu trembled with fear and kneeled to kowtow, “Your Majesty, please don’t be angry…”

At the same time, his mind was racing, “Prince Zhan just came back from a long journey and might be afraid to look disrespectful to you. That is why he said that he would greet you tomorrow morning.”

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Lie became less angry and glanced at Eunuch Hu who was kneeling on the ground, “Did he say he would pay my respects tomorrow?”

Eunuch Hu nodded in response, “Yes, Prince Zhan said that he would come to the palace to greet you tomorrow morning.”

This mollified Xuanyuan Lie. He gave a smile and felt that Xuanyuan Mo had a conscience. Then he waved at Eunuch Hu in a good mood.

Immediately, Eunuch Hu sighed with relief as if he got a grant amnesty and bowed to say, “Your Majesty, I’ll leave first.”

The next day, Xuanyuan Mo still didn’t come to the palace. Xuanyuan Lie lost his temper again but couldn’t do anything to Xuanyuan Mo.

In Prince Zhan’s mansion, Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi walked out of the room after breakfast.

When the servants and guards saw Duanmu Xi’s face, they all opened their eyes wide in shock.

How could there be such a beautiful girl in the world…

Was she a fairy maiden…

No, a fairy maiden was even inferior to her…

Even Lishang, who had been used to the beauties from the wolf clan, was amazed to see Duanmu Xi.

She was such a beautiful girl. In addition to her good looks, her noble temperament like a snow lotus and her aura of an empress were attracting their eyes, but they didn’t dare to approach her.

No wonder Prince Zhan fell in love with her. Few people in the world could resist her charm.

When he saw their infatuated eyes, Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes became gloomy, and he exuded a cold aura unconsciously. Perhaps he shouldn’t have kept these servants and guards in the mansion either.

With a long face, he pulled Duanmu Xi out of his mansion.

They came to the busiest street in the Imperial City. In order to avoid trouble again, Duanmu Xi covered her face with a white veil.

There were many people in the street, but no one dared to come near Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi.

Duanmu Xi looked around in doubt and saw the passers-by keep a distance from them as if they were afraid.

Some passers-by were whispering gossip.

“Look, that is Prince Zhan. I heard that he was thuggish and heartless.”

“Rumor has it that his mother is a man-eating demon.”

“He is a half-demon as well. It is said he will go on a killing spree when the moon is full.”

“Isn’t the full-moon night around the corner?”

“Yes, we’d better leave now!”

“Who is the girl? How dare she walk with the half-demon?”

“Yeah, she is really not afraid of death!”

The more comments Duanmu Xi heard, the angrier she became. She yanked the white veil from her face and turned to glare angrily at those people who thought they were not heard. Her strong coercion of a Spiritual Emperor also spilled out unconsciously.

When the crowd saw Duanmu Xi’s beautiful face, they stopped talking abruptly and all looked at her with fascination. They just forgot where they were and what they were doing.

Xuanyuan Mo didn’t have any reaction to those comments he had heard. He was calm without anger and blame, but now, at the sight of their infatuated eyes, he just wanted to kill them.

Xuanyuan Mo reached out to put the white veil back on Duanmu Xi’s face. His gentle action made others feel that he was caring for the most precious treasure in the world.

“Snow.” Duanmu Xi’s purple eyes were filled with tears instantly. Xuanyuan Mo was the best man in the world but was treated in this way by these people.

Looking at Duanmu Xi’s purple eyes full of distress, Xuanyuan Mo directly picked her up by the waist and disappeared into the street with a leap.

Then they returned to the Xuelan House. Duanmu Xi hugged Xuanyuan Mo and buried her face into his arms, “You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You deliberately brought me to the street and let me hear those comments, right?”

“Yes, I want you to know what kind of person you love and plan to marry.” Xuanyuan Mo wanted to hug Duanmu Xi, but in the end, he put down his hand. He didn’t know if he was still qualified to have her in his arms.

Duanmu Xi looked up at Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes and said word by word, “I don’t care what kind of person you are. I love you. You are a hybrid indeed. Yet, even if you are a monster, I’ll still love you. If you like killing, I can slaughter all the people in the world with you. What’s more, you’re not whom they say you are.”

No matter how many people Snow killed, he would always be the purest and most wonderful person in the world.

“Xi.” Xuanyuan Mo took Duanmu Xi into his arms tightly, as if to integrate her into his blood. Perhaps she had long been integrated into his blood.