Chapter 149

Today, the Imperial City of the Baihu Empire was a sea of people. These people were from Qinglong, Zhuque, Xuanwu, Central State and of course Baihu. Almost all the people in the Hantian Continent were crowded here. They gathered here for nothing but to attend the grand wedding held here today.

All the people flooded towards the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire simply to get a glimpse of the bride’s appearance.

Now, there were crowds of people outside the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire. Two men in the crowds were saying something.

“It is said that Princess Consort Zhan will set off from the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire. Prince Zhan will come to the imperial palace to pick up the bride later. I’m here to see Princess Consort Zhan on purpose. I heard that she was incomparably beautiful. I would die for seeing her once.”

Then, the man in cyan stood on tiptoe and craned his neck to look in the direction of the imperial palace. It seemed that the person he wanted to see would come out of the imperial palace the next moment.

The man in white next to the man in cyan heard that and then refuted disdainfully, “Princess Consort Zhan is more than incomparably beautiful. I’ll say that she is even more beautiful than the fairy maiden. I’ve seen her once by luck. That is the beauty I can never forget in my life!”

The man in white became in a trance as if he saw the beauty he had seen by accident again.

Seeing the fascinated face of the man in white, the man in cyan wondered whether she was really that beautiful. Well. He wouldn’t see the bride if he just stood here. Then, he strived to squeeze forward through the crowd.

In the Yingyue Palace of the imperial palace in Baihu, Phoenix Five was assisting Duanmu Xi in putting on the wedding dress. This extraordinarily splendid wedding dress was prepared by Duanmu Xue for Duanmu Xi.

The whole wedding dress was made of extremely soft mulberry silk. The red tube top was embroidered with a lifelike phoenix using the golden threads. The exterior red layer was also embroidered with a phoenix flying up in spirals, which looked as if the phoenix were about to fly away with the bride. Likewise, the wide sleeve cuffs were embroidered with auspicious clouds using golden threads. As to the long train, it was embroidered with a golden peacock. If the train was unfolded, it would look as beautiful as a peacock spreading its tail. The whole wedding dress was rather luxurious and extravagant.

Duanmu Xue watched Duanmu Xi put on the wedding dress she had prepared on her own and then nodded with satisfaction. She had long prepared the wedding clothes for Xi and Mo. She thought that their wedding would be held in Zhuque. Unexpectedly, it was held in Baihu instead now. The bridegroom’s suit had been sent to Prince Zhan’s mansion. She wondered whether he would wear it or not.

After Duanmu Xi put on the wedding dress, a maid came inside to help Duanmu Xi depilate the fine hair from her face by threads. However, when the maid saw Duanmu Xi’s smooth and tender face, she had no idea how to do it. In the end, she could only do it perfunctorily.

After that procedure, it should be the hair combing. When the maid just picked up the comb, Duanmu Xue said, “Okay. You can leave now.”

The maid was a bit taken aback to hear that. She stood in situ restrainedly, not daring to move. She was thinking whether she had accidentally done something to piss off the empress and the crown princess of Zhuque. If she really made them mad, she would be killed for sure. Then, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat and her legs even subconsciously started trembling.

Seeing the maid’s frightened look, Phoenix Five immediately put a red pocket into her hand and then said in a low voice, “Her Majesty has ordered you to leave. Why are you still standing here?”

The maid was relieved to hear that and then instantly knelt on the ground with a kowtow, “Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Highness, Guard Phoenix.”

After extending her gratitude, the maid immediately bowed herself out.

After arriving behind Duanmu Xi, Duanmu Xue looked at her daughter in the mirror dressed in a red wedding dress. Xi had black hair, picturesque eyes, a fair-skinned face and red lips. Unknowingly, Xi had become such a beauty.

Seeing Duanmu Xue in a trance, Duanmu Xi called her, “Mother.”

Duanmu Xue came to her senses and looked at Duanmu Xi in the bronze mirror, “I’ll comb the hair for you.”

Then, she picked up the brush from the dresser and started to comb tenderly Duanmu Xi’s long hair as smooth as the silk. While combing the hair, she chanted softly, “The first combing, may you live in wealth; the second combing, wish you health and happiness; the third combing, wish you abundances of offspring and longevity; the fourth combing, may you and your husband love and respect each other; the fifth combing, may you two live together forever; the sixth combing, may you be of one mind permanently.”

“Mother.” Duanmu Xi threw herself to Duanmu Xue’s arms and couldn’t refrain from shedding her tears.

Duanmu Xue’s eyes were filled with tears now as well. Her daughter was getting married. She really didn’t want to part from her daughter.

She stroked Duanmu Xi’s hair, “Xi, don’t cry. Mo will come to fetch you later. Don’t get your face stained.”

Duanmu Xue wiped Duanmu Xi’s tears gently, “Here. Let me put on the phoenix coronet for you.”

Then, Duanmu Xue picked up the extremely luxurious golden phoenix coronet aside and put it on Duanmu Xi’s head.

Duanmu Xi only felt a weight on her head and then her vision was blocked by the golden tassels.

As Duanmu Xue also wanted to put on the accessories for her, Duanmu Xi hastened to stop her, “Mother, I don’t want to wear these things.”

The golden phoenix coronet was her limit. She didn’t want to wear so many golden accessories. Besides, the phoenix coronet was heavy enough. If she also put on these heavy jewels, her neck would be broken.

Duanmu Xue knew that her daughter didn’t like these things so she didn’t insist then. Moreover, she believed that her daughter would be the most beautiful bride in the Hantian Continent even without these jewels.

“Your Highness, Ms. Mei has arrived.” Phoenix Five walked inside and slightly bowed to Duanmu Xi.

“Let her in.” Duanmu Xi immediately rose.

“Yes.” Phoenix Five took the order and went out again.

Shortly, Phoenix Five took Mei Luo inside.

When Mei Luo saw Duanmu Xi wearing the phoenix coronet and robe of rank, her eyes glinted with amazement. Xi was so pretty. Even if she didn’t wear any makeup, her beauty was not affected at all. Instead, she looked as graceful as the lotus. And her red clothes just made her even more stunning.

“Third Master.” Seeing Mei Luo, Duanmu Xi immediately went forward.

Hearing Duanmu Xi’s summon, Mei Luo recovered from the astonishment and slightly nodded at Duanmu Xue, which was kind of a greeting.

Duanmu Xue also slightly nodded. She had a good impression of Xi’s third master.

“Third Master, why are you here so late?” Duanmu Xi looked at Mei Luo and slightly pouted her red lips. She had been waiting for her third master. For her, Third Master was as important as her mother.

Hearing that, Mei Luo slightly curled her lips, “I was preparing the wedding gift for you.”

Then, Mei Luo took out a wooden box and passed it to Duanmu Xi.

Duanmu Xi took the wooden box and opened it. There was a necklace in the box. The necklace featured a drop-shaped purple crystal in the middle, which was faintly glistening with a purple halo.

“What a beautiful necklace! What a pretty purple crystal!” Duanmu Xi couldn’t help exclaiming. She had fallen in love with this necklace at the first sight. Especially the purple crystal in the middle of the necklace was so eye-catching.

Mei Luo was happy that Duanmu Xi liked the gift given by her. She looked at the purple crystal in the middle of the necklace and said to Duanmu Xi, “This is not a purple crystal. It is called Purple Hell Stone, the bane of all the worms. As long as you wear it, no worms can approach you. If there is any worm around you, it will give off a strong purple light.”

She could be sure that there must be people of the Wilderness Holy Region around Xi. The Heartless Worm’s effect was rather special, which ordinary people wouldn’t use. The one who planted the Heartless Worm in Xuanyuan Mo must mean to set against Xi rather than Xuanyuan Mo.

In order to prevent anyone from planting worms in Xi in the future, she made a necklace out of the Purple Hell Stone her mother left for her. As long as Xi wore it, those people wouldn’t hurt her then.

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi felt so touched. She looked at Mei Luo and said seriously, “Thank you so much. I like the necklace very much. I will wear it every day.”

Duanmu Xue aside was also moved to hear Mei Luo’s words. Xi’s three masters were really the best. They all loved Xi very much. No wonder Xi would adore them so much too.

Mei Luo heard that and smiled, “I’m glad that you like it. You can drip your blood on it and make it regard you as its owner. In this case, no one but you can take it from your necklace.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi nodded, slit her finger and dripped a drop of blood on the Purple Hell Stone. It immediately gave off a beam of strong purple light. A while later, it was restored to the faint purple halo.

In the Imperial City, a bride-fetching team wearing red clothes strode towards the imperial palace like a great flood. Dressed in the red bridegroom’s suit, Xuanyuan Mo was riding a black horse that had a red flower on its head in the front of the team. Lishang and Yu Ying wearing tight outfits also followed Xuanyuan Mo.

Today, Xuanyuan Mo was wearing a very luxurious red groom’s suit. His casually scattered hair was simply tied up with a red ribbon behind his head. Although he still looked cold, his handsomeness was not affected at all. Many women were fascinated by Xuanyuan Mo’s incomparably good-looking face. They were still in a trance even after Xuanyuan Mo went far away.

Upon seeing the bride-fetching team, all the people in the Imperial City just made way for them automatically. When they saw Xuanyuan Mo’s cold face in front, they even hung their heads, not daring to make any sound. They didn’t dare to gossip until Xuanyuan Mo went far away.

“Did you see Prince Zhan’s suit? It is so strange!”

“I didn’t see it clearly. What’s strange about it?”

“It seems to be embroidered with a bird.”

“That’s not a bird at all. You’ve seen it wrongly. It is clearly a phoenix.”

“Why is Prince Zhan’s suit embroidered with a phoenix? I thought the bridegroom’s suit was usually embroidered with a dragon. The phoenix symbolizes women and the dragon is the symbol of men!”

“You are right. Does Prince Zhan wear the wrong suit?”

…

A woman of Zhuque listened to their crazy guesses and finally couldn’t put up with them anymore. She directly stood forward and explained, “He doesn’t wear the wrong suit. The suit he is wearing is called a phoenix suit. It is embroidered with a male phoenix. In Zhuque, the male phoenix symbolizes men while the female phoenix symbolizes women. The phoenix suit on him is the highest-ranking. In Zhuque, only the royal consort is qualified to wear that kind of phoenix suit.”

The crowd all took a tumble upon hearing her out. It turned out that Prince Zhan was wearing the bridegroom’s suit of the Zhuque Empire. No wonder they felt strange. However, they didn’t expect that a cold man like Prince Zhan should wear the bridegroom’s suit of the Zhuque Empire in order to humor Princess Consort Zhan.