Chapter 64
Chapter 64
What was she?
A complicated chill flickered through Di Xiulan’s eyes.
A moment later, he gave a derisive laugh and said indifferently, “Nothing at all.”
Liang Yun shuddered.
His lord’s words were shrouded in fog, but judging from that expression, Miss Ye’s true identity was probably nothing benevolent!
Neither god nor immortal, neither demon nor devil, yet able to reincarnate as a human on the Glazed Continent…
For a moment, Liang Yun could not even begin to guess what kind of life-form that might be.
And judging from his lord’s attitude toward her, it seemed even his lord had not decided what to do with her.
Liang Yun could not help marveling inwardly.
Ye Piaoling… That woman’s origins were far from simple!
…
Ye Piaoling lay on her bed, leisurely flipping through her account books.
How pleasing to the eye her daily income was!
Sand Sculpture System: [Host, the Regent King broke up with you. What about your mission to get into his bed?]
Ye Piaoling: [Broke up? Since when was I ever dating him?]
Sand Sculpture System: [Wasn’t that exactly what his attitude meant today? He thought you weren’t devoted enough to him, so he threw a breakup tantrum.]
Ye Piaoling: […]
Sand Sculpture System: [Host? Host?]
Ye Piaoling was absorbed in admiring her daily earnings and had no interest in discussing such nonsense with it, so she brushed it off perfunctorily. [Fine. If that’s what you want to think, I can’t stop you. A breakup it is.]
Sand Sculpture System: […]
Even a dog would want to die after hearing that.
Seeing that she simply did not want to do the mission, the Sand Sculpture System tried a more roundabout way of persuading her. [Then what about your electric scooter? Aren’t you going to charge it?]
Ye Piaoling was unconcerned. [Breaking up doesn’t affect charging. When it’s time to charge, I’ll have my own ways. No need to worry.]
Hearing this, the Sand Sculpture System could not help cursing silently.
Shameless host. She refused to do the mission and still sounded so righteous about it!
Just keep dismissing the Regent King and the mission like this. Just wait. Sooner or later, there would come a day when she fell into his hands!
…
The next day, at Tianwen Sect.
Hua Wuhuang propped up his chin and said gloomily, “Xiao Yezi, starting today, I can’t help you with your homework anymore.”
Ye Piaoling was shocked. “Why not?”
Hua Wuhuang sighed. “I’ve run into trouble. This trouble has almost left me with no heart for cultivation.”
“What?!”
Ye Piaoling slapped the table in outrage. “What kind of trouble could affect my good sister helping me with homework? Hurry up and tell me. I’ll solve it for you!”
Hua Wuhuang let out a long sigh and said, “My fiancé is coming back.”
Ye Piaoling froze.
“You have another fiancé? You didn’t beat this one into running away?”
Hua Wuhuang shook his head melancholically. “I can’t beat him.”
Ye Piaoling asked, “Who is he?”
Hua Wuhuang said, “The Marquis of Cangwu, Lu Yin.”
Ye Piaoling gaped. “You mean that elder of Tianwen Sect who hasn’t come back yet?”
Hua Wuhuang nodded.
Ye Piaoling’s expression froze.
Lu Yin was a hereditary marquis. Though only in his twenties, he was already the youngest and most promising elder of Tianwen Sect.
Because he had previously gone to the frontier with the army, he had not attended the Apprenticeship Ceremony.
In terms of ability, Hua Wuhuang truly could not beat him. This time, when he returned, he would become one of the disciples’ teachers and instruct everyone in swordsmanship!
Ye Piaoling said, “I heard the Marquis of Cangwu is the Number One Swordsman of Dali.”
“What swordsman? He’s nothing but a wastrel addicted to wine and women!”
Hua Wuhuang said angrily, “The hateful thing is, he specifically requested this marriage from the emperor. With an imperial marriage decree in place, my family can’t refuse on our own. He has to be the one to withdraw from the engagement!”
Ye Piaoling asked, “Have you discussed breaking off the engagement with him before?”
Hua Wuhuang said, “I wrote him letters and tried both threats and bribes, hoping he would retreat in the face of difficulty. But he doesn’t know I’m a man. No matter what, he refused to agree, and he even spread the word that he absolutely had to marry me, the Number One Beauty of Dali…”
“If I really married him, then my sex couldn’t be hidden anymore. When the time comes, who knows what that madman might do in a fit of rage… So I have to make him break off the marriage!”
Hua Wuhuang said, “Xiao Yezi, you have to help me think of a way!”
Ye Piaoling frowned in thought.
Under what circumstances would a man want to break off an engagement…
Duke Anguo suddenly came to mind.
Ye Piaoling’s eyes lit up. “Any method will do, right?”
Hua Wuhuang nodded. “As long as it makes that Lu bastard give up.”
Ye Piaoling said, “Then that’s easy. The one thing men can’t tolerate most is being cuckolded. You can pretend you cheated on him and tell him you’re already pregnant with someone else’s child.”
Hua Wuhuang: “…”
Ye Piaoling said, “If he asks whose child it is, just say it’s the Regent King’s.”
Hua Wuhuang: “…”
Ye Piaoling said, “That way, he definitely won’t dare do anything to you. He’ll have no choice but to obediently cancel the engagement.”
Hua Wuhuang said, “He certainly wouldn’t dare do anything to me, but the Regent King would swat me to death.”
Ye Piaoling said, “Anything involving the Regent King’s private life isn’t something Lu Yin would dare run his mouth about. The Regent King won’t find out.”
Hua Wuhuang said, “I don’t have the nerve. And my father’s heart wouldn’t be able to take it either.”
He took a deep breath, then smiled. “Why don’t you pretend to be my lover instead? I’ll say the child is yours.”
“This…” Ye Piaoling said, “You want me to dress as a man? But I don’t think I’m tall enough…”
“This is no time to fuss over details.” Hua Wuhuang pleaded, “Xiao Yezi, you’re the only one who knows my secret, and you’re the only one who can help me!”
Ye Piaoling thought it over, then nodded in agreement.
“Fine. When is he entering the city? We’ll stop him right in the street. For a stubborn pest like him, we’ll cuckold him so hard he’ll panic. Then he’ll definitely cancel the engagement without a fuss!”
Hua Wuhuang smiled. “He’ll be back tonight.”
Ye Piaoling said, “Then it’s settled. As for my homework…”
Hua Wuhuang said, “Of course I’ll write it for you!”
Ye Piaoling couldn’t help clapping. “As expected of my best sister!!!”
…
At dusk, the slanting sun paved the road with gold.
Two figures appeared in the bustling marketplace.
One was Princess Hua Wuhuang, his red robes snapping in the breeze. The other was a handsome young gentleman with refined brows and bright eyes, dressed in white with a jade belt at the waist and cloud-patterned boots on his feet. In his hand was a gold-painted folding fan; elegant as an orchid and graceful as a jade tree, he was every inch the dashing nobleman.
Ye Piaoling had put on a disguise mask. She was bound to run into the Marquis of Cangwu again at Tianwen Sect in the future, so she couldn’t let that elder recognize her.
Along the way, young ladies kept sneaking glances at her.
Ye Piaoling was very satisfied with her outfit. A refined and charming noble young master-who wouldn’t like that?
After strolling around the street for a while, the two stopped beneath the restaurant Zui-le-me.
“Are you sure Marquis Lu will take this street?” Ye Piaoling asked.
“I’m sure. This main road is the shortest route from the city gate to the marquis’s estate. That man has always been arrogant and never takes detours.”
As Hua Wuhuang spoke, he suddenly tugged at her sleeve. “He’s here!”
Against the slanting sun, a tall young man approached at a steady pace. Dressed in blue with a longsword at his side and a fine horse in hand, he looked like a wandering swordsman of the jianghu.
His face was handsome and pale, its lines clean and sharp. He possessed a very particular air about him-beneath his cold indifference lurked a kind of unrestrained madness.
They met face-to-face, and both sides stopped.
Hua Wuhuang and Ye Piaoling both stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin’s gaze swept over Ye Piaoling before landing directly on Hua Wuhuang.
A moment later, Lu Yin was the first to speak.
He smiled, wanton and suggestive. “Wuhuang, did you come specially to welcome your fiancé?”
Hua Wuhuang’s red lips parted, and he coldly spat out a single word.
“Scram.”
Lu Yin burst into laughter. “That’s exactly the temper I like. Spicy enough!”
Hua Wuhuang said nothing, his temple twitching.
Lu Yin said, “Don’t be in such a rush. I just got back from the border. Once I’ve rested for a couple of days, I’ll start preparing for the wedding and pick an auspicious date to marry you.”
Only then did he turn to Ye Piaoling.
“And this is?”
Ye Piaoling said, “My surname is Wang.”
Lu Yin said, “Young Master Wang?”
Ye Piaoling said, “No need to be so polite. Just call me Old Wang from next door.”
Lu Yin: “…”