Romance of the Resurrected Crown Princess and the Cold-blooded Wolf King - Chapter 165

Phoenix Five looked at the dishes not much eaten on the table and slightly knitted her eyebrows, her eyes full of worry, “Your Highness, are the dishes not to your liking? What would you like to eat? I will make it for you.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi stroked her chest and waved her hand, “There is nothing wrong with the dishes. Just take them away.”

She felt nauseated even when she looked at the dishes, not to mention eating the dishes.

Hearing that, Phoenix Five said with worry, “Nevertheless, how can you not eat anything? You are pregnant now. Even if you are not hungry, your baby still needs nutrition!”

Her Highness rarely ate anything recently and only forced herself to eat something while Mr. Xuanyuan was around. Yet, she would still vomit what she had eaten afterward. Phoenix Five really had no idea how she was going to face Her Majesty if anything went wrong with Her Highness or the baby.

Duanmu Xi stroked her belly gently and a glimmer of affection flashed across her eyes. Her baby was so tiny but it was torturing her so severely.

Duanmu Xi looked up at the worried Phoenix Five and smiled gently, “No worries. This is the normal reaction of being pregnant. I’ll be fine in one or two months. Besides, I have Chief Master’s tocolytic elixirs. Don’t worry about the baby’s nutrition.”

She originally thought it was somewhat exaggerating that Chief Master gave her a dozen of tocolytic elixirs. Now, she really ate the tocolytic elixirs as sour plums. When she felt nauseated, she would eat one. It worked like a charm.

“Clear the table. I’ll take a nap,” after saying that, Duanmu Xi walked to the daybed aside.

Looking at her mistress’s lazy appearance, Phoenix Five heaved a sigh resignedly, quickly cleared the table and took the dishes out.

When Xuanyuan Mo came back, Duanmu Xi was still sleeping.

Looking at Duanmu Xi sleeping soundly on the daybed, Xuanyuan Mo slightly curled her lips with his eyes full of affection. He took out a blanket from the cabinet and put it on Duanmu Xi gently.

Duanmu Xi opened her eyes mistily. Upon seeing Xuanyuan Mo, she cracked a sweet smile.

“Snow!” Her voice was tender with a bit of hoarseness as she just woke up.

Seeing that Duanmu Xi was awake, Xuanyuan Mo bent down to kiss her on the lips, “Did I wake you up?”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi shook her head and sat up slowly. After taking a nap, she felt a lot more spirited.

Seeing that, Xuanyuan Mo directly sat behind Duanmu Xi and served as her cushion.

Duanmu Xi leaned against Xuanyuan Mo’s arms leisurely and fiddled with his hair, “Snow, where have you been today? I haven’t seen you for a whole day.”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo smiled and hung his head to whisper to her ear mischievously, “Did you miss me?”

With a slightly red face, Duanmu Xi pulled Xuanyuan Mo’s hair harshly and mumbled with pouted lips, “What? Can’t I miss you?”

Seeing Duanmu Xi’s cute look, Xuanyuan Mo was touched and hung his head to kiss her on the face, “Sure. It’s my honor.”

Xuanyuan Mo suddenly thought of something and then said, “Father asks us to enter the palace for the dinner party. Would you like to attend the dinner party?”

Dinner party? Duanmu Xi was a bit dazed to hear that and then turned to look at Xuanyuan Mo, “Anything important in the palace?”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo shook his head, “No idea”. He always didn’t care about these things.

Duanmu Xi couldn’t help frowning, apparently lost in thought.

Looking at Duanmu Xi appeared as if deep in thought, Xuanyuan Mo put his arms around her slim waist, “If you don’t want to go, we can skip it.”

When Duanmu Xi heard his reply, her eyes sparkled. Then, she shook her head, “Forget it. Let’s go then!”

This was the first time his father asked them to attend the dinner party after they were married. It was not appropriate for them to be absent from the dinner party for no reason.

Xuanyuan Mo nodded and didn’t think too much. Since his wife claimed to attend the party, they would go then.

At night, the Huwei Hall of the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire was ablaze with light and very lively.

Tonight, the Huwei Hall was a sea of people, including civil and military officials, members of the imperial family as well as their families.

However, Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi were the most eye-catching people. Xuanyuan Mo was wearing a red brocade robe lined with golden threads and a golden belt around his waist. His hair was no longer tied up but fixed with a blood jade hairpin. Duanmu Xi was also wearing a red long dress, whose cuffs and hemlines were embroidered with the pattern of golden peony flower. The white silk ribbon on her hair was replaced with a golden silk ribbon.

They were dressed in red couple wear, making the others feel as if they were at their wedding that was held more than one month ago.

Several young splendidly dressed girls all looked envious upon seeing them wearing the red couple costume.

“Prince Zhan and Princess Consort Zhan are so lovey-dovey!”

“Yeah. They are even wearing the same clothes!”

“They look so good in red. Both of them are so beautiful!”

“Alas. Is Princess Consort Zhan or the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region more beautiful?”

“Of course Princess Consort Zhan is. I have never seen anyone more beautiful than her!”

“Not necessarily. I heard from my dad that the Wilderness Holy Region was rich in beautiful women. Since that woman can be the sacred maiden, she must be a beauty!”

“That place is rich in beauties. So what? I don’t believe that the sacred maiden can be more beautiful than Princess Consort Zhan.”

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Xuanyuan Hao looked at their couple costume with jealousy in his eyes. Then, with his lips curved into a sneer, he must see how long they could stay so lovey-dovey.

“Here arrive His Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, Her Highness Consort Hui,” the eunuch chanted outside.

“Long Live Your Majesty the Emperor. Long Live Your Majesty the Empress. Wish Your Highness Consort Hui all the best!”

Everyone knelt to receive them. Only Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi were still standing straight.

Seeing the scene, all the people were staring at Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi with admiration. Due to her exalted identity, Princess Consort Zhan was allowed not to kneel by the emperor. Prince Zhan always acted at will. When he wanted to kneel, he would kneel. When he didn’t want to, he just wouldn’t. The emperor never blamed him for that.

Staring at Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Lie slightly smiled with his eyes full of favor.

Guo Hui’er and Zhou Manyun walking behind Xuanyuan Lie had different countenances. Guo Hui’er put on a jealous look and stared gloomily at Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi with her triangle eyes while Zhou Manyun looked at the unpleasantly matched couple with her eyes full of fierceness and then smiled at them gently. Yet, she didn’t receive any response from them.

Duanmu Xi felt the two different gazes and her eyes slightly flickered. These two women were either wicked and ruthless or double-dealing. They were both not easy to deal with.

Xuanyuan Lie walked onto the high platform and raised his hands toward the crowd, “All rise.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Shortly after they sat down, the eunuch chanted again, “Here arrive the sacred maiden and the envoys of the Wilderness Holy Region.”

Hearing the chanting, everyone craned their necks to look out of the hall gate. This morning, in the Baihu Hall, they only saw the envoys of the Wilder Holy Region but not the sacred maiden.

It was said that the sacred maiden had a high position in the Wilder Holy Region. She was like a goddess. The Wilderness Holy Region was a very mysterious place while the sacred maiden was the most mysterious being there. Therefore, they were very curious about the sacred maiden!

Amidst everyone’s expectant eyes, a woman in green appeared in front of all slowly.

The moment the woman appeared, she attracted the attention of all men because of her peculiar costume. The woman was wearing a light green strapless dress with a green gauzy garment. Her naked arms were faintly discernible under the gauzy garment. They were rather eye-catching.

The strapless dress had a short front and a long back. The front hemline had just reached the knees, exposing two fair-skinned legs. Most surprisingly, this woman didn’t wear shoes. She had a string of silver bells around her left ankle. The silver bell jingled as she ambled.

As the woman approached, the crowd moved their gaze from her delicate feet to her face. To their disappointment, the woman was wearing a golden veil on her face, covering her face. However, only her coquettish eyes were enough to bewitch quite some men.

Nevertheless, no matter how many men were attracted, the woman in green didn’t care at all. Her coquettish gaze had settled on the man in red since she came inside.

That man seemed to have no idea about being gazed at. He only focused on the woman aside wholeheartedly.

When the woman in green noticed that the man didn’t even glance at her, her face under the veil was full of resentment. She followed the man’s gaze and looked at the woman next to him. Seeing that the woman was wearing the same type of red clothes as the man, the woman in green was jealous.

Feeling that someone was staring at her, Duanmu Xi looked upward. The moment Duanmu Xi looked upward, the woman in green turned her gaze away from Duanmu Xi.

Duanmu Xi was a bit surprised to see the woman in green’s costume. What an exotic woman! Upon seeing her, Duanmu Xi felt as if seeing a woman of the Zhuque Empire.

The sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region? Thinking of the story about the Celestial Maiden told by her third master, Duanmu Xi wondered where her third master was and felt that her third master had inextricable links with the Wilderness Holy Region.

The woman in green slowly walked to Xuanyuan Lie with two envoys in black and curtsied, “I’m Liqing, the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region. Emperor of the Baihu Empire, please accept the greetings from me and the two envoys.”

Upon seeing the delicate feet of the woman in green, Xuanyuan Lie was slightly in a daze. When he saw Yan for the first time, she was also barefoot, dancing in the snowfield.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Lie was staring at the bare feet of the woman in green, Guo Hui’er next to him was disgruntled and glared at the woman in green with her triangle eyes. A glimmer of resentment and disdain flashed across her eyes. Sacred maiden? She was literally a foxy woman.

Zhou Manyun still looked gentle but in the depths of her eyes, there was inexplicable profound meaning.

Xuanyuan Lie came to his senses and raised his hand at the woman in green, “Please drop the formalities. Offer seats to the sacred maiden and the envoys.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Liqing and two envoys in black sat on the seats under the guidance of the eunuch. They happened to sit opposite Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi.

The dinner party started quickly. It still featured singing and dancing. After being seated, Liqing neither ate nor watched the performances. She still stared at Xuanyuan Mo opposite, her coquettish eyes full of affection and admiration.

Xuanyuan Mo still concentrated his focus on Duanmu Xi aside. He put several dishes on her plate but she just didn’t eat anything at all. His eyebrows were slightly knitted, “Xi, why don’t you eat anything?”