Romance of the Resurrected Crown Princess and the Cold-blooded Wolf King - Chapter 166

Then, she pulled the plate filled with the waxberries aside to herself.

Looking at Duanmu Xi eating the waxberries with satisfaction, Xuanyuan Mo slightly smiled, “If you like waxberries, I can ask them to send several baskets of these to our mansion.”

“Okay.” Hearing that, Duanmu Xi nodded with delight, picked up a waxberry and put it at Xuanyuan Mo’s lips.

Xuanyuan Mo ate it docilely. Instantly, an extremely sour flavor filled his whole mouth but he still ate it with a straight face. He would eat whatever his wife fed him, even if it was poison.

As Liqing opposite saw their lovey-dovey interaction, her coquettish eyes were full of malice that was as wicked as a venomous snake.

Maybe because the eyes opposite were too sharp, Duanmu Xi looked up and happened to meet Liqing’s vicious gaze. She slightly frowned. This pair of eyes looked so familiar. She seemed to have seen them before.

Suddenly, a pair of wicked eyes came to her mind. It was her, the woman in black who threw her off the cliff with Xiahou Shan and Hua Xian’er in the Spiritual Beast Forest. It turned out that the woman was the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region. However, she held no grudges against this sacred maiden. Why did she do that?

Duanmu Xi recalled that this woman’s moves were rather similar to Third Master’s. This woman was the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region. And Third Master was familiar with the Region. Was Third Master from the Wilderness Holy Region? It appeared that she should ask Phoenix Five and Long Yue to investigate the Wilderness Holy Region and the sacred maiden opposite.

Feeling that Duanmu Xi was looking across at something, Xuanyuan Mo also followed Duanmu Xi’s gaze and looked in that direction.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Mo was looking at her, Liqing was delighted. The wickedness in her eyes turned into affection instantly. She stared at Xuanyuan Mo tenderly.

Xuanyuan Mo glimpsed the woman opposite’s eyes. He slightly frowned and felt a bit annoyed.

Xuanyuan Mo’s resentful eyes were like a basin of icy water poured down on Liqing all over. Her affectionate gaze also became plaintive.

However, whether her gaze was affectionate or plaintive, Xuanyuan Mo couldn’t see that. He only glanced at the opposite side and then turned to fix his eyes on his wife again.

Zhou Manyun on the platform glimpsed the three people’s interaction down there and gave a meaningful smile.

She looked at Xuanyuan Lie and said with a graceful smile, “Your Majesty, I heard that all the women of the Wilderness Holy Region could dance and sing. Why don’t we ask the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region to dance for us?”

Hearing her mention dancing, Xuanyuan Lie thought of Xuanyuan Mo’s mother dancing beautifully in the snowfield back then. He turned to look at Liqing and consulted her opinion, “I wonder whether you would like to dance for us.”

Before Liqing answered, the two envoys in black next to her stood up and said, “Our scared maiden is exalted. How can she dance in front of so many people?”

The corners of their lips all twitched. The sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region couldn’t be more exalted than Princess Consort Zhan anyway. Even Princess Consort Zhan could dance in front of them. Why couldn’t the sacred maiden? Indeed, Princess Consort Zhan couldn’t be compared with those women from small communities.

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Lie slightly knitted his eyebrows, “Since the sacred maiden doesn’t want to, forget about it then.”

Then, Xuanyuan Lie turned to look at the other female guests, “I wonder whether any lady is willing to dance for us.”

The moment Xuanyuan Lie finished talking, several young women stood up. However, before they could speak, Liqing had stood up and said, “I can dance for Your Majesty and Your Highness but hopefully, Your Majesty can grant my request.”

Xuanyuan Lie was slightly dazed to hear that and then said, “What is your request?”

Liqing secretly glanced at Xuanyuan Mo opposite and found that he didn’t look at her at all. Dejected, she took a deep breath inwardly and looked at Xuanyuan Lie, “No rush. I may raise my request after dancing.”

After saying that, Liqing walked to the sing-song women and whispered something. Then, she walked to the center of the Huwei Hall.

The dance music sounded. Liqing started dancing to the music. The green dress and the gauze layer billowed in the wind. The silver bell on her ankle also jingled with her dance steps.

She raised her hands high and turned them quickly. Her wide sleeves slid down, exposing her fair-skinned wrists.

She tapped the ground with her feet and spun around faster and faster as if she were about to fly up.

Her beautiful eyes sparkled. With a glance only, she had bewitched all the men.

Gradually, amidst the melodious sound of the silver bell, all the people present only focused on Liqing’s fair-skinned wrists, delicate feet, enchanting eyes and the discernible body under the gauze clothes.

Even Xuanyuan Lie’s facial expression started becoming misty. For a moment, he seemed to see Yan dancing in the snowfield barefooted. Her fluttering red clothes were so beautiful in the snow-white world.

Nevertheless, some people were sober. For example, Guo Hui’er was glaring at Liqing as if to eat her alive. How could this damned woman try to seduce the emperor? Didn’t she see the empress aside?

Zhou Manyun was still gentle, except that her coquettish eyes contained some unknown meaning.

And Xuanyuan Hao didn’t watch Liqing dancing at all. Instead, he was drinking alone with his eyes fixed on Duanmu Xi aside.

Neither did Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi watch the dance. Duanmu Xi disliked dancing or the dishes on the table. The waxberries were delicious but she couldn’t eat too many. Hence, out of boredom, Duanmu Xi started to take a nap and Xuanyuan Mo was the best natural cushion.

Xuanyuan Mo was not interested in singing or dancing but Xuanyuan Hao’s eyes aroused his attention. A glimmer of fierceness flashed across his amber eyes. Xuanyuan Mo didn’t expect that his second brother should have feelings for his wife too.

Looking at Duanmu Xi napping with her head rested on his shoulder, he curled his lips with his eyes full of affection. It was so noisy here but she still could be napping. He was quite impressed by her. Then, he clutched her into his arms closely so that she could sleep more comfortably.

Liqing who was still dancing noticed that she couldn’t arouse any attention from Xuanyuan Mo so she instantly lost interest in dancing and put an end to the dance roughly.

The dance was over but the audience was still infatuated, staring at Liqing with obsession.

Xuanyuan Lie was still immersed in his reminiscence.

“Ahem… Humph…” Everyone didn’t come to their senses until Guo Hui’er faked coughing. Then, the audience broke into rapturous applause.

However, the applause only lasted several seconds because Prince Zhan was staring at them coldly. The cold eyes made them still for an instant. Then, they saw Princess Consort Zhan’s drowsy look in Prince Zhan’s arms. Everyone instantly took the hint and didn’t dare to take any action.

Duanmu Xi rubbed her eyes. Was the dance over? Why did she fall asleep again?

“Are you still sleepy? How about returning to the mansion?” Xuanyuan Mo’s gentle voice came.

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi nodded. She was not that sleepy but the dinner party was really boring. She would rather go back home and sleep than nap here.

Xuanyuan Mo stood up and slightly bowed to Xuanyuan Lie, saying, “Father, Xi is tired. We want to go back to the mansion first.”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Lie nodded. He knew that they were not into this kind of occasion so he directly nodded in agreement.

Duanmu Xi stood up and bowed to Xuanyuan Lie. Then, she walked out of the hall with Xuanyuan Mo.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Mo was leaving, Liqing was a bit anxious and directly went forward to stop them.

Seeing the woman standing in their way, Xuanyuan Mo was disgruntled. Without regard to her, he directly went around her with Duanmu Xi and kept walking.

Liqing immediately chased them and stood in front of them again.

Seeing the woman getting in their way again, Duanmu Xi slightly frowned and grabbed Xuanyuan Mo’s hand slightly more harshly. Judging from this woman’s eyes, she knew the woman had feelings for Snow.

The others were somewhat surprised to see the scene. They had no idea what the sacred maiden meant.

Xuanyuan Lie also slightly frowned, “What do you want?” His voice was apparently displeased.

Hearing that, Liqing slightly bowed to Xuanyuan Lie and said, “Your Majesty, do you remember granting me a request before I danced?”

“Of course.” Xuanyuan Lie frowned and had a foreboding.

So did Duanmu Xi. Instinct told her that Liqing’s request had something to do with Snow.

As expected, their thoughts were corroborated by Liqing’s following words.

“I want to marry Xuanyuan Mo, Prince Zhan. Please grant my request.”

Xuanyuan Mo was expressionless as if he didn’t hear Liqing’s words at all.

All the people were astounded to hear that. The sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region wanted to marry Prince Zhan. Didn’t she know that Prince Zhan already had a wife?

Duanmu Xi clutched Xuanyuan Mo’s hand as if he would disappear if she loosened her hand.

Feeling that Duanmu Xi was nervous, Xuanyuan Mo was pitiful and somewhat happy. The reason why his wife was nervous was that she was fretful and cared about him too much. Therefore, he was sorry for her fretfulness and happy about her care.

He gripped her hand to show support for her. He wouldn’t accept anybody else. Neither would he marry anyone else.

Upon hearing Liqing’s words, Xuanyuan Lie was utterly unhappy, “As you can see, Mo is married. He can’t marry you.”

“I don’t ask for the position of the princess consort. Whether to be his side consort or concubine, as long as I can stay with Prince Zhan, it’ll be enough for me,” Liqing said to Xuanyuan Lie with her eyes fixed on Xuanyuan Mo.

All the people present didn’t expect that the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region should be so spoony. She was not as noble as Princess Consort Zhan but she was still exalted. Given the sacred maiden’s identity in the Wilderness Holy Region, if he married her, he would kind of gain the reign over the Wilderness Holy Region.

All the people couldn’t help sighing about this cold prince’s luck with women. Princess Consort Zhan proposed marriage to him and then married him later; Princess of Xuanwu demanded marrying him afterward. Now, even the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region was confessing her love to him affectionately.

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo sneered dismissively, “Whether to be the side consort or the concubine, you won’t be accepted. Neither are you qualified to be around me.”