Elder Ying’s thought was simple: as long as they had Feng Xun in their grip, Ye Lingyue would definitely appear.
Both of these individuals were the chief culprits responsible for turning Xue Pianran into sothing neither human nor beast. Elder Ying intended to make them regret it for a lifeti.
However, this ti, Elder Ying greatly miscalculated, and the key reason for her miscalculation was none other than Feng Xun, whom she had always deed to be rely a facade.
On the other hand, after leaving the Dan Palace, Ye Lingyue and Earth Venerate returned to the inn.
"So, the Great Elder Chang Luo is really in Emperor City, and he was caught in a brothel by Elder Ying?" Ye Lingyue learned of this halfway from Earth Venerate.
"The Hunyuan Sect is not any better, back when the Empress conspired against us, if it weren’t for the support from Kaijiang Prince Manor and the Hunyuan Sect, how could she have succeeded with her power alone?" Earth Venerate discussed both Kaijiang Prince Manor and the Hunyuan Sect with a trace of darkness crossing his face.
Feng Lan is a War God of Beiqing, when he returned triumphantly with the army, those who ambushed and slayed his troops and forced Qing Feng to jump off the cliff were no ordinary Beiqing soldiers.
Over the years, Earth Venerate, following the faintest traces, discovered that those people ca from the Hunyuan Sect, and Elder Chang Luo was the mastermind behind the scenes.
As for Chen Tuo from Kaijiang King, he also played a role as an accomplice.
Qing Feng, since her youth, had a headstrong personality, which slightly llowed after marrying Feng Lan. However, the acts of the Empress and the Hunyuan Sect unearthed her buried nature once again.
This could be seen from her sche against Elder Ying and Great Elder Chang Luo.
While they talked, they arrived outside the inn.
Only to see festive red lanterns hanging at the inn’s entrance and the street covered with a joyful carpet.
Seeing these, Earth Venerate stiffened.
Ye Lingyue glanced at her and stepped forward to inquire with the innkeeper.
"The two ladies, you must be from out of town, right? Tomorrow is the grand wedding day of our Empress and Prince Feng. All these preparations are for tomorrow." the innkeeper rattled on.
It turns out that according to the local marriage customs of Beiqing, the groom will ride a tall horse, leading a wedding procession to fetch the bride from her ho, bring her back to his mansion, and bow before heaven and earth.
But since Prince Feng is marrying the Empress, naturally he cannot fetch the bride back to Feng Residence.
The bowing before heaven and earth will be held at the Imperial Palace; the wedding chamber will also be in the Imperial Palace.
Even the bride could only be seen at the Imperial Palace. The only thing Prince Feng needed to do was, at an auspicious ti, parade along the main streets of Emperor City as a way to fulfill the wedding rituals.
The inn where Ye Lingyue and Earth Venerate lodged was precisely on the route where Prince Feng would ride his horse, hence the joyful carpet was laid out.
"So Prince Feng will be passing by here tomorrow?" Ye Lingyue feigned ignorance, under her bamboo hat, Earth Venerate’s eyes flickered.
Seeing Earth Venerate’s reaction, Ye Lingyue was almost on the verge of blurting out urging her to snatch the groom, unfortunately, Earth Venerate remained silent and entered the inn.
This night seed especially long.
The next day, early in the morning, the streets resounded with gongs and drums.
Prince Feng had an illustrious reputation in Beiqing, having established countless military accomplishnts; Feng Residence was rich beyond compare, the Empress had ruled for decades with renowned authority, and their marriage brought countless citizens to watch on the streets.
The streets were packed so densely that the army had to set up human barriers along the sides of the street, yet even so, before and around midday, the street was swarming with people.
Ye Lingyue and Earth Venerate stood by the window.
"Here he cos, here cos Prince Feng."
Like boiling water, a cry of shock.
Quite a few people, like a gushing spring, moved toward one side of the street.
Feng Lan was sitting on a horse, his face devoid of any joy, a stubble remaining on his chin, clearly showing his indifference to today’s wedding.
The parade in the street was moving very slowly because of the crowd.
This should be his second ti fetching a bride; the last ti, he married Qing Feng.
Feng Lan tugged at the corner of his mouth, his smile bitterly sorrowful.
At this mont, he seed to feel sothing, and suddenly lifted his head, looking in a certain direction.
It was an open window, empty and barren.
An illusion...Feng Lan closed his eyes.
In his nostrils seed to linger the fragrance of that night.
If this were a dream, he truly wished he would never awaken.
Only after Feng Lan had ridden far away did Ye Lingyue co out, the Earth Venerate had not shown up.
She had thought the Earth Venerate would appear, would stop Feng Lan, would fight for a chance for Feng Lan and herself, but the Earth Venerate disappointed Ye Lingyue.
Ye Lingyue could no longer restrain herself, she rushed to the Earth Venerate’s door and pushed it open.
The Earth Venerate was sitting at the table.
"Earth Venerate, why not tell Feng Lan the truth? I thought that by healing your face and the wounds on your body, you could revert back to being Princess Qing Feng. Unfortunately, I misjudged you, you are just a turtle shrinking into its shell, watching indifferently as your lover marries another woman." If it wasn’t because the Earth Venerate was her elder, Ye Lingyue really felt like going up and slapping her a few tis to make her wake up.
Facing Ye Lingyue’s criticism, the Earth Venerate slowly lifted her head.
Those eyes, very similar to Feng Xun’s, revealed a touch of unusual color.
"Last night, I pondered through the whole night until dawn, and then I understood that I cannot let go of Feng Lan, thus, I will take him back," she said, suddenly standing, removing the bamboo hat on her face and shedding the garnts on her body.
Beneath that sa old black robe of Tongtian Pavilion appeared a fiery red wedding dress.
That wedding dress, bright as flas, seared Ye Lingyue’s eyes.
This wedding dress had been well kept by the Earth Venerate over the years.
More than a decade ago, also on that street outside, a shy-faced woman was wearing this wedding dress, sitting in a bridal sedan, her husband on a tall horse at the front.
He received her, leaving the deep palace of green tiles and red walls, entering the Feng Residence where spring blood.
Recalling that scene, the Earth Venerate had already thought it through.
"You had already planned to disrupt the wedding? But why did you just now?" Ye Lingyue suddenly felt she had done sothing unnecessary.
"Qingshuang declared to the world, wanting to make Feng Lan the Imperial Consort. I also want to show the entire world how despicable the woman they see as Empress is. Feng Residence only has one mistress, and that is , Qing Feng." Qing Feng’s eyes were bright as paintings, and at this mont, she had transford back into the princess from the past, unrestrained and daring, willing to sacrifice everything for Feng Lan.
"There’s no ti to delay, we shall enter the Imperial Palace now." Inspired by Princess Qingfeng’s words, Ye Lingyue’s blood boiled with excitent.
The drama was about to unfold; the Empress’s wedding would surely be spectacular.
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