Chapter 533 - 437: How About the Three of Us Set a Rule?
Chapter 533: Chapter 437: How About the Three of Us Set a Rule?
Sitting on the windowsill, Jiang Qingyi looked up at Bai Ruxue and Qin Siyao.
Neither Qin Siyao nor Jiang Qingyi had any intention of concealing their auras.
After all, against someone of Bai Ruxue’s Realm, any attempt to conceal their auras would be useless.
Jiang Qingyi lowered her small, embroidered-shoe-clad feet from the windowsill, stepped onto the floor, and walked toward Bai Ruxue and Qin Siyao.
"Fairy Jiang, please have a seat."
Bai Ruxue graciously invited Jiang Qingyi to take a seat and poured her a cup of tea.
The three devastatingly beautiful women sat around the table, forming a triangle.
Meanwhile, Xiao Mo was fast asleep on the bed, completely oblivious to everything happening in the room.
Jiang Qingyi found the situation rather amusing.
’Including myself, that makes three of us here, and not one is using her real name...’
"Since we’re all here, let’s just say what’s on our minds."
With the dignified elegance of a hostess, Bai Ruxue took charge of the situation.
"I already have an idea of your purpose, your intentions, and for whom you’re acting."
"Likewise, after your investigations, you both already understand what I intend to do."
"If I were to claim our husband, the two of you would surely not agree."
"By the same token, if either of you were to claim him, I would not agree either."
"But if we were to come to blows, forget this Imperial Palace—the entire Zhou Kingdom would likely be reduced to a wasteland."
Bai Ruxue glanced at them and said slowly.
"That being the case, why don’t the three of us agree on a set of rules?"
"Rules?" Qin Siyao watched Bai Ruxue with great interest, asking with a smile, "And what kind of rules did you have in mind, sister?"
Jiang Qingyi, for her part, tempered her sharp demeanor and looked at Bai Ruxue curiously, wanting to hear what proposal this Lord of the Four Seas had in mind.
In truth, Jiang Qingyi knew that among the three of them, none could truly defeat the others.
If they really came to blows, then just as Bai Ruxue had said, the Zhou Kingdom would be reduced to ruins.
Although Jiang Qingyi couldn’t care less what happened to the Zhou Kingdom—it could be destroyed for all she cared—that man, Xiao Mo, did.
So, for now, she didn’t want things to escalate to that point either.
"This is a contract I’ve drafted. You two may have a look."
Bai Ruxue produced two sheets of ordinary white paper from her Storage Pouch.
As Qin Siyao and Jiang Qingyi read the elegant script on the white paper, their expressions turned serious, and they fell into contemplation.
"Once you two have finished reading, if there are no issues, please sign your names and add a handprint."
Bai Ruxue said with composure.
"Our Realms are too high; no contractual Technique in this world can bind us. That being the case, we’ll just have to do this the mortal way. I trust you both will choose to abide by it."
"I have no problem with it," Qin Siyao said after reading the contract, her eyes curving into crescents. "In that case, let’s do as Sister Ruxue says."
"I have no problem either. I trust the Lord of the Four Seas will also abide by it!"
Jiang Qingyi stared at her coldly.
"However, I want to add one more condition to this contract!"
...
「The next morning.」
Sunlight streamed in through the window, falling upon the face of the man on the bed.
The man’s brow suddenly furrowed, then gradually smoothed out.
Having slept for about ten hours, the man sensed the sunlight through his eyelids and slowly regained consciousness.
Xiao Mo slowly opened his eyes, pushed himself into a sitting position, and leaned against the headboard.
Xiao Mo felt a slight pain in his head.
He figured it was just because he had slept for too long.
He couldn’t remember the last time he’d slept so soundly and peacefully.
’But then again... what exactly happened last night?’
Xiao Mo rubbed his forehead and shook his head, trying to recall the events of the previous night.
But Xiao Mo could only remember going to Qin Mujiu’s chambers last night, and then to Yan Ruxue’s.
When he lifted Yan Ruxue’s red wedding veil, he was surprised to see it was the woman he had met before.
Then, in the atmosphere of a wedding night, he had gradually drawn closer to Yan Ruxue.
The next thing he knew, he was unconscious.
"Si Li..."
Xiao Mo called out.
Soon, Si Li entered and curtsied to Xiao Mo. "Your Majesty..."
"Did something happen last night?" Xiao Mo asked Si Li.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I don’t know what happened either."
Si Li said with a sincere tone.
"I was waiting outside last night, but I don’t know how... I was so tired that I actually fell asleep right there."
"When I woke up, I was in my own room. I heard from Sister Yang’er this morning that she was the one who brought me back, and that Your Majesty was brought back by the Palace Maids."
"However, Lady Xue said that Your Majesty must have been exhausted and had too much to drink last night, which is why you fell asleep."
In truth, it wasn’t just Xiao Mo; Si Li was also desperate to know what had really happened last night.
As Si Li was losing consciousness last night, she had vaguely seen the figure of a woman.
The person was dressed in red, with a slender and graceful figure.
In the Imperial Palace, the only ones dressed in red were Yan Ruxue and Qin Mujiu.
’In other words, that immense pressure must have come from Qin Mujiu.’
’And her Realm is definitely no lower than mine.’
In Si Li’s view, Qin Mujiu was definitely there to steal the man.
But in the end, nothing happened last night. Her master was simply sent back to his chambers, safe and sound, with his Primordial Yang even still intact.
’This could only mean that even Qin Mujiu was powerless against Yan Ruxue.’
’That Yan Ruxue is definitely no simple character!’
’So what is the deal with these two women my master married?’
’What are their true identities?’
On the bed, Xiao Mo frowned, mulling over Si Li’s words.
’What Si Li said was perfectly reasonable.’
’He had gone through an entire day of wedding ceremonies yesterday; he was indeed exhausted, and he had indeed drunk a lot of wine.’
But Xiao Mo still felt that something wasn’t right.
’I’m a Cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Perfection Realm, after all. How could I possibly be so tired that I’d just fall asleep?’
’Something must have happened last night.’
"I understand. You are dismissed," Xiao Mo said, waving a hand. ’It’s useless to ask her any more questions.’
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Si Li nodded and withdrew from the room.
Xiao Mo got out of bed and poured himself a cup of tea.
Just then, a sword-like gust of wind blew in through the window.
When Xiao Mo looked up, Jiang Qingyi was already sitting before him.
Although Xiao Mo couldn’t see the face beneath her veil, he could sense it.
Fairy Jiang was deeply displeased.