The queen of Qing Qiu

Part 2

  Bai Feng Jiu allowed herself to be lead farther up the stairs than she would normally ever go and closer to the one person she had desperately wanted to avoid. Then Mo Yuan stopped and she and A Li bowed to the Heavenly Emperor then he ushered them to head down the aisle opposite where she knew Dijun was sitting. She refused to look in his direction and immediatly headed to the seat farthest from his view. Mo Yuan sat next to her and A Li though 800 years old now was still a small child for an immortal and easily fit between them though he mostly wanted to try and sit in her lap. She was trying to appear unaffected by her position. She would not lose face to Dijun, the Heavenly Emperor or any of the immortals here. She continued watching her GuGu and Ye Hua as they bowed several times, going through all the things her GuGu had been reading over the past month. She knew that as a Queen she would never be seated next to High God Mo Yuan, not unless she managed to save the universe several times over or sacrificed her soul. The only other reason a Queen would sit next to him would be if they were married. So she was saying a silent prayer that Lian Song had made it clear to everyone invited that the seating was not being done by rank just as he had told them earlier. 

  The ceremony it self didn't last very long and when Ye Hua removed her cloth vale and Bai Qian's beautiful face shone brightly with love for her new husband Bai Feng Jiu couldn't help but hug A Li a little tighter. She was so happy for him to finally have his family whole. Then she glanced to her side and couldn't help feeling a little guilty about being happy for them when High God Mo Yuan was sitting beside them and even though he had on his statuesque face she knew he had to be hurting. Her trecherous eyes of course also noticed Dijun sitting across the way. Thankfully he was watching the couple and didn't notice. She quickly looked away as everyone began to stand up and bow and cheer for the new crown prince and princess. She joined in and soon the happy couple were comfortably sitting in the row just behind and above her. There were to be dancers and food and drinks to follow. A Li of course had wanted to go and sit with his mom after a little bit because he had not been able to see her before the wedding and was very interested in the crystal head piece that seemed to take up most of her poor GuGu's head.  

  "Thank you for letting me sit here High God Mo Yuan." She said. She took a small sip of wine. She had never tasted the wine in Nine Heaven before but it reminded her of the fruit Cheng Yu had once given her. She looked about the room, people were eating and talking while dancers were moving all around the floor as musicians played the flute and harp. Mo Yuan did not reply and she thought he must not feel like talking or perhaps he just didn't want to talk to her. She was saddened by the idea that he would probably not want to ever see her again but it was her own fault.

"I'm sorry if you want me to leave I will. I know A Li is the one that asked me to sit with him and not you." She said. No one else was close enough to hear them but he still did not reply so she began to stand intending to leave him in peace. The next secound she felt a pressure on her shoulder and her bottom flat against her cushion seat. Surprised she turned to him and he looked at her while slowly removing his hand from her shoulder.