"It's our greatest honor to welcome your majesty the heavenly emperor, the lordships and the ladyships to our humble sect today." Seeing it as his responsibility, the sect master Yue Qingyuan greeted their guests with utmost respect, not wanting to test their patience with small mishaps whatsoever.
Yes; he noticed the raging auras of the heavenly royal family and the edgy feeling the other heavenly officials, elder immorals and the ghosts at present emitted the moment they descended down there which made him feel like like he is treading on a thin layer of ice laid upon a pit of blazing hellfire. Still, he desired to know the reason behind it all. Thus, he steeled himself to inquire about the matter; "Your majesty, if I may... Could we know the reason for your sudden visit to our humble sect today, wanting to meet us all?"
"I heard the peak master's youngest son got married recently. I thought it would be nice to pay a visit to congratulate them myself considering the fact that you are my cousin-in-law's husband, Shen Qingqiu's martial brother." Xie Lian replied in a disinterested tone, throwing a silent glare at the said cousin-in-law and his husband from the corner of his eye. Then he added with a subtle accusatory tone, "I was so eager to meet that brave lady as well. Our Xiao Huahua sang so many praises about her saying how the lady chased the love of her life with everything she had to offer. I'm happy that Xiao Huahua and her brothers were able to lend her some help to achieve her dream. Unfortunately, it seems like luck wasn't on my side today. I must say that I am very disappointed to not see the couple around here when meeting them was one of the main reasons I came here today. Why aren't they here again? Still enjoying their private time together? But I don't remember excusing anyone when I send my order... Did I?"
The cultivators felt sweat dripping down their bodies as a cold chill ran through their spines.
This was not something they expected to go through when they heard of the heavenly emperor's sudden visitation. Though it was expected for them to feel a bit nervous considering the fact that they are going to deal with the heavenly emperor, they didn't expect it to be this extreme. Afterall, Xie Lian was known for his kind and compassionate demeanor. But this... Even the naturally dangerous aura of the ghost kings who were at present seemed to be far behind compared to Tiāndì's current aura.
"Your majesty... It's-" Yue Qingyuan tried to reason with the obviously pissed off Tiāndì only to be cut short by Zǐ Zhīzhū's angry roar. She seemed to be at the end of her wits for whatever reason unknown to the cultivators below.
"His majesty does not need your pathetic excuses. Call your son and his wife right now or else I'm going to drag them out myself and I'm sure that you do not want that." Her angry threat worked just as expected as the Sect Master hurried out of the hall to send someone to call his youngest son and daughter-in-law in. Xie Lian didn't say anything further. And it didn't take much time for the couple to come running in with scared expressions adorning their features either.
"Your majesty! We didn't mean to disrespect you..." It was Yue Shaoqing who apologized on behalf of both of them as his wife just cowered behind him in fear.
"Why is she cowering away?" Lan Ruohua raised her voice for the first time, drawing attention towards her.
The cultivators who were there for the wedding preparations recognized her right away as their eyes widened with various different emotions including surprise, curiosity, wonder and... fear. But she didn't pay a single mind towards any of them as she focused her sole attention upon the lady.
"Chang jie... What happened to you? Did he hurt you?" She asked again. This time directing her question at the lady herself with worry laced upon her tone.
Chang Haoyu wasn't this timid when she bravely accepted her task to marry Yue Shaoqing instead of Hua Ying. She even confidently declared that she will be happy as long as she could marry her first and only love. But now seeing her scared out of her wits, it didn't sit well with the young heiress in any way. Thus she quickly approached the lady, not minding her surprised audience at all.
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Happiness of eternity
FanfictionHe wanted give his first, last and everything in between to a one person and to him only. However, when that wish of his got trampled by someone unexpected in an extremely unexpected way during the most inconvenient time, he had no other choice but...
