Xu Yourong quietly gazed at the Divine Path for a very long time.
The snowstorm came and went, but no one appeared.
The little Black Dragon had taken out a crystal ox trotter from somewhere and was currently gnawing on it. She mumbled, "Until the very end, who would dare to kill you?"
Xu Yourong faintly smiled, then turned and walked out of the Mausoleum of Books.
The little Black Dragon thrust her hand into the snowstorm. The grease on her hand was instantly frozen into powder by the extremely low temperature and then blown away, leaving her hand extremely clean.
She looked at Xu Yourong's back and asked, "Just what do you want Wang Po to do?"
Xu Yourong still did not answer this question.
The little Black Dragon suddenly thought of a possibility and her pupils constricted.
She chased after Xu Yourong and began to shout.
"You want him to intrude on the Divine Path?"
"Shang Xingzhou will definitely personally stop him!"
"That will cause a major problem!"
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… …
The news that Mao Qiuyu had broken into the Divine quickly spread to the entire continent, simultaneously shaking it.
The Li Palace used the shortest amount of time to request a title for him.
According to the old customs, the next step was to arrange a residence for him.
The Storms of the Eight Directions had all had their own residences. For instance, Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi had Xiling's Ten Thousand Years Pavilion while Guan Xingke had Starshatter Reef in the Southern Sea. Cao Yunping's residence was Mount Langya, which the Tianhai Divine Empress had gifted to the Elder of Heavenly Secrets. However, not many people knew that the price the Elder of Heavenly Secrets had paid was to personally come to the capital to take a look.
The residence that Mao Qiuyu had chosen was rather surprising, but also within reason.
He had chosen Mount Han.
Mount Han was in the far north of the continent, extremely far from the capital, but very close to the snowy plains ruled by the demons.
More importantly, it had once been the location of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.
The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had already belonged to the Great Zhou Imperial Court, but the buildings around the Heaven Lake of Mount Han and the traces left behind by the Elder of Heavenly Secrets still remained.
Mao Qiuyu had used this choice to express his stance. This was also the Li Palace's second display of strength after the Mount Song Army headquarters.
The Great Zhou Imperial Court did not respond, maintaining its silence and not raising any objections.
Shang Xingzhou was still at the Monastery of Eternal Spring in Luoyang, and the Emperor was still deep in the palace, rarely leaving the hall, and even less meeting people.
That night when Xu Yourong walked into the Imperial Palace, who knew how many associations, conjectures, and uneasiness had arisen. But now, it seemed that the storm had not yet arrived.
At the same time that the people of the world let out a secret sigh of relief, they also had many questions. Countless gazes turned toward a quiet courtyard in Jingdou and landed on those orange lanterns.
The Prince of Louyang and Mo Yu's wedding was about to take place. Chen Changsheng would personally preside over the wedding, and as the bride's only friend, Xu Yourong, would naturally be present.
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This wedding, which attracted the attention of tens of thousands of people, was not held in the Prince's mansion, but in the Orange Garden.
Since early in the morning, the garden had become extremely lively. The congratulatory and teasing voices of the guests had never stopped.
Compared to the front yard, the backyard was much quieter.
Linghai Zhiwang and several dozen bishops stood around the forest, completely isolating this place from the front courtyard.
Chen Chang Sheng stood in the pavilion and listened to the movement in front of him. He shook his head and said, "I didn't expect them to live here after getting married. I thought she would move to the Road of Peace."
Xu Yourong withdrew her gaze from the wintersweet and said, "She's not willing to be neighbors with those princes, and the Road of Peace has left a bad impression on her."
The capital and Luoyang had both been very cold this year, but as time passed, winter was about to end.
The wintersweet trees outside the pavilion exuded a dazzling and enchanting red. Perhaps in a few more days, they would no longer be visible.
Chen Changsheng gazed at those wintersweet trees and recalled the scene three years ago of Mo Yu and Zhexiu executing Zhou Tong by a thousand cuts on the Road of Peace. He couldn't help but sigh.
The snow and ice rustled down the branches of the plum blossoms because a gust of wind had arrived in the back garden.
Accompanied by the wind and snow, Mo Yu appeared.
Her makeup today was very thick, but it was not tacky at all. It was gorgeous and dazzling, just like the blood-red plum blossoms.
Before Chen Changsheng had time to congratulate her, a fragrant wind assailed him.
Mo Yu hugged him to her chest.
Chen Changsheng jumped in fright and wanted to push her away, but when he saw the weariness on her face that not even the thick makeup could conceal, he found it somewhat difficult to bear.
Mo Yu leaned into his neck and took a deep breath. "How comfortable. Alas, I won't be able to smell it again in the future."
Xu Yourong arched her brows and turned around.
Mo Yu looked at her and mocked, "Out of sight, out of mind. If you're really not angry, why did you turn around?"
"Yourong is fine. Yourong is not angry."
Xu Yourong looked at the wintersweet in front of her and said to herself.
Then she turned around and looked at Mo Yu. She smiled sweetly and said, "I don't even understand what you're saying."
Mo Yu looked at her and mocked, "Keep pretending."
No one understood Xu Yourong better than her.
She knew how strange Xu Yourong's personality was. It was completely different from what she appeared to be on the surface.
Xu Yourong glared at Chen Changsheng and walked out of the garden.
Chen Changsheng's arms were spread open the entire time to avoid touching Mo Yu's body. He seemed very innocent.
Seeing Xu Yourong leave, Mo Yu loosened her hands.
At this moment, only the two of them were left under the pavilion.
The atmosphere was a bit ambiguous and naturally a bit awkward, especially for Chen Changsheng.
Whether it was Mo Yu purposely angering Xu Yourong away or Xu Yourong purposely giving them a chance to be alone.
A hubbub suddenly came from the front courtyard. Chen Changsheng hurriedly said, "His Highness seems to be quite popular."
"When it comes to popularity, it mainly depends on whether or not one poses a threat to others, so my popularity has never been good."
Mo Yu continued, "None of his brothers or even nephews think highly of him, but … people like the Prince of Zhongshan and the Prince of Luling like him. After all, the Chen clan has produced a weirdo like him. He really has no interest in power or glory, has no ambition, and is pitifully timid."
The Prince of Louyang was famed for his good-for-nothing personality, but Chen Changsheng couldn't say much.
Mo Yu suddenly sternly asked, "Do you know what Prince Chen Liu said in the Monastery of Eternal Spring?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Changsheng finally confirmed that she had purposely angered Xu Yourong away.
"Prince Chen Liu said that she was going crazy."
Mo Yu stared into his eyes and said, "I believe in his judgment."
Prince Chen Liu froze, then said, "I don't understand what you mean."
"Ever since she was very young, I, Prince Chen Liu, and the State of Ping have known her. Only we know what sort of person she really is. She is not the Holy Maiden that her believers imagine to be otherworldly, nor is she a pure and clean snowwoman. She is clear about her own goals and is incomparably indifferent to this world. And you understand what this means. "
"You've already said these words to me. I don't believe that she is the same kind of person as the Divine Empress."
"She's done so many things recently, but is that not enough to make you a little more vigilant?"
"Because I've never felt her indifference."
Mo Yu thought this over and was forced to admit, "She truly treats you differently."
Chen Changsheng seriously asked, "Then what else do I have to worry about?"
Mo Yu said in annoyance, "Today is the day of my wedding, can you not show off in front of me?"
Chen Changsheng asked in surprise, "What are we showing off?"
"Tang Thirty-Six is right."
Mo Yu hatefully said, "You two are truly a good pair …"
Chen Changsheng asked, "A golden couple?"
Mo Yu sneered and said, "Figure it out yourself."
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