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The Strongest Fox-Demon (85)
Chu Xiang hadn’t seen such a scene for many years. After momentarily stunned, she turned her head and smiled at Li Yufeng. “Their cheers are just right. I am indeed almost a thousand years old.”
Li Yufeng knew that expecting her to be astounded or moved was pointless. With so many people bowing down to her, what spun in her mind was actually her almost hitting the thousand-year age mark.
Li Yufeng shook his head, fiddled with the folding fan in his hand, rode beside her, and responded smilingly, “What’s a thousand years old? You will live long, longer.”
Chu Xiang laughed and said, “What’s the point of living so long? The world is vast. What’s the point of it after seeing everything? It is better to reincarnate and go and see another world.”
“Your notion is peculiar, but a wonderful one at that. That way, you don’t have to experience the loneliness and boredom of long years. It seems that I have to make my country more interesting, so that you won’t be bored and flee to other places. Come on, let’s go and see the palace I have decorated for you. You will definitely like it.” Li Yufeng has been sprucing the palace up for Chu Xiang little by little in recent days, and now he couldn’t wait for her to see the fruits of his labor.
Zhuang Yulang and Mrs. Jiang, her newly wedded wife, were shopping for jewelry in a shop. When Zhuang Yulang saw Li Yufeng and Chu Xiang, the jade hairpin in his hand fell to the ground and shattered with a thud. He barely heard Mrs. Jiang’s gasp. He stared at Li Yufeng and Chu Xiang with wide eyes, his head buzzing, not daring to believe that the couple he once shared a room with were Prince Xiao Yao and his consort!
Chu Xiang sensed his gaze. She glanced in his direction fleetingly, and then moved away. Her gaze, however, was flat as if he was just a table or a stool. Zhuang Yulang, on the other hand, immediately collapsed to the ground limply. Cold sweat also broke out all over his body.
Chu Xiang treated Bai Yi as her little sister, and Bai Yi was a demon. Then, how about this Chu Xiang who was stunningly beautiful unlike any other mortal? She must be a demon too!
He betrayed Bai Yi, while Chu Xiang became Prince Xiao Yao’s consort. How would she deal with him? Her strength in the past was incomparable. She would never let him go!
The gaze she shot at him earlier replayed in Zhuang Yulang’s mind repeatedly. That gaze, which was clearly emotionless, radiated murderous intent, chilling him to the bone. He got too scared. He was an ordinary citizen. If not for Bai Yi, how could he have passed the examination? How could he have gained a foothold in the capital? How could he have come into contact with such figures with high status as the Prince?
And now, he actually offended the most favored consort of Prince and Princess Xiao Yao! On top of that, a demon who even Daoist masters sought not to offend! He was doomed!
Mrs. Jiang was also very frightened by him. She didn’t know what was wrong with him, but he wouldn’t say anything when she asked him. After Zhuang Yulang returned to his senses, he pushed Mrs. Jiang away and rushed home, closing the door of his room and shivering. He then told Zhuang Liu about Li Yufeng and Chu Xiang’s identities.
Zhuang Liu was also frightened and she sat paralyzed on the ground. They have offended a royalty. How could they survive? Luckily, they still have Prince Qi. Zhuang Liu grabbed Zhuang Yulang as if he were a lifesaving straw and told him to work diligently for Prince Qi. He must let the prince appreciate him. He was meant to be the prime minister.
As soon as the title “Prime Minister” came out, both mother and son fell silent. They both recalled the time the divine doctor told his fortune. He said that Bai Yi could help him to become the prime minister. However, Bai Yi was gone.
However, the monk in the temple said that his fate had changed. His noble person now was Mrs. Jiang, wasn’t she? The changes in Zhuang Yulang’s life were mixed with several fortune-telling and bizarre incidents, so that both mother and son became dependent on prophecies. They went directly to the temple and asked a monk to read his fortune once more.
The previous monk was bought by Mrs. Jiang, but this time the mother and son were the only ones present. The monk interpreted the sign Zhuang Yulang got truthfully for them. It was just mediocre, nothing good nor bad.
This was considered good for ordinary people, but it was akin to a bolt from the blue for the mother and son!
Right after, Zhuang Liu noted Zhuang Yulang and Mrs. Jiang’s birthdays, and asked the monk to calculate their marriage. To their surprise, the results were still mediocre, neither good nor bad.
Both mother and son stood stupefied. What about Zhuang Yulang’s noble person? What about his help? What about his becoming the prime minister?
Were they all gone???
How could so many people in the world tell fortunes? It was impossible for a master-level figure who could truly tell fortunes to tell them such a thing. This kind of sign interpretation from the monk was due to lack of understanding. It was nothing but a random statement. It never occurred to him that he would poke the mother and son in the heart.
Zhuang Liu shook her hands and wrote Bai Yi’s birth date. Zhuang Yulang wiped his face and said in annoyance, “How could she have the Eight Characters? Everything is fake!”
“F-Fake?” Zhuang Liu didn’t know that Bai Yi was a demon, and so she was very puzzled by Zhuang Yulang’s words.
Zhuang Yulang didn’t dare to mention these things, and dragged his mother home in a daze. Mrs. Jiang didn’t understand why they were reacting so badly and asked them what happened. For the first time the mother and son treated her offhandedly. They were both in a foul mood. Both slammed their doors and shut themselves in their room, distraught with fear and regret.