Chapter 25: Switching Beams Under the Eaves

  The queen... is a man!!!!!

  Facing the stunned Mo, Queen Wang smiled slightly and pulled her into the grand entrance of the imperial palace. In the rear garden of Loulan Palace, Mo wore the royal princess attire, waiting for the auspicious hour to arrive, while Queen Wang chatted with Mo about family matters.

  "Princess, is there anything else you need? I'll have someone..." The queen inspected the items in the new room.

  "No need, uh... Wang... later..." Mo Mo thought to herself, feeling a bit awkward on the surface.

  "Hehe, it's alright. You can just call me Mother like Yu'er and Nuo'er do." The queen patted Mo Mo's shoulder with a warm and gentle expression, making Mo Mo feel at ease.

  "Mother... later." Mu Mu tilted her head and pushed aside the curtain in front of her face, wanting to speak but hesitating.

  "Hehe, your curiosity is still very strong, isn't it?" The queen walked over to Mo Mo's side and sat down. "Actually, I am a general of the White Feather Kingdom, captured after our country was destroyed." The queen looked at Mo Mo's wide eyes and continued, "If you're not used to calling me Mother Queen, you can also call me Su Sheng Yi. The ruler of the White Feather Kingdom is incompetent and foolish, still thinking of annexing Lou Lan. I remember that day when I led troops to resist the invasion, not a single soldier had a full stomach... Alas, the army's morale had already dissipated, how could we..." The smile on her face was gone, replaced by endless melancholy. "After being captured, Xuan Jiu Tian treated me very well, even better than the ruler of White Feather Kingdom. He wanted me to surrender to him and serve him. But I didn't want to be known as a treacherous minister, so I never agreed." She lowered her head to look at the small curved knife at her waist, with endless smile in her eyes and on her face. Then she looked up again at the bright sunny sky.

  "How could I..." He felt embarrassed and covered his mouth with his sleeve, his hand inside the large red ceremonial sleeve was full of sweat.

  "Hehe, how did I become the queen then?" Su Shengyi pulled down Mo Mo's sleeve and smoothed it out. "He saw that I wasn't obedient, so he took me by his side and advised me whenever he had time. In the end, even when all means were exhausted, I still wouldn't lower my head. Hehe, I think maybe it was at that time...". Su Shengyi's face turned red as she lowered her head to fiddle with her own sleeve.

  "...Later, he found my family to threaten me, asking me to be the queen of his Loulan, and if I died, all my clansmen would have to die with me. I couldn't afford to gamble, so I had no choice but to agree." Su Shengyi said, her face full of smiles again.

  "So you don't like your father now?" Mo's curiosity was piqued, and she decided to get to the bottom of it.

  "Ah..." Su Shengyi's eyes slightly curved as she glanced at Mo Mo. She smiled and said, "Of course not. Otherwise, I wouldn't have willingly become his queen and taken care of those two princes. Rui'er and Nuo'er were very mischievous when they were young. It took me a lot of effort to discipline them."

  "Why is the princess staring at me like that?" Su Shengyi looked at Mo Mo, who was gazing at him with adoring eyes. He then put down the ceremonial fan in front of his face.

  "Yī. Nǐ kě yǐ jiào wǒ mò mò de."

  Translation: "Clothes. You can call me Mo Mo De."

  "Clothes? Hehe. Don't call me that, okay? I'm a lot older than you." Xī Shèng Yī smiled awkwardly.

  "It doesn't look like it's much bigger than me." Momo looked at Su Shengyi with a puzzled expression, hoping to find a wrinkle. But failed. "How did the queen mother take care of it?"

  "Hehe. I've been to the Temple of Earth. Oh, right. You look like the Goddess of Loulan." Su Shengyi looked around and said, "Should be exactly the same."

  "What? You're saying that too?" Mo Mo hesitated for a moment, "Can you take me to the temple?"

  "Let Ruo Yu take you there," Su Sheng said with a slight smile, "After tonight, you can go wherever you want. Neither the Temple of Gods nor the Goddess Pavilion can stop you."

  "Meow~~~" The neglected official concubine, after inspecting her new territory, came to Momo's feet and rubbed against them.

  "What's going on?!" Su Shengyi suddenly stood up from his chair.

  "What? Mother also knows its name?" Mo Mo picked up the official puppy and gently stroked its fur.

  "It's exactly the same, the portrait in the Shennü Hall has its appearance." Su Shengyi stared at Guan Tong with an incredulous face.

  "Mother, what portrait? Xuan Yu also mentioned the portrait. What is it?" The official jumped out of Mo's arms and picked up a pendant from a pile of decorations, a pendant that emitted a faint blue glow.

  That's a Soul Reaper!!

  "This... how many are there?!" Mo Mo took out the fourth Soul Offering from the official's mouth. He looked up at Su Sheng.

  "There are only three of them, or maybe more. I'm not quite sure either, because the portrait in the Temple of the Goddess only painted three."

  "Is that so?" Mo Mo took out the three soul-guiding instruments from his clothes and compared them with the fourth one, finding they were all identical.

  "Mother, I think I'll go take a look at the Temple of the Goddess now." Mo was anxious to verify the authenticity of the Soul Calabash and also wanted to find a way to unlock its mystery.

  "Mò Mò, this... is probably not going to work. Only members of the Xuán family can enter the Goddess Temple, if others enter, they will be punished by the Goddess." Shù Shèng's expression was extremely serious.

  "Can......" Mo Mo hadn't finished speaking when the outside announcer declared that the auspicious time had begun.

  "Meh meh, anyway we'll know tomorrow, no need to rush at this moment." Su Sheng helped Mo Mo tidy up her ceremonial robe and led her out of the bridal chamber.

  The entire palace was decorated with red lanterns, and everyone's face was filled with joy. Mo walked step by step towards the grand hall under the guidance of Su Shengyi - Xuan Yu on the prince's throne.

  Still with a playful face, slightly hooked lips, and peach blossom eyes that narrowed slightly as she looked at Mo. After taking her hand, he tightly grasped it, pulled her towards him, and said without moving his lips, "My queen, after tonight, you can go to the temple."

  "You said you wouldn't touch mine!" Momo also whispered behind Zhengyi's back.

  "But on the wedding night, there should be someone accompanying you."

  "What exactly do you want?!" Mo was getting impatient.

  "I don't care how, I have a suggestion that can let you into the temple and also keep me company on my wedding night, do you want to hear it?" Xuan Yu's mouth curved even more.

  "Speak," Mo said, looking at a group of courtiers kneeling and kowtowing at his feet. He slightly raised his small arm to signal them to get up.

  "Let General Qian go to the new house for a while, just say you have something to discuss with him. Then leave it to me." Mo Mo looked at Xuan Ye with suspicion and doubt in her eyes.

  "If you want to enter the temple and not be discovered, listen to me!" Xuan Yu didn't wait for everyone to finish their greetings, and pulled Mo Mo into the new house.

  "I've already sent Han Lin and Li Si Xing to invite him. It's up to you to keep him here when the time comes, my queen."

  No wonder, it's a miracle that Han Lin didn't come to stir up trouble at this time. It turns out he has teamed up with Xuan Ye. Mo Mo furrowed her brow and thought to herself. She asked again, "Have they really made up?"

  "Don't worry, with Huanhuan's medical skills and the good medicine from Loulan Palace, there's no one who can't be cured!" Just as Mo was about to ask something else, Qianjuese's voice sounded outside the door.

  "Princess, did Han say you wanted to see me?"

  "Oh, yes, I... uh..." Mo couldn't think of any reason why the national marshal would be summoned to his own country on the eve of his wedding night.

  Xuan Yu beside him spoke up, "General Qian, no need for formalities, come on in. The princess has something to discuss with you."

  "As soon as Qian Jue Se entered, Xuan Yu covered his mouth and nose with her hand. Qian Jue Se's eyes widened in shock and he fainted. Mo Mo was about to shout when she saw Xuan Yu put her index finger on her lips, 'Shh... if you want to enter the divine temple, don't make a sound.'"

  "But... you want..." Mo Mo looked at Xuan Yu as he picked up Qian Jue Se and put her on the bed.

  "What are you still doing here?" Xuan Yu turned his head to see Mo Mo standing there foolishly. He shouted out towards the outside, "Han Lin?" Han Lin's face turned red as he came in and dragged Mo Mo away. And informed Xuan Yu that except for the nameless person, no one else would be in this courtyard, and Mo Mo would return tomorrow morning.

  Mo Mo stared blankly at what was happening in front of her and asked Han Lin, "What's going on?"