Chapter 24: Passion in the Stone Coffin

  "It's like" Xuan Yuan Mu suddenly hugged my body tightly: "Returning here, I feel relaxed, I can sense that you are by my side and won't leave... For more latest chapters, visit:. Outside, I'm afraid someone will hurt you, so I'm being very careful, feeling that you're following me is already exhausting, I don't want to harm you again, you've paid out so much for me, I must treat you well."

  I quietly listened to his words, feeling warm and cozy, knowing that Xiao Xuan would not harm me, he was at ease with letting me do what I wanted to do.

  "Xuanyuan, you said that traitor will take advantage of your absence to set the Wang Fu on fire tonight?" I don't want to go back tomorrow and find the Wang Fu has been reduced to ashes.

  "He won't, he's still waiting for me to burn to death together with you!" Xuan Yuan Mu kissed the back of my neck.

  I dodged, but he picked me up in one go and headed towards the stone coffin in the corridor.

  "No way, no way!" How could I have not thought of it? He brought me back to the small building, and apart from relaxing, there must be something else. Indeed, he wanted to eat me.

  "I want to be here, I don't like 'bed'."

  "But we..." hadn't officially become a couple yet, but I couldn't say this sentence out loud, as if I was asking him for some kind of commitment.

  "Aren't you afraid?" Xuan Yuan Mu asked, feeling my trembling.

  I nodded slightly...

  "But I want you, miss you so much..." Xuan Yuan Mu hugged me and jumped into the stone coffin, the lid closed with a creak, and there was a soft glow inside.

  I was so close to his face, although the coffin was very large and could have accommodated two people resting inside, but I was still very nervous.

  His eyebrows were thick and handsome, his eyes shone with luster, his lips carried a hint of smile, then his kiss fell on my eyes, my neck, bringing waves of numbness...

  "When you first jumped into this coffin, did you know how happy I was?" Xuan Yuan Mu said softly.

  His voice was like a soft and elegant melody that lingered gently in my ears, his hand was warm and cool, lightly touching my body, a comfortable and relaxing feeling grew where his fingers passed.

  I gaze at him, foolishly gazing at him, falling into his eyes, getting trapped in his voice, now wherever he takes me I will agree.

  "Lingxue, Lingxue..." He softly called out my name and tightly hugged me into his arms.

  The stone coffin is bright, the red quilt is warm and fragrant. This night, under his comfort, I became his 'woman'. Although I am not sure about our future, but I am certain about our present.

  We are going back to the Wang Fu, back to the reality of you and me deceiving each other. The horse carriage is entering the city, Xuan Yuan Wu is looking at me with a reluctant gaze in the carriage.

  "If it weren't for the Emperor, we could be together openly and freely, and do all the things we love to do!" Xuan Yuan whispered in my ear.

  I dodged the itch in my ear, didn't know what to say, reality is like this, we can only insist: "I'll get off here, I want to take a look at the house I bought before."

  "Alright, I'll go to the imperial palace for a trip, you be careful yourself!"

  Arriving at the old house, I saw Wang San Niang and her "daughter" sweeping the storefront from a distance.

  "Mother, mother..." Spring pulled on one side of her mother and pointed at me "It's her!"

  "Third Sister!" I stood in front of the two mothers and daughters.

  "Daughter, what you said is really true, she's indeed a girl, no wonder she looks so beautiful, I thought..." Pei Chun'er's face turned red and she lowered her head.

  Last time we met, I was a 'girl' dressed as a boy, so I think this girl got it wrong.

  "The landlord has arrived, I've prepared the rent for you." Zhang San's wife smiled and came forward to pull me over, stuffing a silver note into my hand.

  "Third Sister, you hold onto it first. I'm not short of money yet. When I am, I'll come to you for it. This time, I came mainly to ask for your help in finding out something."

  "What are you talking about? I, Wang San Niang, have been 'mixing' in the capital for over a decade, there's nothing I don't know!" Wang San Niang smiled and pulled me into the store.

  I asked Wang San Niang to help me find someone, the old Taoist priest I met at the market when I helped Xuan Yuan Mu buy an iron shovel. He was very old but had a divine and elegant demeanor, walking and singing along, making the current situation crystal clear.

  Wang San Niang listened to my description, and with a slap on her thigh, she said: "I know this person, he lives in the Taoist temple outside the south city. However, a few days ago, he offended the government and was stabbed to death by an official sword. The soldiers also dispersed all the disciples in the Taoist temple."

  "Is he dead?" I really didn't expect that the old Taoist priest would actually die.

  "However, he has a young apprentice who is not very old. This little Taoist priest refused to leave and said that he wanted to stay behind to watch over the fate of the Celestial Kingdom. He's quite arrogant, but if you have any business, Miss, you can go find him."

  "Alright, I'm going!"

  I bid farewell to Wang San Niang Mu 'girl', I headed south to the city, arrived at the Taoist temple that Wang San Niang said, here is dirty and chaotic, became a gathering place for beggars, did not see the shadow of that little Taoist priest.

  Looking at the beggars in the temple who are struggling to survive, I have mixed feelings. The current emperor is incompetent and believes in Taoist magic, reveres national masters, resulting in the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being slanted. Local officials do nothing, year after year of famine, causing many beggars to flood into the capital. So many beggars, but the government doesn't care at all, they just 'cover' their eyes and live their lives, not caring about the lives and deaths of the common people.

  I handed over the last copper plate in my hand and walked out of the Taoist temple. As soon as I reached the gate, I met a young Taoist priest who was returning from outside.

  "You..."

  He looked at me with a glance, frowned, and then turned around and walked out, as if he was avoiding me.

  I chased after him and cut off his path "Are you the only Taoist left in this temple?"

  "What's with you? I don't have time to entertain a gloomy girl like you." He had an unyielding expression, wearing his Taoist robe but looking like a little rascal.

  I walked up to him and then spoke in a low voice: "I am from the Dusk King's Manor, we have the ability to avenge your master!"

  That little Taoist priest raised his eyelids, looked me up and down from head to toe, and said: "You are the ghost queen that my master mentioned? My master has said before, life and death have their own destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven, don't mention revenge."

  "Have you seen that undead corpse? Why don't you want to know why I, the ghost queen, am still alive? What is the secret in the imperial palace? Do you understand the meaning of the poem your master sings every day?" I spoke very softly, afraid that others might hear.

  The little Taoist's eyebrows furrowed tighter, then he turned his head to glance at the beggar in the temple, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Alright, I'll go find you."

  "Hmm!" I nodded heavily "However, if you enter the Wang Fu at dusk, it's best not to go in with a Taoist identity!"