Chapter 6: The Blood of Pure Yang

  Before going out, Xuan Yuan reminded me: "If you want to survive, be more careful and don't waste the money I gave you, why not buy some food back?"

  I turned back and smiled slightly, nodding towards the floating head in the room: "Alright, I'll definitely buy rice this time."

  Xuanyuan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and floated upstairs.

  It was easier to find the Fourth Prince Xuan Yuan Qi, and he could just go straight to the Qi Wang Fu. He handed over the box with the kitten's corpse in it to the guard at the gate and asked him to bring it inside, then sat down on a stone pedestal on one side to wait for news.

  One hour passed and no one came out, two hours passed and there was still no news.

  Xuanyuan has only two days' time, and yet I've wasted half a day like this, how can this be good?

  "Big brother, please, you have to ask him again, did the king really see what I gave him?" I was getting anxious, this was Xuan Yuan Mu's last chance, if he really died without a complete corpse, then what about me? Would I be bitten in the neck and locked in a stone coffin with him as ghostly husband and wife? No!

  "You little Si, are you annoying or not? The king has a million things to deal with every day, where does he have time to look at your gifts? And what about my stuff? Where did you put it?" It was only then that I realized how naive I was, believing people so easily.

  "Give it back! I thought it was some treasure or something, but it's just a blackened rotten thing!" As he spoke, the guard retrieved my box from inside and tossed it over.

  I hastily caught it with both hands, opened it and took a look, fortunately there was no damage.

  I glared at that 'guard', these dog-eyed things, they must have often embezzled gifts given to the prince by others.

  At this moment, a horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of the Wangfu gate, and two beautiful women with blooming flowers got off the carriage.

  Slightly disappointed, I couldn't help but jump up when I saw a man's figure appear in the carriage. Just by looking at his face, I knew that this person must be Xuan Yuan Qi. He had some similarities with Xuan Yuan Mu around the eyebrows.

  Si Wang Ye Xuan Yuan Qi had his arm around a beautiful 'woman', with a lustful smile on his face, walking towards the main gate.

  I rushed over and said "Fourth Master, Fourth Master, please take a look at my gift."

  Xuanyuan Qi, who had already stepped onto the stairs, stopped in his tracks and turned around to look at me. He curled up the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't know if your sisters are as beautiful as you, but if they are, bring them over, I'd be more than happy to accept them."

  "Prince Wang, you're so bad!" The beauties on both sides twisted their bodies and played coquettishly.

  "Cough, I am...I am the queen of Xuan Yuan Mu. If you don't believe me, take a look at what's inside!" As I said that, I personally opened the box and 'exposed' the dark black thing inside.

  Those two guards have rushed over, their long spears aimed at my throat, fearing I will do something harmful to the Fourth Prince.

  Xuanyuan Qi heard this and furrowed his brow, looking at me seriously with his head lowered. Then he looked at the dark lump in my hand and couldn't help but ask: "What's that?"

  "A kitten's corpse!"

  As soon as I finished speaking, the two beautiful women opposite me let out a frightened "ah" and hid behind Xuan Yuan Qi.

  He walked down, circled around me, and then stretched out his hand to pull open my hair: "A 'woman'? Come into the palace to talk!"

  Xuanyuan Qi walked while looking back at me and said, "What a pity, she's become my sister-in-law. Otherwise... what a pity!"

  It seems that he believed me, but it's strange, why didn't Xuan Yuan Qi find it strange when I said I was the queen of Xuan Yuan Mu? Doesn't he know that Xuan Yuan Mu is already dead, or does he understand in his heart that I am the ghost king's chosen concubine?

  Upon entering the inner hall, Xuan Yuan Qi chased away the people beside me and then asked with a serious face: "Where is my imperial brother? He has been missing for ten years, just because you brought back a dead cat's corpse I will believe you?" As he spoke, his hand suddenly held a long sword, pointing at my throat.

  "He said you'd believe me if you saw that, doesn't look like it!"

  Xuanyuan Qi lowered his head and turned around in the room twice before turning back to me: "Where is he? I want to see him."

  "As long as you collect the blood of one hundred pure Yang men, you can see him. You don't have to kill anyone, just a little blood will do." I'm really anxious, and with the passage of time, Xuan Yuan Mu's danger is getting closer and closer.

  Xuan Yuan stared at me with an intense gaze, and I also looked back at him without flinching. This was my chance, as well as Xuan Yuan's chance.

  "Haha! If Mei Ling finds out that my brother actually married someone else, I don't know if she'll hang herself again!"

  Mei Linghua? The young lady of the Left Prime Minister's estate?

  "When is it used?"

  Xuanyuan Qi believed me after hearing this and finally let out a sigh of relief: "At the latest, tomorrow noon."

  "Good!" Xuan Yuan Qi walked out, suddenly stopped and turned back to ask me: "What does it mean by 'one hundred pure Yang men'? Is it a fate or..."

  "This... " My face turned red again, and I replied somewhat shyly: "It's Tong Yang!"

  "Haha, got it! Otherwise, Wang's sister would have stayed here and left with the things tomorrow."

  "No way, I have to leave!" I was really afraid that Xuan Yuan would misunderstand me again and think I was running away with him. I didn't want to experience that headache again.

  "Alright!"

  I left the Qi Wang Fu, bought some rice and dishes, hired a horse-drawn carriage, and headed out of town. I asked them to take me to a small village where there was a small market that I had been to before, then set off on foot towards the Black Bamboo Forest.

  Back in the haunted house, Xuan Yuan Wu's head was floating beside the handrail of the stairs, as if waiting for me to return. I told him about the strange things that had happened to me when I met Xuan Yuan Qi.

  His face was icy cold, his eyes gleaming yellow: "Is this Fourth Imperial Brother of mine very popular with women?"

  "Hey, he has two beautiful 'girls' by his side!" I didn't understand the implication of his words and said it out carelessly.

  "Hmph! Never forget your identity, you are my queen!" Xuan Yuan Mu's pupils turned yellow again, and his entire head became even paler.

  I knew he was going to scare me again, so I covered my eyes and replied loudly: "I know, I know!"

  "Never think about betraying me, if I find out you betrayed me, I will eat your flesh bit by bit and trap your soul beside me, tormenting you forever."

  "I won't, but..." I opened my eyes and stared at the floating head in front of me: "Didn't you say that if I helped you get back your 'physical' body, you'd let me go? You can't just go back on your word."

  "I've never said we're married, you're just my queen, don't even think about leaving me like this!" Xuan Yuan Mu said as he turned around and floated upstairs.

  Hasn't he said anything? I thought back carefully, and it seemed that he really hadn't. A sense of despair emerged in my heart - was I going to be trapped here for the rest of my life? Was I doomed to spend the rest of my days with this corpse?