Dance Of The Dragons

Chapter 530: Chapter 530 : (Extra) Jiang Muchen’s Love Story (14)

When Head Eunuch Lu was but a small child, his family members and neighbors often praised him for being sensible.

It was a trait he retained all the way through adulthood.

It was also this trait that allowed him to rise to the rank of a Head Eunuch.

Being sensible meant being able to read the situation.

The new Heavenly Emperor, much like the former one, was not a patient person. His fiery dragon blood did not help much in curbing his temperament. If anything, it only made it worse.

His son, the alpha lion, was born with close affinity to fire element.

When two fires converged, they fueled each other, creating a more intense inferno. The surrounding area was doomed to suffer the consequences.

Before he too was scorched and charred, Head Eunuch Lu decided to take action.

He threw himself to the ground and bumped his head repeatedly against the carpeted floor.

"Your Majesty!" He wailed. "It was this humble servant’s fault! All my fault!"

Both Xie Jianshen and Jiang Muchen turned their heads to look at the kowtowing Head Eunuch Lu.

"Oh? What have you done?"

"This humble servant made the wrong report about the omega, Liu Chengjiu! He did not realize Palace Master Jiang’s noble intention at all."

Xie Jianshen slowly exhaled.

"Is that so, Muchen?" He pinned his son with a stare.

"You didn’t just bring a wolf omega home, you actually want to marry him and make him your wife?"

"Yes," the brave son replied.

"Really."

Xie Jianshen left the throne and sauntered down the flight of stairs until he stood close to his son.

The Heavenly Emperor tilted his head to the side and regarded Jiang Muchen with a knowing smirk.

"I suppose it’s love on the second sight."

Jiang Muchen’s cheek muscle began to twitch.

"I guess so."

"And this... Liu Chengjiu, was it? Must be quite an omega to enchant you completely."

"Yes, Mother."

As Xie Jianshen paced around him, a sense of disorientation washed over Jiang Muchen, as if the world itself were beginning to sway.

"Strange," Xie Jianshen remarked.

"What is so good about Liu Chengjiu?"

"..."

"Do you harbor particular liking toward wolves, Muchen?"

Jiang Muchen patted himself on the back for his success in restraining a gag.

"No, not really. I guess Liu Chengjiu is simply special." freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Aha."

Xie Jianshen’s lips were pulled into a smirk.

"As special as your Little Uncle?"

Jiang Muchen’s eyes lit up.

"Of course not!" He declared. "Little Uncle is forever the brightest star across the nine layers of heaven. How can anyone else compare to him?"

"Oh... But..."

Xie Jianshen put a hand on Jiang Muchen’s shoulder, almost making the latter flinch from fright.

"If he can’t compare with Little Yu, how is he ’special’?"

"..."

What kind of question was that? Should he have come prepared with a list of Liu Chengjiu’s charming qualities as an omega?

"I will make it easier for you," Xie Jianshen said.

"Give me just one reason why you would pick Liu Chengjiu over Qin Yanmei, and I shall draft the imperial decree to grant you this marriage this very second."

"..."

No alphas in their sane mind would pick Liu Chengjiu over Qin Yanmei.

Qin Yanmei was the Ethereal Beauty of the year, the most desired omega of the season. Hailing from a noble family, he was raised in an environment of privilege and grace from birth.

Other than being adept in the art of etiquette and the nuances of social interaction, he also mastered three different instruments -- flute, guqin, and erhu.

Every note he played was a masterpiece, a testament to his refined taste and artistic sensibility.

Beyond his musical prowess, Qin Yanmei possessed an innate elegance that was evident in every movement. Whether he was strolling through a garden, sipping tea, or engaging in conversation, his every gesture was graceful and refined. His aura of sophistication and charm made him the envy of many and the admiration of all.

And Liu Chengjiu?

Liu Chengjiu hailed from the same pack as the traitorous Liu Yichen and Liu Wenyuan.

His childhood was difficult, and his adult life even more difficult.

He was shunned not only by other clans but also his own clansmen.

To make the situation even worse, he still had to take care of his younger brother and the remaining members of his pack.

Even without Qin Yanmei as a benchmark, Jiang Muchen couldn’t find a single positive quality in Liu Chengjiu.

"Well?"

Xie Jianshen’s taunting voice pulled Jiang Muchen out of his daze.

"Cat got your tongue?"

Jiang Muchen cleared his throat.

"I am sorry, Mother. Whenever I think about my beloved," again he almost gagged from disgust, "I just can’t help but fall into a daydreaming state."

Xie Jianshen rolled with his eyes.

"Yes, yes, so name me one good thing about this Liu Chengjiu."

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Liu Chengjiu, he...

Jiang Muchen snapped sharply after air when he recalled something.

"Mother, he is good with bow and arrows."

Xie Jianshen arched a brow at his son.

"Oho."

Very good. Xie Jianshen expected his son to be creative enough to dig a gold ore out of a pile of shit.

And now it was time to push said son to the pile of shit.

"So he cultivates martial arts."

"Sort of, yes."

Jiang Muchen did not know why he said yes. In retrospect, he just wanted the round of painful interrogation to end soon.

Or he just didn’t want his mother to send him to the palace dungeon and feed him chicken bones for a week.

"Wonderful."

"...???"

Xie Jianshen beamed at his son.

"I recently found out from the Grand Tutor that Junjie’s birth might not be too uncommon, seeing that he was born from a rare Golden Lotus such as your Little Uncle.

If you impregnate a Golden Lotus, there is a possibility to get wolf pups as well. Your future children will inherit both the Shuiran Palace Master seat as well as the Wuyang Palace Master seat.

Now, doesn’t it sound wonderful?"

"..."

Crap.

"Go ahead and help him boost his cultivation level. Once he is ready, I am going to send him off on a mission. If he succeeds, I shall grant the both of you this marriage."

Crap, crap.

Jiang Muchen quickly protested, "Mother, he is just an omega wolf! He won’t be able to do it!"

"Your Little Uncle would have performed splendidly," Xie Jianshen remarked with a self-sufficient smile.

"..."

Crap, crap, crap.