Dance Of The Dragons

Chapter 548: Chapter 548 : (Extra) Jiang Muchen’s Love Story (32)

Liu Chengjiu’s heart jumped to his throat, prompting him to stutter in response, "Y-Your Highness, why are you here?"

Jiang Muchen was obviously not in a good mood.

"Am I not allowed to be here?" He snarled. "This is my father’s palace, you know."

"This... This servant is aware."

"Stop calling yourself a servant already! Just how much longer do you think you can hide from me? So much for being grateful!"

Liu Chengjiu’s mouth dropped open in shock.

"But I am grateful!" He said. "Your Highness, please do not misunderstand...!"

No way.

He had not seen Liu Chengyun the entire afternoon.

Could it be that something happened to him, and he never arrived at Shuiran Palace with the bridal wedding robe...?

"Your Highness, could it be that you didn’t receive the wedding robe...?"

"Oh, I did, alright!" Jiang Muchen scowled, looking even angrier than before.

"..."

Liu Chengjiu did not understand anything anymore.

Could it be that he missed a faulty spot when he checked the result of his work through and through?

Impossible, was there any stain on the robe?

He had to fix it.

"Your Highness, I..."

Driven by his rising anxiety, his hungry stomach chose that time to growl in protest. Again.

"....."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jiang Muchen asked, for he had never experienced such abnormal physical reaction.

"I... I am just hungry," Liu Chengjiu meekly said. He hugged his stomach in shame.

"So they forced you to do hard labor and even starve you?"

"..."

How did Jiang Muchen arrive to this conclusion, again?

Without waiting for Liu Chengjiu to confirm or deny his statement, Jiang Muchen barked an order at his guards, "Bring her here!"

Maid He’s screeches and wails were heard long before she was dragged toward Jiang Muchen and thrown to the ground before the alpha.

"Your Highness, please forgive me!" Maid He bumped her head against the ground repeatedly, causing soil to stick on her forehead. "I will never do it again! Please forgive me!"

"You are not supposed to apologize to me, but to him!" Jiang Muchen tilted his head in Liu Chengjiu’s direction.

"Young Master Liu, I am so sorry!" Maid He howled. She crawled toward Liu Chengjiu like a lowly critter and clasped her trembling hands around his feet. "I didn’t mean to make your life difficult in the palace! I can change! I will change!"

"Senior He..."

Liu Chengjiu tried to drag Maid He to her feet, but the latter refused to budge. If anything, her wails grew even louder.

"Your Highness, this is all a misunderstanding," Liu Chengjiu told Jiang Muchen. "No one is torturing me. I work in the palace as Senior He’s underling. Daily chores are no torture!"

"And why haven’t you eaten your dinner then?" Jiang Muchen asked pointedly.

"I wanted to finish my job first. It was my choice, my decision."

Hearing Liu Chengjiu’s words, the turmoil in Maid He’s heart began to dissipate. Her wails were reduced to mere sobs.

Jiang Muchen rolled with his eyes.

"Fine by me," he snapped. "Release that maid. Liu Chengjiu, come with me."

"... Yes, Your Highness."

Liu Chengjiu obediently followed behind Jiang Muchen as they marched toward the palace.

He merely hoped that Jiang Muchen brought the wedding robe along.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to fix, whatever the issue was...

To Liu Chengjiu’s greatest elation, Jiang Muchen did bring the wedding robe along.

To his greatest confusion, he failed to find any issue with it.

He gently traced the intricate patterns of the meticulously woven golden threads. His fingers glided smoothly over the surface, finding no interruptions, no unsightly knots.

The nine-tailed fox, its fur shimmering with threads of gold and silver, regarded him with haughty disdain, the epitome of elegant aloofness.

"I don’t understand," Liu Chengjiu told Jiang Muchen after a while. "What is wrong with it...?"

"You don’t know???"

Jiang Muchen grabbed the wedding robe from Liu Chengjiu’s hands and held the nine-tailed fox embroidery before the latter’s eyes.

"Why is it a fox?"

"... Should it not be a fox?"

"Why not a phoenix?"

Qin Yanmei was the omega whom everyone expected him to marry. Qin Yanmei came from the phoenix clan.

"..."

Liu Chengjiu stared at Jiang Muchen’s furious face. He didn’t expect the alpha to be quite a player. From a fox to a phoenix. What a leap, but it was not his business.

"My mistake," he said nonetheless. "I will... I will remake the wedding robe."

Instead of subsiding, Jiang Muchen’s burning rage unexpectedly intensified.

"That’s not what I meant at all! Arghhhhh!!!"

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"That day," he began, "what was the real reason why you chose to walk out on me?"

Liu Chengjiu pressed his lips together in indignation, refusing to spill even a word.

He might be a lowly omega, but even omegas had their pride.

"Tell me honestly," Jiang Muchen insisted. "I deserve to know."

"..."

Liu Chengjiu clenched his jaw.

Glaring at Jiang Muchen, he then spat out, "Your Highness, you clearly said that omega foxes were far more superior than me, because they had the potential to become a Golden Lotus, while I didn’t.

Wasn’t that why you wanted to terminate our agreement?"

"I did not want to terminate our agreement!" Jiang Muchen cried out.

"..."

"If I wanted to terminate our agreement, I wouldn’t bother going to Ling’an Palace to fetch the dual-cultivation manual! I wanted to... I wanted to dual-cultivate with you to stimulate your spiritual roots... Arghhhh...!!!"

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Liu Chengjiu gaped at Jiang Muchen in disbelief.

Was that what Jiang Muchen meant that day?

Had he, Liu Chengjiu, misunderstood the alpha’s intention and terminated their agreement because he was unreasonably angry?

And... Jealous?

...

Was that what it was?

He was jealous of the unnamed omega fox who snatched Jiang Muchen’s attention, not at all knowing that said omega fox didn’t even exist...

Jiang Muchen watched the change of Liu Chengjiu’s facial expression with utmost satisfaction.

"Have you realized how utterly foolish you were?"

"..."

Liu Chengjiu bit into his lower lip, not knowing what to say.

And so, Jiang Muchen, the most gallant alpha across the Heavenly Realm*, took the omega’s hands in his, engulfing Liu Chengjiu in gentle warmth.

"One last time I shall ask you. Liu Chengjiu of Wuyang Palace, do you agree to stay by my side and become my wife, the future mistress of Shuiran Palace?"

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Author’s note :

*This is according to himself.