Chapter 49 The Run-Away Groom

Clearly, today was a happy day. However, Prime Minister Wei somehow felt a little uneasy. This morning, he had a constant spasm on his left eyelid. He remembered an old saying that went, “Left eyelid spasm represents troubles while right eyelid spasm represents fortune.” That’s a sign of bad luck! Prime Minister Wei looked at his son, who’s supposed to be the happiest groom. However, his son was still acting like a stranger with a poker face. Prime Minister Wei couldn’t help but feeling a little worried. He just hoped that he was overthinking it. However, none of that affected the whole cheerful ceremony. The bride and groom came to the middle of the hall as people were cheering. The celebrant woman took the wedding bands from both sides of the red wedding ball and put them into the hands of the two newlyweds, respectively. The host of the wedding began the most exciting routine. “Firstly, worship heaven and earth.” Bu Xiaoyan looked at her future husband’s red gown through her veil’s gap, as most of her sight was blocked by the red veil, and bowed down with the groom. She was feeling very sweet, for she could finally be his wife. “Secondly, worship the son of heaven.” With the help of the celebrant woman and her maid, the bride bowed to Emperor Yun Su, together with the groom. “Thirdly, pay respect to the parents.” The two newlyweds bowed to the groom’s parents on the left and then turned right to bow to the bride’s parents. What a great honor it was to the Bu Family! Normally, the bride’s parents weren’t supposed to be seated in the same row as the groom’s parents to take the newlyweds’ worship. That totally broke the etiquette! But at that time, no one knew what Prime Minister Wei was really thinking about. All people thought was how generous Prime Minister Wei was, as he treated the Bu Family so well! The Bu Family was super lucky! “The husband and wife bow to each other!” Perhaps there would always be some accidents during this part since ancient times, or the audience would be bored! With no exception, this time, at the moment when the newlyweds were about to bow to each other... A man in white with a simple pearl hairpin and a white veil walked through the crowd and presented himself at the scene. “Ruxuan, would you like to leave with me?” Earlier, the man in white was held by a man in black with a black veil as they landed on the ground from the sky. Behind them, there were several men in black following closely. Wei Ruxuan, in his groom’s suit, cried with excitement when he saw the man in white. He knew Wu Shuang wouldn’t give up, and now, Wu Shuang was here to take him away. Wei Ruxuan no longer cared about any families or friends at the scene, nor did he care about the emperor. He just left the bride and ran towards the man in white. Those men in black behind Wu Shuang took Ruxuan away without hesitation. It all happened too fast. No one ever expected something like that, and people were totally caught off-guard. Prime Minister Wei was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. The three ladies immediately burst into tears and went up to help their husband. People from the Bu Family were stunned and couldn’t understand the situation. What on earth was that? A great wedding almost turned into a funeral, which was totally insane and chaotic. Emperor Yun Su, who had always looked calm and elegant, was stunned to see the man in white. He felt an unspeakable sense of familiarity, which distracted him for a moment. Because of that, he missed the chance to order his men to arrest those people in black. The man in white was only trying to take the groom away, and he didn’t notice the emperor sitting on the prime seat. Perhaps it was a good thing for him not to see the emperor. After all, no one knew if he could still stay calm when meeting the emperor. Also, he didn’t want to expose his identity. However, when the imperial guards tried to chase after them, they had disappeared already. Meanwhile, people in black held Wei Ruxuan in his groom’s suit, while Xuan Zhi carried Wu Shuang. They came to a suburban forest and left after dropping Wei Ruxuan and Wu Shuang off there. Then the rain came in time. The weather was as changeable as people’s mood at the wedding ceremony. As the rain was getting heavier, both of them had their clothes wet. They found an old temple and took it as a shelter. Wei Ruxuan and Wu Shuang hid there, with their damp and cold clothes clinging to their bodies. Luckily, it looked like someone had been living in that old temple, as some branches and flints were left there. There was also a pile of straw for people to rest. Of course, it’s yet to be confirmed whether they were lucky or all this was arranged in advance. Wei Ruxuan immediately set up a fire and took off his wet clothes. He wanted to ask Wu Shuang to take off his clothes and get close to the fire as well. However, Wu Shuang seemed to have a blush. His body was thinner than other men, and he looked even more slender when he was all wet. Clothes wrapped around his chest appeared faintly under his white coat. Looking at Wu Shuang holding his body tightly in front of him, an unimaginable thought appeared in Wei Ruxuan’s mind. “Are you a girl, Wu Shuang?” “Yes, I am.” Wu Shuang nodded her head slightly. Her face was still pink with a trace of blush, and she looked even more stunning right now. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” “Don’t you like men? I worried that you might ignore me if I’d told you.” “Silly thing. Who told you that I like men?” “But you...” “I’ve loved you for the whole time!” “Do you still feel the same knowing that I’m a girl?” “Of course, I do! My silly girl. I’m more than thrilled to know that you’re a girl! Now, I can finally fairly marry you.” “But I...” “There’s no but.” Wei Ruxuan was very happy. The person that he had been thinking about all the time turned out to be a girl! He no longer needed to bear the identity of a gay! In fact, he didn’t really care how people thought of him, but now he had achieved a much better result! He could explain it to his family. He could marry her and have children with her instead of with someone he didn’t love. He was so excited that he wanted to hold Wu Shuang in his arms right away. At that time, a person secretly appeared behind him and stunned him directly. It was Xuan Zhi. With a righteous temperament, he looked way more handsome than that weak Wei Ruxuan. His charm came from years of martial arts practicing and fighting as a warrior, which Wei Ruxuan would never have. Xuan Zhi directly ignored Wei Ruxuan, who fainted on the ground half-dressed. All he could see was Wu Shuang in her wet clothes. Immediately, he took off his black robe, placed it beside her, and looked in another direction. He seemed so charming even when he was only wearing his white long-underwear. Then Wu Shuang took off her wet clothes, and the long white piece of cloth wrapped around her chest. She put on Xuan Zhi’s robe with no underwear, took off the hairpin, and untied her hair. After all that, she put the wet clothes near the fire to dry them. With her pearl hairpin in her hand, she walked towards Xuan Zhi and pressed herself in Xuan Zhi’s arms for warmth while Xuan Zhi was only wearing his white long-underwear. Xuan Zhi had no choice but to hold her in his arms and sat beside the fire so that her cold body could get warmer gradually. He unconsciously tucked her hair behind her ears with his left hand. There was a pampering look in his charming eyes. “Wu Shuang, now he knows that you’re not a man. What do you plan to do next?” She planned to force Wei Ruxuan and his father to go against each other by playing to be gay. But now, the plan had been ruined. Wu Shuang sighed with chagrin several times. At this moment, her reaction was a bit cute, which wasn’t normally seen in her. Xuan Zhi saw that and couldn’t help hugging her tighter. How he wished to kiss her pretty lips now! But he was just thinking. He wouldn’t do anything that might make her uncomfortable. Well, God wasn’t on their side this time. The rain spoiled Wu Shuang’s plan. She relaxed in Xuan Zhi’s arms, thinking about the next step. Xuan Zhi observed every subtle expression that showed up on her face. He watched her eyeballs moving slightly when she was thinking, and this intimacy brought warmth to his heart. After a long time, Wu Shuang’s eyes lit up, and she finally showed a satisfied smile. “Zhi, ask your men to find a prostitute. She doesn’t need to be a virgin. Give Wei Ruxuan some aphrodisiac and then put them together on the straw stack.” “Okay.” Xuan Zhi whistled right away, and two men in black left immediately. “I heard that old man from the Wei Family is investigating my background, right?” “Yes.” “Spread the rumors that Wu Shuang used to be a beggar on the street. At the age of eight, she was sold to a brothel, and she began to have guests when she turned fifteen. Later on, a swordsman fell in love with her and took her away from the brothel.” Wu Shuang thought about the day when she was almost beaten, and Xuan Zhi suddenly showed up to save her. At that time, Xuan Zhi was so handsome and heroic. She hugged him more tightly, and there was a trace of sweetness in her heart that she didn’t even notice. Her sweet voice continued, “Wu Shuang eloped with that swordsman, but the relationship between them disobeyed the etiquette. Wu Shuang deliberately approached Prime Minister Wei’s son, as she wanted to marry a rich person and change her fate.” “I see.” “In particular, no one knows whether the child in Wu Shuang’s womb is the blood of the Wei Family after she gets married with Wei Ruxuan. The story should be reasonable and complete. I’d like to see if they can afford to be humiliated like that. Let’s see if Prime Minister Wei can accept such a cunning daughter-in-law.” “Okay. I’ll ask my men to do it now.” Xuan Zhi called over another man in black. After briefing him, Xuan Zhi whispered to Wu Shuang’s ear, as she looked sleepy, “You want them to believe that the father of Wu Shuang’s baby is that swordsman, right? It will be a really nice story if Wu Shuang ends up being with the swordsman.” Wu Shuang was not silly, but she decided to play dumb with him, “Well, Zhi, I want to sleep. I’m super sleepy!” “Okay. You can sleep in my arms.” “Yeah.” Wu Shuang buried her face on Xuan Zhi’s chest. She didn’t want him to see her face because she was actually not sleepy at all. She squeezed the simple pearl hairpin in her hand, touching the pearl again and again as if she wanted to engrave its shape on her heart. She couldn’t forget Kong Yue. She didn’t want to forget. She was reluctant to forget. Because he was her lifetime lover! At night, there was live porn playing on the haystack in the shabby temple. Both the man and the woman were enjoying themselves. No one expected that the weak scholar, Wei Ruxuan, could be so fierce while having sex. That prostitute moaned loudly and even begged him to stop...