Si Mobai felt her smile stab into his heart like a knife, evoking great pain. He reached out and pulled her into his chest while saying, “Lan’er, I’m here.”
If she was going to be like this, she might as well cry it out!
It was evident that her body was spent. In the past, summoning the Fire Phoenix would knock her out cold for at least two to three days. This time around, she woke up in only six hours.
Azurite came up to them in soft steps. Upon seeing that Feng Tianlan had awakened, she reminded gently, “Miss, Young Master Wu sent me to tell you that they’ll be setting off soon. They’re worried about missing the chosen hour for the wedding.”
Feng Tianlan’s eyes widened immediately upon hearing those words. With hope-filled eyes, she turned to Azurite saying, “Nansheng…” is still alive, right?
Azurite dared not look into Feng Tianlan’s hopeful eyes. She lowered her head and answered, “Young Master Wu said that the princess will always be the wife he would marry, no matter what happened to her. She would be his wife for life.”
Feng Tianlan gripped harder as the hope in her eyes slowly diminished. Two drops of tears finally rolled down from the corner of her eyes. So it wasn’t a dream. Everything was real.
“As for that dowry maid, she’s currently locked up and awaiting interrogation.” Si Mobai gently brushed Feng Tianlan’s back. He could not ease her deep pain of losing a close friend, so the only thing he could do was direct that pain to somewhere else.
Feng Tianlan stiffened, and balled her fists even tighter.
“As for those self-combustors who attacked yesterday, their Spiritual Forces were forcibly boosted through the use of restricted drugs. They set this up to be a guaranteed kill to wipe out everyone within a hundred-mile radius.”
Si Mobai’s voice was icy, and it seeped into Feng Tianlan’s heart. It numbed the pain while fanning her hatred.
Meaning that, if not for Feng Tianlan’s sudden outburst of spiritual strength that stopped those self-combustors, not just Gu Nansheng — but even Feng Tianlan herself, this town that they were in, and the sparse satellite villages surrounding them — everything would be reduced to ashes.
“I’ll go see Nansheng.” Feng Tianlan sat up straight. The hatred churning in her had made her calmer, so calm that it was almost inhuman.
Si Mobai took a long look at her and sighed in his heart. He helped her up and dressed her, then accompanied her to Gu Nansheng’s room.
This room was where Gu Nansheng’s wedding ceremony was supposed to start, so red stickers with the wedding character of ‘Xi’, meaning double happiness, had been put up everywhere. Even the windows were decorated with paper cuttings designed in pairs. It was supposed to be a joyous and lively affair, but now, the inside was filled with somberness.
The moment Feng Tianlan appeared, Wu Qi’s gaze filled with hatred shot over at once. However, he could only snap his head indignantly the other way when he saw Si Mobai. He had lost his cool the night before and tried to kill Feng Tianlan, but Si Mobai had managed to beat him up till he could not stand without lifting a finger.
When he got back his senses, he knew that he should not have blamed Feng Tianlan. However, he could not stop the hatred spilling forth. Those people were obviously here to kill Feng Tianlan, but in the end, she dragged the princess into her mess.
Wu Yuan simply raised his eyes and took a mild glance at her. Then, he turned to Gu Nansheng, who lay on the bed as though she was just asleep.
Feng Tianlan walked to the side of her bed and looked at Gu Nansheng. She was dressed in an entirely red wedding dress, and her hair had been combed and styled to perfection while her makeup was thickly laid on. For the sake of auspiciousness, they had applied some rouge on her cheeks, making her look flushed. Her eyes were shut tight, like she was still in deep slumber.
Feng Tianlan remembered the scene in the palace where Gu Nansheng, in her bright red wedding dress, asked if she looked good.
“Of course you look good, you’re the most beautiful bride in the world.” Feng Tianlan broke into a smile as she said to Wu Yuan, “We should almost be at the auspicious hour. Let me carry her into the bridal sedan. Back then…”
Back then, when they were in the palace, Nansheng said that she was nervous and wished for Feng Tianlan to stay. She had wanted to talk with her, but Feng Tianlan turned her down, citing inappropriateness. If only…
