Chapter 445 - 414: You and the Princess Should Have a Proper Wedding Ceremony
Zhu Bajie chuckled and said, "If this poor monk has snatched the Princess’s embroidered ball and becomes the Prince Consort, aren’t you, the Emperor, what else but this poor monk’s father-in-law?"
Zhu Bajie looked up and the Emperor finally saw Zhu Bajie’s face clearly, his brows furrowed deeper, and he asked with a puzzled look, "How come you monk look exactly like the one who was here before? And that monk also came from the Great Tang to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and seek scriptures."
Hearing this, Zhu Bajie immediately remembered Sun Wukong’s instructions and hastily replied, "Reporting to father-in-law, the monk who came before was my eldest disciple Sun Wukong!"
"He disguised himself as poor monk to enter the palace and exchange the Guan Wen. Because there were so many people at the crossroads, poor monk, being weak, couldn’t squeeze through, so he stayed back at the crossroads. But little did this poor monk expect such a fortunate match, it’s truly a match made by heaven."
The Emperor nodded slightly, still somewhat perplexed, and continued to ask, "You say that earlier monk was your eldest disciple in disguise, but I see that you two look exactly alike. How can that be?"
Zhu Bajie smiled and answered, "Father-in-law may not know, that monkey’s Divine Skills are vast, not of the ordinary. He has seventy-two kinds of transformations; changing into someone else’s appearance is a piece of cake for him, not to mention becoming as small as a fly or mosquito. Father-in-law was unaware of this, thus you didn’t see through his disguise."
The Emperor nodded, seeming to believe Zhu Bajie’s explanation and pondered for a moment before saying, "You are a Holy Monk from the Eastern Land, indeed bound by a thread of destiny from a thousand miles away."
"My Princess, now reaching the age of twenty and unmarried, chose this day because the year, month, and time were all auspicious. Hence, she set up the decorated pavilion and tossed the embroidered ball to seek a worthy match. Despite my displeasure with you catching it, I do not know what the Princess herself intends."
The Princess quickly kowtowed and said, "Reporting to father-Emperor, as the saying goes, ’wherever the husband goes, the wife follows.’ Your daughter has already made a vow, tied to this embroidered ball, reporting to the heavens and deities, to accept a fated marriage."