Chapter 128 : Seclusion (1)
The two princes parted ways on bad terms again.
Zhang Fengxi felt extremely bad. Not only toward Xie Jianyu, but also toward Liu Wenyuan. Although the kiss was done during an official mission by the Heavenly Emperor, Zhang Fengxi still ended up tangling with Xie Jianyu again.
Zhang Fengxi did not want Liu Wenyuan to find out about the kiss from an unwanted source, so he decided to go ahead and confess his act of infidelity to his beloved.
At Wuyang Palace, Liu Wenyuan had just finished cutting the dead branches of his potted plants. After four days of not seeing each other, his heart leaped from joy when his betrothed came to visit.
And yet, when he saw Zhang Fengxi’s gloomy expression, he knew that Zhang Fengxi did not come just because he missed him. He had something unpleasant to share, probably related to a certain person who he assisted during his mission.
Contrary to Zhang Fengxi’s expectations, Liu Wenyuan was very calm. He listened attentively to Zhang Fengxi’s story, starting from Song Wan Rong’s betrothal to Xie Jianyu, his mother’s unreasonable task for him to interview Xie Jianyu, down to the mission that brought him and Xie Jianyu together.
Zhang Fengxi explained everything in great detail. He made sure that Liu Wenyuan knew that for the first three days, nothing untoward happened between them. Until the mass ghost wedding took place, of course.
"To resolve the accumulating grudge of the twenty-four sacrificial maidens, we decided to hold a mass ghost wedding for them. Alas, we did not know that the ghost brides wanted more than just going through the wedding."
Liu Wenyuan seemed to have prepared himself for the worst news.
"Did you sleep with him, then?"
Zhang Fengxi was aghast. Had his scandalous relationship with Xie Jianyu so far created such a poor impression of him in Liu Wenyuan’s heart?