Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 482 - 421: Crashing the Wedding

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The youth’s hand slowly loosened. He remained silent for a long time.

Since that day, the two hadn’t seen much of each other. Sang Luo was busy with social obligations and preparing for the wedding, so she truly couldn’t find the time to comfort the sulking little fox. Yun Qi hadn’t come to bother her again, nor had he deliberately caused trouble to get her attention like he used to.

He was being too well-behaved.

It actually made Sang Luo a little uneasy.

Whenever she fell into a deep sleep at night, she would dream of someone standing by her bed, gently stroking her face. But when she awoke from the dream, that person would be gone, as if they had never been there at all...

A soft sigh.

’I’m leaving soon anyway. It’s a fine enough place for our story to end.’

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the wedding preparations for both clans were nearly complete. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As the Young Master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, there was no way Yun Rong would marry into the Red Fox Clan.

Although the Red Fox Clan had grown into a major power in Qingqiu, even attaining a status equal to some of the Ancient Divine Beast Families, they were still a step below the noble-blooded Nine-tailed Fox Clan. Logically, it should have been Princess Ji Wan who married into the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. However, the old Clan Leader of the Red Fox Clan had only one precious daughter and was waiting for her to take over the clan’s affairs, so he would never allow her to marry out.

After negotiating on the day of the engagement, the Clan Leaders of both clans decided that the new couple would marry each other simultaneously, becoming each other’s Main Wife and Main Husband. They would not interfere with the other’s right to take other husbands or concubines to continue their respective bloodlines.

Of course, if the couple chose to form a partner’s bond and remain a pair for life, the Clan Leaders wouldn’t object. It was just that the Nine-tailed Fox Clan was a Divine Beast Species that had existed since ancient times, and bearing offspring was incredibly difficult. With the Red Fox Clan’s bloodline, it would likely be very hard to conceive. At best, after several thousand or even tens of thousands of years, they might produce a single mixed-blood fox beast, which could hardly fulfill the heavy responsibility of propagating both clans.

’This political marriage is surprisingly flexible.’

On the eve of her wedding, Sang Luo didn’t sleep a wink, letting the Servants dress her and do her makeup.

Two grand banquets were to be held for the wedding.

One banquet was in the Red Fox Clan’s territory, Guangfu City. For convenience, Sang Luo decided to hold it right at the Princess Mansion, since it was large enough anyway.

The later banquet would be held in Fan City, the territory of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.

In other words, after dealing with the wedding banquet in her own clan, Sang Luo would have to ride the red phoenix wedding sedan chair to Fan City, the territory of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. It was a whirlwind of activity.

For the Red Fox Clan’s young princess’s wedding feast, the old Clan Leader took this marriage very seriously and was quite pleased with it—even more so than with his own wedding. He had invited all the prominent figures in Qingqiu. The major noble families all showed their respect by sending wedding gifts, and many Beast King Clan Leaders even came in person with their families.

The banquet was lavish, with wine cups floating on winding streams.

Several of the servants in the Princess Mansion gathered at one table. Though they often vied for favor on a daily basis, they didn’t mind the Princess taking a Main Husband. After all, a day like this was bound to come sooner or later. It made no difference to them who it was.

Yun Qi was not among them.

Behind the banquet hall, there was a rockery with a fountain. With everyone busy toasting and drinking at the feast, this spot was quiet and deserted.

The youth sat alone on the ground, a bottle of wine in his hand. He couldn’t hold his liquor well, and the bottle was already empty, not a single drop left. His cheeks were flushed red like a sunset glow.

He heard footsteps nearby and looked up, his gaze focused.

A man in a green robe strolled over, carrying a large jug of wine.

He was tall and straight, with an ordinary face, but his aura was extraordinary. This was especially true of his crabapple-red eyes, which had a faint cyan halo around the pupils, making them incredibly magnificent and striking.

’...A Disguise Technique.’

The Fox Clan was skilled in Illusion Techniques, and also skilled at seeing through them.

Yun Qi’s expression didn’t change, but vigilance rose in his heart. "Are you also an honored guest of the Princess Mansion, sir? I don’t believe I saw you at the banquet."

"Hehe, the banquet is crowded with too many eyes and ears. I am just an unremarkable commoner," the man said with a smile. "But the Princess and I are acquaintances. I’ve done her a great favor before."

"If you are an honored guest invited by the Princess, then you are my honored guest as well. Please let me know if our hospitality has been lacking in any way. Why are you not at the banquet enjoying the dancing and festivities, honored guest? Did you perhaps get lost?" The wariness in Yun Qi’s eyes faded slightly as he stood, bowed, and offered a gentle smile.

"Mm, this Princess Mansion is quite large. I came out for a stroll and can’t find my way back. The scenery here isn’t bad, either. It’s much more relaxing than that noisy, crowded banquet. Why don’t you join me for a couple of drinks?" the man said.

Yun Qi politely declined. "I cannot hold my liquor well. I wouldn’t want to spoil your enjoyment, honored guest."

He turned to leave, but the man stepped forward to block his path. "Wait, there’s something else I want to ask you."

A cold glint flashed in the depths of Yun Qi’s eyes, and his fingertips twitched. Then he heard the man before him ask in confusion, "When I saw you from a distance, I thought the Young Master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan had arrived. It was only when I got closer that I realized I was mistaken. Are you and the Young Master brothers?"

The scar on Yun Qi’s face had faded considerably and was unnoticeable from a distance. Moreover, his eyes and brow were identical to the Qingqiu Young Master’s. In this world, it was impossible for two people to look so alike unless they were twins.

"I never knew the Nine-tailed Fox Clan had two Young Masters!" the man exclaimed in amazement.

Yun Qi remained expressionless. "Is there anything else, honored guest?"

The man lifted his wine jug, poured a full bowl, and handed it to him. "There is one more thing I’d like to ask. I heard that when the Princess brought you back, she only gave you the title of a servant. Yet your own brother gets to marry the Princess openly and even become her Main Husband, placing him a station above you. Aren’t you envious?"

The youth said coolly, "That is the Princess’s decision. Others have no right to interfere."

"Hehe, fine. Then I suppose I should rephrase." The man, having been rebuffed, drained the wine in his hand. The corners of his lips curled into a wicked smirk.

"Don’t you hate it?"

The youth shuddered, his icy gaze shooting toward the man like a dagger. He said angrily, "We are in the Princess Mansion! Do not speak such nonsense!"

"Have you never thought to yourself—if only you could take your brother’s place? Don’t you want to switch identities with him? Let him experience everything you’ve suffered!" The man’s voice seemed to carry a strange, bewitching quality.

...

Before leaving, he stuffed a calling card into the youth’s hand. "If you have need of me, sir, you can come find me. I am at your service anytime."

Yun Qi looked down at the calling card in his hand.

On it were written just two words—

Yeque Pavilion.

He looked in the direction the man had gone, but he had already vanished without a trace.

He had heard of this place before. This person... just what was his origin?

After the three-day-long banquet ended, Sang Luo was due to leave for Fan City the next morning. Tonight was likely her last night here. She thought of the little fox she hadn’t seen in days and wanted to see him one last time to say goodbye, but when she arrived at the Plum Blossom Garden, she couldn’t find him anywhere.

Kong said the young master had left two days ago, and he didn’t know where he had gone either.

Sang Luo felt a pang of regret, but there was nothing she could do.

Early the next morning, dressed in her wedding gown, she stepped into the wedding sedan surrounded by a crowd of people.

Just as she lifted the curtain and stepped inside the wedding sedan, Sang Luo sensed another presence inside!

Her heart leaped in terror. Before she could even see who it was, a hand pulled her into an embrace.