Chapter 42 - Shadow Lord Arrives
"This... Miss, does the Young Master know about your marriage?" The Branch Leader could not help but ask, his heart slightly startled and feeling a little uncomfortable.
"He knows, he is a good friend of my husband," Bai Rouyun answered casually, but her words stunned the Branch Leader even more.
To be able to be a good friend of their young Master, he could not be a simple figure.
At that moment, the branch manager felt a cold chill run down his spine.
He had initially thought that this woman was just a random woman that the young Master had taken a liking to and was spoiling slightly in an attempt to get closer to her.
However, it seemed that things were much more severe than he had thought. The woman was married, and the young Master knew of it, but he still treated her so well. Clearly, she and her husband held no ordinary place in the young Master's heart.
"Miss, please pardon this old servant for not dealing with things properly," the branch leader changed his entire personality the moment he understood this.
Although he usually ran unbridled in the entire Richu Empire, he was now polite and humble in front of a young woman who had almost no cultivation base.
The Crown Prince also understood certain things from their behavior. It seemed that the backing this woman had was not ordinary.
But was her backing due to her husband, or was it her own backing? He could not know, so he was hesitating about what to do now.
The princess was the most uncomfortable and jealous one. She was sure that Bai Rouyun did not have any power herself, that all her strength came from her husband, but why was she married to such a big shot?
Was it solely because of her appearance, which was like an immortal fairy, or did she have something to fall back on?
No matter what it was, she was jealous. Even if the man was old, as a cultivator, age did not matter.
Bai Rouyun looked at them and sneered, but before she could say anything, she suddenly felt an arm wrapping around her waist and bringing her into a tight embrace.
The familiar scent of sandalwood lingered around her, and she did not reject the embrace. She had recognized Li Moyun from the moment a hand had snaked around her waist.
But while Bai Rouyun was calm and allowed herself to be held obediently, everyone else was shocked.
"Sha... Shadow Lord," the Branch Leader called out respectfully when he saw Li Moyun. He had long since recognized him as the owner of the Eternal Shadow Palace.
The Crown Prince and the Princess were both filled with jealousy and unease.
Li Moyun was wearing a mask on his face, a mask that was silver, and covered half his face. The only thing which could be seen was his thin lips and his alluring eyes.
Although not much of his appearance was seen, the alluring eyes, the thin lips, and the powerful body alongside the oppressive aura made everyone understand that this man was not to be belittled.
"My dear wife, who gave you the guts to run away without informing me fist, and without taking a guard with you, huh?"
Li Moyun was completely ignorant of who was observing him as he held Bai Rouyun close to his chest, the words leaving his mouth in a slow and unhurried manner, but the sheer power behind it was not to be belittled.
"You were busy, so I thought it would be fine," Bai Rouyun felt like a child that was being scolded, and she pouted slightly as she answered.
"You have to bring a guard with you whenever you leave; I can't handle the thought of you getting injured outside."
Li Moyun lowered his head and looked at the guilty expression on Bai Rouyun's face. He was pleased when he saw that she felt guilty and did not pressure her any longer.
Instead, he glanced around him, seeing that many of the guests in the store were looking at them, that Bai Yue'er was lying on the ground in a pool of blood with blood flowing from her mouth. He also noticed the collapsed guards and the Crown Prince alongside the princess.
"Xiao Jin wanted a slice of the Blood Ginseng, so I went to get one for her," Bai Rouyun said with a shrug of her shoulders. "Then I figured I should get a sword since Jingyu told me that I did not have to pay for anything I took from within the store.
"Who would have thought that the princess wanted the same sword and made a scene. Then the Crown Prince appeared, and the scene got worse.
"Bai Yue'er insulted me, slandered me, and tried to ruin my reputation. Hence I had Little Chu cut off her tongue.
"Then, the Branch Manager was worried about me, but then you appeared."
Bai Rouyun had no intention of hiding anything, and the lips of Li Moyun were pursed into a straight line. Clearly, he was annoyed.
"When you leave the manor in the future, always bring Little Chu with you," he ordered, completely ignoring the crying face Mo Chu was making from being renamed Little Chu.
Bai Rouyun felt that her backup had arrived, but things did not end there. Not only had her backup arrived, but so had Bai Yue'er's.
Someone had seen what happened to Bai Yue'er and decided that he would inform the General's estate of the current plight she was in so that they could pay him as a messenger.
It was not before now that they arrived, but the reason they were so late was because the General had brought a whole bunch of soldiers with him, all of which had surrounded the Thousand Treasure Pavilion.