As You Wish

Qin Xuanxi suddenly said to Bai Ruoling,

"Are you not already weary of this place? Then, as you wish, I shall pack away this human guise and skin, and leave this place without alerting a single soul."

"Thank you, Master, for your grace!" Bai Ruoling was overjoyed.

During these past five years at the Prince Xiang's Estate, she had felt as though she were living in a prison.

Now, she could finally distance herself from this prison of Prince Xiang's Estate.

At this moment, Qin Xuanxi's spiritual sense had already withdrawn, no longer residing within this human guise and skin.

Bai Ruoling tossed the human guise and skin from the bed into her spatial domain, formed a teleportation hand seal, and left the place.

Thus, when Li Qingying pushed open the door with Song Ye, intending to let Song Ye see the commandery princess one last time, they discovered that the room was completely empty.

"The commandery princess is gone! Someone, come quickly!"

Li Qingying immediately mobilized everyone in the estate to search for the whereabouts of both the commandery princess and the cultivator Yu Qiu.

Song Ye comforted Li Qingying, saying, "Princess, there is no need to worry too much. The commandery princess has likely already regained consciousness and wandered off on her own.

"The commandery princess is, after all, a disciple of the Solitary Jade Sect and possesses magic power. She should not be in any danger out there on her own, and furthermore, the cultivator Yu Qiu is quite possibly right by her side."

Li Qingying said, "Let us hope so. If the commandery princess has indeed awakened, then the matter of the marriage engagement between you two shall be left for you yourselves to decide."

Song Ye nodded and said nothing more.

He had no idea what new game this female fiend Qin Xuanxi intended to play with him next, and his heart felt entirely unsettled.

Song Ya, on the other hand, was utterly baffled. She had thought that coming to Prince Xiang's Estate with her brother today would finally allow her to see her future sister-in-law, only to find the place deserted.

...

Until night fell and the bright moon hung high in the sky,

the people of Prince Xiang's Estate still had not found the whereabouts of the commandery princess. This incident had also alerted the Great Yu Temple in Yancheng.

Qi Shuyu had already dispatched numerous Purple Yu Guards to search everywhere both inside and outside the city.

Song Ye had also been pretending all along to help search for the commandery princess, and during this time, he even managed to squeeze in the completion of his three daily task quotas.

After dark, Song Ye returned to Pear Blossom Lane alone.

As for Song Ya and Pei Wangshu, they had simultaneously accepted another escort mission, but this time they had to deliver cargo all the way to Wencheng and would not be able to return until tomorrow at the earliest.

At this moment, as night had just fallen, Song Ye first paid a visit to Zhao Zhigao's home.

Zhao Zhigao had once again been sent on official business to handle a case in neighboring Wencheng and was not at home, so Song Ye had to check in to see if Mrs. Xu and her daughter were safe and sound.

At that moment, Mrs. Xu had just hung a lantern in the courtyard.

Zhao Zhigao's five-year-old daughter ran over happily the moment she saw Song Ye, crying out, "Brother Ye!"

She threw her arms around Song Ye's calf, then looked up and giggled.

Mrs. Xu nearby hurriedly said, "Mier, your Brother Ye has been busy working outside all day and must be very exhausted. Don't pester him to play with you."

Zhao Mier stubbornly refused to let go and hugged Song Ye's calf even tighter.

Song Ye smiled at Mrs. Xu and said, "It's no trouble at all. I'll play with her for a little while."

Mrs. Xu smiled. "You just keep spoiling her!"

Song Ye patted Zhao Mier's little head, and as if performing magic, a skewer of candied hawthorns suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Candied hawthorns!"

Upon seeing food, Zhao Mier's eyes shone brighter than the stars in the sky.

She then took the candied hawthorns handed over by Song Ye, keeping one hand still clutching Song Ye's calf while holding the candied hawthorns in the other, and began to eat them with blissful delight.

Mrs. Xu smiled again and said, "Brother Ye, since you like children so much, why don't you hurry up and have one of your own?"

Song Ye joked, "How could I have such good fortune?"

Sensing that she might have spoken out of turn, Mrs. Xu said no more.

After playing with Zhao Mier for a little while, Song Ye left alone.

When he returned to his own courtyard, he saw that Qin Xuanxi was actually already waiting for him inside.

She was still wearing that light blue short-sleeved ru skirt and was barefoot.

"Little husband, are you surprised to see me?" she asked, tilting her head with a smile.

"Every time you appear, it comes as quite a surprise," Song Ye said honestly.

He muttered to himself, wondering what kind of romantic game this female fiend intended to play with him this time.

"Wait for me here a moment!"

With that, Qin Xuanxi turned and walked into the room where Song Ye lived, gently closing the door behind her.

Immediately afterward, Qin Xuanxi secretly cast a spell, setting up a magical array across the entire city of Yancheng, resembling a giant black bowl that covered the whole city.

Within the array, every living creature in the city lost consciousness in an instant and fell into a deep sleep.

The entire Yancheng was instantly plunged into absolute silence.

Only Song Ye's small courtyard remained unaffected.

In other words, throughout the entire city of Yancheng at this moment, besides Qin Xuanxi, only Song Ye remained awake.

Song Ye also sensed that something was amiss; the surroundings had suddenly grown abnormally quiet, even the occasional sound of chirping insects had vanished.

After casting this magical array, Qin Xuanxi switched back to her immortal cultivation body, and then she lit the candles on the two candle holders in the room.

Song Ye saw the bright candlelight appear within the room, and Qin Xuanxi's voice drifted out from inside.

"Little husband, you may come in now."

Song Ye had no idea what Qin Xuanxi was plotting, but if she had wanted to harm him, he would not have survived until now.

Therefore, without overthinking it, Song Ye pushed the door open and walked inside.

Upon entering the room, he was astonished to see Qin Xuanxi wearing a brand-new embroidered red robe, sitting on the edge of the bed like a modest maiden.

However, she wore neither a phoenix crown nor a red bridal veil.

"Does it look good?" Qin Xuanxi asked with a gentle smile. "This wedding attire was originally meant for you to see on the day of our grand wedding. Although it is a bit late now, you finally get to see it after all."

Song Ye walked up to the bed and asked tentatively, "Could it be that you wish to fulfill tonight what we were supposed to do on our wedding day?"

Qin Xuanxi still smiled faintly without giving an answer, as if waiting for Song Ye to take the initiative.

Song Ye found it somewhat hard to believe. Did the relationship between them have to span such a vast gulf? After all, prior to this, this female fiend wouldn't even let him touch her hand.

Being extremely cautious, Song Ye first used his probing tool to check the "Qin Xuanxi" before him to avoid being deceived once again.

Immediately, a piece of information appeared on the probing interface.

[Qin Xuanxi]: Fifth Tier of Profound Passage Realm.

The person was indeed Qin Xuanxi herself without a doubt; the probing function could not be wrong. Yet how had her cultivation level changed to immortal cultivation?

And her immortal cultivation level was even this low, inferior even to Zhang Zixuan.

Song Ye did not know that Qin Xuanxi possessed a dual immortal and demonic constitution, so he had no idea what was currently happening to her.

"I just saw you playing with Zhao Zhigao's daughter," Qin Xuanxi said abruptly. "It seems that you, my little husband, truly adore children."

Song Ye continued to probe Qin Xuanxi, saying, "Actually, I would much rather that we had children of our own."

"I can bear them for you," Qin Xuanxi said, her brows furrowing slightly. "It's just that... as for those matters, little husband, do you understand them?"

Song Ye smiled. Whom was she looking down upon? Besides, with the atmosphere built up to this point, he certainly couldn't back down now.

"Even if I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig run?" Song Ye said.

Qin Xuanxi nodded slightly. "Then let us try..."

Immediately afterward, channeling a trace of magic power, she extinguished all the candles in the room.

However, she did not know that Song Ye's formidable eyesight allowed him to see clearly even in the pitch-black night...