Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 325 - Qian Lingyun: Widowhood Immediately After Marriage, Qian Renxue: Peak from the Start.

As night fell, Qian Lingyun sat idly in the East Palace bedroom, yawning. The heavy phoenix coronet and wedding robes that weighed down her head had been carelessly tossed onto the table.

Beside the table, Qian Renxue fiddled with the jewels inlaid on her phoenix crown, and suddenly asked, "Are you confident you can handle Xu Tianran by yourself?! He has quite a few life-saving soul tools on him!"

"Yes!" Qian Lingyun pulled a small porcelain bottle from her pocket, casually placed it on the table, and said proudly, "This is my masterpiece, the Soul-Sealing Poison. Anyone below level 99 who takes it will be affected. Even Qian Xunji died from it..."

Qian Renxue: "Huh!?"

Seemingly sensing the hostility in Qian Renxue's eyes, Qian Lingyun's voice became increasingly suppressed until it was completely inaudible.

"Alright, alright, you go ahead with your work, leave this to me!" Qian Lingyun stood up and shoved Qian Renxue out of the room.

After confirming that Qian Renxue had left, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, lazily slumped onto the table, and began to eat!

Another half hour passed before Xu Tianran, smelling slightly of alcohol, finally arrived. As soon as he entered, he sat down next to Qian Lingyun and said softly, "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"Your Highness, you're drunk. Have some tea to sober up!" Qian Lingyun pretended to be harmless and picked up the teapot next to her to pour Xu Tianran a cup of sobering tea.

"Ah, thank you so much for your concern, Your Highness!"

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Xu Tianran had sobered up considerably. He was about to say something to Qian Lingyun when his expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly turned to look at the teacup in his hand.

The originally warm tea suddenly turned icy cold in his esophagus, and a sinister aura instantly spread throughout his body, making it impossible for him to mobilize any soul power.

"You...you...you actually..."

"Down... ( ) ah..." Xu Tianran whispered. He found that speaking had become difficult, because he could clearly feel his internal organs slowly melting.

What a potent and domineering poison this is!

"Your Highness, as the old saying goes, 'A day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness!' Although we are only a married couple, we still have some affection for each other. Rest assured, I will not use your soul to feed vengeful spirits or as fuel. You can go in peace!"

Qian Lingyun sat there quietly watching Xu Tianran collapse to the ground from the deadly poison without even uttering a scream. He convulsed violently, vomited blood, and finally turned into a pool of sticky black water.

Apart from a few unused soul tools on the ground, there is no trace of his existence in the world.

Squeak!

Just then, the tightly closed door was pushed open by someone and then slammed shut again.

After entering the room, the person went straight to the table and sat in the seat that Xu Tianran had just been sitting in.

He bent down to pick up the soul tools from the ground, gently wiped away the black liquid, and then put them back on his body one by one, softly saying, "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Seeing that the supposedly dead 'Xu Tianran' had reappeared in the room, Qian Lingyun, who witnessed the entire process, did not show any strong reaction of fear or surprise.

She simply smiled slightly, rose, bowed to 'Xu Tianran,' and, following proper etiquette, smiled gently, saying slowly, 'Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!'

At the same time, the old emperor, who was still drinking merrily with his ministers at the banquet, felt a pang of pain in his heart. A strange palpitation made him lose his appetite to continue drinking.

He walked out of the main hall with a livid face, and stared at the moon in the sky, which was covered by dark clouds. He was slightly taken aback, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

He walked to the window, found a suitable spot, and counted his children. Sure enough, except for Xu Tianran, who had gone to the bridal chamber, the others were all there.

He sighed slightly, dismissed his servants, and walked alone toward the East Palace.

This wasn't him being paranoid; it was a bond from his blood. The last time he experienced this ominous palpitation was right when his second son was skinned alive by Xu Tianran in his own palace.

He originally wanted to punish Xu Tianran, but he couldn't do anything to Xu Tianran since both of them were his children and the second son had indeed struck first.

Anyway, from that moment on, he remembered that unpleasant feeling.

"Nothing should go wrong on the wedding night!" The old emperor looked at the brightly lit Crown Prince's palace, lingered in the courtyard for a while, and finally hardened his heart and pushed open the door to enter.

"Ah! Father..." ×2

Xu Tianran sat on the bed, his clothes disheveled, looking at the old emperor who had suddenly arrived in surprise. He hurriedly covered the bewildered crown princess next to him with the quilt.

"Father, is there something you need?" Xu Tianran asked as he pulled back the curtain, his tone somewhat stiff, as if he were blaming the old emperor for ruining his plans...

"It's nothing... Um... I had too much to drink and went to the wrong place. You two can continue... I wasn't here."

Sensing the shame and indignation in Qian Lingyun's eyes and Xu Tianran's dissatisfaction, the old emperor blushed. Even someone as thick-skinned as him felt extremely embarrassed at this moment.

He slowly retreated from the room, closing the door behind him, cursing and belittling himself as he ran: "I deserve to die! I ruined their wedding night because of a single misconception! I'm going back to drink with my in-laws!"

"Has he left?" Qian Renxue sat cross-legged at the head of the bed, looking at the seemingly useless door with a depressed expression.

She and Qian Lingyun had originally planned to turn off the lights and go to sleep, but who would have thought that the old man would show up so suddenly!

Honestly, eavesdropping is one thing, but what's the point of coming in here to check things out?

"He's gone!"

Qian Lingyun, wrapped in the blanket, teased sarcastically, "You're quick on the uptake! The old man walked in, and before I could even say a word, you started acting! What, do I, a widow widowed on my wedding day, really have that much charm?"

"Of course, you're so beautiful! You're the epitome of a femme fatale!" Qian Renxue straightened her clothes and suddenly blurted out, mimicking Xu Tianran's voice.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the more I look at her, the more I think my beloved concubine is as beautiful as a fairy! I can't even take my eyes off her."

"Pah! Smooth talker!" Qian Lingyun rolled her eyes on the surface, but she was quite pleased with herself in her heart.

"Alright, alright, I still have to be a widow for my husband who passed away right after our wedding ceremony. Everyone, go to sleep early! We can talk about anything after midnight!"

Qian Lingyun lay down on her side, and soon a steady breathing sound could be heard!

"Tomorrow?! According to the customs of the day and night, I have to take you back to your 'maternal home' tomorrow. I really don't know if your godmother will see through my disguise!"

After listening to Qian Lingyun's breathing for a while, Qian Renxue sighed with relief and closed her eyes to sleep.

(End of this chapter)