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

Chapter 327 342343—Qian Renxue: This is a study, not a bedroom. Please behave yourself!

When the sun was high in the sky, the exhausted Qian Lingyun watched as the refreshed Qian Renxue leaped out of bed with boundless energy, urging her to get up.

Although she was unwilling, Qian Renxue's imposing manner from yesterday was still fresh in her mind, so Qian Lingyun could only clutch her waist and complain a few words in her heart.

Seeing the strange atmosphere in the room, Qian Renxue, the culprit, suddenly realized what was going on. She quickly smiled and comforted her, "Alright, alright, don't be so awkward. Although you were newlyweds yesterday, you can get up a little later today, but you still need to pay your respects as usual!"

"Tch..." Qian Lingyun slowly stood up, supporting herself on the edge of the bed, and gasped again.

She was probably sick; her legs were trembling so badly that she could barely stand.

That bastard Qian Renxue was just looking for her to make a fool of herself. She tortured her to death yesterday... no, early this morning.

Thinking about it, she punched Qian Renxue with her fist in annoyance and questioned, "You can't even stand up straight, how am I supposed to pay my respects?"

"I'll help you there, isn't that enough?!"

Seeing the lingering blush on Qian Lingyun's cheeks, Qian Renxue felt a little guilty. She chuckled awkwardly, quickly took Qian Lingyun's hand, and helped her walk slowly towards the emperor's palace.

At this time of day, the morning court session had long since ended, and the idle old emperor was playing with his pet parrot in the imperial garden.

Upon seeing Xu Tianran and his companion arrive, he immediately recalled the misunderstanding from the previous night.

"Ahem, ahem," he coughed lightly a few times, then somewhat embarrassedly beckoned to the two of them and said, "Someone, bring them seats!"

After settling Qian Lingyun in, Qian Renxue bowed to the old emperor and said, "Father, the Crown Princess worked hard all night and it's inconvenient for her to bow!"

"It's alright, it's alright, just sit down!"

The old emperor glanced at Qian Lingyun's various states and naturally understood what was going on. He thought to himself:

"My son is quite impressive! Not bad! He has his father's style from back in the day!"

"Father, please forgive my rudeness, I'm having some trouble standing..."

Qian Lingyun forced a smile, obediently cupped her hands in greeting, which could be considered as a formal bow to her father-in-law.

The old emperor chuckled and waved his hand, then looked at Xu Tianran and instructed him:

"Naturally! According to custom, you're going to the Duke's mansion today. Since it's still early, hurry up and go! Don't keep the Duke waiting!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right away!" Qian Renxue replied, then pulled Qian Lingyun into her arms and led her out of the palace.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, the old emperor shook the parrot in its cage and chuckled to himself, "Youth is truly wonderful! Unlike me, I'm getting old!"

"It's so good to be young! It's so good to be young!"

The parrot in the cage even mimicked the old emperor's tone and made a few calls.

"The carriage is ready! Why are you still getting ready! Is it for me to see!?" Qian Renxue hummed a little tune and casually patted Qian Lingyun's head in front of the dressing table.

"Hiss... Don't even think about it in broad daylight!"

Impatiently waving away Qian Renxue's "claws," Qian Lingyun grew increasingly angry and finally couldn't help but warn:

"When you get to my mom's, you better behave yourself. She's very sensitive to the presence of spirits; don't let her find a weakness!"

"To be so sensitive to the aura of souls, she truly deserves to be called an evil soul master. I wonder how many souls she has devoured..."

Before Qian Renxue could finish speaking, Qian Lingyun's body suddenly stiffened. She turned her head and stared straight at Qian Renxue, her dark red eyes seemingly holding a thousand unspoken words, but she still hesitated to speak.

Seemingly realizing her slip of the tongue, Qian Renxue quickly raised her hand to comfort her, "That's not what I meant..."

"I'm not blaming you..." Qian Lingyun gave a self-deprecating laugh, silently lowered her head, and suddenly blurted out, "Could you go out for a bit? I have something to take care of!"

"I…"

Realizing it wasn't appropriate to continue the conversation, Qian Renxue took a deep breath and gave Qian Lingyun some space. She nodded slightly and said slowly, "Okay, call me when you're done! I'm in the study next door!"

bump!

As the gates of the East Palace slowly closed, Qian Lingyun stared at the empty room and bit her lower lip, lost in thought.

After a long silence, a cold glint flashed in her eyes. She pushed open the door and walked straight to the study. In front of the maid at the door, she lightly knocked three times and said gently, "I've taken care of things here!"

"good!"

Inside the room, Qian Renxue's tone clearly carried a hint of surprise, followed by a flurry of footsteps.

A few seconds later, the tightly closed door to the study swung open, and Qian Renxue emerged, exclaiming joyfully, "It seems my beloved consort is ready. Let's set off then!"

As she spoke, she stepped forward to take Qian Lingyun's arm, but she subtly dodged it.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Qian Renxue couldn't help but ask telepathically.

"I have something to ask you! Answer truthfully!" Qian Lingyun replied coldly.

After a long pause, Qian Renxue took a deep breath and said calmly, "Just tell me!"

"I'm an evil spirit master, what are you planning to do now?!"

"What?! What should we do?!" Qian Renxue frowned, displeased. "Do you expect me to do anything to you?"

"Oh! As an angel god, shouldn't you eradicate evil completely?" Qian Lingyun asked with her eyes closed.

"How could that be? You're different!" Qian Renxue hurriedly retorted, but Qian Lingyun broke her train of thought with just a few words.

she says:

"What's the difference? They're all pretty much the same evil spirit masters, so where exactly is the difference?"

"In your words, they are utterly wicked, but I'm different. Are you perhaps going to abandon your principles and responsibilities?!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue fell silent, unsure how to answer the question.

"Promise me, if you see me doing evil, you will kill me for the sake of your duty! I need that promise!"

"I..." Qian Renxue clenched her fists, seemingly unsure how to answer, but Qian Lingyun smiled, stepped forward, rested her head against Qian Renxue's chest, and whispered:

"Excellent! It seems you haven't completely forgotten the duties of the angel god. Very good!"

"Remember this: everything I've done is for you, to help you revive your former glory. If you abandon your principles, then everything I've done has been in vain!"

"When that time comes, without our enemies even needing to lift a finger, I will not hesitate... to kill you!"

"I don't want to see an angel who has lost himself! Answer me if you understand!"

"I understand!" Qian Renxue wrapped her arms around Qian Lingyun's slender waist, enunciating each word clearly, "For you, I will never abandon my mission. I just hope that day never comes!"

"Heh... I hope so. But... don't worry, I'll try my best to control my behavior and make things as easy for you as possible."

After speaking, Qian Lingyun dismissed the maids, pulled Qian Renxue into the study, sat down on the desk, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Life is short, enjoy it while you can!"

Qian Renxue: "!"

.........

At the entrance of the Duke's mansion, Yuma leaned on her cane, watching the crowds coming and going, looking displeased.

According to custom, a married daughter must return to her parents' home the day after she gets married. So, she stood at the gate of the Duke's mansion early in the morning, waiting for her daughter to return to her parents' home for a visit.

But no one came after waiting and waiting.

She took out her communication soul tool several times, intending to contact Qian Lingyun, but she would put it down again as soon as it was in her hand.

Forget about communication, she'll just go to the palace to find it!

Along the way, all the guards and palace maids knelt on one knee when they saw her token. Holding the token, she moved through the palace as if it were empty. After searching for a while, she finally arrived at the East Palace.

As she listened to the clear, melodious reading voice emanating from the study in the corridor, she paused involuntarily. Yuma's lips twitched, and she thought to herself:

It's so great to be young! To have so much energy and time to study in the study even during the day…

An hour later, Qian Lingyun, who had just been diligently studying learning techniques at her desk, stepped out of the room.

She rinsed her mouth while tidying her clothes, completely unaware that someone was sitting on the railing of the corridor in front of the door.

"Ahem!" Yuma coughed lightly, as if to remind Qian Lingyun.

"Hey? Mom! What brings you here?!" Qian Lingyun swallowed hard, excitedly stepped forward and took Yuma's arm, saying excitedly, "Great! Now that you're here, I don't have to take a carriage anymore!"

"Hmph! She just got married yesterday and doesn't want to go back today?! It's true what they say, a married daughter is like water spilled from a cup!" Yuma pouted, looking at the 'Xu Tianran' who was arriving late to the study, growing angrier the more she thought about it.

How could her precious daughter be so easily taken advantage of?!

Her heart was aching...

"What are you standing there for? Call someone!" Qian Lingyun said with a forced smile, bending her leg and giving Qian Renxue's butt a light kick with her heel.

Qian Renxue's face stiffened, and she hurriedly smiled apologetically, "Mother-in-law! That visit home... was delayed until now entirely due to an accident..."

"An accident?!" Yuma curled her lips into a smirk, rolled her eyes at Qian Renxue, and sneered sarcastically:

"You don't need to make excuses. If you say it was an accident, then it was an accident. Anyway, my daughter is with you now, what are you going to do to me...?"

Qian Renxue: "………"

Qian Lingyun, somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, clung to Yuma's arm, pouting and saying coquettishly, "Mom! Why do you always bully her?!"

"Alright, alright, I'll let it slide for your sake!" Yuma pouted, sighed helplessly, and muttered to herself:

"Tsk tsk tsk! It's true what they say, a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. It's only been a day, and she's already treating her mother like an outsider. This is unbearable..."

Qian Lingyun: "..."

Qian Lingyun and Qian Renxue exchanged a helpless glance, and after much persuasion, they managed to ease Yuma's distress a little.

Of course, it was only such a tiny, pitiful little bit.

At best, it softened Yuma's stern face a little.

Qian Renxue was very curious about how this woman could switch between a smiling face when she saw Qian Lingyun and gritted teeth when she saw her...

All afternoon, Qian Lingyun, the daughter who was getting married, stayed by Yuma's side, and Qian Renxue felt a little jealous of her intimacy and filial piety.

At that moment, she seemed to understand why Yuma had such a big problem with her son-in-law.

After all, who wouldn't like such a well-behaved, sensible, obedient, cute, and perceptive daughter!

Perhaps... she should thank Yuma for not finding a corner to stab her to death...

After dinner, Yuma left reluctantly. Just as the young couple breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had overcome one hurdle, the second challenge finally arrived.

If the challenger in the previous round was Qian Renxue and the examiner was the mother-in-law, then the challenger in this round is Qian Lingyun, and the examiner naturally becomes the husband's sister (the husband's sister after marriage).

"Brother! Brother!"

With a bang, the door to the room was pushed open, and a tall, fair-skinned loli rushed in.

I don't know why she wore her hair in pigtails, but...it really looks cute...

"Little sister's here!" Qian Renxue mimicked Xu Tianran's usual tone, walked over and patted the big loli's head.

"Tsk, all my brothers are the same, they all forget their sisters after getting married! They haven't come to see me in so long!" The big loli crossed her arms and looked at Qian Renxue angrily.

Of course, on the surface she was looking at her elder brother Qian Renxue, but in reality she was observing her sister-in-law Qian Lingyun, who had just married into the family.

For some reason, Qian Lingyun could clearly see a hint of hostility in her sister-in-law's eyes.

What kind of nonsense is this?!

Qian Lingyun scratched her head, both amused and exasperated, and called out the big loli's name based on her memory: "You must be naive! Nice to meet you!"

"Huh! We've never met before! How do you know my name!" The big loli took a few steps back warily, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"..."

To Qian Lingyun, this action looked remarkably like Ultraman's movements when fighting monsters on Earth… This inexplicable sense of incongruity made her lips twitch, and she couldn't help but retort, "I'm your sister-in-law, and your brother is my husband. How do you think I knew that?!"

"Oh! Right!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianzhen suddenly realized and straightened up. She walked up to Qian Lingyun and carefully examined her sister-in-law.

After she forcefully puffed out her chest, she subconsciously took a few steps back and said something that made Qian Lingyun both laugh and cry.

"What are you doing growing so big?"

Xu Tianzhen looked indignant, but her gaze remained fixed on the area below Qian Lingyun's collarbone and above her abdomen.

The little girl was noticeably a head shorter than the fully developed Qian Lingyun. Her gaze was also at eye level with Qian Lingyun.

().

"Oh, this..."

The question from her sister-in-law was so sudden that a blush instantly spread across Qian Lingyun's beautiful face.

Her blush added a vibrant red, like the color of a red spider lily, to her already stunning face.

*Pfft—*

Qian Renxue couldn't hold back any longer. She couldn't help but give her adopted younger sister a thumbs up in her heart and mutter to herself, "Natural beauty counters cunning. It really is true that the wicked always have their wicked counterparts to deal with them! Hahahaha!"

"This isn't something that grows long. You'll have to ask your brother, the Emperor, how it came to be! He knows it all!" Qian Lingyun glanced at Qian Renxue, who was gloating beside her, and was furious.

She successfully shifted the blame to Qian Renxue with a series of sharp and incisive words, leaving him to explain himself.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's foul! How can you say such inappropriate things?" Qian Renxue glared fiercely at Qian Lingyun, then hurriedly tried to appease Xu Tianzhen:

"Your sister-in-law was just joking. That has nothing to do with me; it's entirely her own 'gift'!"

"You're not bad at all at accusing me of using vulgar language!" Qian Lingyun retorted irritably, directly mimicking Lan Xing's rhetoric, preparing to make the child cry his eyes out.

Where do you study?

How were the grades?

What was your ranking?

As expected, after these three moves, Xu Tianzhen's face darkened visibly. She stepped out of the room and then turned and ran!

"You little brat! Trying to mess with me? Watch how I tear your umbrella to shreds!" Qian Lingyun slammed the door shut with an air of dominance, gave Qian Renxue a provocative look, and raised her hand, saying, "See? This kind of little girl is no match for me!"

"I saw that!" Qian Renxue readily gave a thumbs-up, praising, "Absolutely brilliant! Completely effortless!"

Just as Qian Renxue was about to make her move, Qian Lingyun forcefully pushed her hand away, grabbed the blanket from the bed, and threw it onto the sofa. "I've been on my period these past few days, it's not convenient!"

"But we just finished this morning..."

Before Qian Renxue could finish speaking, Qian Lingyun's murderous glare forced her to swallow the rest of her words: "Fine, fine, whatever makes you happy!"

……

The next morning, Qian Lingyun waited alone on the old emperor's usual route after court, intending to ask him to give her a special favor so she could go to Mingde Hall and see how a normal Soul Master works every day.

Who would have thought that Xu Tianzhen, whom she had scared away yesterday, was also wandering around nearby.

Unruly children who can't be disciplined are said to be the most annoying creatures in the world, and Xu Tianzhen is the worst of the worst.

She had a strange curiosity, and her little mouth was chattering away like a telegraph machine.

In short, she wanted to hear stories from adults…

After finally waiting for the old emperor, Qian Lingyun had only stepped forward and said a few words when this little princess immediately started acting like a spoiled princess, stubbornly insisting on dropping out of school and saying that she had to go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with Qian Lingyun no matter what.

The old emperor, who had a daughter late in life, was very easy to talk to. He agreed before Xu Tianzhen even had a chance to cry, make a scene, or threaten suicide.

He said, "I only have one daughter. Since she wants to go, then let her go. As her sister-in-law, you can also help me take care of her. Consider it laying the foundation for her to take care of the Crown Prince in the future..."

Qian Lingyun: "6!"

(End of this chapter)