Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 191 - 135: Wedding Mishap
Si Jing had wanted to accompany Sang Luo for a walk, but a Servant came to inform her that she was needed in the front hall to handle official business. After a few words of instruction, she had no choice but to leave first.
Sang Luo went out with two Servants. When she passed by the casino she had visited last time, she discovered it had been shut down, its main doors covered in yellow seals.
Sang Luo smiled. "Did the Young Master shut it down?"
The Beastman beside her replied, "The casino owner was colluding with the illegal black market, smuggling large amounts of privately earned Beast Crystal Coins out of the territory. A few days ago, the Young Master personally led a raid, smashed the operation, and threw the people involved in prison. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find the mastermind behind it all."
Sang Luo nodded, not paying it much mind.
After coming out of the tailor’s shop, she suddenly stopped, sensing a faint, hidden gaze from the shadows behind her.
Ever since the news of her pregnancy was announced to the world, there had been no shortage of prying eyes in the shadows. The birth of a new heir to the Bian Clan was a major event, and many factions had come to gather information. This time, however, the gaze was filled with blatant malice.
Before she could use her spiritual power to investigate, it vanished.
Sang Luo knew that Si Ye always had people protecting her in secret. The person skulking in the shadows must have been taken care of.
’I just wonder what the purpose of that malicious gaze was. I’m a stranger in the East Continent with no enemies to speak of. Could it be... for the child in my womb?’
Sang Luo hurried back to her residence.
’It’s best if I don’t go out again until the baby is born.’
A few days later, Si Ye also returned.
Si Jing was anxious to hold a wedding for the two of them.
Over the past month, all the preparations for the wedding had been more or less completed. Nobles from all the major clans of the Western Region were invited.
On the day of the wedding, the city was incredibly lively. It was decked out with lanterns and colorful banners, the sound of gongs and drums filled the air, and a sea of red stretched for miles.
Sang Luo rose early and changed into a magnificent brocade wedding gown as beautiful as sunset clouds. Si Ye also changed into a matching brocade wedding robe that further accentuated his tall, slender figure. His fiery red hair seemed even more vibrant, his handsome face sharp and defined. He couldn’t suppress the smile on his lips, his entire being radiating a joy as warm as a spring breeze.
Si Ye dismissed the servants attending to her in the room and personally did her makeup and hair.
Sang Luo looked at her reflection in the mirror. Gold hairpins, kingfisher feather ornaments, and dangling hairpins secured her jet-black hair in an exquisite bun. Her face was delicate, fair, and charming, with slender, willow-leaf eyebrows and alluring, crimson lips...
Si Ye was momentarily stunned, staring without even blinking. After a moment, he came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Something’s still missing."
"Hm? What is it?"
Si Ye took some rouge, which he had made himself from hand-picked and ground flowers, and painted a huadian on her forehead.
He was careful and gentle.
Sang Luo saw it in the mirror—
It was a peony in full, splendid bloom.
"Luoluo, give me your hand." He held out his hand to her.
Sang Luo looked up at the man’s emotion-filled eyes in the candlelight, but her heart felt somewhat empty. She bit her lip and gave him her hand.
Everything proceeded according to the normal ceremony.
Just as they were about to bow to each other as husband and wife, the peaceful and joyous atmosphere was shattered. The ground and walls began to tremble violently, making it difficult to stand. Many people cried out in panic, and the ceremony was forced to a halt.
Si Ye quickly pulled her into his arms, his warm chest shielding her securely. Just as the wooden frame of the lantern above them fell, he teleported them to a safe, open space.
Afterward, everyone else also ran out of the building.
A gray hawk swooped down from the sky, landing hurriedly and transforming into a humanoid figure. He spoke to a grim-faced Si Jing.
"This is bad, Clan Leader! Demon Beasts are launching an aerial attack on Liao Domain North City! We didn’t have time to mobilize our forces, and the outer city has been breached!"
"Damn it!" Si Jing cursed under her breath, then transformed into her beast form—a massive, powerful, black-and-brown Bian. "On my command, forward to face the enemy!"
She let out a heaven-shattering roar that could pierce clouds and shatter stone.
The resounding beastly roar was almost tangible, its energy rippling out in waves.
Countless bestial howls instantly echoed in response throughout the city.
She led her troops and charged straight for the city gates.
"I’m sorry, Luoluo. I’m afraid the wedding can’t continue!" Si Ye said guiltily.
Sang Luo shook her head reassuringly. "It’s alright. We can always hold it again when we have the chance. For the safety of the city’s people, as well as me and our child, you should go help the Clan Leader deal with the Demon Beasts first."
"Okay." Si Ye gave her a quick kiss on the lips, then took her to the family’s ancestral hall. This place was protected by layers of Arrays set up by generations of ancestors, making it the safest location possible.
Si Ye left.
The Western North Border was plunged into battle.
Sang Luo extended her spiritual power to cover most of the city, not missing any changes in the battle. She saw that the Demon Beasts were charging straight for the Royal Palace.
’Don’t tell me... they’re coming for me?’
At the city gate, Si Ye transformed into a Fire Phoenix. Soaring high in the sky, his flames incinerated every member of the Demon Clan within his sight. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
This sudden raid lasted for seven days and seven nights before the main army of the Demon Clan was driven out of the territory. Fortunately, Si Ye was present this time. Otherwise, if the battle had spread, the entire Western Region would have been plunged into months of conflict.
In the final moments of the battle, all manpower and troops had been dispatched to the front lines, leaving the palace nearly empty.
A guard went straight to the family’s ancestral hall.
In his hand, he actually held the key to the ancestral hall’s Shelter Array.
The Beastman wore a sinister, triumphant smile. The next second, before he could even step into the hall, his arms and legs were severed and flew to the ground.
Si Ye sent him flying several meters with a single kick, leaving long, crimson streaks of blood on the ground. He rushed into the ancestral hall to find Sang Luo. Seeing that she was alright, he breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her forcefully into his arms. "It’s okay, don’t be afraid. Everything has been taken care of."
"That person just now was..."
"A traitor who was bought off." Si Ye had deliberately left him alive. He went out and dragged the limbless traitor back. The constitution of a High Rank Beastman was formidable; even in this state, he was still alive. With the help of Spiritual Medicine, he could even regrow his limbs.
"Speak! Who sent you!" Si Ye looked down at the trembling, terrified Beastman, his voice cold and vicious. "Tell me who the mastermind is while I still have some patience, and I might spare your life."
"It was... It was... Big..."
The Beastman’s eyes bulged, and he began to foam at the mouth.
"He was poisoned beforehand."
In the moment before the Beastman stopped breathing, Sang Luo quickly extracted his memories. She opened her eyes and said to Si Ye, "It was orchestrated by that big brother of yours and Bai Wan. The Bian Clan from the Southern Border of the Western Region also fanned the flames from the shadows, collaborating with the Demon Beasts with the intent to annex the North Territory."
The two Bian clans of the North Territory and the Southern Border had been considered at peace for the last thousand years.
In reality, the Clan Leader of the Southern Border was viciously ambitious and had always wanted to annex the North Territory.
Back then, he had sent his direct son, Ning Feng, for a marriage alliance, hoping to use an heir to seize the succession rights to the North Territory’s leadership without bloodshed. Unexpectedly, Fei Li and Si Ye interfered. So, he then sent Bai Wan, from a branch family of the clan, who ended up having a child with Si Yang.
After Si Yang was exiled, he returned to the Southern Border to seek his grandfather’s aid. He was furious but not the least bit flustered. Si Ye’s talent was too powerful, and no female was thought to be able to bear his child. This was also the reason Bai Wan had been forced to choose Si Yang back then.
For the sake of continuing the bloodline, Si Jing would have had to welcome the two of them back sooner or later.
’His child would surely be the future heir of the Bian Clan.’
His calculations were perfect, but then came the shocking news: Sang Luo was pregnant.
His plan was ruined.
Since Si Yang couldn’t deal with Si Ye, he decided to get rid of Sang Luo and the child in her womb.
Unfortunately, Si Ye watched over her too closely, and Si Yang never found an opportunity to strike. A few days ago, the forces he had secretly planted in the city were wiped out in one fell swoop, and years of painstaking effort were destroyed in an instant.
Filled with extreme resentment, Si Yang threw in his lot with the Demon Clan and came for revenge.
