Before Xue Huai and Yun Cuo got married, the first thing they discussed was actually the issue of housing.
The residences of the immortal lord of all generations were in Zhongzhou, so Xue Huai traveled between Dongzhou and Zhongzhou, and from time to time he had to go to heaven to work for a few days too. Although they could fly in the clouds and wind and had the green birds and the gluttonous ghost to drive them, the distance was too far. Every time Xue Huai rested in Zhongzhou, he would always have to get up before dawn the next day.
He often had trouble sleeping, and Yun Cuo liked to torment him. Xuehuai often didn’t even have time to close his eyes, and he washed, dressed, and went out in a sleepy state. He was also very particular about everything, and he had to take care of everything, including his clothes, which had to be well-fitting and smooth, and the narrow crown that tied his hair had to be in the right position for him.
In the past, Yun Cuo especially liked to take care of him afterwards, holding him to take a bath and then dressing and grooming him carefully. Xue Huai also liked to stay in his arms and be lazy for a while.
But since Yun Cuo lost his sight, he couldn’t help Xue Huai dress properly, and he even needed Xue Huai’s help in his daily life as well. Although he could open his spiritual vision in his mind and recognize the shapes and positions of people and objects, he couldn’t do the tedious details of clothes anymore.
That day, Xue Huai missed the morning court session at Fuli Palace and got up early to help Yun Cuo dress and put on the king’s crown. He leaned against Yun Cuo, buried his face in his shoulder, and put his hands around his waist to adjust his belt.
This was actually a gesture of asking for a hug, so Yun Cuo took the opportunity to hug him and whispered, “Aren’t you going to Fuli Palace today?”
Xue Huai said lazily, “No, I’m going to go see my grandparents later. Grandpa just recovered from his injury not long ago, so I’ll go back and help him do more things.”
Yun Cuo was anxious when he heard this: “Then you have to take me there, Xue Huai, I will go with you after I get off the court. You can sleep in the palace for another two hours and wait for me, alright?”
Xue Huai curled up in his arms and smiled: “You are this busy, and you will have to stay up late at night to deal with things again. Don’t go this time. The last time you went with me, you didn’t sleep for two days, and one night after you came back just to review the memorials. Grandpa even called me back and scolded me.”
“What did he scold you?” Yun Cuo asked.
“He said that I was too lazy and idle, that even if I didn’t work for you, after I passed the exam to become a star official, I would work for three days and rest for two days, and I didn’t act like an Immortal Empress at all. He scolded me so badly. He also said the ancient Haicang pearl you brought was too precious. He also said that I, as a Daoist partner, was not good at managing the household and brought expensive and useless things to cause trouble for them.”
Yun Cuo smiled muffledly and reached out to gently stroke his hair, muttering softly, “…Then you should have worked for me a long time ago. If you don’t want to be a star official, I will do whatever you want.”
Actually, Xue Huai had originally planned to do this. In order to stabilize the relationship between the immortal and the heavenly Families, the Fuli Palace invited him to serve as an official in the Fuli Palace several times. If he’s in the Heavenly Realm, Yun Cuo would not lead troops to attack the Heavenly Palace one day. However, no matter how many times they invited him, it didn’t work. Later, Bai Yi’s Crown Princess, Rong Yi, came to visit and pulled Bai Yi along to apologize to Xue Huai.
Xue Zong also apologized to Xue Huai and indulged Xue Huai more than before. Xue Huai didn’t care much about it, but there was still some estrangement between the father and son.
But now, even though Xue Huai returned to Dongzhou, he no longer lived in his family’s original residence but in Yun Cuo’s place. He designed and renovated it himself and built a large-scale project to turn the original residence into the courtyard he and Yun Cuo wanted.
Xue Huai has always been soft-hearted, and after a lot of back and forth with Rong Yi, he became familiar with him. When he had nothing to do, he really became a star official, filling in the vacant position of the Qi Sha Star in the three stars of Sha Po Lang. This was also the fulfillment of his original wish.
At that time, he said he wanted to be a civil service official in heaven, and Yun Cuo said he wanted to go to Shennong to be a medical cultivator.
Now that Yun Cuo cannot leave the position of Immortal Lord, Xue Huai takes advantage of this.
“I’m going to be the Qi Sha Star, and you’re not happy?” Xue Huai teased him deliberately: “It’s rumored that people in this position are sinister and murderous, radical and extreme, and will definitely be affected by the Sha Po Lang pattern. From my perspective, everything else is fine, except that I can’t stand seeing you get along well with anyone. Because of you, I got jealous every day, aren’t you happy?”
Yun Cuo didn’t say anything, he just said, “This is not good.” He was just like a child, handing in the standard answer.
“Then be good. I’m thinking I can skip the morning court tomorrow, and I’ll come here to accompany you. Is that alright?” Xue Huai said, “Let’s discuss the wedding. They all say I’m getting married soon, so no matter how many times I stand them up, they won’t dare to say anything.”
He had already adjusted Yun Cuo’s belt, but he still held on to Yun Cuo, and Yun Cuo also still held him.
Yun Cuo’s deep, magnetic voice sounded above his head. He first let out an “En,” then said, “Xue Huai, I want to move the capital.”
Xue Huai was slightly startled, then raised his head from his arms and looked at him.
Yun Cuo looked down at him and said softly, “I have thought about this for a long time. I want to move the capital to Dongzhou. Then it will be convenient for you to go to heaven, go home, and visit your grandparents.”
Xue Huai thought about it and said uncertainly, “Then what about this place?”
There’s still the crystal palace built for him by Yun Cuo here.
“We can treat this place as a temporary palace, or a summer resort, or something like that…” As soon as he said this, he and Xue Huai both laughed.
There is heavy snow in Dongzhou all year round, so why would one want to escape the summer heat?
“Anyway… I want to move the capital.” Yun Cuo held him and shook him. “Xue Huai, don’t scold me for being extravagant. I have money.”
“Alright, my Lord, I know you are rich, so do whatever you want.” Xue Huai just laughed, “Just don’t waste money and manpower like you did when building the Crystal Palace. It’s too exaggerated to build it in one day and one night. Even for the wedding…”
He acted coquettishly towards Yun Cuo. “So when are we going to have our wedding? Where?”
Yun Cuo said, “Let’s hold one at the mountain sect, and then another one at Dongzhou. Xue Huai, what do you think?”
Xue Huai thought about it for a moment and readily agreed: “Fortunately, there are fewer than I thought. I thought you would want to hold one in Zhongzhou and one in the Demon Realm as well.”
Yun Cuo immediately changed his words: “I want.”
“Don’t think about it.” Xue Huai pushed him and suddenly seemed to remember something. “Oh, right, I’ve been asleep for half a year, so the Sansheng Stone must have been repaired a long time ago, right? Let’s not worry about the wedding for now, we have to go and carve our names on it first. I’m afraid something unexpected will happen again.”
Xue Huai thought more and more about what he said and changed his mind immediately: “Let’s do this, I won’t go to my grandparents’ house today. I’ll wait for you to get off court, and then we’ll go to the Sansheng Stone. Is that fine?—No, why don’t you just adjourn the court today? We’ll go now.”
The many things that happened this year also frightened him. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, one fears the rope for ten years. Even now, Xue Huai still has nightmares from time to time, or dreams of the irreversible things in his previous life.
When mentioning the Sansheng Stone, Yun Cuo’s expression suddenly became a little strange.
He evaded the question by saying, “Let’s not adjourn the court session, Xue Huai ge. We have an appointment with grandma and grandpa, and it would be bad to break it… I-I will find time next time to go to the Sansheng Stone and carve both of our names on it. There’s no need for both of us to go together.”
Xue Huai keenly noticed something in his sudden turn: “What’s wrong with you?”
Yun Cuo said seriously, “Nothing, Xue Huai. You go first. I’m going to court.”
Xue Huai looked at him.
Yun Cuo looked away and started to walk out quickly, but then—Xue Huai grabbed his belt and pulled him back.
Yun Cuo couldn’t see, he only knew Xue Huai was stripping off his clothes again. He felt a little flattered but also a little shy and immature, which was rare of him: “Xue Huai, I really have to go to court, don’t…”
The belt was pulled off with a click, and then the robe was pulled off, and then another robe was put on. It was the casual clothes that Yun Cuo usually liked to wear.
Xue Huai shouted to the outside, “The emperor will suspend the court today.”
The guards outside were stunned: “Ah? Why the sudden suspension of court?”
Xue Huai said, “Let’s just say that the Lord is addicted to beauty and the Empress seduces the Lord with his seductions.”
After saying this, he laughed out loud, as if he were in a good mood.
“Xue…” Yun Cuo was pushed again and again by him and fell directly on the bed. As soon as he said a word, Xue Huai put a finger on his lips and lowered his head to press on him.
His pretty immortal smiled softly. “I will help you with today’s government affairs. Seeing your reaction, I will tie you up and take you to the Sansheng Stone no matter what today. You are not having a little lover in the Wangchuan River, right?”
Yun Cuo struggled and accused himself seriously. “I didn’t!”
Xue Huai touched his forehead with her fingertips: “Ah, you didn’t, then why are you so afraid of me going to the Sansheng Stone with you?”
Yun Cuo said reluctantly: “… Anyway, you don’t have to go. Xue Huai, I actually carved some words on it during the six months you were asleep.”
Xue Huai tried every means to persuade Yun Cuo and even bargained with him, and finally promised to increase the time he could help Yun Cuo with government affairs from one day to five days—that is, he had to stay in Zhongzhou for five days and accompany him during that time. Only then did he coax Yun Cuo to go to Wangchuan River with him, and by the way, he also took the gluttonous ghost and the silly cat along.
When they arrived at Wangchuan, Xue Huai finally understood what Yun Cuo meant by “no need to come again.”
The majestic and magnificent Sansheng Stone had long been repaired and stood as before on the bank of the Wangchuan River. Even from a distance, one could see that on the nearly thousand-foot-high Sansheng Stone were several large, deep, and heavy characters—
“Xue Huai and Yun Cuo tied the knot.”
The bright red characters are complemented by gold and stone1A symbol of hardness and strength.. It is magnificent and elegant, inheriting Yun Cuo’s long-standing taste. It is very conspicuous… very embarrassing.
Yun Cuo wanted to introduce him: “Xue Huai, look at this. According to my idea, from a distance, there should be only our two names, but if you look closely, there are actually tens of thousands of them, all of which are our two names. The dots gather into lines, and the lines gather into surfaces. In this way, everyone who has been to Wangchuan will know that we are together.”
Xue Huai: “……”
Yun Cuo looked over with a pair of calm eyes. Although he couldn’t see clearly, because the eyes had lost their spirit, every time he looked over, it was enough to make Xue Huai’s heart beat faster.
Xue Huai muttered: “Wait for me for a while, I will be able to cure your eyes soon.”
Yun Cuo said, “You dislike my bad taste again, Xue Huai ge.”
“How could that be?” Xue Huai laughed at him, “My baby has such good taste in choosing people, how dare I look down on your poor taste?”
He leaned closer and whispered softly in his ear, “Don’t you want to see what I look like on our wedding night? There will be both wearing and not wearing clothes. You said you always saw people in gray, but I also want you to know what it means to have skin as white as peaches and plums, and naturally smooth.”
