His eyes swept across Princess Qionghua’s face, a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth: “I thought who might be an immortal, turns out to be an ugly woman. Don’t lie in this general’s arms, get up quickly.”
Not only was he cold, but his voice was also devoid of any warmth.
“Ugly woman, who… who are you calling an ugly woman?” Princess Qionghua’s face turned red, biting her lip tightly.
The man treated Princess Qionghua as if she were a plague, extending his long fingers to pick her up and casually toss her aside, then closed his eyes again, not sparing her another glance.
The ground was full of sharp stones, causing Princess Qionghua to grimace in pain.
“This general has never seen a woman uglier than you. Stay away from me. Don’t try to seduce me. This general is disgusted by ugly women. If you really want to seduce this general, then cultivate to become more beautiful before coming to me. This general will definitely welcome you with a smile.”
“You… you want to seduce me? You think you’re who? This princess… this princess is not ugly, wanting to seduce you, this ugliest immortal in the Heavenly Realm.”
Never had anyone called her ugly before. Princess Qionghua was about to explode with anger.
The man coldly snorted and said nothing more, letting Princess Qionghua continue her noisy complaints.
This made Princess Qionghua furious. Many men in the Dragon Palace had pursued her, yet she had never met someone who treated her with such disregard.
Princess Qionghua patted the grass off her clothes and stood up.
But soon she thought, this general, could he be… the North Gate General?
A crack seemed to form in Princess Qionghua’s heart.
She stopped her cursing and formally looked at the man with his eyes closed for the first time.
Long eyelashes, a pure white and jade-like nose, thin lips, and a face with distinct angles, as if carved by a knife, with a clear distinction between cold and warm.
The white scale armor fit perfectly on his upright body.
He lay there casually, yet seemed like a luminous body, illuminating everything around him.
Princess Qionghua bit her lip and suddenly remembered the banquet was about to end. She quickly gathered her dress and ran back.
Fortunately, when she returned, the banquet was still ongoing, but the Sixth Princess’s gaze towards her had subtly changed.
The Sixth Princess couldn’t help but shake her head and sigh.
Princess Qionghua was afraid the Sixth Princess would notice something, but since she said nothing, Qionghua finally felt relieved.
After the banquet, the Old Dragon King and several elderly immortals were going to see the elixir refined by the Supreme Elder, but Princess Qionghua didn’t want to go with those old men to see any elixir. She returned to the Rainbow Palace with the Sixth Princess.
The night was cold as ice, and Princess Qionghua couldn’t sleep, her mind full of that cold man.
What was he? How dare he look down on Princess Qionghua like that?
The more she thought about it, the more indignant she became. Fortunately, she was not sharing a bed with the Sixth Princess.
She quietly dressed, avoided the palace maids, and secretly rode a auspicious cloud to the North Heavenly Gate.
The North Gate was still as cold as ever.
Princess Qionghua heard some men talking.
There were others. Princess Qionghua carefully and quietly approached.
Besides the North Gate General, there was also the South Gate Military General, and two other men she did not recognize.
The South Gate Military General laughed heartily and took a big gulp of wine: “That Princess Qionghua is truly beautiful, even prettier than the Sixth Princess. That old Dragon King is so ugly, yet he has such a daughter like a flower.”
“Third Brother, have you fallen for the old Dragon King’s daughter?” a man in a white armor beside him teased.
The South Gate General sighed: “She’s beautiful, but not like a woman. I like women like Sister Chang’e, with charm and grace.”
“Brother, you’re talking nonsense again. We are immortals, not ordinary mortals,” the silent man sitting on the west side couldn’t help but say.
The South Gate General curled his lips disdainfully: “Fourth Brother, we are immortals, not ordinary mortals. We don’t need to be as cautious as humans. At worst, we’ll just be demoted to the mortal world and become human. Unlike humans who become ghosts when they die.”
The North Gate Military General drank wine in large gulps, his face cold and silent.
“Big Brother, is the Sixth Princess interested in you?” the East Gate General, whom they called Fourth Brother, couldn’t help asking.
“Yes! What type of woman does Big Brother like? Is it the Sixth Princess or Princess Qionghua? It must be Princess Qionghua. Although she’s not very charming, she would become enchanting after being trained by Big Brother,” the South Gate General spoke in his usual carefree manner.
However, the hidden Princess Qionghua did not pay attention to the South Gate Military General’s offensive words, but instead wanted to know how the North Gate General would respond.
Her eyes were fixed on the North Gate General, her breath almost stopping.
“I don’t like ugly women, and I especially dislike women with no meat on their bodies, which pains me,” the North Gate Military General’s expression unchanged, in his eyes, there was no woman he liked. The immortals of the Heavenly Realm were too disappointing, and he wondered what type of immortal could touch his heart.
Gaiden Yingluo
Princess Qionghua nodded silently, as if her soul had left her body, completely exhausted.
Princess Qionghua did not know that someone had been following her all along, and that person was the Sixth Princess.
She sighed silently and shook her head: “Karmic retribution, karmic retribution.”
Princess Qionghua returned listlessly to the Rainbow Palace, lay back on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
The days she had lived for hundreds of years were not as eventful as what happened today.
Perhaps she had lived in vain for hundreds of years, and only today did she feel the meaning of being alive.
Northern Gate Military, Northern Gate Military.
A bitter smile escaped Princess Qionghua’s lips.
After returning to the Dragon Palace, Princess Qionghua was obviously silent, barely speaking.
The Dragon King and Dragon Queen looked at the increasingly thin Princess Qionghua, exchanging glances, not understanding why she had changed so much after returning from the Heavenly Court.
Princess Qionghua sat silently in front of a dressing table inlaid with pearls, her eyes gazing quietly at the surging blue sea.
Although Northern Gate Military had insulted Princess Qionghua, she showed no hatred towards him.
Princess Qionghua kept asking herself: What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with me?
Could it be that I have fallen in love with him, just like the Sixth Princess?
That heartless and cold man, that man more unfathomable than the sea.
Tears slowly slid down from the corner of her eye.
At least the Sixth Princess could see him every day, but what about herself? Perhaps she would never see him again.
As a princess of the Dragon Palace, she could not ascend to the Heavenly Court without the summons of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.
Perhaps, she would never see him again in this lifetime.
Princess Qionghua’s heart ached like being cut by a knife.
She took out a pair of daggers from the table, one male and one female.
These daggers had a great origin, given to Princess Qionghua by a sea jellyfish when she was just born. The pair of daggers understood the mortal world and were the princess’s favorite playthings.
“Should I go see him? Even if I were to become a dagger, I would be willing, as long as I could be with him.”
Gaiden Yingluo