An Embarrassment that led to another...
"What did you just say?!" Siming replied loudly than expected so Zhong Lin covered his mouth, afraid that someone will hear them... Talking. 450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jUTNKPOJD
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Siming continued talking while Zhong Lin's hand is covering his mouth and Zhong Lin said,
"Shhhh. Can you react quietly Siming?"
Siming stopped talking and then nodded his head in agreement. Zhong Lin eyed Siming as he slowly took off his hand on Siming's mouth but Siming started to talk in a loud voice again in which it earned a frown from Zhong Lin.
"I apologize if I over reacted. But his majesty, Dong Hua Dijun smiled? That's impossible." Siming snickered in disbelief. Ofcourse Dijun will not smile but Zhong Lin argued,
"I was there with his highness and where are you at that time? You're in the library working again right? "
Siming eyed Zhong Lin. They've been in Taichen Goong together for thousands of years and he knew that Zhong Lin will never exagarate unlike the third heavenly prince Lian Song.
Speaking of the third heavenly prince, suddenly the door of the kitchen opened and it brought a fright to both Zhong Lin and Siming. The two held their chest in so much surprise. Lian Song looked at the faces of the two men and smiled apologetically.
While Lian Song was looking for Zhong Lin, he passed by the kitchen and heard the not so quiet exchange of gossip between Zhong Lin and Siming. Lian Song heard that Dong Hua had a lady guest and Dong Hua smiled when the lady guest left. That took Lian Song to decide and take the bandwagon of the gossiping pair. It seems that Dong Hua's iron tree is going to bloom soon. Lian Song quietly thought.
"Zhong Lin, what did this woman looks like? "
Zhong Lin bowed down first before replying,
"The woman is beautiful and young. It's actually the first time I see her here in heaven. Oh, she has a Phoenix flower birthmark on her forehead too."
Siming gasped loudly and his eyes widened. The two men present in the kitchen looked at Siming then it dawned to Lian Song that Siming knows the woman.
"Oh, you know who our mystery woman is Siming. Come on. Tell us who it is. Don't be selfish and withdraw that most important link in this conversation." Lian Song replied and was smiling excitedly while Zhong Lin was waiting for Siming to say something. Siming knew he'll be ganged up.
"I have an idea who it is but I'm not 100 percent sure I am talking about the same woman." Siming just gave an alibi but in his deep deep thoughts, he knew that it's the only woman in the whole realm with that certain kind birthmark. Siming wants to protect her highness Bai Feng Jiu from the rise of the gossip maker third heavenly prince Lian Song.
"I'll not say anything more. Unless it'll be proven that it's the woman I thought it is." Siming replied with finality and determination in which Lian Song sighed in disappointment. Zhong Lin just nodded in agreement. The three started to exit the kitchen but then Zhong Lin remembered something and said,
"Oh, I also forgot to say that the woman changed into a red fox when she exited Taichen Goong."
Lian Song and Siming stopped in their tracks. Lian Song turned to look at Zhong Lin who was smiling widely while Siming didn't turn and just stood there and closed his eyes. You should've kept quiet Zhong Lin! Siming thought. Siming decided to escape the scene and didn't want to partake anymore on the conversation. He's afraid that he can't stop his mouth from revealing the identity of the woman whom his majesty had a brief interaction with.
An hour later
Bai Feng Jiu has never been so embarrassed in her whole existence not until today. She just spouted nonsense infront of his majesty Dong Hua Dijun and she doesn't know how to face him in the future. She was walking aimlessly and she doesn't know where she is in the nine heavens at the moment. She remembered that she also showed him a picture of supposedly to be him and that's what embarassed her the most. Her face reddened in embarrassment that she squat down and hid her face on her lap. She's the face of Qingqiu and she just lost face infront of Dong Hua Dijun.
Feng Jiu sighed while still squatting on the ground. While contemplating on what to do next, she started to write garbled words on the ground using her right pointy finger then a pair of shoes stopped infront of her. She stopped writing and slowly she raised her head to look at the person infront of her and Feng Jiu felt cold and her heart stopped when she saw the least person she wants to see at the moment. Infront of her is no other than Dong Hua Dijun who was looking at her with an empty look on his handsome face. This time, Dijun is wearing the popular purple robe. Now she can see that this is indeed the Emperor of the realms, Dong Hua Dijun. Feng Jiu blinked her eyes then realized this is not the same person she was talking to back in Taichen Goong. Then she heard Dijun said in a cool voice,
"What are you doing there on the ground?" Dijun is eyeing her, waiting for her reply.
"Uh... I'm scribbling." she just replied. Her brain is empty at the moment.
"On the ground? " He asked again not understanding what she's doing.
"Is it wrong if I scribbled something on this certain ground? " Feng Jiu asked not understanding where the conversation is going.
Dong Hua was going to Qing Yun Hall to start the ceremony of giving the new ascended immortals their new rank. He was followed by Zhong Lin and along the way, there he saw the naughty but beautiful young one squatted on the ground and scribbling something. As he was getting close to the young one, he saw that she's wearing a troubled look on her beautiful face and this made him want to frown too and this, he didn't know why.
He stopped a meter away from her and looked down on what she's doing and waited for her to acknowledge his presence. She didn't disappoint. Dong Hua waited for her to speak but he saw her eyes widened a bit, so he decided to ask her what she's doing. She replied with an honest yet cryptic answer, so he probed her again with another question in which she replied with another cryptic answer. Dong Hua wanted to sigh but instead, he squat down and look at what she's scribbling. His brows furrowed when even her scribbles are... inscrutable. Dong Hua is puzzled. In front of him is a woman that is full of mystery and crypticness. Dong Hua likes to solve this mystery that is presented infront of him in the form of this woman. Dong Hua looked at the young one who he found out that she's looking back at him too. They just stared at each other that the two didn't realize that another person is there watching them.
To Zhong Lin, the two looks like a lovestruck couple but he knew his majesty better than everyone else so he pushed that thought aside, instead he cleared his throat to get his majesty's attention.
"Your majesty, your presence is needed at Qing Yun hall right away."
Dong Hua blinked his eyes. He knew that he needs to attend this afternoon's ceremony in which he nodded back at Zhong Lin. The young one is really... Fascinating. Dong Hua thought. Then to his mirth, the young one tried to escape again by scrambling away from him but he doesn't want to let go of her... yet. So Dong Hua did the most incredulous thing he had done for the first time in the past thousands of years or so. He grabbed the young one by her right arm and when she faced him, he smiled and said in a whisper,
"There is a certain price to pay, when you trespass over Taichen Goong unnoticed. The basic law of Karma. " Then Dong Hua softly put his palm on the forehead of the young one and the young one instantly transformed into a one tailed red firefox. Before the fox could scurry away, he used his magic to trapped her into a bubble of ward then he squatt down again and said,
"Where do you think you're going naughty little fox? " then Dong Hua smiled. Dong Hua scooped up the fox in his arms and the ward instantly disappeared. Dong Hua ,then said to the fox,
"If you want me to turn you back into your human form, stay put and be a good girl instead. " The fox head nodded in agreement and Dong Hua Dijun smiled back at the fox then he went and continued walking to Qing Yun hall.
Zhong Lin who witnessed all of these wants to hyperventilate. He felt like he was robbed off of air to breathe. The impossible really just happened infront of him and he was at loss of words. Even if he'll tell Siming or even the third heavenly prince Lian Song now, no one will believe him. And then a nagging thought came into him, who was that woman that Dijun turned into a fox just now? Who was she that she could evoke such impossible act towards Dong Hua Dijun? Zhong Lin is hesitant wether to follow his majesty to Qing Yun hall or go back to Taichen Goong and talk to Siming. But then, he heard Dijun said,
"Why are you standing in a daze Zhong Lin? Aren't you the one who's been urging me to hurry up? " Zhong Lin bowed and apologized totally embarrassed. So there is no way to know the identity of the woman as of right now but Zhong Lin will make sure that he's going to make Siming talk with the help of the third heavenly prince Lian Song later. The curiosity is eating him up alive and he can't wait till this ceremony will be done and they'll be back in Taichen Goong but for now, Zhong Lin just eyed the back of his majesty while carrying the eye catching red firefox in his arms.
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