Persuading Yun Yun, Proposing Marriage!

Xiao Cang's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no! Before I could confess to Yun'er myself, she noticed it first!

Women's intuition... it's truly too sharp!

Seeing Xiao Cang's reaction, Yun Yun's face was instantly covered in a layer of frost.

"Who was it?" Yun Yun demanded coldly.

"The Grand Princess of the Royal Family," Xiao Cang answered truthfully.

"You!"

A mist of aggrieved tears suddenly welled up in Yun Yun's eyes.

She had thought Xiao Cang would deny it, would say it was merely a scent he had picked up due to some accident. She had never expected him to admit it so directly.

"Why?"

Tears glimmered in Yun Yun's eyes. She could not understand why Xiao Cang had done such a thing. Had she not done well enough?

"For the sect."

Faced with Yun Yun's questioning, Xiao Cang answered with a solemn expression.

"For the sect?"

Yun Yun found it laughable. What did Xiao Cang doing that with the Grand Princess have to do with the sect?

"Yun'er, don't you understand the delicate situation between the Misty Cloud Sect and the Royal Family right now?" Xiao Cang asked in return.

Yun Yun froze at his words.

As the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, she naturally knew what situation Xiao Cang meant.

"Of course I know. As the Misty Cloud Sect grows ever stronger, the Royal Family's wariness toward us has deepened as well."

"Recently, many of the sect's stewards have reported being targeted by the Royal Family, both openly and in secret."

Although she had been peacefully tending to her pregnancy lately, she was well aware of such major matters concerning the sect's hidden safety.

"Since you know, then you should also know what will happen if this marriage alliance fails," Xiao Cang continued.

"If the marriage alliance fails, the Jia Ma Imperial Family will become extremely uneasy, and their targeting of the Misty Cloud Sect will grow more frequent and intense. One day, the Misty Cloud Sect will no longer be able to endure it, leading to fierce conflicts and friction with the Royal Family, perhaps even escalating into... war."

By the time Yun Yun reached this point, her voice had already weakened.

She vaguely understood Xiao Cang's painstaking intentions, but the grievance in her beautiful eyes had yet to fade.

Seeing this, Xiao Cang understood that he had already convinced Yun Yun halfway.

He nodded. "That's right, war. Once the Misty Cloud Sect and the Royal Family erupt into a large-scale war, many disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect will perish, and countless innocent people of the Jia Ma Empire will be caught up in it. I believe neither you nor I would wish to see such a scene. Therefore, for peace between the Misty Cloud Sect and the Royal Family, this marriage alliance must happen."

"Then why does it have to be you?" Tears filled Yun Yun's eyes.

"Other than me, does the Misty Cloud Sect have any suitable candidate?" Xiao Cang gazed into Yun Yun's eyes.

Yun Yun was speechless.

Just as Xiao Cang had said, there was not a single suitable candidate in the entire Misty Cloud Sect.

Ordinary disciples were not worthy of a princess of the Royal Family, while the elders and stewards were nearly all elderly men.

There was only Gu He, a young and capable man, but he was not truly a member of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Gu He was merely an honorary elder invited by her teacher, Yun Shan. He was not even a guest elder.

To put it bluntly, Gu He was simply an outsider with a nominal position in the Misty Cloud Sect.

Sending him for the marriage alliance would have no real effect at all.

After thinking it over, Xiao Cang truly was the only suitable candidate.

"But..."

Yun Yun had no words to refute him, yet her eyes remained misty with tears.

She could not accept having to share the man she loved with another woman for the sake of the greater good.

Under the cold moonlight, tears shimmered in Yun Yun's beautiful eyes. She looked especially pitiful, and Xiao Cang's heart ached at the sight.

"Yun'er, I know you're heartbroken."

"If you're angry, then stab me with your sword."

"As long as it helps you vent your anger, you can do whatever you want!"

Xiao Cang knew Yun Yun was a reasonable person, but even the most reasonable person needed an outlet for the grievance in their heart.

Thus, he spread his arms and closed his eyes, looking as though he would leave himself entirely at Yun Yun's mercy.

"Do you think I can't bear to hurt you?"

"Fine. You hurt my heart, so I'll stab you with my sword."

Yun Yun gently wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes. Then she raised a hand and clenched it, her Dou Qi transforming into a sharp azure blade in her grasp as she fiercely stabbed toward Xiao Cang.

Even a casual thrust from a Dou Emperor carried incomparably sharp and terrifying force, utterly fierce!

Xiao Cang sensed the sharp aura, yet he did not dodge.

At the critical moment, just as the sword tip was about to pierce Xiao Cang, Yun Yun suddenly released her grip, causing the sword's phantom to disperse.

"Husband, you're too cruel!"

Yun Yun threw herself into Xiao Cang's arms, tears falling like rain.

As the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, her state of mind had always been as firm as stone. Crying was something far too distant for her.

Had this marriage alliance between the Misty Cloud Sect and the Royal Family involved anyone other than Xiao Cang, she would certainly have handled it with great calm.

But it had happened to Xiao Cang, leaving her unable to face it rationally.

"Yun'er."

Xiao Cang held Yun Yun and gently stroked her head.

"I promise you, no matter how many concubines I take in the future, you will forever be the only primary wife of Xiao Cang, and I will never neglect you," Xiao Cang promised.

Only then did Yun Yun feel somewhat better.

Yet it was only after trembling and crying in Xiao Cang's embrace for a long while that she raised her head with reddened eyes. "You said it. You can never neglect me."

"Mm."

Xiao Cang nodded heavily and held Yun Yun tightly.

Only after a long time did Yun Yun calm herself and stop crying, returning with Xiao Cang to the Wedding Chamber.

Xiao Cang let out a sigh of relief.

That had truly been dangerous just now.

Fortunately, he had gambled correctly. Yun Yun loved him too deeply and could never possibly hurt him.

Moreover, after what happened today, Yun Yun would no longer stop him from taking concubines in the future.

The next day.

After obtaining Yun Yun's consent, Xiao Cang issued an order in his capacity as acting Sect Master.

In the name of the Misty Cloud Sect, he would propose marriage to the Jia Ma Imperial Family.

Amid the shocked uproar of the Misty Cloud Sect's elders and disciples, Xiao Cang selected a batch of treasures from the sect treasury and grandly set off for the Royal Family to propose marriage.

As soon as news of the proposal spread, the entire Imperial Capital was shaken!

The major clans were all stirred.

Yet after their shock, they found it only natural.

The Jia Ma Imperial Family using a marriage alliance to win over Xiao Cang was the best way to resolve the potential conflict between the Royal Family and the Misty Cloud Sect.

However, not everyone approved of the marriage.

When Nalan Yanran heard the news, her face immediately filled with sadness.

"What... Brother Xiao Cang is taking a concubine?"

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