But beneath the moon, the stars slowly dimmed, growing dimmer and dimmer. She gently shook her head. "Do you know? Sometimes... people are not merely themselves! Nor can people think only of themselves!"
Her words were veiled, yet perfectly plain.
She did not want to marry!
But she could not refuse to marry!
She was the Eighth Princess of White Jade Capital, a part of the Lineage. In the Lineage's grand undertaking, she could not be merely herself.
And the Marriage Envoy before her was him!
This mission was of immense importance. It concerned whether Lin Su could gain a firm foothold in the Eastern Domain Immortal Dynasty, and she could not ruin his great undertaking either.
Lin Su said, "Sometimes, people are not merely themselves! That is true—not only for you, but for me as well! Besides being a Marriage Envoy, I am also the person who spent the New Year with you in Vermilion Bird Alley!"
The Eighth Princess gazed at him blankly. "Was spending a New Year in Vermilion Bird Alley so important to you?"
"In this world, one experiences countless things. Cultivators live long lives; a single New Year's Eve truly seems hardly worth remembering. But... perhaps I, Lin Su, am simply a common man! I still feel that New Year's Eve, with the lights of ten thousand households and that touch of Mortal Worldly Affairs in Vermilion Bird Alley, was somewhat unforgettable."
"Yes, that New Year's Eve, that touch of fireworks... Ziyi even laughed at me!" The Eighth Princess smiled softly. "She said I was unlike myself those days. Actually, even I no longer remember what I used to be like."
"The old you? I know the old you!" Lin Su said. "Your eyes surged with tides of schemes and machinations. You sat atop Silken