Ao Tuo stopped Mochang at just the right moment and looked at Baihuaxiu. "Woman, didn't you ask our holy monk to seek help for you? Why are you going back on your word?"
"No! I never asked for any help! Great King, don't believe their lies. I can't get enough of loving you-why would I ask anyone to hurt you?"
"Why are you people sticking your noses into our business? The Great King and I have been husband and wife for thirteen years. In life, I belong to him; in death, I'll be his ghost. I'm only his wife,
not the princess of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom!"
Baihuaxiu put on quite a performance.
This complete reversal undoubtedly left Ao Tuo and the others at a loss.
"So, holy monk, this was all a misunderstanding?" Ao Tuo turned to Tang Sanzang.
"Well, I..."
For a moment, Tang Sanzang had no idea what to say, but he saw Baihuaxiu blinking repeatedly at him, as though there was more to this than met the eye.
"It was a misunderstanding."
Tang Sanzang did not understand what she meant, so he could only steel himself and admit that the fault was his.
"Uh... all right. Since it was a misunderstanding, then, well, Princess, Monster, we acted rashly..."
Ao Tuo stood dazed for a moment, then promptly acknowledged his mistake. "Sorry. We meddled where we shouldn't have."
"No harm done. I, the Yellow-Robed Monster, am magnanimous. I forgive you."
Kui Wood Wolf waved his hand generously at just the right moment.
Naturally, Ao Tuo had no choice. He cupped his hands to the Yellow-Robed Monster, then signaled Mochang and Little White Dragon and left with Tang Sanzang.
A performance that had nearly exposed everything had finally been patched up enough to save face.
Watching Ao Tuo