The General's mansion appeared, and to their surprise, the tall vermilion gates were adorned with red silk ribbons, a large "囍" character pasted on either side. Even the stone lions at the foot of the steps were tied with red silk bows.
Numerous fragments of firecrackers remained on the ground, unswept.
Anyone could tell what had happened here.
"Are you sure he's here?" Ling Yao asked slowly.
Looking up at the hanging red ribbons, a hint of red flickered in her clear eyes.
Yutou was also dumbfounded. What was going on? Why did it look like a wedding?
"Could it be that the strategist got married?" he said dryly.
But even Princess Taantai wouldn't fancy the strategist, he was so ugly.
"We'll know once we go in," Ling Yao smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes and quickly vanished.
Along the way, she had felt worry, urgency, and excitement. She had imagined countless possibilities, but never this one.
She knew he wouldn't do it, but... even if it was just a casual fling, she was jealous.
Her heart felt heavy.
The blare of gongs and drums, the fluttering red ribbons, the announcement to heaven and earth – it was such a sacred matter.
He couldn't do it with someone else.
If he did, it would be a betrayal.
Yutou was no longer sure. Ever since the battle with the Puppet Army, he had stayed in the barracks. He hadn't seen Brother Xiao, the strategist, or Brother Yuan. Could it be that he had really married into the Taantai clan?
But how was that possible?
Brother Xiao cherished Sister Xue as if she were his own eyes. The strategist had even mocked him, saying that two of his three souls remained with the goddess, leaving only one soul to hold up his head and sway.
Absolutely impossible.
Yutou stepped forward and knocked on the door. He knocked for a long time, but there was no response from inside.
Ling Yao lost her patience. A trace of ferocity appeared on her exquisite face.
"Get out of the way!"
Yutou turned back, "Xue..."
A red light flashed before his eyes, carrying world-destroying energy, and sent him staggering back several steps.
He barely managed to stop himself, and then, with a thunderous explosion, the vermilion gate in front of him had a large hole blown through it.
His ears were ringing from the blast. Yutou's mouth hung open, and before he could react, Ling Yao had already rushed inside, a fragrance trailing in the wind.
This, was this the power of the goddess?
So powerful!
As soon as she ran in, the scene inside changed. The surroundings became misty. Ling Yao let out a cold laugh. She had even set up a formation?
How to break the formation was something he had taught her.
This couldn't trap her anymore.
Through the mist, faintly, red spread into her eyes. Her patience was completely exhausted, and she only wanted to use violence to resolve everything. Looking around, she swung flames at a tree.
Another explosion sounded, and the mist suddenly dispersed, revealing the entire courtyard as if it had been stripped bare.
This mansion was not large. General Dong's family members were all in the capital. It was only three courtyards deep.
After the mist cleared, the end of the main house was visible at a glance.
And under the eaves of the main house, a man and a woman were entangled together.
Hearing the loud noise, the two looked over in astonishment.
Their gazes met Ling Yao's, whose eyes were like glass, glowing red.
The woman under the eaves was dressed in red, revealing one snow-white shoulder. Her body was pressed completely against the man's, her face flushed and somewhat contorted, but her bright and beautiful features were still discernible.
One above, one below, a platform blocked their lower bodies.
But their expressions suggested they were in the midst of the most intense moment.
Ling Yao's eyes suddenly turned into blood-red gems.
The man was Xiao Shan.
After his initial shock, panic appeared in his eyes. He loosened his grip on the woman's collar and tried to get up, but the woman pulled him back again.
"Damn it, you're going to get me killed!" the man growled.
Yutou ran in and was also stunned. Seeing Ling Yao's slender body trembling like a falling leaf, her eyes wide open and still red, her hair slowly rising as if controlled by some unseen force.
"Sister Xue, Sister Xue..."
He felt something was wrong and went to pull her, but was repelled by the aura of malevolence emanating from Ling Yao, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Who broke my strategist's formation?" Wu Zhoubai leaped over from the moon gate.
"Ah—"
Ling Yao let out a heart-wrenching scream and lunged towards the woman under the eaves.
The woman looked at her body in terror as it flew uncontrollably, then was violently flung out and slammed against the wall.
"I... damn it!"
Who could tell her who this monster was?
Xiao Shan scrambled to his feet. "No, Princess, listen to me..."
Then, he couldn't speak anymore. His body was also immobilized. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't move an inch, and his feet began to lift off the ground.
Was he going to be thrown out too?
No! He was innocent!
This would kill him!
Your Highness, the Goddess, spare me!
Wu Zhoubai finally reacted and grabbed a flowerpot beside him, throwing it at Ling Yao. However, before it could get close, it hit an invisible barrier and shattered on the ground.
This, this, how could Qirong produce such a powerful monster again? Heavens, she was even harder to deal with than that demoness!
In extreme terror, Xiao Shan found his body slowly returning to the ground.
Ling Yao's eyes began to shed tears.
It seemed she still couldn't bear it. He had to seize this opportunity to explain: "Princess, sister-in-law, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. Big Brother he... Ouch!"
A flash of red light appeared in Ling Yao's eyes. Her long hair flew about as she ferociously slammed him to the ground again.
"You scoundrel!"
With a roar, she turned and fled.
Her head was splitting.
Her eyes were bloodshot.
There was a horse in the street. She leaped onto it, her movements incredibly skilled. In her dazed state, she didn't know what she was doing, but following her intent, she galloped away.
That was... The man dropped the teacup in his hand and leaped down from the second floor, also commandeering a horse at the last moment, and chased after the receding figure.
In the General's mansion, the woman who had been thrown against the wall, seeing stars, clutched her waist and couldn't get up.
"Damn it, why didn't she throw you instead of me?"
"Don't even start! You've caused a huge mess! I told you you couldn't beat him, why did you play dirty? Your grappling technique just now was no different from a shrew's, and sister-in-law misunderstood! Oh, strategist, why are you just standing there? Aren't you going to send someone to chase after them? If Big Brother finds out, none of us three will survive!"
Wu Zhoubai narrowed his eyes. "What sister-in-law?"
Yuan Bufeng was about to explode. "The Princess, the Goddess, Big Brother's wife! Damn it!"
Yutou also got up. Hearing the familiar voice, he exclaimed in surprise, "You're not Brother Xiao, you're Brother Yuan?"
You're only realizing that now!
Why were you bringing sister-in-law here for no reason!
Taantai Grand Princess Hua Qingmu gasped weakly, "Save me first!"
"Serves you right for dying!"
Yuan Bufeng, wearing Xiao Shan's face, said fiercely.
The strategist finally realized the seriousness of the situation and hurried out of the General's mansion.
He arrived at an inn a few hundred meters away, went up to a certain room on the second floor, and only saw a shattered teacup on the ground and an open window.
Where had the person gone?