Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 949 - 67: Chaos at the Qing Celebration Banquet (Part 3)

Chapter 949: Chapter 67: Chaos at the Qing Celebration Banquet (Part 3)

The originally lively celebratory feast was interrupted halfway by Long Rui, leaving the room in silence.

Even Yue Nian, who was about to speak, looked surprised at the sudden appearance of Long Rui.

Yue Potian’s expression changed drastically, and Ye Huacheng scrutinized Long Rui, confirming she was not Lie Rou. He angrily stood up, scolding, "Who are you, you scoundrel?! How dare you speak nonsense here!" With that, he attempted to pull Long Rui away.

Seeing everyone staring at her, Long Rui, whose nature becomes braver in the face of setbacks, refused to back down having already taken a stand.

She simply tore off the acrobatics troupe’s clothing, revealing the Dragon Rider Battle Helmet underneath, with Dragon Patterns flickering. A giant Lake King Dragon appeared before everyone.

"It is you who are talking nonsense! Forcing others into marriage, seizing military merits from the Dimension Battlefield, I say the ones most adept at speaking nonsense are your Holy Beast Clan," Long Rui said as she showed her Four Symbols Merit Ring.

The Lake King Dragon in front of her symbolized her identity as a Dragon Knight, and the Four Symbols City Merit Ring in her hand indicated her participation in the battlefield that made the continent famous.

For a moment, the banquet was filled with chatter.

Yue Potian’s face turned alternating shades of red and white, looking quite disagreeable.

"Bold woman, where did this madwoman come from, daring to slander my Sun Dragon Clan? She’s spewing nonsense, you all need not believe her," Yue Potian restrained his anger, knowing he could kill Long Rui, but if he acted, it would only prove the accusations true—that the Sun Dragon Clan stole military merits and that Yue Nian abandoned his wife.

"Who is talking nonsense, it’s easy to find out; everyone in Four Symbols City knows clearly," Long Rui, confident Yue Potian wouldn’t strike, stood even straighter.

"Yue Nian, do you recognize this woman? She claims you abandoned your wife and child, do you know her at all?" Yue Potian sneered, calling Yue Nian.

Yue Nian glanced at Long Rui, not recognizing her. Even though he was grateful for Long Rui’s earlier help in solving the predicament, the fact remained that this stranger was speaking arrogantly and slandering the Sun Dragon Clan.

"I don’t know her; Miss, I don’t understand a single word of what you said," Yue Nian’s words clearly reached everyone’s ears.

As Yue Nian spoke, his gaze was dignified and his expression calm, not appearing to be deceitful.

Long Rui’s face changed; she looked at Yue Nian, seeing that he indeed didn’t recognize her.

The relationship between the National Guardian General Residence and the Duke Mansion was not shallow. When she was young, Yue Nian had held her several times, yet his demeanor didn’t seem to be deceptive.

Could it be that the man before her truly wasn’t Duke Xue Ying Yue Nian, but merely someone bearing some resemblance?

Long Rui’s eyes flickered, uncertain of what to do next.

While Long Rui was indecisive, Jue Xin, worrying secretly on the side, suddenly heard a voice as faint as a mosquito.

"Yue Nian, if you don’t recognize her, then do you recognize me?" The voice was soft and gentle, carrying traces of complaint and melancholy.

But to Yue Nian, it was like a thunderclap on a clear day.

Both Yue Nian and Ye Huacheng looked with surprise toward a seat not far away.

It was a seat hidden amongst the pines and cypresses; unless one looked carefully, it was completely unnoticed that a table was set there.

Lie Rou, dressed in white, stood amidst the green pines and cypresses, her eyes twinkling like the ripples on a river under the June sun.

Yue Nian looked at her, speechless, unable to utter a word.

Long Rui, seeing Lie Rou, surprised, cried out, "Mother, why are you here? He, the Duke, is about to marry someone, you’re just in time to tell them that you are his rightful wife."

Yet Lie Rou seemed not to hear Long Rui. She parted the pines and moved step by step towards Yue Nian.

"Yue Nian, do you recognize me or not?!" Lie Rou was initially just silently pleading, hoping this old man would satiate himself quickly so that she could sneak away when the feast dispersed.

While Yue Potian spoke, she was absent-minded, until a familiar voice suddenly broke her thoughts.

Long Rui’s voice, Lie Rou recognized it.

Lie Rou, surprised, parted the branches and looked toward the banquet table.

Little did she know, she would catch sight of Yue Nian at that moment.

Yue Nian’s face, voice, and visage—that face that lingered in her dreams for years—was just tens of meters away.

Lie Rou originally thought she would be unable to contain herself, immediately standing up to rush out and question Yue Nian.

Question where he had been all these years, and why he was marrying another.

Yet, at that moment, at the peak of her emotions, she was extraordinarily calm. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Until Yue Nian denied Long Rui, only then did Lie Rou step out.

He could deny everything with the Duke Mansion, including her devotion to him, but he couldn’t slander Ruru, nor those good sons and daughters of the continent who shed their blood for the Half-Month Battle.

Lie Rou approached step by step; though she had no trace of Dark Power, each step seemed to possess boundless Dark Power directing at Yue Nian.

Her gentle voice more like an accusation against him.

"I ask you, Yue Nian, I will only ask once, do you recognize me or not?" Lie Rou had reached Yue Nian, lifting her head to look at him.

"I... you," Yue Nian felt as if his brain was being torn apart, with countless shadows flashing through his mind.

Lie Rou neither dodged nor evaded, she simply stared at Yue Nian.

"Yue Nian, don’t speak recklessly," Yue Potian’s forehead throbbed, he hadn’t anticipated even Yue Nian’s human wife would show up here.

Yue Nian stood frozen.

The Cangdai Goddess, upon seeing Lie Rou and then Yue Nian’s reaction, seemed to suddenly understand something.

She rushed forward, pulling Lie Rou away, "You lowly human, you think you are fit to be Yue Nian’s wife," she raised her hand, slapping at Lie Rou.

"Stop, who allowed you to touch her," Yue Nian intervened resolutely, sweeping Cang Dai aside, while shielding Lie Rou in his arms.

"Second Uncle... Clan Leader, I’m sorry, I..." Yue Nian had acted out of instinct, knowing that while he could barely recall Lie Rou, he intuitively felt that no one should harm her.

Feeling the warmth of his body, Lie Rou’s eyes grew sour, with tears welling up in her eyes.

The Cangdai Goddess, caught off guard by Yue Nian, fell heavily onto the ground.

Her face showed disbelief and utmost grievance, ignoring propriety, she threw herself into the embrace behind Muhua.

Divine Empress Muhua, seeing it, her expression changed drastically, she was infuriated, standing up and pointing at Yue Nian, shouting, "Yue Nian, how dare you. Yue Potian, how will you handle today’s events, if you do not give me a proper explanation, my Qingyuan Realm will not let this matter slide."