The Maiden And The Fox

• Chapter 5: Maiden and the Fox

Thank you furilac_I for you power stone as a sign of appreciation I will be posting 2 chapters today (including this one ofcourse )(That too cuz this is my first power stone)

PS: Ahhh, everyone talk to me, it's so lifeless here. Am I really that low? (■_■)

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When they returned to the courtyard, they happened to run into the anxious Pei Xuanyin rushing out of the room.

"Imperial Sister..." Upon seeing Su Mu in the Empress's arms, the disappointment on her face vanished instantly. She exclaimed with joy, "Little Fox! I thought you had left! So you went to find the Empress instead, that's great!"

She then hugged Su Mu and rubbed her face against the little fox, squishing Su Mu's face.

Su Mu disdainfully pushed Pei Xuanyin away with his paw, but the latter persisted in clinging to him.

The Empress smiled faintly and said, "You've worked hard these past few days. Take a rest. Once this town is fully established, we will return to the capital."

Pei Xuanyin was stunned, holding the recovered Su Mu in her arms, and asked, "So soon? Alright, I understand."

Then, the Empress left.

Holding Su Mu, Pei Xuanyin sighed softly and walked back into the room with a calm expression. She understood that her sister was very busy.

But in the future, with Su Mu accompanying her, perhaps she wouldn't be afraid of thunder anymore.

Su Mu looked at this inexplicably moody woman, who then smiled heartlessly, and thought, Is she mentally ill?

Lying in Pei Xuanyin's arms, Su Mu pondered if he had forgotten something. Suddenly, he remembered that the Empress had told him to ask for anything he wanted. Then he squinted his pink eyes, smiling like a wilted daisy.

She said I could ask for anything, so it wouldn't be too much to request some cultivation resources, right?

"Little Fox, do you think I'm useless?" Pei Xuanyin placed Su Mu on the table, rubbing his little face and looking into his pink eyes.

In Su Mu's eyes, a sorrowful girl was reflected, and for a moment, he was stunned.

Pei Xuanyin withdrew her hand, and as her light purple dress slid down, smoothing out the folds, she sat there like a blooming purple begonia.

Pei Xuanyin talked to herself while Su Mu rested his chin on his paws, listening quietly.

"Just like when I was a child, I was always the coward standing behind my sister."

"On the day when our uncle rebelled, and Father lay in a pool of blood, shouting for us to run, my sister stood in front of me, telling me not to be afraid, that she was there. But I could clearly see she was trembling too, yet she still gripped her sword tightly and stubbornly carried me, who was too scared to walk."

"Later, during our escape, my sister had me hide in a ruined temple while she disguised herself as a beggar to beg for food. She came back pretending to be full, warmly telling me she wouldn't let me go hungry."

"And then, when the rebel soldiers were searching the entire city, she had me hide in a corner, saying not to be afraid and to wait for her because she would be back soon." Pei Xuanyin paused, placing her hand on Su Mu's back and gently stroking him. "That day, when she found me, she was covered in blood. She had killed someone. I could sense her fear, but she pretended not to care, forcing a smile and telling me not to be afraid, that she would protect me. But back then, I was eight, and she was only twelve."

Su Mu also felt a bit desolate. The days of wandering were tough, just like the days he and Xiao Bai relied on each other. Only those who had experienced it could understand the pain.

Pei Xuanyin gently hugged Su Mu, her voice tinged with tears. "I've grown up now. I also want to help her. That's why today, I was so eager to kill that wolf demon. I deliberately left Uncle Yan and the others behind because I thought I wasn't a coward. But when the wolf demon's claws swiped before my eyes, I was so scared that I couldn't even move."

The girl's tears fell on Su Mu's little paws, faintly and coolly wetting them.

"So, am I really useless, always the cowardly little girl hiding behind my sister?" Said Pei Xuanyin, tears rushing down her delicate cheek.

Su Mu lifted his paw and gently placed it on Pei Xuanyin's cheek, wiping away her tears. Thinking of himself, Su Mu suddenly felt a bit empathetic. The Empress to Pei Xuanyin was like his master, senior brother, and senior sister to him. They all well-protected him.

At that moment, the last ray of sunset disappeared, and the bright moon began to climb the sky.

Moonlight fell on the pale yellow dress and into the spicy aroma of the wine. The Empress sat in the courtyard, listening to Pei Xuanyin's faint crying. She gazed warmly at the moon and murmured, "Father, Long Yue  (Empress's name) respects you."

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In the morning, the room was filled with the commotion of a fox.

"Little Fox, I'm sorry, okay? I'll take you to bathe."

"Yip! Yipp!" Su Mu trembled, pointing a quivering paw at the wet spot on his fur, his pink eyes filled with disbelief and furious anger. I'm dirty! I've been sullied by saliva! That woman actually used me as a pillow!

Pei Xuanyin's face reddened, her voice stammering as she neared Su Mu, "Little Fox, I really didn't know how you ended up under my neck..."

She continued approaching Su Mu, "Little Fox, be good. I'll take you to wash up, okay~"

Too late! Human! Prepare to face my wrath!

With a swift leap, Su Mu's tiny body soared into the air, his two fluffy tails straightening out.

With a flying pounce and a fierce bite, Pei Xuanyin gained a new earring.

"Ah~ Little Fox, it tickles. Come down!" Pei Xuanyin, both annoyed and amused, tried to pull Su Mu off her earlobe. However, the fox held on with his back legs, refusing to let go. Pei Xuanyin, helpless and amused, decided not to force it. After all, he couldn't really hurt her. If she liked biting, let her be. (Su Mu is female to Xuanyin and others that's why she insisted of he, don't get confused over it ok)

Even though she thought like that, she still pleaded Su Mu while walking out of the courtyard. Just then, a passing maid was stopped by Pei Xuanyin. "Please prepare some hot water. I want to bathe."

"Yes, Your Highness."

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The maids who usually served Pei Xuanyin during her bath looked at the princess's new "accessory" with peculiar expressions, trying to hold back their laughter.

Pei Xuanyin, gritting her teeth, tugged at the white ball of fluff biting her earlobe and pulling her hair. Feeling a stronger resistance, she sighed and sat down in the bath. How much resentment does she have?

"Go ahead and laugh, I have no choice." Pei Xuanyin, feeling helpless voiced out loud.

Just then, the door creaked open, and an unexpected figure walked in.

Pei Xuanyin instinctively sank into the water, leaving only her head visible. Even the usually fluffy tails of Su Mu turned into two wet sticks.

But upon seeing the visitor, Pei Xuanyin emerged from the water, her voice carrying a hint of grievance. "Sister, I made the Little Fox angry."

Sister? The Empress is here? Su Mu glanced sideways, just in time to see the Empress looking at him with an indifferent expression.

Glare at me all you want! I'm biting this ear off today! No one can stop me!

In the next second, the Empress waved her hand, and her dress automatically slid itself, hanging on the screen. The maids had long been dismissed, and the Empress, now disrobed, stepped into the bath.

With a swift move, she grabbed the fox, whose jaws slackened from the sudden force, and sat it down on the underwater platform.

Damn it! The now subdued Su Mu was dunked into the water, roughly scrubbed until clean, then lifted and hung on the Empress's arm.

You're hurting me!

Su Mu pitifully spat out water, and upon seeing Pei Xuanyin across from him, he realized the gravity of the situation.

They were both naked!!

The atmosphere grew tense. Su Mu, feeling awkward, covered his pink eyes with his paws.

In the next second, his body was flipped upside down by the Empress, preparing to scrub the front.

Unable to bear it any longer, Su Mu tried to resist, but four small golden rings of spiritual power bound his limbs.

Facing the Empress's amused gaze, the fox shivered. "How interesting.. a little vixen showing lust towards humans?"

A thunderous revelation struck him again. To hell with it ! I'll fight you to end!

To be continued...