HIDDEN MOTIVES (3)

Su Ying got up from the ground cleaning her body. Angrily, Su Ying dropped her sword to the ground.

"You haven't heard about me, have you? I was the most talented disciple in lotus sect. That's how I entered the lotus sect." Su Ying said.

"Yes, actually, I did hear about you. The rising star who crashed and fell." Fengge said.

"What?" Su Ying asked in shock.

"Sorry. That came out wrong. Listen, you are now my guest. Your father obviously wants you to improve." Fengge said picking up Su Ying's sword.

"Watch." Fengge said showing her some moves.

Even without her sword, Su Ying followed Fengge as he showed her some sword skills. After some time, Fengge stood watching as Su Ying practiced her skills.

"Greetings Your Highness. Princess Jiayi is here." The servant said.

Few seconds later, Jiayi showed up making Fengge leave Su Ying to meet her.

"Greetings brother Fengge" Jiayi said putting on her most beautiful expression.

"Jiayi. You are here." Fengge said helping her down the steps.

"I was in heaven and I had free time so I wondered if you were around so I could come and visit you." Jiayi said.

"You are always welcome to come and see me." Fengge said helping her sit down.

Unable to stand the love arrows passing before her very two eyes, Su Ying dropped her sword forcefully so it would make sound. This caused both Fengge and Jiayi to turn their gaze to her.

"I am now very tired. I will be going to my room" Su Ying said to Fengge who nodded in agreement.

"Who are you and why didn't you greet me?" Jiayi asked.

"Excuse me?" Su Ying said shocked.

"This is Princess Su Ying. Fourth daughter of the mortal king and blood sister to the crown princess of the mortal realm." Fengge explained.

"Oh, then why didn't you show basic courtesy? Or don't you know the rules?" Jiayi asked.

"You must be Princess Jiayi. The only daughter of the dark king. We are both princesses. You didn't show basic courtesy either so why should I be the one to show you it" Su Ying asked.

"What?" Jiayi asked in shock.

"Just because you are from the dark realm doesn't mean I have to kiss your feet. The only people I am obliged to greet are higher royals like kings, queens and their successors and you are not succeeding anyone. I am tired. I will be going now" Su Ying said leaving.

"Did you see that? Brother Fengge, what is such a rude brat doing here in your palace?" Jiayi asked.

"My father asked me to specially train her. Just ignore her. She has always been like this." Fengge said.

Su Ying jumped happily around her room as she remembered her ordeal with Jiayi. Stupid princess. How dare she act so arrogantly as if she owned the entire world? At least she had put her in her place.

"Princess, you really did so well. That demon was just too annoying." Mu Jing, her personal handmaid said.

"Of course. If I am able to deal with that demon mortal queen, I can certainly destroy the moon if I want to." Su Ying said.

While Jiayi's maid, Fu Qian was busy poisoning Jiayi's mind which made Jiayi very uneasy.

"Your Highness, you must find a way to chase that girl away. What if she gets in the way of your plan?" Fu Qian asked.

"How can a mortal get in the way of my plan? Don't be ridiculous." Jiayi said to her maid although she was also very worried.

Later in the evening while Fengge was outside in the courtyard looking at the stars, a servant came to Fengge's palace.

"Greetings Your Highness" The servant said.

"What are you doing here?" Fengge asked standing up.

"His Majesty is inviting you and princess Su Ying to have dinner at his palace." The servant said.

"I will be there immediately" Fengge said.

Few minutes later, they were all seated together at the table with the heavenly king. Luckily for her, Jiu Bao was also there so she didn't feel alone since Princess Jiayi was also there.

"Thank you all for coming to have dinner with me. I wanted to have them throw a banquet to welcome Princess Su Ying but she objected to it so I had no choice but to organize this simple dinner" The heavenly king said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty for the kind gesture" Su Ying said.

"So I heard that Princess Su Ying will be training here in heaven. I heard she was one of the rising stars in the mortal realm." Jiayi said.

"Former rising star. Her skills are as bad as a junior cultivator." Fengge said putting some food in Jiayi's plate.

Turning her face away, Su Ying boiled in anger. Fengge was obviously looking down on her. Although she had been deeply in love with him since childhood, she wasn't going to allow him to out her down just to impress his girlfriend.

"Of course my skills are bad. That's why His Majesty asked you to train me. A good student can only learn when she has a good master" Su Ying said.

"Su Ying." Jiu Bao said.

"You are right. The real training is yet to begin. I just hope that you can be open-minded to your training." Fengge said.

"Fengge, go ahead" Jiayi said nudging him.

Getting up from his seat, Fengge knelt down before his father causing all of them to gasp in shock. The heavenly king looked on with a face void of emotions as he watched Fengge kneel down. What was Fengge up to again? Whenever Fengge knelt down before him to ask him for a favor, it never ended well..

"Father, please grant me a request" Fengge said.

"A request?" The heavenly king asked.

"Please grant my marriage to Jiayi." Fengge said.

"Jiayi?" The heavenly king asked while Su Ying's heart broke to pieces.

Jiu Bao immediately turned to her sister sensing her distress at what Fengge said. Everyone in the lotus sect knew about Su Ying's love for Fengge the crown prince of the heavenly realm but they also knew about Fengge's undeniable love for the princess of the dark realm. Jiu Bao had always known that this will happen so she always dreaded her sister's reaction. Hopefully she will show that same strength in dealing with this news.

Meanwhile the heavenly king watched as Jiayi smiled sheepishly throughout the whole event. Just what was she up to? During the past few days she had been showing signs of being interested in him but now she was scheming to marry Fengge.

"And what about you Jiayi? Do you want to marry Fengge?" The heavenly king asked.

Jiayi looked at the heavenly king directly as he asked her those words. Of course there was a hidden question behind this one too. Her goal was the heavenly king but she also couldn't lose the Orane flower which yielded a lot of power that could solve her problem. Right now marrying Fengge was much more convenient for her.

Nodding her head, Jiayi continued to look the heavenly king as she answered.

"Yes. Brother Fengge and I have always shared a special affection for one another. Now that I have come of age, it is only right that we get married." Jiayi said.

This time it was time for the heavenly king to nod his head. Everything was finally falling into places. Jiayi had been deceiving him all this time. Too bad he couldn't disagree to this marriage. At least not now.

"Since you two have mural affection for each other, I don't see any reason for me not to agree. See the god of fate to set a date for the wedding." The heavenly king said standing up.

Su Ying stood up immediately after the heavenly king leaving Fengge and Jiayi together alone. Kicking very stone in her path, Su Ying groaned in frustration. This was just simply outrageous. Marrying a demon. What exactly was the three realms turning into?

Her anger depleted when she heard a familiar melody. Looking in the direction of the sound, her eyes widened when she realized it was coming from Fengge's palace. Without thinking twice, Su Ying ran into the palace courtyard where she saw a man wearing light blue. He was playing the flute. Just the flute but the sweet melody could be heard from thousands of moles away.

Her feet became heavy as she remembered what he had done to her the other night. He had just left her there in the middle of the night. Sighing to herself, she turned around to leave. Today was definitely not her day.

"You. Stop. Have you seen the crown prince?" The god of sound asked pretending not to know its her.

"No. I do not." Su Ying said turning to face him.

"Have we met?" The god of sound asked.

"I do not remember if we have met but I do remember a stupid jerk leaving me alone in the night just because he couldn't accept defeat" Su Ying said.

"Defeat? What makes you think you can beat me?" The sound god asked.

"Forgive me but right now, I am not in a good mood." Su Ying said crossing her arms.

"Is it because the crown prince is getting married? You see, they were just too loud. You too" The sound god said.

"I have no idea of what you are saying." Su Ying said walking past him to go inside.

Smiling to himself, Guowei (sound god) continued playing his flute. It was always amusing to watch mortals dream. Never had it be seen that a mortal of low cultivation married in the royal family of the heavenly realm. Many tried but none have ever succeeded.

Back in the heavenly king's palace, the heavenly king paced around in his study. This wasn't about his personal interest in Jiayi, he just couldn't allow that marriage to hold. This was because the dark realm would definitely support him. Throwing the books on the table on the ground out of frustration, the heavenly king rolled his eyes as the ice god entered the room.

"Dear little brother, who made you so upset?" The ice god asked.

"I am not your little brother." The heavenly king said.

"But you are and that will never change" The ice god said.

"Why are you here?" The heavenly king asked.

"I just heard some news about the upcoming wedding of Fengge to Jiayi. What a match" The ice god said.

"That wedding will not hold" The heavenly king said.

"Really? It wouldn't hold?" The ice god asked pretending to be shocked.

"Yes. I will not allow the dark realm to support Fengge and give him a platform to destroy me." The heavenly king said making the ice god laugh.

"Oh dear brother. What are you afraid of? Don't even think of trying to stop the wedding because it will hold. You should have been afraid when you saw that I didn't even try to fight for what you took from me. The heavenly throne, my wife to be whom you forcefully took and my son whom you are raising as your own. Why even bother trying to destroy him? Are you a fool or what? If Fengge dies, who will you put on the heavenly throne? Do you think you can live forever?" The ice god asked.

"Do not insult me" The heavenly king said

"You are infertile. You have thousands of concubines yet not one has been able to get pregnant. Face it. You have never won against me, not even when we were kids. That wedding will hold" The ice god said as the heavenly king looked at him in anger.