The Phoenix Arises

Chapter 40 . 1: Contented Having Him In This Life 

She was really just too beautiful today .

Duanmu Xi was usually just dressed in white most of the time and though she was still beautiful looking, her beauty today felt so surreal to see, like a fairy from the celestial Heavenly Palace, ephemeral and mystifying .   

She was dressed in ornately lavish clothes today, highly elegant and magnificent, unmistakably exuding the majestic air of a ruler .

Even Huangfu Che was stunned when he saw Duanmu Xi .

His Little Xi looked so much like Xue Er when she was younger .

Glancing over at Xuanyuan Mo who had fallen into a daze, Huangfu Che said teasingly: “Little Xi has really grown up, and after her coming of age ceremony, she will be able to take a husband . Little Xi should really take a good pick during the banquet tonight . ”

Huangfu Che’s single sentence caused Xuanyuan Mo to jump right back into his senses in an instant, and an icy aura immediately flared out from inside his body .

Huangfu Che and Duanmu Xue watched Xuanyuan Mo and they both laughed inwardly inside upon seeing his reaction .

Duanmu Xue then piled on frost upon Xuanyuan Mo’s already icy demeanor . “That’s right Little Xi, you must really choose carefully tonight . Your Imperial Mother will then decree the man you choose to you . ”

Duanmu Xi looked at the two of them with their stifled mirth and then turned to look at Xuanyuan Mo’s icy demeanor . The corners of her lips then lifted slightly .

“Thank you Father and Mother, but Little Xi already has someone I like . ”

The single statement put out so lightly caused Xuanyuan Mo to retract his icy aura, and his entire person seemed to relax .

“Oh? Since Little Xi already has someone you like, then let your Imperial Mother go make a proposal in marriage for you to have you married immediately, so that your Imperial Mother can carry my Imperial Grandchild as soon as possible . ”

As Duanmu Xue said that, she turned to glance meaningfully at Xuanyuan Mo at the side .

Although there wasn’t much of an expression on Xuanyuan Mo’s face, but he was filled with nerves deep inside his heart .

“… . . ” And Duanmu Xi just found herself entirely speechless .

She was just fifteen years old and they already want her to be married . In modern times, one would still be in junior high at fifteen years .

“Mother, there is no need for haste in this matter . We’ll talk about it later in the future . ”

Hearing Duanmu Xi’s reply, the other three people were rather disappointed .

Duanmu Xi saw Xuanyuan Mo’s look and her heart winced .

[Snowy… . . ]

[Looks like she will have to have a good long chat with him . ]

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The banquet for Duanmu Xi’s coming of age ceremony was a great bustle of activity as all the senior officials brought their most outstanding sons to attend .

As Her Highness the Crown Princess has come of age, it meant that the Crown Princess was now able to take in an official spouse as her husband . If their son were to be chosen by the Crown Princess, it would be a Heavensent blessing even if it was only as a concubine .

The Young Masters of the senior officials were all sneaking glances at Duanmu Xi seated high up upon the pedestal, hoping to win her affections .

Si Yun Han was naturally one among those eager suitors . The trials over the past three years had tempered the man, making him more handsome and refined, and to gain a more manly charm .

Many young ladies from big prominent families had come to the General’s Residence with marriage proposals, seeking to marry Si Yun Han .

But no matter how advantageous the conditions were, he had rejected them all without exception .