Chapter 977: Everlasting Moon Couple’s Past (6)

As the rumors spread and no one from either clan had denied it, another rumor had spread in the Immortal World. They say that the famous Lightning God was willing to become a live-in son-in-law. No one from the Regal Lei Clan had clarified and no one from the Ancient Moon Clan had said something about these rumors as well. Both ancient families had remained silent and the rumors become even more serious as more time passes. The admirers of the Moon Princess start mocking the Lightning Prince for agreeing to abandon his family name and look down on him for not acting like the mad he should be. For most men in the cultivation world, they believe that men in a relationship should be dominant and not the women. So when the rumors said that Lei Yuya was willing to be a live-in son-in-law, they started looking down on him.

Of course, the admirers of the Lightning Prince also got angry at the Moon Princess. If only she didn’t make an oath that placed her future spouse under her family’s name making him a son-in-law, she wouldn’t be someone considered unreasonable in the Inner Haven. No female cultivators would openly speak bad of the Moon Princess as that might lead to serious consequences like getting the whole family killed. This is something they would always avoid as no one wanted their whole family dead because they had loose mouths right?

This news had reached the ears of the Moon Princess and wanted to clarify that her relationship with the Lightning Prince, Lei Yuya, wasn’t as they thought it was. She had talked to her father about this and was summoned in the throne hall for some confirmation.

At the Everlasting Moon Palace’s Throne Hall...

The current Moon Emperor Yue Zhiyan and his empress, the Ancient High Elf Princess, Su Hialun were now seated on the same table as their daughter. They wanted to talk about the relationship between their daughter and the first son of the Lightning Emperor, Lei Yuhuang.

"Li’er, you and that boy from the Regal Lei Clan... What was his name again?" Yue Zhiyan said.

Yue Lili responded, "Lei Yuya..."

"Right, that brat. What is your current relationship with him?" Her father, Yue Zhiyan asked.

There were no indirect words as Yue Zhiyan wanted an honest answer. As a father, he wanted to know what his daughter thought of the man that is currently connected to her through the rumors. Moreover, the other person didn’t have an ordinary identity as well. He is the first son of his closest friend from the empire next door. Both families had deep and powerful backgrounds. A relationship that involves the descendants of these two clans would never be handled easily like an ordinary relationship.

The Moon Princess honestly said, "I don’t know what Dad wanted to hear. Even though we have good feelings for one another, it wasn’t exactly love. Moreover, there is the oath I have made. It would be unfair for Lei Yuya if he married into our family, and his clan might not accept him changing his family name to Yue. Even young masters from families and clans weaker than ours couldn’t accept it. Much less to a prince and the first heir to the throne is."

"Daughter, you know your father is not asking about this. What we wanted to know is your true feelings for the young man. Li’er, do you like Lei Yuya?" Her mother, Su Hialun asked.

This time the Moon Princess didn’t answer right away. She stares down at the cup she held in her head and recalls some scenes she and Lei Yuya had spent inside the ancient ruins. Even after coming out they still made some time to meet one another. They two were so popular so every time they went out together, people of the Inner Haven would immediately know. That’s why the rumors about them being lovers had spread as fast as the wind.

Yue Lili finally answered, "Yes, I like him. But I do not think he will last. Like all other men who pursued me before, once the talks about marriage were opened. He will definitely back out like all other men before. Dad, Mom, in this life it might be impossible for me to get married. I’m sorry."

Once the topic about marriage is brought out, Yue Lili’s mood would always turn like this. If before the confident little girl who yearns for true love to exist, after being beaten to defeat to this extent, this Moon Princess no longer has any expectation towards marriage or for a man to exist who is willing to give up even his name and pride just to be with her. She had been disappointed for too long and for so many times that Yue Lili had no longer expected her own marriage.

Yue Lili’s parents can understand the feelings of their daughter. They had watched the cheerful her, full of anticipation and expectations for her future husband when she was young, to the current cold version of the Moon Princess who would rarely smile much less laugh.

Yue Zhiyan said, "What if Yuya was willing to give up his family name for you? Are you willing to accept him, Li’er?"

A rare shocked expression on the Moon Princess face had appeared. She looked at her father with a shocked look which eventually turned to something a bit gloomy.

"Dad, if you force Yuya to marry me I will never agree. He is the first heir of the Regal Lei Clan. He doesn’t have to abandon the position that he had trained for all his life. He will not agree and his clan will never accept my conditions," said Yue Lili.

The Ancient Moon God pats his daughter’s head gently and says, "If it’s the Regal Lei Clan, there is no need to worry about the clan’s reaction. They old men of both families, even our ancestors, would love our two clans to be connected by marriage."

"Is this true? Dad, you are not kidding me?" The Moon Princess asked in disbelief.

The Ancient High Elf Princess, Su Hialun laughed and said, "Your dad isn’t lying. The Yue Clan and the Lei Clan actually had an arranged marriage made by their ancestors. This arranged marriage was first to fall on your father and Uncle Yuhuang. Unfortunately, the two of them didn’t have any sparks and both brought home partners from different races."

The Moon Empress was shocked. She would have never expected that his father’s original fiance to be her Uncle Yuhuang. Well comparing her father and Uncle Yuhuang’s body structure and the two positions for the same sex couples. Yue Lili had imagined her dad being the one below. Before she could imagine more her father had hit her on the head.

PAK!

"Owie~ Dad, why did you hit me?" Yue Lili complained while holding on to her swollen head.

Frowning for a moment, Yue Zhiyan replies, "For some reason I feel that you’re insulting your dad and that the hit was something you deserve. You are not thinking of something stupid aren’t you, Li’er?"

"...I wasn’t, dad~" said Yue Lili. She then asked, "What happened next? Since dad and uncle didn’t get married, what did you do?"

"What do you mean what did I do?" Yue Zhiyan said. "Since the arranged marriage between us is cancelled, of course it can only be passed to your generation. Why do you think your uncle had two children? He was preparing just in case you fell in love with one of them. Regardless of what you choose, the clans cannot do anything about it. As long as it is a union between two clans no one would stop you two. It would be better if you truly love one another and Yuya is willing to complete your conditions. After all, the oath you have made was something witnessed by the heavens. You cannot break it so easily."

"Dad, I know. I will remember your warnings," said Yue Lili.

On the other hand, the same story was being told to the two princes of the Regal Lei Clan. Lei Yuhuang noticed that his eldest son was in daze, overlooking the scene beyond the window while ignoring his younger brother who was being noisy on his own while asking the other servants and disciples of the family for a sparring. Lei Yuya was just watching things outside but as if his soul was not in his body, he looked soullessly at nothing.

The current Lightning Emperor, Lei Yuhuang had finished the family meeting and was about to find his wife, only to see his children on the way. The youngest was the same as always, a fighting maniac who wouldn’t stop fighting unless you beat him enough to give up on his own. As for the eldest, he looks like he has lost his soul. In the last date he had with Yue Lili, he had wanted to ask her if she wanted to officially become an official couple with him. But when he remembers that cold and a gaze devoid of emotion, no words had come out from his mouth.