Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool

The streets of the Imperial City were clean even at night, unlike the countryside where little ghosts might pop out.

How could they possibly run into any little ghosts?

Hearing Lu Yuan’s unromantic words, Gu Ziye pinched his waist hard, pouting as she said,

"A little ghost? I’m *your* ghost. Aren’t you scared?"

Lu Yuan chuckled, looking at Gu Ziye. "If you’re a little ghost, then I’m a Celestial Master, here to exorcise you specifically."

"Oh!"

Gu Ziye gasped and looked down to find a large hand cupping her rear.

"That’s not right. How come it feels like there’s less meat here?"

Gu Ziye shoved Lu Yuan away and ran off, laughing as she fled. "Yuan~! You pervert! Behaving like a pervert right on the street!"

Lu Yuan sniffed his hand, catching the rich, sweet scent of her rouge.

Gu Ziye was a delectable prize. A single touch was enough to leave her sweet fragrance lingering on his hand.

Seeing his prize about to get away after just a few pats, Lu Yuan gave chase. "Yue’Er, slow down!"

"Yuan~! Come and get me!"

Gu Ziye’s coquettish voice sounded just like a young courtesan on a balcony, waving her fan.

To Lu Yuan’s ears, it sounded like an invitation: "Sir, come and play!"

The two of them chased each other down the street, one after the other.

「A moment later.」

With a single stride, Lu Yuan appeared at Gu Ziye’s side. He pulled her into his arms with his left hand and covered her mouth with his right.

Lu Yuan pulled Yue’Er into a nearby dead-end alley, pressing her back against the wall.

Lu Yuan glanced back at the street, checking to see if anyone was coming.

At this moment, Gu Ziye’s eyes were wide as she looked up at Lu Yuan, making muffled sounds.

Gu Ziye struggled weakly, thinking to herself:

’Wow, so he’s into this sort of thing. He likes it rough. We’re right off the street... is he really going for something this thrilling?’

Seeing that Lu Yuan wasn’t letting go, Gu Ziye gave up her half-hearted resistance.

Once he saw the street was empty, Lu Yuan turned his attention to Yue’Er in his arms.

Gu Ziye was gazing at Lu Yuan with a look of infatuation, and she even gave him a few flirty winks.

Lu Yuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. "Shh," he whispered. "I’m going to let go in a second. Don’t make a sound, okay?"

Gu Ziye blinked in agreement, thinking, ’So there are no little ghosts, but there’s definitely a lecherous one right here.’

Lu Yuan released her, but before he could say a word...

...Gu Ziye closed her eyes, puckered her lips, and leaned in. ’What is she doing?’

Seeing her passion, Lu Yuan decided to respond in kind, meeting her lips with his.

After a dozen seconds or so, Gu Ziye licked her lips. That was sweet!

"Yuan~ isn’t it a little... unsafe here?" Gu Ziye asked.

"Heh, you’re getting sharp, Yue’Er. You even know it’s not safe here. How could you tell?" Lu Yuan asked, curious.

Gu Ziye sized up their surroundings. It was a dead-end alley. ’Isn’t it obvious that it’s not safe to... do things... here?’

She thought Lu Yuan was dead set on doing it right here. ’He’s so impatient!’

’When a man gets worked up, does he just ignore his surroundings?’

Gu Ziye said tentatively, "Alright, let’s not worry about safety for a moment. Worst case, we’re just shameless, right? But... it’s a little cold out here!"

Seeing Gu Ziye being so cooperative, Lu Yuan said, "Alright then, your mansion is just on the next street. I’ll take you back first, then I’ll go after that person!"

"Wait, wait. What person? Who are we chasing?" Gu Ziye asked, confused. ’This isn’t what I was thinking at all.’

Gu Ziye had thought Lu Yuan was trying to spice things up and wanted to fool around with her in the alley.

"That Little Easterner who just passed by!" Lu Yuan said. "What did you think it was about?"

It turned out that the reason Lu Yuan had pulled Gu Ziye into the alley to hide was that he had spotted a furtive envoy from the Wa Country hurrying past them.

In the dead of night, a foreign envoy acting so secretively... he was clearly up to no good.

Gu Ziye realized her mistake. She pinched her nose in embarrassment and said, "N-nothing. I was talking about chasing him. Let’s hurry up and go."

"You’re not cold anymore?" Lu Yuan asked.

"What cold? I was all worked up, but now I’m not!" Gu Ziye said, a hint of annoyance on her face. "Yuan, let’s go!"

With that, Gu Ziye rushed out of the dead-end alley.

Lu Yuan scratched his head and muttered to himself, "Why is Yue’Er being so weird?"

Lu Yuan followed her out of the alley and found her frozen in place. "Let’s go!" he urged.

"We didn’t see where he went. How are we supposed to chase him?" Gu Ziye asked with an embarrassed smile.

"Follow me!" Lu Yuan said, taking her hand and pulling her in the direction the Little Easterner had gone.

Soon, Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye arrived before the gates of a large mansion.

The pair hid around a corner and watched as the Little Easterner glanced around furtively before knocking on the mansion’s main gate.

A Gatekeeper opened the gate and ushered him inside.

"Strange... isn’t that an envoy from the Wa Country? Why is he going into Marquis Yongchang’s Mansion?" Gu Ziye murmured.

An envoy from the Wa Country meeting secretly with a minister of the Court... If word of this reached the Emperor, what would he think?

It was also strange that there wasn’t a single Jinyi Guard in sight. Had they been called away?

Lu Yuan replied to Gu Ziye, "You want to know? Let’s go in and find out!"

Gu Ziye grabbed Lu Yuan’s hand. "We can’t. Marquis Yongchang’s Mansion is crawling with courtyard guards and Mansion Guards. It’ll be incredibly difficult to sneak in. One wrong move and we’ll be captured."

Gu Ziye’s warning was no exaggeration.

Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, came from a line of Military Generals. He had countless adopted sons—hundreds, according to rumors.