Marry First, Love Later With The White Cat Princess - Chapter 50.1

It seemed to make some sense.

When she returned to the Saintess Hall, the rehearsals were proceeding in an orderly manner.

Lianyi, as in previous years, occasionally went over to supervise. When she saw disciples whose movements were incorrect, she would take them aside for individual guidance. However, today, she kept getting distracted while giving instructions.

The lead dancer noticed her inattentiveness and, after thinking for a moment, carefully asked during her break, “Your Highness, are you planning to have Lord Wuyi perform a solo this year?”

Otherwise, why else would the Saintess be so distracted? She must be thinking about how to teach Lord Wuyi, who has no knowledge of ritual dances.

“No, I won’t arrange it,” Lianyi instinctively refused. Then, recalling Qi Ran’s “tricky move,” she changed her mind: “Arrange it. In past years, the position of Wuyi has always been empty. Now, it’s time to let the disciples, who have never seen their husband, take a look.”

The disciples hesitated. “But… we’ve never seen Lord Wuyi dance. We don’t know…”

“The Saintess herself will teach her. You naturally won’t see it,” Lianyi cut them off.

Her gaze was sharp and chilling. The disciples seemed to understand and hurriedly bowed, apologizing before returning to their positions.

Thus, as soon as Liu Fenyun returned to the hall, she learned the dreadful news that she would be performing a solo at the festival.

If she hadn’t known that the Summer Moon Festival traditionally included a Wuyi solo, Liu Fenyun would have thought the Saintess had gone mad.

“I can’t remember the moves. I can’t keep up with the rhythm, and I dance stiffly. What should I do?” Once back in her chamber, Liu Fenyun anxiously asked Lianyi while hugging her.

This was the Fire God Festival of Zhuohuang Kingdom! It was equivalent to the Spring Festival Gala in the future!

If she, a complete dance novice, went on stage to perform solo, wouldn’t it be humiliating?

The cat in her arms raised her face, saw her anxiety, and suddenly smiled: “Are you nervous, Ah Yun?”

Liu Fenyun nodded vigorously.

“No problem. I will teach you personally, hand by hand,” Lianyi said, still smiling. “If you can’t remember the moves, just practice multiple times. Ten or twenty times and you still can’t keep up? Then practice a hundred times. In terms of physical endurance, no one here can surpass you, Ah Yun.”

Liu Fenyun: “……”

She felt like she wanted to kneel to the cat on the spot.

Even someone emotionally insensitive like her knew that the cat was deliberately giving her a hard time, deliberately provoking her.

Fortunately, she didn’t have to go out for medical duties every day recently. Gritting her teeth, she voluntarily asked Lianyi to teach her dance.

The rehearsal room remained the same, with mirrors on all four walls. As the weather grew warmer, Liu Fenyun used a water charm and wind charm to create a cooling circulation, changed into the specially made dance costume, and mentally prepared herself to spend the whole day in the rehearsal room.

It’s just a last-minute exam drill she was very familiar with that!

She would master it!

After two days of practice, however, she suddenly noticed Lianyi’s temperament becoming increasingly odd.

Even though the festival was only half a month away, when teaching her dance, Lianyi did not appear to be taking it seriously.

The rehearsal room was as comfortable as the chamber, but Liu Fenyun still felt extremely awkward.

When her dance posture was slightly off, Lianyi would immediately come over to correct her. But each correction involved lightly tracing her skin with a fingertip, like an ant crawling. It was ticklish and unbearable, but she could not move. If she moved, she would be punished, and punishment meant losing a lot of practice time.

When a demon is free spirited, unless you confront them directly, you can’t take advantage.

After five days, Liu Fenyun was exhausted, but had only perfected half of the ritual dance. To reach solo level proficiency, she was still far from ready.

She felt like she needed at least ten years of practice.

Even the system couldn’t help her cheat this time. Liu Fenyun, or the original owner of the body, genuinely had no talent for dancing.

The system even advised her to find a way to avoid the solo. The festival audience included not just commoners and nobles, but also the sovereign and the empress dowager. If something went wrong during the festival, someone could even die.

“I suspect the current good favor and zero blackening value aren’t real,” Liu Fenyun said wearily to the system during a break. “Would a cat with such high favor and zero blackening deliberately torment me?”

The system didn’t know what went wrong either, but the stats had indeed not changed. It could only suggest, “Host, perhaps try begging?”

Hearing Lianyi calling her again, Liu Fenyun curled her lips: “If begging worked, I’d have tried it already.”

Perhaps the system couldn’t understand, but she already felt it:

The cat was actually waiting for her to respond, but she still hadn’t figured out what the cat wanted.

Whether it was material, or emotional and physical desire, she had tried her best these days. When the cat displayed emotion, it was satisfaction, not impatience or disgust.

What exactly did Lianyi want?

Days passed in confusion and waiting. With only five days left until the festival, Liu Fenyun picked a time to sneak out and find the other two Wuyi.

Even with patience, being targeted like this without understanding why still wore her down emotionally.

If possible, she even wanted to leave for a few days, clear her mind, and then return to face Lianyi.

These two Wuyi were called Zhuo Lan Bai Hua and Dan Zhu Yang Bu. They had been childhood friends since youth, learning together under the same master. After getting married, each built a small house in the outer city for practice and chatting. During the Summer Moon Festival, they would stay there with old friends.

Having stored the address given by Xian Lihua six months ago, Liu Fenyun was about to leave when a fragrant breeze brushed past her.

“Ah Yun, where are you going?” Lianyi’s voice rang out.

Liu Fenyun paused for two seconds. “I’m bored practicing. I’m just going to the outer city to walk around.”

“Just walking around? Then why did you change into new clothes?” Lianyi’s cold eyes approached. “Are you going to find the Wuyi?”

Before Liu Fenyun could answer, Lianyi had already grabbed her hand and held it tightly.

“I already said, I’ll go with you.” She looked at Liu Fenyun and, seeing her turn her gaze away, didn’t get angry. She leaned closer: “If I hadn’t stopped you just now, would you have left the city alone?”

Seeing her small thoughts all read by Lianyi, Liu Fenyun admitted: “Yes.”

She even wanted to ask when she would be left alone.

Lianyi stopped in place. Liu Fenyun didn’t know what she was about to do and hesitated, calling “Your Highness.” After a moment, Lianyi’s shoulders trembled, and her head dropped.

This motion was too familiar. Liu Fenyun’s heart leapt, and before she could react, she pulled Lianyi into her arms.

Lianyi buried her face and quickly grew warm, sobs coming from her chest.

No matter how troubled Liu Fenyun felt, hearing her cry softened her heart. She gently patted her back: “Your Highness… Yiyi, don’t cry.”

Lianyi cried even harder, wrapping her arms tightly around her, afraid that if she let go, Ah Yun would walk away.

Liu Fenyun comforted her until she gradually calmed down, wiped her tears, and held her hand walking back to the chamber.

Along the way, Liu Fenyun also calmed down and carefully thought about the recent events they felt off.

It was as if… the cat was being forced by someone to bully her.

Back in the chamber, Liu Fenyun closed the door, activated a barrier, and asked Lianyi to sit at the desk. She pulled a chair beside her and gently asked:

“If it’s convenient, Yiyi, can you tell me what has been happening recently? Did you not tell me because someone cast a word spell on you?”