Oops, the princess is surrounded by the male protagonists

Chapter 657 After all that fuss, it turns out that Master Yi Nian's real name is Xiao Yi.

“Su Manqing, isn’t this our maternal grandmother? You write ‘beloved wife,’ could you really be our maternal grandfather?”

Su Lingbing stared at the name on the memorial tablet, muttering to herself in disbelief, while Yang Xuechen shook her head repeatedly as if burned by the title.

"No...no, Manqing, she never loved me. It was all wishful thinking on my part. I was shameless enough to...to have her..."

Yang Xuechen seemed unable to find the right words to describe that relationship. In the end, he could only give a bitter smile before walking to the memorial tablet and gently stroking the cold characters on it.

"Clan Chief Yang, given the current situation, I think you should give everyone an explanation!"

Bai Yue, who had moved aside, gently advised Yang Xuechen, who was sighing deeply.

"I wrote this only to deceive myself, because Manqing never loved me!"

Yang Xuechen's gaze seemed to pierce through time, landing on the past.

“Manqing and I have known each other since we were little. The first time I saw her, my heart was with her. But to her, I was just ‘Brother Xuechen’. She never gave me any place in her heart.”

The other person spoke slowly, each word feeling like it was stabbing his broken heart again.

"Later, my sister brought back two Taoist priests from Zixiao Temple, one named Wenzhu and the other... named Xiao Yi."

"Wait a minute? Clan Chief Yang, what was the other Taoist priest's name?"

When Bai Yue heard this name, her left eyelid twitched involuntarily.

"His name is Xiao Yi, also known as the world-renowned One Thought Immortal!"

Yang Xuechen did not notice Bai Yue's unusual behavior, but sighed with a complicated expression.

"That Xiao Yi is handsome and has excellent martial arts skills. He is a true prodigy! That's why my proud and arrogant sister is so infatuated with him."

After saying this, Yang Xuechen suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.

"It's not just my sister; if I were a woman, I probably wouldn't be able to resist liking a chivalrous hero like him either. So, it's perfectly normal for Manqing to like him..."

"The succubus of Zixiao Temple..."

While silently complaining, Bai Yue quickly reviewed the situation in her mind. After all, the clue that the original name of the One Thought Immortal was Xiao Yi might overturn some of her previous conclusions.

"Since my grandmother loved Yinian Zhenren, why did you write her name as your beloved wife on the memorial tablet?"

Su Ling Shuang, her face grim, pressed Yang Xue Chen for an answer.

"Because we were already married, and we even spent a night together..."

After saying this, the other person fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking.

"My sister really liked Xiao Yi back then, but he said he was a cultivator and didn't get close to women at all! In order to force him to submit, my sister put the venom secreted by the 'Lustful Heart Gu' into the tea, but by some twist of fate, I ended up drinking the tea!"

Yang Xuechen closed his eyes in pain, and what followed seemed to have exhausted all the courage he had left.

"That poison was incredibly potent. I felt like I'd been thrown into a furnace; my blood was burning. All I remember is rushing into Manqing's boudoir like a madman. The moment I saw her, all my reason vanished..."

"Do you mean you did something to my grandmother...?"

Su Lingbing didn't finish her sentence, while Yang Xuechen opened her eyes, her face full of shame.

“Yes, I was a beast. I actually defiled Manqing… Afterwards, I knelt before her and said I would definitely marry her and atone for my sins with my whole life. She didn’t say anything at the time, she just kept looking at me, so I misunderstood and thought she was willing to give me this chance…”

Yang Xuechen's face showed a smile that was more like a grimace, while Su Ling Shuang snorted coldly and cursed, "Despicable!"

"Yes, I was really despicable back then, so God punished me by making it so that I would never be able to see the person I love again in this lifetime!"

The other person finally couldn't hold back and shed tears of sorrow.

"My wedding night was truly spectacular. Everyone came to congratulate me, and I felt like the happiest person in the world! I remember drinking a lot of wine, and after everyone escorted me back to my bridal chamber, Manqing disappeared!"

Also missing that day were Xiao Yi and his senior brother, who were being held in the dungeon. Later I learned that Man Qing had rescued them!

Yang Xuechen's tears flowed even more fiercely as she spoke.

"At that moment, I suddenly realized that the reason Manqing agreed to marry me was only for one purpose: to focus everyone's attention on the marriage so that she would have the opportunity to let go of the person she truly cared about."

After the conversation reached this point, only Yang Xuechen's sobs remained in the room. After about half a cup of tea's time, Ruoxu asked softly.

"Grandpa Xuechen, how was Grandma Manqing eventually caught?"

“She wasn’t arrested; she came back on her own. Manqing said that as the chief of the Su tribe, she couldn’t abandon the lives of her people and live a carefree life outside!”

Yang Xuechen wiped his eyes and continued his story.

“At that time, my sister was furious and wanted to tear Manqing to pieces and grind her bones to dust. I knelt in front of my sister, held a dagger to my own neck, and said that if Manqing died, I would never live alone. I also said that I was willing to give up my right to inherit the position of sect leader and would only ever be my sister’s deputy, with no other intentions.”

He looked at the Su siblings, his eyes filled with sorrow.

"Perhaps my sister felt that keeping me, her devoted brother, alive would still be useful. In the end, she did not harm Manqing, but instead sought to use an impossible task to drive the entire Su tribe out of the land they had lived on for generations."

"Yang Yumo..."

At this moment, the Su siblings gritted their teeth and silently recited the name that had ruined their entire Su clan. After carefully examining the two of them, Yang Xuechen finally spoke, choking back tears.

"Actually, when I first met you, I felt that the outline of your eyebrows and eyes was very familiar. That's when I realized that although Manqing left, our bond was not broken!"

He walked step by step toward the Su siblings, but stopped a few steps away.

"But it is I, the sinner, who ruined your maternal grandmother's life. If I hadn't defiled her, she would definitely have been living happily ever after with that Xiao Yi. I ruined her, so how can I have the face to acknowledge you and let you call me 'maternal grandfather'?"

After the other party finished recounting all of this in anguish, Bai Yue suddenly spoke up and asked a question.

"Clan Chief Yang? Do you know martial arts?"

"what?"

Yang Xuechen was taken aback by the question, while Bai Yue turned to look at Su Ling Shuang.

Xiaoshuang, does your maternal grandmother know martial arts?