93 The Nine-tailed Fox has a reunion

Wu Yun has a feeling he knows who might be responsible for her current condition, but he remains silent and allows her to tell her tale.

"I married my husband at my family's insistence. His family was very rich, while ours, despite our noble births had become impoverished in recent generations. I must only assume he had seen me somewhere and found me beautiful, and therefore asked my parents for my hand in marriage. There was very little else I could do but accept."

The pained set of her lovely features, reminds Wu Yun of Ling Yan's unnatural stillness during his own wedding to the Jade Emperor. He must have felt there was little else he could do, too. Thinking of Ling Yan makes him recall Shu Luan's sacrifice, but he banishes those thoughts before they can take root.