Chapter Eleven: The Third Princess of the East Sea and Zhu Bajie

The third person to cast an evil spell on Yang Yue was Zhao Zhixia, whose primordial spirit was the Third Princess of the East Sea.

When mentioning the Third Princess, Yang Yue looked at me with a gaze full of profound meaning and sympathy. "Do you still remember the Mother of the East Sea Dragon?"

Of course, I remembered. "Wasn't she cast down to the mortal realm because she offended my father? My father took revenge on her reincarnation, Jing Hong, for decades, making her life miserable."

"Do you know why your father went to such lengths to take revenge on her?" Yang Yue asked me.

I hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does it have something to do with me?"

Yang Yue nodded. "Both the Mother of the East Sea Dragon and the Third Princess of the East Sea were cast down to the mortal realm because of you, or rather, because of Yang Jian."

Many people who have watched the show *Bright Spring, Sunny Piggy* were moved by the touching love between the Third Princess of the East Sea and Zhu Bajie. The Little Dragon Girl sacrificed herself to become a spring to save the East Sea, tricking so many people into tears. As a child, I would cry my eyes out every time I saw that ending.

However, the real Third Princess of the East Sea and Zhu Bajie were merely a pair of adulterers.

Yang Yue told me that for several nights, the Divine Realm had been projecting images into her mind, transmitting many scenes to her.

In the East Sea Dragon Palace, amidst towering red coral reefs, a beautiful woman with cloud-like hair, dressed in intricate court robes with elegant eyebrows, cried to a man of peerless handsomeness: "Yang Jian, I like you, I truly like you—"

A trace of helplessness flashed in Yang Jian's eyes, and he could only explain, "There is a woman in my heart whom I cherish deeply, and I have already given my heart entirely to her."

"Is it Yu Li?" the beautiful woman said viciously. "That little slut has always known how to seduce men's hearts in the Divine Realm, yet you men flock to her."

"Do not insult Yu'er." Yang Jian's face turned cold. No matter how obsessively the Third Princess had pestered him before, he had never shown such an attitude or tone. Yu'er was truly his Achilles' heel.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again. "There is no possibility between us. Whether Yu'er exists or not, I will never love you." Having said this, Yang Jian turned and left.

The Third Princess covered her face and wept. Just then, a tall, sturdy man with rough features walked in from outside the coral reef. "Oh, beautiful lady, it's not good to cry and ruin your pretty face—" The man reached out with a thick, greasy hand to wipe away the Third Princess's tears.

The Third Princess turned away to avoid him. "Get lost—"

The man was not annoyed and chuckled as he withdrew his hand. "Do you know how to make a man regret rejecting you? It's by letting him know that you are doing well, ten, a hundred, a thousand times better than you would have been with him."

The Third Princess gradually stopped crying, clearly having taken those words to heart.

"What does that Yang Jian have? He just has a handsome face, which is why you women admire him. To put it bluntly, he is just a pretty boy. In terms of status and power, I, Marshal Tianpeng, am the head of the Four Saints of the North Pole, holding military power, a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Court." Marshal Tianpeng held his head high, looking arrogant.

"If you are with me, you will be the high and mighty wife of Marshal Tianpeng. By then, even Yang Jian will have to bow and pay his respects to you. Only then will you have truly vented your grievances!"

The Third Princess's gaze grew distant as she murmured the Marshal's words, "Make Yang Jian bow to me..."

"Exactly. The opportunity to make Yang Jian treat you with respect and to hold your head high is right in front of you." As Marshal Tianpeng spoke, he grabbed the Third Princess's waist, his foul-smelling mouth nuzzling and biting the skin of her neck, while mumbling, "Don't you want to seize it?"

The Third Princess had just intended to push him away, but hearing this, her hands froze. Her heart was filled with intense hatred and a desire for revenge against Yang Jian, so she allowed Marshal Tianpeng to push her into a hidden corner of the coral reef and strip her of her clothes.

Marshal Tianpeng returned to the Heavenly Court feeling satisfied. While passing through the Divine Garden, he happened to see Yang Yue in a moon-white dress, an East Sea pearl hairpin tucked into her hair, and moon-bright earrings that made her skin glow like a pearl, as ethereal and moving as a pear blossom.

Marshal Tianpeng couldn't help but let a bit of drool leak from the corner of his mouth. He straightened his clothes and hair and walked over. "Long time no see, Third Princess."

"Marshal Tianpeng." Yang Yue nodded reservedly.

"Is the Third Princess here to enjoy the flowers?" Marshal Tianpeng scanned Yang Yue up and down with a gaze that seemed to want to strip her bare.

That gaze made Yang Yue feel deeply offended. She furrowed her beautiful eyebrows. "I am on my way to talk to Chang'e and just passing through. Excuse me." She turned to leave.

Marshal Tianpeng immediately blocked her path, grinning. "I heard that a special, rare epiphyllum is planted in this Imperial Garden. The scholars of the Wenqu Palace compared it to a beautiful lady waiting for her lover's return. I wonder if the Third Princess would accompany me to view this flower that is as beautiful as a lady."

Yang Yue understood his meaning perfectly; it was clearly an intentional provocation. Coldly, she replied, "There is no need. Marshal Tianpeng, please enjoy it yourself!"

With a flick of her sleeve, Yang Yue turned and left in the other direction.

From that day on, Marshal Tianpeng targeted Yang Yue, stopping her from time to time to say flirtatious things, which enraged her. Frustrated, she told Chang'e about it.

When Chang'e heard this, she was shocked. Yang Yue was the Jade Emperor's daughter; how dare Marshal Tianpeng harbor such intentions? Did he actually dream of being the Jade Emperor's son-in-law? He should look at himself—a pig demon—to see if he was worthy.

Although Yang Yue was the daughter of the Jade Emperor, there were too many children in the Jade Emperor's household, and her relationship with her parents was not particularly close. She was too embarrassed to tell the Jade Emperor that someone was harassing her.

Chang'e, without a second thought, decided to report it to the Jade Emperor on Yang Yue's behalf.

The Jade Emperor was furious upon hearing this. Marshal Tianpeng dared to lay a hand on his daughter; he clearly did not respect him as the Jade Emperor at all.

However, Yang Yue was, after all, an unmarried young