Chapter 428: 12.36

"Master Bai, it's Meilan. Do you want to take a bath now? Your body must be sweaty after vigorous activity last night. I can totally hear your scream and His Majesty as well. I think everyone in the Palace of Serene Harmony can hear you, Master Bai," Meilan said, followed with a giggle.

Yunyu's cheek reddened the moment he heard Meilan's giggle. She was just thirteen, but how could she know about this kind of thing?! This was no good for the growth of an innocent maiden!

"M—Meilan! Don't come now. I will get dressed first!"

Bai Yunyu hurriedly jumped out of bed and wore an inner robe. He checked himself in the mirror, then he just realized how promiscuous he looked with so many strawberry marks or hickeys in his neck, shoulder, and chest.

"Huang Shu really did too much! Aish!" Yunyu hurriedly found an outer robe to cover the hickeys and then allowed Meilan to enter, "Meilan, you can come in now!"

Meilan came to attend her Master Bai. She saw that Master Bai was sitting on the bed, with his face blushing red and covering his body with double robes, probably to cover his hickeys. Meilan laughing freely when she saw this.

"Master Bai, it's okay! Meilan is no stranger to seeing women or ger men covered in hickeys!"

"M—Meilan! You're thirteen, how could you—"

"Um… don't you remember that I was a street child before? I often saw women coming out of the brothel with hickeys! Though, of course, Master Bai is no prostitute! Master Bai is an amazing ger with great achievements!" Meilan complimented.

"Though… last night, I heard Master Bai keeps yelling to His Majesty to—"

"Meilan! No need to go into detail. Keep it a secret! You are also still a child! Don't say about something like that!" Bai Yunyu scolded her. But she just giggled and nodded.

"I will prepare your warm bath first, Master Bai!" Meilan said. She already brought two buckets of boiling water and went to the bathroom to pour them.

Meilan had been serving Yunyu for three years already, and she knew that her master had thin skin. Despite his magnanimous bearing and ethereal beauty, he was actually very shy, especially when His Majesty was around.

While Meilan was preparing the bath, Yunyu sighed in relief, especially since Larva kept saying that Meilan couldn't see it.

'Hehe, I told you, Master! Nobody can see me except you!' Larva said as it swirled around like a ballerina on top of Meilan.

Yunyu wanted to tell Larva not to be an annoying brat, but it kept swirling around and giggling happily. Glad that Meilan was still busy preparing the bath.

Yunyu walked to the bathroom and pulled Larva by its twin tail wig, then said to Meilan, "Is the bath ready? I want to take a bath."

"Yes, Master Bai! I will prepare your garment from another room! Relax yourself here first!" Meilan said happily as she pranced out of the bathroom and left the room. Yunyu sighed and took off his robes and dipped slowly to the warm water while Larva was busy fixing its wig by shaking its body left and right.

'So, Master Bai, what will you do today? Um… this is Ancient China, so maybe you want to do archery? Fighting against some bandits? Or have a duel with a swordsman?' Larva asked.

"What are you on about?" Yunyu frowned. "I have no activity today. I've yet to be crowned as the Empress, so maybe I'd just start taking care of the Palace of Serene Harmony first. This will be my Palace from now on."

'Ehh… but in your world background, you're a fierce warrior and an amazing scholar. And your status as a ger doesn't hinder you either… to tie you up as a traditional housewife is a bit unfortunate, Master Bai.'

…

"How did you know that? What is world background?"

'Um, I can read everything about you and Master Han information easily by opening world background.'

"That's.... creepy," Yunyu thought. "Well, there's nothing wrong with being a housewife. But this is just my duty for now. I know that Huang Shu will give me more and more work and accompany him to rule the nation. I will do my duty as a capable Empress, and I'm sure Huang Shu will love me even more after we reached the new height!"

"I'm planning to make him the Golden Emperor, loved by all! Hehe~"

Pupa was amazed by its master's determination. Usually, Master Bai loved torturing Master Han for the sake of it, or many times, out of pettiness, but it seemed that Master Bai here was so determined to call for a truce between their love war!

'Ohhh! Then, your cutiepie system Larva will always support you, Master Bai! I have so many uses other than being your companion! I can also um… showing you Master Han's Fatemeter, and.. um…'

'Wuu… Larva doesn't have many uses…' Larva got disappointed by itself, which made Yunyu chuckle. Really, he didn't need help from a strange floaty orange thing. By standing near him, Larva already gave him emotional support.

At least… if there was no weapon around, he could just throw Larva at them since it's made out of a tough metal shell.

**

Emperor Xianliang was busy in his first day of duty after his marriage. Honestly, his mind was still inside the Palace of Serene Harmony. He wanted to play a bit more with his beloved wife, but duty always came first. Even Bai Yunyu urged him to take the duty rather than indulging in pleasure.

'Well, there is nothing wrong to indulie in pleasure with my own wife, right?

Emperor Xianliang was dazed all day while he heard about the minister reports and then handled the decision making accordingly. It was, admittedly, a bit boring without Yunyu by his side, at least he wanted to pinch Yunyu's waist or feel it when he was doing this duty. 

Until a minister suddenly came forward and requested, "Your Majesty, wouldn't it be wise to introduce the future Empress to the aristocrat families first? Although Master Bai Yunyu is well known by regular citizens, he is still unknown by the aristocrats. I suggest holding a banquet for Master Bai Yunyu as our future Empress."

The proposal finally fished Emperor Xianliang's interest because he knew about this banquet in his previous life. This imperial banquet was the time where he invited every aristocrat family to introduce his wife.

And this was the moment when they met many future harem members for Huang Shu. And Huang Shu wanted to prove to Bai Yunyu that he was a changed man and he wouldn't take any concubine or harem member.

Especially when he saw that Bai Yunyu still retained his cinnabar mole, signifying that he still had his fertility and was able to bear an heir to the throne. But he still wanted to show Bai Yunyu that he was loyal even though Yunyu couldn't remember anything after Huang Shu used the Rewind Stone. 

'It could give Yunyu assurance,' Huang Shu thought. 

Interested, Emperor Xianliang finally ordered, "Put that in the agenda, we will hold an imperial banquet to introduce Zhen's wife to the aristocrats."