"We meet again Mistress"so it's you, why are you here?"

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Jiang smiled at the inn attendant that once attended to him when he first came to Yang province.

Chen said shyly, the little eunuch felt sad that his empress elect knew this pavilion person's name but not his,Jiang noticed his sad look and it came to him that all this while he didn't even bother to find out the little eunuch name, he felt he was a bad master.

Before Jiang could attend to the little eunuch's feelings Xu Guo cut in "Esteemed guests I have performed my duty as your guide and will be taking my leave now, I hope you have a pleasant stay at the main palace" he said, Jiang wanted to say thank him but before his words could even get out Xu Guo had sped off, he didn't even pause for a bit at the spatial passage way.

"He is truly fast, I thought I could learn something from him but I doubt if I truly learnt anything" Jiang sighed.

Chen said seriously making Jiang mood light up.

Jiang said as he handed over the list of things he needed for Chen to see, upon seeing them Chen nodded "Please follow me young mistress" Chen said

Jiang turned to the little eunuch that was standing behind him with a long face and said "Little eunuch what's your name?" the little eunuch didn't expect those words to come out of his mistress mouth, when he thought about how his mistress not only noticed his down mood but cared enough to even rectify it, His eyes teared up.

Jiang felt funny addressing his self as a mistress but he understood it was something he had to do for the time being.

Tears rolled down from the little eunuch's cheeks, since he became an orphan and entered the palace as an eunuch it was the first time someone cared to know his name, he even felt if too much time past he might really forget his own name.

To the little eunuch Jiang is like a benevolent angel that shines brightly and can brighten the lives of every Tang Qin Shang citizen whether they are of noble birth or not, In the little eunuch mind Jiang is the only one fit to become empress.

he choked out and Chen by the side trembled slightly, he didn't know she was such a figure, an empress elect although wasn't an empress held a lot of respect and power and since such a figure could likely become empress no one dared to slight them during the time they held the title, As a result most were arrogant and unbearable, he had never heard of any been so humble, understanding and kind, in the end Chen felt he didn't hear correctly earlier.

"You should know that I don't just see you as a servant but as my little brother so if you take me as your elder sister then answer my previous question quickly" Jiang cringed inwardly when he used the word "sister" again, he couldn't help but to react that way.

Jiang didn't expect his words to have advent effect on the little eunuch because instead of answering quickly heavy and thicker tears began rolling down his cheeks like it was raining, Jiang was at a lost at first but then walked over to the little eunuch and began to pat him tenderly on his back Jiang tried to assure and encourage the little guy, Jiang thought the little eunuch was cute when he cried and hiccupped simultaneously.

After a while the little eunuch settled down and separated his self from Jiang, he then flashed Jiang a beaming smile "Empress elect Han Sheng will never forget your grace, Han Sheng is privileged to have empress elect as his elder sister and Han Sheng will keep it in his heart that empress elect is his elder sister but due to the rules of the imperial palace Han Sheng will never address empress elect in any other way but by her title" As Han Sheng finished talking his smile didn't diminish at all, Jiang could see he was really happy so although he didn't like his little brother addressing him in such a formal way he didn't object moreover Jiang didn't really like to be referred to as elder sister, elder brother suited him most he thought.

"Chen let's leave now" Jiang instructed and Chen acknowledged her request by bowing and leading the way.

"Now I can finally remembered why the name of this pavilion strikes me as familiar, it's the same name as the inn you worked at and I lodged in" Jiang said with a smile.

"Empress elect don't tell me you forgot something like that" Chen said cautiously, Jiang was going to ask him to address him as before but then stopped, it wouldn't do any good anyway, Chen was stubborn when it came to things like that.

"But why are you here Chen, you said you were going to the capital" Jiang questioned.

"The main palace is in the capital empress elect" Chen straight forwardly said and Jiang nodded in agreement to his statement.

Jiang calmly stated.

"Empress elect I have heard rumors that the No Difference establishments in all of Tang Qin Shang is owned by none other than the Emperor and his right hand man and childhood best friend Fang Mu " Chen whispered, he didn't want to be heard discussing about his Emperor casually, such an act was a serious offence.

"Isn't the emperor always locked up at the imperial palace, when did he have the time to establish this" Jiang whispered back, Han Sheng was also paying close attention to this gist, he had already started picking up bad habits like listening to gossips from the empress elect Jiang.

Jiang didn't just like listening to random gossip, he liked listening to the once that involved the emperor, even him didn't know why he was so curious about the man.

"I heard during the emperor's youthful days he was very notorious and mischievous, he always sneaked out of the imperial palace to cause havoc in the capital city" Chen replied seriously, On seeing his attitude one might even think he was there with the emperor when he acted in such a manner, someone was listening to their conversation unknown to them and he had his brows creased at the moment.

"Why am I not surprised" Jiang said as he nodded seriously, he even looked like he was in deep thought.

Chen pointed to rows upon rows of very tall looking shelves.

"Everything about this pavilion seems to be extremely tall" Jiang complained bitterly as Chen handed his list back to him.

"Empress elect you can get all that is in that list on this shelves" Jiang looked at all the shelves wryly, he didn't want to spend centuries just looking for ingredients, he couldn't imagine how long it will take to search through all these shelves for the pills and ingredients he needed.

Chen sensing Jiang's worries explained "All you have to do is called out what's on that list and the quantity you need, wherever it is on this shelves it will come out, you can then pick them up and come over to the counter to pay your bills, I will be waiting for you there but right now there is something I have to attend to" Chen bowed while Jiang nodded his head as he watched Chen go, Jiang felt since Chen was his friend then there was no need been too polite.

"Han Sheng go and check around the pavilion for whatever you like"

"Your servant don't need anything empress elect"

"I can tolerate you addressing me as empress elect when we are not even in the palace but I won't tolerate you calling yourself servant, you are my little brother, Do you understand" Jiang scolded Han Sheng seriously and instead of the little boy to be angry, he just smiled, it had been long since he felt like he had a family, someone that will unconditionally watch his back and he will do the same in return, he was truly happy.

"Why are you smiling foolishly, Are you taking my words for a joke" Jiang sternly said

"Your Ser-- I mean Han Sheng wouldn't dare take Elder sisters word for granted" he whispered in such a way that he thought only Jiang could hear and this made Jiang frown turn into a smile.

"Good boy, now go and get something for yourself, we past the shelves that had manuals for cultivation and even artifacts, choose whatever you want then we will meet up at the payment counter" Jiang said.

he followed that with a deep bow before leaving excitedly.

After Han Sheng left Jiang started calling out the names of the items and the amount he needed and just like Chen had said the items popped out from their shelves and even the amount he ordered for was measured accurately, Jiang didn't know what kind of elemental could do something like this.

Some of the items on Jiang list popped out in places far from him and on opposite ends so Jiang had to move about a lot with his air magic.

The last item was so far up that it took Jiang quiet a while to get there but before he could take a hold of it, Jiang started falling down, his eyelids were heavy, Jiang was too tired, he have been cultivating none stop and now using his magic just further stressed his body to the extent that his body was now forcing him to rest.

Jiang tried to activate his magic again so that he could at less protect his body a bit but the activation didn't happen.

Jiang couldn't believe that before the competition even starts he was going to died by his own hand due to over cultivating, the same cultivating he was doing to keep him alive, how ironic

If Jiang landed on the ground with the amount of speed he was using to fall and with no protection on his body he will be smashed into minced meat.

Jiang's eyes suddenly closed, he couldn't control it as he entered a deep slumber and was even snoring lightly.

Before his body could hit the floor a man in black hooded robe with a silver mask embraced him tightly in his broad well built chest, his arms were wrapped tightly around Jiang's waist and back.

The man looked intently at Jiang sleeping peacefully and sighed "Only the heavens knows why I saved her when all I want is her dead, only the heavens knows why I am even here?" he mumbled to himself a statement he had repeatedly said to his self recently .

Jiang was slender but wasn't small but to this man this damsel was slender, petite and had the softest of skin that could glow in his darkest hour, To this man Jiang's everything fitted perfectly with him, Especially Jiang's voice.

The more he looked at the beautiful sleeping beauty his heart beat accelerated at a frightening pace, a heart that had long since stopped beating after his parents death.

He was so close to Jiang that he noticed his beautiful pink mole beneath his eyes, he traced Jiang's closed eyes with his slender fingers, he wanted to see more of Jiang, this person thought Jiang was a girl, He thought this veil couldn't hide Jiang's beauty at all, he felt an itch in his heart, the more he looked at Jiang the more he became curious to see Jiang's face, he even imagined Jiang with a doll like baby face.

His curiosity was eating at him so he did something he never thought he would ever do, it was out of his control.

He watched as his right hand instinctively moved towards Jiang's thick veil ice jewel, he couldn't stop himself even if he so desperately wanted to.