...Liang Na's dispirited eyes once again became sharp and determined as she uttered

Meanwhile back at the palace, after Jiang started his indoor cultivation to stabilize his recent cultivation base gotten from his mutual cultivation with the emperor at the ascension pond, Jiang discovered that he had leaped cultivation levels yet again, from the first rank of the spirit disciple's realm to the fifth rank of the spirit expert realm.

During his rest periods Jiang thought of the fact that this leap in cultivation level wasn't only due to his efforts and the ascension pond but also because he did the deed with the emperor following the mutual cultivation instructions left on the ascension pond, this realization made Jiang blush shyly.

Jiang nonchalantly spoke these words as he thought of the emperor's contribution in his current cultivation level Jiang murmurs as he slides his palms across his face and then finally rest it on his chin, just thinking about how that topic will go and what it could lead to made Jiang's face turn a deep shade of red.

Jiang thought seriously about this issue for a while, nevertheless, he still couldn't come up with a suitable gift so he said aloud to himself

Jiang suddenly wished that the meeting between the emperor and himself will be soon, perhaps it was because he was eager to thank the emperor personally for making his cultivation rise exponentially or maybe Jiang just missed him and wanted to see him badly, not that he will ever willing admit to the latter.

The fairy tale palace servants standing guard outside Jiang's bedchamber door shuddered each time they heard their master incoherent mumbling, they wondered if maybe they should step in and take a look to see if everything was okay because they were somewhat worried that Jiang might have gone crazy because his mana had deviated, however, they recalled that their master had asked not to be disturbed during this period so they had to hold their horses and hope all was going well with their master, the empress elect inside.

Days when by for Jiang and in these days he not only properly stabilized his recent gotten cultivation level but also improved his piercing tornado dance technique, the only aspect of his cultivation that still had no improvement was his space and time element, he could receive mana of the space and time element with his air element using the cultivation manual he got from his late mother and integrate all element mana together into one, however, Jiang still hadn't been able to learn the space and time technique he had gotten from the 'No difference pavilion' at the main palace, apart from that time at Jun Tang's manor where Jiang had gotten an initial inspiration into understanding a bit of the 'spiraling raging illusions' space and time technique, he hadn't made any reasonable progress since then.

Anyway Jiang decided he needed a bath after his long days of cultivating, his body had pushed out the impurities that his recent cultivation level had and because of this he was all stinky and drenched.

Jiang called out and Han Sheng who happened to be passing by Jiang's bedchambers hurried to answer his call before anyone else.

Han Sheng asked once he stepped inside Jiang's bedchambers, there was a smell in the room that caused Han Sheng's brows to crease and forced him to raise his left hand to cover his nostrils.

Han Sheng stuttered in reply and then quickly left the stunned Jiang in his bed chambers, Han Sheng still found it difficult addressing who he thought to be young mistress Lei Yue as 'big brother' but since it was something requested of him by someone he now considered to be a very important part of his life, Han Sheng tried to put in some effort.

Although Jiang at some point had somewhat jokingly insisted that Han Sheng begin to address him as 'big brother' when they were alone and not 'big sister' anymore, Han Sheng still found that strange and never did as was requested of him, nevertheless, Han Sheng timid way of calling him 'big brother' caught him off guard but once the surprise left him a smile began to form on Jiang's lips.

Jiang have never felt like himself when he was addressed as the empress elect or young mistress because he believed that it sounded too feminine but more especially he understood that the people calling him such mistook him to be his sister the young mistress Lei Yue of General Lei's manor, at the palace he never truly felt that he belonged or had an identity of his own, not until his recent encounter with the emperor that Jiang began to have a sense of belonging and Han Sheng sudden declaration further enhance that sense of belonging in him.

It was like a light bulb lite inside Jiang's head thereby making him realize that he wasn't invisible anymore, he was special, his own person and didn't need to continue hiding from the world, also with time not only the emperor but everyone will know who he truly is.

Although Han Sheng might still think him as the young mistress Lei Yue, Jiang couldn't help feeling like at least he had gotten a bit more of his identity back just by hearing the words 'big brother", his next move will be to let Han Sheng know his gender, after all, the emperor didn't want him hiding it anymore but he was the one that felt that suddenly making such a huge change will cause an unnecessary big wave unlike gradually doing it, Jiang's way of reasoning might be stupid or not make sense to a lot of people but as long as it made some sense to him then that was really all that mattered.

Jiang really adored Han Sheng as his little brother even if their ages wasn't so far apart, he liked the fact that Han Sheng was putting in effort to treat him as his big brother, this could be seen by Han Sheng failure to filter his words like he use to before and how he isn't always extremely polite or cautious around Jiang

Anyway, soon Han Sheng was back again with some more servants and Jiang took that as a sign that he could go to his bath area which he did with Han Sheng and a few maid servants he came with trailing behind Jiang, also some of those servants that Han Sheng came back with stayed behind to clean up Jiang's smelling bedchamber, the odor in the room was really impressive and he made the servants tidying the place up want to throw up, most of them had to cover their nostrils.

Both the maids that stayed behind and those that followed Jiang could barely breath, this time around a lot of impure substances where pushed out of Jiang's body while he was been pounded into, Jiang didn't think he still had so much impurities within and he might had never known if not for his previous intense mutual cultivation with the emperor who practically and unknowing hammered the impurities out of Jiang body, however, the effects didn't show immediately because Jiang needed to restore his dried up mana as well as stabilize his cultivation, Jiang or the emperor might never truly understand how much Jiang benefited from their two days tug of war at the ascension pond but the benefits were enormous.

Once Jiang entered his bath area, a maid dropped off a clean towel and robe by a corner in the bath area, they all looked hesitant because they didn't know whether to come over and help Jiang undress, this was their duty, however, times without numbers Jiang have always refused such services, this didn't stop the maids from always offering their services but even they had begin to feel this was getting old.

These servants of the fairy tale palace were really having a hard time satisfying two masters demands, on one side there was the empress elect who didn't want them to perform most of their basis duties and on the other hand they was their unreasonable emperor who told them to treat Jiang even better than himself but once he hears that they as much as saw Jiang's naked back they did be glared at to the extent that some of them suffered a heart attack or magically had their beautiful hair catch fire.

Also if the emperor got wind of the fact that they failed to attend to Jiang properly, like assisting him to dress up or take him showers they still will suffer some kind of punishment even after the emperor was told that it was the empress elect who refused their services, it might have been brief but these servants could all attest to the fact that they all saw the pleased look that appeared on their emperor's face upon hearing that his empress elect refused them attending to him while he wasn't decent looking, yet their unreasonable emperor will still find a way to blame them for not taking proper care of his soon to be empress,these servants at the fairy tale palace could only ever console their selves with the fact that their pay was one of a kind and it made all their hardship worth it.

Han Sheng who understand Jiang well as well as the dilemma the servants with him were facing simply said " esteemed empress elect, we humble servants will be waiting outside, please if you need us call us at anytime, we will take our leave now" Jiang nodded in approval and then Han Sheng gestured to the servants who came with him to follow him outside.

With those servants around Han Sheng had put on his best behavior, he really was getting use to switching personalities, one minute he wasn't so cautious when speaking to his empress elect and the next minute he acted and spoke like a proper servant would to their master.

Once Jiang was alone he started to remove his stinky robes and his veil, then he entered the tub situated at the center of his bathroom, the tub was unique and beautiful like every other thing carefully picked by the emperor in the imperial palace, its exterior was crafted and designed from hard fine diamonds and the interior was somehow made from smooth cultured glass like marble, the tub was like a Jacuzzi and it really beautified the rest of the bathroom that was also decorated in an extravagant way.

In Tang Qin Shang diamonds were precious but not to cultivators, to cultivators they could only be used to beautify a places, anyway this wasn't the first time Jiang was bathing here so he had more or less gotten use to it, he also understood that the emperor was a big spender and they were many beautiful places like this all over his imperial palace, although according to some servants more care was put into the design and materials used at the fairy tale palace because it was a place that the emperor took seriously since the person that was to reside in it was someone the emperor held dear to his heart, Jiang smiled sweetly as he thought about this, then he didn't take those servants words seriously or didn't think that the person special they were referring to was him but now he thinks differently.

Jiang felt refreshed as he soaked his skin inside the warm water prepared for him, also he really likes the scent coming from the rose petals scattered inside the water, after washing away the stinky substance on his body and then refreshing the water for a second time, Jiang rested his head at the edge of the tub and then closed his eyes, everything felt so serene to him, at least that was until trouble came knocking on his door.

It wasn't even up to a minute when Jiang close his eyes that he felt his wrist pulse, "Not again, why does bad things keep happening to me whenever I am in a body of water" Jiang complained but soon retracted his words when a memory flashed in his brain "Okay, not always bad things", Jiang sighed deeply as he began to attempt standing up from the bath tub "I really shouldn't be thinking about such indecent things now" he said, meanwhile his servants outside his bath area had also long began to scream in fright " Intruder, intruder, protect the empress elect"

The ground of the fairy tale palace seemed to have started vibrating, however, it wasn't like it was an earthquake happening instead it felt like Giants were stamping their feet on the ground

Han Sheng confused voice could be heard from outside as it drifted inside Jiang's bathroom.

Jiang wasn't bothered by the commotion happening outside, instead he was more concerned about covering his face with his veil ice jewel as well as covering his nakedness so that Han Sheng or anyone else won't see him as he was now, it was like he could hear the abolishing voice of the emperor saying "you better not let anyone see you like this wifey, no one except me is allowed to see you face or nakedness"

Jiang had just stepped out of his bath tub and covered his face as well as wrapped his body with his bath robe and tied the knot of the robe firmly to his body when a man standing on a mystic beast busted into his bathroom in full speed and spat fire at the area in the bath tub that he had just evacuated from, the fire spat out of the mystic beast completely evaporated the water inside the bath tub.

Jiang uttered in a cheeky way, thereby making the man who had just arrived frown in distaste.

There was no fear or surprise as to what would have happened if he wasn't quick enough just now, instead Jiang seemed to be all pumped up and ready to go, there was a spark in his eyes that naturally wouldn't have been there if this was to have happened a month ago.

Right now Jiang eyes seem to scream 'Bring it on, sucker'.

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