Women disguised as men went to the battlefield and the emperor bowed down in submission.

The carriage sat quietly in the woods overnight. The patrolling soldiers, unaware of what had happened, continued to meticulously survey the surrounding area.

The next morning, Lin Ruoshui, who had switched identities, drew a dagger and prepared to castrate herself.

Xuanyuan Yu, who hadn't slept all night, had just entered a tender and wistful dream.

Then he heard the sound of a knife being drawn. He instinctively opened his eyes and saw the horrifying scene. He gripped Lin Ruoshui's wrist tightly and said, "Wife, no!"

Lin Ruoshui seemed to have gone mad. She strained downwards, using her inner strength, and swung her knife down. However, it missed due to Xuan Yuan Yu's intervention.

Xuanyuan Yu said to her, "Calm down, calm down!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ruoshui became even more frantic, stabbing wildly, while Xuan Yuan Yu desperately tried to block. Unable to stop her, Xuan Yuan Yu held Lin Ruoshui tightly.

Xuanyuan Yu said, "I was wrong. How about you punish me by not touching you for a day? How about that?"

Lin Ruoshui tried to break free from his embrace and continued to prick him.

Xuanyuan Yu said, "Three days. I will not touch you for three days. This is my limit."

Lin Ruoshui said, "Swear it!"

Xuanyuan Yu said, "I swear that I will not touch my wife for three days. If I break this oath, I will..." Before he could finish speaking, Lin Ruoshui interrupted him, afraid that Xuanyuan Yu would make a serious oath.

Xuanyuan Yu smiled and said, "My wife still cares about her husband."

Xuanyuan Yu coaxed Lin Ruoshui for a while and finally calmed her down. The two of them soaked in the bathtub on the carriage and then switched places.

After getting dressed, Xuanyuan Yu glanced at the sullen Lin Ruoshui.

Xuanyuan Yu said, "I was wrong!"

Lin Ruoshui kicked him, then turned and got off the carriage.

Physician Li, sitting not far away drinking porridge, asked, "What's wrong with your leg? Why are you walking like this?"

Lin Ruoshui said irritably, "It got eaten by a pig!"

The group looked at each other, then looked around, but they didn't see any pigs.

……

Xuanyuan Yu recruited Li Heng and Li Ha, along with the bandits, into his own ranks.

When Lin Ruoshui arrived at their mountain village, she saw that there were still elderly people, women and children there. So she called them over and began to teach them how to select mushrooms, how to dry them, how to cook them, and how to sell them.

She also taught them how to distinguish medicinal herbs. There are many medicinal herbs on the mountain that can be picked and sold for money. She made specimens of each kind of herb, so they could just look for them by their appearance.

Lin Ruoshui didn't teach them much else, just a few kinds of mushrooms and herbs, which was enough for these people to live a good life.

Xuanyuan Yu watched Lin Ruoshui from afar. Among those women and children, she seemed like a blooming snow lotus. To be more precise, she seemed like a snow lotus fairy, with unparalleled beauty and a pure and serene charm that could cleanse the world.

Lin Ruoshui had the soldiers collect many kinds of mushrooms and made hundreds of mushroom bags. She taught the soldiers how to make them, how to dry them, and how to cultivate them.

In this way, the methods of eating and cultivating mushrooms were brought to the western border regions. During the war, when there was a shortage of food and clothing, many people relied on these mushrooms to survive.

The soldiers listened intently, their faces flushed. Xuan Yuan Yu, pacing nearby, felt a chill run down his spine, as if someone was eyeing his possessions.

As soon as Lin Ruoshui finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yu gestured for her to return to the carriage.

Lin Ruoshui strode off, completely ignoring Xuan Yuan Yu. She was going to find Li Heng to learn bird control techniques from her.

Li Heng didn't know how she learned bird control; she could only control birds by feeling, so she could only teach Lin Ruoshui to meditate there.

After meditating for a while, Lin Ruoshui realized that apart from a clump of bird droppings falling on her hair, not a single bird had flown over.

……

Xuanyuan Yu, who had abstained from meat for three days, stood on a branch of an ancient tree that had been there for centuries, gazing at the sky.

"What should I do if my wife has such a fiery temper and is too fierce?"

He sighed, shook his head, and leaped down.

Lin Ruoshui was overjoyed with the benefits she had fought so hard for. That night, she slept on the couch while Xuan Yuan Yu slept on the floor.

Lin Ruoshui spent three relaxing and enjoyable days like this, and she couldn't help but sigh that being single felt really good.

On the contrary, Xuan Yuan Yu's aura grew stronger and stronger. He couldn't touch his beautiful wife, which kept him awake at night. He could only stare with his dark eyes at the dead woman who was sleeping sprawled out.

……

Three days later, the group arrived in Bianyang City, where the prefect was waiting for them outside the city.

Lin Ruoshui asked Xuan Yuanyu, "How did the prefect know we would be here today?"

Xuanyuan Yu shook his head.

Upon seeing an enormous, luxurious carriage arrive, Prefect Cheng Mingliang led the people in kneeling to greet it, loudly proclaiming, "Welcome, King Chu! May King Chu live a thousand years!"

Xuanyuan Yu did not step out of the carriage, nor did he show his face. He was only heard saying from inside the carriage, "Get up!"

Xuanyuan Yu was welcomed into the prefect's residence. There was a threshold at the entrance, which Xuanyuan Yu ordered to be removed so that the carriage could drive directly inside.

Lin Ruoshui keeps her travels secret, so she tries to avoid appearing in public in a high-profile manner.

Xuanyuan Yu got out of the carriage and naturally reached out to help Lin Ruoshui. The prefect, seeing that she was a beautiful woman, thought to himself, "This woman is so beautiful."

The prefect stepped forward, cupped his hands, and asked, "Your Highness, may I ask who this young lady is?"

"This is my queen."

The prefect was puzzled. He hadn't heard anything about the prince getting married. Had he not done enough to smooth things over? How could the prince be unaware of such big news?

The prefect knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Ruoshui in greeting.

Lin Ruoshui felt uncomfortable seeing such an old person kowtowing to her. She told the prefect that he did not need to bow to her in the future.

Xuanyuan Yu and the prefect were both surprised.

After traveling for several days, she finally had a large bed to lie down and rest. Lin Ruoshui stretched and yawned as she lay on it. After many days of traveling and sleeping in the open, she was too tired to move at all.

Xuanyuan Yu very considerately brought all the food to her bedside and fed her bite by bite.

The little woman, now fully fed, squinted at Xuan Yuan Yu, who was bringing her mouthwash and wiping her mouth.

Lin Ruoshui took the initiative to wrap her arms around his neck and said, "You're being so good to me, do you know you're wrong?"

Xuanyuan Yu's heart, yearning to be close to her, began to pound violently. He could no longer hold back and kissed Lin Ruoshui deeply, feeling that he could never get enough of her.

The fragrance of orchids lingered in his mouth, and the softness rose and fell on his chest.

The suppressed emotions erupted with the force of a volcanic eruption, irresistible.

Xuanyuan Yu was about to leave without a care in the world when a discordant voice rang out: "Your Highness, the garrison commander of Bianyang City requests an audience."

Xuanyuan Yu wanted to destroy the world at this moment!

He said in a hoarse voice, "Let him wait."

Having narrowly escaped death, Lin Ruoshui's heart pounded wildly, and she felt a slight pain in her heart meridian.

Xuanyuan Yu's heavy breathing sounded: "My wife, I'm sorry, I'll be right back."

After he left, Lin Ruoshui dressed and immediately jumped out of bed. She inquired about the route out of the prefect's residence and hurried out.

After walking more than a thousand meters, she finally felt safe. She said to Yingyi, "Let's find an inn. This princess will stay at an inn tonight."

Yingyi accepted the order and went to find an inn.

Lin Ruoshui strolled leisurely down the street and discovered that Bianyang City was a prosperous city with affluent people. Everything from food to clothing was readily available and dazzling.

Not long after, Yingyi reported that an inn had been arranged.

She looked around, then bought an old-fashioned candied hawthorn skewer. She took a bite—wow! It really was rock candy, no glue at all. She licked the candy with the tip of her tongue, then took another bite. The candy melted in her mouth, and the hawthorn was soft and chewy. Not bad, very delicious!

A figure was standing not far away on the street. He happened to see Lin Ruoshui licking a candied hawthorn. His quick steps stopped, and he stood still, watching quietly.

Lin Ruoshui, carrying candied hawthorns, arrived at a rather large restaurant called Ruixianglou.

She smelled the aroma of food and decided to try the local cuisine.

As she entered the lobby, a quick-witted waiter approached her and asked, "Young lady who looks like a fairy, are you here for a stay or a meal?"

Lin Ruoshui said, "We come to a restaurant, of course we're here to eat. Bring out all your family's signature dishes."

The waiter smiled happily and said, "Oh, can you finish all this by yourself?"

Lin Ruoshui said, "Don't worry, my brother is right behind us, he'll be here in a bit."

Upon hearing this, the waiter went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes.

Lin Ruoshui sat by the window in the lobby, where she could see the bustling crowd outside, which looked very lively.

Lin Ruoshui couldn't help but reminisce about her past life: towering buildings, dazzling streetlights, cars shuttling back and forth, and beautiful women in miniskirts and 10-centimeter heels strolling confidently through department stores. All of that was in the past; she knew she could never go back.

While I was lost in thought, I noticed that the lobby was already full, which meant the business was doing very well.

At the table in the center of the hall, a man said, "I heard there's going to be a war. Things are very turbulent on the border. I wonder if we can win this war."

Another man at the table said, "We have the God of War, what are we afraid of? Think about it, have we ever lost a single battle in all these years?"

“You’re right. Back then, the King of Chu captured three important cities of Lanling Kingdom and utterly defeated them. Even if we were to fight again now, our Chishui Kingdom would definitely win.”

"You're right, come on, cheers."

Lin Ruoshui hadn't expected that the people of Bianyang City trusted the King of Chu so much. She pursed her lips and thought to herself, "People, you don't know that although the war god prince in your hearts is good at fighting, he is a big pervert, and a super-sized one at that."

The dishes Lin Ruoshui ordered were brought up one after another by the waiter. She was a little hungry and was about to call out Shadow One, Shadow Two, and Shadow Three to eat together.

A bunch of cocky thugs walked in and shouted at the boss, "Protection money, hurry up!"