The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

When the two of them finished washing up and getting dressed, it was almost dinnertime.

Watching Yue Li lean against him, eating a peach, drinking a cup of milk tea, and then starting to eat beef jerky, Shao Qi picked up the handkerchief next to him and wiped the juice from her lips. He then took a sip of his tea and asked, "Yue Li, didn't you just say you were going to pack something? What are you going to pack? Tell me, and I'll do it."

Upon hearing Shao Qi's words, Yue Li paused in her chewing of beef jerky, then quickly chewed a few more times, swallowed the beef jerky, and said, "There's not much to pack. I have the deeds for all the properties that A Yuan allocated to me. I'll just find a box to put these things in later, and we'll carry them away tomorrow along with the dowry that's already packed in boxes."

Her dowry was all given to her by Jin Chenyuan. It was originally allocated within the company's assets and is still stored in a mahogany box.

Jin Chenyuan had initially planned to have the boxes opened and arranged on shelves like in his storeroom, but she refused. She felt that since the two of them were getting married soon, it would be too troublesome to move them out now and then put them back into the boxes for the wedding. So she didn't let them be moved and simply put the boxes into the storeroom.

A total of 260 loads of dowry were carried, and they are still stored in the large storeroom of the mansion.

"I'm just packing some of my own things today to take with me tomorrow. That's all," Yue Li added.

"Do you need my help?"

"No need, there's not much stuff," Yue Li shook her head and refused.

This time, she only planned to take out one full-length mirror made of ice crystal, and four round mirrors the size of washbasins made of ice crystal. She also planned to take out several small handheld mirrors made of ice crystal, just in case.

Thinking about it, Yue Li got up from the soft couch.

Dinner will be here soon, so I need to hurry up and get things done.

Looking at Shao Qi, who was still sitting on the soft couch, Yue Li waved her hand and said, "Go ahead and do your work. I don't need your help here."

With that, he went into the inner room.

Shao Qi stood up, straightened his slightly wrinkled robe sleeves, picked up the fan beside him, walked to the screen in the inner room, and looked at Yue Li, who was looking at something in the wardrobe, and said, "Then I'll go and see how the decorations are going in the courtyard? I'll also take a look at the utensils we'll need for tomorrow. If Yue Li needs anything, she can have Feng Chuan and the others come to me."

"Okay, go ahead, I'm fine for now," Yue Li replied, turning around.

"Well, then I'm leaving."

After Shao Qi left, Yue Li took out everything she wanted from her spatial storage and placed it next to the dressing table. She also replaced the bronze mirror on the dressing table with a crystal mirror.

Seeing her reflection clearly in the crystal mirror, Yue Li was even less inclined to use the dim bronze mirror.

She only planned to take out the things she could use from her space this time. As for the rest, she would leave them in her space until she figured out where to use them.

Looking at the increasingly beautiful and charming face in the mirror, with even a hint of rosy blush still lingering at the corner of her eyes, Yue Li felt a sudden, uneasy unease.

Of course she knew why she was in this state.

She took out the jade bowl containing the spiritual spring water from her spatial storage, drank a few mouthfuls of the water, and found that the spring water not only quenched her thirst but also washed away the unease in her heart.

Watching the spiritual spring water in the bowl slowly return to its original state, she put the jade bowl back into her spatial storage.

Just then, Feng Chuan's voice came from outside: "Your Highness, Qingyun has arrived."

Qingyun?

What is he doing here at this time?

Yue Li stood up, her face full of confusion, and walked out of the inner room.

She sat down at the round table by the door before saying, "Let Qingyun in."

"Yes, Your Highness." This time it was Qingyun who answered.

Then, Qingyun strode into the room, followed by four guards carrying food boxes.

Upon entering, Qingyun and the four guards behind him first bowed to Yue Li, and then said in unison, "Your subordinates greet Your Highness the Princess."

"Get up. What brings you here?" Yue Li asked, looking at them.

After the group stood up, Qingyun stepped aside so that Yue Li could see the four people behind her clearly. Then she said, "Your Highness, we have come here on the orders of our master."

As he spoke, he pointed to the food boxes carried by the four guards and said, "These contain fruits that are rare in the capital, which the master specially sent people to search for in various places. The master sent his subordinates to deliver them to the princess so that she can taste them."

"These fruits have all been tested by His Majesty beforehand, so Your Highness can use them with peace of mind."

He gestured for the four of them to come forward, and then placed the contents of the food box one by one on the round table next to Yue Li.

The master originally intended for the princess to taste these things after the wedding. However, it was heard that when the princess returned from the palace today, she actually picked a basket of peaches from the palace's peach orchard.

Upon hearing this news, the master thought the princess wanted to eat some fruit, so he changed his mind and had him pack the fruit and send it over.

Yue Li had no idea about the intricacies involved; she was looking at the various fruits on the round table with a pleasant surprise.

"Strawberries, cherries, mangosteens, and even cantaloupe."

"Where did your prince find this fruit?" These things don't grow in just one place in this era.

"How does the Princess know what these things are called?" Qingyun was very surprised that Yue Li actually recognized these things.

"Well, I guess so. I've only had some occasionally," Yue Li said vaguely.

Qingyun didn't want to get to the bottom of it. He nodded and said, "These fruits were all collected from all over the country by Master. Master sent out quite a few people to collect these fruits."

Wanting to curry favor with his master in front of the future princess, Qingyun couldn't help but say a few more words.

Yue Li listened and nodded.

She didn't doubt Qingyun's words at all. After all, there was no advanced technology here, nor the ability to grow vegetables or fruit trees in greenhouses. Even the very wealthy only used greenhouses to grow some expensive flowers in the winter. Now, whatever grows depends entirely on the weather.

It must be quite an achievement to be able to gather so many fruits from different regions.

Seeing Yue Li's approving expression, Qingyun knew that he had achieved his goal.

Then he introduced Yue Li to "this kind of fruit, which is called grass fruit in the local area."

Qingyun refers to strawberries.

"This is called 'small red fruit' locally." Cherry.

"This is called 'Malai melon' locally." (Hami melon)

"This is called 'purple bump' locally." (Mangosteen)

Yue Li: ……

The names they came up with are so bizarre, none of them match up at all.

After introducing Yue Li and completing their master's instructions, Qingyun and his group took their leave.

Before leaving, Yue Li also had Feng Chuan give each of them a generous purse as a reward.

After expressing their gratitude with the heavy purses, the group left the courtyard with joyful expressions.