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

Despite Jin Chenyuan's somewhat domineering style, Yue Li didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

After all, during the more than half a month they spent together on the road, Yue Li had experienced Jin Chenyuan's occasional domineering nature.

However, Jin Chenyuan's domineering behavior was still within Yue Li's tolerance; otherwise, how could she allow others to make decisions for her?

Clearly, Yue Li was unaware that Jin Chenyuan was slowly boiling her like a frog in water, and she was constantly lowering her standards towards him.

At that moment, all she could think about was her plans for tomorrow. Thinking about her plans for tomorrow, Yue Li nodded and went downstairs with Jin Chenyuan.

She needs to get a good rest tonight so she can be fully refreshed before carrying out the next part of her plan.

And so, Jin Chenyuan and his group had another meal in the lobby of the inn in a very casual manner.

During this time, the group felt many prying eyes from outside the door.

Jin Chenyuan's actions today were also intended to send a message to those in Kyoto who had already received the news, making it clear that Yue Li was his person and warning them not to have any ulterior motives.

After all, they had spent quite a bit of time at the city gate today. Even if he tried to avoid suspicion by letting Yue Li find an inn to settle down by herself, those who had already heard the news and knew that Yue Li had returned with them would definitely keep an eye on her.

It would be better for him to stand up, state his position directly, and protect Yue Li under his wing, so that no one will have designs on Yue Li anymore.

Although he has relinquished power for two years, he should still have more than enough authority to protect someone.

However, just as Jin Chenyuan had expected, when the high-ranking officials and noble families in the capital heard that a woman disguised as a man had come to the capital with Prince Chen and his entourage, they all sent out many people to inquire about her.

However, after learning that Prince Chen and the woman disguised as a man were speaking and behaving intimately, and that he had personally accompanied the prince to the inn and later had a meal with him before returning to his residence, they all stopped their inquiries.

Anyone who can get this information in time is a shrewd and capable person.

At this point, everyone understood that Prince Chen's series of actions were clearly intended to protect the woman disguised as a man who had returned to the capital with them.

At the same time, Prince Chen also warned them not to make any moves on this young lady.

Instantly, the spies sent out by each prefecture were recalled.

However, while we no longer need to inquire, we should still be mindful of certain things.

Therefore, each household sent people to observe the young lady that Prince Chen had brought back, intentionally or unintentionally, at the entrance of the residence.

Clearly, everyone was very curious about who this young lady was who could get close to the high and mighty Prince Chen.

It should be noted that Prince Chen is already 32 years old, and there is a constant stream of noble ladies who want to marry him.

Take Prince Chen, for example. The noble ladies who wanted to marry him back then now have several children.

And now, many of the noble ladies of fifteen or sixteen years old are eyeing the position of Princess Consort of Prince Chen.

After all, marrying Prince Chen would not only allow her to sit in the position of Princess Chen, a position above thousands of others, but would also not hinder the family's marriage alliances.

Jin Chenyuan, who had already returned to Prince Chen's residence, might have some idea what the officials in the various official residences in Kyoto were thinking.

However, after eating and washing up, Yue Li, who had already returned to her newly decorated room, did not notice anything amiss.

Wearing a thin white undergarment and holding a soft handkerchief, Yue Li dried her wet long hair as she looked around the newly decorated room.

If we were to describe the room's decor when they first arrived today, it would be described as elegant and sophisticated.

Now, after some renovations, although it still looks like a man's room, it has a rather cozy feel.

Looking at the furnishings in the room, Yue Li knew that the shopkeeper had put a lot of thought into it.

When the hair is half-dry, use your spiritual energy to completely dry it.

Yue Li then opened the wardrobe and saw that it contained a lot of men's clothing prepared according to her body shape, including both outerwear and innerwear.

However, Yue Li did not take out her inner garment to wear. It was fine outside, but in her own room, Yue Li still preferred to wear beautiful dresses.

The inner garment she was wearing was a silk gauze skirt that she had taken out of her spatial storage and prepared beforehand.

This silk fabric is made from the silk spun by a kind of spiritual silkworm in the cultivation world. Wearing it can make your skin feel cool, and the fabric is soft and silky, making it the most comfortable to wear in summer.

She had bought quite a few of these gauze skirts when she was cultivating immortality; they came in all colors and could be worn as inner or outer garments, and she had stockpiled them all in her spatial storage.

Although this silk fabric has no defensive function and is looked down upon by cultivators in the cultivation world, it is undeniable that a gauze skirt made of this fabric looks much better than those clothes with defensive functions.

Yue Li had stockpiled quite a few clothes with defensive features, but since there was no danger in this world, she didn't plan to wear those practical but unpretentious clothes anymore.

My first night in Kyoto was spent in Tsukiri's sweet sleep.

The next day at 9:00 AM, Yue Li got up and dressed herself up to make herself look more like a man. She made sure to darken the skin on her exposed areas. After she finished dressing up, Yue Li took out a full-length mirror to check her results.

In the mirror, she was dressed in a loose-fitting dark green cloth dress. Her chest did not appear bulging after being bound. Her skin looked darker because of the makeup. Her hair was tied up with a hairband instead of a jade crown. She looked more like a young man in his early twenties born into a poor family. She had completely lost the fair-skinned, childlike rich young master she looked like yesterday.

Seeing this, Yue Li nodded. The matter at hand today required this kind of appearance.

I carefully put the full-length mirror back into my storage space, afraid of accidentally breaking it.

It should be noted that Yue Li only has six full-length mirrors made of ice crystal, and she has never seen such crystals before in this world.

Mirrors made from this type of ice crystal reflect images more clearly than those made from ordinary crystal.

As far as Yue Li knows, everyone still uses bronze mirrors, and her full-length mirror is so rare that every piece that breaks is one less available.

After confirming that she was ready, Yue Li opened the door and went downstairs.

Downstairs, the shopkeeper had been keeping an eye on the fifth floor since morning. Even during breakfast time, although he was concerned about the people upstairs, he didn't dare to disturb them because of Prince Chen's instructions when he left yesterday.

Just then, a young man dressed very differently from yesterday came down from the fifth floor. The shopkeeper recognized him at a glance; this was the same young man who had come with Prince Chen yesterday.

Although he didn't know why the man was dressed like this today, the shopkeeper didn't say anything. Instead, he respectfully stepped forward and asked, "Young master, would you like some food first?"