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

It's almost noon now, and this person hasn't had breakfast yet; they're probably starving.

Although he knew that it wasn't his fault that the boy wasn't eating breakfast, the shopkeeper was still afraid that if he let the boy go hungry, Prince Chen would blame him.

Yue Li was indeed hungry at this moment. Although she had gone to bed early last night, she did not have the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

"Hmm, bring out two of our signature dishes, and a soup too," Yue Li said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, young master." The shopkeeper immediately replied upon hearing Yue Li's request.

Without letting the waiter interfere, he personally inquired about Yue Li's food preferences. He then led Yue Li to a window seat, a place with a good view, before hurrying off to the kitchen in the backyard.

After Yue Li sat down, she fiddled with the folding fan in her hand, looked out the window at the already warm streets, and waited for her meal.

She didn't think that changing her appearance would make the innkeeper not recognize her, since she didn't have modern makeup tools that could change someone's face.

As for the makeup tools she currently has, they were painstakingly found when she was cultivating immortality, so Yue Li didn't really care about the shopkeeper's attitude.

You should know that she came here with Prince Chen yesterday, and this inn is also owned by Prince Chenqing.

Even disregarding his own feelings, just out of respect for Prince Chen, shouldn't the shopkeeper treat him better?

Moreover, she dressed like this today not to avoid being recognized by acquaintances.

Instead, she wanted strangers to see her as just a young woman from a poor family, an image more suitable for her to settle in a village.

After enjoying the delicious meal served by the innkeeper, Yue Li borrowed an ordinary horse from him, mounted it, and headed straight out of the city.

The two weeks that Yue Li and Jin Chenyuan spent traveling back to Kyoto together weren't wasted.

Knowing that Jin Chenyuan was cunning, she always asked Shao Qi for information about the capital.

According to Shao Qi, it's practically impossible for outsiders to settle down in Kyoto.

Of course, Shao Qi also secretly revealed that unless you have connections, you can get a place to live by spending some money and pulling some strings.

As for buying a house in Kyoto, as long as you have a registered residence, regardless of where you are registered, you can buy a house in Kyoto; the government doesn't interfere with that.

After hearing this, Yue Li no longer wanted to settle down in Kyoto.

What does it matter if you can buy a house in Kyoto?

As long as she has a registered residence, she can buy a house and register it under her own name, so she can live in Kyoto.

The problem now is that she doesn't even have her own household registration.

The body she took over, the one named Yueyue, was probably already dead in the Pingchuan County government office.

However, Yue Li also inquired with Shao Qi and learned that there are many villages outside Kyoto City. The villagers there live relatively well because they are close to Kyoto.

After all, fresh fruits and vegetables grown near Kyoto can be brought to Kyoto to be sold.

Kyoto is full of wealthy people. If you can please them, a single tip can feed a family for one or two months.

After learning all this, Yue Li decided that she would find a way to register her household in a village outside the capital city.

Money makes the world go round. She has plenty of gold and silver in her spatial storage. She could probably make a name for herself by throwing money at it.

Just as Yue Li rode her horse out of the city gate, news of her departure was already delivered to Jin Chenyuan, who had gone to the palace that morning.

Hearing Haoyun's words, Jin Chenyuan paused in his tea-drinking. He put down his teacup and said to Haoyun, who was still waiting beside him after reporting, "Have the people protecting her follow her, but not too closely. Just make sure she's safe and don't interfere in her affairs."

"Yes, Master." Haoyun agreed and then went to carry out the tasks assigned by his master.

At this moment, an elderly woman in her seventies, with gray hair but still vigorous and dressed in fine clothes with a gold hairpin, saw this scene, put down her teacup, and said unhappily, "What are you busy with every day? You're over 30 years old and still don't have a wife. All you know is to keep busy with other things."

Jin Chenyuan looked helpless when he heard his mother bringing up the matter again.

Ever since I turned 18 and was able to get married, my mother has been talking about it ever since.

However, thinking of what Haoyun had just reported about Yue Li leaving the city alone, Jin Chenyuan's expression softened. Looking at his mother, whose hair was already gray, he said, "Mother, don't worry about this matter. I have a plan." Perhaps it won't be long before you have a daughter-in-law.

However, before Jin Chenyuan could finish his sentence...

Hearing her rebellious son claim that he had a plan, the Empress Dowager angrily berated him, "You have a plan? What plan do you have? You've been saying you have a plan for this marriage since you were 18, and you still have a plan now. Where is your plan? Will your plan not appear by the time I meet your father in the afterlife?"

Knowing her son's temperament, the Empress Dowager didn't wait for Jin Chenyuan to utter any excuses before decisively saying, "Let's not mention your achievements. In a couple of days, I will send out invitations to hold a Hundred Flowers Banquet in the palace. Although the weather is a bit hot now, it is the time when all the flowers are in full bloom. Let the noble ladies from all the families come to the palace to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet. You and Jinxuan can both come and choose then."

At this point, the Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Tell me what's going on between you two, uncle and nephew? Did you lead Jinxuan astray? Jinxuan is the ruler of a country, yet he doesn't even have an empress. Many ministers in the court have jointly petitioned for the establishment of an empress, but Jinxuan has remained unmoved."

As she spoke, she looked at her son, who sat to the left of her, handsome and with an ethereal appearance. Her youngest son was truly exceptionally good-looking; he had inherited all the best qualities of both her and his father.

But this son, who was both handsome and capable, refused to marry, which greatly troubled the Empress Dowager.

You said you wouldn't marry, fine, but your emperor nephew also won't marry, which made the old lady even angrier.

Looking at her youngest son, who had been pampered by her and her eldest son since childhood because he had no father, the Empress Dowager gave a strict order: "On the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, neither you nor Jinxuan can choose one of you. How can the ruler of a country be without an empress?"

Just as I was thinking about how to explain Yue Li's matter to my mother, I heard her say these words.

Ignoring his mother's reaction to his words, Jin Chenyuan said directly, "Mother, I already have someone I like."