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

Although most people would buy men who had lost their manhood to take care of their wives and serve as their servants, even if they lost their manhood, they would still look like men. So unless there were special circumstances, the wives' personal affairs would still be taken care of by several husbands.

Looking at Yue Li, who had been dressed up so beautifully, Jin Chenyuan couldn't resist bending down and kissing her on the corner of her lips. He then took the purse that Yue Li had just placed on the round table and hung it back on her waist. After that, he took Yue Li's hand and said, "Come on, let's go to the storeroom and see if there are any jade pendants that you like. You can take whatever you like. Anyway, all those things will be yours in the future."

Following Jin Chenyuan to the entrance, Yue Li felt hot looking at the bright sun outside. She was about to tell Jin Chenyuan that she would go in the evening when it was cooler when Jin Chenyuan led her into a side corridor.

Seeing this, Yue Li felt relieved and had the leisure to take a look at the courtyard she had entered last night.

Seeing that Yue Li was in a good mood, Jin Chenyuan began to introduce the layout of the courtyard to her, and Yue Li watched with great interest as he explained.

Huanyun and Youyun followed silently behind the two, listening as their master patiently introduced the scenery in the courtyard to the princess.

Before today, Qingyun and Haoyun had spent more time with the Princess Consort. This was the first time they had seen their master and the Princess Consort interact, and they were quite surprised. Their master and the Princess Consort were so gentle with each other. It wasn't just a superficial gentleness, but a gentleness that emanated from within. When their master was with the Princess Consort, his whole demeanor was soft, and he no longer had the aloofness he showed when facing outsiders.

Moreover, the fact that the master referred to himself as "I" in front of the princess further demonstrates the special place the princess holds in his heart.

The two exchanged a silent glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes. At the same time, a thought flashed through their minds: it seemed that their master truly adored the princess.

But no matter how shocked they were inside, they didn't show it on their faces.

However, in their hearts, they silently elevated Yue Li's position even higher.

The courtyard where Jin Chenyuan lives is not only large, but also very well built. The houses are arranged in a staggered manner, and there is also a small garden in the courtyard.

Upon seeing the small garden in the courtyard and the artificial hill next to it, Yue Li fell in love with it. It would be a wonderful thing to enjoy tea and scenery in the pavilion in the small garden when she was bored.

Yue Li thought that she would build an even bigger garden in her own yard someday.

As they spoke, they walked along the corridor to a house located in the corner of the courtyard. From the outside, the house appeared to have only five rooms. Jin Chenyuan explained, "This is a storeroom that I built specifically after I moved into this courtyard. I store the things I like in this storeroom, and the rest are in the main storeroom of the mansion."

At this moment, You Yun, who had been following behind, stepped forward, picked up the key that had been hanging on his waist, and opened the warehouse door.

The warehouse was very clean, suggesting that it was regularly cleaned. Jin Chenyuan led Yue Li to the shelf where jade and emeralds were displayed.

He opened several boxes, which contained jewelry made of what he considered to be of good quality jade. He placed them on the long table beside him and said, “Li Bao, take a look at these pieces of jewelry. They are all made of the finest jade and are suitable for young ladies to wear. Also, these two jade pendants are made of warm jade, which is good for your health if you wear them often.”

Following Jin Chenyuan's movements, Yue Li looked at the box placed on the long table. The jewelry inside the box was clearly made of the finest jade, including a pure purple bracelet, a flawless blue bracelet, and a dark green jade pendant.

Curious, Yue Li picked up a blood-red hairpin. She felt that there was liquid moving inside the hairpin. To see it clearly, Yue Li held the hairpin up to the sunlight and found that there was indeed liquid flowing inside. Moreover, she could feel that the hairpin was radiating a rich spiritual energy.

What's inside? How can there be such a rich spiritual energy?

For a moment, Yue Li couldn't tell what the liquid flowing inside the hairpin was.

Is this spiritual energy emanating from the hairpin, or from the liquid inside?

Since she couldn't tell the difference for the time being, Yue Li put it back in the box, planning to take the hairpin out later and study it carefully.

After putting down the hairpin, Yue Li picked up the two jade pendants. These two jade pendants were indeed warm jade, and they felt warm in her hand. One was an ordinary round jade pendant, but it was carved with intricate patterns. The other was carved into the shape of a butterfly. Moreover, these two jade pendants were indeed suitable for a young woman to wear, as they were small and exquisite.

At this moment, Jin Chenyuan, who had just left, came over with a box. Seeing the two jade pendants in Yue Li's hand, Jin Chenyuan asked, "Do you like these two jade pendants? If you like them, take them to your room and wear whichever one you want. Even if you don't want to wear them, playing with them occasionally is better than letting them gather dust in the storeroom."

As he spoke, he opened the box he was holding and placed it on the long table. Then he said, "Li Bao also has this jade pendant. This jade pendant is a pair with the one I am wearing. From now on, I will be Li Bao's husband, and Li Bao must keep this jade pendant."

At this moment, Yue Li also put the two jade pendants in her hand into the box. "What kind of jade pendants are these? Why are you storing them so carefully?"

Although she hadn't paid special attention, she had noticed that the box was placed very discreetly and wasn't displayed with the jade and emerald objects on the shelf.

This shows that the contents of the box are very important to Jin Chenyuan.

"This jade pendant can only be worn by my future princess, so it wasn't placed with these other things."

What Jin Chenyuan didn't say was that he had never planned to marry a princess, so he simply put the jade pendant into the hidden compartment. Who would have thought that the jade pendant would be taken out one day?

Yue Li picked up the jade pendant from the box and examined it. The jade pendant was yellow all over and felt warm to the touch. Clearly, it was also a piece of warm jade. The jade pendant was carved in the shape of a Qilin.

Yellow—only royalty is so obsessed with this color, even using yellow for jade pendants.

"Is this a Qilin?" Yue Li asked.

She wasn't really sure if it was a Qilin, because it was carved into a jade pendant and couldn't be seen very clearly.

“Hmm, it’s a small Qilin, while the one I’m wearing is a large Qilin. Look…” As he spoke, Jin Chenyuan took off the jade pendant he was wearing, took the jade pendant from Yue Li’s hand, and clipped the small Qilin into the gap carved into the large Qilin. The small Qilin fit perfectly into the gap of the large Qilin, and just like that, the two Qilins were joined together.

"Wow! You can even do that? This skill is amazing!" Yue Li exclaimed in surprise.

The two qilin are fastened together so tightly that they don't look like they can be opened at all. Moreover, the two qilin are more clearly visible when they are fastened together, which makes it even more certain that they are two qilin.

Jin Chenyuan took the little Qilin off the big Qilin and handed it to Yue Li, saying, "This is for you. Li Bao, you must keep it safe."

As he spoke, he explained to her, "Every time a prince is born, the royal family makes a set of Qilin like this. When the prince gets married, the little Qilin is given to the prince's wife."

Does Li understand this month? Is it a symbol of status?

The royal family loves to engage in these kinds of empty gestures.