Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

Xia Youyue shrank back as far as she could, until she reached the innermost corner of the bed.

Lin Mo frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"No...it's nothing! Don't look!"

Xia Youyue covered her face with her hands and pressed her body tightly against the wall.

Lin Mo reached out and grabbed her wrist.

"Take your hand away."

Xia Youyue refused to let go, no matter what.

One hand tightly covered his eyes, while the other hand frantically searched under the pillow and inside the bed.

"What are you looking for?"

Lin Mo grabbed her hand that was groping around.

"The tape... my tape..."

Xia Youyue became anxious, and tears seeped through her fingers.

Lin Mo pulled her forcefully into his arms.

Xia Youyue's hands were restrained, and her eyes were completely exposed to Lin Mo's view.

She turned her head away, closed her eyes tightly, and her eyelashes trembled violently.

"It's just a rag, it's gone if you throw it away."

"You're not completely blind, why are you covering your eyes?"

Lin Mo grabbed her chin and forced her to turn her head.

"I'm asking you a question, why can't you look?"

Xia Youyue leaned against Lin Mo's chest, her body gradually ceasing its struggle.

"Because...it's ugly."

Lin Mo was stunned.

"ugly?"

He carefully examined Xia Youyue's grayish-white eyes.

How is it ugly?

The greyish-white color, combined with her stunningly beautiful face, made her look like an absolutely gorgeous blind woman.

This is seriously high-end gray! This is a variant of white hair and red eyes! Do anime fans like this?!

"Who taught you to think that way?"

Lin Mo pinched her cheek.

Xia Youyue lowered her head, her fingers twisting the corner of the blanket tightly.

"The eunuchs in the cold palace... they called my eyes dead fish eyes... disgusting to look at..."

Lin Mo paused.

These lackeys deserve to die.

"Are you blind because they're blind?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."

Lin Mo reached out and gently stroked the corner of Xia Youyue's eye.

"What I mean is, I think it's beautiful, extremely beautiful."

Xia Youyue's body trembled.

"You...you're lying..."

"I am the emperor, my words are law, why would I lie to a blind man like you?"

Lin Mo lowered his head and placed a kiss on her gray-white eyes.

Xia Youyue's whole body stiffened.

No one had ever done anything like that to her before, and no one would ever kiss those eyes that everyone despised.

"Alright, stop crying."

Lin Mo wiped away her tears.

"If you keep crying, you won't be pretty anymore. My harem doesn't keep ugly people."

Xia Youyue sniffed and tentatively wrapped her arms around Lin Mo's waist.

"You...you really don't mind me?"

"What do I dislike about you? Your exceptional physique? Or your stunningly beautiful face?"

Lin Mo pinched her cheek.

Xia Youyue blushed and buried her head in Lin Mo's arms.

"You...you're bullying me again..."

"Is this what you call bullying?"

Lin Mo rolled over and pinned her down again.

"Then I'll show you what real bullying is."

"Hey! What are you doing in broad daylight!"

"Daytime debauchery reveals the true nature of a tyrant."

The bright yellow curtains fell again.

……

Time flows on.

Sunlight bathed the Royal Training Ground.

The training ground covered a vast area, with weapon racks placed all around.

Lin Mo, dressed in a smart black outfit, stood on the command platform.

Five women stood in a row below the stage.

Empress Dowager Mu Wanrong, Consort Yun Lin Yun'er, Ninth Princess Xia Qinghan, Seventh Princess Xia Ruoling, and Fourth Princess Xia Youyue.

Five exceptionally beautiful women, each with their own unique charm, ranging from plump to slender.

Mu Wanrong was dressed in a purple palace gown, her hair styled in a high bun. She had taken a youth-preserving pill and looked like a woman in her early twenties.

Lin Yun'er changed into a light blue silk dress and stood timidly next to Mu Wanrong.

Xia Qinghan, dressed in white, tilted her head to the side.

Xia Ruoling looked around, her pale yellow skirt swaying with her movements.

Xia Youyue covered her eyes with a black cloth again and stood quietly at the very edge.

Lin Mo stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the women's army in front of him.

"I have summoned you all here today for only one thing."

Lin Mo picked up a wooden sword from the weapon rack next to him.

"From today onwards, I will teach you swordsmanship."

The drill ground was deathly silent.

Mu Wanrong stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, alas... I am foolish and incapable of wielding swords and spears."

As a woman confined to the palace, she never even lifted a heavy object in her daily life.

Should we make her practice swordsmanship now?

Isn't this just pure torture?!

Lin Yun'er nodded in agreement.

"This servant...this servant doesn't know how either..."

Xia Qinghan snorted.

"What's gotten into you now?"

"We are all weak women. If you want us to practice swordsmanship, you might as well just kill us."

Xia Youyue remained silent.

Only Xia Ruoling's eyes lit up.

"Yay! I want to learn the most powerful swordsmanship! Your Majesty, please teach me!"

Lin Mo tossed the wooden sword in his hand to Xia Ruoling.

Snapped.

Xia Ruoling caught it steadily.

"Weak woman?"

Lin Mo jumped off the command platform and walked up to Xia Qinghan.

"After consuming my top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, your physiques are now stronger than those of martial artists who have cultivated for ten years."

Lin Mo has already distributed the Marrow Cleansing Pills, and the physical strength of these five women has long since been transformed.

"The Great Qian Dynasty is surrounded by wolves, the northern barbarians are eyeing it covetously, and the remnants of the previous dynasty are stirring up trouble."

Lin Mo stood with his hands behind his back.

"I cannot stay by your side every 24 hours. You must have the ability to protect yourselves."

These are all just excuses.

The real purpose was to gather the key elements of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

Five special physical constitutions.

Mysterious Yin Charming Bone, Exquisite Water Spirit Body, Mysterious Ice Saint Body, Clear Sword Heart, Netherworld Dark Body.

These are simply divinely bestowed materials for setting up an array.

If we don't train them, this incomplete Immortal Slaughtering Formation will just gather dust in the system space.

Xia Qinghan turned her head away.

"I don't need to protect myself, so it's better if I die."

She was seething with anger.

After what happened before, she clearly already had feelings for this man.

Last night, I waited for him all night at Shuanghua Palace with great anticipation, but I didn't see a single person.

I only found out this morning that he actually went to Youlan Garden and brought that blind fourth sister back to Yangxin Hall to favor her!

That wretched bastard, what a lecherous monster, he doesn't even spare a blind man!

Xia Qinghan grew angrier the more she thought about it and didn't want to give Lin Mo a friendly look.

Seeing Xia Qinghan's angry expression, Lin Mo immediately understood that this little wild horse was clearly jealous.

He stepped forward, grabbed her delicate chin, and forced her to turn her head and look directly at him.

"Is it better that he's dead?"

Lin Mo's lips curled into a mischievous smile as he gently stroked her smooth cheek with his fingertips.

"My ninth princess is so beautiful; if she dies, where will I find another spirited and demanding wild horse like her?"

He leaned close to her ear and teased her in a low voice.

"What? You're upset because I didn't come to see you last night?"

"Practice your swordsmanship well, and tonight I'll make it up to you with interest. I guarantee you won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow."

Xia Qinghan's cheeks flushed red, her beautiful eyes widened, but she was too embarrassed to say a word.