Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Wu Junwan was not a believer in fate. If she had, she would never have thought of becoming an empress, since men have always been emperors, especially in the Great Wu Dynasty.

In the history of the Great Wu Dynasty, not to mention the emergence of female emperors, even empresses or empress dowagers who held great power were rare.

But the events of recent years, especially those related to the Northern King, have made Wu Junwan believe once again that this was destiny.

Wu Yunwan didn't think too much about it. She then asked the maid in the room, "Is the hot water ready?"

The maidservant quickly replied, "Your Highness, everything is ready."

As soon as the maid finished speaking, Wu Junwan got out of bed and walked straight to the bathroom next door without wearing any clothes.

As she walked, she said, "Xiaoya, come here and give me a shoulder massage."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Because Wu Yunwan wasn't wearing any clothes, she went straight into the steaming hot bath. As soon as she entered the bath, she felt all her fatigue instantly disappear.

Wu Yunwan slowly squatted down in the middle of the bath. Just then, she heard the sound of water entering the water behind her. Wu Yunwan did not sense any danger. She thought it was a maid entering the bath to massage her shoulders, so she did not pay any attention.

Soon, a pair of hands were placed on her fragrant shoulders and began to massage her gently. In an instant, Wu Junwan felt extremely comfortable, and she closed her eyes.

However, Wu Yunwan soon noticed something was wrong. The "maid's" hands, which had been gently massaging her shoulders at first, moved to the front after a while.

Wu Junwan frowned and opened her eyes. "Xiaoya, I asked you to massage my shoulders, what are you doing?"

Before Wu Yunwan could turn around, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her slender waist. She immediately felt the intruder, and the next moment, Wu Yunwan's body was pulled to the edge of the bath.

However, Wu Yunwan didn't shout or scream. When she noticed the abnormality in her body, she knew what was going on. Wu Yunwan then snorted coldly and said, "Does Your Highness like to sneak around so much?"

She believed that the only person who could instantly make her feel fulfilled was that little man.

Hearing Wu Yunwan's words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "I didn't expect that my Wanwan would be so familiar with me. She recognized me in an instant."

Wu Yunwan said expressionlessly, "To be able to approach me silently without me noticing in the slightest, there is probably no one else in this world who can do it except you, not even a celestial being."

Although she didn't want to admit it, Wu Yunwan knew very well that her body was completely defenseless against Lu Chen. Unless she saw him get close to her, she wouldn't know when he came to her side. In fact, she could only instantly recognize him when he did *that* to her.

Wu Yunwan continued, "Your Highness came to see me so early this morning, may I ask what brings you here?"

She believed that if Lu Chen really wanted to have sex with her, he wouldn't have come to find her so early in the morning, since Lu Chen had a lot of things to do during the day.

Although Lu Chen was a womanizer, he was also a prince who knew how to do serious things.

Moreover, there's more time at night, so if Lu Chen comes at night, he can do whatever he wants.

It was obvious that this guy wanted to talk to me about something.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "My wife is indeed intelligent; she immediately guessed that her husband had come for something."

Wu Junwan said directly, "Just get to the point."

Lu Chen said, "You've been at the Prince's residence for so long, spending all your time there doing nothing. Don't you find it a bit boring?"

Wu Junwan chuckled and said, "I am the prince's spoils of war. If I don't stay in the prince's mansion, where else should I stay? Does the prince want me to go out and cause trouble everywhere, disrupting the entire Northern Kingdom?"

Lu Chen said, "If you feel bored, I can arrange some things for you to do."

Upon hearing this, Wu Yunwan was taken aback.

Assign tasks to be done?

Assigning tasks to him means that Lu Chen has begun to trust him.

Moreover, for someone like her, as long as she has something to do in the Northern Prince's Mansion, she will start to get involved in some power. Once she has power, she will have the ability to disrupt the Northern Prince's Mansion.

Isn't this young man afraid that he might cause trouble for the Northern Prince's Mansion?

Wu Yunwan asked, "Is Your Highness serious?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Since I said it, I'm definitely serious. I just don't know if you're willing."

Wu Yunwan turned her head slightly, looked at Lu Chen behind her, and continued to ask, "What does Your Highness intend for me to do?"

Lu Chen said, "The Prince's Mansion has more and more properties, and my Princess is already quite busy, so I plan to ask you to assist her in managing the Prince's Mansion's properties."

Hearing this, Wu Yunwan felt a pang in her heart.

She was well aware of the importance of the Northern Prince's properties!

If she were to manage the Northern Prince's estate, she would gain access to certain secrets of the Northern Prince's estate, such as the manufacturing techniques and blueprints for the products of the Northern Prince's estate. At that time, she would be fully capable of stealing those things and handing them over to her attendants so that they could take those things back to the Great Wu Dynasty.

Wu Junwan found it hard to believe that Lu Chen would trust her so much. Was this man testing her?

Or is there really such a plan?

After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Yunwan spoke up, "Is Your Highness testing me?"

"Does Your Highness perhaps distrust me and thus wish to test me, to see if I still have any interest in the secrets of the Northern Prince's residence?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. I do intend to let you get involved with the Prince's estate."

"You are an ambitious and capable woman. I don't want to keep you locked up in the palace like a caged bird."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Wu Yunwan asked directly, "Isn't Your Highness worried that I might leak the secrets of the Prince's estate?"

Lu Chen said, "Then it depends on what you think. Do you want to stay by my side for the rest of your life and be my woman, or do you plan to betray me and run away to start your own family?"

"If you want to stay with me for life, then help the Prince's Mansion. If you think I'm not worthy of your marriage, then you can try to steal the secrets of those businesses and send them to the Great Wu Dynasty."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Wu Yunwan chuckled, "As expected, Your Highness is testing me!"

Even if she did come into contact with those industry secrets, she was still a citizen of Yancheng, and her entourage was also in Yancheng. They were under constant surveillance by the Northern Prince's Imperial Guards.

She obtained those industry secrets, but she most likely can't give them away. This would only expose her ulterior motives, so the young man isn't worried at all about coming into contact with those industry secrets.

Lu Chen said, "To be honest, I don't believe for a second that you would betray the Northern Prince's Mansion."

Wu Yunwan asked, "Oh? Why is Your Highness so confident? Does Your Highness believe that I have truly been conquered by you, as that little hussy next door said?"

Lu Chen said, "That's not the reason."

Wu Yunwan pressed further, "What was the reason?"

Lu Chen replied, "Because I know that your test to become a Celestial must be related to me. If you want to become a Celestial, you must be by my side, so I don't think you would betray me."

Wu Yunwan said, "Isn't Your Highness worried that since I cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness, the condition for becoming a Celestial being is to kill Your Highness or betray Your Highness?"

Hearing Wu Junwan say this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, realizing that it was indeed a possibility.

However, since this woman has brought it up, it's most likely not for that reason.

At this moment, Lu Chen opened Wu Junwan's personal profile.

Sometimes, things aren't actually that complicated. For example, if Lu Chen wanted to know Wu Yunwan's recent activities, he could simply check if the system had updated Wu Yunwan's personal profile.

Lu Chen rarely paid attention to the personal information of his wives and concubines, but since Wu Yunwan had just mentioned the possibility of betrayal, Lu Chen needed to be careful now, just in case it was true.

【Name: Wu Junwan】

[Identity: Princess of the Great Wu Dynasty, daughter of the Martial Emperor, friend of the Moon Emperor, and the Northern King's concubine. She is 31 years old this year and possesses extremely high martial arts talent, having already entered the Dao Integration stage. Since consummating her marriage with the Northern King, she has fallen completely in love with him and is willing to give up her long-held dream of becoming Empress. Her love for the Northern King has led Heaven to set a special test for her: she only needs to bear three children for the Northern King to achieve Dao Integration and become a true Celestial Being. She is currently trying to conceal the conditions for becoming a Celestial Being.]

Rating: 98

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Lu Chen was stunned when he saw Wu Junwan's updated information.

He said that the conditions for Wu Yunwan to become a celestial being must be related to him, but he didn't expect it to be this condition.

This condition is way too simple, isn't it?

Just having three children?

Thinking about this, Lu Chen quickly realized that this test might not be so simple after all...

Wu Yunwan is now a pseudo-celestial being, and he himself is also a pseudo-celestial being, so it is already very difficult for them to have a child.

Let alone three children, even one child wouldn't know how many times he would need to explore Wu Yunwan before he could get her to fall for his tricks.

The Heavenly Dao actually set up such a test for Wu Yunwan. Isn't this encouraging Wu Yunwan to do that kind of thing with him often?

Why would there be such a test?

The laws of nature in this world are truly strange.

However, now that he knows Wu Yunwan's trial of heaven and man was not a betrayal of him, he can feel at ease and act recklessly towards Wu Yunwan.

Seeing Lu Chen suddenly fall into a long silence, Wu Junwan chuckled, "It seems that Your Highness is beginning to worry."

Hearing Wu Yunwan's words, Lu Chen snapped out of his reverie. He smiled slightly and whispered in Wu Yunwan's ear, "You did startle me." (End of Chapter)