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

Murong Xue'er never learns from the past. Every time Lu Chen comes, she tries various ways to provoke him, and she will eventually suffer the consequences.

For example, right now, Lu Chen picked up a brush and wrote poems on Murong Xue'er's snow-white back, and then wrote four big characters on her lower abdomen.

Her originally snow-white body was dominated by black ink characters, and the visual conflict created by the two contrasting colors made her look even more charming.

Lu Chen also became more impulsive.

Murong Xue'er lay back on the desk, looking at Lu Chen with teary eyes, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I was wrong."

Lu Chen laughed and said, "Wrong? What's wrong with it?"

Murong Xue'er's red lips parted slightly, "This concubine... shouldn't have seduced... Your Majesty..."

Lu Chen said, "You're my wife, so it's not a big deal if you seduced me. It seems you still don't understand where you went wrong, and you must continue to be punished!"

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Chen finally stopped writing with his brush. At this point, Murong Xue'er had collapsed onto the desk.

Seeing that Lu Chen had stopped practicing calligraphy, Murong Xue'er slowly lowered her gaze to Lu Chen's handsome face.

"Hmph... Why wasn't His Majesty informed of his return this time?"

Lu Chen said, "To me, the Black Moon City Palace is no different from my back garden. There's no need to make such a fuss every time I come back."

At this moment, Lu Chen reached out and gently stroked the four large characters on Murong Xue'er's lower abdomen, seemingly admiring his handwriting.

Murong Xue'er braced her arms on the table. She slowly raised her upper body and glanced down at the four characters on her lower abdomen.

Safe travels...

Murong Xue'er then rolled her eyes at Lu Chen.

However, to be fair, these four characters are still better than the three characters that Lu Chen wrote before, which started with the character "meat".

She didn't understand what those three words meant in the past, but as she spent more time with Lu Chen, she gradually came to understand what they meant.

The three characters starting with "meat" mean that she is Lu Chen's plaything, Lu Chen's vessel.

Murong Xue'er continued, "How long does Your Majesty plan to stay this time?"

Lu Chen has not returned for nearly half a year since he left last time. Although the Great Xia Dynasty can function without Lu Chen, his long absence from Yancheng will still cause some panic.

People wondered if something had happened to Lu Chen outside the Tianchen World, which was why he hadn't returned.

As Lu Chen stroked the four large characters "Safe Travels" he replied, "I estimate I won't be able to stay for long. I'm preparing to send troops to the Ziyang World."

This wasn't a big secret, and Lu Chen told Murong Xue'er directly.

Hearing this, Murong Xue'er was slightly taken aback.

Although she stayed in her palace, practicing calligraphy, writing poetry, and painting every day, she was still very knowledgeable about what was happening outside.

After the Tianchen World and the Ziyang World collided, the cracks in the boundary wall grew larger and larger, and the Great Xia Dynasty dispatched a large number of troops to guard the cracks in the boundary wall.

It is said that the Ziyang World is a high-level cultivation world, with far more cultivators than the Tianchen World, and its spiritual energy is also much more abundant. The main reason why Lu Chen has not sent troops into the Ziyang World is that the strength of the Ziyang World may far exceed that of the Tianchen World.

Murong Xue'er then asked, "Has Your Majesty already ascertained the situation in the Purple Sun World?"

Murong Xue'er believed that Lu Chen would never fight a battle unprepared. Since Lu Chen proposed to attack the Ziyang World, it meant that Lu Chen had probably already figured out the specific situation of the Ziyang World.

Lu Chen replied, "Yes, there are no experts at the Nascent Soul Realm in the Purple Sun World."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Murong Xue'er didn't ask any more questions. Although Lu Chen had told her about it, she couldn't get involved in such matters.

She has now been raised by Lu Chen like a caged canary, spending all her time in the palace, a cage that is not closed, and she can go wherever she wants, but there is nowhere she wants to go anymore.

Lu Chen continued, "By the way, Nan Yan just told me that you had warned her that there was something wrong with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Xue'er was taken aback.

Is there a problem with Longfeng Tea?

Isn't this a consensus that Lu Chen's women never mention?

When did she remind Yelü Nanyan?

Thinking of this, Murong Xue'er suddenly remembered that when they had a dinner party at Fengyun Palace some time ago, Yelü Nanyan suddenly said that she had given up drinking alcohol and would only drink tea from now on. She said that if she drank alcohol, she would keep thinking about Lu Chen, and her whole body would be restless and she would not be able to sleep.

Murong Xue'er jokingly reminded her that drinking Dragon and Phoenix Tea would make things worse, as Dragon and Phoenix Tea is a tea for lovesickness.

Compared to wine, drinking Dragon and Phoenix Tea would indeed make Lu Chen's wives and concubines miss him even more, and many women had already noticed this.

At the time, Murong Xue'er was just saying it casually. She knew that a smart woman like Yelü Nanyan must have known about the problem with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea long ago. However, Yelü Nanyan actually said in front of Lu Chen that she was the one who reminded her that there was a problem with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

Murong Xue'er quickly denied it, saying, "I didn't say that!"

Lu Chen gazed at Murong Xue'er's slightly flustered yet forcedly composed eyes. "Really?"

Murong Xue'er said, "Dragon and Phoenix Tea is just tea. What problems could there be? Besides, Dragon and Phoenix Tea was personally cultivated by His Majesty. If we say there's a problem with Dragon and Phoenix Tea, wouldn't that be questioning His Majesty?"

"I would never dare to doubt His Majesty!"

Murong Xue'er immediately started to play dumb.

Of course she knew there was something wrong with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea. After Lu Chen won her over, she kept thinking about why she could only let this guy manipulate her after she came into contact with him, and eventually she became more and more deeply involved.

In the end, she realized that Lu Chen's women all drank Dragon and Phoenix Tea, so it was most likely the problem with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea. Of course, like Lu Chen's other women, she pretended not to know anything.

In their view, Lu Chen, this lecherous fellow, was never a decent person to begin with, so it was perfectly normal for him to use some underhanded tactics.

However, since Lu Chen was the emperor, they certainly couldn't reveal such petty tricks. If they did, it would make Lu Chen lose face. They just needed to keep it to themselves.

Hearing Murong Xue'er's words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You don't sound like you don't doubt me at all!"

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he continued his actions. Murong Xue'er remained silent, letting Lu Chen do as he pleased, and dared not say a word.

After a while, Lu Chen pulled Murong Xue'er up and made her turn her back to him. He put his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear, "It seems you already know there's something wrong with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea."

Upon hearing this, Murong Xue'er's body tensed instantly.

Lu Chen continued, "Do you think I'm a despicable and shameless person? That I would use such methods against you?"

Murong Xue'er said, "Hmph... What is His Majesty saying? I... can't understand?"

She couldn't be bothered to worry about the Dragon and Phoenix Tea issue anymore; Lu Chen had already taken advantage of her, so what was there to worry about?

As long as this guy stays responsible to the end, she'd be willing to do anything, not just drink Dragon and Phoenix Tea, but even gnaw on the bark of the Dragon and Phoenix Tree.

Seeing that Murong Xue'er was unwilling to talk about the Dragon and Phoenix Tea, Lu Chen immediately used the Teleportation Technique, and the next moment, the two of them appeared on Murong Xue'er's soft couch.

Then they immediately subjected Murong Xue'er to severe torture.

Murong Xue'er was speechless. They didn't care and pretended not to know anything, but this guy still wanted to ask her if she knew about Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

It's just a small trick, why does he care so much about it?

Murong Xue'er lay supine on the soft couch, her jade legs pressed against her chest, gazing at Lu Chen who was subjecting her to severe torture. "Your Majesty... I surrender..."

Lu Chen stopped what he was doing and asked with a smile, "Recognize what?"

Murong Xue'er said helplessly, "I...I do know...there's something wrong with the Dragon and Phoenix Tea...huff..."

Lu Chen continued, "So what are your thoughts?"

Murong Xue'er said, "His Majesty's other... women must also know. This is just one of His Majesty's... little... tricks. We don't care."

Lu Chen gazed at Murong Xue'er's cool, beautiful, and alluring face. "You really don't care?"

Murong Xue'er pouted and said, "You've already been completely taken advantage of by His Majesty, why bother with this? Hmph... Don't even mention the Dragon and Phoenix Tea, even if His Majesty were to cast a love potion on me right now... I... hmph... I'd be willing."

Upon hearing Murong Xue'er's reply, Lu Chen thought to himself, "Well, it seems his wives and concubines really don't care that much about the Dragon and Phoenix Tea."

However, he still planned to tell them one by one; at this point, there was nothing left to hide.

For Murong Xue'er, Lu Chen's tricks against her weren't limited to the Dragon and Phoenix Tea. Every time Lu Chen came here to practice calligraphy with her, he would use all sorts of methods to torture her to death, and those methods were much more vicious than the Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

Compared to those methods, Murong Xue'er felt that the Dragon and Phoenix Tea was completely ineffective. The Dragon and Phoenix Tea only made her miss Lu Chen, while Lu Chen's methods against her made her both love and hate Lu Chen and miss him.

Lu Chen then said, "Alright then, I won't talk about this anymore. Let's get down to business."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen leaned down and sealed Murong Xue'er's red lips with his.

For the next two weeks, Lu Chen visited the palaces of each of his wives and concubines and told them about the Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

Since revealing the Dragon and Phoenix Tea incident himself, Lu Chen felt much more relaxed. In the past, Lu Chen had always had a knot in his heart, which was that the method of making Dragon and Phoenix Tea was not honorable and only a few people knew about it. He was always worried that one day his wives and concubines would find out about it.

Now that he had explained the specific effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea to them, he realized they didn't really care at all, and he felt relieved. Although he knew their indifference might be due to the tea's effects, it was better than keeping it bottled up inside. (End of Chapter)