Logging into the Game World Early and Starting with a Royal Marriage to the Empress - Chapter 18

Princess Yao Guang’s residence!

In the back garden.

A beautiful figure looks out over the pond.

The water in the central pond is rippling, the lotus leaves are full and plump, the pink and white lotus flowers stand tall and straight, like a shy beauty dancing on the emerald jade.

Goldfish play in the water, occasionally splashing up into the crystal clear water, adding a bit of vitality to this tranquil scene.

All this beauty is like a scroll of paintings.

Until a woman in yellow hurriedly interrupted the poetic scene.

Princess, news has just come in about Xia Chen. Would you like to hear it?

‘He’s gone to take up his post?’

The second princess did not turn around, but continued to quietly admire the lotus flowers in the pond.

How did the princess know?

The woman in yellow was surprised. She hadn’t said anything yet, but the princess already knew.

Her name was Liwei, and she was one of the second princess’s personal maids. Li Wei is beautiful, loves Candied Hawthorn on a Stick and is a genius at Kendo. Twenty-five years after the Empress’s death, she went to Kendo City alone and challenged the Kendo Saint, defeating him in three strikes and shocking the world. He has always stayed at the Marquis of Zhen Dong’s mansion. Apart from the news of his disability, there has been little movement in the capital. In recent days, the Marquis of Zhen Dong’s mansion has been helping him plan his position. I heard it is the Imperial Guard, so I think this must be the case’.

The Second Princess’ voice was cold. It wasn’t hard to guess what had happened; it was obvious after a little thought.

The princess is truly amazing!

Li Wei praised sincerely, wondering why she hadn’t thought of it.

You should learn more from Ziyue. You should read more, there is a lot of wisdom in books!

The Second Princess shook her head. Her maid was good at everything, but her brain wasn’t very sharp.

Reading is so boring. Ziyue likes reading, but I like eating better. Food is so good!

Liwei shook her head and ran over to the second princess with a smile.

She and Ziyue had grown up with the second princess since childhood, so there were not so many rules in private.

“Princess, do you want to hear some news about him? This is your future husband!’

Li Wei ran over to Yaoguang, her face flushed with a hint of shyness. She and Ziyue were both personal maidservants of Yaoguang, and according to the rules, after the Princess married the Imperial Son-in-Law, they would also be required to serve in bed.

“No!

The Second Princess saw Li Wei’s appearance and shook her head, but there was a slight smile in her eyes.

She wanted to tease Li Wei, but she really wasn’t curious about the man who would be her husband in the future.

Princess, why are you like this? I might as well tell you!

Li Wei pursed her lips, looking very sweet. She hugged the Second Princess’s arm and hurriedly told her everything that Xia Chen had encountered in the Imperial Guard.

After listening to Li Wei’s story, the normally calm second princess’ eyes filled with emotion.

‘He disabled Zhao Yu’s arms with a single move?

‘Yes. It was said that Xia Chen was fierce at that time, facing a whole battalion by himself, but the rest of the people just didn’t dare to move, they were all shocked.

Liwei nodded seriously, extremely sure.

‘Did he lead his family soldiers in the attack?

‘No!’

The Second Princess nodded without further question, her eyes pensive.

‘What is it, Princess? Is something wrong?’

Li Wei may be quick-witted, but that doesn’t mean she’s stupid. Seeing her usually intelligent princess like this, she asked hastily:

‘For 600 years, the Marquis of Zhen Dong’s family has had a rule: any son of the Marquis who has not reached the Eighth-Rank Realm of Refining Spirit may not leave the family and join the army. Xia Chen was able to leave, which means that he has reached the Eighth-Rank Refining Spirit Realm.

But isn’t he a waste of martial arts talent?

Originally, I thought that he was able to break through to the Eighth-Rank Realm because the noble house spent a great deal of money on precious medicines to push him up the ranks.

But now it seems that my previous judgement may have been wrong. His combat power has definitely reached the seventh-ranked Spirit Refining Mirror Realm. You can use precious medicines to raise the ranks, but combat power is determined by many factors…”

The Second Princess said slowly, her eyes full of doubt.

Could it be that he took some kind of miraculous pill?

Li Wei’s eyes lit up.

‘Where in the world is there such a miracle pill? Xia Family, are you hiding something?

The Second Princess frowned. She suddenly thought about the news of Xia Chen’s ruined body, which had always been spread by the Xia family, but no one outside the family had ever come into contact with Xia Chen.

In other words, this news might have been deliberately spread by the Xia family, but for what purpose? To hide an ordinary genius?

But not only has there never been a genius born in the history of the Xia family, there are already several geniuses emerging in this generation.

Is it really necessary to hide Xia Chen like this?

The second princess, who had always been intelligent, was very confused at this time and couldn’t understand it.

Keep an eye on Xia Chen and report to me if anything happens.

The second princess looked at Li Wei, but saw that she had taken out a Candied Hawthorn on a Stick from somewhere at some point and was licking it, and couldn’t help but smile and shake her head.

Okay, I’ll keep an eye on it.

After she said that, Li Wei took out a Candied Hawthorn on a Stick from her sleeve.

‘Princess, would you like some? There are so many delicious things outside, and life outside the palace is much more fun than life inside!

Li Wei smiled, then quickly took another bite of the Candied Hawthorn on a Stick, the sweet and sour flavours exploding on her taste buds, causing her eyes to smile in a crescent shape.

‘I don’t want any!

‘Take one, I bought a lot!

With that, Liwei shoved a string of Candied Hawthorn on a Stick into the Second Princess’s hands.

A quarter of an hour later.

The Second Princess was holding a string of Candied Hawthorn on a Stick in her hands, licking it while admiring the flowers.

It’s true that the Candied Hawthorn on a Stick was quite sweet.

The usually reserved Second Princess couldn’t help but smile at the corner of her mouth.

…

…

In the afternoon!

There was nothing much going on, so Xia Chen got bored and gathered all the people from his two camps to start recognising faces.

By the afternoon, he had basically met all 200 of them.

This may seem trivial, but it is actually very important.

Amongst other things, he has his personal bodyguard Xia Hui temporarily take command of Company A and assume the role of commander.

Xia Hui has reached the Seventh-Rank Spirit Refining Realm. After learning this, Xia Chen found out that he had previously served as a Commandant in the Border Army with more than 1,000 people under his command, so managing 100 people is a piece of cake for him.

It would be a waste to make him a commander of a small brigade.

Although Xia Chen’s appointment was somewhat irregular and procedurally incorrect, after Xia Chen reported the matter, Leader of the court gentlemen Li Wenzhong did not hesitate and completed the paperwork.

In principle, this was definitely not right, but only in principle.

Li Wenzhong was happy to do this favour!

Xia Hui was only filling in temporarily, and if Xia Chen left the Imperial Guard or went elsewhere in the future, Xia Hui would definitely have to go with him.

He didn’t even miss the job of Commandant back then, so how could he possibly miss being a small brigade commander now?