Lu Mingyu’s face was tense, but there was a wave of heat behind her ears.

Li Jing stretched out his hand to pull her, but after a moment of stalemate, she relaxed.

Li Jing’s heart was filled with joy, and the eagerness in his eyes almost ignited the night wind. He held his newlywed wife’s hand tightly and hurried back to the bedroom.

Last night was their first night after all, and both of them were a little nervous and inexplicably awkward. By tonight, most of his nervousness and timidity had receded, and he became even more passionate and obsessed.

Qiyun, who was standing outside the dormitory, gave them water several times with a red face. They stayed up until after three o’clock before going to bed.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Mingyu naturally got up late again.

As she opened her eyes, the sun was already high in the sky. Her body felt pleasantly sore yet relaxed. By her side lay her newlywed husband, young, handsome, and robustly healthy….

Lu Mingyu took a deep breath, tried to control herself, and urged Li Jing to get up.

Li Jing refused to get up from the bed and shamelessly flirted with her. He was kicked off the bed by Lu Mingyu before he got dressed honestly. Then he took the initiative to ask Ying to change clothes for his newlywed wife.

After being glared at by Lu Mingyu, Li Jing touched his nose and hid behind the screen with a smile.

After Lu Mingyu put on her middle coat, she called Cuirong and others to come in and tidy up the messy bedding.

Lu Mingyu controlled herself and did not look at the red faces of Cuirong and the others. She said to Li Jing: “The court officials get married and have seven days of wedding leave. How many days can you take off?”

Li Jing sighed with some regret: “I originally wanted to I asked for seven days of leave, but my father only allowed me four.”

In other words, after today, he will have to go to court.

Lu Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good.”

Li Jing protested with a smile: “I want to take more time off to be with you. What’s your reaction?”^[1]Poor baby T/N

Lu Mingyu smiled and rolled her eyes at him: “We are already married. We have also consummated the marriage. I, the Second Huangzifei, can still run away with long legs!”

“You go to court during the day and learn to be an errand. I have to go to the palace to pay my respects, and I will fight with everyone in the harem in a battle of wits and courage, and I will not stop.”

“If we want to deal with the outside world, we must first make peace with the inside. I have to take over the internal affairs of the house early and be familiar with everything in the house. There are so many things to do, there is no time to spend time together every day.”

Lu Mingyu was absolutely right.

But Li Jing also knew that this was because Lu Mingyu hadn’t fallen in love with him yet, so she didn’t care how many days he took off. If you like someone, you can’t wait to be together all the time.

Li Jing stared at Lu Mingyu.

Lu Mingyu looked back calmly.

Li Jing sighed secretly and said with a smile: “Let’s go have breakfast first. After breakfast, I will call all the managers and soldiers in the mansion to meet you.”

Lu Mingyu did not refuse Li Jing’s kindness and smiled at Li Jing before responding: “Okay. Then today I will try to take advantage of His Highness the Second Prince and show off his power.”

Li Jing chuckled teasingly, “Oh, I dare not claim such a title. It won’t be long before everyone in the mansion knows who the real tiger is.”

Lu Mingyu: “…”

How dare you make fun of her for being a tigress!

Lu Mingyu wanted to pretend to be angry, but couldn’t help but laugh: “That’s right.”

The two words “tiger girl” couldn’t be more appropriate to apply to her. Let alone her skills, with her temper, it was impossible for her to be a slave to her master.

…

The kitchen received a warning yesterday, and the portion of breakfast delivered today had been reduced by half.

Even so, it was still rich and delicious. Moreover, most of them were what Lu Mingyu liked to eat. This was not a coincidence, someone had warned the kitchen steward.

Outsiders may not be able to see such small details, but Lu Mingyu knew it very well.

“Have you told the kitchen manager all my favorite dishes?” Lu Mingyu asked half-jokingly.

Li Jing casually remarked with a smile, “Before we got married, I did remind them. The kitchen steward has a good memory when it comes to managing the kitchen affairs. I’ll make sure to reward them generously later.”

Looking at Li Jing’s handsome face with a smile, Lu Mingyu felt a little sad.

Putting aside the grievances and entanglements in the past life, just talking about Li Jing, marrying him was also a pleasant thing. She may not have a passionate love for him, but she still had to admit that marrying him was the right choice.

After breakfast, Li Jing accompanied Lu Mingyu to the inner hall.

As soon as Lu Mingyu took his seat, Li Jing ordered: “Xiaoyuan, pass on my order. All the officials in the mansion, big and small, have come to the inner hall to meet the Second Huangzifei.”

Eunuch Xiaoyuan responded with a smile. Before he could leave, he listened to his master. He added: “They should all arrive within one stick of incense. Whoever is late will not have to come again.”

Xiao Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.

Before the Second Huangzifei could say anything, His Highness the Second Prince gave the stewards a showdown!

Anyone who didn’t watch their step today will regret it forever.

Xiao Yuan could understand it, so how could Lu Mingyu not understand?

Lu Mingyu turned to look at Li Jing and said softly: “You don’t have to do so much for me.”

You know, I am not someone who can be bullied.

Li Jing also turned to look at her: “I know you can handle it. However, I still hope that you will worry less and live more happily and comfortably.”

After a moment of silence, Lu Mingyu smiled and said, “With Your Highness treating me so well, I can only give my all in return.”

At this moment, only she knew the slight fluctuation in her heart.

Li Jing seemed not to notice, or maybe he had peeked through some of it without revealing it and just smiled slightly.

…

Withing a stick of incense, more than twenty stewards stood respectfully with their hands folded, waiting for their master’s instructions.

It was customary for the Huangzifei to take charge of the inner household when she entered the house. Therefore, the stewards were mentally prepared to meet their master today. However, no one expected that the first fire would be lit by His Highness the Second Prince.

Fortunately, the stewards were waiting nearby. The furthest one, the concierge, arrived quickly within a stick of incense.

They hadn’t figured out the master’s temper yet, so no one wanted to be the first person to test the master’s patience and bottom line.

Li Jing opened his mouth and said: “This is the second huangzifei, and she will also be your future master. You have come together to meet the Second Huangzifei.”

All the stewards saluted together: “Young man has met the Second Huangzifei.”

With a fleeting glance, Lu Mingyu calmly said, “Please rise.”

“Thank you, Second Prince, Huangzifei.” All the stewards thanked them in unison and stood up straight.

The Second Prince’s Mansion had been vacant until now. Li Jing had moved out of the palace and moved into the mansion just half a month ago. Some of these stewards were originally from the palace, some were sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and many were brought out from the palace by Li Jing.

Half were chamberlains and the other half were palace servants. Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old, and they looked relatively young.

The person standing at the head of the group was Eunuch Cai, the chamberlain of the Second Prince’s Mansion.

Eunuch Cai was about thirty years old, with a fair face and a very attentive smile: “Whatever Huangzifei wants to know, I will definitely tell you everything.”

Lu Mingyu glanced at Eunuch Cai and then gave Li Jing a meaningful look.

Are you still keeping this handsome two-faced traitor?

(End of chapter)