"What do you mean by more? Are you saying Xiaoyao will have even more wives?"

"Of course. You're not really marrying him, so we'll need to find some people to fulfill a wife's responsibilities. Besides, I might have several in the future too... Susu, I love you the most, but having three wives and four concubines is very common..." the Young Miss said very seriously.

"Get lost!" both Nangong sisters immediately said.

"Seventh Sister, you need to stand on my side. The Nangong family is bullying our Mo family," the Young Miss said, pulling Guxing along.

"..." Guxing didn't speak—she didn't know how to respond to this.

"Don't mind this woman. Let's go see what suitable places there are in the city. Tomorrow we'll discuss it with the king," Third Miss Nangong directly ignored the Young Miss and went to look through maps of Flowing Moon City to select a good location for the prince's mansion.

Now whatever they're chose, Luo Yunqing would agree. This wasn't a big deal—just a matter of a mansion. No matter how large, it was still just one.

The next day, Luo Yunqing approved Third Miss Nangong's proposal to give Xiaoyao a Prince Xiaoyao's mansion. Actually, he had already been prepared for this, and the location Third Miss Nangong pointed out was also one he had considered, but he felt it was too small and inappropriate, so he had overlooked it.

When Third Miss Nangong pointed out this location, he immediately said the place was too small. But then he understood—the size of this place wasn't the problem.

What they were talking about wasn't just one mansion, but mansions within this entire area. They planned to merge them together to build a prince's mansion.

However, the area wasn't very large. After combining everything, it would just be the size of a regular prince's mansion. They hadn't planned to want such a large place—too big would be hard to manage and wouldn't feel like home.

The several households within this area had already been negotiated with. They would give up their places, whether using the Luo family's name or their own reputation—both could make people voluntarily give up their properties.

Of course, there would definitely be compensation—they wouldn't treat people unfairly. This compensation would naturally be Flowing Stone Kingdom's responsibility; they wouldn't handle it themselves.

After settling this, they began planning the renovation of the prince's mansion, completing Prince Xiaoyao's mansion in the shortest time possible. The craftsmen were all Flowing Stone Kingdom's best, and manpower wasn't a concern since they controlled the entire army.

Xiaoyao knew nothing of these matters. He didn't know he had been ennobled as a prince, nor that he would have such a mansion. He was still traveling outside, slowly making his way here. According to his plan, he would arrive a few days before the ceremony. However, until the day of the ceremony, Xiaoyao still hadn't appeared.

This wasn't because Xiaoyao had arrived but didn't show up—he simply hadn't arrived at all. Even when the ceremony began, he still wasn't there. He was completely late.

"Oh no, we're late. I originally planned to arrive early, but now it's already the last day..."

After the ceremony had started and the grand opening had already concluded, Xiaoyao arrived late with Hei Xue. At this time, his arrival didn't attract anyone's attention because everyone was watching the ceremony.

"This is all because of you, suddenly spacing out for three days in one place," Hei Xue said.

"Hehe, it was an accident. I didn't expect to suddenly break through. I've now entered Peak Emperor Level—Saint Level is getting closer and closer," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"You're really a freak. Suddenly breaking through without any warning signs," Hei Xue was still somewhat puzzled. Xiaoyao's breakthroughs were too fast—she couldn't sense any of the obstacles that should normally exist.

"What do you mean suddenly? I was spacing out for three days," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"If everyone could break through like you by spacing out for three days, I believe anyone would be willing to space out every day," Hei Xue said, with some envy but more of what seemed like pride.

Xiaoyao's power increase was a glorious thing for her...

"Let's not talk about this. After the ceremony ends, I'll go out and scare them. They should all think I'm already dead, haha..." Xiaoyao said with a laugh, imagining everyone's shocked expressions, which would definitely be fun.

"Maybe not. Some people might think you're not dead yet," Hei Xue said.

"Even if they think I'm not dead, they'll definitely be startled when I suddenly appear," Xiaoyao said with a smile. The people he mentioned were naturally Guxing and her companions—he didn't really care about others.

"How would I know..." Hei Xue said irritably. At this moment, she sensed Xiaoyao's different attitude toward Guxing and her companions. If it were other people, would he do this?

This question should actually be: if it were herself, would he do this?

The answer was no. Hei Xue could know this answer herself without asking. She didn't want to bring trouble on herself.

"Excuse me, let me through," Xiaoyao said, looking at the crowd ahead and wanting to squeeze forward to get a better look.

"Kid, I'd also like people to let me through. How about you help me call out," a person in front turned around and said, then continued trying to stretch up and look into the distance.

"Watch out for hot water..." Xiaoyao suddenly shouted, trying to get the people in front to make way, but there was no movement ahead.

"Brother, that trick is too old!" someone replied disdainfully after a long while. "That's already the hundred and first time today..."

"..."

It seemed these people were battle-hardened and completely unbreakable. Then there was only one option—

"Let's use the back door," Xiaoyao shrugged.

"Back door? Do you think this is your house?" someone nearby said disdainfully after hearing Xiaoyao's words. He didn't think Xiaoyao had any special status. If he had status, he should be inside now, not here saying this.

"I lived there for a while..." Xiaoyao replied indifferently.

"Working inside also counts as living there..." the person nearby said. Many people worked inside, so living there was normal.

Xiaoyao didn't say much more and directly pulled Hei Xue toward the palace's "back door." The front of the palace definitely couldn't be entered now, but those "back doors" were still accessible and quite empty—there wouldn't be many people.

Everyone was gathered at the front. Who would wait by these "back doors" when there was nothing to see?

"Halt! This is the royal palace. Unauthorized persons leave immediately."

When Xiaoyao tried to enter the palace, guards stopped him. The guards didn't recognize Xiaoyao—not because he was disguised, but because they had simply never seen his face.

Xiaoyao had quite a reputation in the Luo family, but this reputation didn't mean everyone recognized his appearance.

So what should Xiaoyao do now? This was actually simple. Xiaoyao took out something from his chest—a small jade token. This was his token from the Luo family that previously allowed access to the palace and should still work now.

"So it's a young master. Please verify your authorization."

Taking out the Luo family token indicated he was from the Luo family, but being from the Luo family didn't necessarily mean he could enter the palace—there were authorization levels. Xiaoyao had this authorization before, and it hadn't been changed because there was no problem.

"Authorization confirmed. Please enter!"

After checking Xiaoyao's token authorization, the guard became even more respectful. This made nearby people curious—even with authorization, it shouldn't warrant such respect. So after Xiaoyao left, they asked about this.

"This authorization isn't ordinary. He can enter any part of the palace and can enter and exit at any time," the previous guard said.

"Hmm? This means he either lives inside or has an especially high status. Either way, he's not an ordinary Luo family member," other guards immediately realized.

"He doesn't seem to live inside though—we've never seen him before."

"Then that's even more impressive..."

Xiaoyao didn't know his authorization had sparked such conversation among the guards. He just led Hei Xue toward the front of the palace, walking up to the palace walls where he had watched the ceremony a year ago and would do so again now.

This felt like a continuation of last time, except so much had happened in between that he felt quite emotional. If Qi Bupo hadn't arrived and he hadn't happened to be here, how would things have turned out? It might have taken a completely different direction.

Xiaoyao just walked up casually, quite carefree. If people noticed him, they would definitely be scared to death, because everyone had already received news that he would be ennobled today.

Although no one said this was a posthumous title, everyone thought so—believing he was already dead. Now he appeared beside them, so it would be strange if they weren't startled.

However, while others didn't notice him, he noticed others. On the city wall, he saw some people he knew—Third Master's daughters and some others he wasn't very familiar with but recognized.

"Eh? Why is she here again?"

In the VIP section, Xiaoyao spotted someone who was somewhat surprising but had reason to be there—Zhuque Leiting, who had also attended last year's ceremony.

Since she was here last year, her appearance this year wasn't strange.

At this moment, Xiaoyao prepared to go scare Ling'er. She seemed to be nearby. After not seeing her for a year, this girl seemed to have developed well—she had grown taller, and most importantly, her chest seemed much larger.

Girl, here I come...

"Xiaoyao..."

"Eh? Who called me?" At this moment, Xiaoyao heard someone call his name and was stunned. This voice seemed to come from below.

"Xiaoyao is one who..."

"..."

Listening carefully, Xiaoyao discovered they were currently talking about his affairs—no one was actually calling his name. These matters seemed to be things he had done before, but they weren't particularly great deeds. Yet they described them so grandly that even he felt moved listening to them.

(End of Chapter)