The Princess And The Lord

The workers were cleaning up the messy shop while Lory and the others gathered on the second floor for lunch, they were completely unaffected by the commotion caused by the Heaven's Gate sect's delinquents.

On the sizable round table, the food had been prepared quite a bit considering Yang Xi Ying's appetite had increased after she became pregnant.

"Those people are really rude!" Yang Xi Ying grumbled in annoyance while Li Mo Zhen placed the vegetable sautee on Yang Xi Ying's plate.

"Don't worry, people like them like to intimidate and pressure weaker people to make them feel better about themselves," Lory said casually.

"But I didn't expect them to be so impudent, I almost hit them and broke that guy's disgusting finger if Lory didn't sign me to calm down!" Yang Xi Ying gritted her teeth in anger while Li Mo Zhen add more dishes to his angry wife plate, for his concern his wife can angry as much as she wants as long she eats cause if she's not only is not good for the baby is not good for him too cause Yang Xi Ying emotion will be unstable from lack of food, and guess who will bear the consequences.

Li Mo Zhen swore to himself whether they had a daughter or a son, they would only have one child, he couldn't face another situation like this a second time. If only Li Mo Zhen heard the phrase 'When a man makes plans, God laughs'

"Thank goodness you saw my sign otherwise we would have alert the enemy....oh, please help me," Lory said while nudging Zhao Li Xin's arms to get the plate of roasted meat nearby.

Zhao Li Xin obediently pushed the other plate and placed the meat plate in front of Lory and commented, "I think my wife needs to cover her face too so we can avoid that situation from happening again."

Lory pouted her lips "I already look like this, what else is there to cover up, I think that guy is harassing me because Xi Ying is pregnant. I saw that bastard was attracted to Xi Ying first but then he realized the bump on Xi Ying's stomach he turned his attention to me, it's not my fault!" Lory defended himself.

"So it's my fault?" Yang Xi Ying interrupted and her eyes narrowed with a dangerous gleam.

Lory could feel the threat and she quickly explain with a big smile "Of course not honey, you're never wrong even if you do it's must be someone else's fault"

Yang Xi Ying beamed and smile sheepishly "You're right~"

"..."

While Lory and Yang Xi Ying exchange friendly bickering the men remain silent because they are smart enough not to get the middle of women crossfire knowing full well it was a fight they could never win.

"By the way, why are they all wearing military uniforms, why not wearing Heaven's Gate sect uniforms?" Yang Xi Ying changed the subject while eating her meal which is not a very Lady-like manner, but who cared?

Wu San Bo chuckled briefly then explained, "That because the Emperor needs to keep his face in public, imagine what people would think if Heaven's Gate members intimidated the citizens as they pleased and the royal military didn't take any action to prevent them, if that happens then people will start questioning the emperor's authority in their own kingdom, as a result, the dignity of the royal family and emperor will fall in the eyes of society if that happens then the emperor will lose all his power"

"But I heard that the current Emperor is just a puppet of the Heaven Gate Sect, I didn't think the Heaven Gate Sect would care about this." Yang Xi Ying didn't understand.

"It's about maintaining the Status Quo in the kingdom, Xi Ying" Lory chimed in, "If the Heaven Gate sect blatantly took over the country it would provoke public disapproval even though they might not openly oppose the Heaven Gate sect but it is feared that this would plant the seeds of rebellion in the heart of the people and this problem is hard to detect not to mention it's also difficult to crush completely unless the Heaven's Gate sect wipe out all the people of the Chang Lan kingdom which is too troublesome so it's easier to support an emperor they can control while let the royal family rule this country at the front but actually the heaven's gate sect is the one who rules the country it's behind the shadows"

"Lory is right, it is easier for the Heaven's Gate sect to own a country without actually ruling it," thought Li Mo Zhen whoever suggested this move was very smart.

Wu San Bo laughed at Lory's explanation as he only provided a small amount of information about Chang Lan's kingdom but Lory could easily guess the state of this country.

"Madam is very smart," said Wu San Bo.

Lory wiggled her index finger in the air saying "But not as smart as Duan Shu Shu" Lory then swallowed her food first before drinking her tea to clear her throat and then continuing, "The current emperor only ascended to his throne about fifteen or seventeen years ago and at that time Wei Zu Tian was too young so it was impossible to make this plan and Wei Zu Tian's father also died the only one who could come up with that plan was Duan Shu Shu since she was the only one who has the authority" said Lory while propping her chin casually she didn't notice everyone was looking at Lory with amazement, even with all the information they gave, they didn't expect Lory could deduce to that extent.

Meanwhile, Lory's eyes already dart to the other dish on the table "Wait, is that Har Gow? Oh, I like that one!" she nudges Zhao Li Xin to get the plate for her again.

While placing Har Gao's plate near Lory, Zhao Li Xin commented, "Young madam is very smart, I think it will be fine if she runs all the Hei Shen sects from now on" Zhao Li Xin sounded joking but he was actually serious, compared to him Lory more suitable in holding the reins of the sect because Lory is more patient and flexible but remains firm in exercising her authority, she was actually a perfect leader.

But Lory blurts her cheeks "No thank you, I know what you trying to do, you lazy bum" Lory squints her eyes at Zhao Li Xin "I want to have a leisure life, don't dream to be a stay-home husband!" Lory wouldn't take this bait, Zhao Li Xin wasn't the first to want to transfer his job to her because Lucas had tried the same thing.

'Been there, Done there'

Zhao Li Xin chuckled and graciously admitted, "My wife knows me very well, I admit defeat"

Lory gave a benevolent smile and said: "Good, now give me some vinegar"

"Yes, Your Majesty," said Zhao Li Xin jokingly.

The whole table laughed, they rarely heard Zhao Li Xin joke so when it happened everyone cheered. In the past if people told Wu San Bo that Zhao Li Xin would one day sit and joke with his wife like a normal person, Wu San Bo would tell him to check his head with Jin Hao but who would have thought that one day he would personally see Zhao Li Xin laughing and joke like a normal human being, in the end, life is unpredictable and no one could know what the future hold so it's good to be alive.

"Oh, Milord I forgot to tell you something important news from Guan Men Niang" Wu San Bo, put down his chopstick and his face become serious.

"Guan Men Niang, how is she? is she knows we've saved his brother?" Lory is quite worried about the safety of Guan Men Niang who lives in the Heaven's Gate sect because she knows what Wei Zu Tian did to that poor girl.

"She's fine…at least for now, because of what happened, Wei Zu Tian has his full attention on Milord and Madam now so he will leave Guan Men Niang alone for now" Wu San Bo breathed a sigh of relief, recently he felt the urge to get Guan Men Niang out of the Heaven's Gate sect as soon as possible for some reason he couldn't stop worrying about her which was odd because he didn't think he was a sympathetic man.

"Well, that's a good thing" Lory blows her cheek in the same relief.

"Yes, Miss Guan said that the barrier has a reverse ability so it is difficult to penetrate from the outside but can be easily destroyed from the inside if we can find the core of the array.... and there is also another problem…." Wu San Bo paused for a moment to collect his thoughts before continuing, "The road to Yi Shan Mountain was suddenly blocked because the volcano was active again or so they told...." Wu San Bo clenched his jaw.