Welcoming the Bride

The commotion in the courtyard quickly alerted countless eunuchs. Palace maids surged in as well, while a shrill, ducklike voice cried out in affected softness, "Quick, quick, quick! The auspicious hour is near—get His Highness into his ceremonial robes! Oh, Your Highness, on such a joyous day, how could you resort to violence?"

Lin Qi's aura had yet to dissipate. Hearing that voice, he shot the chief eunuch a vicious glare.

It was the cold, merciless gaze of a crazed tiger just before it pounced on its prey, frightening the eunuch so badly that he dropped onto the ground on his backside, trembling too hard to move. Smiling sweetly, Elysian Heaven walked up to the chief eunuch, bent down close before him, and said gently, "Do not forget your station. In this manor, His Highness is His Highness, and you are merely a servant. Even if you are the head of the servants, you are still merely a servant!"

Her gaze swept gently yet incomparably coldly over the eunuch's thin neck. Elysian Heaven said flatly, "All you eunuchs and palace maids, listen well. His Highness is kind, but Elysian does not have a good temper. In this manor, there are rules about what should be done and what should not be done, what may be said and what may not be said."

The many eunuchs and palace maids stood there as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to move. The aura emanating from Elysian Heaven had already cowed every one of them. It was the despairing terror of a tender seedling scorched beneath a blazing sun, liable to be burned to ash at any moment. Elysian Heaven said coolly, "You will be taught these rules one by one in time. During that process, some will be driven out, some