Xiao Yuanjun looked at Li Huixi, unable to fathom why she had summoned her.
"May I ask what instructions you have for me, True Lord?" Xiao Yuanjun asked.
"Sit down and talk. Since you're Zhang Yuan's master, there's no need to stand on ceremony."
"Caibai, pour the tea."
Li Huixi pointed at the stone stool opposite her, then ordered Dongfang Caibai, who had inexplicably suffered a savage beating without gaining a single benefit, to pour the tea.
At Li Huixi's words, Dongfang Caibai's gloomy mood vanished, and she answered cheerfully, "Right away, Deputy Sovereign."
When she had first signed the Marriage Contract with Zhang Yuan, she had only intended to use him, an unpredictable variable, to survive under the Empress Dowager's thumb. Now, even if she could not become a True Lord, staying beside Li Huixi would let her live until the earth grew old and the heavens turned barren, without fearing the Nether Bureau coming to claim her life. How could she give up on living over such a trifling matter?
Tch, if she won't let me be the junior wife, then I won't!
Xiao Yuanjun sat down opposite Li Huixi.
Only then did Li Huixi speak frankly. "I have no instructions. I simply thought you were getting in the way, so I had you come here first."
Xiao Yuanjun was baffled.
What does she mean, I'm getting in the way? How am I getting in the way?
"Given your origins, have you decided which Golden Position you wish to attain? If there's one you favor, I can offer a few pointers and spare you some detours," Li Huixi continued.
Since Xiao Yuanjun was Zhang Yuan's master and had treated him very well, helping him a great deal, Li Huixi did not mind giving her a little guidance.
"There's