That's Right, It's Exactly What You're Thinking! (Please Subscribe and Vote with Monthly Tickets)

Following Li Chen's carriage, He Ying entered the towering forbidden precincts of the Imperial Palace, as majestic as a divine realm, without encountering a single obstacle.

When she saw every Imperial Guard along the way, their auras powerful and their armor superb, drop to their knees in unison before Li Chen and cry, "Welcome back to the palace, Your Majesty!" she abruptly covered her mouth, her eyes widening as she stared incredulously at the utterly composed Li Chen beside her.

Even her voice changed pitch. "Huh? Young Master Li, y-you..."

Only then did Li Chen turn toward her and smile faintly, his tone casual. "That's right. It's exactly what you're thinking."

Ophelia, Isabella, and the other women from the Eternal Day Empire were even more utterly stunned!

They had always assumed Li Chen was an important, high-ranking figure in the Holy See. Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined he was the emperor of the Heavenly Strategy Empire!

Wengennis clung to the arm of her gorgeous mother-in-law, Ophelia, her voice trembling with anxiety. "Mother, what should we do?"

Having weathered her share of storms, Ophelia forced herself to remain calm and said quietly, "Just remember the identities the young master gave us. If he is a Personal Guard of the Holy See, we are his followers. If he is the emperor of Heavenly Strategy, we are his women. Know your place, ask less, and observe more."

Despite her outward composure, her faintly trembling fingers betrayed the panic within her.

Still, those words alone showed just how experienced Ophelia was.

In fact, she had thought her blonde hair and blue eyes would make her an oddity in Heavenly Strategy's Imperial Palace.

But she was overthinking it. Li Chen's Imperial Harem already included women from the various tribes of the Northern