Lu Luanli wore a magnificent pheasant-patterned ceremonial robe and a phoenix crown, her face flushed a delicate red, as lovely as peach and plum blossoms.
Yet at that moment, her mind was a muddled mess, thoughts tumbling through it.
Lu Luanli wondered what on earth was happening, how she had somehow ended up standing here, dressed in the robe and phoenix crown reserved for an empress.
Oh, right! It had been last night.
Chu Xisheng had suddenly invited her to drink and chat in the rear garden of this little imperial palace.
Lu Luanli had been delighted.
She knew how busy Chu Xisheng was after just returning to the Iron Banner Gang, yet at this crucial moment before founding his dynasty, he had carved time out of his packed schedule to keep her company.
In the pavilion in the rear garden, they had talked about everything under the sun, recalling their first meeting and their experiences over the past few years.
So when Chu Xisheng asked, "Would you marry me?" she had agreed in a daze, without even thinking.
Then-then she had lost consciousness completely. Apparently, she had drunk herself senseless.
Uncertainty flickered in Lu Luanli's eyes. Just what wine had Chu Xisheng used?
According to him, it was some supreme divine brew seized from the Giant Spirits of the Central Lands, reserved as an offering to Gods. It had actually managed to get her drunk, a mighty Third-Rank Lower Stage expert practicing dual cultivation of technique and martial arts!
She had only regained her senses a short while ago. Her clothes and crown had already been changed, and a crowd of female officials had surrounded her and led her here while she was still dazed.
Only after she followed Chu Xisheng into the Hall of Supreme Governance, where all