Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

”What’s wrong? Suddenly crying?” After speaking, Chen Mo held Yi Yao’s face and wiped away the tears from her eyes with his hand.

Feeling Chen Mo’s concern, Yi Yao also tried to open up her heart to Chen Mo: ”It’s nothing, I’m... happy, thank you for trusting me like this.”

”Silly.” Chen Mo kissed Yi Yao’s eyes, as if to kiss away her tears.

Yi Yao, unsure of what to do, also wrapped her hands around Chen Mo’s arm and then called him husband, saying:

”Since you trust me so much, husband, I will also tell you something.”

Chen Mo nodded, ready to listen.

Yi Yao began to speak slowly.

Starting from her childhood.

The experiences of her childhood.

Her mother, her master... everything, she told it all to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo also found out that she had been betrayed by her mother.

”Are you saying that your master was captured by the Xiao Mansion?” Chen Mo suddenly said.

Yi Yao nodded: ”I... that’s why I did what I did last night, to try to rescue my master.

But don’t worry, husband, since you’re so good to me, as long as you don’t betray me, I will also treat you well.”

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Since her master was captured by the people of the Xiao Mansion, the person he rescued could not have been her master.

Moreover, the person he rescued was an assassin.

But Yi Yao didn’t seem like an assassin at all.

Chen Mo held Yi Yao tighter, then said: ”Don’t worry, Yaoyao, I’ll make the Xiao Mansion release your master.”

Yi Yao smiled and nodded.

This was the first time she had smiled in days.

At this moment, she felt something against her thigh.

Because she was tightly embraced by Chen Mo, her unclothed body pressed close, feeling the sensation of skin on skin very clearly.

And as if realizing something, her face turned red.

Hearing Chen Mo’s somewhat rapid breathing, Yi Yao’s expression changed slightly: ”No, I... I still...”

Chen Mo turned over and pressed her beneath him, grabbing her hand, and said softly: ”Silly Yaoyao, the most painful part, you endured last night. Next, let me show you what happiness is...”

...

...

The chirping of birds.

The sound of birds singing outside the window, Jiang Ruoqing’s eyelashes moved slightly as she gradually woke up, opening her eyes to find that she had fallen asleep on the table by the window.

The ”bride’s” sounds last night were too loud, and with those strange noises, she couldn’t sleep at all.

After staying up all night, it was only around three or four in the morning that she fell asleep.

Yawning, Jiang Ruoqing was about to return to bed for some rest when the sounds from last night started again.

She bit her lip hard, her face flushing: ”Isn’t this enough already?”

She forcefully hit the window, trying to remind those across to be a bit mindful.

But the sounds only grew louder...

Jiang Ruoqing covered her ears.

But these sounds reminded her of Yaoyao.

But she quickly shook her head.

”What am I thinking?”

Even if Yaoyao was really forced by the Xiao Mansion to serve...

That person being served would be a eunuch.

And could Chen Mo be a eunuch?

If the sounds were that loud, it would be odd for him to be a eunuch.

...

In the morning.

Chen Mo personally wrote a letter and sent it to the Xiao Mansion.

The gist was to have the Xiao Mansion release Yi Yao’s master.

The Xiao Mansion quickly responded.

Chen Mo took the letter into the bridal chamber.

The late-rising Yi Yao was still having breakfast when Chen Mo smiled and said, ”Yaoyao, the Xiao Family replied, saying your master was released last night.”

As he spoke, he handed the Xiao Mansion’s letter to Yi Yao.

Yi Yao took it and glanced at it, her brow furrowed, revealing suspicion.

”Yaoyao, what’s wrong?”

”I suspect they are deceiving me again, the letter doesn’t even mention where my master went after being released?

And if my master were released, he would surely find a way to see me, but now...”

Yi Yao felt uneasy, worried her master might have already met with misfortune.

Chen Mo stroked Yi Yao’s beautiful hair and then said: ”Rest well for a day, and if your master still hasn’t contacted you, I’ll go with you to the Xiao Family to get to the bottom of this.”

Although worried about her master, Yi Yao could only nod, as she felt lacking in strength and didn’t want to move after all the exertion.

”Then rest well at home, I’m heading to the Infantry Department.” Chen Mo kissed Yi Yao’s forehead and then left the room.

He went to the Infantry Department daily, primarily to oversee individual training and such.

Then he would talk about the Fire Qilin Army’s military discipline.

And the Imperial Guard was supposed to be loyal to the Emperor.

But Chen Mo always, intentionally or unintentionally, instilled thoughts of loyalty to himself in them.

...

Since Zhao Jiangning left that day, she had been avoiding Chen Mo for the past two days.

Now, it was almost dark.

Zhao Jiangning still hadn’t come to him for healing.

After dinner, Chen Mo was preparing to head to Shenxiao Temple when.

Chun Lan suddenly came to tell him that Jiang Ruoqing had thought things through and agreed to be his Canary.

So, before going to Shenxiao Temple.

Chen Mo went to see Jiang Ruoqing.

...

The night was serene, the house silent.

Seeing the wariness and a hint of grievance in Jiang Ruoqing’s eyes, Chen Mo frowned: ”Are you sure you’ve thought this through?”

Jiang Ruoqing snorted coldly, nodding: ”But you need to agree to two conditions for me to agree to be your Canary, otherwise, even if I die, I won’t agree.”

Chen Mo frowned, and was about to say you have no room to bargain, but in the end, he didn’t, and said: ”Let’s hear them.”

”First, you must avenge me and kill those who murdered my master.” Jiang Ruoqing said.

”Your master?” Chen Mo was taken aback.

Because becoming Chen Mo’s Canary was entirely Jiang Ruoqing’s way of compromising, she certainly wouldn’t reveal her background or the Su Nv Sect’s affairs, only mentioning that the person who murdered her master was a monk.

Chen Mo’s mouth twitched: ”Although the anti-Buddhism movement destroyed Buddhism within the Great Song Dynasty, remnants of Buddhism still exist, the scope is so broad, how to find?”

”Over the years, I’ve found some clues, the person who killed my master is a fat monk, and I heard he’s a lecherous monk. My master was a Second-Grade Martial Artist, so his strength should be above my master’s, at the top of Second Grade or possibly a First Grade Martial Artist.” Jiang Ruoqing said.

With those characteristics, the scope indeed narrowed significantly.

And due to the anti-Buddhism movement, Daoism and Buddhism remained opposed within the Great Song Dynasty.

That monk could also be considered his enemy.

After thinking about it, Chen Mo nodded, then said: ”What’s the second condition?”

”This one’s simple, I don’t want to live in this residence, I want to live outside.” Jiang Ruoqing said with a slightly red face, she didn’t want to be disturbed every night, and then she said: ”If you... want me, you can... come find me outside.”