When Ye Huan returned to the Capital City, the night had silently faded away.
A pale dawn spread across the sky.
The Empress had been injected with a powerful anesthetic, leaving her in a deep coma, showing no signs of waking.
Taking her to handle business while she’s unconscious was evidently not a good idea.
Thus, Ye Huan first went to a temporary residence he’d acquired—an estate nad Cloud Palace at the top of a hill on the outskirts of the Capital City—and settled the Empress in a bedroom upstairs.
"Is she okay?" Liu Tianyun and the other won were dressing up for work. Seeing Ye Huan bring the unconscious Empress ho, they were a bit concerned.
The Empress had stayed for a while at Tingxiang Pavilion a year ago.
All the won, except for Dragon Fragrance and Shen Taoyuan, knew her.
Liu Tianyun had learned through Ye Huan, while at the Spring Welfare Institute, that she was her clone.
It was unexpected that upon eting once again, she would be in such a state.
Her hair was disheveled, her complexion pale, her hands and feet cold, and she was in a deep coma.
Without knowing better, one would think she had no life in her at all.
"It’s nothing serious, she was just injected with a lot of anesthetic," Ye Huan said, seeing the worry deepen on the won’s faces, he quickly explained, "If an ordinary person were injected with such a large dose of anesthetic, their nervous system and body would suffer significant damage. But she’s a highly skilled Ancient Martial Artist, her physical capabilities far exceed those of an ordinary person. The anesthetic has no lethal effect on her. Once her body naturally breaks it down, she’ll wake up."
After explaining briefly, Ye Huan blinked and asked, "I still have so matters to attend to, could anyone of you who’s free help take care of her for a while?"
"I’m free, I’ll do it," Shen Taoyuan, wearing pink pajamas and with dark circles under her eyes—an evident sign of a sleepless night—rubbed her sleepy eyes and volunteered.
"Alright, Miss Shen, I’ll leave her to you for now. We’re heading to the office to handle so urgent matters and will be back to assist you later."
Liu Tianyun and the other won quickened the pace of their dressing and, after washing up, left for work.
Watching them leave, Ye Huan patted Shen Taoyuan’s shoulder, smiled, and said, "Thanks for last night. If it weren’t for your help with the disguise, I wouldn’t have achieved a crucial victory here."
Indeed, last night, Su Zhiqiang and Zhou Botong disguised as him through Shen Taoyuan’s late-night assistance.
"It’s nothing, no need for thanks," Shen Taoyuan casually shifted the topic and pouted, "By the way, I’m out of the Disguise Powder I brought down the mountain this ti, so I won’t be able to help you with disguises anymore."
"Okay, I got it. I’ll head out to handle so affairs now."
"Also, if you haven’t slept well, you should get so rest. You can have Xiao Yuan check on the Empress every so often. You fainted that day, had quite an impact on your ntal state, and then you didn’t sleep well last night. Look at yourself now, you look as weary as an old lady."
Ye Huan cautiously said, but as soon as he finished, Shen Taoyuan’s pretty face flushed red with embarrassnt and fury, "I didn’t faint, I slept well last night. Moreover, I’m naturally beautiful, nowhere near an old lady, so stop talking nonsense!"
Ye Huan rolled his eyes, "You know your situation best. I’m off now, take care and rest."
With that, he departed.
Leaving behind Shen Taoyuan, whose face was a bright red.
Shen Taoyuan was flustered and annoyed, exactly as Ye Huan had said.
That day, when Di Lunhui raised the Sword of the World, threatening to slay Ye Huan, not only did Zhang Huimin and Su Qingqing faint in fear, but even Shen Taoyuan instinctively felt her heart tighten, missed a breath, and fainted.
What could she do when Ye Huan matched her ideal partner’s criteria so well?
Shen Taoyuan was not obsessed with appearances; she didn’t care much about looks. For her future husband, she had only one requirent in terms of appearance—he should not be an eyesore, just passable.
Ye Huan far exceeded this requirent, with looks that could captivate all the young girls in the world.
Shen Taoyuan’s inner criteria for an ideal partner were quite high outside of appearance.
Firstly, being an active person, her husband needed a gentle and virtuous wife who was willing to manage household affairs.
Only then could she continue to roam freely in the martial world after marriage!
Not many n could et this standard!
Ye Huan was one, with a household full of lovely wives, each with great character!
Additionally, this man must have good moral character and lifestyle, be loyal, shun vices such as gambling and drugs, not be two-faced, be responsible, and willing to do anything for his woman.
It can be said that at least 80% of n are entangled with the vices of gambling, drugs, or won!
The remaining 19.9999% of n do not et the standards of loyalty, loving, and accommodating their wives, or are involved with gambling and drugs.
Ye Huan is precisely that rare 0.00001% of good n!
The ultimate rarity of a perfect man!
However, no matter how high Shen Taoyuan’s criteria were, she still had to pass the toughest hurdle—gaining her father Shen Dahai’s approval.
Shen Dahai had high standards, even geniuses from the Ancient Martial Realm couldn’t catch his eye.
But Ye Huan perfectly matched this standard!
Shen Dahai was extrely satisfied with Ye Huan, even going so far as to force Shen Taoyuan down the mountain, giving her a strict order to make Ye Huan the Shen Family’s son-in-law.
Ask yourself, besides Ye Huan, what other man can et so many criteria of hers?
None at all!
Shen Taoyuan was lively and wild, enjoying the various interesting encounters in the martial world. She once believed there was no man in the world who could et the standards of her dream man, so she had no plans for marriage.
But when Ye Huan entered her life, and she learned more about him, she found herself developing a "small" yearning to be with Ye Huan!
Alone, she often couldn’t help but imagine scenes from Mary Sue romance novels in her mind.
The male lead was Ye Huan, and the female lead was her.
So, when she saw Ye Huan potentially getting killed by Di Lunhui, she was frightened into a faint.
It wasn’t until last night that she was awakened by Ye Huan’s vigorous calls and helped Ye Huan disguise Su Zhiqiang and Zhou Botong.
Afterwards, Ye Huan quickly left with the two of them.
From Ye Huan’s serious and earnest, battle-ready expression, Shen Taoyuan could tell Ye Huan was going to deal with sothing very dangerous and important!
Thus, she couldn’t help but worry about Ye Huan.
She stayed up all night waiting for Ye Huan to return safely ho.
Unexpectedly, the "nasty" Ye Huan saw right through her.
Shen Taoyuan was thin-skinned and extrely shy!
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