Just before the door opened, Wei Xia Ri was quick to signal her mightiest lady maids to hold on to the doors, get the family soldiers to cover the gifted concubines' mouths and manhandle them so they couldn't produce any sign of presence. Right then and there, the female servants started laughing and arriving in cue. Her shadow guards had long been informed of Plan B since Elder would surely not work at all.

"Some elderlies told me that it is taboo to see the bride before the day of the wedding. I am in the midst of preparation, my lord." Her voice was firm and teasing as usual, that even the scholar almost fell for it if not for the sudden awkward laughter after his arrival.

"Hmm, I see. Then let's see each other on the day of the wedding," he replied making the woman sigh in relief. Wei Xia Ri wanted to rejoice but just as she felt relieved, it did last longer than a moment before the door was forced open. One has to say that he was still indeed a male species who outperformed her mighty maids in terms of strength. "As if I would say that, general Wei. We had an agreemet."

Wei Xia Ri bit her lower lip. "c.r.a.p."

"Yes, what is happening here?" He sounded grim when he found more beautiful men lounging in the room. Not that they were comfortably lounging but were rather being supressed to the point of hopelessness when a snake had coiled around their prey and rendered them immobile.

Wei Xia Ri looked at the provocative scene and grinned. Her fantasies have become real! Her shadow guards were certainly not just for show. 'Real men!' She wanted to give them a thumbs up for handling the gorgeous ukes in a great way such as one having wrapped his arms around the concubine's armas and chest, one hand pressed tightly over his mouth while his legs had strongly supressed the beauty's limbs. It was one impresssive view if not for the grave look in Cai Jin's eyes.

The tyrant was still a tyrant indeed. No matter what good light that Elder Jin had continuously spout, one cannot change overnight. Moreover, his presence seemed to bear little importance as her ees beamed with delight as she looked at a pair sat on the floor. He clicked his tongue which was seemingly something out of his character that he noticed but at this time, his manners had slowly slipped out the entrance.

He raked his hair through his glossy, silky hair and turned away. "Then General Wei, our deal is off."

"No! Wait!" Without looking back, Wei Xia Ri had used her qigong to catch up to a man who was walking in long strides. He sighed and closed his eyes a little, while mocking himself inwardly for falling to her little tricks within days from meeting her.

However, when he opened his eyes, that very woman that the emperor had forced oh him was in front of him and kept him in place. Literally, as she held him down with her strong palms over his shoulders. "General Wei, this humble citizen did not mean to interrupt your privacy. I beg for your mercy," he dropped on his knees to support his claim. Thinking about the general, she was a tyrant who can easily turn your life upside down so it was best to do this immediately.

"No, listen-"

"It is my own fault for disrupting. I am sorry, General- no your highness, Princess Ruge."

Wei Xia Ri took her palms off him and raked through her hair. "Is it really hard to talk? One mistake and you'll turn away, drowned in your own interpretations and rejecting the story of the other party?" She felt frustrated because many webnovels actually got longer because of silly misunderstandings. In addition, she had reached the vice supervisor because of her frank and honest att.i.tude. How could he easily a.s.sume that she was the philandering tyrant when she had not touched nor even dropped a line or two to neither one of Han Ryu's gifts?

Hearing her talk so righteously, Cai Jin's fist hidden in his long sleeves were clenched to fists. 'How could she a.s.sume that he would not listen when she herself did not even spare him a minute or two of her time when he was speaking?' He felt aggrieved, at the same time, it was strangely irritating. He was not angry but rather felt weird. He could not stand it so he would rather leave than entertain such discomfort.

"If you're not going to listen or even talk at all, just leave me then. I'm taking back the offer and it shall never be brought up ever again!" Wei Xia Ri shook her head. Her blood boiled at his reaction but then, she punched her own leg out of self-hate. 'In the first place, this was a beneficial agreement for the both of us. And Han Ryu is so dead if I ever get to know that sly little p.r.i.c.k!"

As she was drowning in regret, someone was contemplating his actions too. He needed the dowry!

Also, to witness the general deliver a bone-breaking punch right to her leg made his shake in surprise. She was indeed different. Nevertheless, the general needed him and he needed her. He then stood up, dusted his clothes and then he spoke, "General Wei, let's continue the agreement. I am very sorry for acting so recklessly."

When before, he was so timid and bashful, this side of Cai Jin was strangely distant and uncomfortable. Just like that, a few days pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye without much actions except for the dismissal of the concubines and the bridal preparations that continuously prolonged the days as if it was five years each day. Dark circles underneath her heterochromic eyes horrified the maid servants.

"Princess Ruge, was the honey therapy defective?" One of the women asked, a bit disappointed. Afterall, it was a 'detoxifying' mask introduced by the general to them all for personal and business purposes.

Wei Xia Ri shook her head. "Oh no, it was. Except I stopped using it."

"General Wei, today is the wedding. You are already beautiful as you are, please leave this little problems to us!" Than young woman a.s.sured after noticing the General's mood. She was down but was not throwing a tantrum? She better keep her master in that state! "If your highness allow this little servant to make it for a little time, this servant will surely bring over the right make-up to cover her highness' unrest."

"Sure," Wei Xia Ri agreed. Fortunately, the wedding did not get cancelled. Unfortunately, a cold war was actively ongoing! Her shoulders slumped. She had never dealt with this much discomfort before! If it was disagreeable colleagues, it felt fine to brush them off. Much was owed to bad luck because this time, it was the fiancee.

"Then my lady, this humble servant will go and make haste."

"My lady, this slave is recommended by your servants to fix your hair." A young woman then came to her and presented herself in her plain, blue robes. Her hair however was braided and aesthetically curled. Some flowers also decorated her braids.

"Such wonderful talent, what's your name before you were a slave?"

"Xiao Bing, my lady."

"That's a pretty name, so Xiao Bing, I want my hair braided and curly. But make sure it aligns to the standard here okay?"

A few hours later, a red sedan carried the general that the empire has long feared followed by numerous maid servants, soldiers and manservants carrying dowry that was provided by her relative, the emperor. The procession took more than an hour given that it was a wedding hosted by the royal family so she had been paraded through out the capital before heading back to the ceremonial ground where the rest of the wedding were to take place.