"I heard you brought back a slave?" The gentle and amiable middle - aged beauty patiently awaited Caron's reply across from her.
Caron, who was usually cold - hearted, restrained his sharpness when facing this middle - aged beauty. "Father, why do you even pay attention to such a trivial matter?"
Caron secretly blamed Zoro in his heart. It must be that guy who snitched.
The middle - aged beauty didn't mind Caron's tone. "Well, if you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you. I took time out to come and talk to you about your marriage today."
Caron's expression immediately turned extremely resistant, and his tone became a bit harsher. "Father, I don't think there's anything to talk about. I'm not planning to get married for now. You know what I want to do is..."
"Go to war and fight on the battlefield. I know," the middle - aged beauty said helplessly, rubbing her forehead. Why did this son always think about going to war and conquering other countries? But she couldn't control him. And his other father actually thought war was a good thing. These father - and - son duo really gave her a headache.
Caron stood up and straightened his sleeves. "Father, since you know my ambition, please don't try to persuade me anymore. I don't have anyone I like right now, so I have no one I want to marry. If there's nothing else, I have a meeting to attend."
Watching Caron's dashing back as he left, the middle - aged beauty sighed worriedly. Anyway, the emperor must get married before he turns two hundred. If Caron didn't want to lose the throne, he had to find someone to marry soon. But it seemed like this guy wanted to defy this rule? This wouldn't do. It seemed she had to ask her husband to persuade their son.
Feeling in a bad mood because of his father's urging about marriage, Caron returned to his imperial palace bedroom. Standing in the first - floor hall, he suddenly asked, "Where's Xia Ning?"
The servant was a bit slow to react, then stepped forward nervously, bowed with head down, and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, Xia Ning is trimming the lawn in the garden."
Since Caron hadn't officially labeled Xia Ning as a slave, the palace steward had no choice but to treat her as an ordinary maid.
Trimming the lawn. Caron thought of Xia Ning's slightly slender body. Could that girl handle such heavy work?
"Call Xia Ning here. From today on, she doesn't need to do any work. Do you understand?"
The servant lowered his head even more. "Yes, Your Majesty. I understand."
Ten minutes later, Xia Ning, dressed in the standard black - and - white uniform, appeared in front of Caron. The emperor stared at Xia Ning for a while before saying, "You're quite cute like this, and..."
Caron's gaze shifted to Xia Ning's upper body. Her silver - gray, waist - length hair fell softly on her shoulders, her deep purple eyes... She was exactly his type. Didn't his mother and those old guys always urge him to find someone to marry? Maybe...
Xia Ning felt nervous. Caron's gaze put a lot of pressure on her. Especially when the system had just assigned her a new mission: [Relieve Caron's headache. Time limit: one day. Reward: Expected to reduce 2 points of the blackening value.]
How could she relieve the big villain's headache? Xia Ning was worried while trying to answer the big villain's questions.
Wait a minute. Wasn't the reward for the last mission a mental soothing skill? Could it be...
Xia Ning looked at Caron with bright eyes. The latter raised his eyebrows. "Little slave, why are you looking at me like that? Do you have any questions?"