Sang Yunxie 1.30

I was trying to make the stupid ML ugly. But no matter what I did, his hair kept falling into this really hot way. It was like his hair only existed to make his face hotter.

After thousands of tries to make him ugly, I put his hair into a high bun. Making him look cold and sophisticated, which made me realize that I'm never going to understand the blessing of being effortlessly hot.

I'm not going to lie I'm the cutest girl in the land, but that was only after some severe self-discipline. I forced myself to eat healthy food, follow a beauty routine, do yoga. But, this man doesn't even know what a facemask is, and I can't see a single pore in his face.

Knowing that I will never have the same advantages as the MLs and FLs, I put on my best smile and guided the emperor out of my sleeping chambers.

I knew everything that he liked to eat because I read the original book (and Liam reminded me). So I kept feeding him, making sure that he felt content. Cause, if I can't make him ugly, I can make him fat.

After breakfast, we went to pay our respects to mother empress, who was mad at the ML for shooing her away. I found her cute, so I kept acting spoiled. Oh right! The FL was also there.

When we were done, we went directly to court. We weren't too late, because we woke up early. But still, knowing that those annoying rats weren't going to say anything since their emperor was just back. I didn't rush to go inside, and neither did the ML.

"Are you nervous?" I whispered into his ear as we walked inside the building.

"Depends, will you comfort me?" He asked.

"I can cook you something delicious. My chef is the best, but I also taught him some things. Which means that I'm pretty good too." I answered.

He smiled and said, "I want to try your cooking."

"You won't be disappointed."

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Knowing that they were going to finally meet their emperor, the court was pretty busy. You could hear the excitement, happiness, anger, worry, relief, and all kind of emotions in the building.

What they were finally happy about is that they weren't going to be ruled by a girl. Although almost all of the decisions that Sang Yunxie and the empress dowager made were smart, they were still living in a time where women were inferior to men.

Having a teenage girl as a leader didn't exactly help the pride of a bunch of fifty-year-old men. So this was no longer going to be a problem for them.

Sang Yunxie and the ML entered the building hand in hand while whispering into each other's ears. Making the guards feel a bit distressed but also a relief. Distress because the rumors were true. Their emperor was obsessed with imperial consort Sang. Relief because imperial consort Sang the best person to be obsessed with. She was beautiful beyond words and smart without equal.

Fortunately, they let go of their hands before entering the court. The ML went in first, and Sang Yunxie carelessly followed him. She wasn't nervous because she was used to seeing these people at least twice a week. So she maintained her poise and elegance but was still giving an uninterested vibe at the people who were practically kneeling as she walked in.

The ML was even worse; his flirty attitude from before was nowhere to be found and was instantly replaced with his usual cold and majestic aura.

When they finally reached the throne, every single one of the officials were kowtowing while singing praises to the emperor. Sang Yunxie and he sat together and looked down with an unamused smile.

Sang Yunxie couldn't help herself from hating them. She spent years working with them, but she never got this level of affection. Respect, yes. She got a lot of that, but they didn't act like this with her alone — the ungrateful bastards.

"You may all rise," the emperor cut them off.

"Please introduce yourselves by rank and position," said Sang Yunxie before the stupid prime minister started kissing ass.

The officials immediately started introducing themselves, and Sang Yunxie began playing with a strand of her hair.

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'Baby, are you still angry?' I asked Liam in a sweet spoiled tone. He sounded a bit angry this morning, so it's best to double-check in case he curses me with ugliness.

'...who the hell are you calling the baby?' Asked Liam in a disgusted tone.

'Okay, I'm gonna take that as a yes and let you cool off.' I said.

'Sorry, but I've been doing some thinking and...'

'You're gay?'

'...When it comes to you, yes. But, I have a favor to ask you.' He said in a severe tone.

'As long as you love me, you can have anything. Do you love me?' I asked expectantly so that the words that came out of his mouth previously would automatically disappear from my brain.

'...I'm 140 percent sure that I love you.' He said with an uninterested tone.

'...You do know that that's not how math works, right?' I asked, wondering how much he actually loved me.

Liam just laughed liked he was the smartest person in the world, 'God knew I would be too powerful if I could do math.' He said as he laughed.

'Liam, I'm not joking around. Please, for the love of... anything that you love, or care for, or are not annoyed by, or...'

'What?' He asked annoyed

'Can you do math?' I asked

'...yes stupid. I'm a system A.K.A a computer. Which leads me to this topic, and if you dare interrupt me, we're going to fight of the century. I...'

'Fighting? Like a married couple!?' I asked with hope in my voice.

'Prepare yourself not to sleep tonight. I'm going to yell so loudly your ears are going to bleed. Okay?'

'Okay,' I said since he was starting to get (actually) mad.

I heard Liam taking a deep breath, and he said, 'I've been doing some thinking, and I think it is time for me to get a body.'

'A body!?' I said, grabbing the nearest thing I could find since I felt like this was unrealistic. Unfortunately, I accidentally grabbed my husband's thigh and dug my nails into it.

Thankfully everyone had their heads down, enabling them to see. So I quickly took my hand away and whispered a quick sorry to the emperor as he looked at me with a slightly furrowed brow.

'Can you even get a body? I thought I didn't have enough points. Plus, now!? If you get a body, it would have to be a girl, and I'm 100 percent against that.' I rambled.

Liam sighed and said, 'again, for the millionth time, I'm not interested in you, I'm extr...'

'It's not about my love for you; it's about the image! In my mind, you're tall and handsome with a sweet and gentle face, but with a condescending smile. And when you get angry or serious, you're eyes instantly change, making you hotter. Also, your...'

'I'm sensing this gonna go on for a long time, so let me stop you right there. You do not have enough points for me to get a body. However, I thought that if you did well in this world, I could use some of your points and leave the system. Are you ok with that?'

'Bitch, of course, I'm okay with that! I am more than okay with that. I'm incredibly okay with that! So what are you going to be? How are you going to be? Have you thought about tattoos? How much does a body cost? Can you select the body? Ohhh shit! Can you make the body? I'll make you the hottest body in the history of bodies!'

I was so excited that I couldn't stop my actual face from smiling. It was so bad that I had to put my pretty fan in front of my face so that no one would notice.

Liam nervously laughed and said, ' well, not exactly. You know-how I send you to different worlds, and in each world, you get a new body?'

'Yes. I think we all are aware of that by now.'

'Great! So the bodies that you get need to be previously approved by a supervisor, and the same thing goes to other hosts, which means that no bodies can be occupied without the permission of a supervisor.'

'What's your point?' I asked, feeling impatient.

'I need you to kill someone so that I can take their body.'