Chapter 781

Zhu YingTai sighed in relief and nodded lightly.

No matter how beautiful the other person looked or how refined their aura, she couldn't quite accept living together from the very first meeting.

Now that there was time to adjust, she instantly relaxed.

"The Dao Lord is truly a peculiar person!" Zhu YingTai murmured to herself, "He claims not to be lustful, yet he accepted me; he claims not to be lustful, yet he isn't in a hurry—truly incomprehensible."

Looking at Dalaotian, Zhu YingTai's emotions were complex, yet she felt more at ease than ever before.

Having left her family, having left that world, she now felt like a bird flying freely.

No, a bird locked inside Dalaotian.

"Can I travel to other places in TaiXuan Realm?" Zhu YingTai suddenly asked.

"Of course you can," the fairy maiden said without hesitation. "Miss Zhu, you are now one of the mistresses of Dalaotian—you may go anywhere you wish."

"Anywhere?" Zhu YingTai was startled. "Does the Dao Lord place no restrictions on this?"

"Why would he restrict you?" the fairy maiden smiled lightly. "As the Master's Lady, Miss Zhu, you are naturally free—the Master never imposes restrictions."

"No restrictions?" Zhu YingTai was dumbfounded.

As a person from the Eastern Jin, she was bewildered.

She had thought herself a golden cage bird—but she had imagined too much; no one had ever restricted her.

With a strange feeling in her heart, Zhu YingTai wandered through TaiXuan Realm with the fairy maiden, beginning her cultivation and gradually losing track of time.

Meanwhile, Ma Wencai had already stirred up a storm in the Eastern Jin era, ending the Eastern Jin regime and declaring himself Emperor.

And with the help of the chat group, the new regime treated the common people exceptionally well—everyone had ample food and clothing, and every face wore joyful smiles.

The only ones who suffered were the great aristocratic clans, purged by Ma Wencai.

In the new regime, there were now only two great clans—Ma and Zhu.

With fewer privileged classes and new policies in place, the common people's lives naturally improved.

When Zhu YingTai returned to her own world and saw the people's radiant smiles and healthy, rosy complexions, she could hardly believe it—was this really the Eastern Jin she knew, where famine and corpses littered the land?

"Miss, you've returned?"

Suddenly, a joyful voice rang out as a figure hurried over.

"Xiao Zhu!" Zhu YingTai exclaimed. "You're still at the Zhu family?"

"Of course I'm still with the Zhu family. Miss, I clean your room every single day!" Xiao Zhu sighed, eyes reddening. "Lady said you became an immortal—I thought… I never imagined Miss truly became an immortal!"

Looking at her ethereal, fairy-like mistress and the extraordinary fairy maiden beside her, Xiao Zhu felt profound shame.

This was the kind of maid worthy of Miss.

"Xiao Zhu, come, let's go home."

Returning to the Zhu family with Xiao Zhu, Zhu YingTai learned of the new era and the reasons behind the changes.

"Indeed, the Dao Lord may do little himself, yet his achievements are never small."

"As long as those in the chat group understand his will, they will naturally turn toward goodness and benefit the people."

After returning home and spending several days with her family, Zhu YingTai returned once more to Dalaotian.

This time, she brought her maid with her.

"Miss, won't it be improper for me, a mere mortal, to follow you to the Immortal Realm?" Xiao Zhu worried.

"My husband won't mind—just come along," Zhu YingTai said softly, pushing open the gate to her assigned estate.

This was her first time entering her own estate, and she couldn't help but feel curious.

"Oh! Is that my master-in-law?"

Xiao Zhu gasped.

Zhu YingTai looked over and saw a young man in white robes seated beside a stone table in a small garden—could he be anyone but Zhang Taixuan?

"My husband knew I'd returned?" Zhu YingTai exclaimed, gliding forward and picking up the teacup. "My husband, let YingTai brew tea for you!"

"Miss, I should be the one doing this."

Xiao Zhu snapped back to reality and rushed forward.

"Xiao Zhu bows before my master-in-law!"

Zhang Taixuan nodded lightly: "No need for formalities—consider this your home."

"Yes, Master-in-law," Xiao Zhu was deeply moved.

She never imagined a humble girl like her could be spoken to so gently by such a great person.

Just as she was about to step forward to help, the fairy maiden whispered: "Xiao Zhu, we should leave—Miss Zhu and the Master have been apart a long time; they have matters to attend to."

Matters to attend to?

Xiao Zhu understood, looked at her mistress with encouraging eyes, and slowly withdrew.