[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet-":3,"chapter-i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Just Maxed Out, and You Want Me to Be a Puppet Emperor?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2336507,4569,"Chapter 68: When One Attains the Dao, Even Chickens and Dogs Ascend!","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Li Si said these words, expecting to make Chu Ruoyan feel ashamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Ruoyan asked even more boldly: “What did I say last night? I don’t remember. Can you repeat it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a stubborn little quirk that left him bewildered—he really wanted to know what he’d said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si was instantly stunned: How dare you ask me that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The filthy things you said last night—could I possibly repeat them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most of it was just exclamations—how am I supposed to recite that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Li Si was wrong to blame Chu Ruoyan; at the time, Chu Ruoyan wasn’t fully conscious—she had no idea what she’d said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t meeting for the first time, and now with Li Chen as their intimate connection, they naturally fell into easy conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Twin Wonders of the Capital began chatting in Li Chen’s sleeping quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any other young elite of the Capital saw this, they’d burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just seeing these two once would make them happy for days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many young elites dreamed only of catching a glimpse of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet their dreams were Li Chen’s daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, you’re amazing—only five days, and you’ve already strengthened ten major meridians.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a disciple of a cultivation clan, Chu Ruoyan found Li Si’s cultivation speed utterly terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this news got out, it would cause a massive uproar in the Capital’s lower-tier cultivation circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, don’t comfort me—my brother says my pace is only mid-to-lower tier in the Tian Ce Dynasty; I’m just practicing for fun, nothing serious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si naturally believed Li Chen without question, thinking of herself as just an ordinary, utterly ordinary cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ruoyan was about to explain, but then remembered that Li Chen had already reached the Saint Realm at his age—by his standard, Li Si truly meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if remembering something, Chu Ruoyan asked Li Si: what’s the procedure after entering the palace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si, as a princess, had been educated on this since childhood, and told her: if your body can move freely today, you should pay respects to the Empress Dowager—she holds high status in the inner palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then comes organizing your own palace—what’s called renovation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A formal imperial consort certainly gets a residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace has many vacant halls; Chu Ruoyan arrived first, favored by Li Chen and recommended by the Empress Dowager, so she’s well-connected on both sides and can likely choose freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Chu Ruoyan extremely happy—her family had previously lived just outside the Third Ring of the Capital, already considered quite prestigious among aristocratic circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only gained the right to settle in the Third Ring thanks to the Empress Dowager’s nephew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For years, the Chu family had been working tirelessly for the Empress Dowager’s nephew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Housing in the First and Second Rings wasn’t something money could buy—you needed status and rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At minimum, you had to be from a top-tier clan, or have a family member with some official standing, to live in the Second Ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the First Ring, aside from shops, it was almost entirely occupied by imperial relatives and current high ministers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without real power, you couldn’t settle there at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chu family head’s dream was to move the Chu family into the Second Ring—doing so would make him a man of boundless merit in Chu family history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, because of Chu Ruoyan, they’d skipped the Second Ring entirely and entered the First Ring of the Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When news of Chu Ruoyan’s appointment as imperial consort spread, the family’s rewards naturally followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was imperial tradition; Li Chen was very generous, ordering Eunuch Cui to select a fine residence for the Chu family in a prime location of the First Ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this land-of-gold First Ring, the Chu family’s new mansion was ten times larger than their old one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Li Chen favored Chu Ruoyan—and favored the Chu family deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That very night, the Chu family head moved in, meticulously inspecting every corner of the new mansion, too excited to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, he began planning a grand banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He invited everyone he knew from all over the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His goal: to show them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let them see what the First Ring of the Capital truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day after Chu Ruoyan was named imperial consort, the Chu family head had already begun listing names for his “Housewarming Celebration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hoped to invite Emperor Li Chen himself—but he considered that an unrealistic dream; His Majesty was far too busy to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Chen truly came, the Chu family head would be overjoyed to the point of fainting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote Li Chen’s name first on the list—then let his daughter casually ask. After all, he was certain Chu Ruoyan would attend; after all, it was her family’s joyous occasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her appearance as imperial consort would naturally be a major event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The names after that were naturally the Empress Dowager’s nephew and other major nobles he knew in the Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, the Chu family head had to bow and scrape before these people—they were figures he could never hope to reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, these people had to address the Chu family head as “Brother Chu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply through his daughter’s connection to Li Chen, the Chu family head had instantly risen to prominence in the Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the entire Capital’s social circle now revolved around Li Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all about who was closest to Li Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer you were to Li Chen, the higher your status in the Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ruoyan’s relationship with Li Chen wasn’t just close—it was practically intimate contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even pure-blooded imperial clan members dared not offend Chu Ruoyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Ruoyan’s mind was entirely filled with Li Chen—she hadn’t considered anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Li Si’s explanation, Chu Ruoyan’s heart surged with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was the very center of the First Ring of the Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owning a residence here was something she’d never dared dream of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si knew the palace had many large halls and could take Chu Ruoyan to see them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Ruoyan was clever—size didn’t matter; proximity to Li Chen was what held true value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she chose a fine palace nearby as her sleeping quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, when Li Chen came to spend the night, she could arrive quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the place was already near Li Chen’s quarters—she could casually wander there anytime, perfectly reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chu Ruoyan’s choice, Li Si gave a thumbs-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After selecting the palace, next came assigning maids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes: when one man attains the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ruoyan’s household maids were all eager to enter the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to inner palace regulations, a consort may select two maids with clean backgrounds to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two maids gained official status—something countless others dreamed of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t underestimate this status—they were the imperial consort’s personal maids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other maids were assigned by the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In daily palace life, maids naturally did only menial tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once outside the palace, even minor officials who saw them had to bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because minor officials never saw the Emperor—these maids did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the theory of status centered on Li Chen, Chu Ruoyan’s maids naturally held high rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone dared offend them, and they complained to Chu Ruoyan, who then mentioned it to Li Chen—the minor official would be doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes Chu Ruoyan didn’t even need to tell Li Chen—her status alone could summon aid from many powerful nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nobles needed the favor of a consort like Chu Ruoyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, if they accidentally offended the Emperor or wanted to influence a new policy of the Tian Ce Dynasty, they could ask Chu Ruoyan to speak a word for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had no intention of offending Li Chen—but they still prepared to flatter him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-20T21:59:17.413Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f54e41d18472e56804bcb2238a51fa26b00b443ebac0e2ebf397fb47749f34b4","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-69","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-67",766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--cover.jpg"]