[{"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-91":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},2336530,4569,"Chapter 91: To Li Chen, this was merely a toy!","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-91",91,"\u003Cp>“No problem, you go about your work, I’m just passing by to take a look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen paid no mind to her impertinence; instead, he felt deeply satisfied seeing her earnestly at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His Majesty summoned me—what is the matter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Chen, Lin Yue’e was filled with joy—he was her direct superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The imperial token she wore, symbolizing imperial authority, had been bestowed upon her by Li Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Li Chen, she might have already joined a cultivation sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone just gave me this—I don’t need it. See if you can use it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen spoke casually, as if referring to some worthless trinket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Yue’e, seeing the jade box engraved with intricate totems on the table, knew the contents inside were priceless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would never accept gifts from others, but what Li Chen gave was not a gift—it was an imperial bestowal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Li Chen told her to open it, she would not be modest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she could never repay his kindness—this one more thing didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e took a deep breath, her heart brimming with tension and anticipation, then gently, slowly lifted the lid of the jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, a powerful, surging aura of demonic energy slammed into her, sweeping over her entire body like a violent storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e felt an unprecedented shock rise from her core—gazing at the core, she seemed to perceive the colossal, swirling form of the ancient demonic beast, Mo Lin You She, raging within the tiny core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regaining her composure, Lin Yue’e carefully examined the core, which emitted a faint You light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface was covered in dense, scale-like patterns, as if a special language, encoding Mo Lin You She’s lifetime of knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she fully assimilated it, she would at least gain partial abilities of Mo Lin You She.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without full assimilation, she could enter the ranks of Tian Ce Dynasty’s elite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e’s gaze remained locked on the core; her heartbeat quickened, as if about to burst from her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered that the highest reward offered by the Xinhuo Combat Academy in the past four years had been a thousand-year demonic beast core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That core had caused a massive sensation at the time—the ultimate treasure every student yearned for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with her strength back then, she could never hope to obtain such a treasure—she could only secretly envy its possessor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the core in her hands now was of a quality beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to that thousand-year core, it was not even on the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at Li Chen, her eyes shimmering with gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank Your Majesty for the bestowal—I shall spare no effort to serve and relieve Your Majesty’s burdens, even at the cost of my life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The item Li Chen casually bestowed might be the very thing to change her destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To offer something like this—no one, not even Lin Yue’e, could resist its weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exaggeration, she felt her very life belonged to Li Chen—if he ordered her to climb a mountain of blades or leap into boiling oil, she would not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No issue—just keep working. If you run into trouble, find me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Li Chen had nothing else to do, occasionally acting as an angel investor and watching his protégé grow was a kind of pleasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising Li Si’ning in the palace and Lin Yue’e outside—it was all part of his hobbies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, yesterday I ate meat; today I’ll let you enjoy some too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why Li Chen felt no such awe when he opened the core—because he was a Saint Realm cultivator; demonic beast cores held no power over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Li Chen, this was merely a toy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to others, it was an unattainable divine artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting a while, Li Chen sat in the chair she had just vacated and began reviewing the documents she had been studying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm? You’re investigating the Crown Princess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dossier clearly contained the Crown Princess’s biography and family records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such high-level information was normally inaccessible to ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Yue’e carried Li Chen’s token—she was no ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty, the Crown Princess’s maid has recently been acting suspiciously—she’s been visiting the Entertainment Quarter. I stumbled upon this while tracking Prince Zhenan’s heir, Xu Zifeng, so I came back to look into it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e’s intuition was exceptionally sharp—she sensed something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the Crown Princess, Li Chen had met her several times—at major court banquets. Back then, he avoided such dazzling figures and paid her no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Carry on your investigation. When you have results, inform me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen had little interest in the Crown Prince’s death case—he’d investigate if he could, let it go if he couldn’t, as long as it didn’t interfere with his leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Lin Yue’e’s priority, it was clearly capturing Xu Zifeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen was essentially the imperial court ’s largest NPC, assigning tasks to his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the Minister of War—he’d given Li Chen a ludicrous task: capture the Third Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t refuse it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he still hadn’t returned to the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e, however, was one of those lucky ones given simple tasks with lavish rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Li Chen departed the government office, watched by Lin Yue’e’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had wanted to escort him further, but if she kept escorting him like this, she’d likely walk him all the way back to his chambers—he waved her off to return to her duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at her office, Lin Yue’e stared at the chair Li Chen had just occupied, her eyes filled with an odd expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Lin Yue’e led her team out of the government office to begin her main mission for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Xu Zifeng stayed at home, she’d find a way to throw him in jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zifeng didn’t make it hard for her—he was currently causing trouble at the Entertainment Quarter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue’e had actually been at the Entertainment Quarter earlier, but sensed something suspicious and returned to check the files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Li Chen, the one in the best mood lately was the Saint’s Remnant Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Xiao Ming’s romantic fortune had been stolen again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his duties at the Ministry of Justice, Xiao Ming arrived at Yunyinjie, at the Wu family shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not seeing Wu Nanzhi, he began searching nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow’s romantic fortune was truly incredible—he found Wu Nanzhi in trouble, right in the Changqing Street residential area, just by chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Nanzhi had arranged to meet Li Chen here and was waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ma Gao, unrepentant as ever, had tracked down her residence and relentlessly harassed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This drove Wu Nanzhi to distraction—if not for fear Li Chen would come and not find her, she’d have left long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Ming was overjoyed—he had free time today; surely two heroic rescues entitled him to at least one meal with this beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Xiao Ming charged forward with a flying kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Gao’s cultivation level was no match for Xiao Ming’s—he was kicked several meters away, collapsing on the ground, spitting blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! You wretched scoundrel, still unrepentant! Today I’ll teach you a lesson!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiao Ming’s voice, Ma Gao wanted to curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why do you show up everywhere? I was only talking—didn’t even do anything yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Gao’s men helped him up; enraged, he declared he’d report this to the authorities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ming laughed. “I am the authority—where are you going to report me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I’ve earned the favor of Minister Pang Jin of the Ministry of Justice—he’s a high official. What do you have to fight me with?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister of Justice—what a terrifying title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sense of having powerful backing made Xiao Ming walk with supreme confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they exchanged insults, a staggeringly handsome man approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man merely gestured—and both Xiao Ming and Ma Gao’s goddess rushed over to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if what they could never touch was merely another man’s plaything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a fool could see that Xiao Ming’s unnamed goddess was connected to this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What! I haven’t even started fawning—and my goddess is gone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his life, Xiao Ming hated two people: one was the Emperor; the other was this man before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know that both were the same person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1390,"2026-06-20T21:59:17.413Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b36136ffaa6fce16366e5de6d4c3020d3f877fefcb5dc3c28dc84667e99cd14c","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-92","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-90",766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--cover.jpg"]