[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal":3,"chapter-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-571":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Investing in the Reborn Empress, She Actually Calls Me ‘Husband’",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},596931,846,"Chapter 571: The Dishes I Personally Cooked for Them","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-571",571,"\u003Cp>\"Where has Young Master Li gone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. Maybe he went next door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s he doing next door? Unless...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He bought the place next door too. At this rate, the whole street might soon bear the Li name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, by the way, I just saw Tu Yan changing her clothes earlier. She even mentioned... inviting Li Mo to see the lanterns tonight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the lively chatter, many were quietly probing for Li Mo’s whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ji, ever the instigator, fanned the flames without lifting a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo had struck a deal with her, offering a generous sum, but the Wanchun Pavilion was her life’s work. To have her people taken away with a single word—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that brat treated her like air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How infuriating was that kid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What woman could tolerate such disrespect? Especially a woman like her—now she just wanted to see Li Mo scrambling to put out fires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, she didn’t need to lift a finger. The women of the Hundred Flowers Ranking were peerless beauties, each with their own allure, none willing to admit inferiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t about whether they could be \"blessed\" by some so-called \"wife-fortune soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the innate rivalry among women, the unspoken war of the Hundred Flowers Ranking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief lull, many had retreated to freshen up, donning new attire—except Lan Tian, who was still munching away with gusto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, they seem... prettier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be precise, their clothes got skimpier...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, Li Mo isn’t even here, yet they’re going all out. Could it be... they’ve got eyes for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brothers watched the blossoming spectacle, feeling like they’d stumbled into a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sight they’d never forget...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Amitabha... today’s vow of celibacy fails again. Last time, this is definitely the last time...\" Murong Xiao sighed to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin suddenly felt his aura surge, a faint divine shadow manifesting behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, why’d you show up? It’s risky—if anyone realizes you’re not a true divine will, we’re done for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why don’t we swap control for a bit?\" Thousand Forms Martial Venerable murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin paused. \"I’m just concerned for your recovery... not that I want to see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk... that little vixen from the Hehuan Sect...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin’s neck twisted reflexively, his breath hitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Yan of the Hehuan Sect was truly a succubus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her outfit—how to put it—revealed nothing outright, yet the artful hints of concealment only accentuated her curves, leaving little to the imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Witch,\" Lady Shen sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for the compliment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Yan smiled sweetly, her words dripping with provocation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, by the way, remember that talented Scholar Zhao who played such refined music with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do to him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has a mole on his chest,\" Tu Yan purred, her eyes half-lidded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Luo Ji, the master stirrer, was caught off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t even made her move, and the situation was already spiraling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Mo, Li Mo... if you return any later, there’ll be no saving this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ji chuckled, glancing toward the entrance—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to find Li Mo already back, staring blankly at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jealousy, plain and simple. You’re finally back. Not much I can do—after all, you’re the boss now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Li was floored. He wasn’t even present, and still, chaos erupted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master, she despises me, even threatened to ruin my face. So uncivilized,\" Tu Yan whimpered, a delicate flower begging for protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she tried to slip behind Li Mo—a masterstroke to paint Lady Shen as a shrew while stoking male protectiveness. Tea-artistry at its finest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tu Yan never saw it coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could take shelter, the top-ranked Hidden Dragon executed flawless positional control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero protection offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the benefactor here... won’t you stand up for little old me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Yan’s hand ghosted toward him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only for Li Mo to sidestep just as soundlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this man’s heart carved from ice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up and froze. Li Mo’s eyes held nothing but wariness. And the entire Wanchun Pavilion had fallen deathly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hundred Flowers lowered their proud heads; even the furious Lady Shen quieted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For they’d all seen the figure trailing Li Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, their rivalry stemmed from believing their beauty was comparable—subjective, varying in different eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But sometimes, one person’s presence renders subjectivity obsolete...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Shen was speechless. She recalled a local belle from her hometown, famed for miles as a stunning beauty—until she met her, called her a goddess, and wilted in shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she understood that girl’s bizarre feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, I thought Fairy Han would look just like the illustrations in The Tyrannical Empress Falls for Me,\" Lan Tian chirped around a mouthful of skewers, bouncing over like an eager fan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why’d you think that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you, Benefactor Daddy, look exactly like Jiang Chen! Why?\" Lan Tian tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo suddenly remembered—Senior Brother Ouyang had indeed agonized over this, losing clumps of hair, lamenting his inability to capture the \"ice block’s\" natural grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, was he the true painting prodigy all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... should I call you Benefactor Mommy?\" Lan Tian blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing’s frosty gaze softened. \"You’ll have Li Mo’s cooking tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh? What about the other sisters?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’ll enjoy my personal hospitality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing surveyed the springtime splendor before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flawless face wore a smile, her tone as gentle as a vernal breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo: \"!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",907,"2026-05-30T17:19:13.161Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.889Z",1,"novelbin.me","e1c1a317fcd635fb7e0c43632ea577155ac22cbd1c488e42c04314a8bfcd0b94","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-572","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-570",737,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finvesting-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-cover.jpg"]