Under Xi Zhuoyu's devoted efforts, the wedding was moved up by more than half a month. In less than seven days, Jiang Yuchao would be moving into Prince Yuling's manor. The officials and servants from both mansions preparing for the wedding were overwhelmingly busy, and everyone in the Prince Yu Manor was also in a state of anxiety - because as the wedding of their master Prince Yu's ex-wife approached, he became increasingly gloomy and prone to anger at the slightest provocation.

"There's really nothing we can do. These past few days, the Prime Minister Manor's defenses have been tight, especially around Lady Xiao's courtyard. Not only are there many guards, but there are also several large dogs sent by Prince Yuling. Strangers can't get close at all, so our people can't take action."

Prince Yu waved his hand. "...Forget it, you may go."

Since the other party was on guard, he wouldn't make a move in the coming days. There was still plenty of time. As long as her feelings hadn't truly shifted, he would still have a chance. Even if she married Prince Yuling, so what? He could naturally snatch her back. Thinking this way, Prince Yu finally felt a bit more at ease.

Without Prince Yu stirring up trouble behind the scenes, Xi Zhuoyu and Jiang Yuchao's wedding proceeded smoothly. It was already winter, and the weather had been rather gloomy recently. The long red procession and the music drifting along the way dispelled some of the cold winter chill.

Jiang Yuchao wore a beautiful but not very warm bridal outfit and sat in the splendid but drafty sedan chair.

Hearing the lively commotion outside, Jiang Yuchao had been questioning her life.

Am I really marrying my idol? Even though it's fake, to others it looks real. So did I actually make it real?

A subtle feeling, not quite joy but extreme nervousness, enveloped her. Until she heard her idol's laughter through the curtain as he said very charmingly: "Come out."

Jiang Yuchao suddenly felt energized, walking out with her head held high, wearing at least a dozen pounds of gold, silver and pearl jewelry.

My idol is calling me to battle! What's there to be nervous about!

From today onwards, she belonged to her idol, officially. Her idol had become her direct boss. In such a cushy work environment where she could see her idol every day, a new life accompanied by a brand new job was beginning. No matter what world she was in, her star-chasing would never stop, and her love for him would never end!

Xi Zhuoyu: "..." Although he didn't know what happened, his fan beside him seemed to be overflowing with fighting spirit.

Such high work enthusiasm was quite interesting.

"When people encounter joyous events, their spirits soar. Just look at Prince Yuling's beaming face, his elegance surpasses the past. It really makes one feel inferior in comparison!"

Ever since construction began on Prince Yuling's manor, few people had been able to enter. The master Xi Zhuoyu didn't enjoy drinking, feasting and playing, so naturally he wouldn't invite many guests. Therefore, this was the first time the manor hosted such a lively banquet. Many guests entering for the first time were stunned.

What kind of manor was this? All the buildings were grand and simple, the grasslands, forests and lakes were vast, brimming with an imposing air of "not lacking in land". Other people's manors had fake mountains and ponds, small bridges over flowing water, but Prince Yuling's manor was unique among the many mansions in Luodu.

"Prince Yuling is really... impressive."

"Yes, yes, impressive, truly impressive!"

The impressive Prince Yuling got drunk and passed out before he could lift the bride's veil. He was carried into the bedchamber. Granny Zhou, who was taking care of him, prepared some sobering soup to feed him, managing to raise his sobriety level above the danger line.

Granny Zhou led everyone to withdraw after accomplishing this task. Xi Zhuoyu wobbled up, rinsed his mouth, and went to conduct the new employee's orientation.

"You've worked hard." Xi Zhuoyu came to the bride's side, lifted the red veil and smiled.

Jiang Yuchao: "...No, brother, I'm over here."

She had felt stifled under the red veil, so she took it off and put it on the small lantern beside her. Besides, how could she let her idol lift her veil for her? She could handle such a small matter herself.

Xi Zhuoyu's eyes were blank. After a while, they focused and he discovered that the red expanse in front of him wasn't his fan's face, but a red lantern. He let out an "oh", turned his head and finally found his fan sitting to the side.

"Sorry, I drank a bit too much. I can't really hold my liquor." He smiled in embarrassment.

Jiang Yuchao: "I know, I know. Brother, don't wander around, you'll really trip and fall. Come, come, sit over here, hold onto this table."

Her idol had terrible alcohol tolerance. He once said in an interview that his personal best was drinking three beers in one go.

The newlywed couple sat facing each other. Xi Zhuoyu felt he should comfort his fan and tell her not to be nervous, but his tongue was tied.

After a long time, he managed to say: "In the future, just work well here. Our company has salary and benefits, and dogs. Yes, dogs, many dogs. Do you like dogs? They all like cats, not dogs. Why do you think that is? I think it's not very good, it should be fair. Cats have it, so dogs should too, right?"

Jiang Yuchao looked at her idol babbling with adoration. Seeing her brother's IQ drop like this, how cute.

"Yes, yes, yes, we all love dogs." She went along with her idol's words. Even if her idol said there were aliens in the world right now, she would nod and agree.

Xi Zhuoyu felt something was off. He shook his head, forgot what he had just said, and started over: "Salary, I'll be the one to pay your salary. This princess consort position is considered a civil servant, with yearly subsidies."

Jiang Yuchao: "Mm-hmm!"

Xi Zhuoyu: "Employee housing, I'll approve a big courtyard for you. And... what else?"

Jiang Yuchao: "It's all good, nothing else. Brother, why don't you go wash up and sleep first? You're so tired, don't think about work. Any work can wait until tomorrow."

Xi Zhuoyu: "Mm, okay. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask the senior staff."

He said a bunch of things and seemed to sober up quite a bit. He stood up and walked out, shouting: "Old Bai, drive me back."

Jiang Yuchao: "???" What, drive? No, he looked like he sobered up a bit but was actually completely drunk. She stood up, wanting to pull her idol back, when an unfamiliar large dog ran into the hall. Her idol was petting the dog's head, saying to it, "Old Bai, the car you drove today is a bit small, it can't fit."

The big dog barked, "Woof!"

"Ah, it can fit? Okay then, I'll squeeze in." He said as he was about to climb on top of the dog.

Halfway through, Jiang Yuchao intercepted him with a hug around the waist. The new royal consort, with the handsome male god in her arms, remained calm and composed, shouting outwards, "Someone come."

The servants who had deliberately avoided the couple to give them space swiftly entered. Jiang Yuchao instructed them to help carry the drunk and disoriented idol back to bed.

She didn't need to do anything further as the familiar servants naturally followed the rules to clean up this dazed, drunk man, tucking him into the quilt. Jiang Yuchao monitored the whole process while holding a cup of hot tea. Only after her idol was lying peacefully in bed and slowly closing his eyes again did she put down the cup and stretch lazily to go wash her face.

That night, the sound of the banquet outside was boisterous, with fireworks and firecrackers, while the wedding candles in the room kept burning.

Jiang Yuchao slept on a separate bed on the other side. Looking at her idol's slightly blurry sleeping face not far away under the candlelight, she fell into a trance.

It's like a dream, she thought.

Then, wrapped in a warm, fluffy quilt, she really had a dream. She dreamed that she really liked a star in the sky. One day, the star suddenly fell in front of her. It had a face just like her idol's and said to her, "Hello, I heard you like me very much, so I came to your side!"

Jiang Yuchao was almost scared to death by him. How could a star hanging nicely in the sky suddenly fall? Falling from such a height would kill him, or if not, it would at least hurt a lot.

"Hurry and hang back up there!" She pushed at her idol star, trying to get him to go back to the sky, but her idol said, "I can't return to the sky without my feather robe, the one that was stolen while I was bathing."

Jiang Yuchao anxiously searched everywhere for his feather robe, but couldn't find it no matter how hard she looked. In the end, her idol could only live with her and even gave birth to a pair of twins for her.

Jiang Yuchao was so frightened by this dream that she woke up in a cold sweat.

Why did this story seem so familiar? Jiang Yuchao wiped the sweat from her forehead and subconsciously glanced at her idol on the other bed. He was still asleep, his sleeping face very peaceful and at ease.

It was not quite light out yet, and it felt a bit colder than before she fell asleep. Jiang Yuchao sat up and listened to the movement outside. It seemed that some early-rising servants were walking around outside, and someone was talking in a low voice, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier."

"Yes, I don't know if it will stop when it's light out."

Snow?

Jiang Yuchao got up and walked to the window, pushing open a small crack to look outside. Indeed, it had snowed sometime last night, and the outside was already a sheet of white. Snow was still falling incessantly from the sky, and a few snowflakes drifted in through the window gap, landing on her hand.

She quickly closed the window.

Turning around, she met a pair of beautiful eyes. Her idol on the bed had woken up at some point. He sat up with his long hair loose, hugging the quilt, and glanced at the bed she had slept on last night, pressing his forehead in frustration, "You slept there last night? I originally wanted you to sleep on the bed."

"I shouldn't have drunk." He cursed something under his breath.

Jiang Yuchao: My idol cursed! My baby can swear!

Xi Zhuoyu: "Ahem, I had people put two thick quilts in the cabinet, originally intending to take them out to cover as well. With my condition last night, I forgot to tell you." His expression was a bit awkward. It seemed he was someone who remembered what he did after getting drunk.

Jiang Yuchao felt a bit cold and shrank back onto the bed, also wrapped in a quilt, talking to her idol from a distance. She said, "It's snowing outside, such heavy snow. I haven't seen snow this heavy in several years."

Xi Zhuoyu laughed, "Yes, you'll have to get used to it. It snows heavily here every year, and at its deepest it can be higher than your calves."

Jiang Yuchao thought, why isn't there a camera? Taking a picture of her idol now could be a lifelong memory. Her idol had always looked very handsome in ancient costumes in dramas before, but he looked even better now. Actually, the current idol was a bit different from the one she was familiar with before, possibly due to the time difference. The current idol had a bit more composure, a sense of depth.

Xi Zhuoyu got out of bed, took a quilt from the cabinet, and put it on Jiang Yuchao's bed. "It's still early, you can sleep a bit more. You definitely didn't sleep well last night, you have dark circles."

Jiang Yuchao touched her eyes, "I've been in this world for several months now, used to going to bed before 9 pm every night. If I stay up late for even one night, dark circles appear. Brother, how did you manage to sleep when you first came over?"

Xi Zhuoyu hugged the quilt and chatted with her, "Mm, when I came over, I was still a child. Children can sleep very well, so I didn't have much difficulty in that regard."

Jiang Yuchao became concerned, "Then what difficulties did you have?"

Xi Zhuoyu: "The difficulties are all solved now, but at the time, the scariest thing for me was..."

Jiang Yuchao: "Was...?" Was it the lack of internet or good food?

Xi Zhuoyu: "Going to the bathroom." He had a helpless expression that seemed to want to die on the spot.

"Over the years, I've come up with quite a few things in the manor. There are new-style toilets and shower rooms with running water. You haven't seen those yet, I'll take you to have a look later. Oh right, I also need to take you to meet the dogs in the manor today. I have many, and a few of them might be more aggressive towards strangers. I'll introduce you to each other first, so in the future if you encounter them alone, you won't have to worry about being bitten."

Jiang Yuchao: "Introducing colleagues, is it?"

"Hahaha! Yes, you can treat them as colleagues." Xi Zhuoyu said with a mysterious smile, "The manor is very large. If you get lost, you can try to let these 'colleagues' lead the way for you. Who knows, something interesting might happen."