Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Imperial Family

The youth in the white shirt’s eyes showed a flicker of emotion before returning to their mechanical calm. "I will not disturb the female any longer. Wu Li will take his leave."

"Take care, Commander Wu," Jiang Zheyu replied.

From the original owner’s memories, Jiang Zheyu knew that the Little Princess of the Empire had over fifty Beast Husbands, and all of them had served as Commanders.

The Empire had a total of nineteen legions, and the current Commanders of fifteen of them were the Little Princess of the Empire’s Beast Husbands.

Therefore, the Little Princess of the Empire had no shortage of Beastmen. She didn’t select them from the Female Matching Center, but rather chose high-quality Beastmen from the military, from the Empire’s ministers, and from the major families of the Imperial City.

However, precisely because she got everything she wanted so easily, this Little Princess of the Empire was not easy to get along with.

That Commander who had completely undergone Beastification earlier was a prime example.

"Miss Jiang, females hold a noble status. You don’t need to greet other Beastmen," Li Xingbai explained why they had been looking at her. "Besides, a female who is to meet the Star Emperor has no need to greet him with such a reverent ceremony either."

"Oh. I just thought things were different in the Imperial Family," Jiang Zheyu explained lamely.

"Let’s go." Li Xingbai glanced sideways at her.

Jiang Zheyu nodded and followed him.

The council hall was magnificent and grandly decorated.

Li Xingbai led Jiang Zheyu to a chair on the side. "We’ll wait here for a moment. The Star Emperor will be here soon."

Jiang Zheyu nodded.

A short while later, a young man and a middle-aged man walked in together.

Their attire resembled the formal wear of Western nobility—elegant, well-tailored, and distinguished.

"Star Emperor." Li Xingbai stood up, placed his right hand over his left breast, and bowed slightly in greeting. "Your Highness, the Prince."

Jiang Zheyu also stood up silently, this time only nodding her head slightly as a gesture of goodwill.

"Thank you for bringing the female here, Xing Bai," the middle-aged Beastman said with a refined and gentle smile.

They also gave Jiang Zheyu a slight nod.

Li Xingbai understood. The Star Emperor had probably known about the female’s A++ Level spiritual power all along. That must be why he had been specifically assigned to be on duty there today and escort her over.

"In that case, Xing Bai will take his leave."

"Very well."

Li Xingbai lowered his gaze and departed.

"Miss Jiang, please sit." The handsome, golden-haired young man with a noble air gestured for Jiang Zheyu to sit first.

After Jiang Zheyu sat, they took the seats opposite her.

"Miss Jiang, we have been paying attention to you for quite some time," the Star Emperor said with a gentle smile. "For Commander Su’s Beastification Value to be completely cleared in just half a month is incredible."

Even the Little Princess of the Empire would need a full three months to purify a single Beastman’s Beastification Value, and that’s including the time a female needs to rest after providing Spiritual Comfort. That was already considered fast.

But Jiang Zheyu had cleared Su Yan’s Beastification Value in possibly less than half a month.

Since an A++ Level female had never appeared in the Empire before, they assumed that a female with a higher Spiritual Power Level simply evolved to have a faster ability. This seemed only natural.

"My spiritual power also underwent a sudden mutation to become like this," Jiang Zheyu said, blinking lightly. "May I ask why you’ve summoned me here today?"

’I knew I couldn’t hide my spiritual power after helping Su Yan lower his Beastification Value so quickly. I’ll just pretend I’m only one level higher than the Little Princess of the Empire. Now that they’ve taken notice of me, I wonder what kind of arrangements they have in mind?’

"Because Miss Jiang’s spiritual power has reached the A++ Level, I would like to recognize you as my adopted daughter, making you the second Princess of the Empire. You would enjoy the same treatment as the Little Princess of the Empire. I wonder if you would be willing?" the Star Emperor asked, looking at her with sincerity.

This was a situation Jiang Zheyu had never expected.

She had imagined the Star Emperor would assign her more men, give her more money, and have her focus on purification.

’But it can’t be that easy to become a Princess. For him to offer it so readily, he must want me to contribute something in return.’

"Um, I’d just like to know what responsibilities and duties a Princess has to bear? Then I can properly consider whether I want to be a Princess," Jiang Zheyu said with a shy smile.

"The current Little Princess of the Empire is required to purify one Beastman who has made contributions to the Empire every three months," the golden-haired young man explained. "The rest of her time is her own. However, we do assign many guards to protect the Little Princess—not to monitor her, but for her better protection."

"You haven’t announced my Spiritual Power Level to the public yet, have you?" Jiang Zheyu asked tentatively.

"That is correct," the golden-haired young man nodded.

This was also for the female’s safety.

Once a female’s spiritual power was made public, malicious villains would come to abduct her.

After all, the Little Princess of the Empire had been kidnapped multiple times.

All because the Little Princess had the highest level of Spiritual Comfort ability.

The interstellar expanse was vast, and there were always some lawless organizations that wanted to snatch the Little Princess.

That’s why the Little Princess currently couldn’t go anywhere besides the Imperial City Inner City and the Imperial Palace.

"If you truly want to protect me, you should conceal my Spiritual Power Level," Jiang Zheyu said quietly.

"But we need Miss Jiang’s comforting ability," the golden-haired young man said, his gaze fixed on her.

’Right now, I’m desperately hoping the female lead hurries up and develops those reagents that can lower Beastification Value. If she doesn’t figure it out soon, I’m really going to have to buy them from the System Mall myself. This interstellar society feels so twisted in its obsession with lowering Beastification Value. But it’s understandable, I guess. It’s for the sake of reproduction and survival. I’ll calculate the time... the female lead should be close to developing the reagent to lower Beastification Value soon. So I might as well just be the Princess. It’s not like someone’s going to show up and kidnap me for being a Princess for such a short time, right?’

"I can become your second Princess, but I have a condition," Jiang Zheyu said after a moment of thought. "You cannot force me into a match with any Beastman, nor can you dictate how many Beastmen I must be matched with."

"That is acceptable." The Star Emperor seemed surprised by Jiang Zheyu’s request; after all, that rule had been in place for a long time and was practically just for show, as no female had ever failed to meet the requirement. "If you have any other requests, you can raise them now."

Jiang Zheyu paused, then thought of another. "Also," she continued, "just announce publicly that my spiritual power is the same as the Little Princess’s. I don’t want to be too conspicuous."

"Acceptable." The Star Emperor had no objections. "Anything else?"

"Not at the moment," Jiang Zheyu said after a brief silence.

After that, the Star Emperor told her more about things like holding a press conference to recognize her as a Princess and hosting a banquet with guests to witness it, but she wasn’t really listening.

The Star Emperor also said she didn’t need to worry; she would only need to go through the motions.

By the time the golden-haired young man escorted her back to the villa, Jiang Zheyu still hadn’t fully processed what had happened.

’Just because I have A++ Level spiritual power, I just... stumbled into becoming a Princess?’