Invincible Dad-Chapter 506: Worthy of Being the Heavenly Court’s Matriarch!_1

Chapter 506: Chapter 506: Worthy of Being the Heavenly Court’s Matriarch!_1
"Flag bearer Huang Fu of the Qingfeng Camp, ing from the South Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court, pays his respects to The Supreme Emperor!"
The flag was planted firmly in the ground. The young, white-haired man knelt on one knee, his face filled with excitement as he spoke.
"Rise." Xu Lai raised his hand gently, and Huang Fu stood up.
Huang Fu glanced at Ruan Lan and Xu Yiyi, who were peering out from the palanquin, and felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
That little girl... she looks so much like The Supreme Emperor!
Just as he was about to bow again, Xu Lai stopped him. "There’s no need for such ceremony."
Huang Fu clasped his fists and said, "Huang Fu pays his respects to Your Ladyship and to the Princess."
"Me? Your Ladyship?" Ruan Lan pointed to her own nose and said with a grin, "Do you think I’m beautiful?"
"Extremely beautiful!" Huang Fu nodded emphatically.
"Well, young man, you certainly have a good eye." Ruan Lan’s excitement grew. "I’ll give you three minutes to think. I want you to describe my beauty in no fewer than two thousand words. It must cover my temperament, physique, appearance, and my outstanding moral character."
"..."
Huang Fu stared, dumbfounded.
Back when he carried the grand banner of the Qingfeng Camp, he had met some of The Supreme Emperor’s female confidantes, but he had never encountered one with such a candid and guileless personality.
She truly is the Matriarch of the Heavenly Court!
With a dark look on his face, Xu Lai said, "Don’t listen to her. She’s my sister-in-law."
At that moment, the curtain of the palanquin was lifted.
Ruan Tang’s face was revealed. She smiled and said, "Hello."
Beautiful. Gentle. Dignified.
Those were the words that instantly surfaced in Huang Fu’s mind.
So this is the true Matriarch of the Heavenly Court!
Huang Fu quickly said, "Greetings, Your Ladyship."
Ruan Tang nodded and let the palanquin curtain fall.
"You could have at least let him finish complimenting me before you showed up," Ruan Lan pouted before leading her niece into the palanquin.
Huang Fu, meanwhile, gazed at The Supreme Emperor with utter awe.
First, there were the Twelve-winged Archangel sisters from the Western Immortal Domain, and now... sisters-in-law...
Seeing through his subordinate’s astonishment, Xu Lai offered no explanation. He simply stepped into the palanquin, and his voice drifted out from within. "Let’s go."
"Yes, sir." Huang Fu clasped his fists, accepting the command.
The "Xu" banner fluttered in the wind.
Grasping the flagpole tightly, Huang Fu shot toward the sky as a streak of light. The palanquin followed closely behind, borne upon the back of a Divine Dragon.
It was the Dragon Vein of Mount Haitang.
It also had a name.
Xiao Hai.
Inside the palanquin were fine wines, fruits, and everything needed for dining and sleeping. It was, in effect, a special flying Magic Artifact.
While eating cherries, Ruan Lan asked, "Brother-in-law, what did he mean by calling you ’The Supreme Emperor’?"
"I am Emperor Qingfeng."
"Does Qingfeng also make this brand of tissues?"
"..."
Xu Lai suddenly lost all desire to speak with his sister-in-law.
Ruan Lan leaned against the palanquin window, gazing at the brilliant starry sky and the Milky Way. "It’s so beautiful, Mommy!" she exclaimed.
Ruan Tang looked out as well, her own beautiful eyes sparkling. "Yes, it’s gorgeous."
Ruan Lan, however, grew puzzled. "Brother-in-law, are we... in space right now? What Boundary have you even reached to be able to do this? Where are you taking us?"
"Are you an alien?"
"Should we start a palanquin-for-hire business? One hundred million a trip? Then they wouldn’t have to go through all that trouble researching manned rockets."
"Brother-in-law? Brother-in-law, why aren’t you talking... Mmmph! Mmmph mmmph!"
Ruan Lan’s face filled with dissatisfaction. She suddenly found she couldn’t speak, nor could she move her body.
Xu Lai tossed the silenced Ruan Lan onto the bed in the adjacent room and locked the door, leaving her on the verge of tears.
Brother-in-law, I’m sorry! I have to go to the bathroom, let me talk!!!
Yiyi leaned against the window, counting the stars one by one.
Xu Lai sat down beside Ruan Tang and began hesitantly, "Honey..."
Ruan Tang placed a finger on his lips, stopping him. She spoke gently, "I married you because I believe you’re someone I can entrust my life to. That has nothing to do with who you are."
"Mm," Xu Lai hummed, wrapping his arm around Ruan Tang’s slender waist. He whispered, "How about after this wedding, we don’t go back to Earth—"
Before he could finish, Ruan Tang pinched his thigh. "What? Is it because you have an ex-girlfriend at your Sect that you don’t want to return to Haitang Court?"
"Absolutely not!"
"That woman likes to wear green clothes, right? It’s not Anna."
"..."
Xu Lai hesitated. Qing Yuan loved wearing green clothes more than anything.
"So there is one." Noticing the change in Xu Lai’s expression, Ruan Tang’s grip on his thigh gradually tightened. "And here I was, wondering why I took a nap at the office today and had such a random dream. Turns out it was all real."
Xu Lai was stunned.
What kind of terrifying intuition is this? How can she sense the presence of Fairy Qing Yuan from across light-years away? No, wait. It wasn’t intuition. Qing Yuan is a Quasi-Emperor. By rights, her existence should be veiled by the laws of the Heavenly Dao, making her impossible to track, even for someone in the Emperor Realm. So... who ratted me out to Ruan Tang?
The image of a burly man appeared in Xu Lai’s mind. He rubbed his temples. "Honey, was it Taotie? Did he tell you?"
"Don’t change the subject by blaming someone else," Ruan Tang glared at him, shocked that the ex-girlfriend from her dream was actually a real person.
"I was just guessing," Xu Lai said, quickly trying to steer the conversation back. He cleared his throat. "Life at our place is so comfortable. Let’s just stay at Haitang Court forever!"
Returning to the Immortal Domain would mean endless trouble. At the very least, he wouldn’t be able to keep dumping the mountains of daily official duties onto Taotie, the First Divine General, or Baize, the Second Divine General.
Even worse, it would mean sacrificing Yiyi’s childhood, which was the one thing Xu Lai found completely unacceptable.
"Get out. I need to rest."
"But it’s the middle of space out there! It’s cold and dark. My Boundary is low; I’d die the instant I stepped out." Xu Lai said, feigning distress. "Honey, you have no idea how dangerous the Vast Universe is!"
"Didn’t someone take me to see a river of stars on my birthday? How come it was safe then?"
"...You were drunk that day, remember?"
"I just remembered."
"..."
Fine.
With nothing left to say, Xu Lai left the palanquin and sat on the dragon’s head, propping his chin in his hand with a long sigh.
Xiao Hai was a little confused about what was wrong with The Supreme Emperor, but it was incredibly grateful to him. To ensure it could carry the palanquin steadily and fly at high speed, The Supreme Emperor had given it several Cultivation Techniques, which helped it mitigate many of the dangers lurking in the Universe. Otherwise, with its original Boundary, flying through space like this would have been simply courting death.
As they were approaching the edge of the Milky Way, a school of fish suddenly appeared in the sky.
The fish were beautiful, with scales that twinkled like starlight. There were about a dozen of them.
These were Starfish. When the core of a planet dies, it transforms into one of these fish, which then roams the cosmos at incredible speeds.
Especially delicious when deep-fried!
Xu Lai’s eyes lit up. He never expected to run into such a delicacy out here.
With a wave of his hand, thirteen Starfish appeared in his grasp. He called out cheerfully, "Honey, I caught some fresh Starfish! I’ll come in and fry them up for you."
"I’m not eating," Ruan Tang’s voice replied from inside.
In the next room, the sound of this nearly made Ruan Lan drown in her own drool.
Eat! Why aren’t we eating? Sis, Brother-in-law, I want to eat!
Bound by the invisible Spiritual Energy, Ruan Lan struggled frantically, but it was useless. She burst into tears.
The greatest distance in the world isn’t between life and death. It’s when I’m right here in front of you, my stomach growling with hunger, and you have food but won’t give me any. You damn brother-in-law. I’m begging you, please act like a human being!