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Chapter 162 - 82: The Official’s Wife

Chapter 162: Chapter 82: The Official’s Wife

The President of the Hunter’s Guild, the new leader of the Royal Hunting Court, this was the highest position Duan Mingyuan had ever held since childhood. If his former school principal found out about this, knew that he had been at the Imperial Court, met with the court’s dignitaries and key members of the Universe Company, he would probably be invited back to the school every year as an illustrious alumnus to give lectures.

But his personal experiences are not exactly ideal for his juniors to follow.

Duan Mingyuan must remind everyone that killing senior company officials is a serious crime, which will make you an intergalactic fugitive like Li De.

He had never studied the official ranks of the Imperial Court and didn’t know what level of official the leader of the Royal Hunting Court actually was.

But Jiuyue didn’t care.

All she knew was that she was now the wife of an official and felt much more confident walking through this glittering palace.

She didn’t spend much time on dressing up. In her words, a Fox Demon is naturally beautiful and can enchant people without effort. Furthermore, dressing up for a banquet is for others to see, which she found utterly uninteresting.

After all, she was the descendant of the great Monster Ruihu and Huxie, the nine-tailed fox from the myths, and quite possibly the only remaining nine-tailed Fox Demon on this planet. To please humans with her beauty, were they even worthy?

That’s just how domineering a high-ranking wife could be!

If it was to dress up for Mr. Mingyuan’s enjoyment, then that might be a different story.

On her first day as an official’s wife, Jiuyue perfectly merged into her role, pulling Duan Mingyuan down the path of abuse of power with her.

The banquet was imminent, hosting distinguished guests from Universe Company. The kitchen, which was strictly off-limits, bustled with preparations as the planet’s and the company’s top chefs converged there. Usually, no extraneous person was allowed in, but Jiuyue found a backdoor. On her way, she ran into the preoccupied Cai Die and pleaded with her to make an exception to let her visit the kitchen.

Jiuyue had never seen a chicken ten meters tall before—in her eyes, it was as high as three or four stories. How many meals could one eat from that!

And she had heard the kitchen was home to the top chefs in the world, and she wanted to exchange some rare culinary techniques with these masters.

Thus, a peculiar scene unfolded in the royal kitchen.

The Imperial Court Chefs, all in uniform, bustled about, while a dazzlingly beautiful Fox Demon in a red dress stood supervising their work.

She had been let in, but the head steward of the Imperial Dining Room, who was responsible for the cuisine, emphatically forbid Jiuyue from coming anywhere near the stoves.

The head steward, towering in his chef’s hat and with a rotund face, looked like his cooking would be delicious.

But Jiuyue felt he was being speciesist, prejudiced against her fluffy, soft tail. No matter how she explained, he insisted that her tail’s fur could fall into the dishes.

If Extraterrestrials found fox fur in their food, it could potentially escalate into a serious diplomatic incident.

And there was no deceiving these people—the chefs were also Cultivators, immune to her illusion tricks.

She was forbidden from getting close to the stoves and from touching the ingredients.

She was inside the Imperial Dining Room, yes, but she could only watch from a distance. Jiuyue’s eyes wildly roamed, her tail swished restlessly. She had never seen such a large kitchen before, equipped with so many top-notch devices. With the "Imperial Dining Room" sign hanging proudly, she suspected she might even see legendary kitchenware here.

She had to find a way to sneak in.

"Behave yourself, don’t cause trouble for others!"

Seeing Jiuyue’s incessantly swishing tail, Duan Mingyuan immediately knew this little fox was up to mischief again.

Because of their massive size, the Bai Yu chickens were kept in the storerooms below the Imperial Dining Room—a place of great importance where the chefs wouldn’t allow Jiuyue, for fear of her possibly shedding tail fur, to enter.

Jiuyue’s wish to see the giant Bai Yu chickens might have to remain unfulfilled. She would only see them after the chefs had finished the slaughtering and brought the fresh ingredients upstairs.

"But, the super-sized Bai Yu chicken..."

Jiuyue gave Duan Mingyuan her most pitiful look.

Before Duan Mingyuan could stress discipline, the situation took a turn.

The head steward, who had gone downstairs for ingredients, apparently had an accident. Amidst the chefs’ exclamations, he was carried upstairs, seemingly suffering from a serious internal injury. After being laid on the ground, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Jiuyue!"

Duan Mingyuan immediately looked at Jiuyue with a stern gaze.

"Present!"

The little fox shrank her neck.

"Did you cause him to tumble down the stairs!"

If it were like the dramas on TV, those high and mighty, harmful wives-of-officials never had a good ending.

She had to be strictly disciplined.

"I didn’t! He got those injuries on his own!"

Jiuyue argued defiantly. Although she resented the head chef for keeping her away from the stove, she wouldn’t harm him with her abilities. After all, these chefs had real skills, and she wanted to learn a few tricks from them.

"Then how did he get injured?"

Duan Mingyuan found it hard to imagine that the work in the Imperial Dining Room had become so dangerous that a head chef could get hurt to the point of lying on the ground for half a day without being able to get up.

"Beaten by a super-sized Bai Yu chicken!"

Jiuyue, with her keen ears, heard the chefs discussing from afar, "The chefs encountered a tough situation, haha, none of them can beat that super-sized Bai Yu chicken!"

This Bai Yu chicken, captured from another planet, was a fierce beast, incomparable to the chickens of this planet.

The chefs looked at the assistants sent by the Universe Company to help them in the kitchen, and the helpers also acted as if facing a great enemy, shaking their hands repeatedly, indicating that they were no match for the Bai Yu chicken either.

"What’s going on in this Imperial Dining Room?"

Duan Mingyuan had to reassess the management of the Imperial Dining Room. The Bai Yu chicken was the main dish for the evening, with almost all the main dishes on the menu revolving around its various parts. Now that the menu had already been sent out, and the early-arriving guests had seen its content, it was too late to change it.

Why was there such a bizarre situation where chefs couldn’t beat their ingredients?

Clearly, the chefs of the Imperial Dining Room also had their doubts and began to question the company’s assistants.

The ingredient was brought by the company, but they hadn’t mentioned that the thing was so fierce that no one dared to approach it!

The helpers felt wronged. They explained that the Superintendent had requested this Bai Yu chicken at the last minute and they were not prepared to deal with such an oversized ingredient. They thought the Imperial Court’s Dining Room was full of experts, but as soon as the head chef confronted the Bai Yu chicken, he was carried in, beaten.

"Ahem—!"

Jiuyue interrupted the flustered chefs, and while they were distracted, she snatched a kitchen knife from the nearest stove, holding it with an eager look, "I can help you!"

"You?"

The chefs exchanged glances.

The Fox Demon was slender and delicate, dressed in elaborate clothing. Clearly, she appeared to be one of those high-ranking ladies who would struggle just to carry a bucket of water.

The head chef lying on the ground clearly didn’t believe her, "You know how to kill a chicken?"

"Don’t look down on others. Those familiar with me all know I’m a professional chicken slayer. Everyone, step aside, I’ll take on the Bai Yu chicken!"

Before Jiuyue could take a few steps, Duan Mingyuan pinched her tail. She trembled all over, straightened up, nearly kneeled to the ground, and the lofty aura instantly vanished.

Duan Mingyuan was precisely one of those who understood Jiuyue well. Indeed, this fox was a professional chicken slayer, and her research and fondness for chickens surpassed everyone else’s.

For this very reason, he had to lay down some ground rules before she took action.

"You can go slaughter the chicken, but you must use the knife in your hand. You’re not allowed to directly bite it with your mouth."

"Fine, I won’t bite!"

The little fox sulked, comforting herself, "Anyway, it’ll end up in my stomach sooner or later."