Xiao An Fei pursed her lips, knowing she had nearly caused a blunder by referring to all of the Bai clan with her careless choice of words. Although Li Meirong wasn't a very knowledgeable person, she still seemed to be quite apt at picking things up.
As such, it was of utmost importance for Xiao An Fei to measure her words with care from this moment on.
"This servant merely meant to express how valuable my lady is to my lord."
Li Meirong huffed, hunching her shoulders. "What value? He keeps coming and going and I never know what to expect! Look, he just came back and he's already bullying me."
Xiao An Fei giggled. "Surely not! My lord cares about you the most in the world." Xiao An Fei took up a soft cloth that was laying by the tub and slowly started to wash her Ladyship's dainty back.
"Well, I owe your lord a good beating!" Li Meirong kept grumbling as she began to massage her waist.
'Who'd have thought the Sovereign Lord, heaven's gift to female kind, will be spurned by his own wife?' Xiao An Fei silently mused.
Xiao An Fei couldn't help but feel a shred of pity for the Sovereign Fox Lord. He had kept all of his selfless, and often, less than noble deeds, hidden. Providing his beloved with nearly the full amount of his spiritual cultivation, who else would do such a thing?
Imprisoning the Huli Jing's Matron for the sake of his wife, who else would be crazy enough to attempt that? The ever devoted and filial child, Bai Qingyue, had immediately defied Lady Hong Meigui's wishes, and went as far as to imprison the frightening goddess, his own mother.
Additionally, far more terrible than all of that was defying a heavenly verdict! The Sovereign Lord went against the Jade Emperor's imperial order. He should have stayed under a literal house arrest back at the Bai Palace, yet there he was, pretending to be Li Meirong and fighting in the human's tournament instead of her, while Her Ladyship stayed at her home, resting and relaxing.
At this point, Xiao An Fei began to dread what else His Lordship was willing to do for Her Ladyship's sake.
"Trust this servant's words, my lord dotes on you, my lady." Xiao An Fei said, trying to assist the Sovereign Lord, even if just a little.
"Speaking of your lord, where is he now?"
The little maid gulped.