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2024-10-29 19:42:56When Si Ning saw the piles of books Xiao Pei brought for him made him spent half an hour in the bathtub as a means to escape his reality for a bit. He shamelessly gave the list of the beauty materials he would need to Xiao Pei before sending him away for the night.
Si Ning spent hours mentally learning all the etiquette he needed to survive, most were not different from how it was in the modern-day world or how he was taught as an Actor and he was sure he would have no difficulties in surviving in this world as long as he doesn’t entangle himself with the Imperial Family but as a General, he was bound to encounter them.
Si Ning concluded that if he acts submissive to the Emperor, politely to those that have a higher rank than him and escaping the women in the harem then surviving would be nothing but easy as pie since he was a handsome rich Young Master, a General of the country and what more could he wish for to live well except deep down Si Ning doesn’t want to be
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