My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

parts, he would go to the courtyard and ask Lou Mu Yan.
Lou Mu Yan also didn’t conceal anything and clarified for him one by one.

On the third night, Lou Mu Yan discussed with him again before leaving.

“Huo Xiao, I have to leave the Imperial Capital for some time for some things.
You can just stay in this courtyard researching the smithing method and stabilise your understandings as a Grade 3 Smith first.”

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“Alright.
I’ll listen to everything Little Master says.” Huo Xiao was currently completely convinced by Lou Mu Yan, and there was only one thought in his heart.
He’d follow her all his life with thickened skin and be hard to shake off.

Lou Mu Yan smiled with satisfaction and said: “I’m going to build a private army of one hundred people for the Lou Clan.
Their Magic Treasures will be handed over to you to forge, and I’ll let my dad send you the materials.”

What were Disciples used for? After teaching, naturally they were used for hard work.

“Alright, I must build a private army with the strongest forces for Master.” With Little Master’s smithing methods, his smithing skills would be even better.
Making high-quality Magic Treasures for one hundred people would merely take some time and effort, but it was his honour to do things for his Master.

Lou Mu Yan nodded with a small smile and stretched out her hand to pat the cleaned Huo Xiao, “Smithing is a must, but you must also take care of your body too!”

“Little Master, I’ll combine work and rest like you said, so you can go to the Ye Clan with an ease of heart.
Leave the Magic Treasures the Lou Clan needs to me.” Huo Xiao was deeply moved in his heart.
After living for so long, no one had ever cared about his body.
But he didn’t display his feelings, and instead remembered it in his heart.

“Then thanks for your hard work!” Lou Mu Yan didn’t hesitate to exploit this Disciple, but she was also exceptionally generous.
When she directly gave a piece of Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal to Huo Xiao earlier, it almost frightened him stupid.

“It’s not hard work.
It’s worth all the hard work as long as it’s for Little Master.” Huo Xiao buttered up to her inwardly, feeling exceptionally pleased.
Recognising her as Master was truly too correct.

Bing Ji who stood on Lou Mu Yan’s shoulders just didn’t like that look of fawning and pursed his lips in distain: “Sycophant.”

“Bald bird, you try and say that again.” Huo Xiao rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward to ‘take care of’ that colourful parrot that mocked him all day long.
Don’t think that just because you’re Little Master’s Spirit Pet that your tail can turn upwards towards the sky1.

Bing Ji’s eyes were full of ridicule, “Just you, a sloven, and you dare threaten This Uncle2? Tsk, go cultivate another hundred years.”

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“Do you believe that lao’zi3 will puck all your feathers out.” Huo Xiao stretched out his hands to try to catch the colourful parrot.

Lou Mu Yan couldn’t help rolling her eyes.
This human and that bird argued as soon as they saw each other.
Her head hurt just from listening.

“Enough.
Huo Xiao, you go back and rest.
I’ll be leaving.” Lou Mu Yan stopped Huo Xiao’s outstretched hand, otherwise he’d definitely chase the bird all over the yard chaotically.

“Master.” Huo Xiao looked at Lou Mu Yan aggrievedly, “Why don’t you stay one more night and leave tomorrow morning?”

He actually felt really reluctant for Little Master to leave.
She was beautiful and kind-hearted, talented and had high comprehension—he really didn’t know which stinky boy would be blessed with her in the future.

“Sloven, you…” Just as Bing Ji wanted to continue taunting, he was stopped by Lou Mu Yan’s gaze that appeared to be throwing a cold knife at him, and he reluctantly shut his mouth.

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1like stick your nose up to the sky, meaning to be arrogant.

2arrogant term of self-address.

3just a reminder that: lao’zi’ technically translates to ‘your father’ but in this case, considering it’s usage in another novel of this author’s I’m translating, translating it to ‘your father’ is just weird.
It’s an arrogant way of saying ‘I’, used often by men.
I’m going to keep it as it is.
Geez, these numerous self-addresses that they have to the point I can’t even find anymore translations for it LOL

Note: So I realised that I used ‘Master’ to translate two different words ‘师傅’ and ‘主子’.
Technically speaking, they’re both translated as ‘Master’ everywhere else you look, Google, other novels etc, probably.
But 主子 also has the meaning of ‘owner’, which is what Lou Mu Yan is to Bing Ji, while 师傅 (you’d often hear it as ‘shi’fu’ in English-speaking movies and shows or whatever) is a Master that might teach you things, like a teacher, but more intimate because being a 师傅 of someone usually means they teach you practically everything they know and you inherit most, if not all, their knowledge (usually) and you, as a Disciple, get other benefits like obtaining special Magic Tools or weapons or stuff much easier, usually as gifts.
Anyways, point is, if you see the words ‘Little Owner’ or ‘Owner’ come out of Bing Ji’s beak in future chapters (to translate 主子), that’s me, once again, deciding to change the translation lol.
Which means I’ll also once again go back to change the translation in previous chapters (when I’m bothered XD)