Something about OG!Luo Binghe/Shang Qinghua is just so good to me but I have to admit that it's also explicitly amusing as well.
Imagine this: you are Wife Number 468. As one of the earlier wives but not a particularly memorable one, you don't really get a lot of attention from your husband, but that's fine with you, he keeps you (and your family) plenty comfortable and maybe once every few months he'll seek you out for a chat or something.
One day he disappears for awhile, nothing too new, and comes back angrier than you've ever seen. He trashes the place, yells at everyone to leave him be, and from then on is just kind of withdrawn and contemplative. Less time spent with his wives, more time spent alone.
Eventually, whatever's been bothering him grows too large for him to ignore, and again, much briefer this time, he disappears.
And then he comes back with a man.
He's not a particularly remarkable man. He's kind of...plain, even by human standards. He's a stuttering mess, he seems terrified of most things, and he he hides behind your husband's bulk so well he's unable to be seen.
You've never seen the Heavenly Emperor as smitten with someone as he is with that man. Not even his Honored First Wife, and there were always some rumor or another going around by a much later, bored wife that she was his favorite, that she'd dissolve the entire harem eventually, she was a threat, blah blah blah. You'd never thought anything like that could actually happen, but they were only partially right. Turns out it was always going to be a man who'd ruin it! Who knew.
For the most part, your fellow wives don't seem all that interested. There's never been a husband but if the Heavenly Emperor's interests lay there as well, who's stopping him? Certainly not them!
But then...Honored First Wife, Ning Yingying speaks up. And then the third wife...and then a few others...because that man quaking at the knees and looking like he'd rather turn around right then and go back than be where he is, is Shang Qinghua. A former human cultivator, and Peak Lord. And, ah, dead. Not so much anymore?
"What's the meaning of this, A-Luo? How is he here? Was he not killed? A-Ming even saw it herself!"
And your husband, who has always been quite sane and steadfast, who is the most intelligent man you've ever met, though you've not met many, admittedly, says, "Oh? You must be mistaken. My Qinghua was never dead. Enough of that! Have someone know to begin preparations for another wedding."
For the first time in a long time that you've seen, the Honored First Wife is dumbfounded.
The Heavenly Emperor cheerily lifts Not-Dead Shang Qinghua into his arms and leaves the room.
The human still looks faintly as if he's going to pass out. You weren't aware of it at the time, but this would tend to be his usual reaction for a rather long time, too. Especially when coming face to face with his, er, would-have-been killer.
Your husband never explains anything, either.
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