Empress
Episode 18 - The Ruler

The entire land was devastated by the devastating shock that occurred last night. Gossip circulated so quickly, everyone thought that the sky was punishing a God.

That said, if any God made a mistake then he would be whipped using the sky whip. The result of his lash could thrill the entire universe. And yesterday's shock was so terrible, everyone believed it.

When everyone is excited about it, there is one person who doesn't care about anything. He only cared about his ambition, which was to conquer the entire land.

" Your Majesty, Huang Li has arrived"

Eunuch Han pointed at someone who had now entered the room.

" Sincerely, Your Majesty" said someone who had just entered the room.

A young, dashing, and handsome man was sitting on his throne chair. He's famous for his unforgiving personality, everyone's afraid of him, just saying you could lose your life. He is the Ruler. The Land Conqueror. King above all Kings. Emperor Zhao.

" It's all done?"

" Right, Your Majesty, everything is in accordance with what you ordered"

Zhao got up from his seat, he walked towards the map which showed the entire region he had conquered. Look at the map carefully, then smile, not a sweet smile. His smile was like a Hunter finding its prey.

" There is only one Kingdom that I have not mastered, do I have to go there?"

" Of course, Your Majesty, to perfect your power, you must have it as well" Huang Li provoked.

" What do you think, Kasim?"

" What Huang Li said is true Your Majesty. His kingdom also included a great Kingdom among all the Kingdoms, his people were prosperous, his land was also fertile. They even lived peacefully with the demons in his territory. It's good to increase your strength Your Majesty." The narration of Eunuch Han made Emperor Zhao even more interested.

" If it's true what you're saying, it means I have to prepare a large army"

" It doesn't need Your Majesty, this government despite their greatness has not been at war for a long time, they are busy trading." Huang Li.

"A fascinating kingdom, prepare my army. We'll be there soon"

" Of course Your Majesty" Huang Li saluted before saying goodbye and preparing the troops.

Hearing the news that the Emperor was going to conquer the kingdom made the Inner Palace tumultuous. The Inner Palace is the territory governed by the Empress, whatever happens there such as rules and laws are under the authority of the Empress. Even the Emperor had no right to interfere in everything that happened there. The inner palace contained the imperial women, including the Concubines.

Right now they were gathering in a banquet before the Emperor left.

" Your Majesty, are you leaving again? Will you come back with another concubine here? You always carry women as concubines, but the position of the Empress is still empty. Is --"

" Stop your conversation. As Grand concubine you should have supported me, and you have no right to arrange me concubine" Zhao gave emphasis in his last words. Honestly, Zhao did not want the women, but to achieve his ambition he had to give up his palace filled with very noisy and useless women. They are just busy beautifying themselves and teasing themselves day by day, annoying.

The woman who spoke earlier was the Supreme Concubine in the empire. Grand Concubine Yun, she is the son of the Minister of Defense. They were put together when the Emperor was a child. Consort Yun was very ambitious to become Empress, seeing that the Emperor always brought new women after conquering a Kingdom made his heart boil. Afraid the Emperor liked one of the women and promoted her as Empress.

He had already tried various ways to tempt the Emperor, but none of them had succeeded. Even since they were put together first they had never done things like a couple. She wished that she could conceive the Emperor's son so that she could occupy the Empress's bench, but let alone conceive, touching the emperor alone was extremely difficult. All his Emperor cared about was his ambition to conquer the entire land and become the Sovereign.

" As long as I live, I will not allow the Empress's seat to be filled by a woman who was not foreseen" said a middle-aged woman beside the emperor. She is the mother of the Emperor. Yes, she is the Queen Mother. He knew the ambition Consort Yun had, and he opposed it fiercely.

Seeing that Zhao lost his appetite. The debate has always been about this. The incompatibility between the Queen Mother and Consort Yun was already known to everyone. And again, the queen mother will only let the queen's bench be filled by someone who has been predicted first.

" Mom, I'm sorry. But is there a woman who has silver hair on both sides? Even if there was it would have shocked the entire land, and all this time there was no news about it. I will choose my own wife." Zhao said, confirming his decision, he had started to get caught off guard by the prophecy, very unreasonable according to him.

" But, Elder Ahn already said that. Only that woman can—"

" Mom, enough. I don't want to hear it anymore, it's just a prophecy and it's not necessarily true. I'll leave now" the mother could only sigh in the face of her stubborn son.

" all right. Where are you going?" ask suri pasrah.

" The Kingdom of Wang"

" I hope you get his Majesty"

The whole palace took his departure. Thousands of troops were already lined up and ready to depart, Huang Li stood by the horse that Zhao was about to ride.

" Have you checked it?" ask Zhao.

" Of course, Your Majesty, it just so happens that the Princes are going out to hunt, there's a chance that we'll get there when they're not around"

" Good, let's go"

All paying their respects to accompany the Emperor's departure, the Ministers escorted him with wide smiles, as there was a possibility that the territory would increase and they would also become more powerful. While the concubines drove her with smiles that implied sadness, they could make sure her Emperor would definitely bring women again, their rivals increased, as well as the conflicts that occurred in the Palace.

After the Emperor's departure, the Queen Mother approached concubine Yun before she returned.

" I won't let you take the throne as long as I'm alive" he said cynically.

Yun simply replied with a smile. " Let's see if my throne or your former age is missing Your Majesty" then he saluted and left.

" That woman!!!! Look she really has no manners towards me!" The Queen Mother went towards her residence with a feeling filled with anger. If it's like this isn't it natural that the queen doesn't like it?

When she arrived at her residence, the Queen Mother saw an old man with white hair standing in front of her small pond.

" Elder Ahn" the Queen Mother approached him.

Hearing someone call his name, the old man turned his body and saluted.

" Your Majesty" he said.

" What's the elder? It's not usually you visit me without telling me"

" Look at this flower Your Majesty, this flower looks very beautiful" Elder Ahn pointed to the white flower on the edge of the pond.

" That's a newly planted flower. What's up?"

" The woman is already there, your son will soon meet her." The Queen Mother was confused to hear the words from Elder Ahn, but not long after she remembered something.

" You mean the white-haired woman destined for my son?"

" right"

" But how is it possible? There's no news on that"

" That's because it looks the same as people in general"

" you mean? How do I know the elder?"

" You'll find out when you look at His Majesty. Things that are meant to be together do not need a way to recognize each other. They will unite by themselves, just that it is not easy to make them truly united"

Elder Ahn looked into the pool, as did Queen Mother, she followed the direction of Elder Ahn.

Putting two opposites together is not easy, they will actually fight each other before facing the world together. Many conflicts will occur, many wars will be passed, including the war against their respective egos. But this is the destiny that the heavens made for them, and they must live it. Bitter sweet they will feel together, but it will not make the two separate.

They were a pair of humans that were already destined by the heavens. A couple who will be immortal in the story of the creatures of the earth and sky.

Emperor and Empress Zhao.

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