Empress
Episode 26 - Wedding
The day for the wedding had arrived, the Wang Kingdom was already in the Zhao Empire at this time. The palace was filled with red and full of joy.
" Make sure everything goes right and without any distractions" Zhao said.
" Good Your Majesty"
" oh, where's my mom?"
" He is visiting the Royal Family of His Majesty Wang" Eunuch Han replied.
" all right"
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" YOUR MAJESTY THE QUEEN MOTHER ENTERED THE ROOM!!!!" shouted one of the guards. Everyone immediately welcomed and saluted.
" You're from the Wang Kingdom, right?" tanyanya intimidates. Queen Wang gulped her saliva, thinking that later her daughter would have in-laws like this. He thought about his daughter's fate later.
" Why are you quiet? Sassy!!"
" Pardon us Your Majesty, it is true that we are from the Wang Kingdom" King Wang said stammered, he was not afraid. But very surprised.
" Seeing from your clothes, it looks like you are King Wang"
" Right Your Majesty, I am King Wang and the person beside me is my wife"
" His Majesty" the Queen saluted.
Seeing that, the Queen Mother advanced her steps toward the Queen. Seen from the top down how the Queen looks, it does not escape the view of everyone. They held their breath, not knowing what was going to happen. Feng Yue, who was there already prepared to tightly grip her sword and look around, if something happened or was already planned, she would face it.
But all estimates missed.
The Queen Mother hugged the Queen tightly and smiled very kindly, "Welcome to my palace, and welcome to my family"
" Yes-Your Majesty"
" Why do you look so uptight Queen? I'm not going to devour you" the Queen Mother circulated her gaze throughout the room, feeling that the atmosphere there was indeed very stressful, the energy of the people made this room so scary.
" It turns out everyone's acting like this, am I scaring you?"
" N-no, certainly not Your Majesty. We were just surprised, yes, just surprised, that's all" The Queen tried to normalize the atmosphere again.
" I hope so. My arrival here is to meet your daughter, where is she?" The Queen Mother was trying to figure out who would be her daughter-in-law among all the women here.
" Servant here Your Majesty" the voice came from the entrance. Xiao Shi who was behind the residence garden, hearing the Empress Dowager visiting made her come here immediately.
His appearance was still the same, nothing had changed, he was still wearing his veil and hat, as if he had not heeded the Emperor's request at that moment.
The Queen Mother turned her head towards him, Xiao Shi walked up to her and saluted her.
" Are you going to marry my son?"
" Right Your Majesty"
Seen from the top down, an expression that was really hard to guess by others.
" You guys come out, I want to speak privately with the Wang Kingdom!" the Empress Dowager's order made all the servants leave the room, they closed the door leaving the two royal families inside.
Feng Yue and Yuan did not want to go out, they even got a hard-to-understand look from the Queen Mother, yet Xiao Shi nodded her head, signaling that they could abandon her.
Only King and Queen Wang, Crown Prince Cheng, Prince Yan, Prince Xun, Princess Xiao Shi and the Queen Mother remained inside. The atmosphere was tense again.
" Why do you look like this?" ask the Queen Mother.
" I'm sorry, but what do you mean, Your Majesty?" xiao Shi asked, he calmly said the word while everything felt extremely tense.
" Why are you covering your face so much?"
" Please forgive Your Majesty's servant, but this is what I did long ago"
" But you'll be the Empress, someday, you'll be wearing the crown and hairpiece of an Empress, how can you cover her with that hat"
" I'm sorry Your Majesty but—"
" Stop saying that, just call me Mom. You're gonna marry my son, which means you're gonna be my son, too." Cut it.
The tension was lessened, the King and Queen smiled at what the Emperor Mother had said. A little surprised, but they were also happy. For some reason, like the mother and child it is indeed happy to make people surprised.
" Good Your Majesty" Xiao Shi said.
" Daughter!!"
" I mean servant, good Mother"
" Good, and stop the servant's call as well. You're not my servant"
" good"
" So princess explain what you're gonna do"
" I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I mean mother. But the Emperor did order me to take off this hat, and I will indeed take it off when I get married"
" Then take off your hat"
Xiao Shi took off his hat and put it on the table. Now, the sharp, flattening round eyes, the dense lashes and clean eyes make it look very beautiful. The Queen Mother was even fascinated by it.
" You have beautiful eyes Princess" she said.
" Thank you Mother"
" Aren't you going to open that cloth?"
" I'm sorry Mother, but the Emperor has agreed that this cloth is not removed"
" All right, but why don't you want to take it off?"
Xiao Shi was silent, not making the slightest sound.
" Pardon Your Majesty's servant, but the servant sister is indeed unable to open her cloth" Crown Prince Cheng defended her.
" But why?"
" Your Majesty, it—"
" His Majesty" said the Crown Prince, King and Queen simultaneously.
" Sister, Father, Mother come" Xiao Shi said calmly.
" I'll open it" he continued.
Xiao Shi sighed, touched the cloth on his face and opened the cloth slowly. Actually she didn't want to do it, but this was the Queen Mother, someone who would be her mother as well now. Moreover, there was never any report that the Queen Mother had malicious intentions towards him.
The Queen Mother who was now looking at Xiao shi's face was greatly shocked. The king and Queen Wang who realized the shock immediately begged for mercy.
" I'm sorry Your Majesty, we never intended to deceive everyone"
As if awoken from her shock, the Queen Mother turned to them and told her to get up.
" Why are you hiding it? Does the Emperor know about this? Is this why she wants to marry you?"
Xiao Shi shook his head. " No Mother, the Emperor never saw my face"
" It's impossible."
Then, suddenly, the Queen Mother recalled the words of elder Ahn at that moment.
You will know it when you see it Your Majesty.
Yep. Now he understood what Elder Ahn had meant back then. There was something different about this girl in front of him. Her pretty face could have drugged all the men in the entire land of Qun Ji, but she did not show her beauty.
Moreover, she felt that it was only this girl who deserved to be with her son. Her beautiful face that is soft but looks firm is indeed very suitable to be the Empress. He looks dignified and very charming.
Xiao Shi returned to wearing his veil. And it managed to bring back the Queen Mother who dissolved in her mind.
" Why don't you show your face to my son?"
" I'm sorry mother, not that I'm not grateful for the grace of the Gods, it's just that I hope the Emperor can like me without seeing my physique alone. This face can change at any time, whether it's with age or destiny."
The Queen Mother smiled hearing what Xiao Shi said, this girl is different. Now he understood why his son liked this girl in front of him.
" You're right. So indirectly you also wish my son loved you, right?"
" i-mom" Xiao Shi lowered his head.
" I'm happy to hear that, but I don't think your wish needs to be continued Princess"
Xiao Shi was shocked to hear it, as well as the others.
" Mom, what does that mean?"
" Don't you know? I think my son is in love with you"
DEG!!!
" how could Mother, no way, I don't think the Emperor—"
" He's in love with the Princess. Although he doesn't admit it, but I'm sure of it. Otherwise, where might she want to marry you" the Queen Mother got up from her seat and walked towards the door.
" All this time, after bringing back the victory she only brought the girls to be concubines, without touching and visiting her. The girl was only brought in as an alliance between kingdoms. But withyou? My son left your kingdom free, and married you to make you his queen. Is that not the Princess' love?"
The words of the queen mother made everyone speechless, including Xiao Shi. Of love? not likely.
" Prepare yourself and dress up beautiful so that my son will be more enchanted"
The Queen Mother came out and left Xiao Shi who was immersed in her own thoughts.
In love? The emperor fell in love with her? Not likely.
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A pair of women and men were walking in their red wedding robes. The man looked very handsome and also dashing with his current appearance. Likewise with the woman, even though her face was covered in red cloth, but her eyes were very beautiful. It is like describing that the face behind the red cloth is indeed beautiful. Now the couple was in front of the elders who used to hold weddings in the kingdom. Yes, those two people were Emperor Zhao and Princess Xiao Shi.
" Pay respect to the Sky!!!" exclaiming her.
Emperor Zhao and Xiao Shi faced the direction they had come from earlier. And give their respect to the sky.
" Honor both parents!!!"
Now the two of them saluted the old man, the Queen Mother and the nameplate of the previous late Emperor. Also to King and Queen Wang.
" Honor your husband and wife!!"
The two of them were now facing each other, staring at each other. Then give each other respect.
" Today, you are officially husband and wife"
Emperor Zhao reached out his hand at Xiao Shi, grabbed it by Xiao Shi and they walked together to the throne.
Given her a scroll as an imperial edict stating that Princess Wang Xiao Shi was now officially appointed Empress of the Zhao Empire. Xiao Shi received the scroll, then sat on the throne together with Emperor Zhao.
" Honor the Emperor and the Empress!!!" Eunuch Han.
" HONOR YOUR MAJESTY THE EMPEROR AND THE EMPRESS!!! A THOUSAND BLESSINGS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS OF REIGN"
" A THOUSAND BLESSINGS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS OF REIGN!!"
" LIVE YOUR MAJESTY THE EMPEROR!! LIVE YOUR MAJESTY THE EMPRESS!!"
The echoing cries filled the hall and the entire Empire. They hope that the Empress can lead the government in a better direction.
I hope that.
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seriate....