Empress
Episode 31 - Plan
This morning Xiao Shi was on his way to the Queen Mother's palace, early in the morning the Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting had come to her residence, and relayed the message that she had been asked by the Queen Mother to meet him after breakfast. And here it is, in the gazebo behind the Queen Mother's residence.
Behind the residence of the Queen Mother looks very beautiful and beautiful. The artificial lake in front of him looks very calm, the water is also clear, there are so many fish in it. Looks like this is a special garden for the Queen Mother to calm down.
" You're here too?" someone's voice made him distract her.
" Your Majesty" Xiao Shi paid his respects to the Emperor.
" Wakeup"
" Thank you Your Majesty"
" Did mom call you too?" ask Zhao.
" Right, there seems to be something he wants to talk about"
Zhao just nodded his head. Then came a lady-in-waiting, she was the lady-in-waiting of the Queen Mother this morning.
" Honor Your Majesty the Emperor! Empress!"
" Where's mom?" ask Zhao.
" I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but Your Majesty the Queen Mother said that suddenly she had business so she could not meet you. He also said that His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress could chat and spend time here"
" All right, thanks"
The dayang immediately resigned himself and left Xiao Shi as well as Zhao alone there.
" I think I will withdraw my words Your Majesty" Xiao Shi said.
" you mean?"
" I thought you had something to talk about. But, hearing what the lady said, it seems like this is my plan to be together"
" I agree with you" Zhao confirmed what Xiao Shi had said. He took a glass and poured it.
" Sit down, accompany me to tea here"
Xiao Shi was flabbergasted. Whatisthis? He thought maybe Zhao would leave right away. Why stay here and ask her to have tea together? Damnit. There was no reason for Xiao Shi to refuse, inevitably he had to sit down and drink the tea that his Emperor had poured.
" Thank you Your Majesty" Xiao Shi drank his tea very gracefully, and charismatically.
" You know what? This is where Mom and Dad used to spend time together." Zhao explained with a sad face. He seems to miss his father.
" Do you miss the late Emperor His Majesty?" asked Xiao Shi. The look on Zhao's face could not be hidden, it was seen that he did miss his father.
" slightly. I don't have too much time with my father, so I can say I don't miss him. I just feel like I don't have a father figure in my life."
Xiao Shi simply kept silent, not knowing what to say.
" You still have Dad and Mom, even you have Big Brother. You're very lucky Empress"
" You're right, Your Majesty, I'm very grateful for that"
Zhao nodded his head. " May I ask the Empress?"
" Of course Your Majesty"
Zhao got up from his seat and looked at the fish that were moving around, "I'm sure you've heard what the temperament of the Great Concubine looks like. Seeing what you did yesterday, aren't you worried about what happened to you?"
Xiao Shi smiled and walked over to Zhao, standing beside him. " Worry? I think you're wrong Your Majesty"
Zhao turned his head and looked at Xiao Shi, "Wrong? Why am I wrong"
" Right, why do you think I should be worried when I myself have even challenged an emperor to a duel"
" Hahahaha you're right, I almost forgot about it."
" So Your Majesty, I think just reminding regarding his manners as a senior of the inner palace is not necessary to make this self too worried."
" Alright, but you have to be careful"
" You're worried about me, Your Majesty?"
" I'm just reminding you" Zhao said as he turned his face away. Xiao Shi simply smiled looking at her.
" Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
" Hmm, well I'll go, there's something to take care of. If you still want to stay here, enjoy it. I'm going"
" Good Your Majesty"
Zhao waltzed away, and Xiao Shi paid his respects. He looked at Zhao's back which started to drift away. Suddenly his head was dizzy, and he suddenly felt like he remembered something. That back, that back felt familiar to him. The way he walked and his posture was no stranger to him.
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" Save this well. You should use it at the right time" Minister Yun gave his daughter something wrapped in cloth.
" Are you sure dad?"
" Of course, and make sure you always drink the tonic I give you later"
" Potions? What's for?"
" You just need to drink it Mao'er. I can't possibly harm you"
" Okay, Dad, I'll follow all your advice"
" That's my new daughter" Minister Yun stroked her daughter's hair.
" But Dad! What about that fucking girl? Aren't we gonna do something?"
" You take it easy, I'll do it tomorrow"
" Tomorrow? How come?"
" Tomorrow the ministers will hold a banquet as a form of welcoming the woman. So, he will come automatically. I'll make him ashamed in front of the Emperor tomorrow"
Mentri Yun and his daughter smiled haughtily. Tomorrow would be the beginning of Xiao shi's destruction, and Minister Yun had already planned everything out carefully.
The news of something happening to Xiao Shi at the banquet tomorrow had already been heard by him. Of course, his men immediately went to report it to him.
" So, what did he give the concubine?" xiao Shi asked the black-clothed man in front of him.
" It was a potion to increase desire"
Xiao Shi scrunched his forehead, "So, that Yun was trying to give the potion to the Emperor to get the Emperor to touch it?"
" Right Empress"
" It's sad. Then the tonic?"
" It's a tonic to nourish the womb"
" I understand, so she'll drink her tonic so that when the Emperor touches her she can instantly conceive"
Xiao Shi nodded his head. " You can go. Keep reporting everything to me"
The man in black earlier nodded and instantly disappeared. Yuan and Feng Yue who had been silent had now started to draw closer to Xiao Shi.
" What are you going to do now, Your Majesty?" ask Yuan.
" No, there's. Let's just shut up"
" Don't you want to snatch that potion? What if the Emperor really touched His Majesty?" Yuan panicked, he did not think out with Xiao Shi.
" Let that happen, if it is true that she gave birth to a son. The child is not his, the child is mine. Even if a concubine gives birth to a child, the child's rights are with me."
" But Your Majesty, what if he becomes the Emperor's successor later"
" It's okay. That means the full rights of the child fall on me, Yun only gave birth to a child for me. Isn't that nice? I won't be in pain from giving birth"
" Your Majesty..." Yuan sighed resignedly.
" Yuan, even if the child becomes the successor, does not mean that Yun will become the Queen Mother later. I am still alive, whoever becomes the Emperor's successor will not be able to shift my position. You think I'll be easy to get rid of? I know you know me well. So don't worry too much, since we've been here you've always worried too much, like I'm a helpless man"
" I-I'm sorry Your Majesty, I'm just—"
" Oh, I understand why you're like that. No need to discuss....Feng Yue, I want the entire record regarding Minister Yun right now"
" Good Your Majesty"
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