My Cruel Little Empress
Chapter 55
Being the center of attention should be common for Ma Mei Rong and young general Wu Cheng. The shy attitude that Ma Mei Rong used to show when she was the center of attention even though in her heart a smile full of arrogance at this time quickly changed. The status as Wu's young mistress attached to her made Ma Mei Rong not want to hide her haughty and arrogant attitude.
One of her hands was coiled around the burly arms of young general Wu Cheng, her beautiful face showing a triumphant smile with her head held high. From the tail of her eyes all the way to the chair that had been reserved for young general Wu Cheng, Ma Mei Rong saw how many young misses were looking at her cynically and giving her a look of resentment. Ma Mei Rong did not take their gazes at all because to her the gaze that the young ladies gave was the envious look at her hard work of enticing the young general Wu Cheng to marry her, and from his thoughts that Ma Mei Rong felt proud.
"Sit quietly, my son is in your womb" young general Wu Cheng told Ma Mei Rong as they arrived at the seat the kingdom had prepared.
Ma Mei Rong of course according, he did not want to argue let alone fight. Because Ma Mei Rong was afraid that the charade she had just shown would make everyone suspicious if her relationship with young general Wu Cheng was not in good shape. Ma Mei Rong did not want everyone to know his lies, so he just obeyed the order.
"Look who came, how could the girl****** seem to have succeeded in getting the talented young general Wu Cheng to bond with a woman like her" said a 30-year-old mistress from the ranks of military officials who were in a tent with Ma Mei Rong
"I don't know, which I heard from rumors that had circulated, she was pregnant. It's just that we don't know if the child he contains is the son of young general Wu Cheng" replied the young mistress who was still in the same row and the same tent as Ma Mei Rong.
Ma Mei Rong who heard that certainly did not accept. The words of the mistress - the mistress of the meliter official as if - would say that he was slept with not only young general Wu Cheng, but there were many other men who warmed up his complaint. Ma Mei Rong was about to stand up and defend himself, but his movements were restrained as young general Wu Cheng quickly restrained and pulled his arm so that Ma Mei Rong ended up sitting back in his place.
"What are you doing? They slandered me and you held me in self-defense, what do you mean by this?" ma Mei Rong asked not to accept the harsh treatment of young general Wu Cheng.
"I should have said so!" young general Wu Cheng said "What are you going to do? You want to humiliate the Wu family, huh?" asked young general Wu Cheng in a cynical tone.
"Remember your position now Ma Mei Rong. You are no longer part of the Ma family, because of the child you have in your kingdom, the Wu family took you in. Remember how we treated you so well, don't make a mess and also the trouble that will drag the Wu family along. If you make trouble, I'll make sure your life will be miserable for entering the Wu family!" threatening young general Wu Cheng who honestly managed to make Ma Mei Rong feel afraid.
Ma Mei Rong tried to get rid of her fear, after gathering courage, she then said "You will not dare to hurt me. Remember I conceive the Wu family successor!" ma Mei Rong's reply that managed to make young general Wu Cheng grinned viciously.
"You sure?" asked young general Wu Cheng who somehow made Ma Mei Rong ask himself.
Was he sure of what he said just now? Given the stature of young general Wu Cheng, he could die in his hands right now. If it were not for the rule of the Wu family, it would not be because the prime minister of Ming was so admirable the peace and cleanliness of the various problems for the Wu family, either, perhaps since two weeks ago he had been killed and vanished without word by the man beside him. Thinking about it, Ma Mei Rong instantly felt her guts shrink. All his wishful thinking was slowly eroded by the sharp and piercing sentence of young general Wu Cheng who killed all his hopes and spirit achieving what he wanted.
'Was I supposed to keep quiet when he'll bully me?' inner Ma Mei Rong asked
Thinking of the problem of being a 'compliant wife', it was suddenly Ma Mei Rong remembered with Ma Xiao Qing. How are you doing with that woman? Is his life still the same, suffering from marrying a deviant man like scholar Lao Yu Zhu? Ah, he was so hopeful that the cunning and hateful woman was still suffering and locked up in the Lao family cage. Speaking of Ma Xiao Qing's problems, until now Ma Mei Rong had never found the Ma family or the Lao family. Could they not come? thought Ma Mei Rong.
Just as Ma Mei Rong was thinking about the Ma family and the Lao family, the announcement of the arrival of the Ma family and the Lao family by a gatekeeper managed to jolt Ma Mei Rong out of his mind. He then prepared himself to see the first show as well as the opening for him tonight.
Ma Ze Dong walked in along with Cai Ning, followed behind him Lao Yu Zhu walked with Ma Xiao Qing hand in hand showing affection which of course Ma Mei Rong knew was just a falsehood and a charade that both had built up all this time for covering up Lao Yu Zhu's disability and Ma Xiao Qing's ill will that made use of the Lao family's wealth.
After the four of them sat in their seats, Ma Mei Rong's gaze never paid attention to them. Feeling stared at with a sharp gaze by someone, prime minister Ma Ze Dong then looked at the guests from all directions until the moment his two eyes found Ma Mei Rong, who was a young woman, he was so shocked that he did not realize that his actions were currently stealing the attention of many people.
"Ma Mei Rong, why are you here, huh?!"
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**TBC
Tuesday 14 July 2020**