My Cruel Little Empress
Chapter 61
The anger of Ma Mei Rong who had reached her crown slowly subsided when she found out that Zhang Mu Lan's daughter was digging a grave hole for herself. There was nothing more pleasant about witnessing the line that once judged her bastard husband to embarrass himself. Think of this as a payment for the fact that Zhang Mu Lan's daughter was on her suggestion and also the provocation, now there is no need to make the energy to drag the girl into trouble that will bring her down, because in fact Zhang Mu Lan's daughter by herself came forward willingly to humiliate herself and become a spectacle of many people.
Ma Mei Rong was so happy that her anger in an instant evaporated, he then took a piece of me dry and ate it while waiting for the return show to record the achievements of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter in humiliating him and became the object of boasting and ridicule of the entire population of Zhang's royal capital in long period of time.
"You seem so happy" said young general Wu Cheng.
Without turning her head, Ma Mei Rong said "Young master Wu is right, there is nothing more pleasant when watching your enemy destroy himself" Ma Mei Rong replied then sipped her tea with a wide smile.
"You are a very cunning woman" retorted the young general Wu Cheng who Mei Rong admitted to because he did not argue "Is it possible that when the rumors of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter's beauty were spread in the capital three months ago, you already know that she is indeed beautiful as the rumors say?" asked the young general Wu Cheng pinched suspiciously.
"You just realized? I am the perpetrator of all the foolishness that Zhang Mu Lan's daughter has been doing" Ma Mei Rong "The girl likes you so much that she wants to - just listen to my advice to look more mature because I said that young general Wu Cheng likes girls who are mature, quiet, and stupid. Because if a girl is smart and highly educated from men, it will offend the man's self-esteem. Who would have thought if he listened to all the advice and input I gave him" Ma Mei Rong added guiltlessly.
"And after what you've done, do you feel like you've won after something so bad?" ask young general Wu Cheng.
"Of course!" reply Ma Mei Rong without thinking twice "I have got you in my grasp, even though Zhang Mu Lan's daughter did not show any reaction. But I know that he or the misses of the royal capital of Zhang are very envious of my success" Ma Mei Rong added so proudly.
"Ma Mei Rong, you are so naive" the young general Wu Cheng snorted that he managed to make Ma Mei Rong turn his head and look at him sharply while saying "What do you mean!"
"I mean, even if you hold me in my arms, I won't make it easy for you to live after you've caught me and ensnared me in marriage. I will make you suffer, and you must be prepared to wait for that time to come" explained young general Wu Cheng who made Ma Mei Rong clench her hands tightly.
The young general Wu Cheng again gave him the same warning as a few hours ago, and Ma Mei Rong hated him for some reason, it managed to nudge his high confidence and confidence. His huge scarlet was slowly eroded away just because of the shadow - the ugly shadow of the suffering that young general Wu Cheng meant.
'Damn it, dare it play tricks on me!' rutuk Ma Mei Rong in heart.
Just as Ma Mei Rong was about to reply to the words of young general Wu Cheng, a voice so feminine and familiar was captured by his hearing. The look in Ma Mei Rong's eyes was then diverted to the figure of a 14-year-old girl who was on stage with a young man who had no idea what his name was helping the girl bring Qin.
"Honored guests, I'm sorry to interrupt all your time. My existence here only wants to provide entertainment, I hope you enjoy the chanting and Qin plaza that I will play. But as the day is getting late, it is better if the invited guests start enjoying dinner while accompanied by music and my singing" I said as I sat on the stage that had been covered in hairy mattresses for me to sit on, Bo Qing had even helped me carry Qin's instrument and put it in front of me. After taking the position ready to play, the palace cooks, eunuchs, ladies and waiters who worked in the royal public kitchen then brought dinner at each table. While waiting for their task to be completed, I tuned my Qinku strings first.
"Liang'er is this gonna be okay?" emperor Wei asked the crown prince Liang who was sitting next to him.
"Ayahanda, I don't know either. I hope everything is fine" crown prince Liang hoped
Emperor Wei pinched his eyes suspiciously, he then said "What do you mean?" he asked when he found doubts and concerns from his son.
"Crown prince Liang!" the bluff of the Wei emperor that managed to steal the attention of many people. Aware of the gazes of everyone who managed to make it the center of attention, the Wei emperor lowered his tone.
"You got your sister in trouble, actually where your common sense is. Did you deliberately make Lan'er embarrass him?" accuse the Wei emperor who was immediately countered by the crown prince Liang.
"I'm guilty, I'm crown prince Liang" "but I honestly don't mean to entrap mei may in this matter" he added.
Kiasar Wei was only able to sigh. There was no other way but to accept the reality after this, he could not cancel the appearance of his daughter when his little daughter was on stage. They will get a lot of criticism and blasphemy if he takes a selfish attitude just because he does not want to be a laughing stock.
I glanced at the worried gaze of Emperor Wei's father, Empress Dowager Yin Yin and crown prince Liang. I only replied with a small smile before finishing tuning my Qin strings. This is the first time I have shown my talent for playing music in public, usually I will play Qin in the forest where no one sees and hears me play. But after trying to let go of all my ugliness in everyone's eyes, then I guess I should start showing one by one the talents I hide.
I started picking one by one the Qin strings with cleavage. Until the movement of my fingers began to move agilely and pluck the Qin strings to produce a melodious sound and beautiful melody from a song that made everyone surprised.
"I-this.." everyone was shocked that the sentence they issued was stamped upon hearing the melody produced from the agile and gurgling movements of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter on the stage, until crown prince Xin said
"This is the rhythm and melody of the song under the moonlight"
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**TBC
Saturday 25 July 2020**