My Cruel Little Empress
Extra part - Chapter 81

The look on his face looked very wry, the aura he released was very unfriendly. The middle-aged man who had just entered his residence was the prime minister Sun Go Yu, he had just returned to his residence after attending a morning meeting at the Han palace.

The middle-aged man let out a sigh, he had promised his youngest daughter to realize her dream of being so desirous of being with crown prince Xin. Then what will he do now? Both prince Ming and emperor Zheng strongly approved of the marriage between crown prince Xin and princess Zhang Mu Lan of Zhang's kingdom. Moreover, the kingdom violently threatens their safety if they still insist on refusing and disapproving of marriage between the two kingdoms.

"Dad finally you're coming!" A cheerful voice greeted his auditory senses and it made the body of prime minister Go Yu stiffen. A cold sweat slowly soaked his forehead and with great difficulty the prime minister Go Yu swallowed his saliva which felt very painful.

Sun Yao Yao the youngest daughter was looking forward to her arrival. Instead of feeling happy about the reception, the prime minister Go Yu even felt a bad feeling from the arrival of his daughter who now ran up to him until he finally stood before him still with a bright smile.

"Dad, you must be against their marriage, right?" Yao Yao asked straight to the point.

The prime minister Go Yu wiped his sweat rough, he then said "Of course, but --.

"Thank God, I'm still trying to insist on opposing him. I'd be really mad if you hadn't done that for me. Moreover, didn't Father promise to make me empress of crown prince Xin no matter how? Father must keep that promise" Yao Yao cut off who then managed to make Go Yu's prime minister's head throbbed in pain.

"Now go back to your home, I still have a lot of work to do" drive out Go Yu's prime minister is of course just an excuse to avoid her daughter's babble about how she brags about herself and how she lays out her ambitions when all her childhood wishes are achieved.

Sun Yao simply nodded and then went to his residence with a slightly relieved feeling, he believed his father would grant and keep his promise. Doesn't his father love him so much that he grants and gives everything he asks for? So what should he be worried about? He just needs to wait for the good news to come because his current message is clearly greater than his previous wishes.

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On the other hand precisely in the royal capital Zhang, all the residents of the capital were so incredulous to hear the news of the successive surprises - also given by the Zhang kingdom. After the extermination of the traitors who had not even been completely lost in their memories, they were now back in shock at the news of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter's engagement to crown prince Han Zi Xin of the Han kingdom.

"Will this be the marriage of the alliance between the two kingdoms?" Asked a merchant who had also gathered with middle-aged men of various positions and positions who were currently gathering to discuss the engagement of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter and Han Zi Xin's crown prince who arrived - arrived.

"For what reason did the Zhang kingdom and Han kingdom do alliance marriage if both our kingdom and Han kingdom have been in good relations for a long time" said one scholar

"But what if their engagement and their future marriage were only to make them tie each other up so that neither of the two kingdoms would commit treason?" Ask another scholar.

"Stop your bad thoughts, from what we heard their engagement and their marriage will be pure because crown prince Han Zi Xin and daughter Zhang Mu Lan love" sahut an abusive laborer who has just joined a group of middle-aged men who are currently not much different from his behavior with other mistresses.

"From then you know?" Ask a fat noble

"We know from directly from the explanation of Zhang Mu Lan's noble personal bodyguard, Bo Qing"

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A pat on his shoulder jerked him from the daydream, his head then turned to the side and found the crown prince Liang who was now walking around the big rock he was sitting on. Noticing his presence, even reflexes stood up. But quickly the crown prince Liang restrained his shoulders and forced him back to sit down.

"I came to you as a friend, not as a crown prince. So treat me like a friend, not a lord" crown prince Liang said, sitting next to Bo Qing.

"What are you thinking? At the end of the day I noticed that if you were pensive, did you have any problems?" Crown Prince Liang asked after a short silence while enjoying the afternoon breeze under the cherry tree whose leaves were almost entirely falling off.

"Are you thinking about mei mei?" Guess what

"Your guess isn't entirely correct, but your highness princess is also one of the reasons why I'm too much pensive these endings" Bo Qing replied

"Let's just say, I'll listen and maybe give some input" crown prince Liang said "Don't you like mei may?" Accuse the crown prince of Liang which then makes Bo Qing surprised and quickly shook his head while rejecting the accusation.

"I don't like the princess noble" Bo Qing said firmly defending herself "But..-Bo Qing hung up her sentence and it made crown prince Liang curious and said "But..?"

"My feelings for her are only admiring" Bo Qing added "Maybe you'll feel I'm exaggerating, but in my eyes I saw that your highness princess Mu Lan was a goddess of salvation. He came to me offering me a very luxurious job and life, his treatment of me so well made me feel more at home that I was lulled and I unconsciously forgot that there would be a time when I should not be too carried away and not depend on the princess Mu Lan for good. I always thought that my whole life would be spent just serving the noble princess, but the unexpected thing - the thought came so quickly that I had to release the princess in the near future, when I was already so comfortable working under her orders" I Bo Qing honestly

"What am I supposed to do? Her highness the princess is about to get married and I feel like I have lost my direction and purpose regarding my own future without her" Bo Qing asked in a pitiful-sounding tone.

"I know how you feel, we're just as unwilling and sincere to let May go, but whether it's now or later, there's going to be a day like this that we're going to feel" crown Prince Liang said "I don't know what to say to strengthen you when our problems are the same thing. It's just that we can't get dissolved like this, it's just, for what May pursues is only her happiness and we as people who are so close to her should support her happiness and think about how we also find our happiness" crown prince Liang paused "No need to fight so hard to let go, as time goes by sincerely it will come and your future problems later, you also do not need to think too much about it, too, just follow the line of fate and you'll know the answer. Sometimes what we like is not the best, and what we hate is not always the worst. Do not avoid what is in front of your eyes, because we will never know as long as we have not tried" added crown prince Liang sage.

The successor to the Zhang throne stood up, and before he left, he patted Bo Qing on the shoulder and said "The recruitment register of soldiers, vice generals and military generals of the Zhang kingdom is still open, don't miss this opportunity" he said.

After the departure of the crown prince Liang, Bo Qing was pensive again and began to think and consider the advice of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter and crown prince Liang, he then asked himself "Should we try again?"

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On the other hand, precisely in the Shan pavilions located in the western part of the palace in Zhang's kingdom, a beautiful girl who soon turned 15 years old is getting strict training from empress Yin Yin.

Prangs!

Prangs!

Prangs!

The sound of broken glass rang out loud in the ears of the inhabitants of the Shan pavilion, whether those who passed by or those who were in charge of helping the training process of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter did not escape the loud voice they repeatedly heard today.

"Heeehhh" a sigh escaped from the tiny lips of the girl who had just broken the bowl - the bowl that had previously been placed on both of her shoulders. The exercises given by the empress Yin Yin are balance exercises.

I sighed again, in fact rising one level to become a queen was not easy. I was asked to study harder, I was required to master many things and even required to do exercises - exercises that I would later do again during the wedding ritual.

The balance exercise that the empress' mother taught me was not just for my future balance when wearing the wedding dress that was rumored to be very heavy, but this balance exercise was also to teach me the reverential ways of the coronation and marriage rituals. The empress' mother said that she should be slow but in tune.

I've done it over and over again, when I made it to the end and was about to turn back on the line when I started, the bowls I had difficulty keeping in balance eventually fell. This is not the first time, but the umpteenth time I broke a bowl - a bowl that I don't know how many.

"Lan'er don't be sad, you just have to try harder and be more patient. Now rest for a while, Mother knows you are very tired" advised empress Yin Yin who then I follow.

I then sat on the side of the empress mother Yin Yin Yin who then immediately helped me massage both my stiff shoulders without me asking, she said, then two people who then came and kneaded my calf which was very sick because it focused all my body weight on the legs, then stepped slowly further adding to the suffering of the pain I felt.

"Darling you only have a little time, let's now get up and get back to training again" said empress Yin Yin who immediately got a complaint from me.

"Mother.give me a few more minutes" I asked.

Empress Yin Yin shook her head firmly, saying "Your coronation and marriage will be near, and she wants her daughter to be ready with all the coronation and wedding rituals on her wedding day. Moreover, the mother does not want you to get into trouble or mess up your ritual while the mother, father and gegemu are here and can not help you, so the mother prepares you and gives you this kind of practice for your good" obviously empress Yin Yin Yin

Even though the words of empress Yin Yin were so touching, in my heart I still sighed because I was too tired. As the shadow of the unlucky, handsome young man who was the reason for my suffering glimpsed, I resentfully muttered "This is all because of you, crown prince Han Zi Xin"

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**TBC

Wednesday, 2 December 2020**