My Devil Emperor
The Princess of Liang

"Yunniang, one day you will work in the White Lotus Palace. Jingli, you taught Yunniang to do his duty, yes," Yuan said as he walked back to his residence.

"Understand, Empress."

"Eh, Princess Royal Liang has arrived! She's so beautiful, let's see it from afar!"

Yuan frowned when he heard the servant who was several meters away in front of him talking.

"Daughter Liang?" muttered.

"It must be Princess Liang Rong" Yunniang said softly.

Yuan glanced at him. "You know him?"

Yunniang shook his head and said, "Hamba has only heard the maidservants in Consort Zhu's palace gossip about Princess Liang Rong."

Yuan stopped his steps and turned to look at Yunniang questioningly. "Oh? What kind of gossip?"

"Umm, that doesn't seem appropriate to say in front of the Empress," he said hesitantly.

Yuan smiled and patted Yunniang's shoulder . "It's okay. Justsaytheword. I told you to tell me, didn't I?"

Yunniang swallowed his saliva and glanced at Jingli and found the girl nodding at him.

Taking a breath, he said, "Says, Princess Liang has long since put his heart on His Imperial Majesty. His arrival might want to attract the attention of His Highness Emperor Xuan, moreover, the Liang kingdom and the Empire have a very good relationship. Other than the royal princess Wei, the royal princess Liang was a strong candidate to become the Imperial Empress."

"Oh so. Is she very pretty?"

"That servant doesn't know. But perhaps Her Majesty the Empress is still prettier. Although the Zhou kingdom was not very prominent in the military, I had heard that the women there were the prettiest in the entire kingdom. After seeing Her Majesty the Empress, it seemed that it was indeed true. Even Senior Jingli also looks beautiful."

Yuan laughed softly while Jingli lowered his head in embarrassment. "Yunniang, your mouth is really very sweet. I don't understand why you're often punished by Consort Zhu's mother. You're smart enough to take heart."

Hearing Yuan's praise, Yunniang lowered his head in embarrassment. "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty, the Empress, but what I said was a fact" he said softly.

"Sister Yun, don't say anything more. Don't call me senior. We are both new here, also it seems like you are older than me!"

"All right, that's enough. I'm very curious about that Princess Liang, so let's take a look at it and prove if Yunniang's words are true?"

Elsewhere, the Princess of Liang kingdom accompanied by one servant walked gracefully into the palace. It was already an open secret about that Princess Liang who was infatuated with Emperor Xuan.

"Where's Ying'er's sister?" mumbling slowly.

"Daughter, what if we meet the Emperor first?" his personal servant.

"Hmm, okay."

"Welcome, Princess Liang Rong." Princess Liang's steps came to a halt as the delicate, beautiful voice in the ear interfered with her.

He turned around and saw a noble lady with two servants standing tall behind him. Liang Rong frowned in confusion. "You—"

The waiter next to him stood on his tiptoes and whispered something, not for ten seconds, the girl's eyes widened staring in disbelief at the woman in front of him.

"You are Her Majesty Empress Xuan? Princess of Zhou kingdom?" ask her with a hard-to-understand view.

Yuan only smiled faintly without any intention of answering.

Liang Rong looked at the woman skeptically. His eyes watched Yuan from toe to head. The woman in front of him was so beautiful! Her skin was as white as milk and as soft as silk, her fingers were very beautiful, her lips were red as smiling as rose petals, her nose was small but sharp, her eyes are beautifully radiant like peach blossoms in spring, also do not forget her thick and plump eyelashes. This was the prettiest spring beauty he had ever seen. That makes him so envious!

The slow clasping from the side made Liang Rong blink his eyes. He bowed with a little unwillingness on his face. "Liang Rong has seen His Majesty the Empress."

Yuan nodded slowly. "No need to be sad."

"It is an honor to meet the Empress today," Princess Liang said with a sweet smile.

Princess Liang had a beautiful face, a gentle and graceful nature. It really showed the blood of nobility flowing at him.

"Sister Rong!" call someone behind Yuan.

"I miss you so much!" The man ran slowly towards Princess Liang then hugged her.

"I miss you too, Sister Ying'er."

"Let's take me to rest." Ying'er pulled Princess Liang's hand with vigor.

"Commission—"

"Go." Yuan gave her permission to Princess Liang who looked uneasy because of Ying'er pulling her.

"Aiya, Sisters do not need to ask the Empress for permission. After all, he doesn't have time to give you a banquet" he said without fear.

"Stop!" Yuan clenched his hands and turned to stare at Qiu Ying sharply.

"What's wrong?" qiu Ying asked as she rolled her eyeballs lazily.

Yuan laughed cynically and said, "Qiu Ying, you really challenged me huh? Is it because you still have blood ties with the imperial family making you haughty like this?"

"Ah, Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Ying'er's sister's temperament is indeed not good."

"Even if you have a bad temper, it cannot be an excuse for you to be disrespectful to someone higher than you. I'm not a man of deference, but your attitude like this is very demeaning to me, you know?"

Seeing the glint of anger in Empress Xuan's eyes made Qiu Ying's guts shrink.

"Ka—kak brother-in-law, Ying'er didn't mean it that way," he said. He hid behind Liang Rong's body.

Yuan let out a rough breath and pointed straight at Qiu Ying. "Miss Ying, return to your residence. Copy the book 9 virtues and manners three hundred times!"

"A—what?"

"Daughter Liang Rong, sorry to make you have to see this, but your good friend has gone so far, I hope you don't mind. Sister Jingli, escort Princess Liang to rest in her room. Yunniang, let's think back."

***

"Your Majesty, about the deal that suddenly failed and there was an attack a few months ago the servant has got the data also the person who attacked you, but it's a pity that when we were going to take him, he committed suicide," li Wei reported while offering a fold of paper and a small porcelain bottle.

"I'd expected trouble to happen, but I didn't expect it to be this complicated. At the beginning they had obviously agreed to submit under our rule, but it could change in that instant like someone was watching our steps."

"You're right. Looks like the real spy is still among us."

"He's hiding very neatly. Brother, do you think this has anything to do with Ling kingdom? Some time ago he also came here like he wanted to make sure of something, didn't he?"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment and said, "It's hard to be sure, but for sure he's really interested in Empress Xuan."

ZiXuan smiled faintly and muttered, "That girl is indeed interesting."

"By the way about Empress Xuan, this afternoon I heard she was punishing Miss Ying. Also the arrival of Princess Liang Rong."

"punished it?"

Li Wei chuckled. "Miss Ying offended Empress Xuan, so the Empress punished him for copying the book three hundred times."

ZiXuan sighed in disappointment. "He's still too good. What kind of punishment is that?"

"Over-good Empress Xuan or Emperor Xuan is too ruthless."

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