My Devil Emperor
Trouble

"Do you know what your mistake was?" zixuan asked without looking at Yuan who was standing behind her.

"Xiao Li knew it."

"Why did you do it?"

Yuan twisted his clothes. Without even looking at him, he could feel the dark aura from ZiXuan aimed at him.

"If I don't lie to you, then you won't willingly give the stamp" Yuan replied softly.

"Of course I'll reject it. Since I'm thinking about how you feel, how about you?"

"I—of course think about my Master's feelings. I don't want His Majesty to be known to the public by an emperor who always thinks of himself. This empress does not want Her Majesty to think too much," Yuan said slowly.

"Stupid. Do I look like I can't take care of my own problems?" ZiXuan tapped softly on Yuan's forehead which the woman complained while rubbing her forehead.

"Not so, I just feel like my master's been thinking too much lately."

"But you don't have to do this either."

"No matter what happens, I will continue to support you. As long as my husband loves me and as long as I can continue to be next to my husband, that is more than enough. I don't want anything anymore" Yuan said with confidence.

ZiXuan let out a long sigh before finally returning to say, "Truly a foolish woman." He pulled Yuan into his arms.

"Don't I tell you, you don't have to think about it?"

"I know."

"I'm not going to marry her."

"Hm. Alright, Xiao Li will not force the husband. Xiao Li obeyed the husband."

ZiXuan laughed softly. "really? The last time you broke it, I told you not to think about it but who would have thought you would do anything further?" zixuan.

Yuan pushed ZiXuan, making the man's embrace slip apart. "Huh, I know I was wrong. Can a husband not be a vengeful man?" says annoyed.

"alright. No more. So now you can't do anything without my permission. Understood?"

"understand. I will always support His Majesty's decision. Also believe that His Majesty can definitely do it. This Empress always prayed and waited for the success of Her Majesty the Emperor. That way my master won't have to marry Princess Rong."

"Mrs. Clever." ZiXuan brought Yuan back into his arms.

Elsewhere, Princess Rong was already in her room with a springy face.

"Finally the Princess is back here again" said Xiao Ling who seemed to know what her master was thinking.

"Me and ZiXuan are indeed the sky's doomed couple."

"The princess said it was true. I am happy to see the Princess happy."

Princess Rong looked at Lan Ling and said, "You're getting better at talking."

Xiao Ling smiled in embarrassment. "Hamba learned a lot from the Princess."

"Come, accompany me to look around the palace."

"Mr Princess won't rest yet?"

"As a future empress candidate, I should get to know this whole harem better."

"His Highness the Princess is right."

***

The next day, while Yuan was reading some books in the room, Jingli came with an unreadable look on his face.

"Sir, there's a problem."

Yuan looked at him for a while before closing the book and standing up. "What's wrong?"

"Princess Rong asked to meet you. He looks so angry."

Yuan smiled faintly. "What have I done to make the new concubine feel angry? Is he mad at me? The Qin dynasty empress? He doesn't look at me anymore, does he?"

Jingli pursed his lips. Confused what to answer. "It... "

"Let's see."

"Good."

Yuan stepped gracefully towards the door of his room.

There, there was already Princess Rong and her personal servant who looked a little muddled.

Liang Rong stared at Yuan fiercely. "Dear Empress, I ask for your justice!"

"Oh what's the matter that makes the Princess this angry?"

"One of the servants of your palace dared to slap my servant. Do you not respect us?"

"A problem like this, how can it happen in my palace. Jingli, gather all the servants here!"

"Okay, Your Majesty." Jingli immediately left from there to carry out his duties.

Yuan turned to look at the servant who was standing lowered beside Liang Rong. "Look, your face."

Xiao Ling raised her face slowly. One of her cheeks looked slightly flushed with the marks of her fingers printed.

"Before, something like this had never happened in my residence. There's no way a waiter from my palace could slap you for no reason, right?"

Before Xiao Ling replied interrupted with Jingli and Yunniang coming with all the palace maids.

Yuan turned around and looked at them one by one. "Say, which one of you slapped Princess Rong's personal servant?"

A moment of silence, but after a few seconds, one of them slowly advanced and rolled in front of Yuan. "That's a servant, Your Majesty."

Yuan watched the waiter, then asked, "Is he?"

Xiao Ling who realized the question was aimed at him immediately replied. "Right, it was him who slapped the servant. Please Your Majesty give justice!"

Yuan did not respond to Lan Ling, but questioned the servant from his palace. "What's your name?"

"Hamba is the Qi."

"Why did you slap him?"

"Do you need to ask? It was clear because he felt himself to be taller because he came from the Empress's palace. Making arbitrary actions on a foreign servant is like. Daughter, they really don't value our kingdom."

"Please! Watch who you are talking to right now?! And am I talking to you?"

Looking at Yuan who was looking at him sharply, Xiao Ling immediately lowered her head again.

"Emer, relax. Sorry for Xiao Ling's ingenuity, I will discipline her later, but can you also discipline your servant first. This would not have happened if he had not slapped Xiao Ling."

"What exactly have you done to the Qi?"

"Your Majesty, this servant picked the peony flowers from the garden of Her Majesty the Empress, the servant is just carrying out the task of looking after Her Majesty's plants, but she did not want to compromise and said that the presumptuous servant had already prevented her from picking some flowers for Princess Rong whom she referred to as Consort Rong . Slave failed to control himself and slapped him."

"Please, Your Majesty, I only plucked a few stalks for Princess Rong. Her Majesty the gentle and wise hearted servant will not mind giving the flower to princess Rong right? For Concubine Rong's call, isn't it wrong too?"

"Xiao Ling!"

"What Xiao Ling said was true. So, what does the Princess want as compensation for your servant?"

Liang Rong paused for a moment and said carefully. "Izin answered Her Majesty The Empress, if the empress doesn't mind, since she slapped Xiao Ling, then a slap was countered with a slap, isn't this fair?"

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the negligence of the servant. If that's what Princess Rong wants, then the servant will accept it. Servant does not want to trouble Grand Empress." said Sang Qi with a whisper at the end of his sentence.

Yuan closed his eyes for a moment and said, "Alright. Please do."

Liang Rong gave the code through his gaze. Xiao Ling nodded slowly and walked over to the Qi who was already standing. He thrust his hand violently into the Qi's face. His lips smiled with satisfaction after replying to him.

"It's over?"

"not enough. Your Highness, just now was a slap for what he did to Xiao Ling, what about our pride that felt humbled by a servant and what about his rude attitude towards the guest? You clearly know that, don't you, Your Majesty?"

"Begging His Majesty's permission to speak, this seems to have gone too far. After all the Qi is also doing its duty" whispered Yunniang.

"Don't worry," retorted Yuan who also whispered.

"Then do it."

Xiao Ling again slapped hard the Qi twice making the corners of her lips bleed slightly.

"It's over?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for giving justice to the servant."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Since this is done, the servant and Xiao Ling will be back now. Long live for Her Highness Empress Xuan," Princess Rong said with a satisfied smile.

"Your business is done, what about my business?"

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