My Empress From The Future
Coupons Plan
Chen Xu returned to the kingdom of Wen, after living for more than a month in the Wu kingdom. After making sure that his sister would be fine, and promising to return to see him again, Chen Xu left ChinSuo with his new life. Princess ChinSuo decided to stay at the new residence that the Emperor had given her, as a gift for her marriage to the Yonggan general.
The separation of brother and sister is emotionally draining, even though they are born from different mothers, but the relationship between the sister brother and sister is more than their other siblings. Since childhood, Chen Xu who had lost his mother was cared for by Consort Yun. Growing up with ChinSuo, Chen Xu had long assumed that ChinSuo was his younger brother.
Mid-spring of this year, the Queen Mother decided to stay at the Tianlong temple. The Queen Mother reasoned that she was too old to continue meddling in worldly affairs. Now the royal palace is all under the control of the Emperor and Empress.
Concubine Hong, live peacefully in her residence. I don't know what he's planning. Sometimes Meihua or the Emperor would visit her, not because of their improved relationship, but for the sake of the baby in Consort Hong's womb.
Concubine Ming was still as cheerful as ever, although in her heart the desire to leave the palace was still burning.
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Today the sky is so bright, the sun is not as hot as usual. Meihua happily visited Consort Hong's residence, carrying a basket of fresh fruits.
"His Majesty the Empress came to visit." A small eunuch announced his arrival.
"Our respect to Her Majesty the Empress." Concubine Hong saluted even with a sour face.
"Wakeup! Today is so bright, I give these fruits to you ahh no, to the baby in your womb. Take good care of her for me."
"What do you mean Empress? She was born from my womb, who will take care of her grow of course me. You mean to take it from me?"ask Hongmei loudly.
"Please! You're just an ordinary concubine, how dare to use such a loud tone on me." Meihua said sharply. "Since the Queen Mother's departure, I've been too busy taking care of the inner palace, still taking the time to come here for the child, but you're ungrateful!"
Concubine Hong was silent, but her eyes implied anger.
"Please Your Majesty, Empress, don't be angry. Lately the concubine has been having nightmares, so her mood is volatile." It was Ling'er who asked for forgiveness.
"See your servant! He's just a servant, but knows royal etiquette. You should be grateful to have him, don't waste him like Fen'er!"
"Thank you for the Empress's concern" Consort Hong said.
Now you can bully me to the fullest. Wait when my father takes over the palace, you'll just be a badass in the streets.
"Why look at me like that? It seems I was wrong to visit you, every time I come here I have to be angry like this. I better go!"
"Hamba delivered the Queen's departure. Be careful on the road."
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Meihua left with an angry face, always like that every visit to the Jade palace. Be vain to be kind. If not thinking that this was for the sake of the Emperor, Meihua would not have set foot here at all. On his way home, Meihua met Consort Ming.
"Ming's sister, where are you from?"Meihua waved her hand.
"Honor to the Empress, the servant of the imperial garden."
"Ooh, is there anything interesting in there?"
"No Your Majesty, just looking at the flowers," Mingfen replied with a flushed face.
"really? Why is your face flushed like that sister? Are you sick again?"Meihua asked worriedly.
"No, Your Honor, it's really okay. Probably exposed to the sun's heat. Since the servant was feeling so hot, the servant planned to soak for a while. Your Majesty, forgive me for not being able to accompany you, I beg you to leave." Without saying anything more, Mingfen ran away leaving Meihua.
"The girl is strange, only seeing flowers but her face is red as an apple" Meihua murmured. "Something seems wrong."
"Your Majesty the empress, I heard the imperial garden has a new florist, he is young and handsome" Li Mei said.
"Then?"meihua cuek.
"Aiyaa Empress, I want to see the gossip is true or not," Li Mei pouted. "Whether he's handsome or not as reported everywhere. Every waiter gossiped about her."
"May'er since when should an empress take care of a servant? If you want to see it, go yourself, "Meihua laughed.
"That's not what I mean, Consort Ming came from there and left with a reddened face, Your Majesty saw it for yourself, right? Besides our position is close to the imperial garden, what's wrong with seeing it there?"
Meihua fell silent."please we go there!"
"Good Empress."
Nothing has changed in the imperial garden, Meihua flowers are still blooming this spring. It was seen that the servants who served in the imperial garden were carrying out their respective duties. Seeing the arrival of the Empress, they simultaneously knelt down and began to kowtow.
"Greetings to the Empress, may you be happy always."
"Regend! Continue your duties, don't make my presence bother you."
"Your Majesty."
While passing through the gazebo in one corner of the park, Meihua saw a young man sitting leaning against one of the gazebo poles. It seemed that the young man had not heard the arrival of the Empress, he was engrossed in her daydreams.
"Eheeemm," Li Mei cleared her throat.
The young man was surprised, let alone seeing the beautiful woman with the aura of the ruler he had only met this entire life. The woman whose aura made anyone look down respectfully, the woman most dear to the Emperor. Now the woman is in front of him.
She must be Empress Meihua, the Emperor's favorite as told by Ming'er, he thought.
"Xiao Wu saluted Her Majesty the Empress, please forgive the foolishness of the servant, not seeing His Majesty come."
"Ahh so your name is Xiao Wu?"it was Li Mei who first replied. The little servant was immediately misbehaved as Meihua looked at him amusedly.
"Wakeup! I see you're daydreaming. You relax here is your job done?"
"In reply to the empress, today the servant felt a little dizzy, so decided to rest for a while. If Her Majesty the Empress feels that the actions of the servant are inexcusable, please ask the Empress to impose the punishment."
"Punishment? Why should I punish you? You didn't make a mistake, besides your work I see very good. You are a diligent worker. Since when do you work in this park?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, I've only been working for the past week."
Meihua just nodded. This young man is handsome, his ethics are also good. The ladies should gossip about it.
"You just continue your work! I'm gonna go."
"Thank you for the Queen's kindness. Your Majesty, be careful."
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An eagle flew quickly over the western border of Wu. The direction he was aiming for was the palace complex, but instead of landing in the palace, the eagle turned around and then descended on the mansion of the minister of taxation, Kang Libo.
After meeting the person he was looking for, the smart eagle stuck out his left foot. Apparently it's tied to a little piece of paper, a secret letter.
Kang Libo, who received the letter, turned to his right and left, making sure no one saw him get the letter from an eagle.
Kang Li Bo quickly headed towards the reading room of his residence. The place used to do all kinds of work. There was the opening of that little letter. When he finished reading it, a laugh immediately sounded from his mouth. Laughter that contains arrogance.
Finally, my request was granted by the ruler of the DongYi kingdom. The tax I raised has not been heard by the Emperor, it is a sign that His Majesty has not investigated it. Just wait for a few more moments, then I will be the Emperor. Hahaahahaha.
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Reports from various villages and towns written by officials filled the Emperor's desk. I don't know how many times the Emperor has looked at his forehead. The problems listed in the report are the same on average, complaining about why taxes for the state are increasing.
The ever-loyal Eunuch Kang stood behind the Emperor, watching in alarm.
"Your Majesty, you better rest first. The envoy from Zhuanshi Palace has been here almost three times. The empress asks you to eat together."
"no need. Zhen just needed to read a few more reports. Eunuch Kang, you're old. Standing too long will make your joints hurt, go rest and let little Eunuch take your place!"
"Your Majesty, how could a servant leave you alone to rest?"
"Eunuch Kang, you've been with me since I was five years old. To me you are the substitute father figure, go rest! Let those little eunuchs learn how to serve their Emperor!"
"Thank you for your attention. Then I will prepare your other needs. Servant will tell someone to accompany you."
Eunuch Kang bowed in reverence, then resigned. There were not five steps taken, Kasim Kang was shocked back.
"Your Majesty, should I call the Empress?"
Emperor Tian Yi was silent. His memory rotates the last time he spent time with Meihua.
"No need, he's probably exhausted right now." Emperor Tian Yi then continued reading the report, ignoring Eunuch Kang who was dumbfounded to digest his explanation.
"Eunuch Kang, Zhen did not feel the raising of the people's taxes, but many people's complaints about the tax increase. Supposedly, the recent cooperation with Wen certainly increased the prosperity of the population, but why inversely proportional?" Emperor sounds.
Eunuch Kang who finally did not go answered in a soft voice. "Ampuni Your Majesty's servant, your majesty must immediately investigate this tax policy. He should ask the officials and the minister of taxation. Because..."
"What's Eunuch Kang for?"
"For some time now, I have heard various rumors from outside. They said, The Emperor raised taxes to build a new Palace."
"Please! Who spread the rumor?"
"Hamba doesn't know His Majesty. Just hearing it from the servants gossiping."
"Eunuch Kang, spread my orders! Everyone is forbidden from spreading obscure rumors. If they're still desperate then beheading punishment awaits!"
"Call official Chu Fan Yao here!"
"Perced by His Majesty."
Zhen will investigate this secretly, whoever tries to undermine the prosperity of the Wu people must pay for it in hell.
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In the northwestern part of the imperial city of Wu, there was a vast land overgrown with green grass. Usually the place was specifically to nurture the war horses of the Wu empire. Due to its proximity to the western border of DongYi, the land was heavily guarded. Nearly twenty thousand horses were there, and others were close to the military camp.
The soldiers guarding the ground and the horses all had decent martial will and were directly under the command of General Mu.
That afternoon, a horse ran fast under the hot sun. The horse was driven quickly as if chasing time. When it reached its intended location, the horse stopped abruptly, causing a cloud of dust on the ground.
"Who are you?"ask the officer guarding the front gate.
"Auntus from the palace, delivered a letter to General Mu," the mission quickly replied as it displayed the badge he had.
"Come in!"
The person who claimed to be the envoy entered quickly and went straight to where General Mu was used to.
"Hamba the messenger from the palace, delivered a letter to General Mu."
"What letter? Give me!" Mu Rong, the General under the control of Defense General Li. But it was common knowledge that General Mu did not get along well with the General of Defense.
When he received the letter and understood its contents, Mu Rong immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, fine. No wait a long time I will agree. Wait here, I'll write a reply letter to your master."
"Good."
Shortly afterwards, the envoy had left General Mu's military camp with a slip of mail for his master.
For Minister Kang who aspires to become a dragon.
Your letter I have received, I, General Mu Rong agree to help your wishes. Ten thousand horses will join this plan, and an additional army from DongYi will be waiting at the city's borders. Don't forget your promise to me, once you succeed in becoming the dragon that rules the land of Wu.
Mu Rong's.
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At the border of the capital, a spy commissioned by the emperor Tian Yi saw a horseman who was racing his mounts at high speed, as if he was being time-hunted. He was the envoy who claimed to be from the palace, and brought back the letter from General Mu. Based on his suspicious movements, the spy finally decided to take a step. An arrow released by him shot rapidly through the heart of the horseman.
When the lifeless body had fallen, the horse kept running fast. Immediately examined the corpse, his hand found a piece of letter. Upon seeing the seal of his stamp coming from General Mu's camp, the spy decided to return to the palace.
"Report! His Majesty the Emperor."
"Jun Li, aren't you at the border of the city? What's up?"
"Your Majesty, today the servant is carrying out his duty, and then sees a suspicious horseman. It seems that he was in a hurry, the servant decided to chase him and finally found this letter and badge," Jun Li said to the Tian Yi emperor.
Eunuch Kang took the letter and badge from Jun Li's hands, and gave it to the Emperor. The emperor quickly read the letter.
Braaakk.
The emperor kicked the table hard. "Unbehaving Minister Kang, he really intended to rebel."
"Then what should we do, Your Majesty?"
"We're going to follow their game, without them noticing. Eunuch Kang! Call General Li Hao to the palace! Tell me that the Empress misses him!"
"Hamba carries out the orders."
"Jun Li!"
"Hamba's here!"
"Please alert all troops outside the city! Do it carefully! Do not warn the enemy!"
The Emperor then wrote a letter and gave it a seal stamp exactly like General Mu's. Basically in the Wu kingdom every seal stamp that a general, commander, minister or special official has had his duplicate on the Emperor's side. But not everyone knows it.
"Jun Li, disguise yourself as the envoy you killed, give this letter to minister Kang!"
"Your Majesty."
Kang Li bo, your desire to become a dragon in this palace is the same as your intention to rebel against me. You may not realize, this overly smooth plan of yours is actually under Zhen's control. Kang Li Bo you just dug a grave for you and your whole family.
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Today Mingfen, who was planning to visit Zhuanshi Palace, prepared a variety of delicious meals for the Empress. Mingfen deliberately cooked more, who knows in the Zhuanshi palace later, the Emperor was also there. Although the Emperor never visited him and thought only of one Empress, Mingfen never felt jealous.
For him the love story between the Emperor and Meihua is a beautiful story. After all the attention of the Emperor and the Empress to him made him grateful. Being able to stay in the palace with enough life and not having to fulfill his obligations as a Concubine, made Mingfen very relieved. Staying in the palace only with Jingmi for him was much better, than staying in the Chu residence with the first Madam and her mother's other siblings, who always bullied her.
When the little eunuch who reported his return to let him in, Mingfen involuntarily jumped over the doorway excitedly. Her child-like manner made the Empress raise one of her eyebrows.
"Greetings to Empress Bao-yu. May peace always."
"Wake sister. There is no need for too much manners when I am with you! What was? Why is your face so happy?"ask the Empress astonished.
"There's nothing. Jingmi bring it here!"
"Good." Jingmi immediately advanced, placed a red-painted wooden basket on the floor and began to arrange the contents on the table. Various dishes that were still reflecting warm steam and smelling fragrant, immediately filled the entire Zhuanshi Palace Hall.
Meihua who saw everything just gaped. "Is this all Ming's sister?"
"Aiyaa brother. This is a lunch I made myself. Let's eat soon!"mingfen replied as he stared at the chopsticks on the table. From behind, Li Mei who knew herself immediately prepared tea.
"But this is too much for both of us! What if our Emperor invites us here! Let him come eat with us?"
Pimply. If there is an Emperor, then I will not be able to persuade big brother Meihua, inner Mingfen.
"Aiyoo sister. His Majesty the Emperor is meeting with an important official. How about Li Mei and Jingmi come eat with us?"
"It's not a bad idea either. All right, you two sit down and eat!"
"Your Majesty, we dare not!"answer the two simultaneously.
"What do you mean you don't dare? Aren't we all family? Let's sit down!"
"Empress, please don't make things difficult for us. We're just servants, if the Emperor finds out then we can be punished, "tukas Li Mei quickly.
Meihua let out a long sigh, glimpsed Mingfen quickly. "What's the big brother? Alright. Alright. Jingmi went to the golden palace now! Tell the Emperor that we are both waiting for him to have lunch together!"
"good. Servant obeys orders."
Gladly, Jingmi ran out of Zhuanshi Palace. Stepping quickly towards the Golden Palace.
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"Xiao Wu you've been here a long time?"ask Mingfen slowly.
"Yet.the servant is waiting for you."
"You start again. Didn't I say just call my name,"Mingfen pouted.
"Alright, I'm sorry Ming'er. Come here, sit here," Xiao Wu said patting the spot next to him.
Mingfen sat down, watching Jingmi who he told him to guard the place.
"This flower is for Mingfen, the graceful and powerful woman I once knew," Xiao Wu said as she held out a bunch of tulips and roses.
Mingfen's cheeks were more and more blushing, he received the flower arrangement, he kissed deeply. Smelling and calming. "Aren't you scolded for picking this many flowers?"ask the girl worried.
"No, I plucked in the North that I rarely visited, and not all I picked, only the ones that looked good," Xiao Wu said.
"Thank you. You're so nice."
"Together Consorts."
Mingfen glared, and Xiao Wu only laughed softly. They continued to talk, sitting together on the grassy ground and enjoying the flowers.
Jingmi who was in charge of guarding the place, turned her head around. As if someone caught his nona was with a servant. However, her non-later status was still a concubine, and came from a noble family. What would happen if the Emperor knew? Although the Emperor never visited Consort Ming at the Pearl court, the Emperor's good name was to be kept.
The two lovebirds did not realize that they had been clearly monitored by Meihua since then. On top of the Meihua flower tree that was blooming profusely, the girl sat comfortably eavesdropping on the talk of Mingfen and Xiao Wu
In his hand was an apple that had been halved. Do not ask how an Empress could climb up a tree still wearing her robe of greatness, only Meihua knew the answer.
Turns out this is the reason your cheeks are blushing red and you go to Ming sister's imperial garden often.
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