Not an Ordinary Woman
Games and ruse
"Harem Palace? Is that the job of a queen? What am I gonna do there?" li Phin asked innocently.
"The Empress must authorize and regulate with whom Emperor Jang Min sleeps if she has a concubine" Cia said.
"Oh, so! But if the Empress has a right to it I'd better claim my husband to sleep with me forever!" answer Li Phin.
"It cannot be so, Your Majesty, because every king or emperor has the right to have a concubine as an encouragement if the empress comes months or is sick" said Consort Chien Cia.
"Is a man working just that for 30 nights? Is he a horse? Doesn't he need a break? So selfish! Why is it not once that this condition is reversed if the woman is doing it? Hah, how pathetic of women! Always in the wrong place, always being pressured, and taken advantage of" Li Phin replied.
"Yes, that is the duty of Her Majesty the Empress. I am very confident that Emperor Jang Min will take a Concubine and a concubine can be appointed empress if she is considered capable in accompanying the emperor," Consort Chien said.
"If so why bother? If the emperor wants to sleep with whoever his concubine is, please .. I don't need to arrange it. Didn't Empress Dowager Ji'er (emperor Liu Fei's young consort of rank under Queen Mother Li Hun who was the eldest wife of the former empress) manage it all?
"But according to rumors, the previous Emperor spent more time with Consort Chien? Do you have a recipe for that? How to serve the husband in bed without having to turn to another woman Consort Chien?" tanya Dara took over she lazily lingered with Concubine Chien moreover she felt a little dizzy.
"It looks like this concubine is carrying poison," Li Phin's inner
"Yes, you're right. He wants to poison us!" balas Dara tried to regulate her breathing according to the instructions of Luo's healer scroll.
"Damn it! Why does this Queen look ordinary? Though I wanted to steal a jade stamp and forge an empress' order, so that she would be punished by a behead!" inner Concubine Chien Cia.
"Consort Chien Cia, will you accompany me for a walk in the park?" dara asked, she wanted to go to the open room, she did not want her ladies to become dizzy and faint, "Dang Ling'er open all the windows!" dara's orders.
Ling'er instantly opened all the Windows and doors wide, "What's the Empress doing?" ask Concubine Chien.
"I just want fresh air and do not like closed rooms sometimes perfume really deadly scent of a carcass," Dara quipped following an era full of satire if uncovering something.
"You are so presumptuous, Empress Li Phin, I will remember this humiliation!" concubine Chien said.
"Your Majesty Consort Chien's Mother. I don't know what you mean, other than that for now the Harem Palace is still held by Empress Ji'er because Emperor Jang Min doesn't have a concubine yet for what I should be dizzy thinking about it?" ask Dara.
He looked at concubine Chien Cia with a suspicious look, "I just want to tell you this because it is the duty of an empress" Consort Chien said.
"Thank you, but .. for the time being the right to take care of that is consort Ji'er because it is your household, I have no authority to it" Dara replied, "you think you can frame me?" inner Dara.
"Well, I'll resign first!" concubine Chien said, slowly leaving the Li Phin residence.
"Darang Ling'er, let's walk through all the empress' residences I want to see what's in this Empress's Palace" said Dara.
"Okay, Your Majesty!" dayang Ling'er reply.
They walked down the streets and into all the rooms in the empire, Dara saw the children playing and laughing there, "May I come along?" ask Dara to the kids.
"His Majesty the Empress!" the surprised children shouted in a salute to him, "may I come play?" ask Dara.
"Well, what if we play blindfold?" ask Dara, "but before that what if we learn to write!" dara.
"Okay, Your Majesty the queen!" said boys and girls.
Dara taught them to write a few words and say sounds. After that they play blindfold to find out who their friends are.
Until finally Dara had to keep watch by closing her eyes she walked to and fro looking for children who were crouching and running by her side, "My husband!" dara shouted as she smelled the scent of her husband right in front of her who immediately grabbed a hand making all the children close their eyes and laugh amusedly.
"You recognize me, my wife?" jang Min asked smilingly giving a sprig of white roses to Dara.
"Of course!" dara smiled back.
"Kids! Do you want to play with me too?" ask Jang Min until they finally play with the children. Everyone looked over from the second and third floors of the imperial palace.
"Emperor and Empress are truly grounded! May peace be made!" prime Minister Zu Chang said.
"I hope so will Prime Minister Zu Chang!(prime minister Qin's successor)"
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The days began to stabilize what Jang Min and Li Phin did to become good emperors and empresses, but peace was not always beautiful, there were those who wanted to rebel and humiliate the empire and empress Li Phin.
"My Empress, it seems that today there will be a visit from the neighboring kingdom of Mongols and Changsha who want to make things better with us" said Jang Min when wearing his great clothes worn by Dara.
"really? I'm not sure they really want to cooperate, let alone remember the past! Be careful!" dara Balas.
They also brought all their empresses and maybe they'll challenge you in crafts, making food, and fighting. I don't know what they're gonna do? You also have to be careful" said Jang Min.
"My husband, I heard that if Big Brother Jia Li said that he had repeatedly found a small rebellion from the farmers, I don't understand why? Didn't the sandang and food meet let alone the harvest this time successfully?" tanya Dara heard the rumors.
"Yes, you're right! I'm sorry, I didn't give it to you, the rebels boycotted and plundered the merchants and food dealers into the areas!" said Jang Min.
"I've deployed the imperial police to investigate and watch over the merchants and imperial officials to feed the remote Xihe region, but it always fails. If only we could just step in!" said Jang Min.
"Um, I think it's better to send Generals Jia Li and Gu Sanzheng" Dara said.
"Ah, good suggestion!" reply Jang Min, "I will call the two home in disguise. I will ask father-in-law and uncle Ming Fei to send two new Generals temporarily to the Western and Eastern borders in place of Gu Sanzheng and Tan Jia Li" said Jang Min.
"Alright, let's meet the Mongol kings and empresses, Changsha, and all the neighboring countries as congratulations to the new emperor and empress" Dara replied.
The two walked towards the main hall where everyone had gathered, everyone paying their respects.
"I am very curious about the Emperor and the empress of Donglang Empire! I heard a rumor, 'If Empress Li Phin is really good at horseback riding and archery!'. What if we had a race to do just that?" king Changsha Chien Fu.