OFFERING CONCUBINES
EPISODE 121 DEFENDING THE THRONE

His Eminence Yan Yue closed the paper scroll in his hand. His countenance was as turbid as the Sheng river in early summer.

"They're really planning a rebellion!" His hands clenched, holding back the glittering anger clearly through his black eyeballs.

"I don't even know if Chyou and Yaoshan were made tools by the queen mother." That sad-sounding sigh could not be contained.

Xiao Yi sat on the edge of the bed wearing a soft light green silk dress.

Her hair was loose, without any ornaments.

His face was glowing, filled with aura.

There was no anxiety in her gaze, even though she had read all the notes in the paper scroll Jiu Fei had given her a few nights passing by.

His Majesty approached Xiao Yi and sat on the outskirts of the same bed facing off there while staring towards the calm-looking Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi moved lightly, took out a small porcelain tray and placed it on his lap, then gently applied Olives on His Majesty's temple while twisting both of his thumbs on either side.

"Everything seems to have been planned by the queen mother." Xiao Yi said slowly, without pressure. As if it wasn't too big of a thing to worry about.

Indeed, he was no less worried for all that His Majesty and himself would face, but being visibly afraid and agitated would only add to His Majesty's burden.

A wife is a companion and an antidote to her husband, which is why Xiao Yi does not seem to budge with all the scary plans of the queen mother.

He's been looking at all the Queen Mother's evil plans, they're very detailed. The one thing that became the main goal of all those plans was simply overthrowing Yan Yue.

"I don't know how ambitious the Queen Mother was to replace me. If only he had only asked, I would have willingly handed him over. I also do not want this place, the place that sits like coals." said His Majesty, those dark eyes glare, at all death for the throne of Yanzhi.

"I won't endanger everyone because of the usurpation of the throne. No one has been a victim in vain because of this dispute. There must not be a sea of blood that becomes a wallow in the cause of power." The sentence was so flat and full of regret.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Yi stared calmly at the king's eyes, so deeply.

"That's not a sentence that should come out of a king's mouth." Xiao Yi said firmly.

His Majesty was momentarily stunned at the sudden ambush of Xiao Yi.

"I also don't want to live as a king if I have a choice. A king is a man who never has peace in his life. Even while sleeping, I must be vigilant, not least with the wind blowing in my room. How comfortable it is as an ordinary person, I do not have to live without a choice. You must not be afraid of anyone. I only have you and the kids laughing around me." His Majesty laughed, never did he dare to say his feelings like this, except to the only person he trusted, Xiao Yi.

"That is the speech of a cowardly king and I do not have such a weak husband. I only know a husband, His Majesty Yan Yue, the king of the nine Yanzhi Regions, a brave king of the nine corners of Yanbei." Xiao Yi's voice sounded piercingly sharp.

"His Majesty is destined by the heavens to be a king, never deny it. The fate of a king is above his throne even though he has to bet his own life, so the ancestors will accept you when they have to meet them. And defending your people is paramount, because if the king is weak then to whom do they depend?"

"Do I have to fight with my brothers and sisters for this throne? and let my hands be covered in blood from my sisters?" His Majesty asked with a giddy.

"Your Majesty must not dirty His Majesty's hand with the blood of His Majesty's own brother." Xiao Yi suddenly spoke with sparkling eyes.

"But Yaoshan and Chyou have been incited by the queen mother."His Majesty seemed to be trying to dive into the thoughts of the woman in front of him.

"The Queen mother will not make the two princes king at once, she will only use them as a shield against you for her greater cause. The real purpose is not simply because of dissatisfaction with your government, but because the queen mother wants to take full power out of your hands." Xiao Yi placed the porcelain tray where the olive oil in his hand onto the table on the edge of the bed where a large candle seemed to shine showing its light, slowly weaving was blown away by the wind that entered into Xingwu's guesthouse.

"There is no need to kill a rabbit to catch a snake. But make the rabbit bait, until the snake goes into the burrow." Those eyes like vileness shone cleverly.

"How do you do it?" His Majesty frowned.

"Send prince Yan Yaoshan and prince Yan Chyou to the Rongyu hall tomorrow night. So that the queen mother does not suspect you have kissed her plan, say it as an invitation to a sister's dinner to her two sisters. Invite me to be there, as a sister-in-law who wants to get to know her two younger siblings." Xiao Yi blinked those beautiful eyes.

"What are you going to do, Chenxing?"His Majesty stared unblinkingly at Xiao Yi

"Your Majesty will know later how to make the two rabbits understand, they should not try to take the responsibility of a lion, because it is far from their ability. Snakes must be deceived by their own means, not by catching them."Xiao Yi smiled at His Majesty.

"Chenxing, whether involving you in this plan will not harm you and my child in your womb." His Majesty looked at Xiao Yi's stomach which was starting to appear enlarged.

"I will not put myself in danger, Your Majesty. I just want to talk to them." Xiao Yi replied straightforwardly.

"I also worried about all the other queen mother's plans, turning Yanzhi's attention to the riot in Handong province that would be in three days, I can't let my people fall victim to this rotten plan." His Majesty threw away his furious face.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Yi held the two arms of the young king who was so anxious.

"Send some people there, follow as part of the people who are planned to make a riot, just do as planned but try not to take casualties and dim from the inside before widespread occur. Pretend your Majesty is affected by what happened there. The Queen Mother won't suspect."

"Xiao Yi..how can you have this kind of thinking?"

His admiration for the concubine who soon would become his queen could not be hidden.

"I was just thinking about how to get my husband through the storm he said he was in, when he promised to take care of me forever."

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