King's Regrets
The Eps 29
After the night of the lantern festival welcoming party a few days ago, the palace looked silent. It was as if all the usual warm aura enveloping the royal palace was gone like being swallowed up by the earth.
Even in the king's palace, everything seemed silent and cold. Even the palace maids who usually looked cheerful, at this moment they were as gloomy as they were not excited.
On a table in Emperor Shun's room, a brown box containing hair, a phoenix hairpin, and a letter from Empress Yan.
The letter did not dare emperor Shun open, his heart as if it had been pierced by such a sharp wood. His breath seemed reluctant to come out from within him.
During those two days that emperor Shun could not sleep in peace, his mind kept awake by the events in the palace hall that night.
Even the face of Empress Yan, filled with tears, was clearly visible in her memory.
Emperor Shun stared at the brown box, he clenched his hands as if regretting what he had done to empress Yan.
"The eunuch chairman."
The presiding eunuch who heard the voice of emperor Shun called out to him, rushed straight into the emperor's room.
"Hamba here, your majesty." Said the head eunuch while bowing his body.
"Examine everything. Investigate whether the servant who was sentenced to death that night, was really the person that concubine Ning ordered to poison empress Yan while at Ju's palace or not."
The chief eunuch was shocked to hear the orders of emperor Shun.
"Your highness, you..."
"Don't say much, just do as I say. Do it secretly."
"Okay, your honor. I'll do it."
The head eunuch again bowed his body before he exited the emperor Shun's room.
"Empress Yan, if I had known the truth. Are you gonna fuck me?"
Emperor Shun touched the brown box, and looked at him with a gaze that was hard to understand.
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In the He pavilion, concubine Ning who was like getting a big win was happy.
He asked his servant to buy some food, and some fruit. He also asked the chef in the He pavilion to cook some good food for him.
"Finally today arrives, soon Empress Yan will be gone from the palace for good." Concubine Ning said happily.
Concubine Ning then walked over and sat down in front of her dressing table, she reflected and saw the reflection of her own face in the mirror.
"In a moment, your appearance will change. This ugly hairpin will also turn into a beautiful phoenix hairpin."
Concubine Ning continued to imagine her soon to be succeeding empress Yan, and would become queen in the state of Qin.
But concubine Ning did not know, all her fantasies would be accomplished or not.
While in the palace of the king was like a silent and cold tomb, different from in the palace of Yue Ji.
Empress Yan did not feel sad or depressed after doing such a shocking thing that night. She looked very happy with Xiao Wei and the other servants.
"Xiao Wei, you go to the market and buy ingredients to make cakes."
"What will the noble do with it?"
"You'll find out later, after coming out of this palace. I certainly have to be able to be independent by relying on my own abilities."
"Okay, your majesty, I'll buy it soon."
Xiao Wei and a servant left the palace to buy the materials that Empress Yan wanted.
"The Qing family will no longer care about this Yan empress, after the emperor agrees to let go. So in order to survive, I had to work on my own in this era of cruel empires."
Empress Yan then went to the warehouse, where she kept all the money and jewelry she had.
After entering a room that was not so big, Empress Yan saw several boxes of not so large size. He opened two boxes between the boxes.
Crieeets
The empress opened the first box, it contained a very full piece of gold. It was the gold money that was given every month by emperor Shun during the time he married her.
Crieeets
Empress Yan opened the second box, and the box contained a piece of silver that did not lose much.
"It turns out that Empress Yan was very rich, stupid all this time she didn't use all this gold and silver well."
Empress Yan looked at another smaller box, the box was gold in color with a very pretty engraving.
"I'm sure that it was the dowry that emperor Shun gave to the original Empress Yan first." Empress Yan muttered.
After taking a look, empress Yan took out one empty box that was not so big. He put some of the gold and silver pieces into the box in his hand.
"This seems like enough to buy two shops and another outside the capital." Said Empress Yan while looking at the gold and silver pieces inside the box.
After that, Empress Yan again closed two large boxes containing gold and silver pieces, then locked them.
Empress Yan walked out of the storage shed and locked it with the key she was carrying.
While carrying the box in her hand Empress Yan returned to her room. He already had a lot of plans in his head for the contents of the box he was carrying.
Empress Yan went into the room and kept the box in the closet, but she accidentally saw a beautiful light blue jade bracelet. The curious Empress Yan took the jade.
"Jade bracelet? Why is it that in the memories of the real empress Yan there is no memory of this jade bracelet?" Empress Yan muttered.
Empress Yan carried the jade bracelet and watched the bracelet meticulously while recalling where the bracelet came from.
"Your highness, your highness. The servant is back."
Empress Yan heard Xiao Wei's voice behind the door of her room.
"Xiao Wei, come here." Said empress Yan.
Xiao Wei entered into Empress Yan's room after hearing Empress Yan's orders from inside the room.
"Hamba here, your majesty." Xiao Wei.
Empress Yan showed the jade bracelet she had in her hand to Xiao Wei.
"Where do you know this jade bracelet from?" Empress Yan asked Xiao Wei.
Xiao Wei noticed the jade bracelet that was in the hands of Empress Yan.
"Was not this jade bracelet a gift from the queen mother, when the noble first entered the palace after the noble and noble emperor married first?"
"Gift of the queen mother?"
"Right, you've even worn it a few times. But..."
"But what?"
"But... Since the emperor's majesty was angry and forbade you to wear the bracelet, you were never seen wearing it again and you always kept it."
"Is it because the queen mother is dead, so the memory of this bracelet is not in me?"
"Your majesty, has something happened?"
Empress Yan shook her head, she then stood up and walked towards the closet. Empress Yan again kept the jade bracelet.
"I'll return the bracelet later." Empress Yan muttered.
Xiao Wei looked at Empress Yan in surprise, it was because empress Yan did not remember about the jade bracelet the queen mother gave her.
Empress Yan looked at Xiao Wei and smiled.
"You've bought everything I want, Xiao Wei?"
Xiao Wei regained his senses from his daydream and immediately bowed.
"I... Yes, your majesty, all have been bought."
"Then let's go to the palace kitchen, I'll teach you how to make a nice new cake."
Empress Yan walked excitedly towards the palace kitchen, followed by Xiao Wei who was still astonished at Empress Yan.
"Xiao Wei, I know you must be feeling weird about me. I'll tell you everything after we get out of this palace."
After arriving at the palace kitchen, Empress Yan immediately did the action. That is making a cake that he used to eat in modern times, before he crossed time and entered into the body of Qing Lian (the real Empress Yan).
The palace chef and Xiao Wei helped Empress Yan, and they also learned and remembered the ingredients and how Empress Yan made the cakes.
After almost 3 hours, finally Empress Yan managed to make some kind of cake. All the cakes that have been made are neatly arranged on the table.
Xiao Wei and the palace chef who had just seen the cakes were enchanted and could not believe that Empress Yan had made them.
This is an illustration of a cake made by Empress Yan 😊
(Image is just an illustration from the author. And the picture is in accordance with the thoughts of Qing Lian An who now has her soul in the consort Yan ✌😁).
Empress Yan was satisfied with what she had been doing for several hours inside the kitchen.
"This is quite difficult, the materials in ancient times could not be obtained easily. But the results are quite satisfying." Empress Yan muttered.
Seeing that Xiao Wei and the palace chef were so fascinated with the pastries she made, empress Yan approached them.
"You can try the cookies." Said empress Yan.
"Ampuni noble servant, I dare not." Said the palace chef.
"You're a chef, you should try the cake I made. If it tastes good I'll make it again."
"But your highness..."
"It's okay."
Empress Yan took one of the cakes she had already made, then gave it to the palace chef.
"Try this."
With a slight hesitation, the palace chef accepted the cake and ate it slowly.
"How does it feel?" Ask empress Yan.
"Your Majesty, this is very good. I've never baked a cake like this before." Said the palace chef with spirit.
"Really, then you try the other cake. Xiao Wei you can try that too."
"Okay, your honor."
Xiao Wei then took a different cake and ate it.
"Your highness, the palace chef is right. The cake you made was delicious." Said Xiao Wei agreeing with what the palace chef said earlier.
"I'm glad to hear that. With this, I can open a cake shop."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Said Xiao Wei who did not understand Empress Yan's words.
Empress Yan smiled "Xiao Wei, after the incident at the lantern festival party that night. I've asked the emperor's majesty to release me in front of so many people, that I have even cut my own hair. After I get out of the palace later, of course I have to try to live my own life."
"Your Majesty, please don't say that. We all urgently need your highness the empress." Chef said on his knees.
"You also know how the noble emperor treated me during my time in the palace. All this time I've been very heavy. You guys are very nice people to me. Thank you." Thank you."
"Your majesty." Xiao Wei knelt down.
The palace chef and Xiao Wei did indeed, they were very unlikely if Empress Yan had already decided on that.
"Stop winning, I don't want to make other people misunderstand." Said empress Yan.
"I forgive your noble servant."
"It's okay, you stand up."
The palace chef and Xiao Wei stood up just like what empress Yan had said.
"Your majesty, can your majesty bring along a servant, if your majesty leaves the palace?" Said the palace chef.
Empress Yan was surprised by the question from the palace chef.
"What are you saying, you are a chef in this palace. How could I take you?"
Bruo
"Hamba please your majesty, please take the servant with your highness empress. I beg your majesty."
The palace chef kowtowed and pleaded with empress Yan.
The reason why the palace chef wanted to follow Empress Yan was, because while inside the palace only the empresses Yan and Xiao Wei valued what she made.
As she made food and did not conform to the wishes of Empress Yan, Empress Yan did not punish her with punches or lashes. He would only rebuke and forgive the chef's mistakes, and that was a very rare thing within the palace.
Seeing the palace chef beg to prostrate, empress Yan was unable to say anything more.
"Wake up, I'll try to talk to the emperor's majesty to take you later." Said empress Yan.
"Thank you, my majesty, I swear to you that I will always be loyal to Empress Yan. Thank you for the kindness of the noble consort."
"That's it, you can stand now."
"Okay, thank you, your majesty."
The chef stood up. Empress Yan looked at Xiao Wei and the palace chef who were so eager to come with her.
"Maybe after we get out of here, our lives will be very difficult. Do you still want to follow me?"
"We will faithfully follow wherever the noble consort goes. We'll lay down our lives on the noble empress." Xiao Wei said firmly.
"Alright, thank you for your loyalty. I'm so lucky to meet you guys."
After that Empress Yan asked Xiao Wei and the palace chef to bring the cakes into her room, then asked them to clean up the palace kitchen which was quite messy.