King's Regrets
The Eps 45
From this part the name of concubine Zhu will be changed to empress Rui.
As the days continued to change, consort Zhu who was already empress Rui had also obtained her honor from the palace officials as well as from the servants and bodyguards in the palace.
Every morning and evening the emperor Shun would bring empress Rui to the palace hall to receive greetings from the palace officials.
It used to be that empress Yan had never experienced that, of course empress Rui did not want her to experience the same thing. With the palace officials saluting her, it could also make concubine Ning even more unhappy.
This afternoon after coming from the palace hall to receive greetings from the officials, empress Rui returned to Yue Ji palace with her loyal servants.
"Empress Rui."
Empress Rui stopped stepping, she turned her body and saw the eldest daughter already standing right behind her.
"Greetings to your eldest daughter." Said empress Rui while saluting the eldest daughter.
The eldest daughter saw empress Rui as courteous as empress Yan, and it pleased her.
"It doesn't need to be like that to me, just call me eldest brother like Lin'er calling me."
Empress Rui nodded her head.
"Okay, oldest brother. Looks like brother here has needs."
"Yes, you're right."
"Then, please. We can talk inside."
"All right."
Empress Rui and the eldest daughter walked into the palace of Yue Ji, and sat on a chair in one of the rooms in the room of Empress Rui.
"If I may know, what needs have made the oldest brother come from the city of Zo here?" Said empress Rui carefully.
Looking at Empress Rui who seemed to be afraid of her, the eldest daughter laughed.
"You, are you so afraid of me? You're so stiff."
"I'm sorry my oldest brother."
"No need to apologize, I know what it's like to be you right now."
Empress Rui fell silent, however this was the first time she and the eldest daughter spoke directly. Usually he would only salute and then leave in the presence of the eldest daughter.
"I'm here to give you this." The eldest daughter placed two boxes on the table.
"That's...."
"This is a gift from Lian'er to you, she also apologized for not being able to congratulate you for being Rui's consort."
The eldest daughter pushed the box with a gold-colored cloth cover to empress Rui.
Empress Rui received the box, then opened it slowly.
"Here, this bracelet..."
The eldest daughter did not know about the jade bracelet, but the eldest daughter believed it must have a story of its own for them.
"And this one, please the empress give it to concubine Nuan. This is also from Lian'er."
The eldest daughter pushed the box with a green cloth cover on empress Rui.
"Oldest brother, how is empress Yan doing now?"
The eldest daughter was surprised to hear that empress Rui still called Xia Lian An as empress Yan.
"He's very nice, he has two very developed cake shops. He lived so happily with Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen beside him."
Empress Rui nodded her head "I'm glad to hear it."
The eldest daughter saw the red eyes of empress Rui holding back her tears from falling. Maybe this is what is said even though it is not blood but can feel each other like brothers.
"Alright, I've already given the thing that Lian'er left me to the empress and concubine Nuan. I still have to see Emperor Shun."
"Thank you for bringing this bracelet to us, eldest brother."
Empress Rui escorted the eldest daughter to the door of Yue Ji's palace.
"Empress Yan, it turns out you still have this bracelet." Empress Rui tightly grasped the jade bracelet.
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While at the He pavilion, concubine Ning's condition had already started to improve. The healer only once a day came to the He pavilion.
Right now concubine Ning was sitting on the edge of her bed, she looked straight ahead like she was thinking of something.
Consort Ning who still did not accept if concubine Zhu who became empress, thought of a way to have the empress position empty again.
As long as concubine Ning was alive, if she could not become empress, then even others would never be able to sit in that position.
Ning's concubine's desire to become the queen of the Qin state was already an obsession attached to her, and would not let go of anyone who dared to occupy that position.
Concubine maid Ning who heard concubine Ning's words was shocked, she did not expect that what had made emperor Shun divorce empress Yan was concubine Ning.
Moreover, he had heard before that the one who should not have children was Qing Lian.
"I have to tell your highness the emperor, I don't want to continue serving a cruel woman like this concubine Ning."
Concubine maid Ning went secretly to meet emperor Shun.
Inside the king's palace, emperor Shun was talking to the eldest daughter in the reading room.
"This is all evidence of the evasion of tax money in Yu city the past few years. I've also brought the finance minister of Yu city here to be adili tomorrow."
The eldest daughter gave several financial books belonging to the finance minister and a proof book of evasion of tax money that should be paid.
"How dare he do this in my kingdom's territory!" Emperor Shun squeezed the book he had in his hand.
"For the next few months, I will ask people to change Yu's city. It's enough they've lived under pressure by that useless man."
"Alright, please brother do that."
The eldest daughter nodded her head.
"Your highness, a servant from the He pavilion came to meet you." Said the chief eunuch outside the emperor Shun's reading room.
"Let him in." Emperor Shun said from inside the reading room.
After getting the order from emperor Shun, that concubine Ning's servant entered.
"Greetings to the emperor's majesty, greetings to the princess." Said the waiter, bowing his body.
"Say, what happened to concubine Ning again?"
"Ampuni noble servant, servant wants to say something about what concubine Ning once said when she was alone in her room."
"What did he say?" Ask the eldest daughter.
"Concubine Ning yelled when her stomach hurt, that she should never have children was Empress Yan, and concubine Ning also said, if he would have trouble getting rid of empress Rui because of her current body condition."
Hearing that, emperor Shun's hand clutched the chair firmly, his face turning grim.
"Happy Highness, the woman who had been noble and noble in love, turned out to be a woman who had a very cruel heart." Said the eldest daughter to the emperor Shun.
Already from the beginning the eldest daughter did not like concubine Ning, she could see the gaze of concubine Ning who was very ambitious and would do anything to achieve her wish.
Bahkn's eldest daughter also once advised emperor Shun to be careful of concubine Ning, but was not heard by emperor Shun.
"You, did you really hear concubine Ning say that?" Emperor Shun asked concubine Ning's servant.
"Right, my lord, I swear. Servants don't dare to lie to their majesty." The servant prostrated himself in front of Emperor Shun, to show him that what he said was the truth.
"Alright, I'll ask people to observe concubine Ning, I won't forgive her if she does indeed do that."
The eldest daughter looked at the emotional emperor Shun.
"You only realized that the woman was evil-hearted after losing Empress Yan, wasn't it too late?"
The eldest daughter stood up "Then I leave first, after two months I will just be here again." The eldest daughter.
"Okay, thanks brother."
The eldest daughter who was disappointed in emperor Shun for being late to see the truth, immediately left the king's palace.
Emperor Shun who saw the disappointment in his brother could only quietly hold him back.
"You get out, and if concubine Ning does anything quickly report it to me."
"Okay, your honor."
After bowing his body, the servant left the reading room of emperor Shun.
"Concubine Ning, all this time I've been good to you. But what you're doing is making me very disappointed and hate you." Emperor Shun uttered furiously.
Emperor Shun stared in any direction.
"It turns out that what Qing Lian used to say was true, I was the one who was blind from not being able to see the truth that was in plain sight. I don't believe in my own queen. It's worth it that you'd rather leave me this stupid one."