King's Regrets
The Eps 48
Two days later, as Xia Lian An and Xiao Wei were packing for the Ming country, he had the arrival of an uninvited and unfamiliar guest.
When asked, he claimed to be an envoy from crown prince Zhang who was ordered by crown prince Zhang to protect Xia Lian An when he went to Ming country later.
Xia Lian An looked at the man suspiciously, as she had never seen the man around crown prince Zhang when she went to the Ming state palace just yet.
"Actually who are you?" Xia Lian An asked for the umpteenth time.
"I am the shadow bodyguard commanded by his highness crown prince Zhang, to protect you on your way to the Ming country."
"Tell the truth."
"I have a letter from his highness crown prince Zhang to you as proof."
The person who claimed to be the shadow bodyguard of crown prince Zhang gave Xia Lian An a letter.
Xia Lian An took the letter and opened it.
After reading the letter and seeing at the end of the letter was the seal of crown prince Zhang, Xia Lian An had just trusted him.
"This is indeed from master Jiang. All right, you wait here, my waiter's packing inside."
"Well miss."
The shadow guard then waited for Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen to pack up with Xia Lian An.
Before long, Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen came.
"Miss, everything is ready. And we've put all the stuff in the car." Xiao Wei.
"Yes. Xiao Fen, as long as I'm gone you guard the house and the shop. Tell Min'er that I went to Ming country to fulfill the invitation of crown prince Zhang."
"Well miss."
Xia Lian An stood up "We can leave now."
"Please miss." The shadow guard.
Xia Lian An, Xiao Wei and the shadow bodyguards came out from Xia Lian An's house. In front of the house Xia Lian An also saw two more bodyguards.
"Who are they?" Xia Lian An asked the shadow bodyguard.
"They're two bodyguards who'll be guarding the lady's belongings on the back train."
Xia Lian An had no idea what crown prince Zhang was thinking, she was no longer an empress or the child of an influential person in the Qin state. But crown prince Zhang treated him like the son of a very meaningful official.
"Oh, we're leaving now."
Assisted by Xiao Wei, Xia Lian An boarded the carriage. And after Xiao Wei boarded and sat down beside Xia Lian An, the carriage departed.
For two days they would travel from Yu city to Ming country.
On the other hand, emperor Shun was also ready to depart for the Ming country. She was going to leave alone because empress Rui was a few weeks pregnant, and could not travel far.
Empress Rui, who only trusted the servants left behind by Empress Yan first, refused when emperor Shun suggested adding more servants as long as she was not in the palace.
Emperor Shun, who was hesitant to leave Rui's consort, asked the little king and concubine Nuan to accompany Empress Rui.
"You, must come every day to accompany Empress Rui here." Said emperor Shun to the little king.
"I know I won't let anyone commit a crime against my sister-in-law and my niece-in-law."
"Well, I can calm down."
"I'll ask the bodyguard to bring you another bed, if needed."
"Your majesty, you don't have to be like that." Said empress Rui.
"If you could come, I wouldn't worry like this."
Empress Rui did not expect, if she would see Emperor Shun's worried face on her. Whether it was because she was pregnant or not, she would make use of it to make emperor Shun no longer care for concubine Ning.
"Then you don't have to go, let me go there."
Emperor Shun paused for a moment "Alright, then you..."
"Your majesty, I'm really okay. Crown Prince Zhang is a good friend of his majesty, his majesty just leave. Here is the concubine Nuan and the little king. The one who will hurt me will not dare."
Empress Rui purposely said that, because she knew that Empress Yan would definitely come as well at crown prince Zhang's birthday event later. And when concubine Ning found out if emperor Shun was going to meet empress Yan, she would naturally not care about herself in the palace.
And empress Rui also knew, if concubine Ning would not be able to do anything outside of Qin state. So that empress Rui wanted to lure concubine Ning away from the palace and not do anything that would endanger her life and her future baby.
"Are you really okay?" Emperor Shun asked Empress Rui.
Empress Rui nodded "Yes your honor, I promised your majesty, I will be fine."
"All right then. I'll be right back when it's all over."
"Okay, your honor."
Emperor Shun came out of Yue Ji's palace, and boarded the royal carriage that would take him to the Ming state.
"Sister-in-law, why did you allow your brother emperor to go to Ming country?" Speak the little king.
"Sttttt, someone will inform the news of the emperor's glorious departure to the Ming state on Ning's concubine. You guys must know how concubine Ning reacted when she found out that the noble one would go to Ming country and meet with Empress Yan there, right?"
"I mean brother-in-law, brother wants to make Empress Yan as bait?"
Empress Rui shook her head.
"No, I might as well make Empress Yan as bait. Consort Ning would not be able to hurt Empress Yan. Even I'm sure before he gets to Ming country, someone will do something to him."
Consorts Nuan and the little king did not understand what the words of empress Rui meant.
Seeing the concubine Nuan and the little king confused, empress Rui sat down and looked at the two of them.
"An ordinary woman roamed alone outside the Qin kingdom's territory, wouldn't it invite the bad guys?"
"But she was concubine Ning, the royal concubine. They're not gonna dare."
"Concubine Nuan, concubine Ning will not take any chances by exiting the palace using her real clothes and identity. Did you forget that Emperor Shun didn't let himself out of the He pavilion for a month?"
"Ah, your majesty is right. His highness the emperor punished concubine Ning for one month."
Empress Rui nodded her head and smiled.
"She has done a lot of evil to Empress Yan, I only helped myself from people who would harm me later and helped Empress Yan to avenge what she had done all this time."
"Your majesty." Said the little king and concubine Nuan together.
Empress Rui smiled, she would not feel regret for having done that. And after all, he didn't plan on it intentionally. He relied only on luck outside the Qin territory, to avenge all the evil deeds of concubine Ning to Empress Yan and the people he had hurt.
"Empress Yan, this is all I can do to repay your kindness all this time to me. I hope you'll always be happy."