King's Regrets
Eps 8's

As Xuan Yuwen promised Empress Yan, she came back the next morning with two pieces of male clothing the size of Empress Yan's body.

Empress Yan's face was extremely sparkling as she looked at the two pieces of men's clothing that Xuan Yuwen had brought along.

"You're really gonna take me out?" Asked Empress Yan happily.

"Of course, sister-in-law. I promised my brother-in-law."

Empress Yan nodded happily, she then undressed the man Xuan Yuwen had placed on the table. Empress Yan looked impatiently wanting to wear the man's clothes.

From outside Xiao Wei walked quickly into the reading room of Empress Yan.

"Your highness, your majesty." Xiao Wei said with a breath of breath.

"What happened, why are you so noisy Xiao Wei?" Ask empress Yan.

"Your highness... Your highness the emperor is on his way here, your majesty."

"What's? What'd he come here for?"

Empress Yan directly gave the two pieces of men's clothing to Xiao Wei.

"Hide these clothes well, lest anyone else know."

"Okay, your honor."

Xiao Wei brought the two pieces of the man's clothes for him to keep.

"Sister-in-law, you really don't like my sister anymore?" Xuan Yuwen asked seeing Empress Yan shocked and dislikeful when he knew emperor Shun was coming.

"Do I look like I'm lying to you?"

"No, it's not that. I really still can't believe that brother-in-law no longer likes the emperor's brother."

Empress Yan stood up and walked towards the window.

"Yu'er, it's been years that I've loved even your sister. But for years your brother never saw me, he hated me and always hurt me."

Empress Yan said that with such a dejected face, Xuan Yuwen who saw her became helpless.

So did someone who heard the words of Empress Yan from outside the reading room. His blood rippled as if flowing faster.

"I'm not the one who will continue to endure such treatment. If it is impossible for the emperor to love me, then I must let go and discard all the feelings I have felt for the emperor all along." Said Empress Yan again.

"Sister-in-law."

"I would feel much better doing that, besides the emperor there was already concubine Ning, concubine Nuan and concubine Zhu. While me? I'm just an ornate statue inside the palace, like what the emperor told me."

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The emperor's heart as if it stopped beating upon hearing Empress Yan's words, there was a pain that tickled her heart when empress Yan said everything she felt to her sister Xuan Yuwen.

"Your majesty." Said the head eunuch.

Emperor Shun raised his right hand, giving the code for the eunuch chief not to speak first.

The head eunuch bowed his body then walked back a few steps.

"What is this, what happened to me? Why was there something that made me uncomfortable when Empress Yan said all that?"

Emperor Shun was still standing before the door of Ju's palace reading room, he still wanted to hear what the empress Yan had to say to Xuan Yuwen.

"Sister-in-law, sister don't say that. Big brother was a Qin state empress who was endowed and loved."

Empress Yan looked at Xuan Yuwen.

"Blessing? Being loved? Even the emperor who was none other than my own husband never touched me other than when he hit, kicked and got mad at me."

"Sister-in-law, we better stop this conversation. If indeed brother-in-law would rather be at Ju's palace, then brother-in-law could stay here longer."

"Thank you Yu'er, you're a good man."

Emperor Shun closed his eyes, everything that Empress Yan said was indeed true. During this time he never touched Empress Yan except when he was angry and hit Empress Yan because of the actions of the Qing prime minister.

The feeling that emperor Shun felt after hearing all the words of the current empress Yan was really very uncomfortable, he had even forgotten the purpose of him coming to the Ju palace.

Emperor Shun clenched his hand as it held all the whipping feelings within him. Emperor Shun turned around and walked away leaving where he stood.

"Back to the palace." Emperor Shun.

"Okay, your honor." Said the head eunuch.

Inside the reading room, empress Yan and Xuan Yuwen who had been talking since earlier while waiting for emperor Shun did not know if emperor Shun was listening to the two of them talking from outside the reading room.

"Did the emperor not come?" Ask empress Yan.

"Ah, sister-in-law is right. Why did the emperor's brother take so long to get here?"

Empress Yan walked out of the reading room to look for Xiao Wei.

"Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei."

"Your highness, servant here."

Xiao Wei stopped running right in front of Empress Yan.

"I'm sorry, your majesty."

"It's okay. Xiao Wei, you said that the emperor's majesty was heading to Ju's palace. But why hasn't it arrived yet?"

"Your Majesty the emperor has not arrived yet? But.. But earlier I saw the eunuch chief standing not far from the noble reading room of the empress."

Empress Yan looked at Xiao Wei not understanding.

"If your majesty has come, then why have I not seen it and also no one told me if the noble emperor has come?"

"Unfortunately noble servant, I do not understand."

"It seems like the elder brother of the emperor heard everything that brother-in-law said, therefore the elder brother of the emperor does not want to see the elder brother-in-law?"

Xuan Yuwen saw Empress Yan re-enter the reading room and sit in front of him.

"Sister-in-law, what did the servant sister-in-law say?" Xuan Yuwen asked.

"Xiao Wei said if he saw the eunuch chief not far from this reading room. But if the emperor had come, why did he...."

Xuan Yuwen looked at Empress Yan and was slightly pensive as he spoke to her.

"There's no need to think about brother-in-law anymore. If the emperor's brother does not want to see you, then let it be."

Empress Yan simply nodded her head, nor did she want to think too much about emperor Shun anymore.

"So tell me, are we going out today?" Asked Empress Yan to change the subject.

"Of course so if sister-in-law wants to."

"Alright, then I'll change clothes first."

"Good sister-in-law."

Empress Yan left Xuan Yuwen in the reading room to change clothes inside her room.

About 20 minutes later, Empress Yan returned to the reading room after changing her clothes and styling her hair, so that now she looked like a man.

Xuan Yuwen looked at Empress Yan with a surprised look.

"How can brother-in-law look more handsome than me after wearing that outfit?" Xuan Yuwen.

"really?"

"really. God is so unfair, you look so beautiful in women's clothes and you look good in men's clothes like you do today."

Empress Yan only shook her head when she heard Xuan Yuwen complaining that her good looks were rivaled by the appearance of empress Yan.

"That's it, let's go now." Said empress Yan.

"All right, sister-in-law."

Xuan Yuwen then led Empress Yan out of the Ju palace in secret, while Xiao Wei stood guard at the door of Empress Yan's room to guard against anyone who wanted to meet with Empress Yan.

In just 15 minutes, Xuan Yuwen and Empress Yan managed to sneak out of Ju's palace and now they were already in the market of the Qin state capital.

"Gee, it's really very crowded." Empress Yan said in amazement.

"Sister-in-law, you look like someone who never gets out of the house."

"You already know that if I can't get in and out of the palace freely, let alone your brother always lock me up in the palace."

"Ah right too. Alright this time I'll let brother-in-law feel the freedom."

"Okay, then let's have some fun!"

Empress Yan, who had only recently felt the world outside after several years of marriage to emperor Shun and living in the royal palace, was very happy.

Xuan Yuwen brought Empress Yan to taste some of the most delicious food along the street where they were.

It had been almost 3 hours that the two of them were outside Ju's palace, besides eating they had also done many things that Empress Yan had never done.

Empress Yan looked at the darkening sky and finally decided to return, she felt worried about Xiao Wei the longer she left Ju's palace.

Empress Yan and Xuan Yuwen returned to Ju's palace by sneaking around like they had when they left, so that no one would know.

After escorting Empress Yan back safely. Xuan Yuwen left Ju's palace.

Brakes

The door of Empress Yan's room opened, Xiao Wei who had been worried in front of the door of Empress Yan's room looked relieved when she saw that her empress had returned and had changed into her clothes.

"Your majesty, why did you leave for so long?" Xiao Wei asked worriedly.

Empress Yan smiled then pulled Xiao Wei's hand into her room.

"Your majesty."

"Sstttt shut up, otherwise everyone will know."

Xiao Wei immediately closed her mouth and nodded in obedience to Empress Yan's words.

"Xiao Wei, this is for you."

Empress Yan gave a silver hairpin with a very pretty flower shape at the end.

"Your majesty."

"You can wear it, I'm sure you'll look prettier after wearing it."

"Thank you, your majesty, long life for your majesty." Xiao Wei directly kowtowed to empress Yan.

Empress Yan was very surprised to see Xiao Wei suddenly prostrate to her, she then helped Xiao Wei stand up.

"You don't have to bow down like that to me. You've been taking care of me all this time, so this is just a little gift from me."

"But still your highness, servant.."

"It's enough, if you don't want to wear it you can keep it in a safe place."

"Oh, my majesty, thank you."

Empress Yan smiled and nodded at Xiao Wei.

...The appearance of empress Yan after wearing the clothes of the man brought by Xuan Yuwen....