Meiyi was 100 percent certain that he misunderstood her meaning and added "for food".
'You, don't you come any closer to me or else I'll crave for you...' she suddenly thought.
'Damn you stupid head, what are you even saying' she hit her head.
The emperor chuckled, before ordering the eunuch outside to bring them food.
Soon, several maids came in and dragged Meiyi towards a make-up table, where they brushed her long, silky hair and pat her face with powder before adding a bright red lipstick and eye shadow.
Meiyi, from the yellowish mirror, stared at the beautiful girl in the mirror-certainly, it was not her, not the meiyi she was. She has really become an an empress that serve an emperor, and gorgeous one she added.
She, in the past, was never considered a delicate beauty. She was mostly considered as sexy and gorgeous lady with her long voluminous blonde hair, deep green eyes and a curvy body. She was in fact considered gifted- both physically and mentally.
Meiyi never considered herself as a genius with the brain of Albert Einstein, but she was always first in class and she could gasp things pretty quickly, compared to the other noble ladies of her age.
Since, in her past life, she was a distant relative of the royal family, she always had to give the perfect image of herself by learning more and more skills and studying more and more books.
She had for 23 years learnt to play several instruments, taken several dance classes and so on. In that life, she had to also manage her family business as the legitimate heir and never had the opportunity to meet her fated one. Besides, her marriage needed to be an arranged one for the reputation of her family and her life was in short, that of a little bird, trap in a cage call responsibilities.
"Sigh..." she exhaled.
As an Empress in charge of a huge harem, Meiyi thought that her responsibilities might be a hundred times greater than that of her previous life. She had to, in this delicate body's of hers, gain the emperor's love and the other concubines might be like those in the chinese dramas and novels-fighting, scheming, gaining favor, and so on.
While Meiyi was still in her thoughts, the maid had already dressed her up prettily and the emperor was waiting for her to come and eat.
The table was filled with mouth watering delicacies and if Meiyi was a foodie like her best friend(from her past life), she would have saliva dropping out of her mouth.
Meiyi slowly picked up her pair of chopsticks and ate silently. She was not really eager to speak to him and only ate her food to fill up her lost energy.
But who knew, on her first day arriving in this unfamiliar country and era, so early in the morning, an angry bird would come by and break the peaceful silence.
"Tang guifei has arrived!" the eunuch announced from outside.
'Tang guifei? wasn't she one of the emperor's most visited consort?' Meiyi thought to herself as she got the feeling that trouble was brewing.
According to the real empress' memory, Tang guifei has always been a doubled face consort that schemes and blames others while pretending to defend the other party by crying in front of his majesty.
Meiyi only had one question in her mind right now and if she could get on the good side of that crazy woman after spending a night with the emperor, she would gladly ask her what kind of makeup she was wearing, as even modern waterproof makeup will make you look like a ghost after crying that much.
"Greetings to the emperor, may you live for thousands and thousands of years" Consort Tang greeted, before standing up and gently smile at the emperor.
'I really wonder how she catch his eyes with that dumb smile and plump red cheeks' Meiyi thought while staring at the phenomenon in front of her when she suddenly felt a cold chill surrounding her and Consort Tang was out of the blue, cowering in fear.
"Don't you greet the Empress? Where are your manners Consort Tang? This is zhen's empress and according to the rules, you shall be punished! Men! Come forth and give consort Tang a hundred slaps! We shall see if she doesn't obey the palace rules again!" The emperor ordered.
'What just happened? Did a white flag just come down like that?' Meiyi wondered, still in daze at how quickly Consort Tang came and go...