The whole Zhu Yu Palace is light up with decorative candles. The moment Jiang Yu step in he smelled the high quality incense being burn.
Inside, some servants greeted the emperor at the door while the others run off to inform the imperial noble consort.
Still, Ye Ai Ning did not go out of her chambers to received Jiang Yu. The emperor simply wave away the attending servants. This set of actions speak loud on how favored the consort is.
"My beloved consort, are you still upset?"
Jiang Yu step closer to Ye Ai Ning who was busy practicing her calligraphy. He put his hands in her shoulders and slowly massage her, hoping it could help remove the strain.
"What is the emperor doing in Chanqie's place?" Ye Ai Ning did not even lift her head to look at the emperor.
A person as beautiful as Ye Ai Ning, when using a frown instead of a smile, could actually looked sickly when all her glow got lost.
If Wei Yi Yi saw her, she would doubt whether she was being fed alright. Who could tell that having beautiful white skin would be a double edge sword. It's either you looked so tender or you looked so ghostly.
Jiang Yu saw her plain counterpart. He put a hand to caress her thinking she was cold. "Don't be like this Ning'er. It was my fault for neglecting you but zhen did sent Xiao Lin Xi to inform you that day."
After getting back that day, Jiang Yu hold up inside the emperial study and worked busily. He sent people to check out and help the people who got involved in the market place. He also immediately started investigating who is behind the attack.
Ye Ai Ning probably got scared when she heard someone tried to assassinate him, and yet he left her to worry by herself.
Thinking that Ye Ai Ning is being silly, Jiang Yu laugh and kiss her on her hair.
"Ning'er," he softly called out.
Unexpectedly, Ye Ai Ning rudely rejected him. "Don't touch me!" she stood up and and weakly pushed the emperor. With a complaining attitude, she said, "It is true that you did not punish Wei Yi Yi?! And you punished Feng Lei instead for her?!"
This two are actually not in the same page.
"Ning'er! Don't address the empress by her name! Also, zhen already said that it is imperial concubine Feng that is at fault." Jiang Yu reprimand her not about her actions but on how she address the empress.
"Then what about chenqie?! What if the empress decides to find fault with chenqie? Even though chenqie did nothing, I will be punish? Simply because she's your empress? Then how could I live inside the palace?! She know that I have your heart. She'll try to get rid of me! I thrown everything and followed you, and yet you wouldn't protect me from her!"
Ye Ai Ning started to act hysterical. She talked non stop that resulted in Jiang Yu looking at her weirdly. Jiang Yu simply felt at lost when she started to cry. How did they reach here?
"How did it came to that? Just how did those two fighting involved you? The empress have flaws but she's never unreasonable towards the consorts. Zhen at least could understand that." Jiang Yu tried to talk it out.
Wei Yi Yi is a little indifferent towards the harem. But the empress is still the empress, Jiang Yu cannot force her to get involved more than she deemed necessary.
'And you're still siding with her! Aren't I the one you truely loves?!'
An unreasonable anger flare up in her. This is the first time she felt how alone she is in this fight. "You're always like that! You never try to understand about my worries! Always about the ceremonial and the traditions! Just when will you dispose Wei Yi Yi?!"
Ye Ai Ning last words sent a ring towards the two. A deathly silence followed after.
They looked at each other. Seemly seeing but cannot recognize.
"Zhen don't know what's happening with you but it seems that Zhen's been indulging you too much. You were never like this before."
Jiang Yu left the chamber and out of the Zhu Yu Palace. Ye Ai Ning sent him off with her gaze. Even her got scared with her own self.
Out of the corner, one of the maidservant run off to the direction of the Bai Yi Palace and entered the south courtyard.
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With a stick on her hand, Wei Yi Yi poke the kneeling Xiao Yuan Xi's legs. The eunuch let out a disturbing scream.
"Does it felt like being electrocute?" she asked. The eunuch gave her a questioning look. "It means being hit by thunder. Oh but like just a tiny little bit of touch?"
Black lines appeared on Xiao Yuan Xi and Tang Mei's face. They could not understand.
"Empress this servant know his wrongs."
"No you don't. Xiao Yuan Xi do you take this empress as a weakling that need protection? You're following me yet you don't get my good skills at all. I'm here so why are you afraid to trouble others?"
Aren't she really good at stirring things up? And this bro got boss to clean up my mess! As long as I don't create troubles for him, I can create troubles for others as much as I like!
Wei Yi Yi already filtered from her mind all the troubles she made for Jiang Yu. There's also no way she's taking responsibility from all the curve ball that Ye Ai Ning is receiving.
Being told that someone's there for you make Xiao Yuan Xi emotional. "Your ladyship..."
"Now out with your hands." Wei Yi Yi readied her stick.
"..." Xiao Yuan Xi.
As a boss of her own team, of course she need to sort them out. Aiyo when will they learn how to efficiently hug their 'boss' thighs? How could they not learn from her.
"The emperor has arrived!" A long shout came from the entrance.
Oh fudge did she jinx herself?!