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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7

"SLAP"

Loud noise echoed throughout the court hall, breaking everyone's train of thoughts. Every single life jerked their heads to the source of the noise, only to see the empress half bent and prime minister Yu standing straight in front of her with his right hand in the air. At the very first glance, they could say that he had slapped the empress in the middle of the court.

"Is this how I raised you. You are a disgrace to the Yu family name. How dare..." Prime minister was barking like a dog at the empress which was cut off by her.

"Law is blind not the Lawkeeper." Mika said still glaring towards the person sitting on the throne. "Do you even know what 'EMPEROR' stands for." He said emphasising word emperor as he continude "It means 'father of nation', a person who looks after every single life residing within his wings. If you think you are ruler then you are damn wrong. You are just a slave, slave of this throne, slave of people. You are here to ensure that they are having proper meals, primary nacessities and proper place to live. You are here to keep them safe, not to blindly killing them without getting in depths of matter's truth." He said without stopping, even to catch his breath. "You know, the richies you are living in, has came from those lowly beings's hard work. The food you eat, clothes you were, place you live in, your jwelleries, other antics and everything came from their blood, sweet and tears. You do not earn anything, the people you speak lowly of are the one paying for your expansive livelihood.And most important fact to not to be left out 'They are loyal.' And here you are just neglecting their existence for nobilty. An animal would be better for that place though it can't do judgement but it also won't bring anjustice to them." He took a deep beath after speaking for so long that too nonstop, he added "A puppet, moved by his own subordinates is not suitable for such a high position."

He than moved from his place towards general Mu. Coming in front of him, he stop in his steps than further said "If his majesty, the emperor, thinks that I have committed a crime than , here take this and slay my existance in half. I am standing here and won't even flinch a bit." He threw the sword, grabing from general Mu's waist, straight, only one step away from emperor's feet. Once again stoping everyone's breath.

Mika moved back where he was previously standing " 3 hours, I have been standing straight for 3 damn hours outside. And now here too. At least you guys should have prepared one seat to rest. If not here then arrange one outside." He complained like a child as if he wasn't the person who has stopped their breath with just his words.

He sat on floor makind loud 'thud', his posture remained of an old granny from countryside, sitting on her bad. Although he sat like that and didn't utter anything else, didn't meant that he was calm. He was still angry, sitting with frowned brows and dark eyes. He was determined to give justice to the maid and so many others like her, whose likes were considered on per with insects.

Everyone in court were stunned at Mika's performance. They were confused on how to react. It was like a storm came unannounced, made a chaos then died down. Long Xin and Han Zhi couldn't recover from shock of that idiot saying such cleaver things. The person they knew since for at least a month now, has behaved like nothing but idiot and weirdo. She always said that she was a genius but never looked like one from her actions. And here she is saying some thing only a wise soul would say. What the hell happened to her? did a wise soul possessed her? No mattter what the cause is, they were sure that she , who has lifted her finger on the emperor and also insulted him in a worst way, will only be sentenced to a cold, cruel punisment. The person sitting on the throne was one's big brother, the other one's father and an emperor but even so they both decided to stick to the idiot until the end, no matter what consequences they have to face, cauce what she just said made that much respact for her in their hearts.

General Mu was shocked that she refered emperor as trash but was more shocked when she lectured him and throw a sword to him and dared him to cut her as punishment. He was a noble and was raised in such environment where no one cared for others not even their blood relatived and here she is standing up for a maid, who isn't even her own attendant. Standing here in the Imperial court and challenging the most powerful person of the empire. When he first saw her in garden few hours ago, he know she was weired but intresting but now he saw now gutsy she is, he is sure that she is a very fascinating woman. Being a noble, he knew how a noble tands to treat normal peoples but he couldn't say anything because he felt like that's the rule of the life, poor were ruled over by riches but today this brave woman broke his self ego of being a noble. he never respacted anyone from his hert but now he started to respact her for whole heartly.

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He, Chi Long Xu, the emperor of the Chi empire was called 'trash' by his own empress in the imperial court in front of his officials. He was stunned by the reaction he got from Yu Ru Xia, the empress. He never saw her raising her voice beore, let alone an angry look on her face. He knew the poison incident somehow changed her but to this great difference was unexpacted. Is almot facing death leave that much of an impect on a person.

'Trash', 'Trash', 'Trash', 'Trash', 'Trash' was the only word echoing in his mind now that come to halt as he got pulled out of his daze like everyone else when he heared a SLAP noise. He saw that the prime minister has slapped his daughter but he didn't know why it made his blood boil, anger towards prime minister. He wanted to confront him for raising his hand on his wife but once again the empress beat him at it, with out paying any attention to her father she targeted him once again and started speaking nonchalantly.

Every word she spoke, striked right in his heart . He knew that 'emperor is the father of the nation' but only in words, he never tried to feel like that. He only did as his officials suggested him, he knew that an emperor doesn't have all th rights so that they they don't become dictetors but he could never understand that that doesn't meant that he have to be a puppet dancing on his official's finger. After she stopped her lectures and glared daggers at him, he felt like someone has poured a bucket of icy water on him in the middle of winter. Every word of her made him realise how wrongly he was ruling up until now. He always felt like the system around him wasn't all that right and as an emperor he wanted to do positive changes to make the nation where everyone wants to live. But somehow unkowingly to himself, he became a pown for everyone to use. And here he was thinking that he was a great emperor. He was ashamed of himself and felt like he doesn't deserve to sit on this throne anymore. When a sword came flying in front of his foot and challenged by the empresss to kill her if that's her punishment to show face of truth, he saw determination and anger in her eyes. Seeing her fierce eyes he promised himself to become an emperor to whom she would look with respect and admiration not that hateful and angry look.

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Long Xu stood up from his throne. Everyone were eager to know what would he do to the empress. Long Xu climbed down the stairs. He came forward and stopped in front of Mika. Han Zhi and Long Xin were ready to protect Mika if emperor were to harm him. For everyone's surpize, he kneeled down in front of Mika. "Your Majesty, what are you doing? An emperor can't kneel in front of anyone." Officials were shouting.

"Thank you for opening my eyes empress Yu Ru Xia. I am ashamed at my actions up until now, you are right, I am not suitable to sit on that glorious throne or to be adressed as 'emperor'. But I here by give my words that I would become a person who deserved to be a father of this nation. That's why please accept my apology and give me another chance to prove myself. "The emperor bows to Mika.

Everyone at court were speechless with this turn of events. Never in their entire history has their emperor bowed in front of anyone but now the emperor was asking for forgiveness. Some were stunned but didn't cared and other's were angry at Long Xu for disgracing the emperor's position.

"I would only forgive you, your majesty, when you make a law for human rights that includes food, shelter, clothes, education and most of all respact, right to speak and prohibition on child labour, be it male, female or transgander." Mika looks at emperor in the eyes and says.

"Very well, I also agree with your human rights content. I here by order to make human rights a law in all Chi empire. And the person who don't follow this law would be sentenced to the worst punishment ever." Long Xu announces his order and asks an official to make a written form of this law to mark it with tha royal seal. He gives another offical order to announce this new law all over the empire. Then turns at Mika, who smiled brightly at him. Mika patted him on his back and praised him, then stormed out of the court along with the maid.

Everyone else were just trying to take everything in. Even Long Xin and Han Zhi couldn't believe that the mighty emperor bowed and apologies to someone. The biggest surprize for both was that the idiot gave such a brilliant idea of making a law over human rights, and also this intent have it finalized. They just wanted to know where has their idiot gone and who came over in his place, giving such wise ideas. General Mu also couldn't think straight to see emperor accepting his fault and did what the empress asked. He now has decided that he is also going to accompany the empress along with the fourth prince and crown prince. But there was one thing that every single person at the court was thinking 'The empress is like a storm, angrily coming, making chaos then hapyilly storms away.'