in a well decorated royal chamber,sat a beautiful bride who was dressed in marriage regalia and her face was covered.she was waiting for her husband the emperor to complete the last ritual of the marriage.but in her heart she was praying for the emperor not to come because her father forced her marrying the emperor whom she dislike because he wants power and the emperor hates her because he has a concubine whom he loves so much and he wanted to make her the empress but because he has just be crowned emperor his powers were not stable and he had to marry from a family with strong powers in the country. he had no choice but to marry the daughter of the prime minister, ling fei fei.he hates it that he has no power over his marriage and he decided to do hateful and scornful things to make his empress ling fei fei to leave the palace. and his first plan was to sleep with his beloved concubine on the night of the wedding instead of sleeping with his empress.

Ling fei fei fei waited for some hours without the seeing the emperor and instead of getting angry and sad she was happy and she quickly tiptoed and check the windows to know if he Is coming but seeing no body she quickly removed the veil from her face and also removed the heavy clothing and started eating the dates on the table.

she also drank the wine on the table.after eating her removing her make she lied on her bed and slept satisfactory

The next morning the emperor came to the room thinking that the empress will be wailing about him not coming to the bridal chamber;he has prepared a long line list of hateful words to say to her but to his surprise he found her sleeping sweetly and smiling as and it was as if she was in a good dream.

He was angry and frustrated that he woke her up forcefully.ling fei fei woke up groggy and angry at the person who woke her up.she wanted to slap the person who woke but the she was shocked and surprise to see the emperor's cold and angry face she quickly withdrew her hand and sat quietly looking at the emperor.

seeing that she was fully awake, he started;"I came here today to talk to you about the rules of this marriage".

rules??

ling fei fei was surprised and she muttered"interesting"

seeing that she was quiet, he cotinued;

"we both know that this marriage is a forced and arranged marriage so my rules are as follows;

1: don't expect love from me

2: don't expect me to come to your room regarding the consumption of the marriage.

3:we will not be staying together and you will have your own palace and you are not allowed to visit my palace without permission.

4: manage my harem of women well, treat them with respect

5: I have a woman whom I love so much her name is zhao sese I want you to treat her with love and respect.

"these are my rules,any question he asked?

"wow, so many rules;ling fei fei thought but they are quite good because they are in sync with my own rules especially the first three rules.

"ok emperor I agree with your rules and I have no complains if there is no other issues you can leave;she said smiling.

The emperor was shocked and surprised because he was thinking that she would be angry or even sad when she heard his rules of but she was smiling and even telling him to leave the room.he was angry but he kept his thoughts to himself and said to her;"ok the maids are coming to dress you up so that we'll go pay our respects to the empress dowager and the other consorts,she agreed and she left the room.