*Ahhh... Ahhh ..Ahh..*
*Huff.. Huff... Huff..*
"Your majesty, I want to give birth to another child for you, please impregnate me your majesty!"
"Huff.. Huff.. Is that so.. Huff...my dear Xuan'er?"
"Ahh...yes..yes your majesty.. Ahh!"
"Then this Lord..huff..will fulfill your wish!"
At this time, the emperor was in the empress' bedroom at the Cining palace, busy making love to her.
The Empress hailed as a princess of the Jin dynasty, who married Yang Jian when a political alliance was established between both the dynasties. It was the support from Jin dynasty which helped the current emperor Yang Jian sit on the throne, marking his current reign of 9 years till now, known as Tiancong era.
These few weeks, he was too busy working on memorials and troubled by the assassination of concubine Hu, that he forgot to pay attention to the Empress. But she didn't complained and arranged different concubines each day for him to sleep with since she was the master of harem.
As the ruler of harem, she was the sole authority just below the empress dowager, who controlled and decided how the harem will function, unless until the emperor decides to intervene.
After working on the memorials just now, he was assigned to another concubine, but suddenly remembered the Empress whom he hadn't slept with for months, felt embarrassed and decided to rain on the barren lands which were calling him for months.
"Xuan'er! Ahh.. huff.. I am about to release!!"
"Ahh! Release it, ahh, all inside me your majesty!"
""Bad news you majesty!!""
Just as he was about to climax, an eunuch's shout came from outside the chamber. The emperor suddenly stopped as his face scrunched up. He wanted to continue, but the little emperor started wilting, unwilling to continue any further.
The empress came to her senses after hearing the shout and spoke in a sultry voice "Your majesty, you have important matters to attend to, Xuan'er will take your blessing next time. Please do not delay eunuch Ge."
"My empress is so understanding, it is the blessing of my Yang dynasty to have such a wise empress. I will make sure to plant the jade in your womb next time."
"Thank you your majesty."
As the emperor left her boudoir, Jin Xuan clenched the hem of her clothes unwillingly. Her eyebrows scrunched up as she bit her luscious lips.
'The emperor remembered me at last and favoured me by himself, and for the first time I was so close to climax. I must see which bastard wasted this bengong's night with the emperor! I will make sure to kill them without burial palace!'
After coming out of the boudoir with a dark and scrunched up face, the emperor saw a kneeling eunuch Ge who was trembling. He sighed and spoke in a solemn voice.
"Speak"
"Your majesty! Wuming palace's garden was set on fire and someone sneaked in to assassinate the 1 month old 19th prince, 6th princess Yang Lili as well as consort Su! Consort Su is safe, but princess Lili is very terrified and prince Tian.. prince Tian..sob..."
Hearing one bad news after the other, the emperor felt blow after blow to his heart. He almost felt off his feet but was supported by eunuch Ge. His face lost colour but he soon stabilized himself, as an emperor, how could he lose his demeanor so easily?
But after seeing eunuch Ge sobbing, he gathered his courage and enquired.
"Tell me, what happened to the 19th prince?"
"Your majesty.. sob.. prince Tian, his both hands have been heavily injured and he has lost consciousness."
Yang Jian heaved a sigh of relief. He had thought that the worst had happened, but soon realised and felt ashamed.
'What am I thinking, how can I assume the worst about my child. But..'
*Grit*
He gritted his teeth as his eyes turned red. What he was most afraid of had started, the most brutal phase of harem warfare. He can of course interfere directly and he is doing so, but the forces behind those concubines will actively create problems in the courts and outside the capital, causing him to divert his attention away from the Inner palace.
If he tries to implement policies, the censors and ministers involved will all complain about him being neglectful of his dynasty and create molehills out of nothing. They could even take desperate actions and create more problems for him, leading the Yang dynasty downhill.
He has already identified the members of the force which killed concubine Hu and even the forces which are either in cahoots with them or atleast have shared benefits. He was just waiting, waiting for the big fish to appear so that he can catch them all in one fell swoop. But he didn't expect them to be so bold as to directly assassinate a noble consort, and that too consort Su, the daughter of one of the pillars of Yang dynasty, Su family.
'I cannot let this matter rest anymore, otherwise it will only get worse. I think Su family should probably be rolled in for the execution of those forces. After hearing the news, they will be most eager to wipe them out.'
"What are you waiting for? Lead the way to the Wuming palace!"
"This slave obeys!"
Meanwhile, inside the boudoir, Jin Xian dressed up in her red gown, which highlighted the curves of her body. She tied her hair in bun with a phoenix pin, looking like a heavenly fairy with an invioable majesty, despite having been clapped to the climax just now.
A maid knocked on the door, as Jin Xian allowed her to enter. The maid bowed and said, "Your highness, the emperor has left the Cining palace with eunuch Ge and is rushing with his brocade guards towards the Wuming palace.
"Wuming palace? Did something happen to concubine Su? Find out for this palace!"
*Knock* *knock*
"Enter"
Another maid entered as she bowed, trembling all over.
"What happened? Why are you trembling in the presence of this palace?"
"Your highness! That, Consort Su's Wuming palace had it's garden set fire overnight and an assassin sneaked in. Consort Su and princess Lili are safe, but young prince Yang Tian is heavily injured and fell unconscious!"
*Hisss*
Jin Xuan took a cold breath as cold sweat broke over her back. She didn't batted an eye as she called in her eunuch, who immediately rushed in after hearing the summons and ordered in a deep voice.
"Lock down the entire inner palace. If his majesty has already done so, cooperate with Jinyiwei and find out who was behind the assassination. Check every concubine's and consort's courtyard, this is an order! I will immediately look for his majesty and you go and inform the empress dowager."
In the hour of Ox, about 12:30 a:m as per the modern clock, the entire capital which had just been freed from lockdown entered in a state of lockdown again. People woke up from their sleep only to see the guards outside and hide inside their houses. Ministers woke up and tried to find out what the commotion was about, but the guards were also clueless as they were to look for and arrest suspicious people.
The ministers couldn't sleep again and simply waited for the morning court to start. Countless suspicious people were captured and the capital once again trembled due to the emperor's rage.