Chapter 71

Empress with No Virtue – Chapter 71

JANUARY 13, 2016 ~ LAMLAM1990

Seeing that her father is getting truly angry, she looked down and answered, “I only gave some ideas, the one who lead was the Empress Dowager and her people, and not related to me. Even if to punish, it would not reach me”

“How can it not be related to you, how will it not reach you!” Fang Xiu Qing was so angry that he started to point at her, “You think that what you did was unknown by the emperor? What type of person is he! Even if it was me, when I speak to him, I still have to thread the water carefully, you trying to act smart in front of him, you really don’t know where you stand!”

Xian Concubine has not been scolded by anyone for a long time, so she is getting frustrated so she answered angrily “Father, did you forget that it was you who sent me into the palace, as well as asking me to try to get rid of the empress. Now, I am just following your orders, but hearing you say these now, what do you want me to do now?”

Fang Xiu Qing retracted back his hands, shook his head and sighed, “Forget it, it was me who was muddled headed previously, till I made that sort of decision. Now, you should not even think of ways to get rid of the empress, first settle your own problem”

To make Ji Wu Jiu say those type of words, the chances of Xian Concubine getting any attention next time would be very slim, now all he hopes is that his daughter will not make the same type of mistake again, and to risk her life at it. It was him who wanted to send his daughter into the palace last time, in the end the fault is with him.

Hearing what he said, it made Xian Concubine laughed coldly, “Now, it cannot depend on me alone, even if I will not fight with the empress, the empress might not let me off”

“Liu Yue, don’t you realize, you did not only anger the empress alone, you angered the emperor as well. The emperor is going to settle Xu family sooner or later, if you are so close with the empress dowager, it would be looking for death. Not only you, but even the whole Fang family might be implicated. Do you understand?”

“I do not understand” The empress dowager is the birth mother of Ji Wu Jiu, what can he do to her?

Fang Xiu Qing, got a bit tired, “It’s fine even if you don’t understand, you only have to remember one thing: Stay away from the empress dowager, as far as you can. This, you will be able to do it right?”

Xian Concubine nodded.

Fang Xiu Qing, suddenly kneeled down, “I represent the entire Fang family’s name and beg you to be able to do that”

Xian Concubine immediately went and help him up, “Father, please stand up, how can I accept this”

Fang Xiu Qing’s line of sight was towards the front, and did not look at her, and did not stand up either, “You are an imperial concubine, I am a minister, to kneel is my duty”

“Father! If you speak like that, what would it make me?”

“Since you still admit that I am your father, then I beg of you, that you must be able to keep your words, alright?” He said while finally looking at Xian Concubine

Xian Concubine can only said “I will promise you, please stand up”

Fang Xiu Qing, then stood up, tidied his attire and said “I am doing this, for your own good only”

Xian Concubine nodded “I know”

“As for the empress…. I know that you are ambitious, but now it is definitely not the right time. The empress is currently holding a very important place in the emperor’s heart, you have already receive warning from the emperor. If you were to do anything now, it will only increase his dislike towards you. If there is a chance in the future, then only we will think about it. A person’s life is very long, there is still chance, there is no need to rush. Also, although being the empress seems attractive, but it is also not something truly good, if you can have it, it’s fine, but if you can’t then don’t think too much about it. Previously I wanted to fight with Ye Xiu Ming, that is why I sent you in to the palace in a spur of a moment. But it seems like, it would have been better if I have allowed you to be the head of someone’s family instead, at least you would be respected more. This was my mistake. Now I can only hope that you would be able to live well and safely in the palace”

That speech has made Xian Concubine’s tears flow down, while wiping her tears she said “Father, don’t worry, I will be extra careful. As for entering the inner palace, was also what I intended, I do not blame you nor regret it”

After letting out their feelings, the father and daughter felt better and started to chat. While chatting, Xian Concubine let out the biggest secret in history to Fang Xiu Qing : The emperor is not capable in bed”

Fang Xiu Qing got shocked “Is what you saying the truth?”

“How would I dare to use this type of thing to joke around, now the entire inner palace knows about it, but because it is linked to the nation, and that most people don’t know the reason behind, that is why they don’t dare to spread out. If not why did you think these months, the emperor has only been visiting the empress alone? The empress dowager did not talk to him, because she also knows he…. Earlier on I was close to the empress dowager was because I felt that it was necessary for us Fang family to have a plan B later, if anything were to happen to the Ji empire, and not to be a fish on the chopping board like the Ye Family”

“you… You..” Fang Xiu Qing shook his head helplessly. “Your thinking is really too short. What you need to focus now is the present. The matter of the monarch is not something people like us should interfere nor think about. Even if the emperor really cannot produce an heir, it is still a few decades from this ruling. The emperor is only 21 years old this year, with a strong body, who can live longer than him? The empress dowager, Ye Xiu Ming or me? Even if we might live longer, but once the word monarch is mentioned, do you think the emperor will let you off? You have to remember, to work for the king is like working for the tiger, no matter how high your position is, you must first know your own position, things that you shouldn’t touch, don’t even think about it”

Xian Concubine nodded. Fang Xiu Qing was not sure how much she understood. He is very regretful of sending his daughter to the inner palace now. Not sure if it was because she stayed with the empress dowager too long, that made her less intelligent, he has a feeling his daughter is no longer as smart as last time, especially with regards to the bigger picture, like life and death of the entire family. Furthermore, she seems to be more and more temperamental, not like the calm self previously.

But then again, it is understandable, the inner palace is a place to train people, if my own daughter is not matured enough, then a few trials and errors would be necessary.

Then again, Fang Xiu Qing started to feel frustrated, why did Ye Xiu Ming’s granddaughter, on the other hand becomes more and more successful in the inner palace? Shouldn’t she be disliked by the emperor, to be bullied by the empress dowager, and to be constantly troubled by others, but who knew in less than a year, she has actually managed to make the inner palace calm and stable. Looks like this lady is quite a character herself.

As for my own daughter.. Let’s not talk about it anymore….

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For Xian Concubine to be allowed home to visit, was a grace beyond words, everyone treated this news like a sign, along with the negative rumors surrounding the empress, they thought they could understand what the emperor is thinking. It seems like Fang family is treated really well by the emperor… People all around started to think about ways to be on friendly terms with the Fang family. Making them popular in a short time.

However, this honor has only maintain a day.

The next day when Xian Concubine return back to the inner palace, the moment she stepped out from her carriage, she received a royal edict from the emperor, with the reason of her stepping above her own authority, her ranking was decreased by 3 levels, as well as deduction of salary for 1 year.

Originally, after listening to her father’s warning, Xian Concubine thought that it will end at that, and he will not do much to her. Cause, she thought that she did not do anything directly in this case, even if the empress wants to do anything to her, there was no proof. But who knew that the emperor will use the mistake she has done previously and not let her off, and said that she ignored the rules, making her unable to fight back.

To suddenly be good and then to be cruel the next, really made everyone thought that the emperor was bipolar.

O, besides being bipolar, he also let the beast in him….

Earlier on, when Ji Wu Jiu ordered for the capture of the entire Xu family, the empress dowager has already met him to plead for her family. The mother and son immediately turned on their charisma, the both of them were educated people, so it was not right to argue using heated discussions. The empress dowager tried to reason with him, using the ways of family, relating it to the nation, from the way the empress works, to the relationship and bond between them mother and son, and in the end tears started to form.

However, when she says 1 sentence, Ji Wu Jiu will refute with another. Her own son has been mingling around with Ye Zhen Zhen too long, he did not manage to learn any good things, but has managed to train his tongue sharper, when refuting someone, it was stable, straight to the point and cruel, every sentence was like an ever expanding noodle stucked in the throat, making one unable to swallow it at all, hard to breath, and heart beat increase, till the point of wanting to kill off some people to release that anger.

Towards the empress dowager, Ji Wu Jiu was starting to lose his patience. He has always been someone that needs to keep everything under his control, if anyone dares to break out from his control, that person really needs to think about it properly. He was also never a person with too much sympathy or feelings, so if anyone wants destroy the little feelings that he has, then that person really has to think again. He has never treat any woman as good as he did to Ye Zhen Zhen, and if anyone dares to again and again hurt her or play tricks on her, then that person really really need to properly think again.

The empress dowager was speaking till her throat was dry, and drank 3 cups of tea, however Ji Wu Jiu was still holding his stance, and not letting her off. In the end , with the appearance of, first cry, second creating problems and third suicide, did only Ji Wu Jiu was forced to agree, to be kinder in his sentences.

And the result of his kinder sentences was, Xu Ling, and his mother as well as the head housekeeper couple, because of spreading out lies about the royalty, has been sentenced to death. As for the rest of the Xu family, no matter male or female ,any above 15 years will be banished to Qiong Zhou. Not only this main family, but those side family that has always used the title of being family with the empress to do bad things has also been settled together, and all been banished together to that far place to fish.

After doing all this, he finally felt that he did something.

The empress dowager was praying when she received this news. Without listening to the end of the news, her face turned, and fainted over infront of the gods that she was praying too.

When she finally came together, the empress dowager immediately rushed over to Gan Qing Palace to look for Ji Wu Jiu.

But she wasted her efforts by going to Gan Qing Palace. Because Ji Wu Jiu went to Kun Ning Palace, to take credit of what he done for Ye Zhen Zhen. The couple has been troubled by the news these few days and has not really been intimate, so when Ji Wu Jiu saw Ye Zhen Zhen, after talking for a while, the more he looked at her, the more attractive she looked, with an itch in his heart, unable to wait till the sky darkens, he started to be naughty in broad daylight.

The little mynah was sitting at its corner taking a nap. Although it was sleeping, Ji Wu Jiu was still not reassured, and once again grab it’s leg and wanted to throw it out the window. The moment he opened the window, Ji Wu Jiu saw the empress dowager coming over in a hurry. But because he was in a rush to get the bird out of the room, before his brain can comprehend what is happening, his hands has already let go of the bird, and like a bullet, it shot forward. His skills are also too good, with that one throw, he managed to fly the bird quite far.

Therefore, the angered approaching empress dowager, was hit by an unidentified black object in high speed straight on her face.

“A yo!”

Ye Zhen Zhen heard the noise this time, this little bird’s voice is truly loud.

Small Theatre (by the author)

Mynah: Even a bird has pride! Can’t you use both hands and carefully let me fly out! Must you use this type of inhumane, and bad way to get rid of me!

Ji Wu Jiu: Cannot. Of Course.

Ye Zhen Zhen: Angry little birdie…

Mynah: A a a! O o O! Zhen Zhen you are so tight! Emperor you are so big!

Ji Wu Jiu:…….

Ye Zhen Zhen: ……..

Note: Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaaha.. oh my god.. that bird….

Btw small theatre (directly translated) is something the author added at the end of the chapter, it is not something that really happened in the main story. something like that. Just for fun XD. Will be busy till weekend. Will see if i can post the next chapter on Sunday. hehe