Chapter 81
Empress with no Virtue
Chapter 81 â Empress with No Virtue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 ~ LAMLAM1990
hehe⦠no teasers this round =p
The next day was a rest day, Ji Wu Jiu for once woke up later than Ye Zhen Zhen. When Ye Zhen Zhen opened her eyes she saw him laying by her side, the weather was hot, so he couldnât wrap her up in his arms, therefore he was holding on to her hands, fingers knotted.
Ye Zhen Zhen lifted up her hands to see, and yawned with the other. She sat up, looked down to see his face. The jade like carved face was in deep slumber and lacks the usual stern and neutral face, with no lines between his forehead, so peaceful like a painting.
She bend down and gave him a peck on his cheeks.
After kissing him, Ye Zhen Zhenâs brain finally kicked in. She remembered yesterdayâs happenings and took another look at the sleeping person, and found him detestable. She slowly remove her fingers from his hands one by one, and then pushed Ji Wu Jiu inch by inch towards the end of the bed.
Dong! Ji Wu Jiu got kicked down from the bed, and fell to the floor.
Ye Zhen Zhen immediately climbed back up the bed, and pretended to sleep.
Ji Wu Jiu was in a daze before finally realizing he was on the floor. With the aid of the bed frame, he got up, and through the cloth he could see someone is still laying inside not moving.
Thickening his face, he climbs back on to the bed, and hugged Zhen Zhen from the back.
Ye Zhen Zhen couldnât act anymore and starts to remove the hands on her waist.
Ji Wu Jiu smiled, âZhen Zhen, donât be angry anymoreâ While he uses his jaw to push towards her shoulders.
Ye Zhen Zhen moves her body uncomfortably and said âWho is acting upâ
âIts me, I am the one acting up, ok?â Ji Wu Jiu holds her down, âStop moving, if you keep moving I will have to eat you upâ
Ye Zhen Zhen stopped moving. Then, suddenly her stomach growled.
Ji Wu Jiu knows just how important is eating towards Ye Zhen Zhen, therefore he immediately got up from the bed with her, washed up, changed clothes and starts eating.
After the meal, Ji Wu Jiu acted like he needs to leave, Ye Zhen Zhen look at the him who is one step away from the main door and suddenly said, â What with Bai Xiang Ru..â
Ji Wu Jiuâs leg which one almost crossing the door moved, and made a turn, sat down and smiled, âYou finally asks..â
Ye Zhen Zhen looked away, âIf I donât ask, then you wouldnât tell me?â
Ji Wu Jiu asks her back , âIf I donât tell, then you wonât ask?â
Ye Zhen Zhen looked down and didnât answer.
Ji Wu Jiu stood up and went to her, holding her shoulders against his body. Ye Zhen Zhen was sitting on the chair, bending her waist, face on his stomach, not a very comfortable but yet she was unwilling to part, so she just let her side face continue leaning on his stomach, closes her eyes and not speak.
Ji Wu Jiu caress her chin, and laughs, âZhen Zhen, I like to see you get jealous because of meâ
Ye Zhen Zhen frowns, âSo you are telling me that, the day when you first met back Bai Xiang Ru, that expression of losing your soul was also acted out for me to be jealous on purpose?â
âNo, I was just shocked that she was still alive. I did have some feelings with her previously, and was regretful that I was not able to protect her last time, but when I saw her alive and standing, I was indeed happyâ
Ye Zhen Zhen looks at him suspiciously, âNothing else?â
Then with a guilty face, like having committed a mistake infront of a teacher,â Zhen Zhen, there is indeed something I need to be honest, last time we were indeed intimate before..â
Ye Zhen Zhen pushes him away, âThen what about nowâ
Ji Wu Jiu crouch down and held on to her knees, and looks up at her, âNow, my body is thoroughly locked by you, no one else can touchâ
Ye Zhen Zhen blushed, and shyly said, âFlowery wordsâ
Ji Wu Jiu held on to Ye Zhen Zhenâs hand, and gave a light kiss on the back of her hands. Ye Zhen Zhen pulls her hands back and asks, âThen, what do you plan to do with her now?â
For a maid servant to have been intimate with the emperor before, she should have been promoted. There was already so many concubines and consorts in the palace, to have another one makes no difference to Ye Zhen Zhen. But from the empress dowager and the emperorâs way of action, it seems like they donât plan to give her a title, what on earth are they planning? Letâs first forget about the empress dowager,.. but Ji Wu Jiu⦠Perhaps his feelings towards her hasnât ended, and want to keep her by his side?
Ye Zhen Zhen gave a stare to Ji Wu Jiu when her thoughts reached there.
How would Ji Wu Jiu not know what she was thinking, âMy Zhen Zhen is so cute, â he said while standing up, âWhat you decide shall be itâ
Ye Zhen Zhen gave it a thought, in name, Bai Xiang Ru was given to the emperor by the empress dowager, it is not appropriate for the empress to interfere. Therefore she said, âWhy donât you first ask her, if she wants to continue staying in the palace, then she will need to be promoted, if she wants to leave the palace, then you help marry her off to a good family. The current situation now is neither good or bad, really not following the customs, if she really wants to be a servant then she can come serve me at Kun Ning palace, I am a good tempered master, I will not treat her badlyâ
âAlright, then its settled. Letâs put this matter aside, I have another issue to discuss with you, and this matter will definitely make you lost for wordsâ
The issue that Ji Wu Jiu said was actually his plan to roam in the lands of the citizen in plain clothes. The area around Su Zhe flooded, and it also became the place where ministers starts to corrupt. Since he wants to push for a better kingdom, so he decides to look for one of the heads to be punished to scare the rest.
And as usual, Ye Zhen Zhen was super happy when she can join him to play at Jiangnan area.
The both of them discussed a while on matters such as, who to bring, what to bring and using which route to travel, where to go and etc,â¦
After the discussion, Ji Wu Jiu returned to Gan Qing palace, and called upon Bai Xiang Ru, and pass on Ye Zhen Zhenâs decision.
Actually, although Ji Wu Jiu was acting according to Ye Zhen Zhenâs decision, but there is something that he is hiding beneath his sleeves as well, just that now wasnât the right time to tell. When the time comes it will be known.
The moment Bai Xiang Ru heard that the empress wants to send her away from him, her face was full of tears, âYour majesty, I have been sent to Liao Dong for so long, and have finally been able to endure the cold bitter weather just to reunite with you. Now that I have finally returned to your side, I have only hope to be able to be able to serve you everyday. Although I am a slow but I hope that seeing how loyal I am, donât send me away, just scold me if I do anything wrong!â
Ji Wu Jiu sighed, âHelping you find a good suitor would definitely be better than living in the palace donât you think?â
Bai Xiang Ru looks at him sadly. âMaster, why are you saying it like that. I am already of not virgin body, how can I marry anotherâ
In another words, you have already slept me, now you want to push me to another men? Too late!
Seeing that Ji Wu Jiu was turned speechless by her, she continued âI know that your majesty and the empress are deeply in love, and the empress is just not comfortable with me around, thinking that I am bothering you guys. If so, why donât I just avoid her everytime I see her, and I would not bother the both you, is that alright?â
Her speech makes her sound like a lovelorn bird, and are willing to sacrifice for him, and is only hoping for a little bit of concern from him.
To be dense in the matters of love, does have some good points, Ji Wu Jiu is someone who does not react much to the soft words of women, and has always been a rational person, and matters that will change his emotion are very rare. He just felt a little guilty towards Bai Xiang Ru, and wanted to repay her, so he treated her a little bit better that is all. Furthermore, her father was Bai Jian Cheng, how can Ji Wu Jiu not have some sort of guard against her.
Therefore no matter how much she was crying or acting pitiful, he also showed no reaction, and listening to what she just said, he didnât give her any more face and straightforwardly replied, âAlthough you will not meet her, but meeting me everyday is not good tooâ
Bai Xiang Ru almost burst to death. Towards her understanding of Ji Wu Jiu, although he was a very mysterious person but he definitely wasnât a caring and gentle person, but for matters towards the empress he is so caring to such extent making others feel jealous. Although with deep hatred in her heart, her face tells otherwise, and continue crying âI only have one hope of staying by your majestyâs side, although I canât see you I would still hope to be near you, I hope your majesty will allowâ
This time, she is going for the I will stand back and sacrifice route. Ji Wu Jiu looked down on the person kneeling, without any emotions he agreed.
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Following Ye Zhen Zhenâs suggestion, he granted the title of Mei Ren to Bai Xiang Ru. Mei Ren is ranked 5th, and for Bai Xiang Ru, this rank is neither too high or too low. Ye Zhen Zhen purposely allocate her at Ba Jiao Hall, this place was located at the southeast corner of the palace, even if Ji Wu Jiu were to take a stroll it will never reach there.
After the empress dowager found out about this matter, even if she was not happy, but there was nothing that she can say. The empress done it all in the right order, and she canât find any fault in it.
After a few days, Ji Wu Jiu and Ye Zhen Zhen was getting ready to head southwards, and in order to avoid any mishaps happening in the palace, Ji Wu Jiu purposely wrote an edict to announce that Zhuang Concubine will be the one in charge of the inner palace while the empress was gone.
And because they were on a plain clothes trip, and Ji Wu Jiu purposely gave Ye Zhen Zhen a secret letter to as to avoid any problems in the future.
The both of them traveled from the capital to Jinling, while playing along the way, enjoying the scenery and trying the local foods, so they donât really feel tired.
Ever since Ji Wu Jiu was the emperor, he has managed the country well, therefore the area here is peaceful and clam. On route he will occasionally ask the citizens a few question, where are they from, how are they living, are their local minister treating them well, and how they think of the emperorâ¦.
The citizens normally answers honestly as they are currently living in a harmonious pace. When the emperor is mentioned, it was full of praises, but the only thing that they were unhappy was that the emperor once visited the local brothels. Naturally he was a man, so to make this type of mistake was understandable, the emperor also made an official apology so they thought he should be given a chance.
Ji Wu Jiu was also shocked on how powerful the story of the Celestial Maiden was,â¦
That is correct, because he got married to the âCelestial Maidenâ, who would even bother to keep pin pointing on the fact that the emperor visited the brothel before.
Therefore, when Ji Wu Jiu found out that all the citizens were praising the empress, he also didnât feel that it was weird.
Zhen Zhenâs popularity is way higher than his, as a man, as a husband Ji Wu Jiu more or less felt in a lost. But no matter, no matter how legendary the celestial maiden is, when the night falls, she would still be under him. Ji Wu Jiu thought pervertly.
Original Authorâs Note: The enemy is high in perserverance, Xiang Ru will not be easily turned to bubbles, she would still have scenes at the back
Hmm.. another one will appear soonâ¦