Rebirth of the Empress

Chapter 6

In the glorious palace garden, I led Dong'er, moving lightly with broken steps, bowing and saluting to a nobly dressed woman who was already in her old age, sitting in the center of the whole.

“My humble servant greets the Empress Dowager!”

“ Get up!” The woman's aged voice was exceptionally majestic under the silent palace garden, her pair of eyes inadvertently touched me, there was a stern coldness in those eyes, as if the ice prongs of a snowy day.

I couldn't help but be shocked in my heart, no wonder the former Empress was so afraid of the Empress Dowager, even I couldn't help but be nervous at the sight of this old woman, that shadowy gaze made me uncontrollably think of my own stern maternal grandfather.

The Empress Dowager faintly asked, “Empress, I heard that you had a slight health problem some time ago, can you recover!”

I smiled to calm myself down, and replied without hesitation, “Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern, my body has fully recovered!” In my heart, I was helplessly laughing to myself, this Empress is almost sick to death, but still talking about slight ailments.

“I heard that Consort Rong visited you yesterday?” Still a slow and slightly lethargic question.

“Back to the empress dowager, sister did visit my concubine yesterday, sister really has the heart!”

Too calm answer seems to let the empress condensed eyes appeared a trace of indistinguishable doubt, but that doubt is well concealed, almost can not be found, I suddenly admire this old woman to hide the emotions of the kung fu, that is, I have to practice a dozen years to reach that kind of stability as Mt. anything is not moved by the realm.

At this time, a eunuch ran in, respectfully bowing to the Empress Dowager: “Empress Dowager, His Majesty and Princess Rong have come over.”

The Empress Dowager nodded her head slightly, at this time, outside the palace walked in a man and a woman, the man was handsome, the woman was voluptuous, it was precisely the Emperor and Consort Rong, “My son greets the mother!” “Concubine greets the Empress Dowager!”

The eunuchs and palace maidens in the empress dowager's hall also spoke in unison, “Slaves have seen the emperor and Consort Rong,” “Slaves have seen the emperor and Consort Rong.”

It seems that this Consort Rong's face is even bigger than the Empress's, when I came in there was not a single person to greet me, but she did, I this Empress is really when the name is not real, I laughed at myself in my heart. I still remember five years ago, when I first took over my grandfather's company, the patriarchs in the company didn't trust the young me, and didn't care about the orders I gave, but in those few months I managed to turn a department around and turn it into a profit, and the patriarchs were impressed with me, at that moment I deeply understood that a person who wants to stand up in this society must rely on their own true strength.

“Isn't this sister?” Concubine Rong's whiny voice interrupted my delirious wanderings.

I smiled faintly and ignored her, turning to the Emperor, “My concubine has met the Emperor!” The Emperor turned his head to give me an expressionless look and continued to exchange pleasantries with the Empress Dowager, on the side, Consort Rong proudly leaned against the Emperor and sat down, for a moment, I didn't know whether it was better to leave or not, I also found a chair and sat down.

The empress dowager and the emperor seems to have finished exchanging pleasantries, princess rong suddenly let out a soft moan, knit up her eyebrows, and gently pressed her hand on the other hand, I just noticed that one of her hands was wrapped in gauze, I wondered what this woman was up to.

At this time, the emperor seemed to remember something, turned to me and said in a deep voice: “Empress, I heard that yesterday when Consort Rong visited you, she was scalded by you with tea on purpose, is there any truth to this?”

I stared at Concubine Rong in surprise, the corner of that woman's mouth surged with a hint of smug and vicious mockery, this woman, yesterday that broken teacup was at least two meters away from her how did it fly to her, but now I can't argue with a hundred mouths, I don't tell the difference, I just said faintly, “Your Majesty, if my concubine says there is no such thing, does Your Majesty believe it?”

The emperor was obviously stunned and stared at me suspiciously, I met his gaze graciously. At this time, Consort Rong's coy and soft voice interjected, “Your Majesty, my concubine really hurts!”

I lamented in my heart, this woman's tactics are too contrived, I can only take a gamble and see if she is really willing to injure herself to frame me. I turned to Concubine Rong with a smile on my face, “Sister, why don't you remove the gauze and let sister see how badly you're hurt, there's still a better ointment on sister's side.”

As soon as these words fell, Concubine Rong's smile suddenly stiffened then she delicately said, “The Imperial Physician has ordered that this injury should not be exposed to the wind.”

Rong Fei face that flash of panic did not escape my eyes, five years of shopping mall training so that I gained the most is to learn to look at the words and colors, only know how to look at the words and colors, in order to be invincible in the shopping mall where everyone is wearing a mask. I smiled coldly, “Sister just suspected that sister is not injured, casually wrapped in a gauze to hide from the emperor.”

I never knew that my voice could cause such a great shock, but from the expression on the faces of the crowd as if they had seen a ghost, and even the Empress Dowager, who had kept her face motionless, had a hint of determination on her face, I could guess what kind of shock the Empress, who was of a very different disposition, had brought to the crowd. I could even imagine that when the previous Empress encountered such a scenario, she trembled her thin petite body, covered her face in tears, and couldn't utter a single word, while definitely not discerning calmly like I am now, and perhaps because of this, Concubine Rong had deceived her superiors in such a crude manner.

“Concubine didn't!” Concubine Rong's panicked voice further confirmed my statement, and the Emperor narrowed his eyes, a wave of anger beginning to brew on his calm, wave-free face.

I secretly laughed, this woman is still not practiced enough ah, in this harem is like the shopping mall, every step must be carefully planned, and to plan seamlessly, only then will not let your opponent to find out the loopholes to, I purposely softened his voice urged: “Sister, there is no, unwrapped naturally know!”

Rong Fei flopped down on her knees in front of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor and kowtowed, crying: “I do not intend to deceive the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, but I really can not choke on this breath, yesterday I went to visit the Empress, the Empress even opened the mouth to admonish me, but also to punish the slave girl Jin'er ...... ”

The people in the palace stared at me with big and small eyes, not hiding their strange gazes, wave after wave of puzzlement flowing past their faces.

I ignored the people's eyes, seriously said: “back to the empress dowager, emperor, my concubine as the empress, the duty is to manage the harem, and Rongfei as a concubine does not abide by the etiquette of the natural should be trained, and Jin'er as a servant girl is not good at their duties naturally should be punished, this harem can not be messed up the rules, my concubine also want to manage this harem, so that the emperor does not need to be entangled in the minutiae of the harem, and be able to concentrate on dealing with the national I want to be able to concentrate on the state!”

A seat of justified words said Rong Fei speechless, the eunuchs and palace maidens in the temple nervously lowered their heads, I met the emperor, his pair of deep eyes in addition to hiding doubts more is shocked......