Poor Girl Becomes Empress

Chapter 30: My Dream

Annchi approached the three laughing concubines in their pavilion. His wry face invited the attention of the three laughing concubines.

"The second concubine and the third concubine can already laugh, huh? Did your wounds heal overnight?" he asked after joining the three concubines.

Baoyi chuckled small. "You think we're weak? Princess Xiahe's slap didn't hurt at all."

"What is true? I'll make you stop laughing."

"What's the fourth concubine? Why is your face so sour?" ask Quolin gently.

"The emperor and the poor girl spent the night together! The servant at the emperor's residence told me earlier. Another bad news was that the emperor canceled the meeting on the grounds that the empress was sick! Is that poor girl more important than a meeting?!"

Zhuan, Quolin, and Baoyi were speechless. They kept quiet while breathing rough.

"I can't allow this!"

"What if that poor girl is pregnant with the emperor's child?!"

"Don't be a fourth concubine! Do you think getting pregnant is that easy?!"

Zhuan stood up from his seat. "I'll go to the emperor's residence."

"Then what? You want to get angry there? I'm sure the emperor will ban you from going there again" said Quolin, who made Zhuan sit with a sour face.

"I hate the status of concubines. We have never even spent a night with the emperor, just touched no! We are nothing but tools for the emperor to expand his power." Baoyi propped up her chin with a sad face.

"I'm just confused as to why the emperor could have collapsed on Wei. That girl has no power, right? What does it have so that the emperor can be destroyed?" quolin's question invites confusion on the other three concubines.

What Wei had might have been much more valuable than what they had. Wei did not have power like the other concubines, but there was something other than power that made her valuable in Fengying's eyes.

......*****......

Wei opened both of her eyes. He was on the bed with a blanket covering his body. Wei was about to move, yet he grimaced as he felt pain all over his body. He recalled the incident last night, his reflexes instantly lifted a bit of the blanket covering his body.

"I must be crazy!" monologue Wei upon finding himself not wearing a single thread.

His eyes ventured around, but did not find Fengying. He then attempted to get out of bed and made a blanket to cover his body.

Chequelek

"Let's!"

Brakkkk

Fengying who had just opened the door of the room was shocked as soon as she found Wei collapsing before her. "You why?" the tananya helped Wei to stand up, but the woman refused and further tightened the blanket on her body.

The man cleared his throat and let Wei stand on his own. "What are you covering up? I've seen it all."

"Emperor!" wei shouted with both cheeks flushed. The shout managed to make Fengying surprised because it was the first time he was yelled at by someone.

Noticing the look on Fengying's face, Wei immediately lowered his head. "I'm sorry, emperor. I didn't mean to yell at the emperor."

"I'll let you this time."

"Come in!"

After Fengying shouted, the lady-in-waiting and the maid from the empress residence immediately entered with a dress.

"Serve the empress in my residence for today!" Fengying's orders.

Wei was led to stand up and walk. But when she was about to step foot, the woman grimaced in pain. Fengying who saw that felt pity. He had all the servants come out of his room which made Wei confused.

"Let me bathe you."

"Emperor!" Wei shouted back as Fengying suddenly carried her and led her to the bath pool.

"Be quiet! How dare you fight against the goodness of my heart!"

Kindness he said? Wei wanted to hit him on the head if Fengying wasn't an emperor. After the cruelty he had committed, then now he was being sweet and shaking Wei's heart. How could Wei accept the arbitrary behavior that Fengying had given her?

Fengying took off the blanket on Wei's body, then she stuffed Wei into the bathing pool. The water was so clear that Wei took pains to cover her body.

However, what Fengying did made Wei's heart thump. The man turned his body around and let Wei bathe herself.

"Hurry up or I'll change my mind."

Hearing that Wei accelerated his activities. He did not want Fengying to do anything strange to his body, like last night.

In about ten minutes Wei had finished bathing. "I'm done" he said after coming out of the bath.

Fengying looked at Wei who was already wearing her bathrobe. He would carry Wei, but the woman refused. "I can walk alone, emperor."

Wei went back to the room and picked up a white dress with a golden phoenix garnish. She was about to wear the dress, but Fengying's attention undoed her intentions. "Sorry, can the emperor turn around for a moment?" his question was hesitated which Fengying immediately agreed to.

The atmosphere between them was indeed a little awkward. Last night's incident just went by without any obstacles. Fengying did not even know why she could do such a thing despite hating Wei with all her heart.

"Just because of last night, doesn't mean I'm yours. I was just drunk and carried away, don't expect more!" press Fengying gave a slight wound to Wei's heart.

Wei who had finished wearing the dress looked at Fengying who was still behind her. "I can't hope for anything on the emperor because of the hatred that is still embedded in the heart of the emperor. I am simply carrying out my duties as the legitimate wife of the emperor, nothing more."

"Better you don't expect anything. I can even throw you away at any time." those cold eyes met Wei's wistful eyes.

"I knew. Since I can be banished at any time, I will be what the emperor will never be able to forget even if the emperor has thrown me away."

"Is that a threat?"

Wei shook her head. "No, emperor. I just want to be what the emperor always thinks."

Fengying chuckled small. "Don't dream, empress!"

"Not now, emperor. But later, not a few more years. Being what the emperor always thought was my dream since becoming the emperor's wife."

"Your dream is very stupid and worthless."

Wei just smiled. Talking to Fengying would only hurt her heart more deeply. He chose silence and stared at the dragon painting on the wall.

Fengying followed Wei's direction of view. "You like that painting?" his question made Wei shake his head immediately.

"No, I just feel sorry for the dragon."

"Why? It's just a painting."

"Because dragons today are just paintings, they are extinct because of the greed of humans who wanted dragons in various ways to increase their power. Though if not hunted, the dragon must still exist until now and keep the country well." said Wei while staring at Fengying back.

Fengying was amazed by Wei's knowledge. "It's been the dragon's destiny."

"Will my destiny be the same as the dragon, the emperor? Extinct because of the greed of men who want more power."