Replacement Month

CHAPTER 23

The Emperor and the Concubines gathered in the Emperor's reading room, they discussed regarding Huang Ro's abduction, however noble the Emperor disliked the relationship between Huang Ro and Xuan Ye.

"If I advance Xuan Ye and Shen Ling's wedding date, what do you think? The two of them could complement each other, Shen Ling was extremely intelligent and possessed abilities as well as Xuan Ye. I am sure that in the future this country will be even more successful" the emperor told his wives.

Concubine Wan who first opened her voice, "Your Majesty, as noble knows the position of Huang Ro in Xuan Ye's heart is already very attached. When Huang Ro was lost like this, Xuan Ye had already blindly wanted to look for him. How could he marry someone else?"

The emperor digested the words - the reasonable concubine Wan said, 'that means I have to find a way rather Xuan Ye is willing to advance the wedding date.' then the emperor continued the conversation, "Are there any other ideas or opinions?"

The empress hesitantly replied, "Your Majesty, if it is to advance the wedding date then we should draw up a plan and give Xuan Ye time to clear his mind. Then Your Majesty should also think about the Queen Mother, no matter how Huang Ro is her favorite grandson, this move must have hurt her heart"

The Emperor was silent for a moment, then he decided, "The Queen Mother let me say it, and for Xuan Ye I will give two weeks to look for Huang Ro, he said, if in two weeks Huang Ro has not been found then he must marry Shen Ling."

The Emperor's decision no one dared to refute.

The next day the emperor met the queen mother and talked about the matter of Shen Ling and Xuan Ye, as the queen mother had expected to be furious. "Your Majesty, I have no problem with your plans to marry Xuan Ye and Shen Ling, so the problem for me is the two Weeks you gave for my Huang Ro quest, are you not outrageous?"

Emperor Lun replied, "But Ma'am, Our country is now victorious, it is not possible that at any time the Yun state will attack us for territorial conquest. If the entire army is deployed to search for Huang Ro for as long as possible, isn't it just a waste?"

The Queen Mother began to cry no matter how Huang Ro grew up all these years and she was very affectionate with him, the emperor let out a long sigh then continued "After all she is not your biological granddaughter. Didn't mother think of being kidnapped by a herd of men and not being discovered until now, isn't the honor of a girl very important, if Huang Ro loses the honor wouldn't she rather just give up?"

On the other hand, Xuan Ye unintentionally listened to all of his father's conversations with the queen mother. Initially he was about to meet the queen mother who was not well because of thinking about Huang Ro, it turned out that his father had a plan like this.

Xuan Ye couldn't help but meet the emperor, "Hamba please your highness, give the servant at least a month to search for Huang Ro."

The emperor was surprised by Xuan Ye's sudden appearance, as the crown prince already knew his plan then there was no other way, "Xuan Ye, no way, you will know that Yun Country has long wanted our territory, if you borrow my troops for longer than two weeks then our defense force at the border is also weakened. If you really want to use my military power, then strengthen your position as crown prince. With you marrying Shen Ling then you can strengthen your position as the future king and have the support of the ministers. And when you will be crowned king, all power will be subject to you. Not only Huang Ro can you reach, all the women in this country can you get easily, think well. Queen ananda pamit."

After that the Emperor left the weeping queen mother and the crown prince who kept his head down and clenched his hands.

He didn't expect his father to corner him like this, 'If marrying that Shen girl can strengthen my position, then I'll obey your father's will, after all I only married that Shen girl and there was no need to love her so I did not betray Huang Ro.'

The Emperor smiled faintly Xuan Ye who was already cornered finally accepted his plan.

"Well, in these two weeks make the best use of my team. And in two weeks you'll be married to Shen Ling."

Xuan Ye could only nod and usher in the departure of his father.

Plum Palace

Shen Ling was sitting on the edge of the pond, her physical condition was already much better, but her heart felt extremely empty. He did not accept himself being slandered by Xuan Ye, Shen Ling knew that Xuan Ye only loved Huang Ro, but it was not very unfair to bestow the vexation of losing Huang Ro on him. In an uneasy mood Shen Ling ordered A Li to prepare sweets and tea. While enjoying the sweets, Xuan Ye walked over to him."I guess you're relaxing Miss Shen, aren't you worried a little about my Huang Ro situation? And you still have time to enjoy sweets and tea, you're really stone-hearted."

Shen Ling was already fed up with Xuan Ye's behavior of continuing to corner her, she regretted having been willing to take two punches from those thugs just for the sake of protecting Huang Ro, "What is the intention of His Majesty's arrival? Servant just wants to enjoy this bright and beautiful afternoon, is your majesty willing to try some sweets? Or should I pour tea too?"

Shen Ling's smile made Xuan Ye's emotions overflow, "Aren't you supposed to regret your actions Miss Shen? because of you, a weak girl can fall into the hands of a criminal."

Shen Ling also retorted Xuan Ye further, "Hasn't your majesty already mobilized the entire army of the country to look for the needle in the haystack? Does it still require servant empathy and sympathy?"

"You!!"

Xuan Ye was about to grab Shen Ling, then swiftly Shen Ling dodged her, and the fight of the two of them ensued, as Shen Ling's still weak body coughed and spat out a hint of blood from the tip of her mouth, Xuan Ye immediately hugged him and wiped the blood away, "You forced yourself, has the healer examined your wounds today?"

Xuan Ye's treatment arrived - arriving to be gentle, Shen Ling could only shake her head slowly. Then Xuan Ye carried Shen Ling and said to A Li, "Call the palace physician and have him check on your missus."

A Li obediently went to look for the palace healer, while Xuan Ye carried Shen Ling to his room and laid her down. "You don't push yourself, your body is still very weak."

Shen Ling coldly replied, "I'm still waiting for your apology Your Majesty,"

Without saying anything, Xuan Ye left Shen Ling