The Guzheng of The Moon

VIII

"Why?" Oh, Gods. Will he be punished for being disrespectful?

"You'll find out later" Gu Zheng said.

The man walked away from Yue. He almost breathed a sigh of relief as the Emperor walked closer to Yue again. The danger! His head seemed to hear the danger bells. If only his legs were longer. He will not be in the Emperor's arms now. The man even carried her to the edge of the lake. Yue had a bad feeling about this.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" ronta Yue, but in vain.

In an instant the Emperor threw Yue's body to the edge of the lake. He's soaking wet now. Fortunately the lake was shallow. If only a little deep he would have drowned because he could not swim.

Yue could only gawk at the harsh treatment. In contrast to the Emperor who even chuckled amusedly at the edge of the lake while crouching.

"I don't accept the word no, Yue. This is a warning for you. When I say you have to look at me then you will" Gu Zheng said.

Yue wanted to cry now. He feels demeaned. What harm? Not finished with his thoughts, the Emperor had already pulled Yue's hand to his feet. The man even helped her out of the lake.

"Prepare warm water for her, also send a lady-in-waiting to tell the Queen Mother, Miss Yue will be late."

Every word that came out of Gu Zheng's mouth was absolute. Yue was scared as well as amazed at the man. A man who knows how to become an Emperor.

"Sorry," Gu Zheng said as he stroked Yue's cold cheeks.

It was the last word Yue heard before the Emperor left with some servants.

"Miss, come on," said one lady.

Pissed it. Because she was so upset she wanted to cry. Just look, I'll reply later, Yue swore inwardly.

*****

After cleaning up and wearing official clothes, Yue was escorted to the palace of the Queen Mothers. This is the first time he has met them. Yue was very nervous. He was afraid that he would cause trouble for his uncle and aunt. They have been like their own parents since the death of their father and mother.

Hopefully he does not make the Hwang family business destroyed, pinta Yue.

The Empress Dowager's Palace was even wider than the Emperor's pavilion. Of course, the Emperor must have his own palace. The pavilion was only a temporary resting place.

Yue used to play hide and seek with abandoned children around his house. They would definitely be excited if Yue invited him to this place.

One of the maids entered the room first and informed the Queen Mother of Yue's arrival. Upon the maid's return, Yue was welcome to enter the room.

Yue could see two middle-aged women sitting not too far away from each other.

"Come here" commanded the oldest woman.

With disdain Yue obeyed him, he sat down in front of the two middle-aged women, but before Yue saluted them.

"Finally we meet" said the woman.

Yue smiled as he did not know what to answer. Through her eyelashes, Yue glanced at the two of them. The two women looked so elegant and beautiful. Very different from the people who have to live simply.

Yue heard the sound of the door being shifted. A beautiful girl came in and saluted the two Queen Mothers. Then sit next to Yue.

"alright. Since the two of you are already here, I will directly say it," the young Queen Mother said.

"The two of you here are empress candidates for the Emperor. I hope you compete honestly to get the Emperor's heart," said the young Queen Mother, "Daughter Xiaoli, you know a lot about the palace rules, of course you excel at this."

Whatisthis? It turned out that not only Yue was the empress candidate, there was another girl. And she's a Princess.

Yue took a quick look at Xiaoli's beautiful clean skin. Compared to his dull skin there was clearly nothing. That girl is also very pretty. His face was small and smooth.

Somehow not yet anything Yue already felt defeated by Xiaoli. There was no point in him surviving in the palace, Inner Yue. Has the Emperor met Xiaoli? Yue could imagine that Emperor Gu Zheng would prefer Xiaoli over her.

This is what it feels like to be heartbroken, inner Yue was sad. The day it was tossed so high and the next day it was thrown again into the muddy ground.

Should he give up?

Tbc...