Xiao Wangye's Beloved Wife

Chapters 10. Talking With Huangtaihou

"Wangye, before Wangfei left he left this herbal drink for you. The recipe and safety are ensured by your personal healer." Gu Sinjie thrust the cup of herbal drink made by Huang Mingxiang towards Xiao Muqing.

Xiao Muqing took the cup from Gu Sinjie. "The woman visits the Palace in the morning like this? Isn't the show later this afternoon?"

Gu Sinjie nodded. "Yes, Wangye. Wangfei also leave an apology for you for not having time to see you before leaving."

Xiao Muqing nodded briefly, then nonchalantly sipped on Huang Mingxiang's herbal drink. The man's cold eyes watched the cup he was holding, only God and Xiao Muqing themselves knew what the man was thinking.

"Su Mama's with him?" asked Xiao Muqing again.

Gu Sinjie nodded. "Sure, your honor."

Meanwhile Huang Mingxiang, the woman had arrived at the Palace. He quickly hurriedly visited Huangtaihou Palace, it was the only safe place in the Palace for him.

Upon hearing the news of Huang Mingxiang's arrival, Huangtaihou quickly rushed to his feet and ran towards the door of his room to see Huang Mingxiang's figure. The woman directly hugged Huang Mingxiang on the spot.

"Xiang!"

Huang Mingxiang smiled as soon as Huangtaihou hugged him, he returned Huangtaihou's embrace wholeheartedly. Meeting with Huangtaihou made Huang Mingxiang's heart relieved, because he felt a heavy burden on his shoulder lifted completely. It's like coming home.

"Your father is still sick from hearing the news of your marriage, Aija is very happy because you are fine during Xiao Wangfu," Huangtaihou said after finishing hugging Huang Mingxiang and inviting him inside.

Huang Mingxiang nodded thinly. "Mingxiang had heard this news during the trip. Mingxiang was helpless, having no time to visit father to Huang Fu."

Huangtaihou nodded back as well. "Aiya, it's okay, Xiang'er. Huang Dajie won't be angry about it either, he must understand your circumstances."

Huang Mingxiang did not reply anymore, the woman simply smiled looking at Huangtaihou. Huangtaihou invited him to sit near his throne. The old woman gently stroked Huang Mingxiang's hair and asked, "Did Xiao Wangye make things difficult for you?"

Huang Mingxiang shook his head slowly, although he actually wanted to nod his head. "No, aunt. Wangye treated me well, as well as the other Xiao Wangfu people." Huang Mingxiang wanted to spit out his entrails after saying so. Lying. Xiao Muqing always threw spicy words at him!

Hearing Huang Mingxiang's reply, Huangtaihou's countenance seemed to doubt his answer. Huang Mingxiang then spoke again, trying to make Huangtaihou believe.

"Lately Mingxiang has been feeling a little busier than usual because Wangye gave the task of taking care of the inside of Xiao Wangfu. It turns out there's a lot to take care of being a wife." Huang Mingxiang tried to display a reassuring facial expression to Huangtaihou.

Huangtaihou was a woman who had entered the Emperor's Harem since she was sixteen, of course, a pleasant experience and had never swallowed it all together. So lying to Huangtaihou was something quite difficult. Plus the woman has been taking care of and watching him since childhood.

Huangtaihou sighed, either sighing in relief or riled up. "Xiang'er, this aunt of yours can only hope you're okay. Right now it was extremely difficult to change things, the Emperor could not refute Rong Xuan due to the complicated situation in the political world. The emperor desperately needed the Rong family's help to fight against those officials who did not support him."

Thas right. Currently the Emperor's greatest strength was the Huang and Rong families, but it was more dominated by the Rong family. The Rong Family was the most famous number one family in the Empire, the Huang family was still one level below him.

Rong Xuan and the Emperor married on the basis of political interests. If not for the sake of his son's position, Huangtaihou would not have approved of their marriage. Huangtaihou would prefer to make Huang Mingxiang as Huanghou, because in addition to being able to increase his strength in the Palace, Huang Mingxiang was the nephew he cared about. Nothing would go wrong if Huang Mingxiang became Huanghou.

Huangtaihou leaned his shoulders onto the board of his throne chair, then kneaded his forehead slowly. "If it can't prevent your marriage to Xiao Wangye, it should at least be able to protect you from those rumors."

Huang Mingxiang shook his head. "Auntie doesn't have to worry about the rumors, Mingxiang is fine. Aunt, believe ... Mingxiang was happy to be by Xiao Wangye's side."

Huangtaihou looked at Huang Mingxiang heartily. "But Xiao Wangye-" Uncompleted Huangtaihou spoke, Huang Mingxiang had already directly interrupted. He knew where the sentence Huangtaihou was going to go.

"Auntie, apart from Xiao Wangye's imperfect physique, Mingxiang did not mind at all. During his time at Xiao Wangye's side, Mingxiang felt safe, then it was more than enough. Mingxiang doesn't lack anything."

"It should not have escaped the child from the next selection," Huangtaihou said a moment later, and the 'son' he meant was definitely Huang Liyue.

"Auntie, don't say that. Right now Jiejie is your Empire's son-in-law, and Mingxiang has already revealed the selection. Aunty should treat you well to keep the Harem at peace, right?" huang Mingxiang replied, he slightly sprinkled fire into his answer to ignite Huangtaihou's emotions.

"Holy? The dream! I was really disgusted and disappointed in him. How could he possibly do such a thing with his own sister?! He was easily incited by Rong Xuan's words." Huangtaihou snorted thinly, he really hated Huang Liyue, this made a faint smile on Huang Mingxiang's lips appear.

The two of them continued to talk, like a mother and a biological child. Huang Mingxiang was truly relieved to be by Huangtaihou's side.

They reminisce to a time where Huang Mingxiang was a child, then grew into a beautiful teenager, then married. When discussing about this marriage, Huangtaihou suddenly threw a question that made Huang Mingxiang speechless and smiled stiffly.

"Are you really going to love Xiao Wangye?"

Huang Mingxiang grumbled, this is the second question after Su Mama last night. Why were there suddenly so many questions regarding his feelings for Xiao Muqing?

"Auntie, as his Wangfei. Of course, Mingxiang will love him." Huang Mingxiang emphasized the word 'will' in his sentence. This was enough to make Huangtaihou understand.

Huangtaihou nodded his head thinly, the ease of being seen forcing a smile. "Alright, Aija will support Xiang'er's choice. Aija is sure what you choose will have good results."

Huangtaihou asked this with the intention of wanting to ascertain Huang Mingxiang's answer to his feelings. He could not force Huang Mingxiang's choice, after all his relationship with Xiao Wangye was not bad. Xiao Wangye was his sister-in-law, they were indeed not close enough, but also did not have a bad relationship. Moreover, due to Xiao Muqing's crippled legs, the man rarely appeared at Palace events.

Although Huangtaihou and the Emperor had been wary of Xiao Muqing due to the enormous military power, the problem was not too deep and soluble. But it seems that Xiao Muqing is still upset over the treatment the Palace received two and a half years ago, when the news of his leg being diagnosed with permanent paralysis became a heated conversation.

Just then, various kinds of gazes piled up on Xiao Muqing. Some nobles began to underestimate his presence, and due to the incitement of one of the officials, his son who had become Emperor proposed to withdraw the five hundred hundred thousand troops belonging to Xiao Muqing from his hands, because it is considered to be difficult to manage such a large army with paralyzed legs.

Xiao Muqing who heard that was of course offended, the man refused to let go of his troops and there were some nobles who also supported Xiao Muqing's refusal. This matter had become a hot one between Xiao Muqing and the Emperor, but this matter was soon settled as the previous Emperor's personal eunuch came and brought one of the wills saying that the five hundred thousand troops were absolutely Xiao Muqing's.

After Huangtaihou answered Huang Mingxiang's sentence earlier and they were silent for a moment, suddenly a female servant came in and said, "Niangniang, the celebration of the appointment of two new Guifei in the Empire has already begun. The entire invitation including the Emperor is awaiting your arrival."

Hearing this, Huangtaihou and Huang Mingxiang threw gazes at each other.