Beloved Empress

Mo Qi Qi is busy admiring the view and did not notice Jun Qian Che's entrance.

It is not until Jun Qian Che is seated right in front of her did she finally been made aware of his presence. The tea that she has just sipped almost choke her to death due to the shock.Cough Cough Cough—

Ban Xiang gives her a comforting pat in the back.

Jun Qian Che can't stop himself from scolding her when he sees what happened, "You are going to become a mother. How could you still be so careless?"

Mo Qi Qi shoots him a nasty look, "You are one to speak! If you hadn't suddenly appeared out of nowhere,chenqiewouldn't have choked! It's late, Your Majesty! What are you doing here instead of being with Yang Meimei?"

"You arezhen'sEmpress, iszhennot allowed here?" shot Jun Qian Che, equally nasty.

Mo Qi Qi gives him a perfunctory smile, "Of course you can, of course you can! You are the Emperor. Never mindchenqie'spalace, you can go anywhere you please within Hua Sheng Kingdom!"

"Why did you promise Imperial Grandmother to marry Ya Xian off tozhen?" questions Jun Qian Che unhappily.

Mo Qi Qi raises her eyebrows elegantly, "Looks like there really is no secret inside the palace! You actually found out. Since you already know everything,chenqiewill just tell the truth. The truth is,chenqieonly did that for your own good!Chenqieis currently pregnant and cannot serve you to the fullest. There are so many sisters inside the harem, yet you refused to even spare them a look and instead pours all your needs into Yang Guifei alone. So many concubines are starting to become unhappy with that. Besides, Yang Guifei has been here for a while, you will get sick of her sooner or later. Who will fulfill your needs then? That's whychenqiedecided to recruit some beauties for you.Chenqiecan tell that Ya Xian likes Your Majesty. You treat Ya Xian well as well, sochenqiedecided to unite you two."

Jun Qian Che sneers coldly, "You sure are generous." His heart is currently filled with fury.

Mo Qi Qi did not pick up the anger and takes his words as a compliment, "Thank you for that praise, Your Majesty.Chenqiewill try even harder from now on. Not only willchenqiebe generous, chenqie will also be virtuous. When do you plan on canonizing Ya Xian, Your Majesty? Out of the fourfeis, we still lack a DongFei. Why don't we install her as DongFei?"

Jun Qian Che narrows his eyes dangerously, "You should stop dreaming,zhenwill never take her in as a consort."

Mo Qi Qi looks at him incredulously, "Why not? Both of you clearly want to be with each other? Don't be a heartbreaker, the entire world will conspire against you!"

Jun Qian Che cannot help from explaining himself in fury, "Zhen'srelationship with Ya Xian has always been purely platonic. She is likezhen'slittle sister!"

"So what if she's like a little sister? A little sister can also be a woman! Isn't Yang Shi Han a great example of that?" persuades Mo Qi Qi patiently, though in her heart, she says: Now, you worry about sister and such. Why did you not feel that way when you marry your own cousin? What a hypocrite.

"Ya Xian and Shi Han are different," retorts Jun Qian Che firmly.

Mo Qi Qi unhappily retorts back, "How are they different? I already promised the Grand Empress Dowager and Ya Xian. If you won't marry her, what should I say to them? How will I look like to the entire world? Ya Xian will hate me to death!"

"That's your problem! You created it, now you solve it," replies Jun Qian Che coldly.

Mo Qi Qi secretly curses Jun Qian Che for being so heartless and unfair. This is related to him, why should she bear the brunt of his decision on her own? No way! Since he's the one refusing to marry, let him tell the Grand Empress Dowager and Ya Xian himself! She refuse to be the bad guy!

And so, Mo Qi Qi begins displaying her superb acting skill. She sobs in grievance, "Your Majesty,chenqiewas only thinking for your own good! The Empress Dowager has always desired grandchildren from you. You can ignore things like that, butchenqieis the owner of the back palace,chenqiecannot ignore them. If you don't have children, the people at court will saychenqiepurposely stopped you from visiting other concubines. They will callchenqienames! How is that fair? Ya Xian is kind and virtuous and has deep affection for you. Imperial Grandmother worries about her and couldn't bear to send her out to marry, sochenqiethought, might as well keep her inside the palace, because why not, right? Ya Xian will be able to keep the Grand Empress Dowager company and serve you at the same time. We will also be able to fulfill Ya Xian's desire to be with you. We're hitting three birds with one stone! How perfect would everything be? Who would have thought Your Majesty would say no! You even expectchenqieto say it to the Grand Empress Dowager and Ya Xian.... Wu wu wu.....Chenqieis carrying a child. Waking up every morning is a torture forchenqie!Chenqieoriginally thought thatchenqie'slife would be at peace sincechenqiedid a good deed today, but who would have thought Your Majesty would come here to stresschenqieout. You sure likes to bullychenqie, to bullychenqie'schild! Wuwuwuwu, did you see your Imperial Father, my child? He does not love you at all, wuwuwu. Our lives are so hard," wails Mo Qi Qi whole-heartedly, in tears.

Jun Qian Che is very upset to hear all that, "Who allows you to speak nonsense to our child? Didzhenever sayzhendoes not love him?" She actually dared to say he is here to stress her out? What about him? The anger and grievance that he is currently holding back are beyond words! He clearly does not have feelings for Ya Xian, who told her to do all those things?

"You don't love our child, alright!Chenqiealready gave the Grand Empress Dowagerchenqie'sassurance, and now, you are going around rejecting our plan, you are clearly underminingchenqie'sauthority, ah! You even told me to solve it myself, how do I even begin to solve this? Ifchenqiegoes to the Grand Empress Dowager now, she would be really unhappy! She might even killchenqieout of anger! And what about Ya Xian? What if she grows to resentchenqie? How shouldchenqieshow my face in the harem after this? Wuwuwu, Your Majesty likes to bullychenqie,chenqiedoes not want to live anymore, wuwuwu," sobs Mo Qi Qi.

Jun Qian Che's heart aches when he sees her like that. Although he knows she is only acting, his heart is moved anyway. Besides, she is carrying a child right now. Asking her to figure this out herself will indeed make things hard for her. It won't be good for their child either, if she is emotionally stressed. And so, Jun Qian Che gives in first, "Alright, stop acting.Zhenwill handle this."

Mo Qi Qi's tears are immediately ceased. She smiles at him, tears and snots and all, "Your Majesty, a ruler must keep to his words. Since you said that, you must follow through."

Jun Qian Che helplessly shakes his head, why did he marry such a woman? "Zhenwill naturally follow through. As for you, mind your own business from now on, stop caring about things like these. Remember, you are carrying a child. The most important thing for you is to make sure your pregnancy is going smoothly."

Mo Qi Qi purses her lips, "Alright,chenqiewill remember your teaching!"

Now that the problem is solved, Mo Qi Qi is relaxed once more. She takes a leisure sip of her tea before saying, "Your Majesty, there are so many women inside your harem, why won't you add one Gong Ya Xian to the number? It would hardly make a difference. You are going to break her heart, you know?"