When The Empress Counterattacks

I already sense the Emperor's presence earlier but I was too engrossed with the death of my father, that is why I didn't react. But now, I need to act. Treating the heaven's son like an air is a sign of disrespect, and in the front of his subject at that.

" Beloved Emperor!"

I cried even louder as I threw myself into his c.h.e.s.t. He welcomed me by hugging my 'frail' body and softly c.a.r.e.s.sing my back.

Everyone present didn't react that much by the way the Consort called and acted in front of the Emperor. The favor of the Emperor towards his Imperial Noble Consort Bai is known to all, noble or commoner. That he decreed that his beloved consort can call him whatever she want.

"Ying Ying!, Ning Ning!"

The Emperor's booming voice rang into the room. The two personal maidservant of Consort Bai bowed deeply before they stepped forward, awaiting the Emperor's order.

"Bring your Mistress to the Serenity Palace!"

The two carefully hold their Mistress and guide her into the door.

I send an unreadable glance at the Emperor before completely going outside, which he responded with a subtle nod.

The Emperor knows almost my secrets. If I will name a person that understand my personality well, beside my family. It would be him.

The only thing I didn't tell him was that the one who tried to assassinate that night is my master.

At first , I'm just like the others, a normal and somewhat favored concubine for weeks but one night it changed completely.

The Emperor was restless and very tense that night, I can even feel his tiredness in a mile. Then I ask him what's his problem. I cursed myself for being a busybody, I was just a favored and tiny concubine for merely a month yet acts as a lover for years and asked straightforwardly. I don't know what possessed him that night night but he answered my question without any thought.

Then I learned that the army guarding the boundary between our White Empire and the other neighbor Empire, Green Empire was attacked.

The Green Empire are declaring a war and they already seized one city thus, the Emperor and the court was busy lately.

So I can't help myself but console him. I proposed an idea and help him strategize. I decided to do it because it concerned our Empire. I'm not kind enough to do it for the people but for myself and my family. What will happen to them if our Empire will be completely captured by the other Empire. I cant imagine the result hence I decided to interfere. He found the idea a decent so he tried it even if he is slightly doubtful.

The strategy that I told him was a success one.

From then on, when he encountered some difficulties in some national problems he will come to my palace or me to his. Our relationship also improved and day by day I can feel his gaze when he look at me is full of deep affection. But I ignored it and treat him like just in the past. I can serve him my body but not my heart, because I was afraid to love someone or rather I am just afraid to be someone's other wife, woman or concubine. I want my man to only have me as a his wife. So I protected my heart, I can't give it to a men, who's heart cannot be contented by one woman.

The two maidservant watched as their Mistress's frail stance turned into a powerful and oppressive one. Like a ferocious and mighty tigress ready to pounce on anyone who provoke her. This is the Mistress they knew unlike the weak and graceful image she portray in front earlier.

"Calla! Lily!"

The two then heard their Mistress called them in their underground name.

Yes, they are also a member of the 'Flowers of the Dead Sect'

They are just a normal and lowly palace maid in the past, always look down upon and abuse by everyone but they was saved by the very person in front of them in their lowest time. Mistress gave them hope and offer them dignity that they already lost by the time their family sold them to be a palace maid. Their Mistress is their light thus they always do their job perfectly without any single flaws. She trained them to be her third and fourth hand. She trained them in martial arts so that we can serve her better and for us to also protect ourselves. Our lives is in the hands of their Mistress and we are joyful about it. Being in the hands of Mistress is a the best thing that happened to the two of them.

They are also affected by what happened earlier. The death of their Mistress's beloved father. They also blame their selves, if they finish the assignment that Mistress's gave faster, they can surely save him.

" I know that you are blaming yourselves but don't... " because it was entirely my fault.

Yes, it was my fault. I am too slow. I arrived at my father's prison late. He was already beheaded after I arrived.

"To the Temple!"

I ordered before entering my palace and choose the best outfit.

I am going to the temple where my mother and two brother. As those vicious and loathsome people tried to exterminate our clan!

Yes. It is.

If they just want my father to die then they will wait to the day of judgement but instead they killed him. It proves that they really want to do anything just to end my clan. Even if it will proved my father's innocence, that he did not do the thing that he was accused of. Even if their action will get the people and even the Emperor feel suspicious.

But at last they can only feel suspicion but cannot be proven if they will kill the evidence. And the only evidence is our family's servants and where the servants would report where my father and who is the person father last met during the night before he was put in jail? Of course it would be my mother and my brothers after they will come back from praying in the temple.

They can't also kill the servants of the Bai's for it will only lead to more suspicion.

Three slender figures in black flew from the palace silently and with the speed of a lightning that even the trained guards guarding the palace didn't hear and feel anything.