Chapter 75 (1/2)
Ban Xiang suddenly stops and looks at Mo Qi Qi before asking, ”Are you regretting everything, Your Ladyship? If you want, we can always go back!”
”What do you mean by not late? If we return to my palace, we are only going to wait for our deaths. What if the emperor is unhappy one day and decides to kacha my neck? Let's go!” Both of them continue hurrying towards Shen Wu Gate.
(TN: Kacha is the sound effect for karate-chop.)
Ban Xiang helplessly shakes her head.
On the other side, Jun Qian Che is walking while chatting with Han Yi Xiao.
”How did it go, Yi Xiao?” Jun Qian Che asks.
Han Yi Xiao respectfully replies him, ”Everything has been done according to your instruction, Your Majesty.”
Jun Qian Che nods before he stops at one end of an arch bridge, ”No need to make a fuss over zhen's trip this year. No need to take many people either. We must not alert the common people. Zhen wants to make a surprise visit to zhen's officials to see how they normally conduct things.”
”Yes! This general will keep that in mind!” Han Yi Xiao replies.
Mo Qi Qi and Ban Xiang are on the other side of the said arch bridge. Ban Xiang whispers something to Mo Qi Qi, ”Your Ladyship, the Shen Wu Gate is located right beyond this arch bridge.”
Mo Qi Qi cannot contain her excitement, ”Great! We can leave this golden cage soon! Come on, hurry up!” Both of them cross the bridge.
Jun Qian Che and Han Yi Xiao also start to make their way across the bridge.
Both parties b.u.mp into each other in the middle of the bridge.
(TN: The picture above is that of an arch bridge. Due to the way they are constructed, we usually cannot see who is on the other side of the bridge unless we are at the center of the bridge. )
When Mo Qi Qi spots the incoming people, she quickly turns around and runs away.
Although Jun Qian Che is surprised by what he sees, he keeps his calm. When he sees that hastily running figure, he slowly says, ”Stop!”
That calm voice contains a lot of threats in Mo Qi Qi's ears. Her legs listen to that threat instead of logic and immediately stop moving.
Jun Qian Che slowly moves towards her. When he sees that bag of bundle that she keeps wrapped around her shoulder, he struggles to suppress his anger. ”Turn around,” he calmly says.
Mo Qi Qi's heart wants to run, but her body refuses to listen. She turns around to face him. She smiles when she looks at him, enthusiastically greeting him, ”Hehe, what a coincidence, Your Majesty!”
Jun Qian Che inconspicuously sweeps his eyes over her, ”Where are you going so late at night, empress?”
”Huh? Nowhere, really! Chenqie thought the moon looks really good tonight, so chenqie came out to appreciate the moon.” When she points at the sky, the moon that was hung so brightly in the sky is now covered in clouds. She awkwardly grins at him, ”Hehe, maybe the moon is embarra.s.sed. You are too handsome that the moon is too embarra.s.sed to see you! Hehe—-” She really hated him before, but when she found out about what the previous owner did to him, her hatred mellows down. Jun Qian Che is too pitiful. He is the ruler of the entire kingdom, but his own wife goes around humiliating him.
”Wearing that? Is this kind of plain cotton dress compatible with your position?” Jun Qian Che's voice becomes icy.
Mo Qi Qi's brain turns like a gear, ”Chenqie ate too much during dinner, so chenqie wanted to exercise a little. It is hard to walk while wearing palace dresses, so chenqie chose to wear this. It absorbs sweat really well and is easy to walk in.”
Jun Qian Che's eyes fall on the bundle in her shoulders, ”Exercising while carrying a bag?”
Huh! ”Hehe, this is called weight-lifting. It helps with exercise.” She purposely jogs in her place in front of him, before turning to Han Yi Xiao, ”You must have heard of this method, General Han, you must have used it in your camp!”
Han Yi Xiao calmly and indifferently replies her, ”But you are not a soldier, Your Ladyship.”
Black crows fly past Mo Qi Qi's head.
This Han Yi Xiao is too good at talking back!
”Hehe, your General Han is very good at joking, Your Majesty. Are people not allowed to carry weights if they are not soldiers?”
Jun Qian Che's face becomes uglier by the second. He coldly looks at her, ”Speak honestly!”
When she realizes that her performance is not of any use in front of Jun Qian Che, Mo Qi Qi takes a deep breath before earnestly looking at him, ”The world is big, Your Majesty. I want to see them.”
”You want to leave the palace.”
”Hehe, you understood what I meant? You are so smart,” she gives Jun Qian Che a thumbs up.
Jun Qian Che narrows his eyes dangerously, ”You are the empress.”
Mo Qi Qi purses her lips as she unwillingly retorts back, ”I know, empresses are not allowed to simply leave the palace.” She hands over the bundle to Ban Xiang before unhappily turning to Jun Qian Che, ”Is there anything else you would like to say, Your Majesty? If not, chenqie should returns to chenqie's palace.”
”Tomorrow, zhen will leave the palace to check on the wellbeing of the common people,” Jun Qian Che casually says.
Mo Qi Qi turns back around with a face with barely concealed excitement, ”Really? That is great! I hope you have a wonderful journey, Your Majesty! I hope you can help lessen the common people's plight!” I hope you die outside! I will be promoted to become the empress dowager, I will not have to run anymore!
Jun Qian Che can read Mo Qi Qi's thought. He unhappily says, ”Don't even dream about it. If zhen dies outside, the unluckiest person will be you. If you want to be the empress dowager, you will have to give birth to zhen's child first! If not, you will not be able to be one!”
”Hehe, then chenqie does not want to be one. From now onwards, chenqie will not even harbour the thoughts of becoming one!” She would rather die than to give him a child!
Jun Qian Che's heart is full of anger.