Chapter 219 - What are you doing here? (1/2)

Ji Cheng who was drinking his tea in his study got the news that Wen Ru has come back from his trip to P country and was patiently waiting for him.

But after waiting for a while he did not arrive.

He was reading a book in his study when Feng Ju hurriedly came in and said, ” Your highness, Empress Zhao Ming and Xiao Li are in front of the palace hall. I saw them talking with Master Wen Ru and that's why came to inform you.” he said as he bowed in front of him.

Ji Cheng raised his brows when he heard Feng Ju 's words.

He didn't mind Zhao Ming talking with Wen Ru because he was his cousin but when he heard that Xiao Li was also there, his expression darkened.

He has seen how his mother and Xiao Li was continuously trying to humiliate and distress Zhao Ming.

Before when he was not in the palace and always outside the palace or on wars, he never knew how his mother and Xiao Li has made Zhao Ming's life hell in the palace.

But now he has strengthened his power in other regions and does not need to go on wars as frequently as before.

When he came back, his mother told him the immoral relationship between Zhao Ming and the bodyguard Ah Leng.

Ah Leng was Zhao Ming's bodyguard from the start and she had treated him as his brother.

He knows he was close with Zhao Ming but he couldn't believe that Zhao Ming has a relationship with him. But when he saw her together with him coming out of her Chamber, his blood boiled in anger.

He believed that Zhao Ming could not do anything like that. But at that time he has spoken harshly and shouted at her in spite of anger.

But later when he calmed down he realized that some things didn't match together because it was Xiao Li who took him there saying that they should meet Zhao Ming and clear things with her.

When they reach the lotus pavilion they saw the bodyguard Ah Leng and Zhao Ming coming together from her chamber and her clothes and hair were disheveled.

At that time, he got into Xiao Li and his mother's nonsense and don't know what nonsense he said to Zhao Ming which hurt her to the point that she attempted suicide.

His expressions fell when he remembered all these things and everything that he did to her. He couldn't change the past but he could try to change the future.

He truly wanted to mend for his past mistakes and wanted to give Zhao Ming a happy life ahead.

He gets up from his chair and went out of the study. He was walking towards the entrance of the palace hall when he saw Xiao Li walking towards him.

His brows furrowed when he saw her walking towards him. She was also his wife but he never wished to marry her in the first place.

It was Xiao Li's father who cornered him to marry her in exchange for their loyalty to Ji Dynasty. At that time, his power was weak and recently took over the throne so he can't make any new enemies.