284 Lu Wei 1 (1/2)

Five days after the new Emperor and Empress's ascension, the palace received news that there a riot started in the east part of Da Cheng. Soldiers were dispatched to the part to control the situation; however, a week later, another riot started in the southern region. Worried that this incident might affect another, a new law was announced to stop the people from creating troubles.

It was said that the fight started between the people of Da Cheng and previous Qian Rong. For years, they have lived life differently, and now, because of the Emperor and Empress' union, the citizen has to learn to be tolerant and accommodate each others' life.

Living together should not be difficult if they learn to respect each other. Each of them had their ego and pride, and everyone wanted to say that they were better than the other.

To unite three countries was proven not easy. Despite the newly implemented law, every day, the court would receive bad news where people were fighting. The new Emperor and Empress spend most of their time together with the ministers to find a solution.

However, Da Cheng's court was not free from trouble. The ministers and officials consisted of the ministers from Da Cheng, Qian Rong, and Western Zhou. Like the citizens, they too had their pride and ego and won't back down and give in to each other.

Both Lu Wei and Lingchen tried not to be partial with the ministers in court. With the Retired Emperor's guidance, they tried to suppress the minister's power in court. When the time comes, the Retired Emperor gradually retreated from the court's matter to let the couple deal with the nation's affair.

After almost a year of the new Da Cheng's formation, the country continued to face trouble every day.

Others around them could not wait to see the couple to make a mistake in their administration. The others were worried that if the couple does well in their administration, Da Cheng would only prosper and grew stronger.

Da Cheng might be considered as a new country. However, Da Cheng was feared because of the size of their army. A small mistake could give others a chance to bring down the country.

During the morning court, Lu Wei noticed that his Empress has been restless, and the tapping of her fingers against the armrest became frequent. Sometimes, when he saw how Lingchen would often get anxious over the nation's court, Lu Wei would often felt guilt. After all, if they did not get married and have the countries united, they would not have to face this trouble.

As the ministers continued to shout at each other down there, Lu Wei decided to stop listening. He stretched his hands and held the Empress' hand.

The tapping immediately ceased.

Lingchen turned around to the man beside him and looked at him with her eyes wide. ”What is it?” she asked with a low tone.

”You need to stop tapping your fingers like that.” Lu Wei matched her tone.

”I did not-”

Her words left unfinished as she saw the way he raised his eyebrow at her. Lingchen avoided Lu Wei's gaze and heard him chuckled. She bit at her lips and decided to ignore him.

Lingchen knew that her husband was right. But, it was not as if she could stop herself. The ministers' bickering almost drove her mad. Tapping her fingers was the only way she knew to calm down.

As she turned her attention back at the ministers, Lingchen found out that they have not stopped pointing fingers at each other. Her head started to throb. Just as she was about to resume her habit, Lingchen found that she could not move her right hand. It was then that she realized that Lu Wei was still holding her hand.

”Say… Do you think that any of them would notice if we sneak out of here?”