Loving the Naughty Empress

Chapter 42 - The Secret Lip Games

"Are you okay?" Jin Yu asks to Ni Qing on his arm. Ni Qing was still in shock from the hard slap on her face but realise that everyone inside the mourning hall looks at them. She stands up straight away and fixes her gaze before she does the curtsies.

"Stand up… what happen in this place where the queen lay down in her eternity and yet, there is a big commotion in this place? I will not condone anything disrespect for the late empress regardless of your position," Jin Yu stern voice comes out from his cold expression. He can not hold his anger to see his wife gets a loud slap on her white face regardless of it was coming from her mother.

"I am sorry and apologizing for my wife and daughter rude action. It was misunderstanding in our family. My wife still upset about the empress death and vent it to our daughter," Lord Ni is trying to pacify the angry emperor in front of them. Meanwhile, Ni Sheng is giving a nudge to Ni Qing to pacify the angry emperor. Ni Qing is shaking her head to refuse his idea.

"You can pacify him so easily and save our whole family… go and use your God complex," Ni sheng is whispering to his sister ear.

"Do you think that I have nine head? Let father pacify him. what is wrong with mother? She seems so upset," Ni Qing immerse with his brother in the corner area of the morning hall after Jin Yu is accepting their curtsies and respect bow.

"Sis… did you manage to do the stuff that sister Lang failed?" Ni Sheng is asking her with his serious face.

"Which stuff?" Ni Qing is answering with her innocent face to her own brother.

"sis… it is the stuff that supposed not to talk… the scene…" Ni Sheng is putting his hand clasp together before making it switch around. Ni Qing is following him to do the hand motion with her naïve expression.

"What it is?" she still annoyed with her brother interrogation, but she needs to stall until she cleans up and tie the loose on her end. Her brother is the least person to know the secret if it not all over the whole town.

"You two looks closer rather than you and brother Yue… is mother word correct about you climb to his bed?" Ni Sheng shoots her with the question in the end with his seriousness.

"I did not climb on his bed. He traps me to his bed to be honest and I fall already deep inside his trap. He issues the decree already and as soon as the mourning period finish… I will enter to the palace. However, I want to enter the palace to find sister Lang's murderer," Ni Qing is whispering back to her brother who got shocked from her explanation.

"How do you know about her death cause? No one inside the palace inform us and you know about her death from poison. Please elaborate me, sis," Ni Sheng looks so determine with her reason and finding for their older sister death.

"The emperor personal royal physician is reporting to the emperor while the chit chat inside the tea house make the emperor's royal physician report become stronger. I want to find out the culprit and revenges my sister unjust death," Ni Qing told him with the determination show all over her face.

"Do you think the big guys over there will let you run havoc on his palace like Lin Yue?" Ni Sheng is underestimating his sister position in the emperor heart.

"I do not know how lenience he will be toward me.  However, I will surely tell you when I got the answer myself," Ni Qing is elbowing her brother who always on her sister side. they did not realise the eyes of emperor is setting up on them chit chat in the corner of the room.

Jin Yu is paying the respect to his death wife and ask Eunuch Wang to bestow the phoenix sculpture to accompany her into the afterlife. Lord Ni is pacifying his wife by make her remember about their position in front of the Emperor. It is not the duty of the emperor to mourn for his wife death, but he actually takes his time and pay respect to their daughter. He even instructs Eunuch Wang to send to send the best stuff to accompany the empress to the afterlife and make sure the tablet to be store in the colosseum for the consort on the hill complex of monastery outside the capital.

He keeps the corner of his eyes to see his wife with her brother who is immersing on their conversation. They are joking to each other as nothing evolving around them. He can not show his emotion as his position the emperor. Jin Yu only can see them and bottle up his anger inside his head. Eunuch Wang knows his master emotion and walks toward her new missus.

"Miss Ni… I think you have to take care your composure which irritate your royal highness," Eunuch Wang is whispering to them in the corner.

"Can you elaborate more for my sister composure with me as her brother?" Ni sheng is asking more information from eunuch wang.

"I am not having the privilege of sharing the information with you mister Ni," Eunuch Wang is smiling and excused himself to walk back next to the emperor.

"Did you see it?" Ni Sheng is making complaint to his sister when he realises that Ni Qing is eyes staring with the emperor. Ni Sheng only can guess about their relationship more private rather than only an in-law relation. He even witnesses she tries to lip talk to the almighty emperor, and he even comply to his sister small games.

"Sis, did you just play our lip game?" Ni Sheng is nudging his sister to get her attention. She grins for his nudge and she keeps silent for her own secret.