Chapter 6 - The Misuderstanding
Chapter 6 - The Misuderstanding
in the wedding chamber, Jin Yu finally can get off from the wedding banquet. Eunuch Wang is announcing the arrival of the Crown Prince. The Senior Maid escort the Crown Prince to finish the wedding ceremonies. Ni Lang still sits on their bed with her upright elegant posture. Jin Yu sees her sit still on their bed with her wedding red cloth over her head. The eunuch is presenting the golden stick to open the veil.
She solemnly put her head down while he lifted the red cloth over her head. He can see her elegant and exquisite face under the veil. However, she did not resemble the girl facial that he was met.
"Is your name Ni Qing from the Ni family?" He asks aloofly straight to the point.
"My name is Ni Lang, Your highness…" She still did not dare to put up her face toward her husband.
"I marry the wrong woman… are you sure that you did not console a boy on the hill just outskirt the capital when you were still a small girl?"
"No, your highness… But if you are looking for Ni Qing…" She has the courage to lifted up her face to find the empty wedding chamber.
Jin Yu left the chamber with an angry expression toward his chamber. He can not describe his feeling at the moment. He is expecting to meet his first love, yet he got deceives by his blind love. He vents his anger in his study by throwing out all the scroll on his desk. He cannot say anything rather than accept his bride, but he vouches for himself not to touch any woman except Ni Qing.
"Your majesty Crown Prince, are you fine? Do you need something?" Eunuch Wang worriedly asks from outside the chamber with the crown prince personal guard stands next to him.
"I am fine… do not disturb me until tomorrow morning!" Jin Yu is sitting on the floor with his crumple robe and hair. He still can not understand the cruel faith deceives him to the wrong woman. He is trying to accept marrying the wrong woman.
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The time passed quickly. In Ni mansion, the madame rushed to the back pavilion where the old concubine Wan lives. The etiquette lady is reporting about the miss attendance of her class this morning.
"where is the young miss? she is late again for her lesson today" Madame Ni is yelling to Xiao Nie, Ni Qing personal maid.
"En… she was going to the class, but she got the stomach. She is resting now in her chamber…" Xiao Nie is lying to her madame.
"do not lie to me Xiao Nie or I sell you to the slave market" madame Ni is threatening her. She knows her youngest daughter is really mischievous.
Madame Ni knows that Ni Qing must be spending her time inside the barrack with her brother, Ni Sheng and General Lin Yue. She wants to punish her personal maid for covering her miss mischievous deed so in the future she will not dare to do anything like this again. This is the time for Ni Qing to learn her lesson as her marriage approaching soon.
"Why are you so noisy in the afternoon?" Master Ni walked into the courtyard on his way to his study with his Imperial robes.
"Are you back already? Why is so quick?" Madame Ni startled to see her husband back so soon. He looks so tired on his haggard appearances.
Xiao Nie just stands up after her master is waving his hand to accept her respect bow. All the servant in the house needs to bow when the master walks or arrive in the area, especially with the tittle he holds.
"The emperor is in rage with his harem problem. Your daughter is too soft and becomes the target of everyone. She needs to work hard so her belly can bear a prince," master Ni scolded his wife. He was ashamed when every minister in the court session shaming the empress baren stomach. He cannot hold his head up because of his useless daughter. Some of the ministers who have their daughter inside the harem tried to promote their own daughter to the emperor. He got his hand-tied when it comes to the ability of their daughter to produce the heir to the king. He left them in his study and followed by madame Ni who told her servant to get some snack from the kitchen for mister Ni.
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The wartime finished and Dayu country manages to expand their territory to the surrounding three countries under the new young emperor. They are going into the prosperous period under the wisdom of the new emperor who led the countries with his cold and strategic mind. The equality of the people makes them happy without starvation.
The emperor of the Dayu dynasty, Emperor Jin Yu with appearances as God decent to the earth. He is so handsome with his mellow cold eyes who gives out wisdom immerse from his body. He is tall with well build body makes all the girl in his harem flutter. However, he still acts coldly and aloofly inside his morning court.
He was in rage due on all the minister started to fight due to the heir of the thrones. They are not thinking about the matter of corruption in the capital. The corruption of salt is really discerning and serious, yet they are arguing for the sake of their own daughter. He got an offset headache to see his ministry childish act in the morning meeting. He could not hold it anymore until he dismissed the morning court after he massages the temple of his head.
He walks back to his chamber with all his eunuch and maid following him. He goes to his study which attaches to his sleeping chamber behind the palace. He read some scroll before he decides to tell his eunuch to prepare his outdoor costume.
"Your majesty, please changes your mind… last time you went outside, we got ambushed by the bandit," the head eunuch Wang is Kong towing to him.