Chapter 57

Empress with No Virtue – Chapter 57 *Updated to full chapter

OCTOBER 22, 2015 ~ LAMLAM1990

Ji Wu Jiu waited till evening.

Ye Lei Ting brought good news back, Nu Zhen’s army lost and escaped using two different routes, one group headed towards the northwest, and another northeast. When he entered the tent, he saw Ji Wu Jiu sitting there alone, and could not help but ask:

“Where’s Zhen Zhen?”

“Where’s Zhen Zhen?”

Both their voices were heard at the same time, Ye Lei Ting immediately felt something was not right, and quickly untied Ji Wu Jiu. Not sparing a moment to explain, Ji Wu Jiu rushed out to look for Zhen Zhen, but no one saw her, and she was not in the group of injured soldiers as well.

Ji Wu Jiu was like a headless fly, he asked anyone that he passes by, and his face gets paler each time. Seeing his face was very scarily pale, and forehead full of sweat, Ye Lei Ting went to stop him, and consoled “It is very messy now, perhaps she is just in one of the other groups, she will come and find you in a while”

“No, if she really is here, then the first thing she will do would be to boast in front of me” Ji Wu Jiu answered, left Ye Lei Ting and proceeded to ask others if they have seen General Zhen.

An absent minded soldier answered, “We all have not seen General Zhen, most probably he sacrificed for the country……”

This was actually the most logical guess, it was just that no one wanted to speak it out.

JI Wu Jiu glared at the soldier, until he got afraid, turned and ran away.

Ye Lei Ting noticed that his body seems a little abnormal, so he decided to call someone to get Lu Li. In the whole camp, the only person that can fight and win Ji Wu Jiu is only Lu Li. Lu Li still haven’t change out from his bloodied armour, so when Ji Wu Jiu smelt the blood from him, he nearly went crazy. Lu Li quickly reacted before Ji Wu Jiu went crazy, with the back of the sword, he made JI Wu Jiu faint.

Because he was mentally exhausted, Ji Wu Jiu slept till the next afternoon. Ye Lei Ting was sitting next to his bed, saw him opening his eyes, and before he can talk, he quickly say “Zhen Zhen is still alive”

Ji Wu Jiu let out a breath, his eyes much brighter now. Sitting up, and receiving a bowl of water from Ye Lei Ting, he took a big gulp.

Ye Lei Ting saw that he was finally back to normal state, he too felt better now. He ordered for some food to be sent over, but Ji Wu Jiu does not have to appetite to eat, so after taking a few bites, he stopped and look at Ye Lei Ting.

Ye Lei Ting said, “Don’t worry, Zhen Zhen’s skill is still not too bad, she will not be easily injured during the battle. I have ordered men from all the camps to go back to the battlefield yesterday and to search through the bodies, and afraid that it was not clear at night, they went again this morning, they did not find her. It means that she is still alive, just that she did not return, so she either got lost, or got… caught.”

“Even if she got lost, it has been so long, she would be able to come back already” Ji Wu Jiu said.

“So….”

“So, she was captured by the enemy to be servant” Ji Wu Jiu sighed, “Yesterday, I have lost my rationality”

“You are just too anxious”

Ji Wu Jiu pondered for a while and said “Something’s not right. Normally only when you win a war would you capture enemy soldier’s when you win a war, yesterday Nu Zhen lost, and was in a hurry to escape, why would they waste effort to catch an enemy soldier?”

“This is also what I am worried about.” Ye Lei Ting answered

Both of them were smart people, this time there was no need to explain further, because there is only one reason: This captured soldier can be used.

Thinking till here, Ji Wu Jiu felt slightly better, towards a captured solider that has use, they would not treat that person too bad. But then, thinking about how a beautiful woman being taken by a group of men, his heart that was relaxed tensed again.

Ji Wu Jiu closed his eyes, and tried to remember Ye Zhen Zhen’s outlook yesterday, she was wearing her armor, and wearing a scarf, it should not be too suspicious.

No matter what, you must not them find out that you are a woman, Zhen Zhen.

Perhaps, they already knew that she was the empress? If so, most probably they wouldn’t dare to touch her.

Anyhow, if anything were to happen to Zhen Zhen, I will personally lead the army to flatten the entire Nu Zhen Tribe. Ji Wu Jiu’s expression was getting sharper and scarier at each thought.

Ye Lei Ting saw that his expression was not right, and thought that he will go crazy soon, so he quickly reminded him, “Then, what should we do now?”

Ji Wu Jiu turned and look at him “Bring over the map, and tell me what strategies did the Nu Zhen tribe use yesterday, as well as the direction they escaped”

Ye Lei Ting got Lu Li to bring in the map. He opened the map in front of Ji Wu Jiu, and pointed at a place that is not too far from Guang Ning City, said “Nu Zhen’s army that met with us were here, here and here, after the battle, the left army escaped towards northwest, the middle army and right army went towards the northeast”.

Ji Wu Jiu was looking at the map, he said “Zhen Zhen left from this army camp, and wanted to go to the frontlines to experience there, so most probably the opponent that she met would be the opponents left army, if she were kidnapped, then most probably would be by the left army.”

Ye Lei Ting said “I will immediately depart to search for her, I will get her back!”

“No” Ji wu Jiu shook his head, “You need to bring people to chase after A Er Ha Tu”

Ye Lei Ting did not quite understand.

Ji Wu Jiu explained “Have you ever thought that, A Er Ha Tu, this person has been a general since young, and has been at war for almost 20 years, and never lost before, this type of person, most probably is very proud. This time he has been placed at a very disadvantage point by us, how would he accept it. As per the reports two days ago, A Er Ha Tu’s cousin brother is bringing another 20 thousand men to support, this type of A Er Ha Tu, does it seem like he will surrender anytime soon?”

“What you mean is….”

“What I mean is, he will do what ever it takes to fight back. Furthermore there is also the attack towards Ji Zhou, which is like another opportunity for A Er Ha Tu” Pointing towards the route that A Er Ha Tu escaped, “Look at this area, it is a very good place to set traps. A Er Ha Tu is a clever person, if he is not able to win, he would most probably just set a trap here”

Ye Lei Ting’s eyes brightened “Then we should just break his chance of setting up a trap”

Ji Wu Jiu nodded, “That is why you still need to suffer a little more, I shall await for you to bring me the head of A Er Ha Tu”

“Then as for Zhen Zhen….”

Ji Wu Jiu replied “My woman, naturally I will save her personally”

Ye Lei Ting understands his feelings now, but he does not agree with his actions, but this time JI Wu Jiu was really stubborn, and no matter how much Ye Lei Ting tried to persuade or stop him, it didn’t have any use, until the end, he brought out an imperial edict, Ye Lei Ting can’t say anything anymore. To be honest, previously his him being able to tie up Ji Wu Jiu, was also because Ji Wu Jiu allowed him to do so, but this time his wife got kidnapped, how would he still be able to give face?

So, Ye Lei Ting could only transfer 20 thousand men to Ji Wu Jiu, but Ji Wu Jiu only wanted 10 thousand. To chase 1000 escaped soldiers 10 thousand should be enough, he cannot harm the Liao Dong’s man power because of Ye Zhen Zhen.

But, Ji Wu Jiu agreed on letting Lu Li follow him. Ye Lei Ting finally let his heart down, and repeatedly reminded Lu Li, to protect Ji Wu Jiu well.

Ji Wu Jiu couldn’t wait till the next day, and that night he left with his troop. It was already dark, but the 10 thousand army still followed the leader in a very orderly manner. They did not know what was their purpose, they thought they were following General Wu to chase down the enemy. No one has ever thought that this group of soldiers will be bringing nightmare to the opponent’s army.

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When Ye Zhen Zhen woke up. The first thing that entered her view was a shining bald head.

In that spur of a moment she did not realize what that was, she blinked her eyes, again and again, then the bald head start to move, towards the back, and a face slowly emerged in front of Ye Zhen Zhen “ You have awoken?”

Ye Zhen Zhen just only realized, that she was being tied up on a wooden stand, and because the wooden stand is abit taller, it made her able to see the other person head. Now he has raised his head to look at her, and his whole face can be seen properly. This person has thick eyebrows and big eyes, garlic nose, with a dark and bushy beard, and with his bald head, it really made people think his head was grown upside down.

“So cleanly shaven” Ye Zhen Zhen praised.

“….” The bald guy didn’t know that her first sentence after she wakes up would be that, also not sure if she was praising him or being sarcastic. He laughed coldly, “You are already at the end of your road, let me see how long you can be so proud”

Ye Zhen Zhen was not afraid of him “If you wanted to kill me, why would you waste effort to tie me up?”

The baldy got speechless, and his face started to show anger, he took out a dagger and place it on her neck, “Say! Who are you?”

Ye Zhen Zhen laughed, “If I say I am Sun Wu Kong, do you believe?”

Baldy replied “If you are Sun Wu Kong, then I am Er Lang Shen”

Ye Zhen Zhen continued “If you are Er Lang Shen, then I would be Wang Mu Niang Niang”

Baldy was thinking, Yu Huang Da Di is Er Lang Shen’s Uncle, so Wang Mu Niang Niang would be Er Lang Shen’s aunt, this person really wanted to take advantage of him. So he answered “If you are Wang Mu NIang Niang, then I am Yu Huang Dai Di”.

Ye Zhen Zhen answered “If you are Yu Huang Da Di, then I am would be the mother of Yu Huang Da Di”

Baldy: “…..”

Really too despicable!

Baldy places the dagger at Ye Zhen Zhen’s face, angrily he shouted “You little white faced rabbit! Do you think you are a woman!”

Ye Zhen Zhen just only realized that she was wearing men’s cloths, and what she said earlier nearly gave her out, luckily her she managed to cover her appearance well, and also purposely made her eyebrows thicker than usual, so the other person did not realise who she is.

Ye Zhen Zhen retaliate “You won’t understand, us central plain people uses this method to diss others, the purpose is to humiliate the other.”

No matter how Baldy thinks about it, he still felt that this method is more like scolding oneself, but he himself was not clear about the customs of the central plains, so he did not want to continue argueing with the person in front of him now. Somethings not right, he was interrogating this person, why would it go all the way to Yu Huang Da Di and his mother. So he once again place the dagger on her neck, “Stop playing a fool, say, who are you!”

Ye Zhen Zhen thought of how bad tempered this person is and figured that if she keeps playing with him, he will really use the dagger, so she stopped talking.

Baldy suddenly held the dagger, and aimed towards Ye Zhen Zhen’s stomach and stabbed!

Ye Zhen Zhen’s stomach was in pain, so she couldn’t help it but whimpered. The baldy retracted the dagger, indeed there was no blood stain on the blood. He waved the dagger in front of Ye Zhen Zhen, and said “Young and handsome, wearing the Silk Shirt, you are the emperor of the central plains, correct?” The baldy could not help but be proud of himself. 2 days ago, during the war, he suddenly saw a young general coming out of no where, and both hands carrying a gun, and was moving about carelessly in the mass, although the shots were not very accurate to kill, but still managed to harm a lot of the soldiers. The moment he saw this person, he knew that he was not someone simple, and also he has heard from spy report that the emperor has personally arrived at Liao Dong to take a look at the situation, the more he thinks about it the more it seems to be him, so he ordered his people to surround this person, and capture him alive. After when they are losing, he grabbed this person and escaped together.

Seems like the decision he made earlier was right, this person’s worth is higher than 10 thousand soldiers.

Hearing what Baldy said, she felt quite surprised. Ji Wu Jiu appearing at Liao Dong with the silk shirt, this type of secret, who would have given it out? Could it be that there is a spy in court?

Seeing that Ye Zhen Zhen does not look good, Baldy confirmed his thoughts. So he stopped asking her, and returned his dagger to the waist, and said “Emperor, you would have to follow us, as long as your people is obedient, I will let you off”.

In Ye Zhen Zhen’s heart, his meaning of obedience would most probably be asking for money, luckily she was not JI Wu Jiu, so there was no need for them to comply to his wishes later. Thinking it through, she decided to not do anything, and first let the foolish fella happy first, when everything is ready, and when he finds out that she is not the emperor, his expression should be very interesting.

Therefore according to his words, Ye Zhen Zhen said “Since you already know who I am, if you were to treat me this way, I don’t think it is the right protocol, why not you let me down first?”

“Seeing that you so quickly already know how to show off your power, you really are from the central plains” Although Baldy was not happy, but really called in a few people to put Ye Zhen Zhen down, and only place a leg chain on her, to avoid her from escaping.

The few people who came in, also shaved their head bald. They are similar to the baldy leader, they kept a braided hair at the back of their heads.

The moment Ye Zhen Zhen was released, she started to request for food and drinks, and baldy towards her actions now were really speechless, as she was not acting like a captured person at all.

“You are really feeling at home” Looking at how Ye Zhen Zhen is enjoying a roasted lamb leg, Baldy could not help but sigh out.

“This is called adapting to situations… since you already know who I am, then can you tell me who you are?”

“Take a guess? I want to test your observation skills”

“Duo Duo Wu La Tu, A Er Ha Tu’s eldest son, also the most doted upon on” Ye Zhen Zhen answered.

Each sentence she said made baldy more surprised. One has to know, this person just woke up not too long ago, how can he be able to guess his identity so quickly? The emperor really shouldn’t be under estimated.

“Duo Duo? This name is quite strong” Ye Zhen Zhen said while looking at his bald head.

Baldy was still surprised and asked “How did you know?”

Ye Zhen Zhen naturally would not tell him that she knows Nu Zhen’s language, earlier on she heard the others called him Eldest Prince. So she just answered “Looks like I guessed correctly, go, get me some sauce”

Duo Duo somehow listened to her obediently, and went to get her sauce, when he gave it to her, his face darkens, “Why should I listen to you!”

“How would I know”

“…..”

“But”, Ye Zhen Zhen consoled him, “If you raise me fat enough, you will get more money”

Duo Duo somehow accepts the logic, so she did not argue anymore, and sat at the side seeing her eat. This emperor is really gentle at eating, even better than those noble woman from his tribe.

After resting for a while, Duo Duo ordered for them to continue moving forward. Ye Zhen Zhen was placed in a cage that allows her head and hands to be out, and was being carried and pulled by 2 horses, quite comfortable. She was observing the route and direction of the army in detail, and listening to the conversations of the Nu Zhen soldiers, and understands the troops heading: Wu Lan Bu.

Looks like Duo Duo wants to meet up with Bo Ri Tie Chi Na, and bringing the hostage along to Ji Zhou city to get some benefits, this was actually a good idea.

In the days to come, Ye Zhen Zhen has shamelessly requested many things, such as asking Duo Duo to remove her leg chain, asked him to get a few soldiers that knows how to speak Chinese language, she can opt to go toilet herself, soldiers cannot peak, and etc etc

When Duo Duo heard the last request, thought that the emperor was really weird, as a normal men, who would bother peeking at another men doing toilet business….

What’s weirder was, whatever she requested, somehow or other, Duo Duo will agree.

Ye Zhen Zhen was afraid that they will suspect her, so she purposely request for toilet breaks a few more times, and in between them she will purposely stand afar from them, placing her hands at her crotch area and pretend to pee like how a man would.

Standing at the river side, Ye Zhen Zhen was maintaining this position, and closing her eyes, she starts to go into deep thoughts, while enjoying the wind.

Ji Wu Jiu, would he be able to know which army has taken her and the direction.

No matter if you find out or not, but I still do not wish for you to come her personally.

You are my husband, but first and foremost you are the Emperor of Da Qi.

Her thoughts were going further and further. Not meeting him for a few days, Ji Wu Jiu was appearing in her mind more and more often. His smile, his anger, his lost in thought face, his cunning, ….

His everything.

Everytime she thinks about him, her heart will somehow turn hot. This type of feeling was very miraculous, she has never experienced it before. It was like, there was a thread between him and her, and this thread will easily be touched, and when its touched, it will being upon the feeling of her missing him.

Ji Wu Jiu, I miss you, this time its real.

Note: Full chapter ~ torture is over.. hahahahaha.. ;x don’t kill me.

Also for those who does not know about Sun Wu Kong

(Using Journey to the west as reference)

Sun Wu Kong = Monkey God

Er Lang Shen = 3 Eyes God that is like a Sky General or something (famous for disliking the monkey god) lol..

Wang Mu Niang Niang = Queen Mother of the west, wife of the Jade Emperor

Yu Huang Da Di = Jade Emperor

Please google if you are unsure.. hahaha