5 The threa

sitting in the garden with the empress, Concubine Chun Hua sipped her tea calmly.

"Zheng Lu is a spoiled child." The Empress said out of the blue breaking the Silence

"He is an innocent child." Concubine replied

" A fool and a threat ." the empress said ignoring her

" He is a child !" she Concubine shouted

"Don't raise your voice!" the Empress gave her a sharp look

Trying to calm herself, the concubine looked down in submission, she couldn't do anything, the one in front of her is the one in power, she can only listen.

"The Empire can't accept fools, I am afraid." The Empress continued her speech

"Are you implying something? your highness." Chun Hua asked calmly

"I hated her with passion, I can't even look at her son, can't you see how much I am suffering! you were my maid before, my only friend! I helped you to become a concubine, to be by my side but you stabbed me in the back, raising her child!" The Empress said sharply looking at her ex-friend.

"You did it?" The concubine asked ignoring her rage,

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" she replied looking away

Looking at her Empress in disbelief, the concubine got speechless.

"You can tell the Emperor too, it's better that way." The empress stated

"He is my child!" Chun Hua said tearing up

"Zheng Lu is alive ! you can consider what happened as a warning." The Empress threatened

"A mother won't let anything happen to her child, she will fight whoever harm her kid and bite them back." The concubine said standing up

"Is that a threat?" The Empress asked

"No, I am only stating facts, your highness." She replied bowing in respect and left to her chamber to think.

Back to Zheng Lu, while she slept like a pig The Emperor himself came to visit, sat on her bed playing with her long silky hair absent-minded.

Feeling the gentle strokes, Zhen Lu opened her eyes slowly, meeting her vision a handsome man in his thirties, she was about to shout for guards but suddenly she remembers who he is.

' the Emperor'

" Daddy?" He asked

"Zheng Lu." The emperor called in surprise

" Are you Alright? are you in pain?" He asked in worry

" I am fine." Zheng Lu replied staring at the Emperor

" That's a relief, This emperor got worried." the emperor sincerely said

" this Emperor wants to tell you something" He continued, not knowing how to deliver the news so he asked him instead

"Do you want to get stronger?"

"Stronger? oh like daddy?" Zheng Lu asked back

"Stronger Than daddy." He replied with a smile

"Yes! I do! I want to protect the people I love." Zheng Lu shouted like a soldier

" hyper child." The emperor murmured quietly, poking the fourth prince forehead

"Don't hate this Emperor." He murmured Quietly making Zheng Lu tilts her head in an adorable way

" You are making things hard for me." He told his son

"Sorry?" Zheng Lu asked

"-" The emperor blurted