16 Chapter 16: A Wild Rose

Before Jiang Chen end up with a sore body, Wei Yi Yi 'nicely' untangle him from his cocoon. Sighing here and there, she lament at the destruction of her hard worked art.

She totally ignore how the child's eyes turn to slits from all the glarings. Her thoughts only compose of how to decorate this lil' troll she acquired.

Out of no where, Wei Yi Yi turn excitedly towards Tang Mei. She immediately left Jiang Chen without a second thought.

"Tang Mei may I go out?!" she shouted like a student to her teacher.

Tang Mei whose getting use to her uncultured speech answered steadily, "The empress could go out whenever she needed to as long as the proper preparations are done."

"What preparation? I'm not supposed to bring people to parade, right?" Wei Yi Yi caught on the crucial point.

"Empress will not need to parade them. Their sole purpose is to protect Your Majesty."

Hey hey don't lie to me. I read CN novels ok? Just how many guards and maids do you want me to take? It's a red flag for assasination!

Going with this 'preparation' is just going out to announce that hey I'm out, rob me. What's the point? I'm not going out to be a martyr! I just want to buy more props ah!

Just as Wei Yi Yi was about to make a point, she was distracted with Xiao Yuan Xi entering the lake pavillion to announce imperial concubine Su's arrival.

"Greetings to her majesty, the empress. Greetings to -----" Losing her elegant composure, Su Mei Fan trailed off and rudely gape at the mummified Jiang Chen.

'Sorry. I forgot his existence for a moment.'

"Little sister you have come. Sit here and join big sister to drink some tea."

She tactfully offered concubine Su to distract her. Wei Yi Yi pick up Jiang Chen and sat on her lap as she sincerely remove the bondages this time.

"This little sister saw the empress while touring and decided to greet your majesty. Empress, Mei F-fan mi..miss you very! much!"

Ah! She said it! How embarrassing!

She felt her cheeks reddening as her heartbeats faster. Su Mei Fan tried to fan the imaginary smoked coming out from her.

When she looked up, what she received is a blank look from the pair of auntie and nephew.

A 'poof' went out and her whole face turn so red, she crunched to hide her embarrassing self.

'The empress might misunderstand something!'

She's such a failure, she doesn't even want herself anymore.

"Ah, I don't go out usually so I haven't met little sister that much." Being caught staring so rudely, Wei Yi Yi tried to salvage the situation but it only resulted on Concunbine Su wanting to dig a hole to hide.

eeing her so flustered, Wei Yi Yi felt so cornered. Madam ah! Spare me! We don't want boss to get mad, ok? Don't be a stain on my work, ah!

"Sis ah! Let's be casual! Casual, see? Have some tea! Do you want pastries? Maybe some fruits?!"

I don't go and report! Boss haven't said anything yet but if he caught on this, I might just go and get fired, ah!

Grabing Su Mei Fan's hands, she seriously said, "I wanted to see you for so long."

Finally, with delight in her eyes, Concubine Su looked up to Wei Yi Yi. Her anxiety vanished just like that and her heart trumping when she realized how close they were.

"Empress.." She said tearfully.

'The empress truely care for a low concubine such as herself.'

Jiang Chen, "...."

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"Xiao Xiu, the empress is truely a pheonix that grace the mortal world." With a drunken expression she continue, "As proud as the peonies, no one could match her beauty. Ye Ai Ning is nothing but a sham."

Seeing her mistress starting to speak without restrain, Xiao Xiu shouted, "Niang niang! Don't speak nonsense mistress. What if someone hear you?"

Her head maidservant is shaking with fear as she scout the area for people. Su Mei Fan then smiled oh so sweetly that she stopped stiffly.

Imperial Concubine Su have a small heart shaped face. She have thin red lips and almond shaped eyes that looked watery. And when she smile they glitter together with her delight. She looked fragile and with her flowy black hair, she look the more harmless and childish.

But which one, inside the harem, does not have any torns?

"Right, it is nothing but nonsense. Just comparing that woman to the empress is already an insult to her majesty!" Concubine Su said happily.

Her majesty, the empress always have a bearing of a pheonix. Giving her an illusionary feeling. Like she was always unattainable and also just a fragmented dream. A person that does not exist.

In the few chances she saw the empress, her attention would be robbed with her extravagant show of might. From her beautifully dressed maidservants, to the sedan she was sitting, up until to her whole attair.

Her large pheonix robes hides her figure. While the bright colors and the glistening accessories she wears turn her complexion lack luster.

But now, her simple light robes fluster to the wind and compliment her beauty. The only hairpin that tie up her hair emphasize how dark and silky it is. Her pheonix eyes would glance calmly directly at you with a warm look on them and her thin willow lips are upturn with a slight smile.

She was so beautiful. And so much alive.