Chapter 13

I stood still on the ground, I couldn't clearly tell what kind of feeling I had in my heart, only said: "Wu Min Jun, you people are really..."

How was this for real, I didn't know what to say.

He instructed me to summon Sheng An back, treated her properly, because I was the one who started the conversation: "Do you know, she is dressed just in plain clothes, her ear is only decorated with white-colored flower bud...." He made me change it into blossomed flower, and actually because of that, we got an answer from Sheng An, the terrible information.

Wu Min Jun understood women more than women themselves. I really don't understand how he was born with such exquisite intelligence and twisted mind.

Wu Min Jun looked at me. "What?"

I shook my head. "It's nothing, only I feel Sheng An is really pitiful."

"Just because people deceived her to think she can have you." His lips twitched. "You still can say such nonsense."

I let out a sigh. "Precisely because of that is why I think she was so pitiful. To be cheated like that was not an honorable thing."

"Hey, how did you know that Sheng An will tell you that?"

"It was obvious since they wanted to assassinate me, it was impossible for them to do the impossible task only once. But I couldn't predict the precise time, that's why I coaxed the words out from Sheng An." He said ligthly.

I shook my head: "Smart like a demon. Wu Min Jun, I'm afraid that you will not live for long due to the jealousy from others because of your outstanding ability."

With hidden understanding, Wu Min Jun said: "Rest assured, as my empress, you will be buried with me."

I glanced at him and said: "What are we going to do about this? Letting her go like that to Nan Wen country? What about the people in her clan?"

Wu Min Jun said: "Kill them."

I was perplexed: "Ah? Didn't you say, as an emperor, you cannot let out the image of a tyrant and arbitrarily kill people?"

Wu Min Jun faintly smiled: "Who said that I am murderous? Sheng An gongzhu didn't only tell us, but also left the evidence."

***(gongzhu means Princess)***

I hesitantly asked: "Those three words?"

Wu Min Jun smiled and nodded his head. He drew out that paper that had three words 'Yuan Jun An'. "It is a copy from Yi Wang Family. Regardless of old and young, or their gender, they are all to be punished."

"....." I stared blankly at Wu Min Jun for short awhile before shook my head. "I'm not making that kind of order."

Wu Min Jun coldly said: "What happened again?"I said: "You just deceived the Princess, now as a precaution you want to kill her whole family as precaution..."

"At the moment we need to take precaution first since it would be difficult to predict what will happen in the future. Chang Yi gongzhu, don't involve me with your pure hearted sentiments." Wu Min Jun came closer to me, "From the beginning, I always thought that sometimes you are quite stupid, but you should still be able to see the big picture. At this time, don't recklessly sympathize with others. Benevolence towards the enemy is equivalent to balancing one's life on a knife edge. You dare to gamble with your life, but I do not."

"..."

I became inexplicably angry yet I could not refute it. It is difficult to express the sentiment of seeing one's own face mismatched with an indifferent and cruel expression.

Although I could not refute him, I refused to speak and used my silence to protest—anyway at the moment I am the Emperor and he cannot do much.

Wu Min Jun glared at me for a long time before sighing and said: "Fine, fine, you don't want to kill then don't kill... I will write a secret letter to Xiu Yi wang's household notifying that their plans are known to me, but I will not retaliate provided they behave. If there is a next time, death will be unavoidable. Sheng An gongzhu remains unharmed, but sent to Northern Chang country. If they still want the wealth of Xiu Yi wang, then they should quickly follow her there."

I immediately agreed and felt sincerely happy with this change in Wu Min jun. Wu Min jun just coldly smile: "Its only because our bodies switched..."

I inwardly shivered.

***

Within the imperial palace, the night passed peacefully. The next day, news arrived of the Xiu Yi wang household demotion and voluntary relocation to Northern Chang country. I let out a sigh of relief while Wu Min Jun looked extremely unhappy. Just that, he only showed his unhappiness when he together with me.

After seven days of the mourning period, he and I rushed to East Yuan Country. During this time, I prepared a letter using my identity as Chang Yi gongzhu. I briefly explained what occurred between us. What I wrote was totally different from what we explained to Grand Adviser.

I wrote that I went to assassinate him, both of us two pairs of eyes fighting each other in the obscure of candle light, he had a jade-like face and I was captivated by it. The two people were unmarried and suddenly fell in love with each other at this historic moment. He threw aside his sword and waited for death, but I could not strike him. In the tranquility of night, we refused to move. Finally, he decided he would rather have the beauty than the country.

I set aside the enmity between our families and our states. We planned to live in seclusion but happened to encounter the affairs of Northern Chang country. Thus, we decided to be together in an open and honorable manner. Henceforth we married and treated one another with respect and the courtesy due between husband and wife.

At the end of letter, I added: Although Chang Yi's disobeying her mission she also did not abandon the mission.

After reading the whole letter Wu Min Jun laughed so hard until he could not get up from the bed. He also said that even if my country was vanquished in the future, I could still make a living by writing a fictional book. Then he used a vermilion colored brush to circled the phrases "beauty that captivating even the birds and beasts" and "beauty" in "desire the beauty, discard the country", that describe my beauty. I felt resentful about this. In the end, I re-wrote the letter and sent it.

Although the people I sent to deliver the letter practically did not have time to rest to send the letter, still it will take a while. Anyway, I and Wu Min Jun did not expect any reply. I could imagine how Imperial Brother and Empress Dowager would react to the news. Well, I've decided not care about what they think.

East Yuan country and West Yang country are not far apart. However, I and Wu Min jun must travel in accordance with our official status. An enormous line of servants and betrothal gifts followed us. I sat in my sedan chair and occasionally looked back. I could only clearly see the people who were nearby. Further away, I could only see a massive amount of dust flying about.

Of course, along the way we encountered no shortage of assassination attempts.

However, there were too many guards. Wu Min Jun and I basically never saw the assassins because they died too quickly. All of the assassins were targeting Wu Min Jun, this violent despot of an Emperor, who also happens to be me right now. I also wanted to give it a try and have a good fight, but unfortunately, there were no more opportunities. Really, what a pity.

I and Wu Min Jun finally arrived at East Yuan country travel-worn, in the East Yuan country's border, I saw many red gold patterned palanquin, bolts of cloth, head ornaments, everything one could desire. Unexpectedly Imperial Brother was also there to receive us personally. Originally, Wu Min jun wanted to put on airs but later he recalled that currently, he was using my body, thus without choice he resentfully got off the palanquin and joined the emperor and me as we were pretending to have a friendly conversation.

Afterwards, we entered the East Yuan Imperial Palace. I only went away for one month but now I've returned, it seemed like another lifetime ago.

--Only, what was happened was real.

When the East Yuan country's people saw me, they looked apprehensive and disgusted, on the contrary, they extremely friendly to Wu Min Jun. Still, they looked at him with a bit of sympathy as if to say "For the country, you had to marry to this scum. You've suffered". This made me really wanted to go scream to heaven and spit up blood.

Unfortunately, Wu Min Jun was not aware of what's good and bad for him. He was constantly complaining to me in private: "What's the matter with these East Yuan country's people? What's with them looking at me with those expressions?"

I'm too lazy to explain it to him...

The two of us went to the Imperial Palace. The Imperial Palace already arranged a banquet and were only waiting for us to arrive there. I and Imperial brother sat together in the head seat. Wu Min jun sat on lower seat next to me and Empress Dowager sat on lower seat next to Imperial Brother. Wu Min jun and Empress Dowager faced each other. Many high ranking officials sat further down the table.

No one dared to make a sound, those cowards. Really, those cowards.

Everyone kept sneaking a peek at me, the tyrant. As soon as I caught them looking, they quickly bowed their head looking submissive and focused on their food. I looked at the Empress Dowager who was watching Wu Min jun with a complex look, there was some expression of pity that I had never seen before and Wu Min jun was totally ignoring it. He engrossed himself in consuming a massive amount of rare delicacies from East Yuan country looking like starving ghost reincarnation and made Chang Yi gongzhu lose some face...

(T/N: he made her lost face because he's the one using her body)

Looking at her this way, Empress Dowager did not only not blame her but also sighed slightly and shook her head, as if saying "Poor child, she can only eat to vent her anger..." or also maybe, "Hey, is it possible that the West Yang country did not provide her food?"

I became silent for a long time and in the end consumed the the dishes to vent my anger...

The banquet lasted for a long time like this. During this time, we were continuously talking with courtesy. Everyone's attitude was excessively fawning that I cannot bear to see my own relatives' shameful way like this, hence I said that I was tired and was planning to go back.

Wu Min Jun pouted his mouth said in a small voice: "I haven't eaten enough..."

In the recent days, there was always a large amount of food for Wu Min Jun. I felt that my body would be fat at this rate... habitually I glared and scolded him: "Eat? what eat? Go back!"

I became speechless and said slowly: "Jiao'er, let's go back first... Aren't you tired?"

**(T\N: Jiao'er is chang yi gonzhu's birth name. Changyi is her title name)**

Wu Min Jun that was right in the middle of drinking soup heard what I said almost immediately spat out the soup out, extremely vulgar. Everyone's complexion darkened. However, Wu Min Jun wiped his mouth and calmly said: "Okay, let's go back..."

He was obviously trying to stifle his laughter and ended up making ambiguous sounds that resembled crying. Everyone that was watching was shocked, probably thinking that we were putting on a play, and so pitied Wu Min jun who is currently Chang Yi gongzhu. The party, me, that has actually been wronged is also about to start crying.

I lowered my voice: "Get your butt out of here right now..."

Afterwards, the two of us finally returned to our room that had already been prepared. Only then did I remember—Just a moment ago there was someone that kept staring at me and Wu Min jun. That person used to be one of my former masters' disciples, called Yuan Yu.

He practiced martial arts together with me from childhood. He is an Imperial Guard now. His relationship with me was okay, so, it doesn't matter that he was watching Chang Yi gongzhu attentively, but just a moment ago for some unknown reason, he was continuously looking at me, that currently in Wu Min jun's body with murderous gaze...