𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆

XVI

❝How can I help her majesty?❞ Concubine Ki asked.

❝I've heard you had doctors coming and going, are you ill?❞

❝Oh, nothing serious... just a cold.❞

Xu Yang looked in the other woman's eyes and smiled.

❝You know, concubine Ki, the information you discovered concerns us all.❞

❝Haha, expected from the Empress, your majesty knows everything that moves around here. As you already know the doctors told me I'm perfectly healthy and fertile.❞

❝So his majesty is the problem.❞ Xu Yang concluded.

❝That's the last option... but concubine Jong is pregnant with his child so how could he be infertile?❞

❝Unless the child isn't his.❞Xu Yang said sipping tea and giving the other woman a side look.

Concubine Ki gasped a little.

❝You majesty says she got pregnant with another man? But that's too much... if it's true she will be killed for sure.❞

❝I know, maybe she thought his highness's love for her will save her or no one will discover her little secret. ❞Xu Yang explained.

❝Does your majesty know something I don't? You seem sure that she is pregnant with someone else's child...❞

❝Not really. I just happened to discover who the man she has an affair with is.❞

❝What? And who it is?❞

❝Wei Zan.❞

Concubine Ki fell silent.

❝How will we solve this, your majesty?❞

❝We will gather Empress Dowager, the Emperor and the other concubines and I'll help you reveal the news. What do you say?❞

Concubine Ki looked hesitant.

❝What if I receive punishment?❞

❝Do not worry, you aren't at fault. It's not your fault that his majesty is infertile and his beloved concubine is a whore. He won't punish you.❞

❝Alright then, your majesty. This one will do as you say.❞

❝Good, it's better to listen to me. Invite the other concubines,I will invite Empress Dowager and the Emperor.❞

❝Yes, your majesty.❞

Xu Yang pat concubine Ki's shoulder and left.

❝Miss, a strange man infiltrated the Palace!❞ Ji An came running to Xu Yang.

❝What? Where is he now?❞

❝He was going towards Tranquility Palace.❞ Ji An replied catching her breath.

❝I see. Take a break, Ji An.❞

Xu Yang rushed to Mu Jong's Palace and the maids there were panicked as their master had another man in her room.

❝Her highness, the Empress!❞ a maid said loud hoping Mu Jong will hear and hide the man fast.
Indeed, Mu Jong heard and immediately hid the man and went to bed trying to look tired.

❝Your highness... do you need anything from this one?❞ Mu Jong asked through her teeth.

She hated to see Xu Yang's face and more than that she ruined her fun.

❝I came to check on you.❞

❝I'm fine, your majesty...❞

❝Is that so? Good then, tonight I expect you to my Palace.❞