To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C112

After returning, Shi Anran told everyone about the matters of the Third Prince, and a few eunuchs who carried the palanquin knelt in front of the entrance of the Palace while trembling, “Please punish us, Aunt!” Shi Anran didn’t say anything to the emperor regarding this matter, which saved their lives.

Xiu Er glanced outside the window, and turned around to say: “Master, what do you think they are doing? Do you want to beg for forgiveness? ”

Shi Anran drank his tea without batting an eyelid, and as sshe drank the tea, his movements were graceful and dignified. After hearing what was said, he gave a quick glance at the tea, then ignored them: “Get them all to leave, don’t disturb my tranquility!”

“What are you still standing there for? Aunt said to tell you to leave as soon as possible!” Xiu Er said unhappily.

The four eunuchs looked at each other in the face but still kowtowed and admitted their mistake, “Please punish me, Aunt!”

“It’s useless to punish you. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you don’t want to cause more trouble, don’t bring it up again.” Shi Anran slowly walked out, her expression clear and indifferent, and one could not tell what her feelings were, but her noble attitude made her feel even more respect.

“Aunt, are you really going to let us off scot-free?” After all, they had left their duties without permission at that time. If the emperor were to find out, he would lose his life and probably implicate his family. Who wouldn’t be worried?

Sweeping her eyes over the thorny branches on their backs, Shi Anran’s expression was faintly gentle, and then she slowly said: “If you really want to be punished, then cut off one of your arms. In any case, you don’t have to carry palanquins anymore. “How about it?” Seeing that everyone was quiet, Shi Anran laughed coldly: What’s wrong? Do I have to ask for punishment? If I really want to punish them, then it will be even more cruel than what any of you would think. ”

It was not wrong for her to fear death, Shi Anran was also a person who was afraid of death. Otherwise, why would she cling onto Third Prince and use him as support to slowly climb up the stairs step by step?

“Go back, then forget everything that happened today.”

“Yes, Aunt.”

The emperor had invited a few concubines to speak with him in the garden, and among them was the most favoured person, Honorable Ling. She was probably the first to be conferred the title of Honglin.

Shi Anran didn’t know whether Hong Ling was really stupid or was too naive, she looked at the little bug inside the cup of tea that was thrown in, and couldn’t help but remind her: “This cup of Venerable Ling’s tea is too dirty, why not change it to a cup to drink?”

“Mn, thank you, Anran!” Hong Ling held onto a plate of fruits as she ate, not forgetting to feed them to the Emperor.

Li Ruolan had an indifferent expression on her face, but in truth, she was already unhappy in her heart. When she had entered the palace, she had only been chosen by the emperor a year or so ago, yet this girl had turned into a noble person. Was it possible that in a few days, someone would take over her position as imperial concubine? As she thought about it, Li Ruolan started to grow more and more anxious.

“Your majesty, chenqie learned a new tune and then played it for Your majesty!” Li Ruolan gently opened her mouth and said.

The emperor was talking to Hong Ling, but after hearing her words, he only slightly nodded his head and didn’t say anything else. Suddenly, Li Ruolan sucked in a breath of cold air, as she held onto her currently flat lower abdomen. “Your Majesty, chenqie suddenly feels an endless amount of abdominal pain, and will allow chenqie to leave first!”

“Since my beloved concubine is pregnant, we should rest in her chambers more often. Men, send Imperial Noble Consort Lan back first!”

Li Ruolan was unwilling in her heart, but she was helpless. She felt that to her, this was an unprecedented humiliation. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, “Chenqie will take her leave.”

“I’ll come over to see you in a while!” After she had taken two steps, the Emperor said another sentence in a gentle tone.

After being chased out by the Emperor the last time, not only was Li Ruoxue unable to remain at ease, she became even more arrogant, and started to wantonly insult Shi Anran from behind.

With regards to her childish tricks, Shi Anran only treated her as an idiot. If she liked to curse, then scold, and it’s not like she would lose a piece of flesh. However, there was a saying, disaster comes from the mouth, Li Ruoxue would definitely suffer a loss sooner or later, why did she have to make a move so early?

“Mistress, you are my aunt. Young Master Li is cursing so harshly behind my back. Is Mistress going to let him continue scolding like this?” Xiu Er was furious for her.

Hearing this, the corner of Shi Anran’s mouth curved slightly, as she unhurriedly opened her mouth and said: “Don’t tell me after being bitten by a mad dog, I still have to bite back?”

“Slash …” In the room, Cui Yun couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She thought to herself, this aunt had a very wide mouth, if not, her words would have angered him, if it were anyone else, they would have already responded back in anger.

Xiu Er could not help but laugh as well, “Master is right, we should not get ourselves into such a mess by the time the time comes!”

“Oh right, why are there so many soldiers in the palace today?” Shi Anran indifferently asked.

Cui Yun took a step forward, placed the snacks in front of her, and said softly, “I heard that some city was occupied by the enemy, the Emperor is currently worrying about the various generals, and seems to be discussing a plan to retreat!”

Looking at the dry and hot weather outside, Shi Anran got up and walked to the window. Looking into the distance, he said, “It should be about time …”

“What did aunt say?” Jadeite didn’t seem to understand and asked.

Shi Anran smiled as she shook her head, “Today’s a very stuffy day. All of you shut your doors and windows tightly, and if some mosquitoes or ants were to crawl in, it would really get in the way!”

After hearing that, the three of them closed the windows. Although they felt that it became a lot hotter like this, their aunt’s words seemed to make sense. Thinking about those disgusting worms crawling in, they all felt uncomfortable.

In the afternoon, just when the sun was at its strongest, Shi Anran brewed a pot of fragrant tea, placed a few delicate plates of dessert, and brought the three people to the house to chat and laugh.

But just when everyone was caught off guard, a bolt of lightning streaked across the clear sky. In the time it took to make half a cup of tea, a heavy rain of ice crystals that were the size of a thumb came roaring down along with the bolt of lightning. The center of Shi Anran’s brows slightly gathered, revealing a hint of worry.

“Phew …” This white rain has finally stopped after a day and a night! ” Xiu Er patted her chest and took a deep breath, then said: “Master, I heard that all the flowers and plants in the palace have been destroyed, and all the farmland in the villages outside the city have been razed to the ground! Sigh! Master said that she was worried that there would be bugs coming in, so I’m afraid those bugs won’t be able to hide from this white rain, right? ”

Shi Anran’s heart slightly trembled, but she still asked in an extremely calm manner, “Has the Emperor said anything yet?”

“The Emperor is furious. Right now, the army is about to set off, but they don’t have enough food. The people who were sent to collect the food have all returned empty-handed. All the ministers are panicking!”

This time, Bai Yu’s attack was just too sudden, it was unknown how many innocent civilians were going to starve to death, Shi Anran closed her eyes tiredly, it was not that she did not want to help those people, it was just that she was powerless. Was she going to go out and tell everyone that she knew when there was going to be a rainstorm? She was afraid that before the disaster had arrived, she would have already been burned to death like a monster.