Conspiracy

When Ji Wu Jiu reached Lu Hua Palace, he saw Li Concubine still crying, both eyes swollen red, her pretty face also lost colour. He felt his heart soften.

"Your majesty", While wiping her tears she said softly. Most probably because she cried too long, she voice sounded abit hoarse already.

She is still his woman, so he didn't want to be too harsh. He sat down, and allowed Li Concubine to climb into his bosom, a delicate body is now laying gently on him.

"Your majesty, you must help me!, Li Concubine stated clearly. Although he does not like Ye Zhen Zhen, but if the empress wants to punish a servant she really does not need Li Concubine's permission.

Futhermore as a concubine, she also fight back against the empress in public.

Originally, he thought Li Concubine was a clever girl who knows how to take care of his heart and listens well, she is pretty too, so he doted on her a little more, but who knew she would be like this now, losing her temper and not following the rules, really not presentable.

With these thoughts in mind, he slowly push away the woman in his arms.

Also, towards why Ye Zhen Zhen want to punish Fan Chun, Ji Wu Jiu knew as well. That is why when he see Li Concubine now, the feel is not as good as before, Ye Zhen Zhen is the empress, in the palace the only person that can bully her is only Ji Wu Jiu, who is Li Concubine.

Li Concubine felt that the emperor's reaction was abit weird, she looked at him with teary eyes, "Your ma.. majesty.."

"Looks like you still didn't realise your mistakes" Ji Wu Jiu said, "then you are grounded in your palace for 2 months, please reflect"

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What happened in Lu Hua Palace was spread throughout the palace in a day, most people changed their opinion about Ye Zhen Zhen and respected her more. Initially they thought that there will be a war between Ye Zhen Zhen and Li Concubine, but who knew it was just one side that was strong. Thinking that Li Concubine got hit, and that she was once the most arrogant one amongst consorts, who knew that today she would be under the reign of the undoted empress.

The empress really has her ways. A lot of people are counting themselves lucky for not offending her last time, and those that got punished who wanted to report to the emperor, all stopped as they have seen what happened to Li Concubine.

Even with many people now respecting her, the empress is not too happy "Will being grounded be too serious? I have already punished her" The most important part is if Li Concubine is no longer in the picture, then who will help her go against Xian Concubine?"

Ji Wu Jiu was sitting at the desk playing with a globe, this Kun Ning Palace really have a lot of interesting things to play, "where did this thing came from?" Ye Zhen Zhen's inner thoughts he would know very well, because he understood that's why he would not let her get it.

"A western merchant gift it to me, he also gift many other types of play things, I wanted to send to you, but it got stopped by the ministry of household affairs, so I let them choose a few, treating them like it was something I bought"

"Why did it get stopped?" Ji Wu Jiu asked while playing with the round globe, making it spin around. On in there was the maps of his country and some others that he knew, but also some that he was not familiar with.

"I think it was because the merchant said something that didn't make sense so they didn't let him register"

Though the merchant was stopped, but the item still reached the empress, and also went into his view, what motive did the merchant have? What motive did the empress have as well for doing so?

As the emperor, it is unavoidable that he thinks too much, Ji Wu Jiu looked at Ye Zhen Zhen, "What do you think my empress?"

"I think it is very fun" Ye Zhen Zhen replied honestly, and walked towards the globe "that person said the earth is round, there are a lot of square lands, that is similar to those under our feet, but there are also some covered by the ocean, the ministry people said that he was talking nonsense. Also that the western gods does not ride on clouds, but have wings instead, and the people over there don't like to wear clothes"

"You think it is believable?"

"How would I know, I did not see it myself. But then again the world is big, since did not see it personally, I can say I don't know, and naturally I wouldn't know if it is real. Your majesty take a look at this" Ye Zhen Zhen said, and gave Ji Wu Jiu a stick like item.

That item is made from copper, both ends has a glass piece, Ji Wu Jiu does not know what was that, placing on his hands, it seems that it can be treated as a weapon.

Ye Zhen Zhen brought him to the window, and took the item and placed it at Ji Wu Jiu's eyes. Because he was a bit tall, that's why her shoulder's are getting tired, and shivered abit. JI Wu Jiu just held her hand and closed in, and held the single binocular.

Ye Zhen Zhen "....:

Ji Wu Jiu looked to the side and saw her serious face, and slowly curved up his lips a little.

"Your majesty, what did you see?"

Ji Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, and tried to see through the glass, and saw through the item, this item can actually allow him to see further things nearer, very clear.

In his view, there was an eunuch he never see before walking towards Kun NIng palace's back hall, looking back and front, and shook his sleeves a little, then left with his head down.

His actions were very small, if from far it would not have looked suspicious.

Ji Wu Jiu moved his eyes and stopped at Ye Zhen Zhen.

Ye Zhen Zhen didn't understand and asked " whats there?" She took the binoculars and looked carefully, but couldn't see anything.

"Let's go out and see" Ji Wu Jiu said, stopped abit and added "Feng You De, call the imperial doctor"