41 The Song Emperor

41.The Song Emperor

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Like the four great sects of the Qaingpai continent, every other continent was also discussing over the hidden realm's situation. 500 years was like five generations of an ordinary mortal family, the people who could get their hands on the items from the hidden realm were considered lucky as they were extremely precious. The less important items would be up for auction to the mortals or low level cultivators.

The journey of martial arts was filled with ups and downs, just one item from the hidden realm could change a low level cultivator's life. Thus, the treasures were extremely precious for the normal people of this world.

Not only the Northern Song Empire and The Southern Sects, but the Western Tribes were also planning on entering the hidden realm to gain precious treasures and if lucky any knowledge which was extinct.

Due to being on the South Eastern side of the world, the hidden realm was mostly occupied by the Southern Sects, but no matter how much they tried, they possibly could not monopolize the entire hidden realm, they had to share with the rest of the world or else they would be isolated and wars would happen between the three major continents.

The four great sects were sending their top experts along with their promising disciples into the hidden realm, as the sect leaders themselves could not enter it as the martial arts alliance leader ordered them to. There was no helping it as the last time the gates of the hidden realm opened, there were too many conflicts among the powerhouses of the four great sects, greed would make humans forget their rationality. Due to this, a Cold War started to happen among the sects and a large scale war just around the corner. Keeping this in mind, the martial arts alliance leader gave out the order to suppress the sects and keep their conflicts to a low minimum.

No matter what, if the powerhouses in the position of sect leaders would go all out, the damages would be terrifying and scary.

All the sects respected the order as they would never in their life dare to offend the alliance leader, he was old but was not rusty at all. No one knew his cultivation level, but anyone who dared to ask never existed, when you live long enough you get attached to your life and tread carefully. That was the situation with most of the powerhouses of the of this world, the old monsters only played with schemes but never dared to show their fangs openly, being an orthodox sect did not mean being fair, it meant to play politics and backstab when no one expected it.

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(The Song Empire, Emperor's Manor)

"Your Majesty, what mistake did I commit for you to punish me this way!?" a fragile voice could be heard from the room, it was a female voice, it sounded heart broken.

"Please conduct yourself, you are the Empress" came a handsome voice from the other side of the room. It was none other than the Song Emperor's. He looked Majestic with his Imperial robes hugging his masculine body, he stood at 6'4 with golden blonde hair flowing down his shoulders, his green eyes were as sharp as his sword, he oozed out an imperial aura that was hard to contain. He looked to be in his late 20s, his face was handsome and dreamy, most people would say he was the most handsome man in all the empire, or even in the world.

The women standing opposite to him was a world-class beauty, whose stood at the top of the hierarchy in this world, she was The Empress Dowager, the woman who is the idol for all the women of the empire and an unattainable dream for all the men in the world. She was standing with eyes filled with tears threatening to fall out, she had raven hair which was long enough to reach her calves, her pupils were purple, and her curves were uncontainable even with the loose robes she was wearing at the moment.

Seeing such a world-class beauty with tears would melt any man's heart, no to mention she appeared very appetizing with that tearful reddish face, if anyone was there they would rush towards her to sooth her and tell her even if the sky collapses, they would be there to catch it for her, but the Song Emperor stood there motionless without any expression. It was as if he was not wishing to waste any of his energy to feel pity or love for the woman who was crying for him.

Seeing the cold face her Emperor was making, the Empress Dowager was heartbroken and wept silently, she loved him so much that she could sacrifice herself for him if he just wished so. She wholeheartedly loved her childhood friend and dreamed of ruling the empire with him together ever since she was 13 years old. But her emperor changed his face once they stepped into their 21st year of marriage, it was as if he was hurting her unconsciously and not replicating the love he was given. It continued as time passed, and he slowly started to hurt her emotions more and more, the Empress was weeping in the dark without anyone finding out, hoping her Emperor would change as time passed, but it only got worse as he started to treat her coldly nowadays.

The Empress could not take it anymore and just confronted him about this face to face, she heard about the rumor which said that the emperor was giving special attention to other women in his harem and was bored with the Empress, this broke her final hope as she chose to confront directly.

Even after crying in front of him, the Empress could not believe that the Emperor did not care. Her eyes were filled with betrayal and agony, just when she as about to go mad, the emperor moved. He slowly walked towards Song SuQiaolian-his empress, he slowly knelt towards the weeping empress and touched her head with his hand, the sudden gesture shocked SuQiaolian as she never expected the sudden change, he still looked cold faced, but she could sense certain warmth from him telling that he did not abandon her, this reignited her love and hope for him as she looked at him with love filled eyes.

"Forgive me for being cold towards you Su'er, but my duty demanded it for me to do so, I still love you the same as I did in the past, even more so if I had to say. This does not mean I will stay naive as I was in the past, I may not be able to have time for it, but it doesn't I have abandoned you" the Song Emperor said, finally revealing the words in his heart.

The Empress was flabbergasted and awestruck, looking at her Emperor so closely after a long time

'He still gives me butterflies' she thought in her mind as she relaxed her chaotic heart, she seemed helpless against his charm.

The confrontation between them ended soon after exchanging some loving words and after soothing the Empress Dowager, the Song Emperor walked out of the room. His breathing was heavy, and his eyes were filled with a sense of satisfaction he never felt before. It was as if he was experiencing absolute pleasure at the moment. This did not last long, as he returned to his previous cold face, lest his followers saw him in that situation.

This was something he never said to anyone, even to his master and parents, everyone was kept in the dark about this weird fetish of the Emperor. The Song Emperor deeply loved his Empress, but actually felt a deep pleasure while she was emotionally pained because of him. This unusual fetish of his was kept a secret by him, and he could not resist the temptation after 21 years of his marriage. He felt incredible pleasure seeing the weeping face of the empress, but hid it well behind his cold mask.

No matter what, he loved his Empress to death, he could not see her suffering anymore even if he was at the peak of the pleasure, so he showed her some love she was thirsting for a long time. The Emperor felt guilt and shame for being like this, but this has become his addiction and he could not stop himself from hurting his Empress or the other members of his harem as he felt deeply satisfied with this. No one in the entire world would expect the Song Emperor, someone who stood at the pinnacle of this world, to have this kind of unusual kink.

The Song Emperor controlled his breathing and his pleasure filled expression went back to normal as he paced through the hall inside his private manor, he still had to deal with the matters of the court.