16[Banquet? More like a test to me]

It was the following day and Cielo was all "dressed" up more like in a tux that he designed himself.

"Auntie? Can I wear a one-two?" Chen Asked.

"Yeah, Chen Chen. Next time, when it's Christmas, I'll have Aki make you one, he makes really nice ones, we went to sell one they wanted 20,000 yen for it." Cielo explained.

"That's a lot of Auntie, we should get going. I don't trust that princess consort, but anyways." Chen replied.

"Chen Chen, listen up try not to do anything too extreme. But let's see what this princess is made of." Cielo Spoke.

"Yeah," Chen said as he smiled with glee.

They walked into the banquet hall, they all stared in awe...

"Rise, or something like that," Cielo spoke.

The servants watching sighed-The empress will never change even informal events.

"My empress, what are you wearing?" Yuki Asked.

"A tux, nothing much made it my self." Cielo replied, "Anyways why's the princess consort wearing such..skimpy outfit this is a banquet, not a drinking party."

"According to the princess consort, empress this is a formal outfit where she "comes" from," Aki explained.

"Formal? My ass you think I'd believe that in a million years. I may be lazy but I ain't stupid." Cielo muttered under his breath.

"Uh, the reason we're all here is due to the newly formed alliance that we have made through marriage, between the princess and I..."

A noise was heard throughout the hall as Five men came in..

"Today you die, dire empress!" He shouted.

The man charged near Cielo.

Cielo sighed, "You think because I am empress I'm weak. Such a pity, I thought you would be fun, it seems you're a boring waste of time."

Cielo grabbed his arm and snapped it in half, "When I was young, Servants dared to bully me cause I was weak. But I'm now not I will never bow down to those who aren't worthy not in all of my lifetime."

Cielo then threw the man and doges the others then takes his sword and slices one head off.

"Speak, or forever hold your tongue, who dares to be a fool and kill me." Cielo Spoke.

His voice was as cold as ice and a true monster for most.

"Never would I dare betray my mistress, it wouldn't matter even if you—"

"Well you say your loyal but what about your Family, let's see how they feel when they watch you die in front of everyone. Hmm, now you can be spared only and only when you tell me who did it." Cielo Spoke.

"I-I confess it w-was the princess consort I swear on my family." He Spoke.

"I see, princess consort due tell me why this man claims that you wanted me dead? Tell all of us your explanation, if I find you are lying even a little, well—say bye-bye to your head." Cielo warned.

This empress indeed is smart could guess for the begging.

"Empress, I beg of you! This man! H-He's a fake wanting to slander my name in order to save his life and his pitiful family as well!" She shouted.

"Hmm, you say he's slandering you. Dear, I've known for a long time, no need to act so innocently especially in...that, hell no you ain't looking all that cute." Cielo Spoke, "Not in a million years would I, Amora Cielo nature Let his majesty get fooled by a little girl, never in the 16 years I've lived."

She fell to the ground, all hope was lost. Well best to revil when all is lost.

"Your right, I was the one who wanted to kill you. Not like a child-like, you deserve the position of empress anyhow." She Spoke.

Cielo stood up and walked to her.

"Me? Not worthy? Sure, but you..after all your the one with blood-stained on your hands, me? Nope clean as could ever be. But I may have—you know used you as a puppet all this time, making you believe I'm as weak as you you think I am, so what, I thought I'd have such fun while I live here for the rest of my days." Cielo replied "so what at least I'm not living a lie here. Better then what I could have imagined."

"Hmm, you say better then you imagined your talking as if you've lived another life before this but that's impossible—"

"Eh. Not much to worry about that, so shall I see how you end up. Let's see, you have decided the emperor, the empress dowager, you tried to fool me. Let us see you dared to have some pathetic men, I might add to kill me. And what's worse...is that you dare at most try, to fool Chen Chen." Cielo replied.

"So what? Not like your gonna kill me, nope I'm Consort Princess, not like—"

"Hmm, Aki read the imperial decree," Cielo commanded.

"By the decree of his majesty, the empress. Has decreed from the treason and attempted murder of his majesty. You will be sentenced to hard labor in the south where the illness has spread." Aki read.