158. First Date after Marriage I
Third person POV
Weisheng and Hong er were riding on their own horse to the place where the coming Summer Tournament would be held. Guards were lined up beside them to protect them from any kind of situation. The commoners who were doing their daily lifes were shocked to see 2 human with the highest power in their country walking down the market for commoners.
They quickly knelt down to the couple and peeked from the corner of their eyes. They were awed by the beauty of the couple. The man has a cold and unapproachable aura around him, at the same time, that traits attracted many attentions from the girls.
Meanwhile, the woman beside him exuded a calming and friendly aura which makes her way more approachable than her spouse. She smiled at the people and waved her hand at the children.
Then a middle aged man ran towards the couple and caused the guards to be on alert. The guards pointed their spear on his neck and asked for his purpose on getting near the couple. The middle aged man realized his mistake and kneeled to ask for forgiveness. Weisheng nodded his head and coldly looked at the middle aged man.
Middle aged man: "This lowly one is in charge of this area. Therefore, hearing His Majesty Emperor and Her Majesty Empress's arrival, this lowly one rushed here to greet His Majesty Emperor and Her Majesty Empress."
Hong er: "Rise. We are just passing by so we didn't give any notice."
The people around her were astonished by Hong er's gentle voice. The middle aged man gawked at Hong er with open mouth but then he suddenly felt chill ran through his head down to his spine. He peeked to the side and saw Weisheng glowered at him menacingly.
Middle age man: "Th-then, this lowly one wishes His Majesty Emperor and Her Majesty Empress have a safe trip to your destination."
The middle aged man bowed as low as he could. Hong er nodded her head and continued their ride.
10 minutes later, they arrived at their destination which wasn't finished. Everything had been set, only left with the decoration. They didn't have to worry about not making it on time because the tournament is still 2 weeks away. The person in charge of the stadium came and greeted the couple.
Man: "Greetings to His Majesty Emperor and Her Majesty Empress. What can this lowly one do to help His Majesty Emperor and Her Majesty Empress?"
Hong er: "When will this project be completely done?"
Man: "Since the only thing that hasn't been done is putting up the decoration, we are confident to say everything will be done tomorrow evening."
Hong er: "En. Good."
Hong er nodded her head in satisfaction then she turned her head to Weisheng and asked him.
Hong er: "Your Majesty Emperor, is there anything you want to add in this project?"
Weisheng: "Nothing. How about you, my beloved empress?"
Hong er slightly blushed from Weisheng's way to call her. She pondered for a while and asked.
Hong er: "What side dish will they serve to the VIP room?"
Man: "We will serve the best side dish from the best chef in this country and we made sure everything that will be displayed represent Da Qi's culture."
Hong er: "En. Very good. I guess there is nothing more to add. You did a great job."
The man smiled from ear to ear from hearing Hong er's praise. He bowed to the couple and said his utmost thanks for having him do this big and important project. Hong er and Weisheng walked around the stadium hand in hand and very intimate towards each other.
The guards who were following them from behind were enjoying the moment where their emperor wasn't scary at all. Before Hong er arrived at Da Qi, they had suffered from being glared by Weisheng where ever they go, whatever they do, he just exuded this extremely intimidating aura to them which made them want to quit their job.
However, since Hong er came to the palace, everyday is peaceful. Weisheng would always act obedient and spoiled around Hong er, he didn't have time to glare at the guards since he has Hong er to look at. He couldn't be bothered by them.
Even the workers could see how close the couple was, it was undeniable that they are compatible just by how they look at each other. They heard about the empress adopted a commoner as her son which was very pleasing to the heart of commoners. They were glad that their empress doesn't discriminate people from their status.
Hong er even praised them for their hard work even though they were only ordinary workers there. She also gave each of them half of silver tael as a bonus for hundreds of worker. For her, that amount was nothing but to the workers, it was enough for them to feed their whole family for two weeks.
They kneeled to Hong er and thanked her for her graciousness. Weisheng was confused of why would Hong er do that but Hong er quickly explained to him in a voice that only he could hear.
Hong er: "To grab their heart. It will help us a lot in the future and our reputation will rise in good way too, no?"
Weisheng: "But what if they forget about your kindness towards them?"
Hong er: "Then there is no choice. We couldn't force all of them to like us. Just consider it as I had done a good little deed."
Hong er smiled at Weisheng brightly. Unconsciously, the corner of his lips arched a little bit which almost ruined his image as a heartless and cold emperor. Later when the workers went back to their own home, they told everything about what happened that day to their wife.
Then their wife told their neighbor what their husband told them last night. After that, the neighbors told the other ladies when they went to market that morning and so on till the rumor reached the ears of a furious woman.
Murong Qing: "Impossible! There is no way my cousin brother love that witch! She came into my life and seduced cousin brother! How dare her!"
Murong Qing pushed everything off from the table in front of her while panting heavily. Her servants stood in the corner with their body trembling furiously. They knew that their master loves the emperor so much but now, they could only see her love as obsession. They had accompanied Murong Qing to the palace quite frequently and they had to admit that their master is a big fat idiot.
The man clearly ignored her all the time and avoided her touch like he was disgusted by her. One of her loyal servants who has been serving her since she was little told her everything from her perspective and advised Murong Qing to find another better man.
But beyond their imagination, Murong Qing pushed her down and tied the poor maid with her magic. Murong Qing took her embroidery needles and inserted the needle one by one to the maid's nails. The maid passed out at the third needle but Murong Qing didn't stop.
Someone reported it to her father and the maid was taken away from Murong Qing. Murong Qing was grounded while the maid and the maid's whole family were silenced for their whole life by throwing them off to the sea.
Since then, no one ever dare to talk about Weisheng in front of Murong Qing. And now there were faced with Murong Qing's rampage. Like usual, one of the servants called Earl Murong (Murong Qing's father) to calm his daughter down. Earl Murong ran to his daughter and asked.
Earl Murong: "What's wrong, my daughter?"
Murong Qing: "Father! We can't let that witch take cousin brother away from me! She used a forbidden spell to seduce him!"
Murong Qing cried hysterically in his arms. Earl Murong sighed and comforted his crying daughter.
Earl Murong: "Don't worry. His Majesty will never forget about my beautiful daughter."
Murong Qing: "Really?"
Murong Qing peeked at Earl Murong with her big watery eyes. Earl Murong nodded his head. Even though he said such a sweet word, he was cursing Weisheng in his heart.
Earl Murong: 'How dare he disrespect me like this! I'm his life saver and he couldn't even show a little bit of gratefulness?! I will definitely make my daughter become the empress and my grandson will be the crown prince!'