readease Chapter 1331: The Emperor Is Expecting
Chapter 1331: The Emperor Is Expecting
She hadn’t figured out how to answer that yet.
Xuanyuan Yonglin burst out laughing.
"Your Majesty the Empress, since this is about power and not about love, then what methods are off-limits?"
"As long as you get it, isn’t that enough?"
With that, Xuanyuan Yonglin bowed to Su Yan once more.
"Or you could also consider taking me as your husband."
After speaking, Xuanyuan Yonglin took his leave.
"This subject takes his leave."
The First Brave Warrior left together with him.
Su Yan stood there, and was just about to walk off.
But when she turned her head, she saw Situ Xiu standing at the end of the gravel path.
She fell silent for a moment.
Then she turned her head to look back behind her.
Xuanyuan Yonglin and that warrior had already left.
She had no idea how long Situ Xiu had been standing there.
Not until Situ Xiu walked over and bowed to Su Yan.
"This subject pays respects to Your Majesty the Empress."
His hands were clasped just so, every movement by the book.
Su Yan said,
"When did you get here?"
Situ Xiu straightened up and replied,
"This subject arrived when that man said that in order to obtain power, you were prepared to stop at nothing."
Su Yan shook her head.
"I did not."
That line hadn’t come from her mouth.
Situ Xiu’s lips curved in a smile as he bent down.
"This subject also heard that Your Majesty the Empress has another candidate for Empress."
Su Yan explained,
"He’s the one insisting on becoming my Empress."
He was the one trying to throw himself at her; what could she do?
As soon as the words left her mouth, Su Yan was pulled into someone’s arms.
Situ Xiu’s gaze was dark and deep.
"Did the Emperor agree?"
Su Yan shook her head.
"No."
Hearing her answer, his mood improved a little.
Then Su Yan asked in puzzlement,
"What brings you here?"
By this time, it was already dusk.
The evening clouds hung in the western sky, setting off a stretch of blazing red.
It was a rare beautiful sight.
Under the setting sun, in the clearing of the Imperial Garden,
the two most exalted people in Tiansheng Country were wrapped in each other’s arms.
The scene looked truly beautiful.
Situ Xiu reached out and toyed with a loose wisp of her hair.
"I heard that Your Majesty the Empress sent people to search quite a few officials’ homes."
Su Yan nodded.
"Mn."
After responding, she frowned in doubt.
"Is that not allowed?"
Situ Xiu smiled and shook his head.
"This entire Tiansheng Country belongs to Your Majesty the Empress; you can do whatever you wish."
As he spoke, he asked again,
"What does Your Majesty the Empress plan to do?"
"If they have committed a wrong, they must be punished."
"For example, what kind of punishment?"
"Removal from office, exile, docking their pay, a beating with the board, imprisonment."
Without missing a single one, Su Yan listed them out.
Situ Xiu spoke slowly,
"I have heard it said that when the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he is punished the same as the common folk."
Su Yan listened and asked in confusion,
"Mn?"
Situ Xiu continued,
"If Your Majesty the Empress were to commit a wrong, what should be done?"
Su Yan lifted her head to look at him.
"What wrong have I committed?"
"A few days ago, Your Majesty said you would marry this subject.
After waiting so long, not only is there no news at all, but you were also flirting and bantering so merrily with a foreign Prince."
Flirting and bantering, merrily at that?
This was slander.
Su Yan said,
"I did not."
"Then why did you just say you were going to marry that Prince and make him Empress?"
"He’s the one who insisted on putting it that way."
"If Your Majesty the Empress had done nothing, how would others get the wrong idea?
It must be that Your Majesty gave him an opening—say, casting him secret glances, perhaps planning to let a blossom lean over the wall while this subject’s back was turned."