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It took a whole month for Liu Chu Chu to finally wake up from her coma and another two whole months for her to be able to swallow food without suffering extreme pain. These three months were horrible for her and she lost so much weight that her clothes were loose on her thin frame.

"Long Shan," Liu Chu Chu called for her fiancé softly, which made one wish to pamper her.

There was no anger could be seen on her during the whole time Venerable Song performed the cleansing ceremony with the aid of a group of helpers that was picked by the prime minister. She did complain the long hour of the ceremony despite her face getting paler at each hour.

When the uninvited guests finally left, Long Shan hurried to Liu Chu Chu\'s side. "Chu\' Er, are you tired? Let\'s get you back to bed."

His heart hurt to see how vulnerable his love was currently, so very different from how strong and capable she usually appeared. Much to his relief, her eyes were filled with the same determination that he admired.

"Long Shan, I will not let them go for trying to kill me."

"En. We will have them pay for hurting Chu\' Er."

The Emperor was relieved when Venerable Song found nothing evil around Miss Liu, except that her forehead was rather black, which pointed out that she will be suffering great misfortune in the future.

Concubine He nearly fainted in shock and pleaded the Emperor to allow her to pray for her soon to be daughter-in-law.

The Emperor felt bad that his favourite concubine could only have one child no matter how much she yearned for another. He had done his best to give He Xiang another child and did not rest even a night to fulfil her wish. Alas, fate just does not favour his favourite concubine.

Knowing that there was nothing wrong with his health seeing that his Empress had gotten pregnant, the problem must be on He Xiang. He will have to send a court physician to have a look at her health and prescribe some herbs to improve her health.

However, when one problem solved, another would rise! Recently, the Emperor had known from a palace servant that his Empress\' bedchamber would often have the sounds of soft cries coming from it. He had visited his Empress for a few times but he only discovered her being more relaxed than he had ever seen her for years, with a soft glow around her that started to make him doubt about the child in her womb\'s paternity.

A man in his fifties walked in a fast pace, dressed in a golden thick robe with dragons embroidered that could only be worn by the Guilin\'s Emperor. His destination was his Empress\' courtyard and his purpose of visiting was to discover the truth. He was tired of guessing and it was time for the mystery to clear up!

There were no male servants that dared to approach his Empress except for that one man! The Emperor\'s jealousy soared up at the thought of Heng Zhen Gan touching his wife!

He had sent a servant to secretly spy on his Empress and to quickly inform him when the sounds from the Empress\' bedchamber happened again.

Heng Zhen Gan, this Emperor will have a reason to beat you up this time!

Just when a eunuch in the Empress\' courtyard saw the Emperor, he was stopped from announcing the Emperor\'s arrival with a wave of a hand. The Emperor\'s dark expression terrified the young eunuch, who quickly had his head bent down low.

Silently approaching the Empress\' bedchamber, the Emperor waved the two inner maids of the Empress that were standing outside the room to leave.

Xin San and Xin Mei stared at each other worriedly, knowing that the Emperor was here to meet and perhaps, showing affectionate to the Empress. It would be very welcomed normally, but currently, the Empress was not alone in the room.

However, they could not forbid saying no to the Emperor at his current dark expression and so they silently stepped away. They reassure themselves that Her Highness had ordered them to not disturb her, but had never said a word about not letting Emperor in.

The Emperor\'s head eunuch opened the door for the Emperor to step in before closing it silently and stepped away from the door and out of hearing.

The Emperor\'s face grew darker when he heard the familiar moans of his Empress which was accompanied by the words, "Oh yes, harder."

He was not a stranger to his Empress\' moans and seductive noises while they were rolling about in bed. Truthfully, he found his Empress\' beauty to be more captivating than He Xiang but it was great sex that had him visit his favourite concubine every night. He may have neglected his Empress and other concubines, but that does not mean he did not cherish them.

Standing between the screen divider and the living room was Xin Lin, who was surprised to see the Emperor. "Your Majesty-"

"Yes, right at that spot." The Empress moaned in bliss, cutting off Xin Lin\'s words.

Ignoring Xin Lin that tried to explain to him, he swept the screen divider easily and it sailed across the room before crashing onto the wall. His snarl was especially loud, and the valuable porcelains in the room trembled from the echo. "How dare you betray me?!"

The Emperor had expected to see an indecent sight of his Empress and another man, pleasuring each other. He had not expected to see his Empress laying sideways on the bed, the outer robe discarded, with a young girl in a purple dress kneeling on the bed behind the Empress.

It was the sight of the unknown girl\'s hands groping his Empress\' waist and butt that snapped him from his shock. "Guards! Drag this lowly girl out to receive five hundred beatings!"

The purple-dressed girl\'s eyes widened in shock as the royal guards quickly barged into the room, their cultivation aura revealed to intimidate the threats towards the Emperor. The girl quickly straightens up, but her hands were still on his Empress\' waist, which angered the Emperor even further.

"What are you waiting for? Take her away!" The Emperor bellowed. His pride as a man stung that his Empress preferred a young girl to pleasure her instead of him!

"Your Majesty, please wait!" The Empress hastily called out just at the same time a familiar boy dressed in entirely black with half of his face covered with a skin-tight mask appeared between the guards and the bed.

"Halt!" Recognizing who the newcomer was, the Emperor barked out a command which his guards immediately obeyed. "Aren\'t you Long Zhu\'s little guard? What are you doing here?"

Da Bei blinked, giving the Emperor a look as if telling him he was being stupid. "My master wants Elder Sister Hua to be protected."

It took a moment for the Emperor to understand. "That girl is Long Zhu\'s personal maid?"

Xiao Hua was now standing before the bed as she helped the Empress to sit up. Xin Lin placed an outer robe over the Empress\' shoulder and helped the Empress to curtsy.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Hua is just giving me a massage to ease my sore back. The little child is getting bigger and I\'m not as young as before that easily carry extra weight in my womb," The Empress explained calmly. She had more or less guessed what had triggered the Emperor\'s anger from the familiar possessiveness in his eyes.

The Emperor: A massage that can make you moan like that does not sound like an ordinary massage! (╬ಠ益ಠ)

During the four months’ period of stay, Xiao Hua was always in the Empress\' courtyard, so this was the first time she met the Emperor since the royal family banquet.

Subtly fixing her dress, Xiao Hua curtsied. "Greetings to the Emperor. This servant is indeed the third prince\'s personal maid."

With the anger and possessiveness gone, the Emperor took in the form of his third son\'s personal maid. With round adorable eyes, tiny frame, and fair skin, it was not that difficult to believe his son would be interested in her. But this girl was not so attractive that would lead his third son to protect her so fiercely.

"You are the one that had Long Zhu disobey tradition and proper conduct." The Emperor stated with annoyance and a frown.

"This servant does not dare to teach or advise the Third Prince on any matter," Xiao Hua said with her eyes on the floor.

The Empress might have treated her better to avoid her son from being angry with her, but the Emperor has no restriction to unleash his displeasure on her. He has the power to punish his son for disobeying him and ruin his future if the Emperor wishes.

Once again, Xiao Hua\'s life was saved when Eunuch Xiang, the Emperor\'s head eunuch, hurried into the room, giving a hasty salute before whispering fiercely into his master\'s ears.

"What? He returned?"

It was refreshing to see the Emperor\'s face filled with a mixture of panic, fear, and anger. "Why is he back?"

"His Majesty does not say."

Xiao Hua: Whoever you are, thank you for saving my ass! (\'｡• ᵕ •｡\') ♡