Chapter 2 (2/2)
Ling Fei didn’t have the heart to refuse the empress dowager’s sincere request and she reluctantly nodded her head.
‘I’ll help empress dowager,’ Ling Fei said.
The empress dowager was happy Ling Fei accepted her request. She gratefully held Ling Fei’s small hand. ‘Thank you Ling Fei. My heart will always remember your good deed.’
‘Empress dowager, a thousand times you don’t need to thank me,’ Ling Fei said. ‘If the emperor becomes a good ruler it’ll be the citizen’s blessing. If I can help the emperor become a better ruler then I’ll use all my capabilities.’
‘Then I’ll give the emperor to you,’ the empress dowager said.
The empress dowager felt like a burden that weighed a thousand pieces of gold had fallen off her shoulders.
Ling Fei looked back at the imperial guards’ courtyard. All the imperial guards purposely fell on the ground.
Ling Fei like a swift small bird flew into the courtyard and she landed in front of Na Lam.
Cao Qian and Jing Lu immediately stood and they s.h.i.+elded the emperor from the stranger.
‘Who are you?’ Na Lam asked. ‘Are you tired of living? Don’t you know entering the palace without permission is a crime punished by death?’
The empress dowager quickly entered the courtyard. She didn’t want anyone to misunderstand Ling Fei.
‘She is Ling Fei,’ the empress dowager said. ‘Ling Fei is my guest I invited to the palace. Everyone leave.’
Cao Qian and Jing Lu were relieved Ling Fei wasn’t an a.s.sa.s.sin and they ran away from the courtyard.
Na Lam arrogantly a.s.sessed the beautiful young lady who had fast arms and legs. He thought she was a little girl who still drank breastmilk.
‘Imperial mother, if she is your guest then why haven’t I heard about her before?’ Na Lam asked.
‘Ling Fei isn’t an ordinary guest,’ the empress dowager said. ‘She is also your future empress.’
The empress dowager’s words not only scared Na Lam but it also scared Ling Fei.
‘Empress dowager-’ Ling Fei said.
The empress dowager secretly winked at Ling Fei to signal to Ling Fei not to reveal their plan.
‘Imperial mother, when did I say I wanted a wife?’ Na Lam asked.
Na Lam had forgotten he had met Ling Fei a few years ago.
‘How old are you?’ the empress dowager asked. ‘You’re old enough to marry and have children. At your age your imperial father married me and I gave birth to you. Ling Fei’s father is your imperial father’s savior. If her father didn’t save your imperial father’s life then you wouldn’t be born. That’s why I want Ling Fei to be your empress.’
‘Imperial mother, because you want to repay her father for saving imperial father’s life you’re asking me to marry someone I don’t know?’ Na Lam asked. ‘I’m the emperor, I refuse to marry a commoner.’
Ling Fei patiently waited for a good opportunity to interrupt the empress dowager and Na Lam’s conversation. She was resolute to help the empress dowager.
‘Your majesty, if you can defeat me in a dual then our betrothal will cease to exist,’ Ling Fei said.
Ling Fei knew Na Lam’s fighting skills had no possibility of defeating her in a dual.
Na Lam laughed coldly. ‘You need to keep your promise.’
End of Chapter Two
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