Chapter 3 (1/2)

003: In Unison

Seeing this, Yang Shihan immediately panicked in front of the emperor, blaming herself: “Empress, it’s my fault, I provoked you before. If you’re angry, kill me! You definitely shouldn’t do such a muddled thing like a.s.sa.s.sinating His Majesty.”

Mo Qiqi was startled. This white lotus was more like a hidden scorpion – stinging people without revealing its body! This was trapping her to death.

Jun Qian Che pulled Yang Shihan behind his back and stared at Mo Qiqi waiting for her explanation.

The corners of Yang Shihan’s mouth flashed with a self-satisfied smile, because she understood Mo Qiqi so well. She was arrogant and willful, and didn’t know what patience meant. Her words would surely make her fly into a rage, infuriating the emperor in front of all the officials, and getting in trouble. This time, the emperor would certainly abandon her.

But this time, Yang Shihan was doomed to be disappointed.

They only saw Mo Qiqi kneeling again, picking up the dagger from the ground.

Yang Shihan held onto Jun Qian Che’s arm anxiously: “Your Majesty, be careful!”

The officials also got nervous.

Jun Qian Che was actually calm and composed, both hands folded at his back, looking at Mo Qiqi. He wanted to see just what kind of an unreasonable thing she would do today.

But the next second, Mo Qiqi’s response made everyone dumbfounded.

Mo Qiqi looked up at Jun Qian Che, squeezing out two drops of tears, blaming herself in deepest remorse: “Your Majesty, I’ve come today not only to congratulate, but also to admit my mistakes. I shouldn’t have envied sister Yang for obtaining Your Majesty’s favor before, shouldn’t have prevented Your Majesty from letting sister Yang enter the palace, and shouldn’t have lost a nation’s mother composure with sister Yang in the viewing tower. All those are my sins, I’ve committed a heinous crime, but also asking Your Majesty to punish.” She presented the dagger with both hands, clearly letting Jun Qian Che judge her crimes.

Hmph! She achieved enlightenment this way, coming clean in front of all these officials, she didn’t believe he was able to punish her, unless he threw away the image of a country’s ruler. She was convinced there didn’t exist a monarch, who would disregard his own reputation for the sake of a woman.

Mo Qiqi’s proclamations astonished Yang Shihan to no end.

Jun Qian Che also found it very unexpected. Walking back to sit on the dragon chair, he asked in a cold voice: “Did you truly acknowledge your mistakes?”

His impression of Mo Qiqi was that she always pushed the blame onto others, she was always right. Even in front of the emperor she remained overbearing. From the concubines in the harem, to the palace ladies, there was n.o.body who didn’t hate her. Therefore, he never had a good impression of her. Her behavior today was really out of his expectations.