Chapter 398 (1/2)

Shameful!

At this moment, the Emperor hated that he could not slap himself across the face twice. After doing his best to pretend, in the end, that act had been for the Empress’ group? The one that he really wanted to keep it a secret from would end up exposing it due to such a careless mistake. How could this possibly be good?

Seeing him in a daze and imperial concubine Yun, who had already arrived outside the door, not come in, Zhang Yuan also became frantic. He quickly prodded the Emperor and quietly reminded him: “Your Majesty, imperial concubine Yun may end up returning. Quickly chase after her!”

Unfortunately, when they left the hall, all they saw was imperial concubine Yun’s clothing flying away.

The Emperor gritted his teeth. Without giving an care to his appearance, and caring even less about the rumor that he had spread about falling unconscious, he immediately gave chase.

Imperial concubine Yun sat on a sedan carried by four people that were adept in qinggong. These were people that could go many steps without needing to touch the ground, as they rushed toward Winter Moon Palace.

The Emperor had also personally gone onto the battlefield when he was young. He had great abilities, but how could the hard-working people of the battlefield compete with the experts of Jiang Hu capable of using qinggong? He already believed that he was running extremely fast; however, he was still pulled away from by the people ahead.

The Emperor did not give up, continuing to give chase to the best of his abilities. Behind him, Zhang Yuan also gasped for air while following far behind. Feng Yu Heng, however, remained inside Heavenly Hall. She had already helped the Emperor in every way that she could. What remained was for the Emperor to do what he could. While walking to the front hall to see Xuan TianMing, she began thinking to herself. She only hoped that imperial concubine Yun would not blame her for helping the Emperor this time!

From Heavenly Hall to Winter Moon Palace, the Emperor gave chase for the time of two sticks of incense. Seeing imperial concubine Yun’s sedan carried into Winter Moon Palace’s gates, he gritted his teeth and put some force into his legs, rushing straight at the closing gates.

However, he was still a step too slow.

The gates closed, catching a corner of his clothes. The Emperor was awkwardly locked outside like this. He could neither go in nor leave.

He tried tugging on his sleeves but could not pull them out. The Emperor laughed: “Beloved, if you were thinking of Us, just say it. Just holding onto my sleeve like this is no good. It’s already been so many years. If people see this, it will become a joke.”

There was no movement inside.

The Emperor did not become discouraged, continuing to say: “Beloved, We know that We are in your heart, else you would not have gone to Heavenly Hall. We did trick you, but it was just to see you! It was a lie told with good intentions, good intentions.”

There were still no movements inside.

The Emperor began to sweat a little, “That uh, beloved, can you open the door so we can speak inside? In any case, We are still the ruler of the country. Just standing here at the entrance is not too appropriate.”

Winter Moon Palace was completely silent. Only the sound of the wind could be heard blowing through the trees. There was not another sound.

At this time, Zhang Yuan also caught up, gasping for air. Upon seeing the Emperor’s disheveled appearance, he felt a little uneasy, thus he shouted loudly at the gate: “Imperial concubine Yun, his Majesty was indeed given a scare today. It’s just that you arrived at the perfect time. This person has already arrived at the entrance of your palace. In any case, at least invite him in for a cup of tea! Imperial concubine! Did you hear it?”

The Emperor listened to the things that Zhang Yuan shouted and felt a little regretful, quickly tugging at him, scolding: “What are you shouting for?”

Zhang Yuan resentfully said: “They are such bullies.” While saying this, he helped the Emperor tug at his sleeve, but the gate of Winter Moon Palace was shut too tight. No matter what, it could not be pulled out.

The Emperor scolded him: “What’s it matter to you? We enjoy being bullied. What of it?”

Zhang Yuan said: “This servant just worries that you will eat a loss!”

The Emperor rolled his eyes, consoling himself: “If there’s a loss, there’s a loss. After all these years, I have become accustomed to it. Right,” He looked back and asked Zhang Yuan, “Where’s A-Heng? Did she not follow us?”

Zhang Yuan said: “Your Majesty! County princess calls you father Emperor, and she also must call imperial concubine Yun imperial concubine mother. Just now, she has already helped you once, but you messed up the act. If she came now, how could she explain to imperial concubine Yun in the future?”

The Emperor thought about it and also reached this conclusion, but he was truly unable to accept that he had messed up the act. Helplessly sighing, he said to himself: “Is there really no way of remedying this situation?”

Zhang Yuan stomped his feet: “Your Majesty, since things have already become like this, it’s already too late to remedy the situation. How about you gather some courage this time. This servant will protect you as you charge through this door! Is it not just Winter Moon Palace? It’s not like it’s a dragon’s den. It has already been a stalemate for over ten years. How can you not go in?”

The Emperor’s nose nearly became crooked from the anger. Why did his damn eunuch not grow a brain? If it was forcefully entering, he would have done it many years ago. Would there have been any need to wait until today?

Before he could scold Zhang Yuan, at this time, the sound of footsteps came from all sides. It was as though a large number of people and horses were endlessly running. Not long later, a group of imperial guards rushed about on all sides, appearing a little disoriented.

The Emperor wiped away some sweat and asked Zhang Yuan: “What happened? There should not have bee a coup, right?”

Zhang Yuan was helpless, “Your Majesty, can you think about something positive?”

Thus the Emperor changed the wording: “Could it be that someone wishes to usurp me?”

Was there any difference?