Chapter 361 (2/2)

“Rube, I’m glad to see you here earlier than I thought.”

“As for the welfare policy, discard the current one and adopt the previous one tomorrow.”

“Why, why? My policy is more efficient. ”

“Do you really think so?” he shouted at her, as he could not put up with the surge of annoyance at the moment.

“Which nobles would stand idle when they are treated like commoners? Which commoner would pay for the expensive cost to treat their sickness? How come you are trying to implement such a ridiculous policy? Are you sure your policy makes any sense?”

“Do they have to pay for the medical expenses?”

“Absolutely! Do you think the royal doctor would offer free treatment to those who are not the members of the imperial family? Empress, just think about it, please!”

“Rube, I didn’t know that. Why are you so angry with me? You know I’m trying hard, too. ”

After seeing her black eyes welling with tears, he shouted more loudly rather than calming down, “You’re telling me that you’re making every effort, but I don’t see you going anywhere at all. Where are you putting your efforts into? I could understand your position when you just became the empress, but it’s been already four years since you became the empress. Isn’t it time you knew the ropes of your work? You don’t do anything right, but you just cry whenever I blame you for it. What do you think is the position of the empire’s empress? I just feel you don’t deserve it at all! Are you sure you are my spouse designated by God? I wish you could do your job at least half as much as the late concubine.”

“How could you, Rube…?”

Jiun, who dropped tears silently, retorted harshly, wiping tears roughly at his last words, “What’s the matter with you? It was you who promoted me to the position of the empress that I didn’t know anything about. It was you who said you loved me and abandoned your fiancée, who was chosen as your spouse since she was born, right? Do you miss her now? You hated her so much, then beheaded her on charges of treason. Now, you miss her so much? Are you serious?”

“Shut up!”

Although he was so upset because of her humiliating rebuke, he barely suppressed his anger and warned her. But she shouted at the top of her voice without caring about it at all, “Did I say anything that rubbed you the wrong way? I told the truth! I think I know why you are missing her now. Because you are feeling the pang of conscience? Because you realized belatedly that you loved her? No, that’s not true. You are angry with me because you are not satisfied with the way I do my job, right? You miss her wonderful skills, right? Did you say I didn’t make any efforts? Do you think I live idle? I’ve really had a hardship for the last three years to learn all kinds of stuff I am supposed to master as the empress. Did you ever help me? I really worked hard on my own even when you didn’t care about me. I studied more than twelve hours per day!”

“I told you to shut up!”

He shouted, biting his lip, but she didn’t stop.

“So how much the concubine must have suffered because of you! Do you know what I have repeatedly heard about her since she died? Although they didn’t talk about anything about her in my presence, they always compared me with her behind my back, saying she was the perfect candidate for the empress. Well, do you think she handled her job perfectly from the beginning? I think she must have worked her ass off to master her job. Nonetheless, you have ignored, harassed, and killed her miserably, right? How can you tell me to be half as good as her?”

“Stop it!”

It was almost the same time that Rublis, who blew his top, slapped her in the face and she fell down, cupping her burning cheeks. He ignored her who stared at him in shock, with her black eyes filled with tears, and turned coldly.