Su Yaoqin looked shockingly at Zhao Yuncheng and said frantically "What do you mean by that? Don't do anything reckless. If you kill her then her father and all the nobles will accuse you for killing the Empress. They will not support you as the Emperor. You ascend the throne recently. If anything happens, your position will be at a risk. What if Prince Regent takes this opportunity and"
She didn't complete her sentence Zhao Yuncheng cut her sentence and said "You think too much. I am not a fool enough to kill Xue Lanxuan with my own hands. Not to mention Every noble still support my imperial brother. And I become Emperor because of prime minister's help. That's why I married to his useless daughter. Do you think anyone who is Royal born will marry an ugly woman like Xue Lanxuan? If you didn't insist me to pursue her back then, I will not marry her."
Hearing Emperor's complain Su Yaoqin embrace him and said " Then what did we do? You knew that everyone support Prince Regent back then. In fact the late Emperor also supported him. You didn't have any backing. That's why my aunt suggested that plan back then ".
And The Emperor said stubbornly "You are also daughter of that family. If I married you back then I don't have to tolerate that ugly woman ".
Su Yaoqin smile sweetly "I am still with you. It doesn't matter if you marry me or not. I will always stay with you, and I am just a relative of that family because my aunty married with Prime Minister but I am not his daughter. It doesn't matter how much he loves me or aunty, he will never support you because of me. But with Xue Lanxuan, that was different story. It doesn't matter if he loves his daughter or not but she is his own blood, his own daughter. He chooses anyone who is married to his daughter."
Hearing this He sighed and said " I understand that but it is difficult for me to look at her ugly face all the time ".
She kissed his cheek and said with teasing tone "Sister would not bother you very much. And if you marry someone with good looks what will happen to me?"
He then grabbed her waist and said "No one is beautiful more than you in our Dynasty. You are the most beautiful woman I ever seen. No one can compare with your beauty".
Then he kissed her.
She stopped him and said with hesitated voice "But your majesty, what did you mean earlier by erasing her?"
Zhao Yuncheng smirked and said "You don't have to worry about that my beloved."
Then he called a servant and she came in front of them, nodded and ask "Do you want anything your majesty?"
Su Yaoqin looked at the servant from head to toe. That servant was beautiful even without any cosmetics.
But She never saw this maid before in the palace.
She looked at Zhao Yuncheng confusingly.
But he ignored her and gave a white pouch to the servant.
Su Yaoqin asked him with confusing tone "What is this?"
He looked at her with evil smile and said "Solution of our all problems".
Then he looked at the maid and ordered "make a meal and pour this medicine into that and give that meal to the empress".
The maid took the medicine and nodded then left.
Su Yaoqin looked at him with shocking expression and asked "what is that medicine?"
He looked at her shocking face and said one word "Poison".
Her eyes were wide in shock and she frantically said "What do you do? What happen if that maid say anything to outsider?"
Looking at her frantic voice he calmly said "Don't worry, She is the new maid. And She is an orphan. If anything happens to her no one will try to find her".
Then she said with hesitate "You mean, you will kill her too!"
He smiled at her and said "I can do anything for you".
She hugged him and he hugged her back.
She smirked and thought "Sister, you are so pathetic. I feel bad for you. You always want everyone's love and acknowledgement but no one loves you. And now your husband whom you love so much and did so much for him, want to kill you".
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In the cold palace a woman sat on the ground and sobbed when she heard someone's footsteps she looked at the person and asked "Who are you? I never saw you before?"
The person nodded and said " I am new here. And I am here to give you your meal, your majesty".
Xue Lanxuan smile bitterly and whispered "Your majesty? No one ever address me as your majesty, they don't even acknowledge me as the Empress".
The maid heard it and said "it doesn't matter if anyone acknowledge you or not but you are always be our one and only Empress".
Xue Lanxuan looked at her and asked "Why are you here? The Emperor ordered everyone not to give me any food".
The maid replied "The Emperor ordered me to bring this food to you ".
Xue Lanxuan looked at her and then the food.
She smiled bitterly and said " Emperor can not wait to discard me? Btw, does my cousin knows about it too? What about my aunt?"
Then she asked with chocked voice "What about my father? Does he know about it too? Does he even care about me?"
She looked at floor and thought "No one care about me. I am just a extra luggage everyone can not wait to throw. I tried to get my father's love but he never looked at me. He hate me. He blame me for my mother's death but I also lost my mother at that time. If he doesn't know about it, that doesn't matter. He never protected me and after my death maybe he will not blame the Emperor either".
She sobbed again.
The maid looked at this pitiful person and sighed "Your majesty, don't worry after tonight everything will be fine ".
Hearing her voice Empress looked at her and said "Do you realize after my death he will kill you too. You are the witness of his crime. He will not leave you alive ".
The maid gave her polite smile and said "No one knows what will happen in the future".
Then the maid looked at her with her intense gaze and asked "Do you blame me?"
Empress gave her a hollow laughed and said "Why would I blame you? You are just following orders from the Emperor. We woman are truly pitiful. We always live according to the other people. First we lived according to our father and then our husband. In fact I will die as per my husband's wish ".
The maid looked at the Empress for some time and said "Not every woman lives according to other people. Some women are powerful enough to make everyone kneel in front of them".
Empress looked at her shockingly.
She never heard about anyone like that. She knew this was men dominating society. Men can marry lot's of wives. But wife should be virtues.
She asked "Who is she? I never heard anyone like her".
The maid chuckled and said "Of course you never heard of her. This is men dominating society. They never acknowledged someone powerful than them".
The she gave a smile and said "She was also a queen. But She didn't marry any king. She and her brother were queen and king of Demon realm".
Xue Lanxuan looked at her confusingly asked "Demon? Are Demons real?"
Hearing Empress's innocent question she chuckled and said "Yes, your majesty. Demons are real. Many years ago there were war between humans and Demons".
The Empress asked "Was she died in that battle field? Did they killed her?"
The maid looked at her intensely and said "she was dead but humans are not powerful enough to kill her".
Empress looked at her confusingly and asked "then how did she die?"
The maid said with sad voice "There are more powerful weapon which killed the Demon Queen ".
Empress looked at her with curiosity and asked "What was that? Sward? Some kind of magic?"
The maid smiled at the pitiful Empress. Her husband poisoned her.
She was going to die but she was interested in the story now.
Then anger appeared on her face.
It's looked like she remember something and said "Betrayal! She died because of betrayal from someone close to her".
Hearing it the Empress felt sad.
Why people betrays? Her husband also betrayed her.
She understood now that believing anyone was the biggest mistake she made and now she got the consequences of her foolishness.
She looked at the maid with a sad smile and said "Give me the food".
The maid looked at her and question "You know that there is poison in the food. You still want it?"
Empress looked at the maid and said "if I don't eat it, you will be punish. You are the first person who respect me and acknowledge me as your Empress. How could I let my people die ?"
Hearing Empress's words the maid smiled and thought "This pitiful Empress is really very innocent. I will miss this innocent soul."
Then she looked at the Empress intensely and said "Before I give you this meal, I want to know what will you choose? Death or punishment for the people who hurt you, betrayed you".
Hearing her voice Lanxuan sobbed and whispered " I'll not forgive anyone ".
The maid smiled at her and gave her an ancient book.
Looking at Empress's confusion face she smiled and said "You will get all your answer here. All the best your majesty ".
Then she left from there.
And Empress looked at her retreating back and then the book.