Cold Palece
The person who entered the palace smirked and bowed infront of the empress and greeted "Welcome back my Queen!".
Empress was shocked to reply that person. When that person didn't get any reply she chuckled and said "what's wrong, my Queen? Do you forget your subordinate and your best friend ?"
Hearing her words demon queen came back to her sences and said "what are you doing here?"
Hearing Queen's words that person chuckled again and said "wrong question your majesty! You should ask , how can you still be here?"
Queen narrowed her eyes and asked "Did you tell that girl, how to Summoning me?"
That person looked at queen and said "Of course, otherwise how can you be here".
Queen narrowed her eyes and asked "Why?"
Hearing her queen's word that person looked at her queen confusingly and said "What do you mean by why? Do you think that everyone is just like Meiyin?"
Hearing her sister's name, demon queen's eyes were red in Fury.
She will never forget that betrayal and forgive that traitor.
She promised that traitor that she will take her throne back.
And Demon queen keep her promise but not now.
Now she had some work to finished.
Demon queen looked at Lingxi and she ordered " Lingxi! never ever mention that person's name in front of me again!"
She will never forget that Betrayal. She always treated that person as her own sister but that person stabbed her to get that throne.
Now, she was suspicious that maybe that person also was behind her brother's disappearance.
Otherwise after her death her brother would summoned her but he never summon her.
She looked at Lingxi and asked "Do you know anything about my brother?"
Hearing Queen's words she lowered her head and said with hesitated voice "We don't know anything about him. We tried to summon him lot's of time but he never answered to our summoning".
The Queen closed her eyes and took a long breath and said "I know he is alive. I told you I felt his power and I don't believe that guy can kill my brother".
Lingxi looked at her confusingly and asked "Why? Your majesty, he was a cultivator and our biggest enemy . Then why do you think that he will not harm our king? After all you teach him lot's of forbidden dark magic ?"
Demon Queen closed her eyes again for sometime, it's looked like she tried to remember something. Then she opened her eyes and said with calm voice " It doesn't matter how many dark magic I teach that person but he was still not capable enough to kill our King".
Lingxi looked at that wound on the empress's body and said "You need to treat this. This is not your real body. It can not be healed it's own. Sit down, I put some medicine on it".
Hearing her friend's concern voice demon queen smiled and said "Do you forget that I am the demon queen and I have power in my soul too. I can heal myself".
Then she touched on that wound and the wound was healed.
Seeing this Lingxi shake her head and thought her queen will never change.
She never wanted anyone's help.
Then she looked at her queen with teary eyes.
She missed her very much.
It's been thousand year when she last saw her queen.
Her queen was finally back.
She took a deep breath and thought this time she will not let anyone harm her queen again.
.......
Prime Minister's Mansion
When prime minister asked for his daughter the servant was didn't know how to answer his question.
That servant looked down at the floor.
Looking at his servant's hesitate expression prime minister grew anxious and asked again with worried voice "What's wrong? How is she doing? Does something happen to her?"
The servant didn't know how to response his master.
He knew what happened to the young mistress but madam ordered everyone to keep their mouth shut.
And previously master never worried about his daughter .
He trusted madam for his daughter.
But now he asked about young mistress.
What did he should answer?
Looking at the servant's hesitated face prime minister become angry and asked him furiously "What happen to my daughter? I asked you a question!"
Hearing his master's loud voice that servant kneeled down and said with hesitate voice "Master, this slave heard that after ascending the throne Emperor make our young mistress as the Empress of our nation. But.."
Prime Minister narrowed his eyes and asked "But?"
That servant continued "But after that he brings our second young mistress as his concubine".
After hearing that prime minister rose from his chair and angrily asked "What do you said? He dare to take another concubine after ascending to the throne? Did he forgets what were my condition back then? Why I helped him to ascend the throne? And how dare Su Yaoqin try to take my daughter's place?"
He brought that woman and her niece to took care of his daughter.
I know because of that burn mark on her face everyone stay away from her.
She didn't have any friends and she was always sad at that time.
I didn't talk to her much because when I talk to her , she always asked me about her mother.
But What I supposed to say to her about her mother?
That I didn't take care of her and her mother?
That I failed to protect her and her mother?
I stay away from her because I didn't know what to say to her about her mother.
And I knew she felt lonely because of my indifference towards her.
But when I saw her burn mark I always remember my failure as father and husband.
I know she missed her mother that's why I married Wanyin.
When I saw her took care of her niece alone I knew she could take care of my daughter too.
I took both her and her niece into my house to look after my daughter.
I even gave everything to that girl so she can be friend with my daughter.
Everyone in the mantion called her second young mistress.
But I never thought that girl will hurt my daughter.
Anger appeared on his face.
He has to talk with Madam very seriously.
He will never allow anyone to harm his daughter.
Before he went to the Madam to question her that servant kneeled again and said "Master, this slave desaerve to die. Please punish this slave".
Seeing his servant's begging Prime minister calm himself down.
And asked "Tell me everything. What happen to my daughter?"
That servant hesitate.
Looking at his hesitation prime minister become more angry.
He looked at him furiously and said "I will not repeat myself again.
If you don't tell me honestly, then forget that you have a family".
Hearing his master's threaten that servent became more afraid and he confessed everything.
He kneeled down and said "Master, after taking concubine Emperor send our young mistress to the cold palece and accused her of hurting second young mistress".
Hearing this prime minister became very angry.
How dare that guy to hurt his daughter?
Not only he took a cocunbine but he also send this prime minister's daughter to cold palece??
And that girl?
He took her in his mantion, treat her as his daughter, gave her food, shelter, clothes everything and what she did in return?
Hurt his daughter!!
Not only she became homewrecker of his daughter's family but she dared to plot against his daughter and helped that incompetent Emperor to send his daughter to cold palece.
He will not let that disgusting couple easily.
He then looked at his servant furiously and asked "Why didn't you tell me about it sooner?"
That servant kneeled again and begged "Forgive this slave, Master. But we are instructed not to disturb you ".
Hearing it he narrowed his eyes and asked "Who is so bold to give you instruct not to tell me about my own daughter's torment?"
That servant said with hesitate voice "Madam instruct us, not to tell you anything".
Hearing it his eyes were wide in shocked, what? Wanyin instructed them ?
Why?
I told her before our marriage that her main work was to take care of my daughter and In return I will took care of her niece.
And she agreed with my condition at that time.
Suddenly his eyes were wide with sudden realisation and he thought "Did she do something bad to my daughter behind my back?"
A chilling feeling entered his heart and now he was scared to ask any questions.
What if Wanyin hurt his daughter for so many years behind his back.
If that happened he would never forgive himself.
Then he looked at that servant and ordered "What happened to my daughter all this years? Tell me everything!"
Hearing this sweat appeared on that servant's face and he scared to answer that question.
He knew If he didn't answer , master will kill him and his family and if he told everything madam will kill him.
Looking at the servant's hesitate face prime minister got furious and said with threatening tone "I will not repeat myself everytime".
Then that servant told everything to his master that how at first both madam and second miss treated young mistress well but after sometime they both tortured young mistress.
Even some servant to please madam also humiliate and torture young mistress.
Second mistress always falsely blame young mistress.
And young mistress got punished for that.
Hearing this prime minister remember something similar happened in the past, at that time he thought because both children had argument, maybe his daughter pushed that girl.
He didn't want to make that a big scene and ruin his daughter's image that's why he scold his daughter.
But now he regretted it.
Was that mean at that time that girl also falsely frame his daughter and he stupidly believe that girl instead of his own daughter??
Is this the reason his daughter never tried to talk to him again?
He felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He regretted not look after his daughter.
He regretted to bring that woman and her niece into his family.
Then he angrily look at the servant and asked "Did you ever hurt your mistress?"
Hearing his master's cold voice he kneeled down and said "No master, not all the servant are disloyal. We could not tell young mistress condition because you were always busy with work and you told us to obey madam's order. And madam told us not to tell you anything. That's why we kept quiet ".
Prime minister looked at him angrily and ordered "Go, and give me list of those ungrateful servants who dare to hurt their mistress ".
That servant nodded and left from there.
After the servant left prime minister sat on the chair.
Sadness appeared on his face and he murmured "I didn't know you suffer so much, my daughter. This is all my fault. I should look after you. How will I see my face to your mother? I am sorry ".
He looked furious and said with determination "Don't worry my child, I am still alive. My biggest mistake was to took those woman and her niece into our house. And allow you to marry that incompetent person. But your father promise you that he will protect you from now on and punish everyone who dare to hurt you ".
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Outside of the Mantion
That servant met with a mask person and that person asked "Did you do what we ask you to do?"
That servant nodded his head and asked nervously "Master will never find out about it? And Madam? If she knows that I tell everything to master then she will kill me".
That mask man said with relaxed voice "Don't worry, your master and Madam will never know about it".
Then that mask person gave some gold to that servant and said "Your work is done. Now leave. Never appear in front of them ".
That servant nodded and hurriedly left from there.
After that servant left, that mask person looked at the mantion and smirked and thought "This time I will get what I deserve and no one can stop me. Not even the powerful prime minister himself ".