Chapter 136

136 a joke?

Ji Yu who was massaging Grand Dowager Empress’s legs paused as she looked up at Zhai Tianyu, her eyes widening in shock. Never before even when he was planning something, Zhai Tianyu has never sent her away, so why was he sending her away now?

She was stunned by his request but seeing that he meant what he said, Ji Yu, bit her lip and then rose from her seat. Since he has asked her to leave then she will leave after all as a good wife, this was her duty...she needed to listen to what her husband tells her to do.

” Why are you sending her away?” Even though Ji Yu was willing to understand Zhai Tianyu, Grand dowager Empress who have heard that these days Zhai Tianyu was getting closer to the Empress from the Liu family was not willing to understand.

Why was it that he was asking her grandniece to leave? She was the one who has been with him ever since he was a child. If he could not trust her then who else can he trust?

” She is my grandniece first before she is your wife, if I want her to stay then she can stay, who are you to send her away?” Grand Dowager Empress asked with a sullen voice, she did not like the idea of her grand-niece being treated as such. This was how that little minx of the Liu family was supposed to be treated, while her grand-niece was supposed to be treated like the Emperor’s beloved.

Zhai Tianyu also knew that his request was a bit harsh but this was related to the secret of someone else. This was not his secret to be given away, if it was then he would have definitely not hidden it from Ji Yu and would have told her everything but this secret belonged to Liu Hui Ying.

The reason he can divulge it to his grandmother was that he already asked Liu Hui Ying about it and she was fine with it but the same cannot be said for Ji Yu. The two of them had some friction earlier and even if Liu Hui Ying saved Ji Yu, it would be impossible for them to let go of the hatred that they had for each other.

” I know if you want her to stay then she can of course stay behind but then I will not be able to say what I want to say, grandmother,” Zhai Tianyu was stubborn as well when he saw that his grandmother was not willing to listen to him, he went ahead and stated his stance as well.

Seeing that he was adamant Grand Dowager Empress was on the verge of exploding but then she was interrupted by Ji Yu who was feeling a bit embarrassed as well. If the Emperor did not want her to stay then there was no need for her to stay either right?

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“It’s all right, grand aunt,” Ji Yu stated firmly as she bowed her back and then asked her grand aunt to calm down. ” If his majesty wants this concubine to leave then this concubine will leave, please do not get upset for me.” As she finished speaking, she turned to leave and not once did she look at Zhai Tianyu.

Ji Yu knew that she should not act wilful like this now that she was Zhai Tianyu’s concubine but her heart which was feeling uneasy was too angry to even listen to what her mind was telling her.

Once she left the room, Grand Dowager Empress picked up the jade pillow on her bed and threw it at Zhai Tianyu who caught it carefully in his hands and then snapped at him with eyes flared up in anger, ” Look at what you did, you angered Yu’er! What are you going to do now? Don’t tell me that you are falling for that woman. I am telling you that I will not accept her no matter what!”

Zhai Tianyu was speechless when he heard his grandmother scold him. He just asked Ji Yu to leave the room, it was not as if he asked her to leave the palace! Why were they acting like he said something wrong? And he did this for his grandmother and no one else!

” You are misunderstanding my intentions, grandmother,” Zhai Tianyu felt wronged but he still maintained his dignity as the Emperor and then placed the jade pillow back on the bed of the grand dowager Empress as he walked closer to the bed and then straightened up while looking at his angry grandmother. ” I did not send Yu’er out of the room because I want to hide anything from her, I did that because I am worried that she will get scared after hearing what I am going to tell you and nothing more.”

When the grand dowager empress heard what Zhai Tianyu said her expression turned solemn as she said, ” Is there something serious happening behind the scenes? Was this done by the Liu family? I know that mother of yours is waiting to see me die.”

“It’s nothing to do with the Liu family,” Zhai Tianyu said as he placed the bronze mirror on the edge of the bed of the grand dowager empress’s and then went to look for another mirror, and he found it in the small cabinet.

It was smaller than the mirror on the bed but he knew that it was big enough for the job that he wanted it for and then returned to his original spot.

He stood in front of the bronze mirror that was on the edge of the bed before turning to look at his grandmother who was looking at him in confusion. ” Please take a look at what is written on the mirror, grandmother. You will understand what is happening.”

Grand Dowager Empress was bewildered by the actions of her grandson but she still turned to the mirror that Zhai Tianyu was holding and read everything one by one, as she finished reading what was written on the mirror, she immediately sat up straight and shouted, ” What kind of joke is this, Tianyu!”

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