Chapter 118 - 116. Leaving to Da Qi II

Third person POV

After learning everything that revolves around Da Qi, Hong er was impressed at how Da Qi's emperor govern over his country and his subjects. He was very strict in the matter of corruption, at the time he ascended the throne, he had executed the corruptors in front of the crowd and confiscated their property.

Although he was strict, he was quite flexible in accepting foreign education and system just like how her father did. Since the age of his subjects were quite young, the older generation of ministers always rejected the foreign philosophy to preserve their ancient culture but as the people had entered the civilization era, they needed more advanced and developed systems to lead an easier like for the commoners.

Slavery and drugs were banned in Da Qi and they had established a regulation for drugs dealer or user and slavery. Anyone that was caught in enslavement would immediately arrested and sentenced with life time prison or death penalty. If they were caught dealing drugs, they would be sent into prison, on the other side, for the people who are abusing drugs, they go to rehabilitation centre and would be released when they were fully recovered.

Some of them were slaves and forced to use drugs so they could work longer and didn't need to feed them food nor water. Hong er was really satisfied with these regulations, it feels like all of her prayers were heard by Da Qi's emperor.

She sat silently in her carriage while listening to the citizens congratulated her for her marriage. They stood at the side of the road and bowed to the passing carriages. They couldn't be more happy to hear that their Young Miss are going to be an empress of Da Qi but they were quite worried about her seeing that the emperor's cold blooded and merciless towards everyone. They didn't want their beloved Young Miss to be mistreated in the foreign country.

Some of them even kowtowed and prayed to the gods to protect their Young Miss. Hong er smiled gently under her veil and moved her hand around, dozens of cherry blossom trees suddenly emerged at the side road and the petals were falling on top of their head. They were stunned by the amazing view especially the children, they ran around the trees and playing around with the falling petals. Even the entourage was amazed then suddenly a gust of wind blew all the petals away. At first they were disappointed when the petals were gone but all of sudden, a little kid cried out while pointing to the sky.

Kid: " Uppie!"

Following the little kid's finger, they saw a huge ' Xie xie' ( Thank you ) word floating up in the sky. Their mouth was wide open and tears started to well up in their eyes, the people who have earth or plant elements used their powers to shower Hong er's carriage and way with flowers. Hong er slightly lifted the curtain in front of her and looked outside.

Hong er: " Beautiful."

The flower stopped falling at the main gate and Hong er let down the curtain. She pulled out a set of embroidery tools from one of the drawer in the big carriage, Huayun brought it so Hong er could do some embroidery if she ever got bored. Hong er embroidered Xu logo in the middle and lilies around the logo. This was how Hong er spent her day in the carriage.

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The soldiers started to set up tents when they saw the sun was starting to set. Hong er stepped out from her carriage and wanted to help them but was politely rejected. Firstly they set up Hong er's tent and guided her into the tent to rest. Of course they couldn't let their soon to be empress to help them do rough work. Seeing their burdened faces, Hong er obediently sat down on a chair inside of her tent. Meiyun and Huayun were guarding her tent from outside thus she was very bored. She had embroidered for a day and got bored of it too.

She summoned her sword and wiped it with damp cloth, then she suddenly felt a new presence around her tent. She gripped on her sword and frowned deeply. If she could feel it from inside of her tent, Meiyun and Huayun must felt it too but they weren't alerted. Hong er started to get anxious, she slowly approached the tent's entrance and all of sudden Meiyun opened the curtain.

Hong er: " Meiyun?"

Meiyun: " Yes? Oh! Young Miss, there are guests for you but they have to enter from the window."

Hong er lowered her sword and walked towards the window. Meiyun closed the curtain and continued to guard the tent. Hong er heard rustling sound outside of the window and she could hear someone whispering around. Hong er lifted up the window's curtain and saw three boys squatting behind the window.

Three Xu little brothers: " Hong Jiejie!" ( Whispering)

Hong er: " Aiyo~ What are you guys doing here? First of all, come in."

Hong er stepped aside and the three of them hopped into the tent. They immediately crowded Hong er and whining pitifully while tugging her clothes.

Xu Zhaoyu: " Ho-Hong Jiejie, you are so cruel. How can you leave Xi An without saying anything?"

Xu Yongliang: " He is right, Hong Jiejie is too cruel. She doesn't love us anymore."

Xu Yongrui: " You left us when we were training in the mountain."

Xu Yongliang: " When we came home, we saw flowers all over the cities and when we asked second uncle, he said that you are going to marry the emperor of Da Qi! Do you know how much shock we got from that news?!"

Xu Yongrui: " I almost fainted!"

Xu Zhaoyu: " I actually fainted!"

Hong er tried to calm the three giant puppies but they kept complaining with glassy eyes. Her heart was instantly pierced by their overwhelming cuteness, she hugged the three of them and patted their backs.

Hong er: " I'm sorry, Hong Jiejie didn't mean to leave you guys like that. I don't want to make you guys worry over me that's why I told father to not tell you about the marriage. I'm sorry, I'm really really really sorry~"

Xu Zhaoyu: " Hong Jiejie, it's not like we hate you but you lied to us and it breaks our heart."

The three of them sniffled and pouted cutely.

Hong er: " No no no~ Please don't cry~ What should I do for you to forgive me?"

Hong er hugged them tighter.

Xu Zhaoyu: " Th-then, can we visit Hong Jiejie even after you are married?"

Hong er: " Of course!"

Xu Zhaoyu: " What if the emperor forbids?"

Hong er thought for a while then smiled gently.

Hong er: " I will talk to him, don't worry about that."

Xu Yongliang: " But an empress shouldn't meet with another guy or else they would be accused for having an illicit relationship!"

Xu Yongrui: " Yeah! They didn't know that we are Hong Jiejie's cousins and we shouldn't reveal our identities to stranger."

Hong er's smile didn't flatter.

Hong er: " It is fine. I will take on the responsibilities, as long as my beloved brothers are happy, I am happy."

The three of them instantly whipped up their head and shouted.

Three little Xu brothers: " No!"

Xu Yongrui: " We don't want Hong Jiejie to get in trouble."

Xu Yongliang: " If it's going to be like that, it is better if we don't visit Hong Jiejie. Hong Jiejie's safety is the most important."

Hong er: " Aww~ Fine, I won't do that. I will just talk with His Majesty properly."

Xu Zhaoyu: " As long as Hong Jiejie is safe."

Hong er: " Uhm."

Hong er closed her eyes and enjoyed her fluffy brothers' warm body. Even though their muscles were getting harder and thicker compared to the past, she still loves to cuddle with them. She felt her heart was healed and less lonely but unknown to her, the three little puppies in fact were little foxes. They looked at each other and smiled slyly.

Three little Xu brothers: ' Our plan worked. Hong Jiejie loves us the most.'