Chapter 132 - 130. The Cold Hearted Empress I

Third person POV

Lu Cixi stood up from her seat and graciously greeted the emperor together with everyone on the scene.

Lu Cixi: " Greetings to Your Majesty."

Emperor: " What is the meaning of this, my empress?"

Lu Cixi: " Ben Gong is trying to discipline Ben Gong's little sisters therefore we can live in peace and harmony in the Back Palace." ( Back Palace is where the emperor's harem located.)

Emperor: " But it is too overboard."

Lu Cixi: " Ben Gong don't think so, Your Majesty. If Ben Gong don't do this then it is Ben Gong's child that would be harmed."

The emperor whipped his head towards his beloved concubine.

Emperor: " You tried to harm Zhen's son?"

Concubine: " No! Your Majesty, Chen Qie is accused by Her Majesty. It is all Her Majesty's plot. Please believe me."

Emperor: " Just because I spoiled you, doesn't mean I trusted you."

He turned his head to Lu Cixi.

Emperor: " Zhen will allow you to punish her whatever you want."

Lu Cixi: " Thanking Your Majesty for the generosity."

Lu Cixi bowed to the emperor and continued to whip the concubine with her full strength while declared loudly to everyone she purposely summoned here.

Lu Cixi: " This is Ben Gong's warning to all of you. I'm not a very kind person, even if His Majesty saved your little life, I will make you feel like it is better to die than live. Do you hear me?"

Everyone: " Yes, Your Majesty."

And the night ended with the concubine almost dead and her hair was shaved. It left a trauma to everyone there including the emperor. The reason behind Weisheng didn't die was he actually didn't eat the poisoned food, he threw away the food and told the servants to take away the emptied bowls to make the spy thinks that he ate the poison. Few years later after the accident, the son of the concubine tried to take revenge on Lu Cixi and Weisheng by trying to get the little Princess Yue gang r.a.p.ed by bandits. He despised and loathed them as people always compared him to Weisheng and to add it, his mother curses them all the time.

( A/N: at this time, princess Yue was 11 years old and weisheng was 18 years old.)

( Warning!! It might trigger some of you. Contains **** and violence.)

His mother supported him when he told her about the plan and thought that it was a perfect plan since Weisheng was busy fighting for power with their uncle and on top of that, Princess Yue and Lu Cixi were Weisheng's weaknesses. But before he could execute his plan, he was kidnapped and woke up as he heard m.o.a.ns and groans echoing in the dark room.

He blinked his eyes a few times to see clear of the light in his head, and when he finally could see clearly, he was too shocked to speak. His mother was r.a.p.ed by men that he didn't know. Then he realized there was someone behind him, he turned his head around and saw Lu Cixi indifferently sipped the tea from her jade cup.

( A/N: I will just call him son but he is not Lu Cixi's son.)

Son: " So it is you! What are you doing to my mother you witch!"

Lu Cixi placed down her cup and coldly looked at him.

Lu Cixi: " Can't you see? Ben Gong is doing what you are going to do to Ben Gong's daughter."

Son: " What the hell are you saying?! I will tell Imperial father of what you did to mother and me!"

Lu Cixi: " Then tell him. You think that I am afraid of him?"

He widened his eyes in bewilderment.

Lu Cixi: " You don't need to pretend like you didn't plan of harming Ben Gong's daughter. I know everything about you, everything you and your mother said about me everyday."

Son: " Ho-how?"

Lu Cixi: " How? Hahaha~"

Lu Cixi let out a cold sneer.

Lu Cixi: " The people that you think that are yours, are mine."

Son: " Wh-what?"

Lu Cixi: " How stupid can you get?"

Son: " How dare-"

Lu Cixi summoned her whip and struck his face, blood flew out across his face.

Lu Cixi: " Who do you think you are to show that arrogant behavior to Ben Gong? And you dare to blame Ben Gong for your own stupidity."

Lu Cixi struck him for the second time with her whip.

Lu Cixi: " Scheming in my nest, what a big gut you had."

*whip

Lu Cixi: " Ben Gong had warned your damned mother once and let her go. But she dared to challenge me after her son just got a little bit of power, how arrogant."

*whip

Lu Cixi: " Why do you think Ben Gong can sit on that throne for so long?"

*whip

Lu Cixi: " You think you are smart then Ben Gong is genius."

*whip

Lu Cixi: " If it is my son that handles this, you will have an easy death."

*whip

Lu Cixi: " How can Ben Gong let that happen?"

*whip

Lu Cixi: " An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth."

Lu Cixi strangled his neck with her whip and tore his head from his neck. The servants that were standing beside her swiftly blocked the blood that spurted out from his neck from staining their empress's clothes. Lu Cixi swung her whip and threw his head to the concubine. Noticed the rolling head, the concubine screamed in agony and died from shock.

The emperor knew everything about what she did behind his back as she didn't keep any secret from him. But he couldn't do anything as his health had depleted drastically for the past few years and now the palace was mostly ruled by his son. Though he didn't mind it as his son did a better job than him as a ruler. Then he suddenly recalled what Lu Cixi said to him when one of his other concubines before this one planned to kill Weisheng.

Lu Cixi: " Ben Gong will never tolerate anyone that tried to harm Ben Gong's child, even if it is His Majesty."

And he could see that Lu Cixi wasn't an unreasonable person, she always helped and supported him as long as it benefits the commoners and the country. Even though she never loved him as a husband, she tried her best to fulfill her duty as a wife. That's why he let her do whatever she wanted if it concerns her child's safety and happiness.

Back to present*

Murong Qing quietly excused herself from the hall while gritting her teeth in hatred as angering Lu Cixi wouldn't be any advantage for her. Lu Cixi sighed tiredly after Murong Qing walked out from the hall, Hong er poured tea in her cup and handed it to Lu Cixi. Lu Cixi took the cup and drunk the tea to calm her anger.

The eunuch that chased Murong Qing quickly kowtowed and slammed his head on the floor multiple times in front of Lu Cixi begging for forgiveness. Not knowing of what happened, Hong er glanced at Meiyun and Meiyun could tell what Hong er was thinking. Meiyun nodded her head and swiftly helped the eunuch up.

Hong er: " What's the matter?"

Eunuch: " Th-this lowly one be

Lu Cixi: " Punish him with 20 flogs."

Guards: " Yes, Your Majesty."

Hong er: " Wait!"