Chapter 138 - 136. Unraveling his identity I

Third person POV

With music playing in the background the groom and the bride walked side by side with a red silk on their hand, connecting the two of them as a pair of lover. Not far from them was Lu Cixi sitting on her throne, watching her son marrying a beautiful bride. Meanwhile, at the side was Princess Yue together with other audiences gave their salutation and congratulatory to the pair that walked past them.

The groom kept an eye on the bride's every step to make sure that he didn't walk too fast nor too slow. The audience fixed their gaze on the loving couple in front of them, they admired how suitable the pair was, both their appearance and aura. It seems like the overbearing aura of their emperor had softened ten times than per usual.

But somewhere around the corner of the hall, Murong Qing gave the bride a death stare. Her hands clenched into fists, blood ooze out as her nails dug into her skin.

Murong Qing: ' The one who was supposed to stand beside Cousin Brother is me! Only me!'

Her body was shaking from anger, everything she had done to get rid of Hong er failed miserably. The day when Weisheng announced his marriage with Hong er had her faint from shock. As soon as she regained her consciousness, she dispatched her father's undercover agent without delay to spy on Hong er.

However, Xu residence was protected by a powerful magic barrier and their security was very tight which was comparable to the security in the royal palace. None of the agent she dispatched came back, thinking that they ran away from their job, she dispatched another group to check on the previous group and there was only one who came back to her. The last agent to survive abruptly died right in front of Murong Qing without telling her any information and later, they found out that he was poisoned and his tongue was cut-off.

Murong Qing's father discovered her doings, thus scolded her and confined her for 1 week. While she was confined, she was thinking of how to get rid of Hong er then one of her male friends had told her about a dark guild therefore she went to meet him and begged him with her big doe eyes after she was released from her confinement. Weak to her charm, he decided to help her and hired the dark guild to attack Hong er. It was a good opportunity as at that time, Hong er had passed Da Chu's border therefore it would take quite a long time for the reinforcement from Xu Family to come and rescue Hong er.

But the plan was messed up by one of Hong er's bodyguard, moreover he didn't expect that Dong Fang would poke one's nose into his plan. Because he failed in killing Hong er, Murong Qing was disappointed and ignored him until now.

She really wanted to kill her right here and right now but she didn't want Weisheng to misunderstand her as a bad person, she just had to do what she was supposed to do. That place was hers to begin with, she didn't do anything wrong. Or so she thought.

The groom and the bride were offering a cup of tea to Lu Cixi and she drank it gracefully then she handed back the cup to the couple. An eunuch came and took away the cup from their hand. After the tea ceremony, the couple had to bow three times, to pay respect to the heaven, paying respect to deceased ancestors, the bride and groom's parents and other elders, and paying respect to each other.

After the last bowing, they were now an official husband and wife. The audience kowtowed and loudly voiced.

Audience: " Long live His Majesty Emperor! Long live Her Majesty Empress!"

Lu Cixi nodded her head in satisfaction and clapped along with the audience. And now the couple would proceed to the bridal chamber to remove the bride's veil. But firstly Weisheng had to toast with his officials before he could retreat to the bridal chamber therefore he instructed an eunuch to tell Hong er to go rest first. Hong er excused herself and went into her carriage with the help of the Yun sisters and the little girl.

Huayun had been watching closely at the two masked men that were hiding behind the pillar in the ceiling since the moment she entered the hall. She admitted that they were high skilled but why it seems like one of the men kept revealing his presence to her.

Meiyun: " Maybe he is trying to hit on you."

Meiyun whispered beside her ear and blew a cold air on her earlobe.

Huayun: " What the- Don't whisper to my ear like that!"

Hong er: " Hey, what are you two talking about?"

Hong er who was curious from listening their conversation, knocked on her carriage to gain their attention.

Meiyun: " Young- Oh no! From now on, I should call you Your Majesty~ Nahahahaha!"

Meiyun poke fun of Hong er's new title. Hong er pouted under her veil and huffed which made Meiyun laughed more.

Huayun: " Enough, don't tease Her Majesty Empress too much."

Meiyun: " Hee~"

Hong er: " So? What are you two talking about?"

Despite her being teased by Meiyun, she couldn't hide her curiosity and excitement from hearing gossip.

Meiyun: " We sensed a presence from the ceiling in the hall. The worse thing is that there were 2 of them and one of them stared at Huayun the whole time, furthermore, we suspected that he purposely leaked his presence so Huayun noticed his presence."

Meiyun: ' Is that Qier? Then, the other one must be Qiyi.'

Huayun: " Maybe he had fallen for my beauty?"

Huayun smugly spoke with her hands on her waist. The three of them burst into laughter and caught the attention of the servants around them.

Servants: ' They are like sisters.'

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Hong er sat silently on her bed, waiting for her husband to arrive and proceed with their wedding rituals. To not waste her time just from sitting, she closed her eyes and focused on circulating her Qi. Didn't realize that the sun started to set, Huayun came in to deliver Hong er's dinner, then out of sudden Meiyun's voice rang out.

Meiyun: " Her Majesty Empress? Yes, she is inside her room, Your Majesty."

Meiyun knocked on the door for a few times and asked.

Meiyun: " Your Majesty Empress, His Majesty Emperor had arrived."

Hong er: " En, please come in."

Hong er: ' He could just enter the room, he is the emperor.'

Huayun thought so too. The door opened, revealing a tall man in red clothes and black mask. Even though Hong er couldn't see him, she still could feel his presence and it felt familiar to her. She stood up from her bed and bowed to him. She could hear his heavy steps slowly got closer and closer to her until it stopped right in front of her.

His black boots with golden dragon embroidered on the side and mostly, the size of the boots was very similar to Sheng ge's. Huayun gawked at Weisheng, feeling that the person in front of him was someone that she knew. Yes, there were many people that were tall but to have the same stature especially like Weisheng, could be considerably impossible. Seeing that Hong er was spacing out and Huayun's gaping mouth, Meiyun swiftly covered Huayun's mouth with her hand and politely asked the couple.

Meiyun: " Your Majesty Emperor, Your Majesty Empress, do you need this servant's assistance?"

Weisheng: " No."

Meiyun: " Then, these servants excuse themselves."

Meiyun dragged Huayun out and quickly closed the door behind her. Hong er's eyes widened from hearing his voice, she couldn't stop the tears welling up in her eyes, her body trembled in anxiousness.

Hong er: ' Impossible…. How can their voice be so similar….'

Noticed that Hong er's hand was shaking, he gently held her hand and guided her to sit on the bed. Hong er knew this hand so well, the roughness, the size, and most important of all, the warmness that spread through her heart just by a touch.

*clack

From the sound, it seems like the man in front of her took off his mask. Then a red stick appeared below her veil and slowly lifting up her red silk veil. Her eyes followed the red stick and at last, her veil was fully raised. Her lips trembled by the sight of the man in front of her, tears flew down her cheeks as she saw that gentle smile she had been missing for.

Hong er: " Sh…..Sheng ge…."