Empress YuLong

Chapter 6

HuangAn raised her eyebrow, "You want to get rid of your feelings?"

YuLong shook her head, "I can manage my own feelings. I just need to get rid of his."

"Why? Is the Emperor endangering your life?" HuangAn still didn't understand.

"To love an Emperor itself is dangerous HuangAn, you're the love expert, you should know." YuLong sipped her tea, "If you can do anything HuangAn...Please do."

HuangAn sighed, "I've never seen this problem ever." She sipped her own tea, "You could just avoid him, and maybe he will take an interest in one of his concubines instead?"

YuLong shook her head, "The Emperor's persistent and strange. Avoiding him might increase his liking."

HuangAn set her tea down on the table, "But are you sure you don't want him? I know you are the strongest and oldest of the Xue children; but are you sure?"

YuLong nodded, "I don't want any of it." But she knew that her eyes gave away the fact that YuLong was unsure.

HuangAn shook her head, "I've seen the way the Emperor looks at you and speaks about you. I won't help you drive away your only chance of love!"

"Only chance? There are plenty of men out there!" YuLong was confused. Why wouldn't HuangAn help? They were the closest of friend for all their lives. "Who says I can only have him?"

HuangAn gasped, "Do you know what you're saying? And the real question is, can you bring yourself to have anyone other than him?"

YuLong said nothing. It was true, she would never want to have an affair with another man. But maybe it meant the type of man that she would truly love did not exist.

"Fine," YuLong stood up and started to leave, "If you won't help me, I'll find someone else that will see the sense of my words."

HuangAn's expression softened, "YuLong-"

YuLong walked out of HuangAn's home.

XXX

YuLong hurried back to her chambers to think.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" A voice said behind her.

YuLong turned around to find LongJun, "Sorry Emperor Jing, I'm just going to my chambers."

The Emperor sighed, "Didn't I already tell you to call me LongJun?"

YuLong thought for a moment. Should she stay or leave? She sighed, it would be better to not bring them both pain. "Well, if you don't have anything else to tell me, I'll just be going."

She walked towards her chambers when she felt a firm grip on her wrist.

"Let me go!" YuLong glared at LongJun. "Don't think because of the kiss we shared, I will think any higher of you."

LongJun smirked, "Then how many kisses will it take?"

YuLong scowled, "Just leave me alone." She pulled her arm away. It was easier that time for some reason.

LongJun sighed, "Apologies my Empress," YuLong could detect the hurt in his voice.

YuLong walked back to her chambers, "Goodbye."

XXX

"Well, if it isn't the high and mighty Empress." A smug voice said behind her. YuLong turned around to face QuZhuHua, with a knife at XiaoYue's neck.

"XiaoYue!" YuLong couldn't believe it, how could she forget that XiaoYue was missing?

"Didn't notice someone was missing lately?" ZhuHua smirked.

YuLong rolled her eyes, "What do you want ZhuHua?"

"For you to stay away from my Emperor!" ZhuHua shouted, "Go play your seductress tricks on another man. Just leave My Emperor alone!"

"Me a seductress?" YuLong scoffed, "You're the one to talk. Compared to you, a brothel's whore could be considered an angel!"

ZhuHua's face turned red with anger, "Stop stalling!"

YuLong began walking towards ZhuHua. "And what if I don't stay away from the Emperor? What would you do about it?"

"One more step and she dies!" ZhuHua started backing up.

In one smooth movement, YuLong took ZhuHua's knife, released XiaoYue and put the knife at ZhuHua's neck.

"Help! Murder! The Empress is trying to murder me!" ZhuHua screamed.

YuLong swiftly put the knife down as the Emperor and his guards appeared.

"What do I hear about murder?" LongJun smirked at YuLong.

ZhuHua quickly pointed at YuLong, "The Empress, she tried to kill me!"

YuLong bowed, "Excuse any rudeness, but it was ZhuHua who threatened XiaoYue's life, I was only saving my maid."

"XiaoYue? I don't know any XiaoYue! Stop trying to frame me!" ZhuHua turned to the Emperor for support.

XiaoYue stepped forward, "It was indeed ZhuHua who started it. She's trying to frame the Empress. The Empress was just trying save a life."

ZhuHua clung onto LongJun's arm, "XiaoYue's word can't count! She might be like a sister to the Empress, but she is just a maid! See? Over there, that's the knife the Empress was going to kill me with. If you hadn't arrived-"

LongJun violently shook ZhuHua off, "Guards, escort ZhuHua to the Cold palace."

ZhuHua gasped, the cold palace was the worst place of exile for her. Who knew when she would be able to come back? "I...I...Don't understand."

YuLong smirked, "ZhuHua, didn't you just say you didn't know a XiaoYue? Weaving such a lie must've strained your weak mind too much for you to make sense." YuLong put her hand to her chest in mock sympathy, "You have my condolences."

ZhuHua's face turned red with anger as she was dragged away, "XueYuLong! I swear upon the heavens that I will haunt your soul until the day you die!"

YuLong raised her eyebrow, "Your presence is more of an insult than your words could ever be ZhuHua."