His Majesty And I ✔️

The Person

Chapter 11

Bai Shen Hong
Emperor Huizhong
The Palace

A scholar ran to the grand table and bowed, placing a scroll with the next topic of discussion. The Military Minister went on his knees and started his case at the same time.

"Your Majesty, it has proven difficult to locate your heart bearer but serious search is still being conducted." Oren could be impudent at times, where was he? "The matter of the day is the Grand General position. Many petitions have been gathered from the scholars requesting the Dragon to please step down from the position."

Shen Hong threw the scroll without opening it. "You and your followers can protest, kneel in the sun, strike. Let's see if I will care. Next!"

Another minister stepped forward from the standing crowd of the court. "Your Majesty, as the philosophy of Wu Ti states, we must aim to have a body that is whole since a body cannot function well if incomplete. Therefore, our empire rests on uncertainty as long as the Phoenix palace is empty. His Majesty is in his third year of reign, nearing his fourth, and has acquired a considerable amount of power. This subject finds it only right that he makes his consort... empress."

How long was he to hear this proposal over and over again? "Denied."

"Your Majesty! The empire is in dire need of a legitimate heir, especially after the empire almost lost its liege in the assassination."

"We don't need a legitimate heir, am I a legitimate heir? I, the son of a concubine?" He was irritable. If he was not a legitimate heir but could be emperor why should his children have the need to be legitimate? Respecting all these rules was tiring.

"His Majesty is the adopted son of Dowager Empress Wang." Yes, that is why he could sit on the throne. A son of a concubine couldn't. Meaning only Consort Wang could bear the future emperor currently. Power to the North wing.

"Alright, I will spend my nights with my harem. Expect an heir soon that Consort Wang can adopt. Next!" He didn't want Consort Wang having more children of his. Her time came and passed.

The North wing was clever. They didn't dare mention on behalf of the Dowager Empress, their disapproval toward his plans to lock her in the Frost palace after his mother's banquet, the day Yang Liu would start presenting herself as a princess. What a pity. He wanted the North Wing to annoy him, so he would have an excuse to strip the Dowager Empress of her title in the process of locking her up. Lying, vicious woman.

After the morning meeting was the session of educating the scholars, then a strategy meeting with his generals. Of course, Court Lady Nam didn't take a liking to him working hard like it was any normal day. She wanted him to sleep all day, resting.

That was not him. Besides, he was almost healed completely. He just battled with the aching pain from the stitches sewn to knit his skin together.

He commissioned another general to go to the borders, offering aid to General Shen who he already sent months ago. They had to control the situation with Gurio. But at this point they were just buying time until he was recovered. Gurio had fired into Nevoria's small town when he was bed bound.

This was war. The fly needed reminding who was the lion herding the jungle.

Li Jie and Li Jun were there to interrupt his afternoon lunch.

"Your Majesty, have you thought about what we talked about the last time?" Li Jie groaned, putting his head in his hands.

Bai Shen Hong stuffed his mouth with stewed spicy chicken. "What did we talk about?"