Empress Dowager Palace where Emperor Yu Fengyan"s biological mother; the previous Empress; Jing Yuanmeng stayed was, looking very elegant and quiet. Empress Dowager doesn"t really like noisy crowds so that all the servants who work at Empress Dowager Palace are not many who are young below the thirties. All of these servants have worked for a long time under the protection of Empress Dowager so that their loyalty cannot be doubted. They all came from families who worked under the Jing family, which was an old n.o.ble family respected and loyal to Zi Empire since its foundation.Jing Yuanmeng married the previous Emperor; Yu Fengjian as the first legitimate wife and loved one when the Emperor was still the sixth prince. At that time, Zi Empire still experienced many wars to maintain its status as the new Upper Great Empire compared to the other Upper Great Empires. Many wars killed many princes above Yu Fengjian so he was forced to become Emperor without the need for b.l.o.o.d.y battles over the throne.
The absence of a b.l.o.o.d.y battle in fighting over the throne made Emperor Yu Fengjian forced to accept many concubines into his harem as an Emperor who was sent from small kingdoms incorporated in the alliance under the protection of Zi Empire as the Upper Great Empire. Jing Yuanmeng who was forced to accept the presence of concubines understood her husband struggle to defend Zi Empire t.i.tle by accepting concubines, this woman was forced to accept the pain of seeing her husband hug another woman just so that Zi Empire could continue to stand as the Upper Great Empire. The sadness of this woman seeing those happen in her marriage life made her two sons try to be what they are now; holding great power to protect their loved ones.
Sighing, Yu Fengyan walked nervously into the gates of the Dowager Empress Palace. After expressing his desire to marry his wife, Yu Fengyan had a big fight with his mother who was afraid to let him marry a young woman from the martial artist circles. Empress Dowager was afraid that her first son would be outdone by his wife, who was a martial artist family"s daughter.
"Head maid Chu, is Empress Dowager still awake?" asked Yu Fengyan who saw Empress Dowager"s head maid group waiting for him inside the palace"s gate.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The n.o.ble eunuch had sent word that the Emperor wanted to see Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager is waiting inside."
Yu Fengyan nodded and walked in. The emperor walked through the palace gate to the main hall of the palace. Walking in, this young man saw a graceful woman in her early forties sitting in the main chair in the large hall. Yu Fengyan looked at the graceful woman carefully. Several strands of white hair could be seen next to the woman"s head which was neatly arranged. The woman is wearing clothes made of high-quality silk. Sighing, Yu Fengyan felt guilty because he rarely visited the woman who loved him and his younger sister so much. After marrying Song Muli, Yu Fengyan has not had time to make up with this woman.
"So, finally today the Emperor wants to visit this Dowager."
"Mother."
"This Dowager hasn"t heard the Emperor calling me Mother for quite a long time."
"Forgive me, this Emperor is unfilial, making Mother disappointed for quite a long time."
Jing Yuanmeng saw her first son who had become more authoritative and majestic-looking since becoming Emperor and let out a long sigh. After fighting with Yu Fengyan about his marriage, the two people only met again now. Staring sadly at her son who was forced to become Emperor, Jing Yuanmeng could not bear to be angry for too long at him. Even though they were fighting at the time, this woman was not at all angry at her first son. This woman feels proud because her son is fighting with her for his love despite having to fight badly with her. Her husband was not as determined as Yu Fengyan.
"So, what caused Emperor to look for this Dowager this late at night?"
"About that-"
"Yu w.a.n.g arrive!"
Before the Emperor could tell the reason for his arrival, the eunuch"s voice announcing the arrival of Yu w.a.n.g was heard, making both of them stop talking with each other, waiting for Yu w.a.n.g comes in. Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows, feeling confused. Why did her two sons come to visit this late at night?
"Mother, Imperial brother."
Yu w.a.n.g greeted Empress Dowager and Emperor who sat close together in the main seat. Yu Fengyao did not know that he would meet the Imperial brother in the Palace where his mother now lived. Riding fast at night together with the head eunuch of the Palace who is the Emperor"s trust, he did not ask anything and immediately came to the Palace. Arriving at the Palace, Eunuch Zheng brought him to this Palace, though confused Yu w.a.n.g followed the eunuch and arrived here.
"Yao-er, why are you only visiting this Dowager right now?"
"Forgive Yao-er, Mother, this prince was busy before."
The emperor heard the words of his younger brother trying to hold back his laughter. Yu Fengyan knew very well what business took up Yu Fengyao"s time. This younger brother is crazy about his life as a doting husband now.
"Well, this Dowager knows you are busy with your relatively new marriage. This Dowager will wait for you to bring your w.a.n.gfei to meet with this Dowager."
Realizing that his mother found out that he was busy with his wife, Yu Fengyao only smiled faintly while scratching his pointed nose. Jing Yuanmeng looked happy to see the happiness radiating in the eyes of her youngest son when she mentioned Yu w.a.n.g"s marriage. It seems like the news that her youngest son is disappointed about his marriage is not true. If the rumour is not true, this woman is very grateful because it means that her eldest son did not seize the woman her youngest son wanted, this woman was afraid that her two sons fought just because of one woman who was not necessarily important.