As both Xing and Rijun were talking, Kei Takano started to sniffle and her perfectly powdered face got a little messy making her look desolate and Xing rolled her eyes.What a pitiful acting!
And as expected, Rijun went to her side grabbed her shoulders and consoled her in soft m.u.f.fled voice.
"Mingxia is right! It would be better for me to stay in that orphanage... After all I cannot become the daughter-in-law of the Huang family.... Even though I am a princess in my kingdom I am a just a refugee...", she spoke in between sobs.
"Shh!", Rijun placed his forefinger on her lips stopping that meek and adorable looking lady with a silky voice from speaking further.
Xing wanted to gouge her own eyes out looking at the affectionate display of her brother and that girl. How talented she is, Xing thought. She could be only my age!
"She is sensible!", Xing refused to be moved by her pitiful tears and her sniffles turned to sobs and Xing could see her brother"s heart bleeding.
"Mingxia! ", Rijun shouted at Xing as if he is ordering for her to shut up and Xing sighed.
OK... I"m so not ready for this today!
"If you ask me, I will say with absolute certainty that it is a bad idea to even bring her into this kingdom much less our home, brother", Xing shouted back and turned to leave.
"How could you say this? You are hurting her. She have suffered enough... Please, Mingxia", Rijun stood up and tried to stop Xing.
"Please, don"t fight on my behalf..."
Xing noticed Takano holding Rijun"s sleeves and stopping him from moving forward,from the corner of her eyes.
The little thread of patience in Xing"s brain snapped by that.
She calls me Miss Huang and then Mingxia like I am her sister... I can accept that begrudgingly. But trying to insinuate that me and my brother are fighting... This is going too far. We may disagree on this issue and may find a common ground somewhere in the middle when we talk with each other... So who is she, trying to meddle?
Xing turned to look at Takano and pointed her finger at her,
"Look missy! If you are really that concerned about us siblings, then get lost! And you should address me as "Your Highness!". I am the Empress of Wind Kingdom. Don"t you dare forget! ", she emitted the regal elegance and that oppressive aura she lets her enemies feel.
" Empress? Are you sure, Mingxia? Have you really accepted...", Rijun who felt angered by his sister"s att.i.tude towards his lover tried to speak but he felt his throat close by some invisible force and he could see his sister"s eyes glowing like amber and she looked like a G.o.ddess.
She is really mad!
Xing who was in full control of herself stopped her brother who was about to spill her secret that she is only taking the t.i.tle of the Empress temporarily. She was surprised that her brother would easily speak her secrets in front of some woman from another kingdom whose brother is working with s.h.i.+hong.
If he is willing to speak about this, how much of her secrets did he already tell her? And how much will he in the future? If so, won"t that affect this kingdom if that girl tells everything to her brother?
The secret that the Empress is planning to leave the Emperor and there are no feelings between the Emperor and the Empress is enough to create various troubles in the kingdom and it would immediately s.h.i.+ft the power her father holds in the court resulting in rebellion even. The Emperor who is deemed to be strong now being protected by the Huang family and the Divine Ruler might lose his voice too.
Of course brother knows all this... Yet he slipped up..? If it was Chenglie here instead of me, Rijun would be dead by now!
Xing never liked to stand between love and lovers no matter what. But when someone else"s love might affect her love, she won"t spare whoever that is, even if it is her brother.
Only when she helps the kingdom attain its greatness will she be able to be free from her duties and have her happy life with Chenglie. She cannot let others infringe upon her future happiness.
The Emperor is right! I am selfis.h.!.+
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Seeing the situation escalating ,Takano knelt in front of Xing,
"Your Highness! I beg your forgiveness. I dared to call you by your name since your brother..."
"My brother can call me whatever... Not you!", Xing gritted her teeth and cut her off.
Is she going to say my brother gave her permission to call me by my name? No way!
"Please, your highness! Let me stay in this kingdom.... I really don"t want to go back to my brother... I"m being forced to become the Empress there... which I don"t want... Please... Help this wretched being... who had no other help..."
Her painful sobs made Xing wonder if Takano is being sincere in leaving her brother and her heart started to waver. No matter how rational Xing is, seeing a beautiful girl crying is something she cannot bear to see and it gets her everytime... A serious flaw of Xing to be precise!
"If my brother lost everything tomorrow... His Huang name, fortune and his place in court... Will you still be willing to stay with him?", Xing asked lifting her tear stained face up.
"... Yes", she said her voice unwavering.
But Xing noticed the small pause in her answer... Was it because she seriously thought for the answer or she hesitated to answer "yes", Xing wondered..!
Xing could not feel the surety in her decision like she felt when Shurei said she"d stay with Haru till death do them part. Also she wasn"t that plastic as Chu Weiye behaved. It was somewhere in the middle and Xing felt really confused as to what to decide.
Is Takano wavering as to whose side she must choose? If given a chance will she completely choose my brother? For now it is obvious my brother loves her more than she loves my brother!
Even though everything is as the way it is, Rijun is still her brother and he should have a say in choosing his life partner.
"Do you love my brother?", Xing asked. Now there could be only a straight answer for this.
"Yes!", she replied without hesitation and Xing felt more conflicted.
She loves my brother but likes her brother too...! Does she like her brother enough to betray her love? Or is her love strong enough to break the hold her brother might have over her? Or am I thinking too much regarding this issue and she really wants to get away from her brother and start a new life? In that case won"t pus.h.i.+ng her aside make her more miserable and she might turn against everyone?
But still... Her Brother is still the Prime Minister"s only son and the next in line to the throne... In case this marriage goes through and that Takanas.h.i.+ did something that could affect the peace between the two nations? Won"t everyone be affected?
Xing thought about various things and was extremely conflicted about what decision she must make.
"I disapprove!", Xing said fiy reaching to a decision and her heart was hurting to decide like this for the sake of the kingdom.
If she wasn"t the divine ruler who is supposed to look out for the kingdom and just her brother"s sister, she wouldn"t have bothered about anything and would have stood by her brother"s side to marry anyone... even another kingdom"s Empress if her brother liked her or Emperor in case of Ayane.
But... That is not the case anymore!
Xing hated herself for it but as a person who firmly believed that everyone must know their place, she made such decision.
Brother, you are the Prime Minister"s son... You cannot have it all! You have to think about the kingdom too!
It is always better to be safe than being sorry!
"I"m sorry brother, you are the Prime Minister"s only son! You cannot have the sister of someone affiliated with a known criminal as your wife and bring them into the Prime Minister"s Manor where most of the policies for the kingdom are decided. Marriages are not between two persons but between two families.. In this case, two countries... Which makes all this more complicated and highly unfavourable "
Xing spoke her mind and turned to leave letting the hold she had on her brother go. A tear escaped her eye as she turned and she knew this would certainly affect the relations.h.i.+ps she has with her brother but she was sure that her decision is for the best. She herself knew how bad it would be to not let to have the life they want with the one they love. She didn"t want her brother to suffer the same way she did but there is no other way!
" Bai Li", she shouted and he appeared in the hallways, "Take me out of here", Xing told wiping her tear off.
Rijun who was let out of the hold ran towards the door to plead with her once again but only saw his sister disappearing into thin air in the hallway.